Nosferatu

"To watch F.W. Murnau's 'Nosferatu' (1922) is to see the vampire movie before it had really seen itself. Here is the story of Dracula before it was buried alive in cliches, jokes, TV skits, cartoons and more than 30 other films. The film is in awe of its material. It seems to really believe in vampires."
– Roger Ebert

Friday, Dec. 05
7:00 PM
Ponderosa Hall
$5/ASB Free

Darkon

"Every other Sunday, in the fields and playgrounds of suburban Baltimore, a medieval fantasy world known as Darkon materializes. There, more than 200 role-playing adults brandish foam swords and elaborately plotted identities in service to a complex saga of blood and glory.

That saga, and the ordinary Joes and Janes who embody it, is the fascinating subject of “Darkon,” Andrew Neel and Luke Meyer’s thoughtful documentary about a subculture that invites ridicule more often than respect."

– Jeanette Catsoulis
New York Times

Mitchell Rose

In the tradition of…The Beatles, Charlie Chaplin, and William Shakespeare…the work of Mitchell Rose doesn't suck.

But The Mitch Show is more than just a retrospective of offbeat comic short films spanning the oeuvre of the artiste, it's a film/performance mashup. Not only does Mitchell present his hilarious, innovative films, but he also leads several comic audience-participation performancepieces. The result is pure cineformatainment.

"Mr. Rose is a rare and wonderful talent," pronounces The New York Times, the heaviest newspaper in the world.

Friday, Apr. 17
7:00 PM
Ponderosa Hall
$5/ASB Free

The Devil's Backbone

"On the back of "Cronos" and "Mimic", Guillermo del Toro has emerged as one of the horror genre's most striking new talents. "The Devil's Backbone" (El Espinazo del Diablo) may be more conventional than its forebears, but it's still a superior ghost story/murder mystery which confirms del Toro as a name to watch.

Set in a school-cum-orphanage at the end of the Spanish Civil War, the movie begins as a childhood rite-of-passage for ten-year-old Carlos (Tielve) before spiralling into a "Shining"-style spook fest"

– Neil Smith
BBC