Our Remembering Donald Sutherland series continues with Alan J. Pakula’s gripping neo-noir Klute!

See the new 4K restoration (thanks to our friends at Janus Films) of legendary filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 film Seven Samurai on the big screen as we kick off the new year with the legendary Japanese Please note: each screening will include a 10 minute intermission. 

Set in 16th-century Japan, the film stars Toshiro Mifune in his iconic role as the wild and charismatic Kikuchiyo, and Takashi Shimura as the wise and experienced leader Kambei. The samurai, each with their unique skills and backgrounds, band together to train the villagers in self-defense, forming new bonds as the impending danger draws nearer.

Nominated for two Academy Awards, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, and Best Costume Design, and winner of the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, Seven Samurai remains a benchmark of world cinema, celebrated for its profound impact on the action genre, and its enduring narrative of courage and community.

Up next in our Remembering Donald Sutherland series is Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Philip Kaufman’s 1978 horror thriller!

Take flight with Robert Altman’s surreal fantasy Brewster McCloud, kicking off our three film tribute to beloved character actor Bud Cort! 

Brewster (Cort) is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He has a dream: to take flight within the confines of the stadium. Brewster tells those he trusts of his dream, but displays a unique way of treating others who do not fit within his plans. While a young tour guide befriends Brewster and tries to get to know him better, the Houston police struggle to solve a sudden rash of strangulation murders.

A quirky comedy with a pronounced dark streak, Brewster McCloud is one of Altman’s most delightfully strange films, often forgotten amongst his myriad of filmic masterpieces. You know how people say “they don’t make ’em like this anymore”? Well, they really don’t make ’em like this anymore.