Our first Volunteer of the Month pick for November comes courtesy of Curtis, who has chosen To Kill a Mockingbird, the 1962 classic starring Gregory Peck! 

Scout Finch, 6 years old, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.\

Based on Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, it’s a powerful story of standing up for what’s right…even when the odds are stacked against you.

Experience it. Enjoy it. Just don’t fall for it.

Our second Volunteer of the Month pick comes courtesy of Steve, who has chosen Cameron Crowe’s 2000 love letter to rock’n’roll Almost Famous!

In 1973, a precocious 15-year-old aspiring rock journalist lands a dream assignment from Rolling Stone to tour with a rising rock band, embarking on a coming-of-age journey as he discovers the exhilarating and heartbreaking realities behind rock stardom.

Featuring Frances McDormand, Billy Crudup, Jason Lee, and Philip Seymour Hoffman as legendary rock critic Lester Bangs, and Kate Hudson in the unforgettable role of Penny Lane, this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age classic won Crowe an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, and gave us one of cinema’s greatest looks into the adventure of being in the band.

The final film in our Béla Tarr Retrospective is The Turin Horse, his 2011 swan song.

Inspired by the legendary 1889 incident where philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche witnessed a cab driver whipping a stubborn horse in Turin, Italy, and collapsed after embracing the animal. The film tracks the bleak, repetitive daily survival of the aging driver, his daughter, and their horse amid a relentless windstorm.

Declared by Tarr as his final feature film, it is celebrated as a masterpiece of modern minimalist cinema and long-take cinematography. Don’t miss this new restoration on the big screen! 

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Fall, Tarsem Singh’s breathtaking fantasy epic, returning to the big screen in a stunning 4K restoration! Presented by David Fincher and Spike Jonze, this cult favorite stars Lee Pace alongside Catinca Untaru in a one-of-a-kind cinematic adventure.

In 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman named Roy befriends a young girl in the hospital and begins telling her an epic tale of bandits, warriors, and revenge. But as the girl’s imagination takes hold, the fantastical story begins to blur with the troubled reality of the man telling it.

Filmed across 28 locations around the world, The Fall is a feast of extraordinary landscapes and pure cinematic imagination. Experience one of the most visually spectacular films ever made the way it was meant to be seen: on the big screen at The Frida Cinema!

Plunging into the 1970s Berlin underground, this unforgettable portrait stands as one of the most harrowing films ever made about drug addiction. Based on the true story of Christiane Felscherinow, whose shocking memoir made her the face of a generation of troubled German youth, this bracing dramatization follows the alienated thirteen-year-old Christiane (Natja Brunckhorst) as she goes from popping pills to shooting heroin amid West Berlin’s infamous club scene. An instant cult sensation on account of its authentically grimy location shooting and electrifying soundtrack by David Bowie, Christiane F. (original title: Christiane F.: Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo) remains a haunting vision of a young life in free fall.

As part of our Unsung 80’s Soundtracks series, we will be presenting Janus Films’ new 4K digital restoration, approved by director Uli Edel, featuring a new 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. The soundtrack album is essentially a David Bowie compilation created around the film, rather than a conventional original film score. Bowie also recorded the German-language version of “Heroes,” “Helden,” specifically for the German market/film connection. Bowie also appears as himself in concert footage, and his music is deeply woven into the film’s atmosphere and Christiane’s obsession with him.

This film contains mature themes and intense subject matter that may be triggering for some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.