Volunteer of the Month
Our VOTM series invites a selected volunteer(s) to program a film of their choice, in gratitude of their stellar service!
Offside
- Mon, Jul 13
- Tue, Jul 14
- Wed, Jul 15
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Jafar Panahi Run Time: 93 min. Release Year: 2006 Language: Persian (Farsi)
Starring: Ayda Sadeqi, Golnaz Farmani, Mahnaz Zabihi, Shayesteh Irani, Sima Mobarak-Shahi
We are celebrating ten years of our beloved volunteer Sammy Trujillo, as his Volunteer of the Month pick for July is the very timely Jafar Panahi film Offside! During the 2006 World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Bahrain, numerous young women are caught and rounded up for dressing as men so they could gain access to the game. Guarded by several soldiers in a holding pen, the women attempt to keep updated on the score. Shot during a real World Cup qualifier, Offside crackles with the energy of live sports and the immediacy of documentary filmmaking. Panahi crafts a film that is as entertaining as it is politically resonant, always showcasing his knack for quiet acts of resistance Nearly two decades later, Offside is rarely seen on the big screen, so thank to Sammy for highlighting it!
Videodrome
- Fri, Jul 17
- Sat, Jul 18
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: David Cronenberg Run Time: 88 min. Release Year: 1983
Starring: Debbie Harry, James Woods, Leslie Carlson, Peter Dvorsky, Sonja Smits
Our second Volunteer of the Month pick for July comes via Avalon, who has chosen chosen the hallucinatory body-horror classic Videodrome from visionary filmmaker and certified sicko David Cronenberg. As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought. Videodrome remains one of Cronenberg's most provocative and unsettling works. Filled with unforgettable practical effects and audacious ideas, the film predicts a world consumed by screens while asking who controls the images we consume.