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Director of the Month: John Waters

Director of the Month: John Waters

From a young age Waters was attracted to the strange and macabre. His desire to be in show business started following a guest appearance in the “peanut gallery” on the classic children’s television show Howdy Doody. While most children might become disillusioned when seeing how their favorite television show functions, Waters saw this and wanted it to be his life.

The Films of Martin Scorsese

The Films of Martin Scorsese

As a child, Scorsese suffered from debilitating asthma, with the only activity accessible to him being watching movies at the local movie theatre. In that darkened theatre, the four-year-old Scorsese became mesmerized by the images, sounds, and words emanating from the giant silver screen. This became his “unintentional film school”, feeding his desire to learn everything about movies.

The Films of Pedro Almodóvar

The Films of Pedro Almodóvar

Throughout September and October, The Frida Cinema presents a six-film retrospective of internationally-renowned Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar.