COAL OR CANDY ?: A 2022 XMAS!
The Heights’ complicated relationship with the holidays continues, with five films that perfectly sum up the end of the year traditions—good, bad, and ugly. Prepare to be moved by the wisdom of Santa Claus, shocked at the callousness of relatives, and spellbound by angels that look like Cary Grant. What better way to the spend Xmas?
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
Dec. 12, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
DIGITAL CINEMA PRESENTATION
Johnny Depp is the eponymous hero, who is invited to live with the blandly suburban Boggs family, where the daughter, Kim (Wynona Ryder) falls in love with him. Despite his kindness and many skills, will the uptight neighbors accept Edward? Invoking Pinocchio, Frankenstein, Rebel without a Cause and a host of other cinematic sources, Burton's film is pure holiday magic.
DCP courtesy Walt Disney Pictures.
LA OTRA (THE OTHER ONE)
Dec. 15, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
DIGITAL CINEMA PRESENTATION
From the golden age of Mexican cinema comes this rarely seen masterpiece. Maria and Magdalena are twin sisters (both played by Dolores Del Rio). But where Maria is modest and shy, struggling as a manicurist, Magdalena went and married a wealthy industrialist with whom Maria was once in love. when the industrialist dies, Maria is pushed to the brink, and on Christmas day she murders her twin in cold blood. But taking on her sister's life quickly proves to be a damnable task, as she finds herself plunged into a life of greed and duplicity from which she will never emerge. This stunning noir features an incredible performance by Del Rio, and has never been screened in Minnesota before.
In Spanish with English subtitles
DCP courtesy FILMOTECA - UNAM - MEXICO.
ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS
Dec. 19, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
DIGITAL CINEMA PRESENTATION
Recently widowed Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) seems to have recovered from her husband's death. Suburban affluence, country club membership, a new television set, and a host of wealthy men are vying for her hand, to the approval of her socially-mobile children. But when Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson), a younger gardener from outside her social set, begins to win her heart and her mind, she realizes the emptiness of her existence. But as Christmas approaches, her newfound freedom causes her friends, neighbors and even children to react with barely muted horror. Christmas never felt so stark as in Sirk's masterpiece of melodramatic tension.
DCP - Universal Pictures.
THE BISHOP'S WIFE
Dec. 8, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
DIGITAL CINEMA PRESENTATION.
Bishop Brougham (David Niven) has a problem: he's trying to raise funds for a new cathedral, and is falling far short. His prayers are answered by an angel, Dudley (Cary Grant). But Brougham doesn't understand that this feisty angel isn't there to help get the cathedral built, but to patch up the Bishop's relationship with his wife, Julia (Loretta Young) and daughter, Debby (Karolyn Grimes), not to mention his parishioners all of whom are sick to death of the Bishop's endless fundraising. This little seen gem may prove to be your new holiday classic.
DCP - Park Circus.
