DOWN THE WORMHOLE 2024

THE TERMINATOR

Sept. 19, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) is a waitress struggling to get by in mid-80s LA. Literally out of the blue, a young man named Kyle (Michael Biehn) enters her life, with wild-eyed tales of time-travel and end-of-the-world fantasies. But when the cybernetic assassin (Arnold Schwarzenegger) shows up, destroying everything in its wake, Sarah realizes she'd better work with Kyle or her life, and the fate of the human race, are over. Schwarzenegger became a mega-star and Cameron became an A-list director with THE TERMINATOR, whose intensity was shocking for its time, and has since become a modern classic.

DCP - Park Circus

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

Oct. 24, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

San Francisco was never so menacing in this, the first remake of the classic INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS. Director Philip Kaufmann creates an atmosphere that is at once creepy and terrifying, and Brooke Adams, Leonard Nemoy (Spock!), Veronica Cartwright ("Alien') and the dear-departed Donald Sutherland are perfect as the first people trying desperately to save the world from killer seed pods from outer space. The perfect close to this year's Sci-Fi series also has one of the most incredible final scenes in cinema history. Don't miss this rare screening!

DCP - Park Circus

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

Sept. 26, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

Alex (Malcolm McDowell) is a disaffected young man in dystopian London. With his Droogs, a stylish gang of white-clad hooligans, he terrorizes people with a bit of the "ultraviolence." One night he goes too far, killing a woman, betrayed by his Droogies, convicted and sent to prison. There, Alex is plunged into an experimental rehabilitation program, and dumped back into the "real" world. Kubrick's disturbing masterpiece was perhaps his most controversial film ever, and has since become a classic.

DCP - Warner Bros.

GALAXY QUEST

Oct. 10, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

"Galaxy Quest" is a shlocky sci-fi TV show, now in reruns, its cast relegated to signing autographs at annoying fanboy conventions. Enter the Thermians, an alien race who are on the verge of being wiped out by an overpowering enemy. Having crafted a replica of the "Galaxy Quest" ship, the Thermians, who believe the show was the truth, now expect these bumbling actors to save the day. This epic spoof of "Star Trek" works wonders not just from its affectionate send up of television cliches, but from its stellar cast that included Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and Alan Rickman, but also future stars in Sam Rockwell and Rainn Wilson (let's not forget Enrico Colantoni's amazing turn as Mathesar, leader of the Thermians). GALAXY QUEST's script is so great David Mamet considers it one of four 'perfect' films in Hollywood history.

DCP - Paramount

THE TIME MASTERS

Oct. 3, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

NEW 4K RESTORATION!

Having crashed on the inhospitable planet Perdide, young Piel has managed to get radio contact with another ship that helps him survive. Jaffar, a pilot transporting an exiled prince and princess, keeps in touch with the orphaned boy and finally summons the help of Silbad, a veteran survivor of Perdide's vicious beasts. Enter the Masters of Time, strange beings who can fold realty and might just change Piel's destiny. This mind-bending animated film comes from the imagination of visionary science ficton animator Rene Laloux (Fantastic Planet) and designer Moebius. This extremely rare science fiction film has been newly restored and shouldn't be missed.

In French with English subtitles.

DCP - Janus Films.

2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY in 70MM

Oct. 17, 2024, 7 p.m.

Working with visionary author Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick blew the world's mind with 2001: A Space Odyssey, considered by many to be one of the greatest films of all time. A strange black rectangle, the monolith, appears in pre-human times and helps apes discover tools... and violence: when it reappears on the moon in modern times, the monolith communicates the same messages to HAL, the artificial intelligence running the spacecraft. This special presentation is an "unrestored" 70mm print made from the original negative in 2018.

70mm print - Park Circus.