Week of Events
Eraserhead at Speed Cinema
Essential Cinema EraserheadDirected by David Lynch Friday, November 27, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS $12 | $8 Speed members | Free for college students with valid I.D. David Lynch’s 1977 debut feature, Eraserhead, is both a lasting cult sensation and a work of extraordinary craft and beauty. With its mesmerizing black-and-white photography by Frederick Elmes […]
The Great Dictator at Speed Cinema
Essential Cinema The Great DictatorDirected by Charles Chaplin Saturday, November 28, 3 pm | BUY TICKETS $12 | $8 Speed members | Free for college students with valid I.D. In his controversial masterpiece The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his own comic persona. […]
Orpheus at Speed Cinema
Essential Cinema OrpheusDirected by Jean Cocteau Saturday, November 28, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS $12 | $8 Speed members | Free for college students with valid I.D. Jean Cocteau’s update of the Orpheus myth depicts a famous poet (Jean Marais), scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife, Eurydice (Marie […]
Modern Times at Speed Cinema
Essential Cinema Modern TimesDirected by Charles Chaplin Sunday, November 29, 3 pm | BUY TICKETS $12 | $8 Speed members | Free for college students with valid I.D. Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin’s last outing as the Little Tramp, puts the iconic character to work as a giddily inept factory employee who becomes smitten with a […]