To-do: The “to do” list
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THURSDAY (I.E. TODAY)
James Cameron’s Avatar opens.
Pedro Almodovar’s Broken Embraces opens.
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) is playing at ACMI at 1pm every day until Christmas Eve.
FRIDAY
Freaky Fridays presents Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain (1973) at ACMI.
Miyazaki’s Ponyo at Moonlight. (We wrote about it here.)
Broken Embraces' Penelope Cruz
SATURDAY
Arnaud Desplechin’s A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noel) is showing at ACMI until December 28. Featuring Mathieu Amalric and Catherine Deneuve.
John Hughes’ Weird Science (1985) at Rooftop.
Special advance screening of Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox at Moonlight.
SUNDAY
The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) play as a matinee at Astor.
The Muppet Christmas Carol
John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club (1985) at Rooftop.
The Sound of Music (1965) plays in the evening at Astor.
MONDAY
Henry Selick’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1994) and Tim Burton’s Ed Wood (1995) at Astor.
TUESDAY
John Hughes’ Sixteen Candles (1984) at Rooftop.
WEDNESDAY
Twilight double at Astor. Squeal! (We wrote about New Moon here.)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
John Hughes’ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) at Rooftop.
Yosh
17/12/09 - 10:05 PM
I watched Feris Bueller for the first time the other day (amazing and shameful that it’s taken me this long). Man, what a great movie. I must see more Hughes.
Brad Nguyen
18/12/09 - 11:12 PM
Shameful, Yosh!