Film Series

The Paramount offers a delightful double-feature of classic Audrey Hepburn films: Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and Roman Holiday (1953). Here's what the Paramount site has to say about Roman Holiday: "Hepburn copped the Best Actress Oscar for her first major screen role as a bored young princess, yearning for a normal life, who escapes from her 'keepers' while in Rome and meets up with reporter [Gregory] Peck. Adventure and romance ensue -- along with more charm than the law allows. Simply delightful."

The Paramount offers a delightful double-feature of classic Audrey Hepburn films: Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and Roman Holiday (1953). Here's what the Paramount site has to say about Roman Holiday: "Hepburn copped the Best Actress Oscar for her first major screen role as a bored young princess, yearning for a normal life, who escapes from her 'keepers' while in Rome and meets up with reporter [Gregory] Peck. Adventure and romance ensue -- along with more charm than the law allows. Simply delightful."

The Paramount offers a delightful double-feature of classic Audrey Hepburn films: Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and Roman Holiday (1953). Here's what the Paramount site has to say about Breakfast at Tiffany's: "Irresistible screen adaptation of Truman Capote's story of life in NYC, starring Hepburn in her most memorable role as romantic gold-digger Holly Golightly. A perfect balance of romance and comedy, featuring Henry Mancini's Oscar-winning score (which includes 'Moon River')."

The Paramount offers a delightful double-feature of classic Audrey Hepburn films: Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and Roman Holiday (1953). Here's what the Paramount site has to say about Breakfast at Tiffany's: "Irresistible screen adaptation of Truman Capote's story of life in NYC, starring Hepburn in her most memorable role as romantic gold-digger Holly Golightly. A perfect balance of romance and comedy, featuring Henry Mancini's Oscar-winning score (which includes 'Moon River')."

The Paramount offers a delightful double-feature of classic Audrey Hepburn films: Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and Roman Holiday (1953). Here's what the Paramount site has to say about Breakfast at Tiffany's: "Irresistible screen adaptation of Truman Capote's story of life in NYC, starring Hepburn in her most memorable role as romantic gold-digger Holly Golightly. A perfect balance of romance and comedy, featuring Henry Mancini's Oscar-winning score (which includes 'Moon River')."

The Paramount offers a delightful double-feature of classic Audrey Hepburn films: Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and Roman Holiday (1953). Here's what the Paramount site has to say about Breakfast at Tiffany's: "Irresistible screen adaptation of Truman Capote's story of life in NYC, starring Hepburn in her most memorable role as romantic gold-digger Holly Golightly. A perfect balance of romance and comedy, featuring Henry Mancini's Oscar-winning score (which includes 'Moon River')."

Have you been to Alamo's latest film series, Zzang!, which focuses on "80s Insanity Unleashed"? Alamo programmer Zack Carlson is hosting these films. Let's hear what he has to say about this month's selection, the 1982 Scott Baio comedy Zapped!:

"Truly the most zzangin' scifi boner comedy of the '80s!!! Some would say ZAPPED! is simply the story of a high school chemist who gains the power to unhook bras with his brain. BUT!...they'd be neglecting to mention that it's a NUCLEAR DETONATION OF PURE ENTERTAINMENT!

"That winning combination of Scott Baio and Willie Aames first found its footing in this unjustly disregarded send-up of Brian DePalma's CARRIE. Baio plays Barney, a junior genius who inadvertently creates a serum that allows him to perform any act he wishes. His newfound skills result in ripped blouses, flying ventriloquist dummies and more ripped blouses. Later, two bullies are given a mind-powered liftoff midway through a mooning, causing them to float through the air with their bare asses aimed at heaven. But the film's most inspired moment comes courtesy of the great Scatman Crothers as the gym coach. After accidentally inhaling some chemically engineered SuperMarijuana, he hallucinates that he's riding a bicycle with Albert Einstein. Suddenly, the Scatman's wife appears on a Roman chariot, firing at them with a bazooka full of salami.

"If this doesn't sound like fun to you, get the hell off my planet!! ZZANG!!!"

This month's aGLIFF-hosted brunch screening is the 1980 Goldie Hawn film Private Benjamin.

This week's entry in the AFS Essential Cinema series "A Summer of Restoration: Selections from Milestone Films" is the 1996 film Village of Dreams (aka Eno nakano bokuno mura). Admission is free for AFS members and $6 for everyone else.

The Paramount offers a double-feature of stellar films pairing Robert DeNiro and Martin Scorsese: Goodfellas (1990) and Raging Bull (1980). DeNiro won a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of prizefighter Jake La Motta in Raging Bull, an outstanding biopic that is arguably Scorsese's best film.