FILM GUIDE
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15 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS<br />
THE WITNESS<br />
TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 AT 7:30PM<br />
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES<br />
PART OF OUR ONE HIT WONDERS SERIES<br />
Great new documentaries at special one-night-only<br />
screenings!<br />
FEATURING A POST-<strong>FILM</strong> DISCUSSION,<br />
WITH GUESTS TBA.<br />
“Astonishing… the strength of The Witness lies<br />
in its recognition that the truth is often not<br />
just elusive but unattainable.” – Justin Chang,<br />
Los Angeles Times<br />
“Just as gripping as the true-crime procedurals<br />
Serial and Making a Murderer, but with more<br />
intimacy and heartache.” – Stephanie Merry,<br />
Washington Post<br />
On March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese was repeatedly attacked<br />
on a street in Kew Gardens, Queens. Soon after, The New York<br />
Times published a front-page story asserting that 38 witnesses<br />
watched her being murdered from their apartment windows<br />
– and did nothing to help. The shocking death of 28-year-old<br />
Kitty Genovese quickly became an infamous symbol of urban<br />
apathy. The gripping and eye-opening new documentary The<br />
Witness follows the efforts of Kitty’s younger brother, Bill<br />
Genovese, as he looks to uncover the truth buried beneath the<br />
official story reported by the media. In the process, he makes<br />
startling discoveries about the crime that transformed his life,<br />
condemned a city, and defined an era. (Dir. by James D. Solomon,<br />
2016, USA, 89 mins., Not Rated)<br />
MICROBE & GASOLINE<br />
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24 AT 7:30PM<br />
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES<br />
PART OF OUR NEW CINEPHILE<br />
SHOWCASE SERIES!<br />
Featuring great new cinematic discoveries from<br />
around the world with the Loft Cinema stamp of<br />
approval!<br />
“Gondry brings a sense of heartfelt nostalgia,<br />
pathos and humor to this portrait of a short,<br />
unique adolescent moment.” – Katie Walsh, Los<br />
Angeles Times<br />
“Microbe and Gasoline is such a wonderfully<br />
touching film because it remembers the<br />
urgency of wanting to get older without<br />
growing up.” – David Ehrlich, Time Out New<br />
York<br />
The new film by writer/director Michel Gondry (Eternal<br />
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) is a delightful tale of two misfit<br />
teenage boys taking a road trip in their house-on-wheels<br />
powered by a lawnmower motor. Microbe (Ange Dargent)<br />
is small for his age (hence the derogatory nickname), a shy<br />
aspiring cartoon artist who has trouble making friends<br />
at school until he meets Gasoline (Théophile Baquet), a<br />
likeminded outcast. Gasoline, so called for his prevailing smell,<br />
is a new kid in class with jaunty confidence, a tinkerer who is<br />
always fixing engines. They both dream of escaping their drab<br />
existences; together they hatch a plan to build a car and spend<br />
their summer on an epic road trip across France. The car is a<br />
unique contraption, half house/half vehicle, with camouflage<br />
to hide its wheels to deflect police attention from their highly<br />
unorthodox mode of transport when parked. This ode to the<br />
empowering potential of friendship is fresh, sweet and funny.<br />
Also featuring Audrey Tautou (Amélie). (Dir. by Michel Gondry,<br />
2015, France, in French with subtitles, 105 mins., Rated R)
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