After a hulking teen kills his girlfriend, his friendships are tested in this fascinating 1986 downer featuring Dennis Hopper and a young Keanu Reeves.
Burt Lancaster stars as a suburban philanderer who attempts to swim home by diving into his neighbours’ pools in director Frank Perry’s freaky, existentialist 1968 drama, which plays like a cross between “Your Friends and Neighbors” and “The Twilight Zone.”
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Celebrate the original midnight movie phenomenon’s 50th anniversary at a more reasonable 9:30 p.m. Costumes and singing along are encouraged.
Sat., 12:40, 3:40, 6:40 and 9:30 p.m.
This much-derided racy movie about a stripper turned Vegas entertainer (Elizabeth Berkley), which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, has been reclaimed as a cult classic. See it for just $5 at the Carlton.
Speaking of much ridiculed films that have been reappraised, this 1980 disco musical starring the late Olivia Newton-John and Golden Age hoofer Gene Kelly gets the singalong treatment, with moviegoers encouraged to warble along to tunes like “Magic,” “Suddenly” and, of course, “Xanadu.” And don’t spare the glitter.
