GHOSTBUSTERS 4K Restoration September 11 and 12 SBIFF’s Film Center 916 State St Armed with proton packs, four paranormal investigators battle mischievous ghouls in New York. Directed by Ivan Reitman Written by Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis Starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis 1h 45m 1984

PINK FLAMINGOS 4K Restoration September 18 and 19 SBIFF’s Film Center 916 State St Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as “The Filthiest Person Alive.” Directed by John Waters Written by John Waters Starring Divine, David Lochary, Mink Stole, Mary Vivian Pearce, Danny Mills, Edith Massey 1h 33m 1972

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 4K Restoration September 25 and 26 SBIFF’s Film Center 916 State St A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the East Coast of the United States. Directed by George A. Romero Written by John Russo, George Romero Starring Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Judith Ridley, Keith Wayne 1h 36m 1968

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 4K Restoration October 2 and 3 SBIFF’s Film Center 916 State St Won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and was nominated for four. When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins. Directed by Stanley Kubrick Written by Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke Starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter 2h 29m 1968

CASINO ROYALE 4K Restoration October 9 and 10 SBIFF’s Film Center 916 State St Winner of 1 BAFTA Award for Best Sound, nominated for 9. After earning a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, in Montenegro. Directed by Martin Campbell Written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis (based on the novel by Ian […]

THE FIFTH ELEMENT 4K Restoration October 16 and 17 SBIFF’s Film Center 916 State St Winner of the César Award for Best Director and the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects. When a supreme being crashes into his taxi, a former commando turned 23rd-century cabbie must help her retrieve four elemental stones to destroy an ancient evil—before a ruthless industrialist and human nature undo them all. Directed by Luc Besson Written by Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Starring Bruce […]

AKIRA 4K Restoration October 23 and 24 SBIFF’s Film Center 916 State St A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics. Directed by Katsuhiro Ôtomo Written by Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Izô Hashimoto (based on the manga by Katsuhiro Ôtomo) Starring Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda Country: Japan 2h 4m 1988

THE SHINING 4K Restoration October 30 and 31 SBIFF’s Film Center 916 State St A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. Directed by Stanley Kubrick Written by Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson (based on the novel by Stephen King) Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd Country: United Kingdom, United States […]

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE 4K Restoration November 6 and 7 SBIFF’s Film Center 916 State St Two siblings and three of their friends en route to visit their grandfather’s grave in Texas end up falling victim to a family of cannibalistic psychopaths. Directed by Tobe Hooper Written by Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper Starring Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, Gunnar Hansen 1h 23m 1974

HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER 40th Anniversary 4K Restoration November 13 and 14 SBIFF’s Film Center 916 State St Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer. Directed by John McNaughton Written by Richard Fire, John McNaughton Starring Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Tom Towles, Mary Demas 1h 23m 1986

MULHOLLAND DR. November 20 and 21 SBIFF’s Film Center 916 State St Winner of Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality. Directed by David Lynch Written by David Lynch Starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller, […]