Rated: PG-13
Length: 103 minutes
Isle of Dogs
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When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.
Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs” is such a feast of illustrated imagination and subtle wit in its depiction of an exiled canine kingdom that the idea of a life lived under the heavy paw of our pooch overlords doesn’t seem like such a bad one.
Rated: R
Length: 111 minutes
Death of Stalin
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The one-liners fly as fast as political fortunes fall in this uproarious, wickedly irreverent satire from Armando Iannucci (Veep, In the Loop). Moscow, 1953: when tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin drops dead, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to be the next Soviet leader. Among the contenders are the dweeby Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor), the wily Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi), and the sadistic secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria (Simon Russell Beale).
“The Death of Stalin” should please moviegoers who appreciate humor that’s significantly more sophisticated than we’ve become accustomed to encountering on the big screen these days.
Borg vs. McEnroe
Opens Friday, April 27th!
It’s the summer of 1980, and Björn Borg is the top tennis player in the world, dominating the sport both on and off the court. A powerful and rigorously disciplined player, there is only one obstacle in his pursuit of a record-breaking fifth Wimbledon championship: the highly talented but ferociously abrasive young American John McEnroe. With three days until the tournament begins, Borg trains religiously in his lavish Monaco home, aided by his coach and mentor Lennart and girlfriend Mariana.
It’s about damn time somebody made a movie outta these guys.
Rated: PG
Length: 50 minutes
Far East / Far West: Montana’s Asian Sisters
Tuesday, May 1st at 7:00 PM!
Tickets are free. Please join us for dumplings and pineapple cakes at the 6:30 reception before the screening.
In the spring of 2016 an HCTV video crew visited Taiwan and Guangxi, China, both of which are official sister states with Montana. Their para-diplomatic journey was brief but richly rewarding. The resulting video program is intended to stimulate public interest and involvement in these relationships. In a variety of cultural, economic, and culinary venues, the HCTV team’s organized brushes with China’s past were also brief and fascinating encounters with the global future. They are eager to show and tell about a purposeful journey from the Far West to the Far East.
Rated: R
Length: 124 minutes
Lean on Pete
Opens Friday, May 4th!
Charley, a teen living with his single father, finds work caring for an aging racehorse named Lean On Pete. When he learns Pete is bound for slaughter, the two embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier in search of a place to call home.
Lean on Pete becomes a sort of American odyssey.
Rated: R
Length: 110 minutes
The Rider
Opens Friday, May 18th!
After a riding accident leaves him unable to compete on the rodeo circuit, a young cowboy searches for a new purpose.
But as wrenching as The Rider can be at times, it’s also suspenseful and beautiful – a modern-day Western with a hero who’s a real discovery.
