“I sincerely believe that to see good films, and to see important films, is one of the most profoundly civilizing experiences that we can have as people.” -- Roger Ebert
We're so happy to bring you the 2024 Cinema Tuesdays series at the Santikos Northwest theater! Join us at the show each week to experience amazing classic films on the big screen, benefitting TPR. Showtimes will be 7:30 each night, and reservations for all 14 films are available now at the links on this page. Admission is with a suggested donation, and all proceeds benefit Texas Public Radio. Thank you for your support!
The 2024 Cinema Tuesdays series is made possible by Americus Diamond, Stevens Lighting, Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop, Pasha Mediterranean Grill, the Law Office of Frank Sandoval, and the San Antonio Film Commission, a division of the City of San Antonio Department of Arts and Culture.
The 2024 Schedule
July 30 – Victims of Sin
Rarely screened in the United States and long due for rediscovery, Victims of Sin is famed Mexican director Emilio Fernández’s unique blend of film noir, melodrama, and musical. Acting- dancing sensation Ninón Sevilla plays Violeta, a cabaret performer who adopts the abandoned child of Rosa (Margarita Ceballos) and Rodolfo (Rodolfo Acosta), Violeta’s murderous pimp. Motherhood forces Violeta to give up her career, but the kindhearted club owner Santiago (Tito Junco) saves her from a life of poverty and prostitution—until Rodolfo, freed from prison, seeks to reclaim his son. Best known for the award-winning María Candelaria (1944) and The Pearl (1947), Fernández infuses Victims with impassioned songs and performances by Sevilla, an icon of Mexican cinema and a purveyor of African, Caribbean, and Cuban dance styles. 84 minutes, Not Rated.
Make reservations with this link: https://support.tpr.org/a/victims
August 6 – What’s Up, Doc?
Inspired by the screwball comedies of the 1930s, director Peter Bogdanovich followed up his Oscar-winning “The Last Picture Show” with this outrageous farce starring Ryan O’Neal as a nebbish professor of musical theory who gets mixed up with the charming Judy Maxwell (Barbra Streisand). The plot also involves four identical handbags, government agents, wealthy socialites, and one heck of a car chase through the streets of San Francisco. Don’t try too hard to sort it all out. Just enjoy the chemistry and the hilarious gags that come fast and furious! 94 minutes, Rated G.
Make reservations with this link: https://support.tpr.org/a/doc
August 13 – Mandabi
This second feature by Ousmane Sembène was the first movie ever made in the Wolof language—a major step toward the realization of the trailblazing Senegalese filmmaker’s dream of creating a cinema by, about, and for Africans. After jobless Ibrahima Dieng receives a money order for 25,000 francs from a nephew who works in Paris, news of his windfall quickly spreads among his neighbors, who flock to him for loans even as he finds his attempts to cash the order stymied in a maze of bureaucracy, and new troubles rain down on his head. One of Sembène’s most coruscatingly funny and indignant films, Mandabi—an adaptation of a novella by the director himself—is a bitterly ironic depiction of a society scarred by colonialism and plagued by corruption, greed, and poverty. 91 minutes, Not Rated.
Make reservations with this link: https://support.tpr.org/a/mandabi
August 20 – The Tales of Hoffmann
Enjoy this newly restored version of the 1951 Powell and Pressburger classic film “The Tales of Hoffmann,” based on the 1881 opera by Jacques Offenbach. An anthology of fantastic and romantic adventures, recounted by the fableist Hoffmann (Robert Rounseville) and featuring Moira Shearer (The Red Shoes), Ludmilla Tchérina, and Ann Ayars. The film has been singled out by both Martin Scorsese and George A. Romero as a major influence on their own work. 133 minutes, Not Rated.
Make reservations with this link: https://support.tpr.org/a/hoffman
August 27 – The New World (Extended Edition)
The founding of Jamestown in 1607 and love story between John Smith, Pocahontas, and John Rolfe is given a blissfully spiritual sheen by one of cinema’s most enigmatic and visionary directors, Terrence Malick, in “The New World.” Early settlers tentatively engage with the Powhatan as two cultures collide in this film that’s stunningly beautiful to look at, and thoughtfully written and edited. Starring Colin Farrell, Christian Bale, and Q’orianka Kilcher. TPR will be screening the 172-minute extended cut of the film. Rated PG-13.
Make reservations with this link: https://support.tpr.org/a/newworld
