Pros and Cons: Kidnapped
Pros and Cons: Kidnapped
The fear of the unknown permeates these classic kidnapped films brimming with terror and humanity’s innate need to survive and make sense of a chaotic world.
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BUFFALO ’66
VINCENT GALLO | USA | 1998 | 110 MIN | R | ENGLISH
May 1 | 7:30 PM /// May 5 | 5:30 PM
A delusional and grudge-holding manchild (Vincent Gallo) is recently released from prison and decides kidnapping a young tap dancer (Christina Ricci) to pose as his wife to impress his dysfunctional parents is the best move in this clever and comedic hallmark of ‘90s independent cinema.
HIGH AND LOW
AKIRA KUROSAWA | JAPAN | 1963 | 143 MIN | NR | JAPANESE
May 3 | 7:00 PM /// May 19 | 3:00 PM
Akira Kurosawa had his hand in formulating the oft-imitated procedural thriller with titles like STRAY DOG and this cinematic achievement: a taut, meticulously crafted nailbiter about a business executive’s moral dilemma when paying an exorbitant amount of ransom for an employee’s kidnapped son weighs against his own professional and personal goals.
FARGO in 4K
JOEL COEN, ETHAN COEN | USA | 1996 | 98 MIN | R | ENGLISH | 4K
May 5 | 3:00 PM /// May 8 | 7:30 PM
Led by the unmatched Frances McDormand as the pregnant cop on the case, the Coen Brothers’ classic FARGO is the de facto bumbling criminal romp through the snowy plains of Minnesota about a desperate dolt (William H. Macy) hiring two knucklehead crooks to kidnap his wife in hopes of securing a sure thing ransom from his father-in-law.
OLDBOY in 4K
PARK CHAN-WOOK | SOUTH KOREA | 2003 | 120 MIN | R | KOREAN | 4K
May 10 | 9:30 PM /// May 26 | 5:30 PM
An unforgettable marvel of South Korean cinema with a new 4K restoration, Park Chan-wook’s OLDBOY is a gripping thriller about one man and his hammer on a quest for revenge pertaining to his seemingly unprovoked 15-year imprisonment and even greater mystery: his release.
THE VANISHING
GEORGE SLUIZER | NETHERLANDS | 1988 | 106 MIN | NR | DUTCH, FRENCH, ENGLISH
May 10 | 7:00 PM /// May 12 | 3:30 PM /// May 26 | 6:00 PM
In this bone-chilling and unsettling Dutch thriller, a woman’s mysterious disappearance from a gas station ignites a three-year battle of wits and determination between her desperate boyfriend and elusive captor.
FUNNY GAMES
MICHAEL HANEKE | USA | 2007 | 111 MIN | R | ENGLISH
May 25 | 6:15 PM /// May 26 | 3:00 PM
Michael Haneke did the unthinkable when he remade his own infamous film ten years later about a middle class family subjected to two sadistic young lads’ psychological and fourth wall breaking torment.