Widows

Directed by Steve McQueen, 1995
R; 130 minutes
Pay-what-you-can, tickets available online here

Join the Reel House Foundation's Midnight Ramble Film Society for a night of brilliant, unapologetic cinema with Steve McQueen's Widows—a neo-noir heist thriller that burns with rage, grief, and the refusal to accept a rigged system.

Safety Last!

Directed by Sam Taylor and Fred C. Newmeyer, 1923
NR; 73 minutes

In this classic American silent film, a boy (Harold Lloyd) leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job, promising his sweetheart (Mildred Davis) that she will join him and get married once he makes it big. Soon, his enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures—including one of cinema’s most iconic scenes.

Featuring a live piano score by Lewis Warren Jr.

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Directed by Eran Riklis
NR; 107 minutes; English and Persian with English subtitles

"With Reading Lolita in Tehran ... [filmmaker Eran Riklis] adds an understated yet generally absorbing ... entry to his oeuvre, warmly transposing [Azar] Nafisi’s experience in post-revolution Iran onto the screen with sensitivity." —Tomris Laffley, Variety

Couture

Directed by Alice Winocour
R; 103 minutes

"Alice Winocour’s captivating fashion drama Couture is a quiet, observational picture about creative women finding solace in one another." —Robert Daniels, Screen Daily

Lucky Strike

Directed by Rod Davis Lurie
R; 102 minutes

A wounded American soldier (Scott Eastwood) fights to survive behind enemy lines during World War II’s Battle of the Bulge. To evade capture and find his way back to his unit, he must rely on his instincts, spy craft, and a hand-held radio. The film also stars Colin Hanks and Aunganue Ellis-Taylor.