Magnolia at the Modern is an ongoing series featuring critically acclaimed films. Tickets are $9; $7 for Modern members; $6 for Reel People. The Sunday noon show time is half price. Advance sales begin two hours prior to each show.

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

August 21-23

Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

The Diary of a Teenage Girl is based on Phoebe Gloeckner's novel of the same name, hailed by Salon as "one of the most brutally honest, shocking, tender and beautiful portrayals of growing up female in America." Writer/director Marielle Heller unlocks this diary with a richly comedic and deeply personal vision. In her feature film directorial debut, Heller brings Gloeckner's book to life with fearless performances, a stirring score, inventive graphic novel-like animation sequences, imagination, humor, and heart. It is a coming-of-age story that is as poignant as it is unsettling.

102 minutes; R

 

 

Meru

August 28-30

Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

Three elite climbers struggle to find their way through obsession and loss as they attempt to climb Mount Meru, one of the most coveted prizes in the high stakes game of Himalayan big wall climbing.

87 minutes

 

 

Happy Birthday, Orson! Film Festival

September 3-6

Thursday, 7 pm - Citizen Kane

Friday, 6 pm - The Magnificent Ambersons; 8 pm - The Lady from Shanghai

Saturday, 2 pm - Mr. Arkadin; 5 pm - Touch of Evil

Sunday, noon - The Stranger; 2 pm - The Third Man; 4 pm - Macbeth

 

 

Best of Enemies

September 11-13

Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

"For American viewers of an intellectual/historical persuasion, there could scarcely be any documentary more enticing, scintillating and downright fascinating than Best of Enemies." Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter. Best of Enemies is a documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley, Jr.

87 minutes

 

 

Grandma

September 18-20

Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

"This is a sublime, comic journey, and a superb Lily has seldom been better." Brandon Judell, Huffington Post. Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid (Lily Tomlin) has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her future.

79 minutes; R

 

 

The Second Mother

September 25-27

Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

"This is the sort of savvy, socially conscious crowd-pleaser that occupies a rare middle ground between genteel and intellectual world cinema." Geoff Berkshire, Variety. When the estranged daughter of a hard-working, live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray in this Brazilian winner of the Sundance 2015 World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting.

114 minutes; R; Portuguese with English subtitles

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