This is probably the most obscure of the Carpenter picks for the week, but absolutely worth seeing in theaters! When an alien takes the form of a young widow’s husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona, the government tries to stop them.
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During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. This documentary tells its story with footage that sat in a basement for 50 years.
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In his feature film debut, the one and only Prince stars as Kid — a musician on the rise with his band in the flourishing music scene of Minneapolis — in this iconic pop culture staple. It’s got romance. It’s got fashion. It’s got an amazing soundtrack (obviously).
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Olivia Newton-John stars as a beautiful muse who inspires an artist and his older friend to convert a dilapidated auditorium into a lavish rollerskating club in this garish but fun musical fantasy.
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Scorsese’s swaggering and energetic biopic tells the true story of Henry Hill — a Brooklyn kid who gets sucked into the volatile world of the New York mob. Stars Ray Liotta, Paul Sorvino, and Tony Sirico all died in 2022.
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We had to include a film by the legendary director and father of French New Wave — Jean-Luc…
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Charlbi Dean, who tragically died at age 32 last year, stars in Ruben Östlund’s wickedly funny new film. Social hierarchy is turned upside down when a luxury cruise for the uber rich is turned into a dystopian nightmare by an unhinged captain — played perfectly by Woody Harrelson.
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This true Pittsburgh film — written by a local and filmed in North Oakland – is a bittersweet coming of age story. Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, while secretly making films with Earl, his only friend until his mother forces him to befriend a classmate with leukemia.
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Paul Newman and Robert Redford star in this slick, charming caper film. Set in the 1930s, an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man seeks revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of their gang.
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In this ruefully funny 2020 film, college student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva – with her parents, ex-girlfriend, and family friends also in attendance.
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