Indie and Non-Commercial Movies 7/20/11 - 8/2/11

Little Shop of Horrors
July 21
7:00 PM
The Orpheum

(Little Shop of Horrors stars Rick Moranis and features some perverse and memorable performances by Steve Martin and Bill Murray.)



My Perestroika
July 21
7:30 PM
Murdock Theatre

(My Perestroika follows the lives of five Russian citizens through the political changes of the last 30 years.)



The Maltese Falcon
July 21
7:30 PM
Rock Island Studios

(No, not the 1941 John Huston/Humphrey Bogart classic. This version of Dashiell Hammett’s novel was made 10 years earlier in 1931, and stars Ricardo Cortez in the role of Sam Spade.)



Vanishing of the Bees
July 23
7:00 PM
Great Plains Nature Center

(Vanishing of the Bees looks at the worldwide implications of the rapid disappearance of the honeybee. The movie’s director, George Langworthy, will be on hand after the screening for a question-and-answer session.)



Incendies
July 26, 28
7:30 PM
Murdock Theatre

(The Canadian film, much of which is in French and Arabic, was widely expected to win last year’s Oscar for Foreign Film but was eventually defeated by the Danish In a Better World.)



Raising Arizona
July 28
7:30 PM
Rock Island Studios

(The Coens’ first movie after their groundbreaking debut Blood Simple, Raising Arizona helped to cement the Coen staples of inept criminals, manic comedy, and lots and lots of yelling.)