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Metropolis with Live Score and Short Film Showcase
Thursday, September 28 | 7:30 PM @ The Water Works (105 Sabine)
Screening Details
Friends of River Oaks Theatre will host a special screening consisting of new short films made by inspired artists, followed by Fritz Lang’s groundbreaking science fiction epic, Metropolis, accompanied by an original live score by Omar Vincent Al-Bochi (aka: Vincent Priceless). This event is a colaboration with Buffalo Bayou Partnership and will be held at the Water Works at Buffalo Bayou Park, doors are at 7:00pm, shorts at 7:30pm, Metropolis with live score immediately follows. The version of Metropolis shown will be the 1984 Moroder cut.
FREE TICKETS WITH CINEPHILE MEMBERSHIP
About the Inspired Short Film Awards:
This year Metropolis entered the public domain, making footage available for artists and filmmakers everywhere to express themselves with the film as source material as a jumping off point. Friends made an open call on FilmFreeway for artists to create and submit short films inspired by and using elements from Metropolis, to be screened at this event. There will be an audience award given to the top film choice on the night of the event.
Entry to this and all our events is free with a Cinephile Membership, become a member for as little as $15 per month. Cinephile Members receive 2+ event tickets per month, free merch, drinks, popcorn and more! Own the mission, help keep the art in the arthouse, and save the River Oaks Theatre for years to come.
Metropolis
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
John Waters Trash-A-Thon
Thursday, October 12 | 7:00 PM @ #Numbers
Screening Details
Three CELLULOID ATROCITIES by the Pope of Trash! Ticket includes entry to all three films.
Friends of River Oaks Theatre presents a depraved triple-feature of iconic John Waters films, representing three decades of his career: Serial Mom, Polyester and Pink Flamingos. The event will be at #Numbers and hosted by drag artist Sauvignon Blanca, who will be performing and leading interactive activities between films. Cinephile Membership gets you free entry to this event.
Our John Waters Trash-A-Thon at #Numbers is in collaboration with Performing Arts Houston’s John Waters: End of the World Tour at Wortham Center on Friday, Oct. 13th. Cinephiles get 10% off tickets to the LIVE John Waters show!
About host Sauvignon Blanca: Sauvignon Blanca (De La Chancla) is your fresh glass of campy chaos. Once described as "a tire flying down the highway," flavors of Sauvi B include high energy, with notes of club kid (maybe smelling like cat piss if it makes you pay more). Cool, crisp, and refreshing, Sauvi B is the perfect beverage for You*. Ready for a sip?
According to the Surgeon General Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery, and may cause health problems.
Friends of River Oaks Theatre is hosting regular events leading up to the re-opening of the beloved cinema this winter. Entry to this and all our events is free with a Cinephile Membership. Become a Cinephile Member for as little as $15 per month!
Along with free entry to events, Cinephile Members get free merch, popcorn, drinks and more.
Own the mission, help keep the art in the arthouse, and save the River Oaks Theatre for years to come.
The FILMS
SERIAL MOM
She's the perfect all-American parent: a great cook and homemaker, a devoted recycler, and a woman who'll literally kill to keep her family happy.
POLYESTER
A suburban Baltimore housewife's life is upended when her husband reveals he's been serially unfaithful and her teenage children go wayward. Then she meets a handsome stranger...
PINK FLAMINGOS
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".
Here's a special message to Friends of River Oaks Theatre from filmmaker Wes Anderson.
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