Derived from Robert Altman’s dreams—literally—this psychological drama stars Sissy Spacek as a nurse in a California desert town who becomes enamored with her pseudo-cosmopolitan coworker (Duvall).

“one of the most magnetic on-screen presences of the last century”
—Dazed
When Shelley Duvall passed away earlier this year—the day our tribute to her and Sissy Spacek concluded—the world mourned one of the most unique presences in film history. This program brings back some of the classics we screened in the summer, including Robert Altman’s 3 Women and Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. A strong selection of further titles—including Altman masterpieces Nashville and McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits, and the mid-length rarity Bernice Bobs Her Hair—provides further evidence of Duvall’s unforgettable onscreen effervescence and remarkable range.
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Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Nov 13—Nov 24, 2024
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Nov 13—Nov 24, 2024Shy young Bernice leaves her safe home to visit her flapper cousin—but when that cousin tries to teach Bernice how to be more modern, she gets more than she bargained for in this F. Scott Fitzgerald adaptation.
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Nashville
Nov 13—Nov 24, 2024
Nashville
Nov 13—Nov 24, 2024Following 24 characters through 5 days in the country-music capital, Robert Altman's 1975 epic presents a complexly textured portrayal—and critique—of American obsessions with celebrity and power.
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McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Nov 13—Nov 25, 2024
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Nov 13—Nov 25, 2024Robert Altman's dazzlingly original film about a gambler and a bordello madam doing business in a small mining town in the turn-of-the-century Pacific Northwest stands Old West mythology on its ear.
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Roxanne
Nov 13—Nov 25, 2024
Roxanne
Nov 13—Nov 25, 2024Comic genius Steve Martin delivers an incredible performance as a hero who has only one tiny flaw—no, one huge flaw: his astonishingly long nose—in this latter-day spin on Cyrano de Bergerac.
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The Shining
Nov 13—Nov 26, 2024
The Shining
Nov 13—Nov 26, 2024In Kubrick’s cryptic horror masterpiece, a tightly wound writer moves his family to the scenic overlook hotel, but all work and no play makes for an especially nasty case of cabin fever.
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Brewster McCloud
Nov 13—Nov 26, 2024
Brewster McCloud
Nov 13—Nov 26, 2024In Robert Altman’s wildly funny 1970 black comedy, Shelley Duvall plays an Astrodome tour guide and love interest of Brewster who soon becomes embroiled in a series of unexplained killings in the Houston area.
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Time Bandits
Nov 13—Nov 26, 2024
Time Bandits
Nov 13—Nov 26, 2024In this fantastic voyage through time and space from Terry Gilliam, a boy escapes his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of fugitives scrambling across eras seeking plunder, with Evil close behind.