Three Identical Strangers opens Friday, August 31
As seen at T/F 2018! Three strangers are reunited by astonishing coincidence after being born identical triplets, separated at birth, and adopted by three different families. Their jaw-dropping, feel-good story instantly becomes a global sensation complete with fame and celebrity, however, the fairy-tale reunion sets in motion a series of events that unearth an unimaginable […]
Read More...Wanda opens Monday, August 20 for a 4-day run
Wanda, Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive, August 20-23 only! Each month, Ragtag and the Citizen Jane Film Festival spotlight a woman-directed film. Wanda is August’s Citizen Jane Suggests selection. With her first and only feature film — a hard-luck drama she wrote, directed, and starred in — Barbara Loden turned in a groundbreaking […]
Read More...Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot opens Friday, August 17
John Callahan (played by Joaquin Phoenix) has a lust for life, a talent for off-color jokes, and a drinking problem. When an all-night bender ends in a catastrophic car accident, the last thing he intends to do is give up drinking. But when he reluctantly enters treatment -- with encouragement from his girlfriend (Rooney Mara) […]
Read More...Araby opens Monday for a 4-day run
Araby (original name Arábia) is the new Brazilian film Ragtag is opening on Monday, August 13 to play through Thursday, August 16 at Ragtag Cinema. In Portuguese with English subtitles, Araby is a beautifully written and filmed, Kerouac-reminiscent, fable-like road movie that follows a young man--Aristides de Sousa in a James Dean-like performance--on a ten-year […]
Read More...Westerly – a review series: Eighth Grade
Dr. Nancy West, a longtime cinema member and Professor of English at The University of Missouri, writes about Ragtag films for our website. Eighth Grade: two small words that evoke any number of wince-making associations: acne, body odor, gym class, oily hair, fumbling episodes of making out, and a soul-devouring envy of the cute and […]
Read More...Free screening at the library
The public library has a free screening of True/False Film Fest fave Quest on Wednesday, August 8, at 6:30pm in the Friends Room.
Read More...Westerly – a review series: Leave No Trace
When Dr. Nancy West, a longtime Ragtag member and Professor of English at The University of Missouri, offered to write about Ragtag films for our website, we immediately said yes. We love talking about films just about as much as we love watching them—relating them to our lives, our favorite films, probing their philosophical depths […]
Read More...August trailers
Our August calendar will be out soon, and here's a sneak peek trailer playlist of what's coming to Ragtag Cinema! Aug. 1-2: Milford Graves Full Mantis (avant garde drummer!) Opening Aug. 3: Eighth Grade (you've been hearing about this one!) Aug. 5-8: Yellow Submarine + singalongs! (remastered!) Opening Aug. 10: BlacKkKlansman (We can't wait!!!) Aug. […]
Read More...Yellow Submarine opens Sunday, August 5, for a 4-day run
Just announced! Yellow Submarine (remastered!) opens Sunday, August 5, for a 4-day run. It's the 50th anniversary! Bring the family and sing along. We'll have two specifically sing-a-long shows for you to really belt it out: Sing a-longs: Sun 8/5 3:15pm and Tue 8/7 6:45pm. Non-sing-a-long showtimes (sing in your head...) : Mon 8/6 at […]
Read More...August titles: BlacKkKlansman opens Aug. 10 / Eighth Grade opens Aug. 3
We are working on our August calendar! Some tidbits: Eighth Grade opens August 3. BlacKkKlansman opens August 10. BlacKkKlansman trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFc6I0rgmgY Eighth Grade trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8lFgF_IjPw
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