Join us Friday, Sep. 18th for a 15th Anniversary Retro-mania screening of David Cronenberg's Oscar-nominated gangster thriller A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (2005) on 35mm film!!!
Showtime: 9:00 PM, tickets: $10.
Tom Stall is living a happy and quiet life with his lawyer wife and their two children in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana, but one night their idyllic existence is shattered when Tom foils a vicious attempted robbery in his diner. Sensing danger, he takes action and saves his customers and friends in the self-defense killings of two-sought-after criminals. Heralded as a hero, Tom's life is changed overnight, attracting a national media circus, which forces him into the spotlight. Uncomfortable with his newfound celebrity, Tom tries to return to the normalcy of his ordinary life only to be confronted by a mysterious and threatening man who arrives in town believing Tom is the man who's wronged him in the past. As Tom and his family fight back against this case of mistaken identity and struggle to cope with their changed reality, they are forced to confront their relationships and the divisive issues which surface as a result.
"A remarkably convincing examination of heroism, hero worship, and the seductive allure of villainy"- Ken Tucker, New York Magazine
"A fully realized, wholly rendered, singular work of art"- Matthew Lucas, The Dispatch
"A fascinating exercise in cinematic restraint resulting in a captivating, not to be missed film"- Jeffery Lyles, Lyles Movie Files
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