JULY
Xanadu
Friday , July 12 at 7pm outdoor screenings : TOTALLY TERRIBLE 80s ! Xanadu dir . Robert Greenwald , US , 1980 , digital , 93 min .
Join us at 7pm for DJs , drinks and dancing at our outdoor screening series opening party “ Nineteen Eighty-Disco .” Film starts at sundown .
Introduction by DJ and musician Maria T .
A campy guilty pleasure , this quintessential 1980 ’ s “ disco musical ” was a box-office flop and despised by critics everywhere . True , the story of a muse ( Olivia Newton-John ) who comes to life to inspire a young artist ( Michael Beck ) is loaded with sappy and sometimes silly plot developments , and director Greenwald , while possessing a talent for visuals , hasn ’ t an idea about narrative . But for those willing to bask in its unpretentious and curiously effective fantasy elements and musical numbers , Xanadu is a disco-thumping , roller-boogeyin ’ lark . The good score helps . Gene Kelly , in his final dramatic role ( if you can call it dramatic ), appears as sort of a wise sage who opens a dance hall and gets to perform a dance or two . — TLA
City Tap House proudly sponsors International House Philadelphia ’ s Outdoor Movie Series and offers 10 % off your check every Friday after 5pm all summer long . To redeem , pick up a coupon at an any IHP outdoor screening , or present your IHP ticket stub at City Tap House .
Free screening . Please bring chairs and blankets ; rain or shine .
The Earrings of Madame De ...
Saturday , July 13 at 7pm THE JANUS COLLETION The Earrings of Madame de ... dir . Max Ophüls , France , 1953 , 35mm , b / w , French w / English subtitles , 100 min .
The most cherished work from French master Max Ophüls , The Earrings of Madame de ... is a profoundly emotional , cinematographically adventurous tale of deceptive opulence and tragic romance . When an aristocratic woman known only as Madame de ... ( Danielle Darrieux ) sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband ( Charles Boyer ) in order to pay some debts , she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in despair . Ophüls ’ s adaptation of Louise de Vilmorin ’ s incisive fin de siècle novel employs to ravishing effect the elegant and precise camera work for which the director is so justly renowned . ihousephilly . org