SESSION: Sunday 24th September at 7pm



Point Blank

(1967, dir. John Boorman, w/ Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson)

A ruthless crook, Walker (Lee Marvin), is betrayed by his partner, Mal Reese (John Vernon), who leaves him for dead on Alcatraz Island. Having survived, Walker returns years later to get revenge. He gets his first lead when a mysterious man (Keenan Wynn) tells him that Reese is now part of a vast criminal organization and dating Walker's wife's sister, Chris (Angie Dickinson). But after contacting Chris, Walker discovers that in truth she loathes Reese and is willing to help him get justice. (IMDB)

FILM INFO 55555(Astor rating)

A Scanner Darkly

(2006, dir. Richard Linklater, w/ Rory Cochrane, Robert Downey Jr., Mitch Baker, Keanu Reeves)

A Scanner Darkly will start at approximately 9:02pm, and finish at approximately 10:48pm.

In a totalitarian society in a near future, the undercover detective Bob Archor is working with a small time group of drug users trying to reach the big distributors of a brain-damaging drug called Substance D. His assignment is promoted by the recovery center New Path Corporation, and when Bob begins to lose his own identity and have schizophrenic behavior, he is submitted to tests to check his mental conditions. (IMDB)

FILM INFO 3.553.553.553.55(IMDB rating)