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Keep Your Distance
Sometimes it’s best not to get involved
VIRTUAL REPERTORY SERIES
FRIDAY, MARCH 27 – THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2020
While we are all doing our best to flatten the curve on COVID-19 while practicing social distancing, we thought it might be good to have some reminders that, while it’s hard to not be able to hang out with friends, sometimes, it’s better NOT to get involved with other people. To that end, we present this series of films that feature sometimes hilarious, sometimes thrilling, but always cautionary tales of when it might have been best to just leave well enough alone – even if the end result is a happy ending.
Friday, March 27 • Double Feature
THE 39 STEPS
Streaming on Criterion Channel; stream for free on Snagfilms; for rent elsewhere
1935 • dir Alfred Hitchcock w/Robert Donat, Madeleine Carrol, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle • 86 min
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THE LADY VANISHES
Streaming on Amazon Prime and Criterion Channel; stream for free on Snagfilms; for rent elsewhere
1938 • dir Alfred Hitchcock w/Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty • 96 min
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Saturday, March 28 • Double Feature
THE LAVENDER HILL MOB
Streaming on Kanopy; for rent elsewhere
1951 • dir Charles Crichton w/Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James • 78 min
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BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET
Streaming on Criterion Channel only; not currently available for rent online
1958 • die Mario Monicelli w/Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori • 106 min
Sunday, March 29
IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD
Streaming on Amazon Prime; for rent elsewhere
1963 • dir Stanley Kramer w/Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Dorothy Provine, Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson, Jim Backus, Buster Keaton • 205 min
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Also Sunday, March 29 • Virtual Late Show
SINGLE WHITE FEMALE
Streaming for free with ads on Sony Crackle; for rent elsewhere
1992 • dir Barbet Schroeder w/Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber, Peter Friedman, Stephen Tobolowsky • 107 min
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Monday, March 30 • Double Feature
THE CONVERSATION
Streaming on Amazon Prime and Kanopy; stream for free with ads on Sony Crackle; for rent elsewhere
1974 • dir Francis Ford Coppola w/Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Harrison Ford, Teri Garr, Robert Duvall • 113 min
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BLOW OUT
Please Note: Due to licensing changes on April 1, this title is no longer available.
1981 • dir Brian De Palma w/John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz • 108 min
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Tuesday, March 31 • Double Feature
THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE
Streaming on Amazon Prime and Criterion Channel; for rent elsewhere
1972 • dir Luis Buñuel w/Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur • 102 min
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DAISIES
Streaming on Kanopy and Criterion Channel; for rent elsewhere
1966 • dir Věra Chytilová w/Jitka Cerhová, Ivana Karbanová, Julius Albert • 76 min
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Bonus: Play dress-up with Marie I and Marie II paper dolls! (to save the image: desktop users right-click, mobile users long-press)
Wednesday, April 1 • Double Feature
THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN
Unfortunately, this title is no longer available from AmazonPrime as we originally thought. It is now only available for rent online.
1987 • dir Danny DeVito w/Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Anne Ramsey • 88 min
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PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES
Streaming on Amazon Prime; for rent elsewhere
1987 • dir John Hughes w/Steve Martin, John Candy • 93 min
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Thursday, April 2 • Double Feature
DETOUR
Streaming on Amazon Prime, Kanopy, and Criterion Channel; for free on Tubi; for rent elsewhere
1945 dir Edgar G. Ulmer w/Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake • 68 min
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BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT
Streaming on Netflix; for rent elsewhere
1982 • dir Ridley Scott w/Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, William Sanderson • 117 min
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