(614) Movie Club: New Jon Stewart feature, Episode V Beer Tasting, and timely documentaries
(614) Movie Club. It’s OK to talk about it.
Every Monday at (614) we’ll be here to update you on virtual and physical screenings that are being offered by the businesses and organizations that make Columbus such a special cinema city. Read below for this week’s streams and showtimes.
NOW SHOWING AT GRANDVIEW THEATER
The original Jaws will continue to show at Grandview theater after a July 4 weekend beer tasting. Fitting, right? Watching this might be what it takes to keep you away from the beach for the rest of the summer.
- Showing: July 6-9 (4 p.m.)
- Cost: $9
- Release: 1975
- Runtime: 124 min.
More Steven Spielberg horror on the big screen. Again, if you missed the beer tasting, you’ll have a few more shots this week at catching some dino-roaring action on the big screen.
- Showing: July 6-9 (7 p.m.)
- Cost: $9
- Release: 1993
- Runtime: 127 min.
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back Beer Tasting
One of the most popular picks for best Star Wars film of all time, the beer tasting comes during a year when the fifth episode is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Enjoy a 10-round beer tasting, free pint glass, raffle prizes, and a very entertaining presentation.
- Showing: July 11 (3 and 9 p.m.) and 12 (5 p.m.)
- Cost: $40
- Release: 1993
- Runtime: 127 min.
NOW SHOWING AT STUDIO 35
A local town battling big-party politics, written and directed by Jon Stewart and starring Steve Carrell? Looks great on paper, plays out even better on screen. Rose Byrne is outright ridiculous in this one. Enjoy a 2020 release in an actual movie theater with grade-A recliners.
- Showing: July 6-9 (4:30, 7, and 9:30 p.m.)
- Cost: $9
- Release: 2020
- Runtime: 104 min.
See above.
- Showing: July 6-9 (4 and 7 p.m.)
- Cost: $9
- Release: 1993
- Runtime: 127 min.
See above.
- Showing: July 6-9 (9:45 p.m.)
- Cost: $9
- Release: 1975
- Runtime: 124 min.
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back Beer Tasting
See above.
- Showing: July 11 (noon and 5:30 p.m.) and 12 (2 p.m.)
- Cost: $40
- Release: 1993
- Runtime: 127 min.
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NOW STREAMING VIRTUALLY AT THE WEX
A timely documentary that followed the Black Lives Matter movement around 2013, this film focuses on the corruption within the Cincinnati Police Department, whose force was responsible for killing a total of 15 black men between 1995 and 2001.
- Closes: July 9
- Cost: Free
- Release: 2015
- Runtime: 103 min.
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
Ella Fitzgerald is one of the most prolific singers of all time. Although a lot of her life has been studied, this documentary goes deeper with some never-before-seen footage and interviews from greats such as Tony Bennett and Smokey Robinson.
- Closes: July 23
- Cost: $12
- Release: 2019
- Runtime: 90 min.
A coming-of-age journey that follows a Black teenager trying to find his identity in the UK and beyond. The movie was the winner of the World Dramatic Competition at Sundance and Best Supporting Actress and Most Promising Newcomer awards at the British Independent Film Awards.
- Closes: July 23
- Cost: $10
- Release: 2019
- Runtime: 98 min.
Another unfortunately timely documentary, Denise Ho follows the personal journey of the openly gay singer from pop icon to human rights activist. What emerged out of the Umbrella Movement of 2014 saw Ho take to the streets in the midst of the Hong Kong revolution in 2019.
- Closes: July 30
- Cost: $12
- Release: 2020
- Runtime: 83 min.
NOW STREAMING VIRTUALLY AT GFC
Ai Weiwei, China’s most famous artist, transforms Alcatraz Island prison into an astonishing expression of socially-engaged art focused on the unjustly incarcerated. Known-whistleblower Chelsea Manning makes an appearance.
- Opens: July 8
- Cost: $10
- Release: 2019
- Runtime: 78 min.
We Are Little Zombies
If eccentric Japanese cinema is your forte, you’ll want to check out We Are Little Zombies. A messy triumph of tragedy, comedy, music, social criticism, and teenage angst, watch what four teenagers do when they find out their parents are being turned into dust.
- Opens: July 8
- Cost: N/A
- Release: 2019
- Runtime: 120 min.
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