Live Organ Concert & Sing-Along & Scrooge

Saturday December 11th · 6:30 pm

Featuring the majesty and power of the Loew's magnificent Wonder Morton pipe organ. Enjoy Christmas carols and holiday songs played by maestro Wayne Zimmerman on one of the most extraordinary instruments in the Metropolitan Area, accompanied by solo and chorale singers. Also, experience a great old movie theatre tradition brought back to life: the old-fashioned audience sing-along, with words projected on screen, for several of the songs.

Followed After Intermission By:
Scrooge at approximately 7:30pm
Starring Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More. Directed by Ronald Neame. (1970, 118mins., Color)

The dazzling, wide-screen movie musical version of Dickens’ classic tale. The costumes and sets capture the period beautifully, the direction is well paced, and the acting is superb, most especially Albert Finney in the title role and Alec Guinness as the most memorable Marley the screen has ever seen. Charming holiday fun for all ages.

Admission for concert & film is just $7 for adults; $5 for kids (12 & younger) and seniors (65+).
If you bring an unwrapped toy or article of clothing for the needy, we'll thank you with a box of popcorn.

The Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatre
54 Journal Square
(201) 798-6055
Loew's schedule

Loew's: Pee-wee's Big Adventure

"Tim Burton made his feature-length directorial debut with this film, and immediately established what would become his trademark quirky style. The film has a look reminiscent of German expressionist movies of the 1920s, filtered through a pop-art sensibility of cartoons, horror serials and Gothic fairy tales. The result is a surreal, mystical world, yet one very close to our own – that perfectly fits the absurdist humor. And the score by Danny Elfman is terrific. In all, Pee wee's Big Adventure is a delightful film, enjoyable for children as well as adults."
Starring Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger. Directed by Tim Burton.
(1985, 90mins, Color. Original Rating: PG)

Saturday, June 5th at 6 pm
The Landmark Loew's Jersey
54 Journal Square

more info:
http://loewsjersey.org/

On the Waterfront, movie, Loew's theater

march 27, 8.30 pm, Landmark Loew's Theater, JSQ
Starring Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint, Pat Henning, Martin Balsam.
Directed by Elia Kazan. Written by Bud Schulberg.
(1954 107mins. B&W)

Based on a series of articles about corruption on the New York/New Jersey docks, “On the Waterfront” tells the story of Terry Malloy, a washed-up boxer played by Marlon Brando who is caught between the grimy, dangerous reality of his life and his unexpectedly unquiet conscience. Malloy unwittingly helps set up a fellow dock worker to be killed at the behest of the mob-connected head of the longshoremen’s union, played by Lee J. Cobb. In the brutal world of the docks, everyone knows what really happened to the murdered man, but no one is willing to talk to the police. And yet – Malloy’s conscience won’t let him simply forget what happened, a situation made all the more difficult by the fact he is falling in love with the dead man’s sister, played by Eva Marie Saint, who brings an unfamiliar touch of refinement into his life. Karl Maldon as a local priest is another beacon of decency in his life. Pulling at Malloy from the other direction is the college-educated older brother whom he looks up to -- a lawyer, played by Rod Steiger, who works for the corrupt union boss. The middle ground to which Malloy desperately tries to hold is steadily eroded away as he struggles with himself over conflicted feelings of loyalty, fear, decency, self-interest, love, failure and an awakened sense of self-worth – and he is driven relentlessly toward having to choose between keeping quiet or “ratting out” the union boss.

That “On the Waterfront” is one of the most powerful narratives ever filmed is due in no small part to the uncanny sense of truth it projects from first frame to last. And this, in turn, is largely due to the remarkable performances of its cast – from Marlon Brando’s extraordinary creation of Malloy, to the smallest nuances of the supporting players. That the movie was famously filmed on location on the real waterfront in Hoboken, N.J. greatly adds to this aura of truth by imparting an authenticity and immediacy that has never been equaled in any other major motion picture: the gritty, violent and strangely claustrophobic world it depicted was no set, but life itself. Leonard Bernstein's score imparts a very subtle operatic quality to the otherwise hyper-realistic film. The film is an extraordinary mix of coarse and refined elements – harsh realism and elegant art fused into a coherent and compelling whole.

“On the Waterfront” won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director for Elia Kazan, Best Adapted Screenplay for Budd Schulberg, Best Actor for Brando, Best Supporting Actress for Saint, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, and Best Editing. Fifty-six years later, it remains an extraordinary cinematic accomplishment. Don’t miss this chance to see it back on the big screen.

Nightof the Hunter, movie at Loews Landmark Theater

march 26, 8 pm, Landmark Loew's theater, JFK Blvd, JSQ
Night of the Hunter, Starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish. Directed by Charles Laughton
(1955 93mins. B&W)

Robert Mitchum gives one of his greatest performances as a psychotic, misogynistic and phony preacher who insinuates himself into the family of an executed man with whom he had been imprisoned in order to find the hoard of cash the man had hidden away. All that stands between the brutal Mitchum and the money are the other man’s two young children and the indomitable, scripture-quoting old woman, played magnificently by Lillian Gish, to whom the children turn for help. Gish’s faith, courage and compassion are set in breathtakingly stark contrast against Mitchum’s dark, venal perversity – creating one of the screen’s most memorable and successful parables of good vs. evil.

Though obviously influenced by the look of German expressionist cinema, cinematographer Stanley Cortez and director Charles Laughton reshaped that style's visual devices for their own purposes, creating a film that resembles a reflected dream of childhood, foreign and troubling yet also very beautiful. Chilling and disquietly compelling, “The Night of the Hunter” was neither a critical nor box office success when released, but is now widely recognized as one of the most remarkable films of its time – a masterful blend of horror and lyricism.