cult films at the Loews theater

Friday, Oct. 26 - 8:00 PM

Homicidal
Starring Glenn Corbett, Patricia Breslin, Jean Arless, Eugenie Leontovich.
Directed by William Castle. 1961, 87 mins.,  B&W

Just try to make it all the way through this movie and prove you are not a coward!

with

Carnival of Souls
Starring Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger.
Directed by Herk Harvey. 1962, 80mins., B&W.

Admission For BOTH FILMS:
$10 for Adults, $7 for Seniors (65+) and Children (12 & younger).
(May not be suitable for young children.)

Saturday, Oct. 27 - 6:00 PM

Murders in the Rue Morgue
Starring Bela Lugosi, Sydney Fox, Leon Waycoff (Ames).
Directed by Robert Florey.  1932, 61mins.  B&W.

with

Dracula
Starring Bela Lugosi, Edward Van Sloan, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye.
Directed by Tod Browning.  1931, 75mins.  B&W.

Admission For BOTH FILMS:
$10 for Adults, $7 for Seniors (65+) and Children (12 & younger).
(May not be suitable for young children.)

Saturday, Oct. 27 - 8:40 PM

Horror of Dracula
Starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Melissa Stribling.
Directed by Terence Fisher. 1958, 82mins. Color

Admission:
$7 for Adults, $5 for Seniors (65+) and Children (12 & younger)

Saturday, Oct. 27 - 10:40 PM

The Sentinel

Film being presented in conjunction with
Saturday Nightmares

Starring Chris Sarandon, Cristina Raines, John Carradine, Martin Balsam.
Directed by Michael Winner. 1977, 91mins, Color. Rated R.

Admission:
$7 for Adults, $5 for Seniors (65+) and Children (12 & younger)

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Be A Part Of The Show!

Friends of the Loew's Event Volunteers do everything from selling the tickets to making the popcorn to showing patrons to their seats and cleaning up the theatre afterwards. If you are interested in joining us this weekend or at any other event this season, email us at loewsjersey@gmail.com or call us at (201) 798-6055.

There will be an especially warm sense of camaraderie for those who help us in making sure the show does go on this weekend. As always, volunteers can bring a guest to help, pick a complimentary selection from our concession stand, and after the crowd is in and the film begins, they can enjoy the show. We do ask, however, that volunteers stay 30-40 minutes after the final show the help us clean up.

Sea disasters on screen at the Loews

Join us this coming Friday and Saturday when we remember the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic with three "Real and/or Reel" sea disasters on screen.

Of course, seeing a show at the Loew's is always a lot of fun. But being a part of the volunteer team that puts on the show is an experience you'll never forget! Curious? Read more below, just after this month's film schedule.

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Friday, April 27 - 8 pm

Lifeboat

Starring Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, Hume Cronyn.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. 1944, 100mins., B&W.

We shall be screening
20th Century Fox's Vault Print

Saturday, April 28 - 6 pm

A Night To Remember

Starring Kenneth More, Honor Blackman, David McCallum, Jill Dixon.

Directed by Roy Ward Baker.  1958, 123 mins., B&W.

Saturday, April 28 - 8:25 pm

The Poseidon Adventure

Starring Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelly Winters, Jack Albertson, Pamela Sue Martin, Leslie Nielsen.
Directed by Ronald Neame.  1972, 117 mins., Color
This 40th Anniversary Screening is co-sponsored by Cinema Retro magazine
and will use 20th Century Fox's vault print

Noted film critic Stephen Whitty will host and be joined by David Savage of Cinema Retro, Poseidon expert Chris Poggiali and critic Matt Forke to share info and insights about the movie and its production.

$7 for Adults, $5 for Seniors (65+) and Children (12 & younger). 

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Be A Part Of The Show!

Friends of the Loew's Event Volunteers do everything from selling the tickets to making the popcorn to showing patrons to their seats and cleaning up the theatre afterwards. If you are interested in joining us this weekend or at any other event this season, email us at loewsjersey@gmail.com or call us at (201) 798-6055.

There will be an especially warm sense of camaraderie for those who help us in making sure the show does go on this weekend. As always, volunteers can bring a guest to help, pick a complimentary selection from our concession stand, and after the crowd is in and the film begins, they can enjoy the show. We do ask, however, that volunteers stay 30-40 minutes after the final show the help us clean up.

Celebrating 100 Years of Paramount Pictures


Join us later this month as we screen three classics from Paramount Pictures that haven't won any Academy Awards--but maybe they should have.

Of course, seeing a show at the Loew's is always a lot of fun. But being a part of the volunteer team that puts on the show is an experience you'll never forget! Curious? Read more below, just after this month's film schedule.

Also, if you would like to help spread the word about our upcoming film series, click here to download copies of our latest fliers. Also, if you have time to distribute a larger number of posters and fliers, contact us and we'll give you a supply of our publicity materials.
Friday, February 24 - 8 pm
Ferris Bueller's Day Off


Starring Matthew Broderick, Allan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones.
Directed by John Hughes  (1986, 103mins., color)

Saturday, February 25 - 6 pm

Double Indemnity


Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson.
Directed by Billy Wilder. (1944, 107mins.  B&W)

Saturday, February 25, 8:20 pm

Psycho


Starring Anthony Perkins & Janet Leigh.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. (1960, 120 mins., B&W)


Admission: $7 Adults / $5 Children & Seniors.

movies at the Loews: Batman 1966, Pearl Harbor, the train, saboteur, the bridge on the river kwai

Please join us this Saturday, November 12, for a special screening of the 1966 Batman movie, presented by NJ Comic Expo in conjunction with their Holy Batvention on November 12 & 13 in Teaneck, NJ.

The live event begins at 7:00 PM and can be attended by purchasing a combo ticket for $15 (which includes movie admission). Those who wish to only see the film can do so at 8:00 PM for $5.

The combo price includes time with Lee Meriwether (the movie's Catwoman). There will be a short video presentation and time to talk with her and any of the other stars who may come from the convention to the Theatre.

The movie will begin at 8:00 PM and will include music from the Wonder Organ as people are let in.


And next Friday and Saturday, November 18-19, we will be remembering the 70th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack with three classic films set during World War II.

Of course, seeing a show at the Loew's is always a lot of fun. But being a part of the volunteer team that puts on the show is an experience you'll never forget! Curious? Read more below, just after this month's film schedule.

Also, if you would like to help spread the word about our upcoming film series, click here to download copies of our latest fliers. Also, if you have time to distribute a larger number of posters and fliers, contact us and we'll give you a supply of our publicity materials.

Friday, November 18 - 8PM
The Train
Starring Burt Lancaster & Paul Scofield.  Directed by John Frankenheimer.
1964, 133mins, B&W.

Saturday, November 19 - 6PM
Saboteur
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane, Norman Lloyd.
1942, 115mins., B&W.

Saturday, November 19 - 8:20PM
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Starring Alec Guinness, William Holden, Sessue Hayakawa.
Directed by David Lean.  1957, 161mins, Color.

Golden Door Film festival at Loews

This week we are pleased to be a participating sponsor of the Golden Door International Film Festival of Jersey City in its inaugural year.

It is going to run from Thursday, October 13, through Sunday, October 16.

Festival events will happen at various locations around Jersey City, with the Loew's being a principal venue. We will be the site of both the opening and closing ceremonies, plus various screenings. The closing ceremony will include awards to Festival winners and special awards to the actor Paul Sorvino -- of "Goodfellas" and "Law and Order" fame, plus a whole lot of other character/supporting roles -- and to Leon Gast -- Jersey City native and Academy Award winning director of the 1996 documentary "When We Were Kings."

However please note that there will be no Festival events at the Loew's on Saturday, October 15, as the theater has already been booked for a wedding.

For more information about the screenings and other events, visit the Festival's website at:  http://goldendoorfilmfestival.org.

Also,  if you're interested in joining in and helping out, Friends of the Loew's Event Volunteers do everything from selling the tickets to making the popcorn to showing patrons to their seats and cleaning up the theatre afterwards.

If you are interested in volunteering at this event, email us at loewsjersey@gmail.com or call us at (201) 798-6055.

saturday classics at the Loew's Jersey landmark

Saturday, February 26 - 6 pm
The Big Sleep
Starring Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall.
Directed by Howard Hawks.  (1946, 114 mins.)

One of the most popular noir films and most influential detective movies ever made, The Big Sleep nevertheless has one of the most convoluted scripts of any movie made in classic Hollywood. Director Howard Hawks literally blew past red herrings and possible dead ends by letting dialogue and action spill out so fast that there is barely time to acknowledge, never mind contemplate, a new plot twist. But Hawks did slow down to let the audience fully appreciate the erotic innuendo in the repartee between Bogart's Philip Marlowe and Bacall's Mrs. Rutledge -- performances that were made palpable by the couple's real-life relationship. This was cutting edge stuff for a Hollywood still under the Production Code. It's the combination of this razor sharp sexual edge with the disquieting murky mystery that gives the film its distinctly hot yet cold, dream/nightmare feeling.

Saturday, February 26 - 8:30 pm
Dark Passage
Starring Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall.
Directed by Delmar Davis.  1947, 107 mins.
A well constructed Film Noir that is one of the most darkly seductive but seldom revived pairings of Bogart & Bacall. Bogart is a man wrongly accused of his wife's murder who undergoes plastic surgery to conceal his identity. Bacall, more vulnerable here than in other roles, is a lonely heiress who shelters Bogie -- and falls for him -- while he tries to find his wife's real killer. The film makes great use not only of its stars' real life  chemistry but also of its San Francisco setting. The Bay Area's hills and winding roads, world-famous bridges and even prison proximity are integral to the story, while the city's mixture of affluence and squalor, misfits and money men give texture to the shadowy atmosphere. The supporting cast more than hold their own, and Director Delmar Davis makes great use of the tight, efficient script. The opening scenes filmed from Bogart's perspective are especially effective, adding a distinct, perhaps even Hitchcock-ian feel. Don't miss this rare chance to see this noir gem on the Big Screen.

movie classics at the Loew's Landmark Theater

Friday, February 25 - 8 pm
To Have and Have Not

Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan.
Directed by Howard Hawks. (1944, 100 mins.)
This is the movie that brought Bogart and Bacall together – both on screen and off. Bogart is the owner of a charter boat in Vichy-controlled Martinique. Approached by Free French activists, Bogart doesn’t want to stick his neck out for them – until he finds that doing so will help Bacall. While the screenplay by William Faulkner and Jules Furthman owes as much to Casablanca as to the Hemingway novel they were adapting, it nevertheless is a terrific blend of romance and action leavened with comedy, and Howard Hawks’ direction is, as usual, masterful. But what makes the film truly electric is the unmistakable chemistry that was boiling over for real between Bogart and Bacall as the cameras rolled.

horror movies at the Loews

Friday, October 22 - 8 PM
Brides of Dracula
Starring Peter Cushing, Yvonne Monlaur, Marita Hunt, David Peel, Freda Jackson. Directed by Terence Fisher.
(1960, 86mins., Color)  Suitable for most audiences.
If Universal Pictures distilled and defined the horror movie in black & white during the 1930s and ‘40s, the British studio Hammer Films re-imagined and redefined the genre in color beginning in the late 1950s.  Brides of Dracula was the studio’s second vampire film, the sequel to its Horror of Dracula.  A young woman is stranded in a foreboding Transylvanian village and encounters a handsome young Baron, who turns out to be a vampire.  In her ignorance, the young woman looses the vampire upon a girl’s school -- and herself.  Fortunately, the arch nemesis of all vampires, Dr. Van Helsing, arrives to help.

Brides is one of the best examples of the revised conventions Hammer established for the gothic horror genre: in addition to the glorious color cinematography – and especially bright red blood -- there are lavish sets, impressive costumes, and an even more potent erotic undertow (though certainly nothing explicit) than Universal ever dared to suggest.  In this, it is a precursor to the plethora of erotically charged vampire tales that have been appearing ever since. Strong performances, good writing, action and intrigue also make the film a horror classic.


Saturday, October 23 - 6 PM
Son of Frankenstein
Starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill. Directed by Rowland V. Lee.
(1938, 99mins., B&W)  Suitable for most audiences.
Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s Monster is one of the most legendary performances in movie history.  Karloff portrayed the Monster for the third and final time on the big screen in Son of Frankenstein.  As if that wasn’t enough to make the film a classic, Karloff was joined by Bela Lugosi in what, arguably, was his finest Hollywood performance.  When Dr. Frankenstein’s son, who has lived in America most of his life, returns to his ancestral home, he finds that local villagers still remember and fear his father’s creation.  Goaded by a sinister man (Lugosi) living amid the ruins of his father’s castle, Frankenstein decides to revive his father’s Monster – but to reform its brutish nature and thereby vindicate his father’s memory.  Of course things don’t work out as Frankenstein had planned!

It would not have been surprising if this second sequel proved shop-worn, but Son of Frankenstein is a well-crafted continuation of the Frankenstein saga, boasting an intelligent script, extraordinary sets and cinematography that continue the German Expressionist influence on American horror movies – and great performances by all, especially Karloff and Lugosi.

Admission to "Brides of Dracula" and "Son of Frankenstein" is $6 for adults, and $4 for seniors and children.
Combination tickets will only be available for these two movies.


Saturday, October 23 - 8:20 PM
Nosferatu
Starring Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schroeder.
Directed by F.W. Murnau.
(1922, 84mins., B&W).  Suitable for most audiences.
Silent with Live Organ Accompaniment By Wayne Zimmerman on the Loew’s Wonder Morton

In our time of CGI, surround-sound and even the revival of 3-D, an 88-year-old German silent film remains one of the most chilling and legendary horror movies ever made.  Nosferatu was the first – although unauthorized – feature-film version of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.”  Stoker’s widow sued and won over copyright infringement, and all copies of Nosferatu were supposed to have been destroyed, but fortunately a few prints survived.

Ironically, Nosferatu is now considered one of the best interpretations of Stoker’s Dracula ever filmed.  Still, it differs from the book in several notable ways, including the names of central characters and locations. It, not the book, cemented into the Dracula canon the idea that vampires are destroyed by sunlight.  And the ending differs from Stocker’s, and is one of the more suggestive mixes of innocence and evil, self-sacrifice and eroticism of the silent era.

The singular performance and truly lurid makeup of Max Schrek as the vampire is one of the most iconic representations of evil ever filmed.  But the greatest source of the film’s enduring power is the eerie look and truly disquieting mood that pioneering director F. W. Murnau achieved by merging German expressionist style with real location settings, daring experimentation with stop-motion and reverse-negative effects, and the use of dramatic shadows and long angles – which became a kind of visual lexicon for horror on film.  When this is combined with live organ accompaniment, as it will be at the Loew’s Jersey, Nosferatu is a truly unforgettable experience.

Admission to "Nosferatu" is $8 for adults; $6 for seniors (65+) and children (12 & younger).

Landmark Loew’s presents: Nosferatu - with live organ !

Saturday, October 23rd 8:20 pm - 10:00 pm
Nosferatu - with live organ accompaniment

Starring Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schroeder.
Directed by F.W. Murnau. (1922, 84mins., B&W). Suitable for most audiences.

The Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatre
54 Journal Square, Jersey City
(201) 798-6055
http://www.loewsjersey.org/

"Charade" at the Loews landmark theater

Saturday, September 25 - 8:20 PM Loews landmark theater, JSQ
Charade


Starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn. Directed by Stanley Donen.(1963, 113 mins., Color) Unrated, but suitable for most audiences.
Audrey Hepburn is an innocent woman caught in a web of intrigue anddeceit when her husband is murdered and she discovers she knew very

little about him that was true. As she is pursued by three men who were apparently her husband's accomplices in the theft of a large sum of money, she looks to Cary Grant for help -- but it turns out he has layers of secrets too, including multiple aliases. Soon, neither the increasingly desperat Hepburn nor the audience knows what to believe or whom to trust. Stanley Donen, better known for making musicals, borrowed some of Hitchcock's favorite plot devices to craft this stylish thriller that also mixes in romance and comedy. Includes beautiful location cinematography of early '60s Paris,and a great score by Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini.

at the Loews "peeping Tom"

Friday, September 24 - 8 PM
Peeping Tom
Starring Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer.  Directed by Michael Powell.
(1960, 106 mins.)  Unrated, but not recommended for children.

This British-made film premiered within a few months of "Psycho," and the two are often compared.  Indeed, "Peeping Tom," about a psychologically damaged young man driven to kill women, is every bit the dark story of madness and murder that "Psycho" is.  It also shares themes of voyeurism and repressed desire with "Rear Window" and "Vertigo."  But if those three films ultimately cemented Hitchcock's reputation as "The Master" of psychological thriller and horror films, "Peeping Tom" all but destroyed the career of Michael Powell, who had been one of Britain's top directors. It was denounced and banned as prurient exploitation, and all but forgotten until Martin Scorsese lauded it as groundbreaking and personally arranged for its re-release. It is both more frank and yet more subtle in its exploration of its themes than any of Hitchcock's works. And it is also a provoking meditation on the appeal of cinema, which is inherently voyeuristic. A half century later, it retains its considerable psychological impact.  Don't miss this rare screening.

A Hard Day's Night

The Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatre (54 Journal Square): Sat, Apr 24, 2010 6:00 pm

Starring The Beatles, Wilfrid Brambell, Norman Rossington.
Directed by Richard Lester.
(1964, 85min., B&W.)

The wild, all-encompassing popularity of The Beatles that exploded across America in late 1963 and '64 changed virtually everything about music and pop culture. A Hard Day's Night was a first attempt to channel some of The Beatles' popularity toward movie theatre box offices. Remarkably, though the production was decidedly rushed, Director Lester and screenwriter Alun Owen created a musical-comedy-fantasy that managed to perfectly capture the good-naturedly sardonic personas of each of The Beatles while fairly accurately depicting the manic zaniness of the early Beatlemania. The Beatles themselves were very pleased with the results. Of course, the soundtrack rings with some of the Fab Four's most popular early songs, including "Can't Buy Me Love," "And I Love Her," "I Should Have Known Better," and the title tune, which was reportedly written overnight by John Lennon and Paul McCartney in response to a plea from the director for a song to match the movie's title.

A Hard Day's Night remains a great treat for everyone who loves The Beatles and a great way for new fans to get to know the group and its music.