Join the River Valley Film Club for a secret "hidden gem" movie night at Slowpoke Lounge & Cabaret. This month's selection is a 2016 film running 105 minutes, rated PG-13 for Irish-accented cursing, mild bullying, and inter-family strife. The movie features music, laughs, and heartfelt moments, with the exact title remaining under wraps until showtime.
Screwball sparks fly when Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn let loose in one of the fastest and funniest films ever made—a high-wire act of invention that took American screen comedy to new heights of absurdity. Hoping to procure a million-dollar endowment from a wealthy society matron for his museum, a hapless paleontologist (Grant) finds himself entangled with a dizzy heiress (Hepburn) as the manic misadventures pile up—a missing dinosaur bone, a leopard on the loose, and plenty of gender-bending mayhem among them. Bringing Up Baby’s sophisticated dialogue, spontaneous performances, and giddy innuendo come together in a whirlwind of comic chaos captured with lightning-in-a-bottle brio by director Howard Hawks.
Join the River Valley Film Club once a month for a secret "hidden gem" movie night at Slowpoke Lounge & Cabaret. Movie titles remain under wraps until showtime.
One of the most beloved films of all time, this sizzling masterpiece by Billy Wilder set a new standard for Hollywood comedy. After witnessing a mob hit, Chicago musicians Joe and Jerry (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, in landmark performances) skip town by donning drag and joining an all-female band en route to Miami. The charm of the group’s singer, Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe, at the height of her bombshell powers), leads them ever further into extravagant lies, as Joe assumes the persona of a millionaire to woo her and Jerry’s female alter ego winds up engaged to a tycoon. With a whip-smart script by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond, and sparking chemistry among its finely tuned cast, Some Like It Hot is as deliriously funny and fresh today as it was when it first knocked audiences out several decades ago.
Join the River Valley Film Club once a month on Sundays as they screen a specially selected movie. Movie titles remain under wraps until showtime, so follow RVFC on Facebook for details, or stop by the Slowpoke Lounge & Cabaret for more information. Come 30 minutes before showtime to grab a drink, meet fellow movie-lovers, and bring your own popcorn or dinner.
