Ikiru (To Live) - 4K Restoration
NEVADA THEATRE 8/17: Kurosawa Fest comes to The Onyx and The Onyx Downtown this summer, as we pay tribute to legendary director Akira Kurosawa with new restorations of some of his most celebrated epics! One of the greatest achievements by Kurosawa, IKIRU shows the director at his most compassionate—affirming life through an exploration of death. Takashi Shimura beautifully portrays Kanji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer who is impelled to find meaning in his final days. Presented in a radically conceived twopart structure and shot with a perceptive, humanistic clarity of vision, IKIRU is a multifaceted look at what it means to be alive. In Japanese w/ English subtitles.
Yojimbo - 4K Restoration
NEVADA THEATRE 8/24: Kurosawa Fest comes to The Onyx and The Onyx Downtown this summer, as we pay tribute to legendary director Akira Kurosawa with new restorations of some of his most celebrated epics! In the first film of our double feature, the incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Kurosawa's visually stunning and darkly comic YOJIMBO. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone and Walter Hill, this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential and entertaining films of all time. In Japanese w/ English subtitles.
Sanjuro - 4K Restoration
NEVADA THEATRE 8/24: Kurosawa Fest comes to The Onyx and The Onyx Downtown this summer, as we pay tribute to legendary director Akira Kurosawa with new restorations of some of his most celebrated epics! In the second film of our double feature, Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed SANJURO. A sly companion piece to YOJIMBO, jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a "proper" samurai on its ear. Less brazen in tone than its predecessor but equally entertaining, this classic character's return is a masterpiece in its own right. In Japanese w/ English subtitles.
High and Low - 4K Restoration
NEVADA THEATRE 8/31: Kurosawa Fest comes to The Onyx and The Onyx Downtown this summer, as we pay tribute to legendary director Akira Kurosawa with new restorations of some of his most celebrated epics! Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in HIGH AND LOW, the highly influential domestic drama and police procedural. Adapting Ed McBain's detective novel King's Ransom, Kurosawa moves effortlessly from compelling race-against-time thriller to exacting social commentary, creating a diabolical treatise on contemporary Japanese society. In Japanese w/ English subtitles.
DOGMA: Resurrected! A 25th Anniversary Celebration
NEVADA THEATRE 9/7: After 25 years off the market, DOGMA makes its triumphant return with a brand new 4K restoration and exclusive bonus content available only in theatres! Directed by Kevin Smith, DOGMA is a satirical fantasy comedy that follows two fallen angels, Bartleby (Ben Affleck) and Loki (Matt Damon), who discover a loophole that would allow them to return to Heaven but would inadvertently undo the creation of the universe. A woman named Bethany (Linda Fiorentino), who is struggling with her faith, is tasked with stopping them before their plan succeeds. She is joined by various characters along the way, including a muse, a seraphim, and a group of unlikely allies, all as they battle against the forces of heaven and hell.
Dog Day Afternoon
NEVADA THEATRE 9/21: The Onyx Downtown celebrates the “Al-iversary” of two cinematic gems, both starring the incomparable Al Pacino! When inexperienced criminal Sonny Wortzik (Pacino) leads a bank robbery in Brooklyn, things quickly go wrong and a hostage situation develops. As Sonny and his accomplice Sal (John Cazale) try desperately to remain in control, a media circus develops and the FBI arrives. Directed by the legendary Sidney Lumet, and based on true events, DOG DAY AFTERNOON is a crime drama fever dream that is best experienced on the big screen.
Heat
NEVADA THEATRE 9/28: The Onyx Downtown celebrates the “Al-iversary” of two cinematic gems, both starring the incomparable Al Pacino! Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) leads a group of professional bank robbers, taking down major scores around Los Angeles. But when McCauley and company botch a major heist, they are pursued by Lt. Vincent Hanna (Pacino) and his team of cops in the LAPD. Directed by Michael Mann and considered one of the most influential films of all time, HEAT is the ultimate game of cat-and-mouse, with deadly consequences.
