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Colors of Time
( nr ) 126 min
in French with English subtitles
Now Playing

Brought together by the unexpected inheritance of an abandoned house in rural Normandy, four cousins discover they share a mysterious family history. It’s 1895 and their ancestor Adèle leaves her hometown to search for her mother in Paris…

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Tuner
( r ) 109 min
in English
Now Playing

With his once-promising musical career over, a gifted piano tuner’s heightened sense of hearing draws the attention of criminals, who see his talents as useful for opening safes as well as for tuning Steinways.

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Disclosure Day
( pg-13 ) 145 min
in English
Now Playing

If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to eight billion people in a new original event film created and directed by Steven Spielberg.

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Raiders of the Lost Ark
( pg ) 115 min
in English
Summer 1980s

Indy, and his feisty ex-flame Marion Ravenwood, dodge booby-traps, fight Nazis and stare down snakes in their incredible worldwide quest for the mystical Ark of the Covenant.

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Two Pianos
( nr ) 115 min
in French with English subtitles
French Cinémathèque

After years of exile, pianist Mathias returns to France when his former mentor Eléna invites him to perform a series of concerts. But soon after his arrival, a chance encounter with a child who looks just like him throws Mathias into turmoil.

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The Odyssey
( r ) 172 min
in English
Coming Soon

Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY is an epic adaptation of Homer’s saga, charting the long and perilous journey of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, as he attempts to return home to his wife Penelope and son Telemachus following the conclusion of the Trojan War.

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Opening Fri, Jul 17
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit
( pg ) 104 min
in English
Summer 1980s

In 1930s Los Angeles, cartoon film star Roger Rabbit hires private eye Eddie Valiant to snoop on Roger’s wife Jessica, who may be playing pattycake with someone else. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.

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The Sheep Detectives
( pg ) 109 min
in English
Programmer's Choice

When their beloved farmer is found dead under mysterious circumstances, a flock of the sheep conclude they will have to solve the murder themselves, learning that the human world isn’t as simple as it appears in books.

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Ghostbusters
( pg ) 105 min
in English
Summer 1980s

When an employee of the Public Library is terrorized by an unseen phantom, Columbia U parapsychologists Ray, Peter, and Egon are hired to investigate. After their funding is revoked, they seize the opportunity to open their own business as paranormal exterminators.

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Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
( nr ) 92 min
in English
Special Event

A love letter to a peculiarly Irish cinema experience…Over the course of one evening, we follow the travails of beleaguered cinema owner Earl as he faces a myriad of disasters, any one of which could sink him.

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Network
( r ) 121 min
in English
Special Event

Veteran newscaster Howard Beale knows that he is about to be dumped – in turn, he uses his next broadcast to announce that he is going to commit suicide on his final program.

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The Natural
( pg ) 138 min
in English
Summer 1980s

After his dreams of being a big league baseball player as a young man are shattered, the 35-year-old Roy Hobbs reappears, along with his childhood bat ‘wonderboy’, as a rookie with The New York Knights.

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Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
( nr ) 91 min
in English
Avalon Docs

A profile of best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver, who was openly queer but intensely private, and whose life was devoted to nature, paying attention, and the long journey toward learning to love and to be loved.

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Airplane!
( pg ) 88 min
in English
Summer 1980s

Ted Striker, ex-fighter pilot with a drinking problem, is forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning from the fish dinner. It’s now up to Ted and his former girlfriend/stewardess Elaine, who had the chicken, to land the plane and save everyone on board.

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Wild Inside
( nr ) 96 min
in English
Film In Focus

A Eurasian Eagle-Owl named Flaco escapes from the Central Park Zoo and sets off on a magical odyssey through the island of Manhattan. Flaco overcomes his years of captivity and lack of survival skills to answer the call of the wild – and discovers he was wild inside all along.

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The Karate Kid
( pg ) 126 min
in English
Summer 1980s

After arriving in L.A. from the east coast Daniel becomes the object of bullying by the Cobras, a menacing gang of karate students, when he strikes up relationship with Ali, the Cobra leader’s ex-girlfriend. Eager to fight back Daniel asks his handyman Miyagi, a master of martial arts, to teach him karate.

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High
( r ) 90 min
in English
Summer 1980s

A group of Southern California high school students explore their most important subjects: sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll in this hilarious portrait of 1980s American teen life.

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Stand By Me
( r ) 89 min
in English
Summer 1980s

In a small woodsy Oregon town, a group of friends – sensitive Gordie, tough guy Chris, flamboyant Teddy, and scaredy-cat Vern – are in search of a missing teenager’s body. Wanting to be heroes, they set out on a two-day trek that turns into an odyssey of self-discovery.

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Admission: $15.50 Adults, $12.00 Matinee Bargain Shows, $12.25 Seniors (62+), $10.50 Child (12 & under), Student and Military, $11.00 Avalon Members, $10.00 Seniors who are Avalon Members.
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