20 Movies to Check Out at Missoula’s Roxy Theater in April
It's a new month, which means it's a whole new slate of special programming at Missoula's Roxy Theater! Every month, the Roxy creates a new theme to showcase different films - in March, it was Roxy Confidential, where they showed 5 all-time film noir classics. So what's on deck for April?
Tonight There's Gonna Be A Jailbreak
The main series for April is called Spring Breakout, and the focus is on movies where people are busting out of prison. You've got three movies in the main series, plus a few more that tie into it throughout the month.
Here are your main three:
Wednesday, April 6th - Cool Hand Luke
Wednesday, April 13th - Escape From New York
Wednesday, April 20th - Down By Law (presented in 35mm)
What's On Deck for Movie Cult
Just about Saturday night, The Roxy will screen a movie with a rabid cult audience, and there's a wide variety presented for this month.
Saturday, April 2nd - Twilight
Saturday, April 9th - Big Trouble in Little China
Saturday, April 16th - Holes (presented in 35mm - this one will have two showings, and is a great tie-in for Spring Breakout!)
Saturday, April 30th - New York Ninja
Everything Else
Here's the rest of what you can expect throughout the month of April:
Monday, April 4th - Field of Dreams (Play Ball!)
Wednesday, April 6th - Father Stu (Fundraising Event for the 1981 Capital High Class Scholarship)
Thursday, April 7th - Paterson (Celebrating National Poetry Month)
Thursday, April 7th - Spirit of the Peaks (Featuring a live Q&A with the filmmakers)
Friday, April 8th - House on Willow Street (Midnight Madness)
Saturday, April 9th - Paddington 2 (Kiddomatic Presents)
Sunday, April 10th - A Man Escaped (Cinema Abroad, tying in to Spring Breakout)
Monday, April 11th - The Great Beauty (World View: Cultures in Words)
Thursday, April 14th - Mass (MTFF Presents)
Sunday, April 17th - The Great Escape (Essential Cinema, tying in to Spring Breakout)
Thursday, April 21st - Sign o' the Times (Special 35th Anniversary Screening)
Friday, April 22nd - Critters 2: The Main Course (Trash Talk)
Monday, April 25th - Frances Ha (Just Dance)
Plus, they'll have the International Wildlife Film Festival going on from April 23rd through April 30th! Details on IWFF right here.
Will you be checking out any of the films on the schedule this month? You can visit the Roxy's website for more info.