Cinema Club has announced a diverse slate of free films in March, hosted by an array of venues across San Marcos.
Cinema Club member Michelle Lombardo spoke to a common thread of the screenings: “March 8th is International Women’s Day — of course, our organization revels in women’s essential contributions to film-making year-round, but we’re particularly gratified by all the astonishing women filmmakers who will join us during the month of March.”
Natalia Rocafuerte, another Cinema Club member, elaborated, “Our ultimate mission is to spread social and political consciousness through motion pictures. We felt it important to celebrate the sparse, but growing, amount of amazing women making films.” The month’s line-up is as follows:
PRETTY VACANT, introduced by Lucha Silva, script supervisor. A 33-minute gem: black & white, set in ‘90s San Anto, steeped in Chican@ punk aesthetic. Afterward, the hour-long, extremely musical film selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry:
CHULAS FRONTERAS, documenting cultural contours of la música norteña in the mid-70s (including in New Braunfels!) featuring Lydia Mendoza, Flaco Jiménez & Los Alegres de Teran.
El Centro Comunitario Hispano de San Marcos, 211 Lee Street
Mon, Mar 14: 8 PM
SPRING BREAKERS, the latest from Harmony Korine, aptly timed, for Cinema Club’s every-2nd-Monday-of-the-month residency. $1 popcorn! (The director is male, despite first & last names that could pass for a woman’s, but the portrayal of Disney starlets’ moral slippage may yield an engaging gender discussion afterward.)
Wake the Dead Coffeehouse, 1432 Old Ranch Rd 12
Wed, Mar 23rd: 7 PM
ANNE BRADEN: SOUTHERN PATRIOT, an exploration of the extraordinary life & legacy of a resolute civil rights champ, daringly defying Dixie norms for white women. Filmmaker Anne Lewis in attendance!
San Marcos Public Library, 625 East Hopkins
Thur, Mar 31, 7:30 PM
A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, the sensational 2014 release from rising-star director Ana Lily Amirpour: a stylish, feminist, vampire Western shot in black & white & set in Iran. Free craft beer aplenty from our generous hosts, with a special sneak screening of clips from UNDERWORLD — the forthcoming San Marcos-filmed indie feature co-starring Lorelei Linklater — presented in person by director Vanessa Pla!
Backyard of Home Brew Supply, 130 E. San Antonio, enter by way of the alley beside The Marc (yes, like Mason’s path in Boyhood).