QC Film Blog

October Features Films from the Middle East, Classics, Family Fare and Hitchcock for Halloween

"Syria--The Return to Homs" featured during the St. Ambrose Middle East Film Festival.

St. Ambrose Middle East Institute Film Festival will feature the best in contemporary Middle Eastern filmmaking in several venues in the Quad Cities area.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 7 p.m. Experimental Short Films "Body, Spectacle and Space." Films by artists from Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon and Iran, Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Avenue, Rock Island.

Thursday, October 16, 2014 7 p.m. "Art Against Conflict" Film by artists from Egypt, Palestine and Israel, Figge Art Museum, 225 W. 2nd St., Davenport.

Friday, October 17, 7 p.m. "Ziba" an Iranian film by Bani Khoshnoudi (Farsi with English subtitles). Galvin Fine Arts Center, Gaines Street between Locust and Lombard, Davenport.

Wednesday, October 22, 2014 7 p.m. "Experimental Short Films--The Archive." Films by artists from Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon and Iran, Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Avenue, Rock Island.

Thursday, October 23, 2014 7 p.m. "Zero Motivation" by Tayla Lavie (Hebrew with English subtitles). A zany, dark comedic portrait of everyday life for a unit of young, femaile Israeli soldiers. Best Narrative Feature at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival. Figge Art Museum, 225 W. 2nd St., Davenport. 

Friday, October 24, 2014 7 p.m. "Syria--The Return to Homs" by Talal Derki (Arabic with English subtitles), a story of two young peace-loving Syrians who ultimately become renegade insurgents with their beloved Homs becomes a bombed-out ghost town. Winner of the 2014 Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury Prize. Galvin Fine Arts Center, Gaines Street between Locust and Lombard, Davenport.

Monday, October 13, 11:30 a.m. Just for Kids! "Buddy's Halloween Adventure" and "Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright" will play at the River Valley Library, 214 S. Main St., Port Byron. Free!

Tuesday, October 14, 1:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m., "Rudy Maxa's New Zealand and Australia" World Adventure Series Travelogue.  The National Geographic Giant Screen Theater at the Putnam Museum, 1717 W. 12th St. in Davenport features  Tickets are $8-$10.

Sunday, October 19, 2:00 p.m. "Goodwill Hunting" starring the late Robyn Williams. Cinemark Classics, Cinemark Theater,  3601 E 53rd St, Davenport. Tickets are $7-$10.

Wednesday, October 22, 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. "Goodwill Hunting" starring the late Robyn Williams. Cinemark Classics, Cinemark Theater,  3601 E 53rd St, Davenport. Tickets are $7-$10.

Sunday, October 26, 2:00 p.m. In the spirit of Halloween, Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" Cinemark Classics, Cinemark Theater,  3601 E 53rd St, Davenport. Tickets are $7-$10.

Wednesday, October 29, 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. In the spirit of Halloween, Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" Cinemark Classics, Cinemark Theater,  3601 E 53rd St, Davenport. Tickets are $7-$10.

Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" Pulls into Rave Theater

Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train aptly illustrates the wisdom of your mother's admonition to avoid talking to strangers.

Tennis star Guy (Farley Granger) hates his unfaithful wife.  Fellow train passenger Bruno (Robert Walker) hates his father.  In a casual conversation Bruno proposes that they exchange murders so as to commit untraceable crimes. It's just two young men airing their private frustrations. Criss cross?

Hitchcock's daughter Patricia also stars in this bonefide black and white classic from the Master of Suspense.

1:00 pm - Monday, January 9, 2012

$3.00 (and that includes a small drink AND popcorn!!!)

Rave Motion Pictures
3601 East 53rd Street
Davenport, Iowa
563.359.1314

http://www.ravemotionpictures.com/

Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie" will Thrill at Rave Theater

Marnie

127 minutes - 1964

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, Vertigo)

Starring Tippi Hedren (The Birds) and Sean Connery (The Man Who Would be King)

Disclaimer:  I am a HUGE fan of Alfred Hitchcock.

I should also admit that my first viewing of Marnie left me a little puzzled.  What was Hitchcock doing?  Was he out of step with the times, or were phoney looking backdrops and goofy tracking shots meant to look fake?  Yes, I think they were.  It's a kind of feature-length dream sequence.  Over time, Marnie has become one of my favorite Hitchcock films precisely because it's so weird.

A brilliant opening sequence, one of Hitchcock's best scenes of suspense (involving a cleaning woman and a mop), and a hypnotic film score by Bernard Herrman (his last for Hitchcock) comprise just a few of my favorite parts of this film. 

From the Rave flier: Hitchcock creates a masterful psychological thriller about a compulsive liar and thief (Hedren), who winds up marrying the man (Connery) she attempts to rob.  When a terrible accident pushes her over the edge, her husband struggles to help her face her demons as the plot races to an inescapable conclusion.

Tickets are only $3.00!  That includes a small soda and popcorn (therapy not included).

1:00 pm - Monday, July 18, 2011

Rave Motion Pictures
3601 East 53rd Street
Davenport, Iowa
563.359.1314

http://www.ravemotionpictures.com/

Alfred Hitchcock's "Rebecca" Onscreen at Davenport's Rave Theater

Rebecca

1940 | 130 spellbinding minutes | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderly again."

A young woman's whirlwind romance and marriage to a wealthy widower leads her into a psycholigical conflict with the memory of her husband's dead wife, and the very real consquences of the first wife's mysterious death.

Rebecca was the first product of the tempestuous relationship between David O. Selznick and Alfred Hitchcock.  The film was based on the best-selling book by Daphne du Maurier and producer Selznick insisted on a faithful adaptation.  To ensure the film could not be reworked in the editing room by Selznick, director Hitchcock edited in-the-camera by filming only the angles he intended to use.

Clever boy.

The film's stellar cast features Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine.  An equally good supporting cast includes George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, and Leo G. Carroll.

Northern California's rocky coast stands in for Cornwall, England.  Rounding out the production is a sumptuous film score by Franz Waxman.

TRIVIA: At the peak of his directorial powers Hitchcock filmed another Daphne du Maurier story entitled The Birds.  Hitchcock asked the film's screenwriter to use only the title and the notion of birds attacking people.  "Forget the rest," he said.

WARNING: After seeing this film you may have an uncontrollable urge to...

1. Put a cigarette out in a jar of cold cream.

2. Reproduce an evening dress depicted in a family portrait.

3. Check the status of your seacocks.

You may also develop an irrational fear of cocker spaniels.

Hold onto your oxygen tank, these classic films at the Rave Theater in Davenport are still only $2.00.  And, that includes popcorn and a drink!

1:00 pm
January 31, 2011
Rave Motion Pictures
3601 East 53rd Street
Davenport, Iowa
563.359.1314
http://www.ravemotionpictures.com/

The second Mrs. deWinter and the housekeeper chat about a transparent
negligee and other unsettling triffles. "You moved her brush," observes the
always ominous and omnipresent Mrs. Danvers.

Alfred Hitchcock's "Suspicion" to Screen at Rave Cinema on Monday

Most of us remember, "you'll never go back into the water." (Jaws)

Our parents remember, "you'll never take another shower." (Psycho)

But our grandparents remember, "you'll never drink another glass of milk served by your spouse."

Yes, only Alfred Hitchcock could turn a calming beverage into a menace you will never forget.  Set in England, Suspicion tells a heart-warming tale of love, betrayal, and possible (vehicular) homicide.

The film stars Joan Fontaine and Cary Grant, and its not to be missed.   A showing of a film like this in the Quad-Cities is like viewing Haley's Comet!  My only regret?  I can't be there!  Horrors!

Anyway, go drink a glass of milk tonight, and each night during the weekend.  After Monday, you'll be going to bed thirsty.

$2.00 admission nets you popcorn and a drink.  Stop checking your pulse.  That's what their flyer says!

Additional players include: Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Nigel Bruce.

Monday, September 20, 2010

1:00 pm

Rave Cinema, Davenport, Iowa

Details: http://www.ravemotionpictures.com/