Come down & support the theatre’s operations (proceeds from tickets & sale items go to keeping the lights on & longtime employees-now-volunteers for their time)!
New schedule begins Friday April 17, 2009:
The Last Season
The Life and Demolition of Memorial Stadium
(2002 – 50min)
Starts Friday, April 17th Through Thursday,
April 23rd at 6pm @ The Senator Theatre
The Silencing of the World’s Largest Outdoors Insane Asylum.
A Charles Cohen & Joseph Matthew Film
Friday, Saturday & Sunday at 6:00pm
“Recession Buster” Admission is $5 [cash only, please]
Stay over for “Divine Trash” at no extra cost.
The documentary captures the almost ritualistic reaction to the demise
of Memorial Stadium. The Film captures a steady stream of onlookers
during the year and half that the wrecking ball swung, creating a
time lapse view of a city wrestling with its blue collar past.
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Divine Trash
(1998)
Starts Friday, April 17th Through Thursday,
April 23rd at 7:15pm @ The Senator Theatre
WINNER
Filmmakers Trophy ~ Best Documentary
At The 1998 Sundance Film Festival
A Steve Yeager Film
An In-Depth Look at The
Early Career of John Waters
(1998)
“Recession Buster” Admission is $5 [cash only, please]
The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters, Intercut with a 1972 interview of Waters are clips from his first films and recent interviews with his parents, his brother, Divine’s mom, actors and crew, other directors and more. Also included is footage of Waters making his early movies.
In sweet ways, this documentary is also a celebration of Divine (1945-1988).
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Stop Making Sense
Last weekend “Stop Making Sense”
rocked The Senator!
It’s The Same as it Ever Was!
This Friday, April 17th & Saturday, April 18th it’s
Back By Popular Demand For Encore Presentations
Friday & Saturday only at 9:00pm.
Relive The Senator’s legendary 1984 engagement on
the big screen, cranked up with state-of-the-art sound!
A Jonathan Demme Film
(1984)
“One of the greatest rock movies ever made.”
Leonard Maltin
Edward Guthmann – San Francisco Chronicle
Wesley Morris – San Francisco Examiner
“Recession Buster” Admission is $5 [cash only, please]
Stay over for “Secret World Live” at no extra cost.
An innovative concert movie for the rock group The Talking Heads.
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Peter Gabriel
Secret World Live
(1994)
Friday & Saturday 10:30pm
A Francois Girard Film
Featuring:
Come Talk to Me | Steam | Across the River | Slow Marimbas
Shaking the Tree | Blood of Eden | San Jacinto | Red Raid
Kiss That Frog | Washing of the Water | Solsbury Hill
Digging in the Dirt | Sledgehammer | Big Time
Secret World | Don’t Give Up | In Your Eyes
“Recession Buster” Admission is $5 [cash only, please]
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Saturday, April 18th & Sunday, April 19th
@ The Senator Theatre
The Senator Theatre
& The Belvedere Improvement Association
Present
The 14th Annual
Belvedere SpringFest
An Earth Day Celebration
Featuring
BARAKA
(90min)
BARAKA (an ancient Sufi word for the essence of life) took filmmakers to 24 countries on a worldwide 14 month odyssey capturing breathtaking images to tell the story of earth’s evolution, human culture diversity, and humankind’s ecological impact on the earth. BARAKA is a
stunning visual and auditory masterpiece when presented on the big screen at “Baltimore’s Premiere Showplace.”
Admission is FREE
(Donations appreciated)
12:00 – 1:00pm (SATURDAY ONLY) :
We’re “Drumming up Support” for The Senator with a one-hour drum jam.
(Bring your own drums and shakers, or use ours!)
1:00 – 2:45pm (SATURDAY & SUNDAY):
BARAKA showtime for Saturday & Sunday is 1:00pm.
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Monterey Pop
(1968)
Saturday & Sunday only at 2:45pm
Filmed at the Monterey International Pop Festival
A D.A. Pennebaker Film
Performances by:
Scott McKenzie, The Mamas & The Papas, Canned Heat,
Simon & Garfunkel, Hugh Masekela, Jefferson Airplane, The Who,
Big Brother & The Holding Company, Country Joe & The Fish,
Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Ravi Shankar & Janis Joplin
“Recession Buster” Admission is $5 [cash only, please]
Stay over to see “HELP!” at no extra cost
A documentary of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, focusing on the audience as well as performances by such artists as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin & The Who.
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HELP!
Featuring: The Beatles
(1965)
Stop worrying! HELP! is on the way!
Saturday & Sunday only at 4:15pm
A Richard Lester Film
“Recession Buster” Admission is $5 [cash only, please]
Ringo becomes the target of human sacrifice when he puts on & can’t get off a ceremonial ring he received as a gift from a fan from an obscure cult! John, Paul & George must help him find a way to rid him of the ring before the cult leaders (Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron & John Bluthal) find him… Or the mad scientist (Victor Spinetti) & henchman (Roy Kinnear) who want the valuable ring so they can, dare I say it? Rule the world!
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