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Winner of the Tucson Weekly's Best Movie Theater 2006!
"Oh, how we love our Loft! They feature the indiest of the indies, quirky local film fests, a weekly Rocky Horror Picture Show screening, foreign films, documentaries, classics and cult faves. The theater even manages to lure industry big-shots such as Philip Seymour Hoffman to our dusty burg on occasion. Recent Loft extravaganzas include a Buffy the Vampire Slayer sing-along, the Cine Mexico film fest and an all-night horror-movie marathon. To make matters even more delightful, you can sip a glass of wine or down a cold pint of beer while the stories unfold on the big screen. Check the Loft's Web site to stay on top of the never-ending cavalcade of cinematic stimulation."
Upcoming Special Events:
THE ALL-NITE SCREAM-O-RAMA 2008!
FRIDAY, JUNE 13TH 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM
**Presented by HEROES AND VILLAINS COMICS AND ADVENTURE** Tickets on sale now: $12 advance/ $15 day of / $10 Loft Cinema members With very special guest, legendary horror actress LINNEA QUIGLEY, star of Return of the Living Dead!
PAY TO GET IN ... PRAY TO GET OUT!!!
The Loft Cinema's ALL-NITE SCREAM-O-RAMA returns with 12 hours of eye-popping, mind-blowing, stomach-churning horror movie classics, ghoulish guests, trashy trailers, scary shorts and spooky surprises ... it's a Dusk to Dawn nightmare you'll never forget!
Stay up all night with a bloody good selection of some of the creepiest, campiest and craziest horror flicks in movie history, and meet-n-mingle with special guests from the darkest corners of the horror universe! Come in your pajamas and bring your own pillow ... although if you dare to fall asleep, we can't guarantee you'll ever wake up again!!!
PLUS! Free barf bags will be on hand for anyone brave enough to enter the theater, and believe us, you're gonna need one!
This Friday the 13th, make a date with THE ALL-NITE SCREAM-O-RAMA, and remember ... at The Loft Cinema, EVERYONE can hear you scream!
Meet legendary Scream Queen LINNEA QUIGLEY, star of such clas-sicks as HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW HOOKERS, CREEPOZOIDS, NIGHT OF THE DEMONS, SORORITY BABES IN THE SLIMEBALL BOWL-O-RAMA and NIGHTMARE SISTERS! After a terrifying screening of RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (in which Ms. Quigley memorably portrays the punk rocker-turned-zombie Trash), Linnea will discuss the blood-splattered world of exploitation filmmaking, meet and mingle with fans, and make available for sale some of the most mind-blowing merch you've ever seen (you'd better grab a copy of LINNEA QUIGLEY'S HORROR WORKOUT dvd while you still have the chance)! Think you can take it?
This year's scream-inducing line-up of cinematic sickness is as follows:
7:00 p.m. - RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, the hilariously horrifying punk zombies-on-the-loose screamer, starring horror fave Linnea Quigley!
9:00 p.m. - A terrifying talk with Scream Queen LINNEA QUIGLEY, with autograph/merch signing to follow. Autograph prices are separate from admission.
10:00 p.m. - THE GATE, the twisted 1980s kid-horror classic starring Stephen Dorf as a boy with a pit-to-hell in his backyard!
12:00 a.m. - EVIL DEAD 2: DEAD BY DAWN, Sam Raimi's comedy/gore masterpiece, starring the one and only Bruce Campbell!
2:00 a.m. - PROM NIGHT, the original 1980 party night slasher flick, starring 80s scream-queen Jamie Lee Curtis and a severed head on the disco floor!
4:00 a.m. - DEMONS, Lamberto Bava's heavy metal Italian splatter-fest, featuring gruesome ghouls attacking an audience at an all-night horror movie marathon!
6:00 a.m. - NEAR DARK, Kathryn Bigelow's influential western/noir/vampire terror-fest, with Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton!
ALL START TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE
**ALL MOVIES SHOWN ON GLORIOUSLY GRINDHOUSE-WORTHY 35 MM FILM PRINTS, WITH VINTAGE HORROR FLICK TRAILERS BEFORE EVERY FILM!!!**
Presented by Heroes & Villains Comics & Adventure (4533 E. Broadway Blvd.)
Sponsored by The Arizona Daily Star's Caliente http://www.aznightbuzz.com
FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS: MONTHLY SHORT FILM CONTEST - Friday, July 11th at 9:00 P.M.
Admission: $5.00 Each month's winner takes home $200!
Named "Best Local Film Event" by the Tucson Weekly Sponsored by the Tucson Film Office
On the first Friday of each month at 9 p.m. Red Meat’s Max Cannon hosts the biggest, baddest short film contest in town - just bring us your short films and we’ll play them on the largest movie screen in Southern Arizona.
FYI: In July we're moving the show to the second Friday of the month (July 11th) so you can celebrate your freedom by singing along to Team America: World Police at The Loft on July 4th at 6:00 p.m.!
In case you've never been to a First Friday Shorts show, here are the rules: We'll play anything you've made that's under 15 minutes long and is brought to us on a dvd, vhs, or mini-dv (one film per person, and dvds must be playable on a regular dvd player). Submissions are only taken on the day of the event and films are played in the order they’re received. Every film is guaranteed to play for 3 minutes, but after that the audience can call for the dreaded “gong†if they’re displeased. If the gong is struck, our intrepid host stops the film and the next movie begins. But don’t despair … if your film is gonged, you can re-work it and bring it back to see if the changes you've made have pleased the audience. This is a great way for filmmakers to try out new ideas and see how an actual audience responds, so take advantage.
Please note: Since we don't pre-screen the films we don't know what the rating on the show will be. Parents are encouraged to attend the show with their young ones.
**Big kudos to our Year 3 Showdown winner, LUKE HOWARD, who took home our $500 Grand Prize (plus the First Friday Shorts Grand Champion Wrestling Belt and a year's worth of free movies at The Loft) for his sensitive and heartwarming short, Nipple! Truly an inspiring achievement and a very deserving winner of the Best Short Film of the Year prize. The bar has been raised very high, folks ... better get to work!
... And congratulations to May's winning filmmaker, SHAUN CLAYTON (our first winner in Year 4), who thrilled the sold-out crowd with his comedy short Losing Entries! Use that $200 wisely, Shaun!
READ REVIEWS OF OUR PREVIOUS CONTESTS: http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/blogs/infilmwetrust
**Congratulations to May's winning filmmaker, SHAUN CLAYTON, who thrilled the sold-out crowd with his comedy short Losing Entries! Use that $200 wisely, Shaun!