Sag Harbor Cinema celebrates its anniversary and rings in a third year of operations this Memorial Day weekend with special screenings. The cinema reopened this weekend in 2021, thanks to the generous support of donors, five years after a fire destroyed the iconic downtown building.
Saluting the release of Depeche Mode’s latest album, “Memento Mori,” SHC will revisit the D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus 1989 film “Depeche Mode 101.” It documents the final 101 show at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and a busload of fans who followed the band’s tour. Pennebaker and Hegedus will attend the Sunday, May 28, 7:15 PM screening and participate in a Q&A.
SHC will also reprise Sound Visions, featuring shorts by East End filmmakers, curated by Artistic Director Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan with Sam Guest and Julia Baylis. It features an exciting selection of films by local artists, spanning a wide range of genres, including animation and experimental. Among the titles are: “Walk of Shame” by Dane Ray, “East End” by Grant Curatola, “Lollygag” by Tij D’oyen,” “In Ten Thousand Years, Maybe” a series by Adrian Dexter, and “World on a String” by Spencer Holden. Following the screening on Monday, May 29, at 4 PM, the filmmakers will participate in a Q&A.
The cinema continues its yearlong Worlds of Julie Andrews retrospective by screening “A Shot in the Dark,” the second Pink Panther film, which was directed by Andrews’ husband, Blake Edwards. It remains one of the most beloved Pink Panther films. At SHC, another master of comedy, director John Landis (Animal House, Trading Places), will introduce the film via Zoom. The screening is Saturday, May 27, at 8:30 PM.
Also opening this Memorial Day weekend, fresh from its Sundance Film Festival premiere, will be Nicole Holofcener’s marital comedy “You Hurt My Feelings” starring Julia Louis Dreyfus. The Kids and Families Matinee is “Moonrise Kingdom.”
“It has been a joy to see our audience expand, become more curious as our programs become richer and more ambitious over the past three years,” says D’Agnolo Vallan says.
Find details and buy tickets at sagharborcinema.org.
