Hey, look at that, it’s January 7th already. Great job procrastinating, me!

I’ve got about 40 minutes to get this email out before I have to clock back in at my day job, so I’m going to get straight to it.

1/ 8 - WTF Wednesday: Bubba Ho-Tep

Tomorrow, January 8th, is my birthday. It also happens to be the birthdays of David Bowie and Elvis Presley, and that makes for some excellent programming opportunities.

For this month’s WTF Wednesday screening, we’ve got the greatest Elvis movie ever made (Baz Luhrmann eat your heart out). Featuring one of my all time favorite actors, Bruce Campbell.

Check out what Bel from Kingston Film Foundation had to say about this one in the most recent Hudson Valley Crucial Viewing Newsletter.

In addition to the screening, I’m also going to be hosting a raffle in support of Out Youth, an Austin, TX organization that supports LGBTQIA+ youth and their allies in the Central Texas area.

Prizes include:

• An autographed copy of Bruce Campbell’s second autobiography, Hail to the Chin

• The big WTF Wednesday Presents: Bubba Ho-Tep poster currently in the Rosendale Theatre display case

• Two free tickets for next month’s WTF Wednesday screening of Wild At Heart

Raffle tickets will be $5, cash or Venmo.

More about the movie below.

R | Horror/Comedy | 1 Hour 32 Minutes | $10.00 General Admission/$6.00 Members

Based on prolific genre writer Joe R. Lansdale’s novella, and written and directed by Don Coscarelli (PHANTASM, THE BEASTMASTER). Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell, THE EVIL DEAD TRILOGY) and JFK (Ossie Davis, DO THE RIGHT THING) team up to save their nursing home from a mummy. What else is there to say?

Come early for the preshow, featuring clips celebrating Elvis, Bruce Campbell, and birthdays (7pm)!

Wednesday, January 8
Doors & Preshow: 7pm
Screening: 7:30pm
$10 General/$6 Members
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1/8 & 1/10 - Remembering David Bowie: Labyrinth

We’re hosting screenings of Labyrinth to commemorate both the birth (1/8) and death (1/10) of David Bowie. I intend on being at the 1/10 show, and based on presales, it looks like it’s going to be a good sized crowd.

PG | Fantasy/Family | 1 Hour 46 Minutes | $10.00 General Admission/$6.00 Members

In honor of David Bowie and on the occasion of what would have been his 78th birthday, we proudly present: LABYRINTH!

Starring: David Bowie & Jennifer Connelly
Directed by: Jim Henson

Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah (Jennifer Connelly), a teenager with an active imagination, summons the Goblins to take her baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, Sarah must follow him into a fantastical world to rescue him from the Goblin King (David Bowie). Guarding his castle is the labyrinth itself, a twisted maze of deception, populated with outrageous characters and unknown dangers. To get through it in time to save Toby, Sarah befriends the Goblins, in hopes that their loyalty isn’t just another illusion in a place where nothing is as it seems.

Wednesday, January 8 @ 2pm
Friday January 10 @ 7pm
$10 General/$6 Members
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Adventures in Animation: Studio Ghibli Selects

Finally, this month we launched a new family friendly series focusing on animation. To get us started with a bang we’re celebrating one of the greatest animators and filmmakers of all time, Hayao Miyazaki.

We kicked it off celebrating Hayao Miyazaki’s birthday this past weekend with an English screening of what’s considered to be the first Studio Ghibli film, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. We had a great turnout even though we only finished getting the bookings live days earlier

We still have five more screenings in the series, including one more screening of Nausicaä (this time in Japanese), and both English and Japanese screenings of Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke.

For those of you who are serious about Studio Ghibli, all three Japanese screenings will take place on Sunday, 1/19, and our friends from series sponsor, World’s End Comics, will be on-site with Studio Ghibli merch.

Due to the clunkiness of our ticketing system, all tickets will need to be purchased individually, but anyone who buys tickets for all three movies on the 19th will receive a free popcorn ($5 off).

1/19 - Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

PG | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 1 Hour 57 Minutes | $10.00 General Admission/$6.00 Members

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, written and directed by Academy Award®-winner Hayao Miyazaki, is an epic masterpiece of sweeping scope and grandeur that remains one of the most breathtaking and exhilarating animated films of all time.

A thousand years after the Seven Days of Fire destroyed civilization, warring human factions survive in a world devastated by atmospheric poisons and swarming with gigantic insects. The peaceful Valley of the Wind is nestled on the edge of the Toxic Forest and led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, whose love of all living things leads her into terrible danger, as she fights to restore balance between humans and nature.

Japanese w/ English Subtitles
Sunday January 19 @ 12pm
$10 General/$6 Members
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1/11 & 1/19 - Spirited Away

PG | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy | 1 Hour 51 Minutes | $10.00 General Admission/$6.00 Members

Winner of the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature, Hayao Miyazaki’s wondrous fantasy adventure is a dazzling masterpiece from one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animation.

Chihiro’s family is moving to a new house, but when they stop on the way to explore an abandoned village, her parents undergo a mysterious transformation and Chihiro is whisked into a world of fantastic spirits ruled over by the sorceress Yubaba. Put to work in a magical bathhouse for spirits and demons, Chihiro must use all her wits to survive in this strange new place, find a way to free her parents and return to the normal world. Overflowing with imaginative creatures and thrilling storytelling, Spirited Away became a worldwide smash hit, and is one of the most critically-acclaimed films of all time.

English Dub
Saturday January 11 @ 11am
$10 General/$6 Members
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Japanese w/ English Subtitles
Sunday January 19 @ 2:45pm
$10 General/$6 Members
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1/18 & 1/19 - Princess Mononoke

PG-13 | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy | 2 Hours 14 Minutes | $10.00 General Admission/$6.00 Members

From the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of Spirited Away, and Academy Award®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki, comes an epic masterpiece that has dazzled audiences worldwide with its breathtaking imagination, exhilarating battles, and deep humanity.

Inflicted with a deadly curse, the young warrior Ashitaka heads west in search of a cure. There, he stumbles into a bitter conflict between Lady Eboshi, the proud people of Iron Town, and the enigmatic Princess Mononoke, a young girl raised by wolves, who will stop at nothing to prevent the humans from destroying her home and the forest spirits and animal gods who live there. Featuring the voice talents of Gillian Anderson, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Billy Bob Thornton.

English Dub
Saturday January 18 @ 11am
$10 General/$6 Members
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Japanese w/ English Subtitles
Sunday January 19 @ 5:30pm
$10 General/$6 Members
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Thanks for reading! February is already shaping up to be another great month for repertory screenings at the Rosendale Theatre. Can’t wait to tell y’all more about what we’ve got coming up.

Xoxo,
Rob

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