The Day of the Locust

Thursday, January 9 - Thursday, January 16, 2025

Special Events

  • Thu Jan 9 : 

    Intro by film critic Glenn Kenny at 6:50 p.m.

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Thursday, January 9 at 6:50 p.m.: Introduction by film critic Glenn Kenny 


This adaptation of Nathanael West’s novel about Hollywood decadence in the late ’30s is a disturbing, deeply insightful work that is powerful in its presentation and staggering in its vision before erupting in a shocking climax. Starring Donald Sutherland as the lonely, desperate Homer Simpson, Burgess Meredith as an aging vaudevillian who has seen better days, and Karen Black as a narcissistic aspiring starlet.

“Presents 1930s Los Angeles as a nightmarish circle in Dante’s Inferno.” -Slant Magazine

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  • Country USA
  • Year 1975
  • Running Time 144 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor Paramount Pictures
  • Director John Schlesinger
  • Cast Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, Geraldine Page, Jackie Earle Haley
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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