RETRO ROCKS! FILM SERIES
Select Sundays at 2pm in Cinema One | Tickets $12 per person
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Stephan Elliott’s THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT
(R, 1994, 102 min)
Last screened at Retro in 2014!
With more than one version of disco stalwarts like "Shake Your Groove Thing," "I Love the Nightlife," and "I Will Survive," this Australian comedy also finds the camp in songs like Paper Lace's "Billy Don't Be a Hero" and "Take a Letter Maria" by R.B. Graves. And of course, Abba's "Mamma Mia" emerges as the embodiment of overwrought dramatics. The soundtrack, with songs by the Village People and Vanessa Williams, is as much of a romp as the film. When drag queen Anthony (Hugo Weaving) agrees to take his act on the road, he invites fellow cross-dresser Adam (Guy Pearce) and Bernadette (Terence Stamp) to come along. In their colorful bus, named Priscilla, the three performers travel across the Australian desert performing for enthusiastic crowds and homophobic locals. But when the other two performers learn the truth about why Anthony took the job, it threatens their act and their friendship.
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Sunday, August 24, 2025
The Coen Brothers O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?: 25th Anniversary
(PG-13, 2000, 107 min)
Last screened at Retro in 2020!
Retro Rocks proudly presents this ultra-rare theatrical screening from the Walt Disney/20th Century Fox library!
Disenchanted with the daily drudge of crushing rocks on a prison farm, Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) busts loose. Except he's still shackled to his chain gang---bad-tempered Pete (John Turturro), and sweet, dimwitted Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson). With nothing to lose and buried loot to regain, the three embark on the adventure that includes a blind prophet, sexy sirens, and a one-eyed Bible salesman (John Goodman).
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Sunday, September 21, 2025
John Badham’s SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
(R, 1977, 119 min)
First ever screening at Retro!
With a classic soundtrack by The Bee Gees, and a star-making performance from John Travolta, “Saturday Night Fever” ranks among the finest dramas of the 1970s. Tony Manero (Travolta) doesn't have much going for him during the weekdays. He still lives at home and works as a paint store clerk in his Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood. But he lives for the weekends, when he and his friends go to the local disco and dance the night away. When a big dance competition is announced, he wrangles the beautiful and talented Stephanie (Karen Lynn Gorney) to be his partner. As the two train for the big night, they start to fall for each other as well.
Viewer’s Guide: Sexual assault.
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Sunday, October 19, 2025
Mike Hodges’ FLASH GORDON
(PG, 1980, 111 min)
Pathetic earthlings, who can save you now? With one of the greatest rock soundtracks of the 80s by the unforgettable Queen, “Flash Gordon” is an exciting live-action adaptation of one of the most popular characters of all time! When energy waves pull the moon out of orbit, New York Jets quarterback Flash Gordon (Sam J. Jones) unwittingly finds himself heading for the planet Mongo where he'll take on Ming the Merciless (Max von Sydow) and rescue humankind.
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Sunday, November 16, 2025
Lasse Hallström’s ABBA – THE MOVIE
(G, 1977, 97 min)
First ever screening at Retro!
In this mockumentary comedy-drama, a young disc jockey on his first assignment follows the band--which was at the time the most popular in the world--in a sold-out, screaming, wild tour across Australia on a quest to land an exclusive interview with the rockers. From “Mamma Mia” to “Fernando” to “Dancing Queen, you'll love the uncontrollably infectious “Abba: the Movie”.
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Sunday, November 30, 2025
Baz Luhrmann’s WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO + JULIET
(PG-13, 1996, 120 min)
First ever screening at Retro!
Retro Rocks proudly presents this ultra-rare theatrical screening from the Walt Disney/20th Century Fox library!
Baz Luhrmann helped adapt this classic Shakespearean romantic tragedy for the screen, updating the setting to a post-modern city named Verona Beach. In this version, the Capulets and the Montagues are two rival gangs. Juliet (Claire Danes) is attending a costume ball thrown by her parents. Her father Fulgencio Capulet (Paul Sorvino) has arranged her marriage to the boorish Paris (Paul Rudd) as part of a strategic investment plan. Romeo attends the masked ball and he and Juliet fall in love.
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