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You Are a Vicious Snowflake! MANDY Midnights This Weekend at The Tivoli
“I come for the Reaper!”
MANDY plays this weekend (April 5th and 6th ) at the Tivoli (6350 Delmar Boulevard) as part of their Reel Late at the Tivoli Midnight series.
The critics surely are impressed!:
Samantha Incorvaia at Arizona Republic claims:
“Cage is known for his erratic, unhinged roles. So if you love seeing him at his nuttiest, get ready for his craziest role yet.”
Felix Vasquez Jr. at Cinema Crazed calls it: “One of the most mind blowing, mind f–k, horror revenge pictures of the year.”
and Scott Weinberg at Bloody Disgusting calls it:“So viscerally intense that you’ll start to feel like you’ve fallen into a Bosch painting and your only guide through the madness is a wild-eyed, blood-drenched Nicolas Cage.”
MANDY is an action horror film from last year co-written and directed by Panos Cosmatos. Starring Nicolas Cage and Andrea Riseborough, it is a hypnotic fever dream of nightmarish proportions propelled by a reliably crazy performance from Cage.
In 1983, reclusive couple Red (Nicolas Cage) and Mandy (Andrea Riseborough) live in seclusion in the Shadow Mountains of California. One day, Mandy inadvertently encounters the Children of the New Dawn, a deranged cult of hippies who take a liking to Mandy and later arrange for her to be kidnapped, sending Red into an unrelenting and sadistic rage.
Brutal, shocking, and beautifully shot, Mandy unashamedly thrives on its unique premise from beginning to end. The film appears to have been heavily influenced by the work of David Lynch, with its surreal imagery and inventive cinematography, further emphasising the overall dream-like experience. Nicolas Cage is his usual over-the-top self and he demonstrates this several times during the film’s second half. This is certainly not for everyone, but fans of surreal artsy films, graphic violence, and Nicolas Cage will find plenty to enjoy.
A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE
Admission is $8
The Tivoli’s website can be found HERE
Here’s the rest of this Spring’s ‘Reel Late at the Tivoli’ schedule:
April 12-13 AUDITION – The Japanese cult horror classic – New digital restoration!20th anniversary!
April 19-20 SHREK Friday and Saturday midnight, plus Saturday matinee at 12 noon
April 26-27 THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
May 3-4 ALIEN (original theatrical version) 40th anniversary!
May 10-11 PERFECT BLUE Subtitled
May 17-18 THE CONJURING
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