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The Belcourt Theatre
February 2024

Swoon: A Love Series

Swoon: A Love Series

Weekend Classics, Music City Mondays, Midnight Movies, Queer Qlassics and Pizza And A Movie in February.  This month, love conquers all.

Sure, it might be a holiday made up to sell greeting cards — but around these parts, it’s a great excuse to play Cupid and celebrate all things love with a veritable quiver full of some of our favorite swoontastic classics.

Past Screenings

BLACK ORPHEUS
Mon, Mar 4 at 3:20pm, 8:00pm

BLACK ORPHEUS

With its magnificent color photography and lively soundtrack, Marcel Camus’s retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice against the madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro brought the infectious sounds of samba and bossa nova to the world and is a must-see on the big screen. New 4K Restoration
The BEFORE Trilogy Marathon
Sun, Mar 3 at 1:00pm

The BEFORE Trilogy Marathon

We wind down our celebration of all things love with Richard Linklater’s peerless trilogy labeled "the great romantic epic of a generation" by A.O. Scott of the New York Times. See them all again, or for the first time!
HIS GIRL FRIDAY
Sat-Sun, Feb 3-4 at 12:00pm

HIS GIRL FRIDAY

Reporter Hildy Johnson spars with her charismatic but conniving editor and ex-husband on the eve of an impending execution in director Howard Hawks’ unrivaled mile-a-minute screwball satire.
I AM LOVE
Sun, Feb 4 at 7:00pm

I AM LOVE

A languorous feast-for-the-senses Italian drama starring Tilda Swinton as an elegant but torn matriarch whose existence is shocked to the core when she falls quickly and deeply in love with a chef. Screening in 35mm
HAROLD AND MAUDE
Mon, Feb 5 at 8:00pm

HAROLD AND MAUDE

When a feisty 80-year-old eccentric and a death-obsessed 20-year-old meet at a funeral, they form a bond that turns into an unconventional romance.
CITY LIGHTS
Sat-Sun, Feb 10-11 at 12:00pm

CITY LIGHTS

Charlie Chaplin achieved new levels of grace, in both physical comedy and dramatic poignancy, with this silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street and mistakes him for a millionaire.
LOVE JONES
Mon, Feb 12 at 8:00pm

LOVE JONES

The pinnacle of Black romance, LOVE JONES intimately follows two young, artsy Chicagoans as they bond over friendship, poetry, music and photography — falling madly in love with one another as their webs become more and more entangled. Pizza and a Movie, co-presented with Slim & Husky's Pizza Beeria
THE TASTE OF THINGS
Ends Thu, Mar 14

THE TASTE OF THINGS

Destined to be remembered as one of the great films about the meaning, texture and experience of food, this sumptuous, exceptionally well-crafted work, set in late 19th-century France, stars Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel as Eugénie, a cook, and Dodin, the gourmet chef she has been working with for 20 years.
CASABLANCA
Wed, Feb 14 | Sat-Sun, Feb 17-18

CASABLANCA

American expat Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) plays host to gamblers, thieves and refugees at his Moroccan nightclub during World War II. But he never expected Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) — the woman who broke his heart — to walk through that door.
THE NOTEBOOK
Fri, Feb 16 at Midnight

THE NOTEBOOK

A poor and passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman and gives her a sense of freedom, but war and duty soon separate the couple.
MY BLOODY VALENTINE
Sat, Feb 17 at Midnight

MY BLOODY VALENTINE

A decades old folk tale surrounding a deranged murderer killing those who celebrate Valentine's Day turns out to be true to legend when a group defies the killer's order and people start turning up dead.
ROMEO + JULIET
Mon, Feb 19 at 8:00pm

ROMEO + JULIET

Director Baz Luhrman gives the bard's classic tale of forbidden love the 90s treatment in this iconic slab of over-the-top romantic teen angst cinema.
HAPPY TOGETHER
Wed, Feb 21 at 8:00pm

HAPPY TOGETHER

One of the most searing romances of the 1990s, Wong Kar Wai’s emotionally raw, lushly stylized portrait of a relationship in breakdown casts Hong Kong superstars Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung as a couple traveling through Argentina and locked in a turbulent cycle of infatuation and jealousy.
AMÉLIE
Sat-Sun, Feb 24-25 | Tue, Feb 27

AMÉLIE

A waitress in a Montmartre bar, Amélie observes people and lets her imagination roam free. Her mission to help others is interrupted when she meets a strange, off-beat young man who captures her interest, and sets her on a mission to accomplish something for herself. New 4K Restoration
ONE FROM THE HEART: REPRISE
Mon, Feb 26 at 2:50pm, 8:00pm

ONE FROM THE HEART: REPRISE

The five-year romance of a window dresser and her boyfriend breaks up, as each of them finds a more interesting partner. Original music by Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle.
GO FISH
Wed, Feb 28 at 8:00pm

GO FISH

Max is a young woman looking for romance. After a failed date, she discovers that some of life's best surprises come when you don't judge a book by its cover. New 4K Restoration

In Theatre

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