ECCENTRIC CINEMA

BARBARELLA (1968)

Saturday, March 7, 9:30 pm

Jane Fonda is the sexy space swinger Barbarella in Roger Vadim’s 1968 adaptation of the French hit comic. The groovy adventurer is sent to a distant planetary system to capture Durand Durand, a kooky scientist who has created a world-destroying laser. (Also, yes, that’s where the band Duran Duran got their name from.) Barbarella’s mission isn’t easy though. She crash-lands on an icy planet patrolled by killer dolls; finds herself trapped in a labyrinth with a depressed angel; is captured by the Black

Queen who rules the city of Sogos; winds up trapped in Durand Durand’s “Excessive Machine” that promises endless pleasure; and encounters a blob of liquid that is powered by negative thoughts. This psychedelic space opera from producer Dino De Laurentiis will blow your mind on the big screen.

AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD (1972)

Saturday, March 14, 9:30 pm

The sweaty, unhinged madness of Klaus Kinski fills the screen in Werner Herzog’s 1972 classic. Lope de Aguirre (Kinski) leads a large troupe of Spanish conquistadores deep into the Amazonian rainforest on a quest to find the mythical city of El Dorado. Disaster waits around every turn, but Aguirre pushes on, never caring how many lives are lost. Like Kurtz in Apocalypse Now, Aguirre believes he can conquer the jungle, bend its inhabitants to his will. As the troupe loses hope, authority crumbles, insanity settles in, and Aguirre’s delusions drive his men further to their doom. Shot on location in Peru, Herzog’s hallucinatory adventure explores the limits of human ambition

THE ROOM (2003)

Second Saturday of every month
Saturday, March 14, 9:45 pm

Johnny is a successful banker who lives happily in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiancée, Lisa. One day, inexplicably, she gets bored with him and decides to seduce his best friend, Mark. From there, nothing will be the same again.

If you have not experienced The Room at the Drexel, you don’t know what you’re missing. The loyal fans have created their own live experience à la The Rocky Horror Picture Show. They’re always excited to indoctrinate newbies into the cult of Wiseau. A Drexel tradition for 16 years, The Room is a gonzo masterpiece. (2003, dir. Tommy Wiseau)

VISITORS FROM THE ARKANA GALAXY (1981)

Saturday, March 21, 9:30 pm

This long-unavailable Croatian sci-fi comedy is presented in a gorgeous 4k restoration by Deaf Crocodile. Robert (Zarko Potocnjak) is a struggling sci-fi writer who discovers his wildest fictional creations have come to life and are tearing apart his small village. Now, he has to figure out what to do with the golden androids who dispense coffee from their fingertips and the dreaded Mumu Monster, a beast who expels green smoke and whips heads off with a tentacle that comes out of its mouth. Unlike anything you’ve ever seen, Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy comes from acclaimed animator Dušan Vukotić, who won an Oscar in 1961 for his animated short Surogat.

DEEP RED (1975)

Saturday, March 28, 9:30 pm

Dario Argento’s giallo classic just celebrated its 50th anniversary last year! Witness the shock and horror as jazz pianist Marcus Daly (David Hemmings, star of Antonioni’s Blow-Up) is drawn into a bloody mystery after he witnesses the brutal hatchet murder of a psychic. A black gloved killer stalks Daly, cruelly picking off everyone he encounters in his investigation. One of Argento’s all-time best movies, Deep Red features incredible cinematography and effects work, a horrifying mechanical doll that will haunt your dreams, and a climax containing one of the most gruesome deaths in giallo history.