Life Gave Us Lemmon

In honor of one of Hollywood’s brightest star’s centennial birthday, we present LIVE GAVE US LEMMON- a 3 film series celebrating the immortal actor Jack Lemmon. Though he may be gone (Jack Lemmon would have just turned 100), Lemmon’s signature wit, unparalleled comedic prowess, and underrated pathos remain so poignant today, and so darn funny. The Guardian called him the “the most successful tragi-comedian of his age.” No one can make you laugh until you cry like Jack.

Narrowing his sterling filmography to 3 films was near impossible, but like Lemmon’s Glengarry character Shelley The Machine, we had to get it done. This selection captures his range and commercial success, and play in pristine restored versions on our big screen. We hope you’ll let life give you Lemmon again and join us!

THE APARTMENT (1960, 4k Restoration)-Tuesday, March 18th @ 7:30: C.C. “Bud” Baxter (Lemmon) is a lowly Manhattan office drone with a lucrative sideline in renting out his apartment to adulterous company bosses and their mistresses. Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and by turns cynical, heart-warming and hilarious, director Billy Wilder’s masterpiece now shines like never before in this all-new, 4K restoration.

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (1992)- Saturday March 22nd @ 7:30: Based off David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same name, director James Foley turned Mamet’s adapted screenplay into an incendiary portrait of American workers in cutthroat crisis, at turns wickedly funny and utterly devastating.

SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959, 4k Restoration)- Saturday, March 29th @ 4:30: After witnessing a mob hit, Chicago musicians Joe and Jerry (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, in landmark performances) skip town by donning drag and joining an all-female band en route to Miami. With a whip-smart script by Billy Wilder, and sparking chemistry among its finely tuned cast, Some Like It Hot is as deliriously funny and fresh today as it was when it first knocked audiences out several decades ago.