Moxie Mornings: WINTER These hour-long kid-friendly events feature innovative short films and hands-on art-making for children ages 2-6. Admission is FREE and everyone is welcome! Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Sat., Jan. 31 @ 10 a.m. Sat., Feb. 14 @ 10 a.m. Sat., Feb 28 @ 10 a.m. Sat., March 14 @ 10 a.m. Sat., March 28 @ 10 a.m.

Special thanks to the Missouri Arts Council for their support of this program. Support also comes from Tea Bar & Bites, Mama Jean’s, Bambino’s, Greater Springfield Kids Directory, The Springfield Art Museum, Christ Church, The Lady in Thread and the Springfield Regional Arts Council.

For information on how to sponsor a Moxie Kids event or to sign up for our Moxie Kids newsletter, email info@moxiecinema.com.

The Final Friday Flicks with Mother’s movies indoors this winter to the lovely Gillioz Theatre (325 Park Central East). $5 at the door. Doors open at 7:00 PM and the movie begins at 8:00 PM.

Summary: You’re in for thrills as Indiana Jones (Ford) confronts snakes, Nazis and one astonishing cliffhanger after another — all topped off by the discovery and opening of the mystical Ark of the Covenant. [Paramount Pictures]

In New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city’s history, an immigrant and his family try to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

Ben and his little sister Saoirse, the last Seal-child, embark on a fantastic journey across a fading world of ancient legend and magic in an attempt to return to their home by the sea. [GKIDS]

This free screening is sponsored by the Springfield Conservation Nature Center. Registration begins February 17. Call 417-888-4237 to reserve your spot as seats are limited. Adults only. This film is not rated.

The ivory-billed woodpecker has long been considered the Holy Grail by diehard birders who refused to believe it went extinct over sixty years ago. When scientists announced that the bird had been found in the swamps of Eastern Arkansas, the nation’s 70 million birders celebrated the woodpecker’s second coming. As did the citizens of nearby Brinkley who welcomed the flood of tourists to their down-and-out Delta town. Following the largest recovery effort ever undertaken for a lost species, and despite millions of dollars in funding, ivory-bills remain as elusive as ever. With the current rate of species extinction estimated at over 100 times the planet’s evolutionary average, salvation may be too late for more than just the ivory-billed woodpecker. Ghost Bird brings the ivory-bill’s blurry rediscovery into focus, revealing our uneasy relationship with nature and the increasing uncertainty of our place within it. (Anthology Film Archives)

Science on Screen Film Series

All screenings are free and made possible thanks to a generous grant fro the Alfred P. Sloan Foundaition and Coolide Corner Theatre Foundation.

When Daniel Plainview gets a mysterious tip-off that there’s a little town out West where an ocean of oil is oozing out of the ground, he heads there with his son, H.W., to take their chances in dust-worn Little Boston. In this hardscrabble town, where the main excitement centers around the HOLY ROLLER church of charismatic preacher Eli Sunday, Plainview and H.W. make their lucky strike. But even as the well raises all of their fortunes, nothing will remain the same as conflicts escalate and every human value—love, hope, community, belief, ambition, and even the bond between father and son—is imperiled by corruption, deception, and the flow of oil. (Paramount Vantage)

There will be a post show discussion with Dr. Kevin R. Evan from the Missouri State University Geography Geology and Planning department about the science behind oil exploration.

This film is part of our monthly showcase of fringe, underrated, weirdo cinema called Mondo Moxie.

A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical alchemist who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful people. These seven - along with the protagonist, alchemist, and alchemist’s assistant - divest themselves of their worldly goods, and form a group of nine who will seek The Holy Mountain.

Truly the epitome of a “midnight movie”… Mondo Moxie is proud to be bringing Alejandro Jodorowsky’s epic exploration of religion and global socio-political trends to you this March.

Science on Screen Film Series

All screenings are free and made possible thanks to a generous grant fro the Alfred P. Sloan Foundaition and Coolide Corner Theatre Foundation.

Synopsis: Max Fischer, a tenth grade scholarship student at Rushmore Academy, falls in love with Rosemary Cross, a widowed elementary school teacher, but his friendship with Herman Blume, an unhappy, wealthy industrialist, suffers when Blume falls for Miss Cross as well.

There will be a post show discussion with Psychiatrist Kyle John (Mercy Hospitals) about how the adolescent brain develops.

RESCHEDULED AFTER RAIN DELAY! The Final Friday Flicks with Mother’s moves indoors this winter to the lovely Gillioz Theatre (325 Park Central East). Summary: A raucous comedy about a trio of thirty-something buddies who try to recapture the outrageous, irrepressible fun of their college years by starting their own off-campus frat house. (DreamWorks Pictures)

Science on Screen Film Series

All screenings are free and made possible thanks to a generous grant fro the Alfred P. Sloan Foundaition and Coolide Corner Theatre Foundation.

Synopsis: Children of Men envisages a world one generation from now that has fallen into anarchy on the heels of an infertility defect in the population. The world’s youngest citizen has just died at 18, and humankind is facing the likelihood of its own extinction. Set against the backdrop of London torn apart by violence and nationalistic sects, the film follows disillusioned bureaucrat Theo (Owen) as he becomes an unlikely champion of Earth’s survival. (Universal Pictures)

There will be a post show discussion with Biologist Dr. Chris Barnhart (MSU) about the social impacts of declining birth rates as well as pollutants that disrupt sexual development.

Science on Screen Film Series

All screenings are free and made possible thanks to a generous grant fro the Alfred P. Sloan Foundaition and Coolide Corner Theatre Foundation.

Synopsis: Based on Michael Lewis’ nonfiction bestseller “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game,” the book’s subject is Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane, who assembled a contending baseball club on a shoestring budget by employing a sophisticated computer-based analysis to draft players.

There will be a post show discussion with Computer Scientist Dr. Lloyd Smith (MSU) about the development of baseball analytics.

Tales of the Night is renowned animation auteur Michel Ocelot (Kirikou and the Sorceress, Azur & Asmar)’s first foray into 3D animation.The film weaves together six exotic fables each unfolding in a unique locale, from Tibet, to medieval Europe, an Aztec kingdom, the African plains, and even the Land of the Dead.In Ocelot’s storytelling, history blends with fairytale.

Science on Screen Film Series

All screenings are free and made possible thanks to a generous grant fro the Alfred P. Sloan Foundaition and Coolide Corner Theatre Foundation.

Synopsis: British mathematician and logician Alan Turing helps crack the German Enigma Code during World War II.

There will be a post show discussion with Mathematics professor Les Reid (MSU) the math behind code breaking then and now.

This film is part of our monthly showcase of fringe, underrated, weirdo cinema called Mondo Moxie.

When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the corpses of a nearby graveyard to rise.

The Final Friday Flicks with Mother’s movies indoors this winter to the lovely Gillioz Theatre (325 Park Central East). $5 at the door. Doors open at 7:00 PM and the movie begins at 8:00 PM.

Summary: Amy Heckerling’s chronicle of a year in life of a group of teenagers at a Southern Calfornia high school in the 1970s is based on Cameron Crowe’s undercover experiences and has clearly set the bar for all teen comedies to shoot for.

This film is part of our In Translation series of recent foreign language films of note. A $25 “passport” gets you into all five movies in the series.

Synopsis: A Swedish family travels to the French Alps to enjoy a few days of skiing and spend some precious time with each other. The sun is shining and the slopes are spectacular but, during a lunch at a mountainside restaurant, an avalanche turns everything upside down. With diners fleeing in all directions, mother Ebba calls for her husband Tomas as she tries to protect their children. Tomas, meanwhile, is running for his life. Reality returns to embarrassed laughter, the anticipated disaster having failed to occur, and yet the family’s world has been shaken to its core, a question mark hanging over their father in particular. Tomas and Ebba’s marriage now hangs in the balance as Tomas struggles desperately to reclaim his role as family patriarch.

In Translation Series

May 2 & 3: Force Majeure

May 9 & 10: Leviathan

May 16 & 17: Timbuktu

May 23 & 24: Wild Tales

May 30 & 31: PK

This film is part of our In Translation series of recent foreign language films of note. A $25 “passport” gets you into all five movies in the series.

Synopsis: Kolia lives in a small town near the Barents Sea in North Russia. He has his own auto-repair shop. His shop stands right next to the house where he lives with his young wife Lilya and his son from a previous marriage. Vadim Shelevyat, the Mayor of the town, wants to take away his business, his house and his land. First he tries buying off Kolia, but Kolia cannot stand losing everything he has, not only the land, but also all the beauty that has surrounded him from the day of his birth. So Vadim Shelevyat starts being more aggressive

In Translation Series

May 2 & 3: Force Majeure

May 9, 10: Leviathan

May 16 & 17: Timbuktu

May 23 & 24: Wild Tales

May 30 & 31: PK

This film is part of our In Translation series of recent foreign language films of note.

Synopsis: Not far from Timbuktu, now ruled by the religious fundamentalists, Kidane lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima, his daughter Toya, and Issan, their twelve-year-old shepherd. In town, the people suffer, powerless, from the regime of terror imposed by the Jihadists determined to control their faith. Music, laughter, cigarettes, even soccer have been banned. The women have become shadows but resist with dignity. Every day, the new improvised courts issue tragic and absurd sentences. Kidane and his family are being spared the chaos that prevails in Timbuktu. But their destiny changes when Kidane accidentally kills Amadou, the fisherman who slaughtered his beloved cow. He now has to face the new laws of the foreign occupants.

In Translation Series

May 2 & 3: Force Majeure

May 9, 10: Leviathan

May 16 & 17: Timbuktu

May 23 & 24: Wild Tales

May 30 & 31: PK

This film is part of our In Translation series of recent foreign language films of note. A $25 “passport” gets you into all five movies in the series.

Synopsis: Vulnerable in the face of a reality that suddenly shifts and becomes unpredictable, the characters of Wild Tales cross the thin line that divides civilization and barbarism. A lover’s betrayal, a return to a repressed past and the violence woven into everyday life drive the characters to madness as they cede to the undeniable pleasure of losing control.

In Translation Series

May 2 & 3: Force Majeure

May 9 & 10: Leviathan

May 16 & 17: Timbuktu

May 23 & 24: Wild Tales

May 30 & 31: PK

This film is part of our In Translation series of recent foreign language films of note. A $25 “passport” gets you into all five movies in the series.

Synopsis: P. K. is a comedy of ideas about a stranger in the city, who asks questions that no one has asked before. They are innocent, child-like questions, but they bring about catastrophic answers. People who are set in their ways for generations, are forced to reappraise their world when they see it from PK’s innocent eyes. In the process PK makes loyal friends and powerful foes. Mends broken lives and angers the establishment. P. K.’s childlike curiosity transforms into a spiritual odyssey for him and millions of others. The film is an ambitious and uniquely original exploration of complex philosophies. It is also a simple and humane tale of love, laughter and letting-go. Finally, it is a moving saga about a friendship between strangers from worlds apart. (C) Disney India

In Translation Series

May 2 & 3: Force Majeure

May 9 & 10: Leviathan

May 16 & 17: Timbuktu

May 23 & 24: Wild Tales

May 30 & 31: PK