OPEN MEETING NOV. 8TH - GIVE US YOUR IDEAS! There will be an open Bijou Board of Directors meeting on Sunday, November 8th at 7:30 PM in the Bijou Theater. Come pitch movies you want to see at the Bijou in the upcoming year. General feedback is also welcome. The entire Bijou Board of Directors will be in attendance.

PLAYING NOVEMBER 6 – NOVEMBER 12: IN THE LOOP & RASHOMON

A political, ensemble comedy in the vein of DR. STRANGELOVE, IN THE LOOP takes place in the midst of a (fictional) crisis in the Middle East and follows the misunderstandings, lies, and other blunders made by the top brass that combined to create the political disaster. Although resting comfortably in the realm of comedy, IN THE LOOP examines the very real ways that miscommunication and face-saving denials can give birth to full-blown war. Equal parts Monty Python and THE WEST WING, IN THE LOOP is “an enormously witty satire” (CHICAGO READER).

The Akira Kurosawa classic is coming to the Bijou in glorious 35mm! Set in feudal Japan, RASHOMON unfolds in the wake of a violent crime occurring in the woods, in which a woman is assaulted and her husband is killed. Told through the perspective of four different characters, the details of the crime are anything but clear as the various accounts overlap and contradict each other. Hailed as a definitive classic of the cinema and noted for “its brilliance of conception, technique, acting and its theme of passion” (VARIETY), RASHOMON's influence can be seen in numerous films including THE USUAL SUSPECTS.