Part of Midnight Movies
Double Feature General Admission: $30 ($25 Belcourt Members)
THE ROOM
Dir. Tommy Wiseau | USA | 2003 | 99 min. | R | 35mm
Oh, hai Mark! A friendly, selfless man who greets everyone with a disarming “Oh, hai…” discovers that you can’t trust anyone after getting engaged to a manipulative, self-serving siren who seduces his best friend and destroys his life. Upon release in Los Angeles, THE ROOM began attracting a small crowd of devoted cult followers. Word of THE ROOM’s hopelessly incompetent, unintentionally hilarious charms began to spread, and screenings started to crop up from coast to coast. Screening in 35mm.
“It's difficult to make any sort of movie, good or bad, but to make a movie that's so bad it's good you need vision, drive, luck and obsessive vanity. Fortuitously, THE ROOM's writer/producer/director/star Tommy Wiseau appears to possess all of these qualities, combined with a total lack of acting talent.” —Steve Rose, Guardian
BIG SHARK
Dir. Tommy Wiseau | USA | 2023 | 99 min. | NR | DCP | Nashville Premiere!
Oh, hai Shark! You got all hot and bothered with the explosive Tennessee Williams-esque story of jealousy, spoons, and overlong scenes of sweaty, inhuman lovemaking, so now it’s time to cool off with the long-awaited sophomore feature from THE ROOM auteur Tommy Wiseau.
Three firefighters (Isaiah LaBorde, Mark Valeriano and Tommy Wiseau) must save New Orleans from a gigantic shark. Can New Orleans survive?
BIG SHARK is sure to leave you soaked to the bone… with terror!
“BIG SHARK retains the vibe of THE ROOM’s early days. Once again, the film is as much about the bonding experience with strangers as it is about willingly subjecting yourself to the madness of what’s on the screen.” —Luke Y. Thompson, A.V. Club
