Bama Art House adds indie films starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern and more

The Bama Art House film series, an ongoing intermittent run of art house, foreign and independent movies not showing at mainstream multiplexes, returns with three films this winter, Jan. 24, and Feb. 7 and 14, all in the Bama Theatre.

This sequence begins each film at 7 p.m., half an hour earlier than previous Bama Art House runs. Box office, doors and bar will open at 6.

Single tickets are $10 general, $9 for seniors and students, and $8 for Arts Council members.

Punch cards for $70 will be available for sale, good for any 10 Bama Art House films, with no expiration date.

This winter's three-film run:

"The Son"

Jan. 24: "The Son" (2022), rated PG-13, two hours and three minutes, is a drama written by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, directed by Zeller. It's thematically but not literally connected to 2020's "The Father," also co-written and directed by Zeller, both based on his stage plays. "The Son" stars Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby and Anthony Hopkins. Peter (Jackman) is trying to start a new life with his partner Beth (Kirby) and their new baby, when ex-wife Kate (Dern) arrives with their troubled teen-aged son Nicholas (Zen McGrath). Hopkins, who won his second best actor Oscar for his role as an Alzheimer's sufferer in "The Father," plays Peter's father in "The Son," though it's not the same character.

"The Inspection"

Feb. 7: "The Inspection" (2022), rated R, one hour and 35 minutes, is written and directed by Elegance Bratton, based on events from his life. It stars Jeremy Pope, Gabrielle Union and Bokeem Woodbine, in the story of a young gay Black man who decides to join the Marines, lacking other options to build a future. Struggling through basic training, suffering from prejudice and racism, he finds strength, support and a sense of belonging within the corps.

"The Eternal Daughter"

Feb. 14: "The Eternal Daughter" (2022), rated PG-13, one hour and 36 minutes, is a ghost story written and directed by Joanna Hogg, and starring Tilda Swinton. Julie Hart (Swinton) a filmmaker, brings her elderly mother (in a spoiler already revealed in reviews and trailers, also played by Swinton) to their old family home, now a mysteriously near-deserted hotel.

For more, including trailers, visit www.tuscarts.org/bama/bama-art-house.

The Bama Theatre, which opened in 1938, recently underwent extensive renovations, adding new seats, updated carpeting and new flooring. The theater is at 600 Greensboro Ave. in downtown Tuscaloosa.

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