This September, we present THE MAESTRO OF FILM! Ennio Morricone is perhaps best known for defining the sound of the Spaghetti Western, but his music stretches far beyond the frontier. This month long series explores three films that reveal the extraordinary breadth of his work as a composer.
Set against the sweeping wheat fields of the 1916 Texas Panhandle, Terrence Malick’s romantic masterpiece follows Bill (Richard Gere) and Abby (Brooke Adams), lovers posing as brother and sister while fleeing a turbulent past in Chicago. When a wealthy, ailing farmer (Sam Shepard) falls for Abby, a desperate scheme for survival spirals into a tragic love triangle. Narrated through the perspective of Bill’s younger sister Linda (Linda Manz), Days of Heaven is an intoxicating fable of desire, fate, and human frailty.
Supervised by Malick, this 4K restoration restores the film’s world famous "magic hour" cinematography—shot almost exclusively during twilight by Néstor Almendros and Haskell Wexler—to pure painterly brilliance. Paired with Ennio Morricone’s bittersweet, haunting score, it remains an unmatched sensory triumph
In English.
Rated PG.
Spanning four turbulent decades of friendship, betrayal, and memory on New York’s Lower East Side, Sergio Leone’s final cinematic monument follows David "Noodles" Aaronson (Robert De Niro) and his tight knit crew from street level hustlers to Prohibition era kingpins. Fluidly weaving through time via an opium fogged haze of nostalgia, this hypnotic tale of ambition and lost youth pairs Tonino Delli Colli’s lush visual compositions with Ennio Morricone’s most melancholic, haunting score. Digitally restored frame-by-frame from the original camera negative by the Cineteca di Bologna and Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation, Leone’s sweeping crime saga remains an unmatched theatrical experience—a tragic, haunting myth that demands the immersive scale of the cinema
In English.
Rated M18 for Violence.
The ultimate love letter to moviegoing comes to Filmhouse in luminous 4K!
Set in a sun-drenched Sicilian village, Giuseppe Tornatore’s timeless masterpiece follows young Salvatore as he discovers the magic of cinema inside his local picture house, guided by the wise and grumpy projectionist Alfredo (Philippe Noiret). Presented as the Oscar-winning International Theatrical Cut—gloriously restored in 4K—this quintessential ode to youth, lost love, and silver-screen magic features Ennio Morricone’s most heart-swelling, immortal score.
In Italian with English subtitles.
Rated M18 for Sexual References.
