25TH ANNIVERSARY: RUSHMORE (1998)

5/25, 6/3 & 11, 2023
25th Anniversary: Rushmore (1998)
The dazzling sophomore film from Wes Anderson is equal parts coming-of-age story, French New Wave homage, and screwball comedy. Tenth grader Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) is Rushmore Academy’s most extracurricular student—and its least scholarly. He faces expulsion and enters into unlikely friendships with both a lovely first-grade teacher (Olivia Williams) and a melancholy self-made millionaire (Bill Murray, in an award-winning performance). Set to a soundtrack of classic British Invasion tunes, Rushmore defies categorization, capturing the pain and exuberance of adolescence with wit, emotional depth, and cinematic panache.
Dir: Wes Anderson / 1998 / US / 93 min

“Rushmore is made to be treasured: it feels like an immediate American classic.” – Richard Kelly, Sight & Sound

“Wes Anderson’s films are delightfully strange and endearing.” – Bong Joon-ho

“Schwartzman is cautious but stubbornly optimistic, while Murray is possessed by the mania of near-despair… They make the best and most disconcerting odd couple that American movies have produced in a long while.” – Anthony Lane, New Yorker

SCREENING: THU 5/25 4PM; SAT 6/3 7PM; SUN 6/11 4PM

Tickets are available at the box office 30 minutes before showtimes.