“It’s when you’re safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you’re having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.”

― Thornton Wilder

This November let us commemorate the changing of the seasons with a group of films about the tricking business of starting over, and whether you can ever truly leave the past behind... The Paradise Presents: LEAVING HOME- films about what's on the other side of the rainbow, and what we leave behind to get there. From timeless tales of leaving the nest, to runaway youths embarking on new adventures, to stories of migration. Embrace the changes and join us as we travel far and wide with nine films that let us in on the journey.

THEY CHOSE THEIR LIVES. NOW THEIR SON MUST CHOOSE HIS. Part two of our "runaway" double feature, we're screening an eighties classic. River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Christine Lahti, and Martha Plimpton star in Sidney Lumet's RUNNING ON EMPTY.

The '60s are past, and the Vietnam War they struggled against is long over, but the Popes have been on the run from the FBI for fifteen years--choosing to live as family of fugitives rather than be separated. Now 17-year-old musical prodigy Danny Pope must decide whether to accept a scholarship to Julliard or deny his talent to remain with his family ... as his mother did for him.

(Courtesy of Warner Bros.)

Monday November 7th, 8:30 PM/8:15 PM Doors