Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Cornbread Cosa Nostra: "Organized" Crime - Mississippi Style

Cornbread Cosa Nostra
Saturday, June 2 at 7 PM

Mississippi director, Travis Mills, returns to the Strand with his latest film: Cornbread Cosa Nostra,

 a Mississippi-made movie based on the true events surrounding the Dixie Mafia. Set in the 1980s, it's a crime thriller that follows FBI Agent Kurt Cadell (Britton Webb) and his partner Roy (Marcus Hinton) as they track down the notorious criminal organization.


The director and members of cast and crew will be in attendance for this special showing.

Tickets $10 in advance at Highway 61 Coffeehouse
or Online: Cornbreadstrand.brownpapertickets.com

and $15 at the door.


Thursday, May 24, 2018

The Last Suit - at the Strand: Saturday, May 26 at 7

At 88, Abraham Bursztein is seeing his place in the world rapidly disappear. His kids have sold his Buenos Aires residence, set him up to move to a retirement home, and disagree on how to handle his fading health. But Abraham survived the Holocaust, made a successful life in a foreign land, and isn’t about to quietly fade away. Instead, he plots a secret one-way trip to Poland, where he plans to find the Christian friend who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II, and to keep his promise to return one day. Comedic and poignant in equal measure, from Argentina to Spain, across Germany and finally to Poland, Abraham is on his own but also accompanied by the characters he meets along the way, who both help him and need his help. A standout among these is the iconic Spanish actress Angela Molina, as the proprietor of the Madrid hotel where he stays. With its klezmer-driven score, evocative cinematography and fleet pacing, THE LAST SUIT approaches its weighty themes with a light touch that illuminates a serious story. And in its mix of Spanish, Yiddish, German and Polish it is a globe-trotting surprise, a late-in-life road movie with planes, trains and heart.

Saturday, May 26 at 7 PM at the Strand - 717 Clay Street - Downtown Vicksburg
See the trailer:

Tickets: $5 in advance at Highway 61 Coffeehouse / $7 at the door.

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Free Movie - The Big Lebowski

Coming to the Strand
Saturday, May 19 at 7 PM
Free!!!


20 Years? The Dude has been abiding for 20 years? 

Yep.

The Big Lebowski featuring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, John Tuturro, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Sam Elliot all under the direction of the Coen Brothers has, indeed, been with us for 20 years.

There has never been another movie like TBL. Ferrets, White Russians, mistaken identity, nihilists against bowlers; it's not just another movie: it's a way of life, a discipline, a philosophy, a plan. An excuse for a hangover.

Okay if you've seen it before, you know you want to see it big at the Strand. If you've never seen it, well, we will let you in anyway.

The movie is free, the popcorn is free. Martin's at Midtown will be pouring White Russians (reasonably priced). Why would you be anywhere else? 

Come early for a seat.