Join us at Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse on Thursday, April 16 at 6:30 PM as we begin the next three-film sequence in our America 250 series: Community in the American Landscape.

Our first film is Peter Bogdanovich’s The Last Picture Show (1971), a haunting portrait of a small Texas town in decline. Set in the 1950s but made in the early 1970s, the film reflects on loneliness, fading institutions, fractured relationships, and the slow erosion of communal life. It asks a question that still feels urgent today: what holds a community together, and what happens when those bonds begin to fray?

This new three-film sequence explores American community across very different landscapes and histories. The Last Picture Show will be followed by Lone Star and Killer of Sheep, each offering a distinct vision of shared life, memory, struggle, and belonging in America.

The evening will include a brief introduction before the screening and a post-film discussion afterward.

 Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse
 Thursday, April 16
 6:30 PM

Come early, grab a drink, and join us for the start of a new cinematic conversation about community, memory, and the American landscape.