Wednesday, December 18 @ 8 p.m.

One night only – WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18 at 8:00 p.m.
Detroit Threat Management (2012)
NR – 87 min – Tickets $5
Detroit filmmaker Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman spent more than two years embedded with the urban paramilitary group VIPERS, whose stated mission is to protect Detroit citizens from predators. VIPERS stands for Violence Intervention Protective Emergency Response System, and members of the group have worked all over the city, the nation, and the world. Detroit Threat Management is the chronicle of VIPERS, the people who join it, the man who leads them, and the city from which they have sprouted to fill a gap in public service.
Jacob will be on hand after the screening to answer questions about the film.

Starts Friday, December 20
Detroit Unleaded (2013)
NR – 93 min – Tickets $7

Fri, Dec. 20: 7:30 + Q & A
Sat, Dec. 21: 5:00, 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Dec. 22: 3:00, 5:30 p.m.

On December 20 at 7:30 ONLY, Unleaded
director-producer-writer Rola Nashef will be
at Cinema Detroit for what is sure to be a fascinating Q & A.

Check out the trailer.

Starts Friday, December 20 – “An instant holiday season counterclassic”

White Reindeer (2013)
NR – 82 min – Tickets $7
The synopsis for this film describes the plot, but it doesn’t really describe how funny and touching it is: After an unexpected tragedy, Suzanne struggles to put her life back together during a sad, strange Christmastime in suburban Virginia.
Rated 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.
“There’s radiance in White Reindeer‘s darkness, which is what winter solstice festivals have always been about in the first place.” — Village Voice
Content advisory here.

Fri, Dec. 20: 10:00 p.m.
Sat, Dec. 21: 9:30 p.m.
Sun, Dec. 22: 7:00 p.m.

HELD OVER

LOVE ACTUALLY (2003) – Rated R – 135 min – Tickets $5
Thursday, Dec. 19: 7:00 p.m.

THE PUNK SINGER (2013) – NR – 80 min – Tickets $7
Documentary – Official Selection, 2013 SXSW
Winner, Women in Cinema Lena Sharpe Award, Seattle International Film Festival - Sini Anderson (director)
Kathleen Hanna, the activist and musician who formed the punk band Bikini Kill and helped pioneer the “riot grrrl” movement of the 1990s, stopped making music in 2005. THE PUNK SINGER is her true story.
If you remember the early ’90s, or you wish you did, don’t miss it.
Thursday, Dec. 19: 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 21: 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 22: 5:00 p.m.