SIGNS OF STICKLES CINEMA





I offer a selection of the signs we have put up over the years. Starting in 2012.



We put up the first sign next to our mailbox. Didn't say anything to the neighbors. Just let them find it and wonder.



Coming Soon



Then we put a date. And fielded the questions.
What is Stickles Schoolhouse Cinema? A place for us to watch movies together
What movie will you show? Not going to say yet



Saturday JUly 7



The big reveal. Time Bandits by Terry Gilliam. I wanted a movie that I loved, that might not be so familiar to people. It turned into a magical evening, with the first of now several full moons rising to our back as the movie ended



Time bandits



One of the funniest movies ever made.
We viewed six movies that first summer. I don't have pictures for all the signs made this and some of the other early years. If memory serves we screened Pink Panther Strikes Again, Paper Moon, Yellow Submarine and Singin' In The Rain



Young Frankenstien



2013. For Peg's birthday weekend I asked her what movie would she like to see.



Best in show



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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid



I think this was the first time I showed a movie that I hadn't seen before. Our friend John suggested it. I was somewhat aware of it growing up. It always seemed to play with Harold and Maude in the revival house double features. What a time that was for seeing movies in NYC70's-80's



A Thousand Clowns



2013 had a few other movies. Horse Feathers, Take the Money and Run, The Adventures of Robin Hood, and we finished the season with The Greatest Show on Earth. That turned into a long chilly night but everyone enjoyed it. There was one night that turned out to be only Peg and I. The movie was going to be Sunshine but we switched to Desk Set, another film I hadn't seen



2014



There were several reasons to show this one. One was my last name, the other was in honor of the family of foxes that had taken up residence in our neighbors yard that spring



Fantastic Mr fox





We had more movies this year but I didn't get pictures of the sign. We started with The Artist, then Fantastic Mr Fox, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Only Lovers Left Alive and finished I think with O'Brother, Where Art Thou?



2014 end



It started getting a bit tiresome, repainting sections of the sign for every movie.



2015



I had a few movies in mind. I think I told people the title and had them whisper to me their choice. I cannot remember what we decided on



Audience choice



I had certainly read about it, seen pieces of it, but never the entire thing. It was about time. I recall we decided to show a movie that morning hence the Short Notice Sunday sign. Got to watch it with a few of our neighbors.



Citizen kane



Must've had a rain out Friday night. Always a risk. We wound up watching Across the Universe that night. A few years later we got to Tree of Life, along with Days of Heaven that same week.



Across the universe



It took me a while to come around to this one. We showed it twice that night. I don't remember how many stayed for the second show. I know my Mom was one. The second time we had Dark Side of the Moon as the soundtrack. It works



The wizard of oz



Behind the scenes. Other movies that summer were Sleeper and The Great Waldo Pepper



2015



I figured let us have a balanced program. One foreign, one domestic. Both of them unseen by me before. We didn't show Funny Girl that weekend, I didn't think it was that funny when prescreened the first 20 minutes, we went with Austin Powers. There is some confusion about whether this was 2016 or 2018



almost a twofer



It seems that we only had three movies the summer of 2016. I don't remember why. The other two were In the Heart of the Sea and a night of Buster Keaton Shorts along with At the Circus by Chaplin



Ratatouille





2017 I think. We must've had some rain outs in June as I only have a movie on record in July



2017



Don't think we did that weekend



2017



Probably the most desperate sign made



2017



The fonts dom't look like my hand on the "subtitle" signs. I think maybe Peg did them. They look good.



Cool Hand Luke



Over a month since the previous one and still haven't decided. Might have been ET. Peggy hadn't seen it before.



Undecided



Can't go wrong with Chaplin, mostly.



Modern times



This was the previous year but it's a hassle to edit this website so I'll keep it here. I didn't make the connection but Peter said it was "edgy" as it was our neighbor Neils 80th birthday year, like Maude.



Harold and Maude



One of the last times for the painted sign. It should be one of the cinema bylaws, It's always fair weather. Except it's not. We had to cut the last 15 minutes of Where The Wild Things Are when a storm moved through and we had a light drizzle through most of Only Lovers Left Alive, which Neil and Alayne valiantly sat through with Peg and myself



Is It Really?



The only picture I have for 2018.
Movie we showed that year were Gravity, The Great Dictator, Lady Bird and maybe Umbrellas of Cherbourg (although we have an earlier sign mentioning it I think we may have rained out the first time



A SUBTITLE





A new sign for 2019. Easier/faster to erase



Testing



I was more willing to change the sign each weeknd



Same same



Summer of 2019



Run lola run



Peg was away for many weeks that summer. I decided to do a themed series, of one.



All is lost



It's all about terroir



Location



This is a cropped view of a picture that also showed part of the screen set up. I don't think I should let those who haven't been here see what we really do, you'll only get the signs and wonder. I chose this one for Peg's sister Nancy, who was staying with us that weekend. She is a Psychiatrist



High Anxiety



We introduced a wider screen for this one. Katy still marvels at the beauty of the showing where ones eyes could travel upward off the screen to a crystal clear night view of a starry sky. Made on feel like you were in a Cinerama Dome. This movie also inspired one of my favorite lines in our emailed invitations



2001



A show at the end of December 2019? Yes. A special one inside our neighbors, Peter and Linda. We set up the screen inside their barn. Little did we know how much things were going to change the next year



The kid



The last appearance, to date (2024) of the original sign. This was in front of Peter and Linda's just before New Years



Last show of 2019



2020





Ah, 2020. There were so many changes that year. In the world and also at Stickles Cinema. Let's start small and move up.

I decided to change the name from Stickles Schoolhouse Cinema to Stickles Cinema. Minor but still a conscious adjustment.

I got a new projector, a little brighter than the first one with higher resolution. Technology is always changing

We also did a major upgrade to the sound system that gives us more flexibility, wider stereo separation, volume and bass.

The biggest change was a direct response to the pandemic that enveloped us all. We moved the cinema from the front of the house, where it had great poetry, to space at the side of the house, where we had more room to spread out. I always rejected the term "Social Distancing", preferring to call it "Spatial Distancing", as being social was a large part of what it's all about and what we needed more than ever at this time. We screened more movies that year than anytime previous.



A perfect movie for what felt like a radically new world



Yesterday



A better Streisand movie than the earlier planned Funny Girl



What's up doc?



One of the only typos to make it past our crackerjack copy editing staff



Watership down



Yes, we did show Monty Python and the Holy Grail. One of our favorite directors Terry Gilliam who did our first movie as well as some future choices I hope



Mony Python and the holy grail



This was late in the year and on short notice. My friend Alex had directed it several years before. She was not able to come, we hope someday. I think it was the first documentary we showed



Air guitar nation



Another one of those, never seen it, always heard about it movies. We were showing all kinds of things that year. Italian movies bring some people we don't often see over I notice.



Bicycle theives



One of my favorite lesser known movies



Robin and marian



Another favorite director. We also showed Days of Heaven, I think the same weekend.
Other movies that year that I don't have signs for were Playtime, Horsefeathers and The Shape of Water.



tree of life



The first sign of 2021. The pandemic was still a thing. We had a beautiful early spring weekend that inspired the sign. A bright spot in what was turning into too long a darker time



Coming in 2021





This was the second movie of 2021. I started doing soft openings and then "Big Openings". The soft opening was The Music Man. I didn't know enough about that one to have it be part of the main season. Isle Of Dogs I knew and liked and had slept through a bit of the middle when I first saw it so it was good to see the whole thing



Isle of dogs



A lot of classic lines in this movie. Most everyone had seen it before but we all loved it.



This is spinal tap



This was a Pixar movie that came out, briefly, the year before but nobody had the chance to see it. I thought it worthy to share.



Soul



There's an old joke, man makes plans, God laughs.
I thought of having a Roy Schieder film festival. We got rained out the entire weekend. Oddly enough Jaws was playing at a theater nearby that same weekend so people could go there.
We got to show both Jaws and Sorcerer later that summer. The original Sorcerer played later that year at another local cinema. I'm glad we have those places in our locale. We haven't gotten to All That Jazz yet.



Roy schieder film festival



We always do. Sometimes I put the sign out a week in advance so people can make plans around it. I'm not sure what we wound up with. Movies we showed that year that I don't have pictures for were Cinema Paradiso, Galaxy Quest, Singin In the Rain (our first repeat),, Battle of the Sexes, The Life Aquatic and a special Karaoke version of Jesus Christ Superstar. We had subtitles on the screen and several microphones available for people to sing into. The upgraded sound system allows for many options



2021



We had several rain outs that year but still had a dozen gatherings



Singin' in the rain



This was one of our advance teaser signs for the season opening film. It was preceded by Life of Brian "soft opening"the week before. I loved the movie but wasn't so happy with the sign, so I put in some more inspiration for the sign the weekend of the showing



A SUBTITLE



I saw this movie in a theater during the pandemic and loved it. So much more than a concert movie or a documentary. I wanted to share it with everyone. It also inspired my sign making.



A SUBTITLE



When I told Katy the sign was surprisingly easy to write she compared me to DaVinci. Maybe more Dali for this one. Or Cindy Sherman for the next one?



A SUBTITLE





I guess more like a cross between Norman Rockwell and countiess other photographers.



A SUBTITLE



The closest we've come to a revolt. I wound up selecting the directors cut of this movie which has, we found out, a dramatically different ending than the original release. It was quite over the top and I think there is a little part of Linda that will never forgive me. I DIDN'T KNOW.



Little Shop of horrors



Good question. What is it with us, anyway?



Latcho Dromo



Perhaps the most minimal sign I made since the very first one



Almost famous



Sometimes for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. After the most minimal sign I followed up with one of my more time consuming efforts. It did/does look pretty cool though.



Papilon



I kept the same upper section for a couple of displays



Strawberry Mansion



The drip started out accidental but I then realized if fit the theme of the movie.
Other movies we showed this year that I don't have signs for were Life of Brian, White Nights, a double feature of Red Ballon and White Mane, Slums of Beverly Hills,The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Hugo, Waking Life and Rear Window.



let the right one in



Our first movie for 2023. Soft opening.



Wrath of Khan



This was our big opening film for the 2023 season. The sign was a collaboration between Peg and Bryan



Lion in Winter





This was my choice for what may turn into a yearly dance themed movie when we have a certain crew of people coming to visit us. The previous year the movie was White nights.



desert dancer



What brought this on? I haven't a clue.
Maybe it should have been more Don LaFontaine like, "In A World Where......



The Graduate



It had been far too long since our last silent film selection. Peg and I spent too long walking around NYC looking for a copy. Even though this is available on You tube I prefer having the movies on physical media for playback as the quality tends to be better. There was on time a few years ago when a disc malfunctioned during a screening and we punted to a quickly rigged internet connection and rental download. The show must go on...



The cameraman



We tend not to have war movies but this one I think is more than just that



the night of the shooting stars



One of several movies about moviemaking life that we have shown. It also reminds me of the circus.



Day for night



I had planned to show this one before I knew it was getting a rerelease in the theaters, i think the following week. See also Jaws and there was also some synchronicity with Sorcerer and the original version that our local theater showed.



Stop making sense



One of those small hidden gems I like to turn our neighbors onto. They'll come knowing nothing about a movie sometimes, just trusting the selection.



a new leaf



Our last movie for 2023. The title, and even some images (compare Kinski and Montalban) bookended accidentally with our opening film this year, again.



Aguirre, Wrath of God



Let's see what 2024 has in store....



special screening





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