Classics Return To Big Screen At Red Bank Theater's Basie Film Club

RED BANK, NJ — Cult classics are back where they belong - and at a classic price of only $5 - on the big screen of the Basie Center Cinemas movie house, all part of the kickoff of the theater's Film Club series.

Five of Quentin Tarantino’s biggest titles – "Reservoir Dogs," "Django Unchained," "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood," "Inglorious Basterds" and "Pulp Fiction" – will be featured the week of Jan. 2.

Upcoming Film Club programming will highlight Oscar-nominated actors, films and directors, plus specific genres and subject matter, according to the Basie.

The series will be curated by local film school students and cinema personnel, with tickets to each film priced at $5. Bundle packages, which will allow entry into any or all of each week’s curated titles, will be priced at $20, the theater said in a news release .

“The building at 36 White Street, which we’ve operated as Basie Center Cinemas for nearly two years, has a 50-year history of bringing film to our community,” says Izzy Sackowitz, chief operating officer, Count Basie Center for the Arts.

“With our team of film students and other curators, we feel there’s something missing out there for fans of the classic cinema experience. The Basie Center Cinemas Film Club will fill that void.”

New York University student and 2022 Trinity Hall graduate Amanda Paige Philipson, 18, and Tyler Izzo, 17, Rumson, who will enter NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts’ film program in September 2023, are two of the curators involved in the Film Club initiative.

“With spots like The Inkwell (a coffeehouse in Long Branch) and other longtime hangouts drying up, we’re looking to create a scenario at Basie Center Cinemas where people our age can see each other, watch films and talk about their cultural significance,” said Philipson.

“This area has a rich history of artists and auteurs, for whom film is a personal passion,” Izzo added. “For them, and for people whose passion for film needs to be filled by something more than a non-communal, living room experience, we’re creating a comfortable and affordable space.”

Tickets for all Basie Center Cinemas films, including Film Club titles, can be purchased at the box office, 36 White St., Red Bank, or online at www.basiecentercinemas.org.

Here is a schedule of the Film Club's Tarantino films showing after New Year's Day:

Tarantino Week:

• Jan. 2: "Reservoir Dogs" (4:15 p.m.)
• Jan. 3: "Django Unchained" (4:15 p.m.)
• Jan. 4: "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood" (4:15 p.m.)
• Jan. 5: "Inglorious Basterds" (4:15 p.m.)
• Jan. 6: "Pulp Fiction" (4:15 p.m.)

For more information about the Basie Center for the Arts, visit www.thebasie.org.