He's a visionary genius. Plus, I want to see Miss Piggy reprise her gender-bending performance as Yoda. The Screening Room's classic, foreign and indie programming will offer an Obi-Wan alternative to the Dark Side of the multiplex. A long time ago, Princess Dempsey used to pore over hundreds of videos and make all selections herself. Now she assigns each week's program to a curator.
Admission is free.
For more information, call 621-7352. It's the organization's 15th anniversary, which means they've had ample opportunity to stockpile an arsenal of local weirdness for your viewing pleasure. We're talking big-time summer schlock here. The Phantom Menace's top competition may turn out to be Wild Wild West , starring wild, wild Will Smith and the three G's of gunplay, gadgets and CGI graphics. I won't mind if the film violates the spirit of the original.