Movies @ The Capitol

Rated PG | 94 mins | 1977 | Directed by Mel Brooks A renowned Harvard psychiatrist (with a concealed fear of heights) takes over as director of the PsychoNeurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous after the last administrator dies under suspicious circumstances. Mel Brooks directed, co-wrote and plays the head shrink in this homage […]

Rated PG-13 | 105 mins | 1993 | Directed by Mel Brooks A veteran of the Crusades brings together a ragtag group to do battle against an evil king, and gets help from a surprising source inside the royal castle in this spoof of the Robin Hood legend. Copyright Twentieth Century Fox.

Rated R | 94 mins | 1974 | Directed by Mel Brooks A crooked politician hires a black sheriff for a small frontier town, with the hope that the people will panic and abandon the land so he and his cronies can run a railroad through it. Copyright Warner Bros.  

Rated PG | 105 mins | 1985 | Directed by Ted Berman A standard sword-and-sorcery yarn is elevated by peerless, detailed animation. The dark, supernatural tale of a young warrior battling an evil ruler was Disney’s first PG-rated cartoon. Adapted from the five novels in Lloyd Alexander’s “The Chronicles of Prydain” series, the film used […]

Not Rated | 99 mins | 1997 | Directed by Abbas Kiarostami Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry is an emotionally complex meditation on life and death. Middle-aged Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) drives through the hilly outskirts of Tehran —searching for someone to […]

Rated PG-13 | 140 mins | 2023 | Directed by Blitz Bazawule Musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel about the life-long struggles of an African American woman living in the south during the early 1900s. Copyright Warner Bros. This screening will be co-hosted by The MLK Day Planning Committee & the NAACP of Bowling Green […]

Rated PG | 118 mins | 2010 | Directed by Chris Columbus Accident-prone teenager Percy discovers he’s actually a demigod, the son of Poseidon, and he must master his newfound skills and find Zeus’ stolen lightning in order to prevent a war between the Greek gods that could devastate the entire world. Copyright Twentieth Century […]

Rated R | 94 mins | 1988 | Directed by Ken Russell A young archeologist unearths an unusual skull he believes belonged to a mythical snake-light beast. Before long, the beast’s immortal priestess stirs up trouble. Based on the novel by Bram Stoker. Copyright Lions Gate Films, Inc.  

Rated G | 76 mins | 1994 | Directed by Pixote Hunt After seeking shelter from a storm in a mysterious library, an easily terrified kid is transported to an animated fantasy world. There, he encounters characters and situations from classic literature. Copyright Twentieth Century Fox.