Programmed February 2021

Lovers on the Run

Spice up your Valentine’s Day with a dash of danger. With its exhilarating blend of crime, romance, and fatalistic desire, the couple-on-the-lam premise has proven an irresistible lure to generations of filmmakers across genres and movements, from film noir ( They Live by Night ) to New Hollywood ( Badlands ) to the French New Wave ( Pierrot le fou ) to Blaxploitation ( Thomasine & Bushrod ) and beyond. Sexy, thrilling, and transgressive, these tales of amorous outlaws continue to seduce because they offer the ultimate romantic fantasy: a vision of lovers united against the world, living—and dying—according to their own rules. Added on Sunday, 14 February 2021