Full Circle

A brief rundown of what’s happening at Circle Cinema

OPENING AUGUST 3

Eighth Grade
This acclaimed debut from the Sundance Film Festival follows a 13-year-old girl through her final week of middle school. Shy and awkward, she tries to overcome her anxieties and fears of rejection to make a real connection with her peers, beyond the surface level of social media. Rated R.
Click here to read Jeff Martin’s review.

Hot Summer Nights
Academy Award nominee Timothée Chalamet (“Call Me By Your Name”) stars as a Cape Cod teenager who gets in over his head in the drug trade while falling for the sister of his drug-dealing partner. Rated R.

Oil Capital Underground
A new documentary about Tulsa’s underground music scene—from rock to punk to thrash metal—from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, focusing on the popular local bands and clubs of the era through archival footage and interviews. The 7:30 p.m. showing on Friday, Aug. 3, is followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Bryan Cain and musicians Dave Cantrell and Terry Waska. Not Rated.
Click here to read Kris Rose’s article on “Oil Capital Underground.

OPENING AUGUST 10

Generation Wealth
Our current culture has produced the richest society that the world has ever seen. This new documentary investigates the pathologies that have created it. From director Lauren Greenfield (“The Queen of Versailles”). Rated R.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Laurel and Hardy Shorts (1928)
Second Saturday Silents presents two short films from the iconic comedy duo of the early Hollywood era, Laurel and Hardy: “You’re Darn Tootin’” and “Too Tars,” both from 1928. A Felix the Cat silent cartoon short will be an added attraction. Bill Rowland accompanies on the Circle’s 1928 pipe organ. Tickets $5 for adults, $2 for 16 and under. (Sat. Aug. 11, 11:00 a.m.)

Mondays are Free Popcorn Day for Circle members. $2 Tuesdays for TU Students.