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Important Update: Schedule Changes for July and August Movie Showings
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have made some adjustments to our movie schedule for July and August. The original plan was to show "Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping" on July 12, 2026, followed by "La Dolce Vita" on August 9, 2026. However, after careful consideration, we have decided to move the date of one movie to better accommodate our audience.
The new schedule is as follows:
“La Dolce Vita” will still screen on August 7, 2026
"Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping" will now be shown on August 23, 2026
This change was made due to the closure of Five Points on our original July date due to road resurfacing work by the NCDOT on Glenwood including directly in front of the Rialto. We appreciate your understanding and will join us for both screenings in August!
“La Dolce Vita” will screen on August 7, 2026
“Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” will screen on August 23, 2026
La Dolce Vita
Date: Sunday August 7, 2026
Italy, 1960, B&W, Not Rated, Satire/Comedic Drama, 175 min
Directed by Federico Fellini
Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée
So many movies are as disposable as Kleenex, often forgotten by the next morning. Others grab you by the collar, immerse you in the moment and ignite your imagination not just while viewing, but over the next few days, weeks, years, decades. Of their time, yet continuing to speak to the present moment, they demand and reward rewatching, offering new layers, insights, perspectives. With each screening, you discover new depths in what for many has become a cinematic talisman. Such a film is Federico Fellini’s La dolce vita.
Often accompanied by a grumpy little photographer named Paparazzo (the source of our now familiar term paparazzi), a handsome, womanizing, indolent gossip columnist with half-baked dreams of being a renowned author, Marcello Rubini (Marcello Mastroianni) pursues La dolce vita—the sweet life—among the rich and famous and the wannabe rich and famous. In a series of interrelated, short story-like episodes, Marcello wanders the heights and depths of the glamorous, decadent world of celebrity culture where fame for fame’s sake is the only goal.
Along the way, are moments of comedy and tragedy, the sacred and the profane, the sublime and the utterly ridiculous, mixed together into an alchemical potion leading to cinematic magic. La dolce vita contains scenes that have left their mark on countless movies and moviemakers who came after. People who have never seen the film can picture Anita Ekberg splashing in the Trevi Fountain or a statue of Jesus floating over the city. Without having set foot in Italy, let alone studied its language, folks can translate La dolce vita. Google the phrase and you will find pizzerias and bakeries and restaurants and salons and online shoe stores and…
La dolce vita made Marcello Mastroianni a star, wearing dark glasses at night a thing, sneaking into fountains common, the term “Felliniesque” part of the lexicon along with the aforementioned “paparazzi.”
Come, join us and taste La dolce vita for yourself.