Hello Everyone!

This week marks the start of a new comedy by Rebecca Miller - SHE CAME TO ME - starring Peter Dinklage, Anne Hathaway and Marisa Tomei.  And in a surprise engagement, we've added three screenings of the documentary LYNCH/OZ to this weekend's mix - a must for David Lynch lovers.  If you need to see the crowd-pleasing gem FLORA AND SON (one of my favorite films from this year's TIFF), you'll need to hurry - Thursday is its last day!  STOP MAKING SENSE will stick around for one more week.

The festival we work on for months and months is almost here!  Tickets for all of next weekend's screenings at OUT HERE DAYTON FILM FEST are still available, and the scholarship portal is now open.  We don't want ticket prices to deter anyone from attending the festival...so due to the assistance of our generous sponsors, people can apply for Free Tickets  to any screening at this year's festival.  Please help us spread the word, and be sure to read more about the festival by visiting the official site.  It's a great line-up!  (Read more about one of our visiting special guests below!)

"Open Caption Mondays" continue to be well-received. On Monday, Oct. 9, STOP MAKING SENSE will be presented with captions on the screen. (As a reminder, seating is no longer assigned on Mondays-Thursdays for traditional engagements.)

Synopsis for SHE CAME TO ME: "Composer Steven Lauddem is plagued by a creative block which leaves him unable to finish the score for his big comeback opera. When his former therapist-turned-wife Patricia suggests he rekindle his creativity by getting lost in the city, Steven sets out in search of inspiration. His epiphany comes after he meets a spirited woman named Katrina and discovers his life has much more potential than he bargained for, or ever could have imagined." (Vertical Entertainment)

Synopsis for LYNCH/OZ: "The themes, images, and cultural vernacular of Victor Fleming’s THE WIZARD OF OZ continue to haunt David Lynch’s art and filmography—from his very first short to his latest series. Arguably, no filmmaker has so consistently drawn inspiration—consciously or unconsciously—from a single work. Is David Lynch trapped in the land of Oz? If so, can we derive a new appreciation for Lynch’s body of work from taking a closer look at how it intersects and communicates with OZ?  Through six distinct perspectives and narrated by some of contemporary cinema’s most exciting voices, LYNCH/OZ will take us down the proverbial rabbit hole.." We know THE NEON has some regulars who love David Lynch...so we're bringing this doc for a handful of screening this weekend.

TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR THIS ENCORE!This is the 5th in our series in partnership with Dayton Art Institute & Exhibition On Screen! "From award-winning director Phil Grabsky comes this fresh new look at arguably the world’s favorite artist – through his own words. Using letters and other private writings  I, CLAUDE MONET reveals new insight into the man who not only painted the picture that gave birth to impressionism but who was perhaps the most influential and successful painter of the 19th and early 20th centuries." Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 7:30 - tickets $12.50.... and we just announced our next screening KLIMT & THE KISS - scheduled for November 12...tickets are already starting to fly!

If you're into underground, fringe or cult classic cinema, there's a new film series you're gonna want to check out - Cult Movie Mondays - and week #3 happens at The NEON on Monday, October 9th at 7:30pm with the THE BARN - written and directed by Justin M. Seaman. Tickets and all of the details for upcoming screenings are available atwww.cultmoviemonday.com
Synopsis: It's Halloween 1989, best friends Sam and Josh are trying to enjoy what's left of their final Devil's Night before graduating high school. But trouble arises when the two pals and a group of friends take a detour on their way to a rock concert, finding an old abandoned barn and awakening the evil inside. Now it's up to Sam and Josh to find a way to protect their friends and defeat the creatures that lurk within THE BARN."

In addition to the film, the evening kicks off with a preshow theater party including a special video introduction from Scream Queen & star of THE BARN Linnea Quiglley and a screening of the award winning short film THE SHED starring actresses Eva Hamilton and Stacey Nelkin from the original HALLOWEEN III.Everything starts with special programming at 7:30pm and the feature starting at 8:00pm. Tickets are $11 in advance, $14 at the door, and $53 for a 6 pack of tickets in advance. Cult Movie Monday, produced by folks at Level Up Productions, is proudly presented in partnership with The Local 937, a brand new sandwich café opening in St. Annes Hill this Fall and Toxic Brew Company in The Oregon District. Tickets only available at cultmoviemonday.com or in-person one hour before the screening at THE NEON.

OUT HERE DAYTON FILM FEST (formerly known as DAYTON LGBT FILM FEST) is set for Oct. 13-15!  The website for the fest is live, a limited number of festival passes remain, and single tickets for each show are now available! Visit the official site and check out all of this year's selections - it's a fantastic line-up!  On Saturday, Oct. 14 at 1:00, we'll screen TOP DRAWER SHORTS - a wonderful collection of short films that run the gamut in genre, tone and craft. Aja Pilapil, director of photography of (IN)CONVENIENCE, will join us for a Q&A after this screening.  Pilapil has worked on projects from FX's PRIDE to PBS's FINDING YOUR ROOTS with Julia Roberts.  The image above is a still from the short film (IN)CONVENIENCE.

TAYLOR SWIFT - THE ERAS TOUR is coming to THE NEON. "The cultural phenomenon continues on the big screen! Immerse yourself in this once-in-a-lifetime concert film experience with a breathtaking, cinematic view of the history-making tour.  Tickets are $19.89 each for general admission.  Seniors 60 and over and children 12 and under are $13.13.  Screenings will start on Friday, Oct. 13 - only during the weekends.   Evening tickets for Oct. 19-22 have been released!(For this special engagement, no discounts or passes can be accepted...this special engagement will screen on weekend evenings for 4 weeks...we may be able to sneak in some matinees too if we start hearing you'd like that!)

TICKETS ARE STARTING TO MOVE! We're delighted to bring the new documentary KING COAL to THE NEON for a special, one-night event - hosted by local Academy Award-winning director Steve Bognar. Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 7:30 - tickets are $12.50 (on sale now). "A lyrical tapestry of a place and people, KING COAL meditates on the complex history and future of the coal industry, the communities it has shaped, and the myths it has created. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon reshapes the boundaries of documentary filmmaking in a spectacularly beautiful and deeply moving immersion into Central Appalachia where coal is not just a resource, but a way of life, imagining the ways a community can re-envision itself."

Two professors from UD's Department of English are bringing back "Slasher Night at The Neon" - October 26! This year they are showing two classic horror films, THE THING, starring Kurt Russell and directed by John Carpenter, and AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, directed by John Landis.  A $20 ticket covers both films. THE THING will be the first film at 7:30, and after a 10-15 minute intermission, they'll start AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. After the success of last year's selections, we are expecting a bigger crowd...so get your tickets early!

3 Special Screenings are now on the books for "TRIANGLE PARK - a documentary based on the first-ever NFL Football game, written and directed by Allen Farst. The film, for the first time, will uncover the facts around this seminal game in over 100 years. One of 14 original professional teams, the Dayton Triangles, played on Sunday October 3rd, 1920. The game was played in front of 5,000 fans. Farst goes to the depths to connect family decedents of former players even finding never before seen football treasures while leaning on football greats such as Troy Aikman, Ben Roethlisberger, Eric Dickerson, Joe Buck, Cooper Kupp, Joe Theismann, Larry Fitzgerald, Cris Collinsworth, Tony Dungy and more to uncover this generational story. Narrated by record setting, four time Emmy Sports Winner, Michele Tafoya." (taken from press notes) On November 7 & 9 at 7:30, the film will be followed by a special Q&A with director Allen Farst.  Tickets for those shows are $20 each.  On Wednesday, Nov. 8, the film will screen at 7:30 (without a Q&A) , and tickets are $17.50. TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!

Thank you for all of your support!
Jonathan