From Dan, Lead Programmer: My final series for the Grand Illusion is “THRILLS & CHILLS”. Thrills — with some of the best thrillers ever made; chills — with some of the finest synth and electronic scores in cinematic history. These soundtracks illustrate why “chillwave” is one of the fastest growing EDM subgenres, including Cliff Martinez’ score to Nicholas Winding Refn’s Drive. Our series will be bookended by rare 35mm screenings of Good Time and Uncut Gems. The Safdie brothers took the cinema of Scorsese and Friedkin to new heights, with perfect scores by Oneohtrix Point Never. Speaking of Friedkin, Tangerine Dream’s nailing biting score to Sorcerer will have you squirming in your seats. Perhaps no other film shows the power of an electronic score to propel a thriller at breakneck speed than Tom Twyker’s Run Lola Run, presented here in glorious 35mm. And finally, Steve Moore of Zombi provided the pulsing throwback score to 2014’s lamentably underseen The Guest. 

[film_teaser film_id=”Good Time in 35mm”]
[film_teaser film_id=”Drive”]
[film_teaser film_id=”Run Lola Run in 35mm”]
[film_teaser film_id=”Sorcerer”]
[film_teaser film_id=”Uncut Gems in 35mm”]
[film_teaser film_id=”The Guest”]