Presented by
Skogman Realty
Ten Sundays, summer through fall, featuring well-loved classics, beneath the stars and above the streets of Iowa City. You never know what we’ll add to each screening to butter up your Rooftop experience. Join us for these very fun, special shows, and buy tickets early as seating is limited, and Rooftop shows do sell out!
Doors open with seating and pre-show 30 minutes before the posted start time. Screening at dusk.
"This is a picture by turns amusing and melancholic, sweet-centred and dark-edged." — Xan Brooks, Sight & Sound
"Jim Jarmusch... trikes another blow against the empire." — Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle
"Deeply hypnotic as well as entertaining." — Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Jim Jarmusch combines his love for the ice-cool crime dramas of Jean-Pierre Melville and Seijun Suzuki with the philosophical dimensions of samurai mythology for an eccentrically postmodern take on the hit-man thriller. In one of his defining roles, Forest Whitaker brings a commanding serenity to his portrayal of a Zen contract killer working for a bumbling mob outfit, a modern man who adheres steadfastly to the ideals of the Japanese warrior code even as chaos and violence spiral around him. Featuring moody cinematography by the great Robby Müller, a mesmerizing score by the Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA, and a host of colorful character actors, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai plays like a pop-culture-sampling cinematic mixtape built around a one-of-a-kind tragic hero.
In the case of inclement weather, the screening will occur indoors.
