TROMEO & JULIET: Filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman in person for a Q&A!
<span id="docs-internal-guid-95c280db-7fff-1cfb-7fa4-0c8fe6400bb4"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><b style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">⚠️ You’ve Been Warned! ⚠️</b></p><p class="p1"> This isn’t Shakespeare. This is Troma.<br><b><i> Expect outrageous gore, nudity, explicit sexual content, offensive humor, shocking imagery, profanity, and complete bad taste. If you’ve never seen a Troma film, this probably isn’t the place to start. If you have… welcome home.</i></b></p><p class="p1"><u>Filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman in person for a Q&A!</u></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Baz Luhrmann’s </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Romeo & Juliet</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> may have been the most acclaimed Shakespeare adaptation of 1996, but this raunchy take from B-movie maestro Lloyd Kaufman delivers a bracing and original vision equally worthy of celebration. The first produced screenplay from future blockbuster filmmaker James Gunn (</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Guardians of the Galaxy</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superman</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) transplants the classic tale of star-crossed lovers to a gritty New York City milieu vibrating with punk rock attitude, erotic tension, cartoonish violence, and a gleeful sense of play. Will Keenan stars as aspiring director Tromeo, who falls for the daughter of his former business partner, Juliet (Jane Jensen). </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kaufman’s Troma Films is best-known for the superhero satire </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Toxic Avenger</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, but with </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tromeo and Juliet</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, the filmmaker’s true genius shines through with a subversive energy melded with genuine affection for the source material. Audiences who joined us earlier this summer for </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Rocky Horror Picture Show</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> will want to be here for another thrilling descent into the transgressive thrills of a true cult classic.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div></span>ComedyPT1H47M2026-08-11Jane Jensen
Will Keenan
Valentine Miele
Lloyd Kaufman
Lloyd Kaufman
Michael Herz
TROMEO & JULIET: Filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman in person for a Q&A!"TROMEO & JULIET: Filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman in person for a Q&A!"Showtimes
August 11, 8:00 pm
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