The Sag Harbor Cinema, in conjunction with "Strike Fast, Dance Lightly: Artists on Boxing," reviewed in this issue, the current exhibition at its neighbor The Church, has scheduled screenings of three boxing films.
Karyn Kusama's "Girlfight" (2000) stars Michelle Rodriguez, in her first film role, as a rebellious teenager who begins to train as a boxer while keeping it a secret from her widower father. It will be shown Friday in 35mm.
Two tough guys, Charles Bronson and James Coburn, join forces in Walter Hill's "Hard Times" (1975), in which Bronson plays a boxer and Coburn a promoter of bare-knuckle street fighting. Set during the Great Depression, the film will be shown on Saturday.
Also set for Saturday is Luchino Visconti's "Rocco and His Brothers" (1960), the story of five brothers who move north to Milan. Two of the brothers find not only fame in the boxing ring but love with the same woman. The film stars Alain Delon, Annie Girardot, and Claudia Cardinale.
