Cinema Art Theater names films opening Oct. 6

Opening Friday, Oct. 6, the Rehoboth Beach Film Society’s Cinema Art Theater will present “Stop Making Sense,” and director Pedro Almodóvar’s short films “Strange Way of Life” and “The Human Voice.”

In “Stop Making Sense,” a newly restored and re-released documentary, director Jonathan Demme captures the frantic energy and artsy groove of the Talking Heads in this concert movie shot at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in 1983. The band's frontman, David Byrne, first appears on an empty stage, armed with only an acoustic guitar, and is gradually joined by bassist Tina Weymouth, drummer Chris Frantz, keyboardist Jerry Harrison and a cadre of backup singers as they perform the band's hits, culminating in an iconic performance featuring Byrne in an enormous suit.

In “Strange Way of Life,” a western drama about two former lovers, a man named Silva (Pedro Pascal) rides a horse across the desert that separates him from Bitter Creek. He comes to visit Sheriff Jake (Ethan Hawke). Some 25 years earlier, the men worked together as hired gunmen. Silva visits with the excuse of reuniting with his long-ago friend, and they do indeed celebrate their meeting, but the next morning Sheriff Jake tells him not to go down the memory lane of their old friendship.

In “The Human Voice,” a drama about two living beings facing abandonment, a woman (Tilda Swinton) watches time passing as she waits next to the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn’t understand that his master has left him.

Admission is $9 for film society members, $11.50 for general audience and $5 for students.

For all screening times and dates, and to purchase tickets, go to rehobothfilm.com or visit the box office from 12 to 8 p.m, Wednesday to Friday.