A full moon, a New York City night, and love and music in the air . . . One of the most enchanting romantic comedies of all time assembles a flawless ensemble cast for a tender and boisterously funny look at a multigenerational Italian American family in Brooklyn, wrestling with the complexities of love and marriage at every stage of life. At the center of it all is a radiant Cher as Loretta, an unlucky-in-love bookkeeper whose feelings about her engagement to the staid Johnny (Danny Aiello) are thrown into question after she meets his hot-blooded brother, Ronny (Nicolas Cage), and one night at the opera changes everything. Winner of the Academy Awards for best actress (Cher), supporting actress (Olympia Dukakis), and original screenplay (by playwright John Patrick Shanley), this modern-day fairy tale is swept along on passionate Puccini melodies, and directed by master storyteller Norman Jewison with the heightened emotion to match. – Criterion.com

MOONSTRUCK originally opened at the Avalon on January 15, 1988. Rita Kempley of the Washington Post in her review called MOONSTRUCK “a great big beautiful valentine of a movie, an intoxicating romantic comedy set beneath the biggest, brightest Christmas moon you ever saw.” The film was a huge hit and played over three months!

MOONSTRUCK, our selection representing the 1980s in the year-long 100 Years of Cinema Magic Centennial program, will screen for one show only on Sunday, June 18th at 10:30AM. A Q&A will follow the screening led by Ann Hornaday, chief film critic of the Washington Post. Joining Ann on Sunday will be Jennifer Fleeger, Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Ursinus College (PA). Jennifer teaches a variety of courses on film at both Ursinus and at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute where she serves on the faculty.