20-03-2025
Parkway celebrates anime and MacGuffins throughout April
The Parkway Theater will spend April celebrating MacGuffins and anime.
The south Minneapolis theater and concert venue has announced two series that will take place throughout the month, with one focused on classic films from director Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli.
The second will bring in films with famous MacGuffins. (A MacGuffin is an object that is central to a film's story, but is ultimately meaningless. One of the most famous MacGuffins is the falcon statue in The Maltese Falcon. It doesn't really mean anything in itself, but it's the entire reason the story plows forward.)
The Studio Ghibli series starts with Spirited Away (2001) on April 5. It'll be followed by screenings of Howl's Moving Castle (2004) on April 12, My Neighbor Totoro (1988) on April 19, and the less-loved but still charming Ponyo (2008) on April 26.
All the Ghibli films will play on Saturdays at 1 p.m.
Meanwhile, "MacGuffins! at The Parkway!" kicks off on April 3 with a 35mm screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and its Ark of the Covenant. On April 10, it'll pay a visit to the "great whatsit"-inspired glowing trunk of Repo Man (1984).
Those are followed by Pulp Fiction (1994) and its illuminated briefcase on April 15 and The Evil Dead (1981) on April 21, a day when Ash definitely won't mess with the Necronomicon.
Like every series at the Parkway, there are all-movie passes available, which save you a few bucks and come with a bag of popcorn during each movie.
