04/05/2026
April 6 & April 8
1:00 PM — Singles (1992, dir. Cameron Crowe)
6:30 PM — Across 110th Street (1972, dir. Barry Shear)
SINGLES tells the story of a loosely knit band of friends and neighbors living in an apartment building in Seattle, all circling the idea of love in their own uncertain ways. They are in their twenties, reasonably put-together, and not so much desperate, but they all share a common, familiar problem: finding a match between someone you like and someone who likes you back. More often than not, one side of the equation falls out of sync with the other.
Set against the backdrop of Seattle’s early-’90s music scene—including bands like Pearl Jam—SINGLES continues Cameron Crowe’s interest in teenagers and young adults alike, following his work on ‘FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH’ and ‘SAY ANYTHING...’ .
ACROSS 110TH STREET, directed by Barry Shear, follows Harlem police Captain Frank Mattelli (Anthony Quinn), a racially callous and morally compromised veteran, and Lieutenant William Pope (Yaphet Kotto), a younger, more principled officer. Together, they pursue a group of thieves responsible for robbing a Mafia-controlled bank—a crime that quickly escalates into a volatile conflict between Italian mobsters and Harlem crime bosses. As tensions rise, the likelihood of a clean resolution fades, and Mattelli begins to see his own career slipping into the fallout.
With its defining title track by Bobby Womack, composed alongside J. J. Johnson, the film stands as a notable entry in Blaxploitation cinema. The song—rooted in the realities of a Harlem shaped by crime, poverty, and survival—became a hit in its own right, later finding renewed life in JACKIE BROWN, directed by Quentin Tarantino.
A NAPLES CINEMATHEQUE Release.
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