It’s rare that a film can encapsulate both tragedy and comedy, hope and despair, young Brad Pitt and young Susan Sarandon. But Thelma & Louise manages to serve us just that, wrapped up in the best road movie of all time, according to this critic. It follows underappreciated housewife Thelma (a dazzling Geena Davis) and her sardonic waitress friend Louise (a steely Sarandon) as they decide on a lark to get out of dodge in a 1966 teal T-Bird. When a terrifying honky-tonk parking lot encounter brings a would-be rapist to justice the old-fashioned way, they hit the road for real, hightailing it around the American West on the run. With a stellar cast, soundtrack, costumes, and script, Ridley Scott’s feminist classic is best seen on the big screen, and you’ll get a chance this Tuesday at 7:30, at the beautiful Paramount Theatre as part of its Summer Classic Film Series. – Lina Fisher
