In celebration of the 40 years since Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey [3], the Heights Theatre [4] is showing the 1968 masterpiece, digitally remastered in 70mm, a project of Kubrick's before his death in 1999. This historical depiction of the future raised many questions as to the existance of life and the mysteries of science and space. And who doesn't love a bunch of monkeys dancing around a mysterious monolith? Follow man from his pre-historic ape-man status, when he first uses tools to conquer his environments — into the present day (the future, at the time the film was made), when man has set out to conquer space, and perhaps even life itself.

May 9-15, Heights Theatre [5], 3951 Central Ave. NE, Columbia Heights; $8.

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