Fifty years ago Stanley Kubrick’s cult sci-fi film shook the conventions of the genre and influenced works of cinema for the next several decades – not just its technical aspects, but also through what is perhaps the most famous match cut in the history of cinema (the segue between two scenes separated by millions of years) and astronaut Bowman’s iconic flight through the mysterious interstellar gateway. All the more reason to jump at the chance to see this epic tale of human evolution on the big screen in a newly restored version starring the mysterious extraterrestrial monolith and HAL 9000, the ship’s treacherous computer. Shot in the purest possible cinematic language, Kubrick’s meditative space opera offers an experience that is nearly impossible to put into words.