Meetings of the Olympia Film Society Board of Directors are open to the public! Please join us in the OFS office at 416 Washington Street SE, #208, right around the corner from the Capitol Theater.
Are you interested in volunteering with OFS? Our volunteers do everything from distributing the printed program, selling tickets and popcorn to brainstorming what films we should show. Learn more about our volunteer opportunities and how you can get involved; join us on the last Sunday of each month for our volunteer orientation. Contact Alison, our Volunteer Coordinator at 360.754.6670x21 or volunteer@olympiafilmsociety.org to snag a spot.
Sunday, April 29 – Family/Kids one time screening!
Marshall Middle School Alternative Program Film Fundraiser
Nanny McPhee
12:30pm doors/1:00pm screening
$5.00 children/$8.00 General admission tickets at Rainy Day Records brownpapertickets.com or at the box office day of.
MAP is a middle school program dependent upon parent participation that draws students from across the Olympia School District. We create a supportive learning environment through which students develop a strong sense of self and community. Come join us for a fabulous fundraising film, bake sale, and more!
Movie Info: In this wickedly charming tale, Emma Thompson portrays a mysterious woman with special powers who enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown (Colin Firth) and attempts to tame his seven children. The children have managed to drive away 17 previous nannies, but as Nanny McPhee takes control, they begin to notice that their misbehaving has magical and startling consequences. "A magical, fantastic and wonderful fable that will capture the heart of the whole family!" (Maria Salas, NBC-TV) Starring: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury, Kelly Macdonald, Derek Jacobi, Patrick Barlow, Celia Imrie, Imelda Staunton, Thomas Sangster. Dir: Kirk Jones / 2006 / US/UK/France / 98 min / BluRay Video
Marshall Middle School Alternative Program Film Fundraiser
Nanny McPhee
12:30pm doors/1:00pm screening
$5.00 children/$8.00 General admission tickets at Rainy Day Records brownpapertickets.com or at the box office day of.
MAP is a middle school program dependent upon parent participation that draws students from across the Olympia School District. We create a supportive learning environment through which students develop a strong sense of self and community. Come join us for a fabulous fundraising film, bake sale, and more!
Movie Info: In this wickedly charming tale, Emma Thompson portrays a mysterious woman with special powers who enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown (Colin Firth) and attempts to tame his seven children. The children have managed to drive away 17 previous nannies, but as Nanny McPhee takes control, they begin to notice that their misbehaving has magical and startling consequences. "A magical, fantastic and wonderful fable that will capture the heart of the whole family!" (Maria Salas, NBC-TV) Starring: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury, Kelly Macdonald, Derek Jacobi, Patrick Barlow, Celia Imrie, Imelda Staunton, Thomas Sangster. Dir: Kirk Jones / 2006 / US/UK/France / 98 min / BluRay Video
Dir: Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb / 2012 / Iran / in Persian with English subtitles / 75 min / 35mm film
With the attention of the world ever more often focused on Iran, both politically and cinematically, there could hardly be a better time to see This Is Not A Film, a “day in the life” document of the circumscribed world of renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi (The Circle, Offside, The White Balloon). Convicted in 2010 of “propaganda against the system” and sentenced to 6 years in prison and a 20-year ban on directing or writing films, interviews with the press, and leaving Iran, Panahi is currently under house arrest while appealing his case. In March 2011, he invited filmmaker friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb over to discuss ideas. Their discussions were recorded by Mirtahmasb on a digital video camera, with the resulting images smuggled out to the Cannes Film Festival inside a cake. Attempting to hew to the letter of the injunction, Panahi discusses his situation, blocks out and reads from his last pre-sentencing screenplay, and shows clips from his previous work in an attempt to communicate against all odds. The New York Times’ A.O. Scott calls it “a provocative, radical, and at times surprisingly playful meditation on the nature of representation” and “a subtle, strange, and haunting work of art.”
With the attention of the world ever more often focused on Iran, both politically and cinematically, there could hardly be a better time to see This Is Not A Film, a “day in the life” document of the circumscribed world of renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi (The Circle, Offside, The White Balloon). Convicted in 2010 of “propaganda against the system” and sentenced to 6 years in prison and a 20-year ban on directing or writing films, interviews with the press, and leaving Iran, Panahi is currently under house arrest while appealing his case. In March 2011, he invited filmmaker friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb over to discuss ideas. Their discussions were recorded by Mirtahmasb on a digital video camera, with the resulting images smuggled out to the Cannes Film Festival inside a cake. Attempting to hew to the letter of the injunction, Panahi discusses his situation, blocks out and reads from his last pre-sentencing screenplay, and shows clips from his previous work in an attempt to communicate against all odds. The New York Times’ A.O. Scott calls it “a provocative, radical, and at times surprisingly playful meditation on the nature of representation” and “a subtle, strange, and haunting work of art.”
Dir: Susanne Rostock / 2012 / US / 102 min / High Definition Digital
Singer Harry Belafonte may be best known for “The Banana Boat Song”, but there is much more to the man than a catchy tune. In the acclaimed documentary Sing Your Song, Belafonte’s life is unfurled in a whirlwind tour of the eventful existence of a man who rose from the depths of poverty to become a top entertainer, while standing as a champion for civil rights during one of the most turbulent periods in American history. Spanning decades, the film explores Belafonte’s early career, as his infectious, Jamaican-tinged music brought him fame in a country in which Black entertainers were few, to his later activism, which found him marching along with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Nelson Mandela in the landmark quest to demand equal rights for all. An enthralling journey in documentary form, Sing Your Song reveals the heights of what is possible in the life of just one man. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times says, “To call Sing Your Song an epic might seem overblown, but it isn’t just the story of man, but the story of a country and a century.”
Singer Harry Belafonte may be best known for “The Banana Boat Song”, but there is much more to the man than a catchy tune. In the acclaimed documentary Sing Your Song, Belafonte’s life is unfurled in a whirlwind tour of the eventful existence of a man who rose from the depths of poverty to become a top entertainer, while standing as a champion for civil rights during one of the most turbulent periods in American history. Spanning decades, the film explores Belafonte’s early career, as his infectious, Jamaican-tinged music brought him fame in a country in which Black entertainers were few, to his later activism, which found him marching along with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Nelson Mandela in the landmark quest to demand equal rights for all. An enthralling journey in documentary form, Sing Your Song reveals the heights of what is possible in the life of just one man. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times says, “To call Sing Your Song an epic might seem overblown, but it isn’t just the story of man, but the story of a country and a century.”
Dir: Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb / 2012 / Iran / in Persian with English subtitles / 75 min / 35mm film
With the attention of the world ever more often focused on Iran, both politically and cinematically, there could hardly be a better time to see This Is Not A Film, a “day in the life” document of the circumscribed world of renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi (The Circle, Offside, The White Balloon). Convicted in 2010 of “propaganda against the system” and sentenced to 6 years in prison and a 20-year ban on directing or writing films, interviews with the press, and leaving Iran, Panahi is currently under house arrest while appealing his case. In March 2011, he invited filmmaker friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb over to discuss ideas. Their discussions were recorded by Mirtahmasb on a digital video camera, with the resulting images smuggled out to the Cannes Film Festival inside a cake. Attempting to hew to the letter of the injunction, Panahi discusses his situation, blocks out and reads from his last pre-sentencing screenplay, and shows clips from his previous work in an attempt to communicate against all odds. The New York Times’ A.O. Scott calls it “a provocative, radical, and at times surprisingly playful meditation on the nature of representation” and “a subtle, strange, and haunting work of art.”
With the attention of the world ever more often focused on Iran, both politically and cinematically, there could hardly be a better time to see This Is Not A Film, a “day in the life” document of the circumscribed world of renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi (The Circle, Offside, The White Balloon). Convicted in 2010 of “propaganda against the system” and sentenced to 6 years in prison and a 20-year ban on directing or writing films, interviews with the press, and leaving Iran, Panahi is currently under house arrest while appealing his case. In March 2011, he invited filmmaker friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb over to discuss ideas. Their discussions were recorded by Mirtahmasb on a digital video camera, with the resulting images smuggled out to the Cannes Film Festival inside a cake. Attempting to hew to the letter of the injunction, Panahi discusses his situation, blocks out and reads from his last pre-sentencing screenplay, and shows clips from his previous work in an attempt to communicate against all odds. The New York Times’ A.O. Scott calls it “a provocative, radical, and at times surprisingly playful meditation on the nature of representation” and “a subtle, strange, and haunting work of art.”
Dir: Susanne Rostock / 2012 / US / 102 min / High Definition Digital
Singer Harry Belafonte may be best known for “The Banana Boat Song”, but there is much more to the man than a catchy tune. In the acclaimed documentary Sing Your Song, Belafonte’s life is unfurled in a whirlwind tour of the eventful existence of a man who rose from the depths of poverty to become a top entertainer, while standing as a champion for civil rights during one of the most turbulent periods in American history. Spanning decades, the film explores Belafonte’s early career, as his infectious, Jamaican-tinged music brought him fame in a country in which Black entertainers were few, to his later activism, which found him marching along with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Nelson Mandela in the landmark quest to demand equal rights for all. An enthralling journey in documentary form, Sing Your Song reveals the heights of what is possible in the life of just one man. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times says, “To call Sing Your Song an epic might seem overblown, but it isn’t just the story of man, but the story of a country and a century.”
Singer Harry Belafonte may be best known for “The Banana Boat Song”, but there is much more to the man than a catchy tune. In the acclaimed documentary Sing Your Song, Belafonte’s life is unfurled in a whirlwind tour of the eventful existence of a man who rose from the depths of poverty to become a top entertainer, while standing as a champion for civil rights during one of the most turbulent periods in American history. Spanning decades, the film explores Belafonte’s early career, as his infectious, Jamaican-tinged music brought him fame in a country in which Black entertainers were few, to his later activism, which found him marching along with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Nelson Mandela in the landmark quest to demand equal rights for all. An enthralling journey in documentary form, Sing Your Song reveals the heights of what is possible in the life of just one man. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times says, “To call Sing Your Song an epic might seem overblown, but it isn’t just the story of man, but the story of a country and a century.”
Dir: Susanne Rostock / 2012 / US / 102 min / High Definition Digital
Singer Harry Belafonte may be best known for “The Banana Boat Song”, but there is much more to the man than a catchy tune. In the acclaimed documentary Sing Your Song, Belafonte’s life is unfurled in a whirlwind tour of the eventful existence of a man who rose from the depths of poverty to become a top entertainer, while standing as a champion for civil rights during one of the most turbulent periods in American history. Spanning decades, the film explores Belafonte’s early career, as his infectious, Jamaican-tinged music brought him fame in a country in which Black entertainers were few, to his later activism, which found him marching along with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Nelson Mandela in the landmark quest to demand equal rights for all. An enthralling journey in documentary form, Sing Your Song reveals the heights of what is possible in the life of just one man. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times says, “To call Sing Your Song an epic might seem overblown, but it isn’t just the story of man, but the story of a country and a century.”
Singer Harry Belafonte may be best known for “The Banana Boat Song”, but there is much more to the man than a catchy tune. In the acclaimed documentary Sing Your Song, Belafonte’s life is unfurled in a whirlwind tour of the eventful existence of a man who rose from the depths of poverty to become a top entertainer, while standing as a champion for civil rights during one of the most turbulent periods in American history. Spanning decades, the film explores Belafonte’s early career, as his infectious, Jamaican-tinged music brought him fame in a country in which Black entertainers were few, to his later activism, which found him marching along with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Nelson Mandela in the landmark quest to demand equal rights for all. An enthralling journey in documentary form, Sing Your Song reveals the heights of what is possible in the life of just one man. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times says, “To call Sing Your Song an epic might seem overblown, but it isn’t just the story of man, but the story of a country and a century.”
Dir: Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb / 2012 / Iran / in Persian with English subtitles / 75 min / 35mm film
With the attention of the world ever more often focused on Iran, both politically and cinematically, there could hardly be a better time to see This Is Not A Film, a “day in the life” document of the circumscribed world of renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi (The Circle, Offside, The White Balloon). Convicted in 2010 of “propaganda against the system” and sentenced to 6 years in prison and a 20-year ban on directing or writing films, interviews with the press, and leaving Iran, Panahi is currently under house arrest while appealing his case. In March 2011, he invited filmmaker friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb over to discuss ideas. Their discussions were recorded by Mirtahmasb on a digital video camera, with the resulting images smuggled out to the Cannes Film Festival inside a cake. Attempting to hew to the letter of the injunction, Panahi discusses his situation, blocks out and reads from his last pre-sentencing screenplay, and shows clips from his previous work in an attempt to communicate against all odds. The New York Times’ A.O. Scott calls it “a provocative, radical, and at times surprisingly playful meditation on the nature of representation” and “a subtle, strange, and haunting work of art.”
With the attention of the world ever more often focused on Iran, both politically and cinematically, there could hardly be a better time to see This Is Not A Film, a “day in the life” document of the circumscribed world of renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi (The Circle, Offside, The White Balloon). Convicted in 2010 of “propaganda against the system” and sentenced to 6 years in prison and a 20-year ban on directing or writing films, interviews with the press, and leaving Iran, Panahi is currently under house arrest while appealing his case. In March 2011, he invited filmmaker friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb over to discuss ideas. Their discussions were recorded by Mirtahmasb on a digital video camera, with the resulting images smuggled out to the Cannes Film Festival inside a cake. Attempting to hew to the letter of the injunction, Panahi discusses his situation, blocks out and reads from his last pre-sentencing screenplay, and shows clips from his previous work in an attempt to communicate against all odds. The New York Times’ A.O. Scott calls it “a provocative, radical, and at times surprisingly playful meditation on the nature of representation” and “a subtle, strange, and haunting work of art.”
Dir: Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb / 2012 / Iran / in Persian with English subtitles / 75 min / 35mm film
With the attention of the world ever more often focused on Iran, both politically and cinematically, there could hardly be a better time to see This Is Not A Film, a “day in the life” document of the circumscribed world of renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi (The Circle, Offside, The White Balloon). Convicted in 2010 of “propaganda against the system” and sentenced to 6 years in prison and a 20-year ban on directing or writing films, interviews with the press, and leaving Iran, Panahi is currently under house arrest while appealing his case. In March 2011, he invited filmmaker friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb over to discuss ideas. Their discussions were recorded by Mirtahmasb on a digital video camera, with the resulting images smuggled out to the Cannes Film Festival inside a cake. Attempting to hew to the letter of the injunction, Panahi discusses his situation, blocks out and reads from his last pre-sentencing screenplay, and shows clips from his previous work in an attempt to communicate against all odds. The New York Times’ A.O. Scott calls it “a provocative, radical, and at times surprisingly playful meditation on the nature of representation” and “a subtle, strange, and haunting work of art.”
With the attention of the world ever more often focused on Iran, both politically and cinematically, there could hardly be a better time to see This Is Not A Film, a “day in the life” document of the circumscribed world of renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi (The Circle, Offside, The White Balloon). Convicted in 2010 of “propaganda against the system” and sentenced to 6 years in prison and a 20-year ban on directing or writing films, interviews with the press, and leaving Iran, Panahi is currently under house arrest while appealing his case. In March 2011, he invited filmmaker friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb over to discuss ideas. Their discussions were recorded by Mirtahmasb on a digital video camera, with the resulting images smuggled out to the Cannes Film Festival inside a cake. Attempting to hew to the letter of the injunction, Panahi discusses his situation, blocks out and reads from his last pre-sentencing screenplay, and shows clips from his previous work in an attempt to communicate against all odds. The New York Times’ A.O. Scott calls it “a provocative, radical, and at times surprisingly playful meditation on the nature of representation” and “a subtle, strange, and haunting work of art.”
Dir: Susanne Rostock / 2012 / US / 102 min / High Definition Digital
Singer Harry Belafonte may be best known for “The Banana Boat Song”, but there is much more to the man than a catchy tune. In the acclaimed documentary Sing Your Song, Belafonte’s life is unfurled in a whirlwind tour of the eventful existence of a man who rose from the depths of poverty to become a top entertainer, while standing as a champion for civil rights during one of the most turbulent periods in American history. Spanning decades, the film explores Belafonte’s early career, as his infectious, Jamaican-tinged music brought him fame in a country in which Black entertainers were few, to his later activism, which found him marching along with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Nelson Mandela in the landmark quest to demand equal rights for all. An enthralling journey in documentary form, Sing Your Song reveals the heights of what is possible in the life of just one man. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times says, “To call Sing Your Song an epic might seem overblown, but it isn’t just the story of man, but the story of a country and a century.”
Singer Harry Belafonte may be best known for “The Banana Boat Song”, but there is much more to the man than a catchy tune. In the acclaimed documentary Sing Your Song, Belafonte’s life is unfurled in a whirlwind tour of the eventful existence of a man who rose from the depths of poverty to become a top entertainer, while standing as a champion for civil rights during one of the most turbulent periods in American history. Spanning decades, the film explores Belafonte’s early career, as his infectious, Jamaican-tinged music brought him fame in a country in which Black entertainers were few, to his later activism, which found him marching along with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Nelson Mandela in the landmark quest to demand equal rights for all. An enthralling journey in documentary form, Sing Your Song reveals the heights of what is possible in the life of just one man. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times says, “To call Sing Your Song an epic might seem overblown, but it isn’t just the story of man, but the story of a country and a century.”
Dir: Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb / 2012 / Iran / in Persian with English subtitles / 75 min / 35mm film
With the attention of the world ever more often focused on Iran, both politically and cinematically, there could hardly be a better time to see This Is Not A Film, a “day in the life” document of the circumscribed world of renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi (The Circle, Offside, The White Balloon). Convicted in 2010 of “propaganda against the system” and sentenced to 6 years in prison and a 20-year ban on directing or writing films, interviews with the press, and leaving Iran, Panahi is currently under house arrest while appealing his case. In March 2011, he invited filmmaker friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb over to discuss ideas. Their discussions were recorded by Mirtahmasb on a digital video camera, with the resulting images smuggled out to the Cannes Film Festival inside a cake. Attempting to hew to the letter of the injunction, Panahi discusses his situation, blocks out and reads from his last pre-sentencing screenplay, and shows clips from his previous work in an attempt to communicate against all odds. The New York Times’ A.O. Scott calls it “a provocative, radical, and at times surprisingly playful meditation on the nature of representation” and “a subtle, strange, and haunting work of art.”
With the attention of the world ever more often focused on Iran, both politically and cinematically, there could hardly be a better time to see This Is Not A Film, a “day in the life” document of the circumscribed world of renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi (The Circle, Offside, The White Balloon). Convicted in 2010 of “propaganda against the system” and sentenced to 6 years in prison and a 20-year ban on directing or writing films, interviews with the press, and leaving Iran, Panahi is currently under house arrest while appealing his case. In March 2011, he invited filmmaker friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb over to discuss ideas. Their discussions were recorded by Mirtahmasb on a digital video camera, with the resulting images smuggled out to the Cannes Film Festival inside a cake. Attempting to hew to the letter of the injunction, Panahi discusses his situation, blocks out and reads from his last pre-sentencing screenplay, and shows clips from his previous work in an attempt to communicate against all odds. The New York Times’ A.O. Scott calls it “a provocative, radical, and at times surprisingly playful meditation on the nature of representation” and “a subtle, strange, and haunting work of art.”
Dir: Susanne Rostock / 2012 / US / 102 min / High Definition Digital
Singer Harry Belafonte may be best known for “The Banana Boat Song”, but there is much more to the man than a catchy tune. In the acclaimed documentary Sing Your Song, Belafonte’s life is unfurled in a whirlwind tour of the eventful existence of a man who rose from the depths of poverty to become a top entertainer, while standing as a champion for civil rights during one of the most turbulent periods in American history. Spanning decades, the film explores Belafonte’s early career, as his infectious, Jamaican-tinged music brought him fame in a country in which Black entertainers were few, to his later activism, which found him marching along with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Nelson Mandela in the landmark quest to demand equal rights for all. An enthralling journey in documentary form, Sing Your Song reveals the heights of what is possible in the life of just one man. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times says, “To call Sing Your Song an epic might seem overblown, but it isn’t just the story of man, but the story of a country and a century.”
Singer Harry Belafonte may be best known for “The Banana Boat Song”, but there is much more to the man than a catchy tune. In the acclaimed documentary Sing Your Song, Belafonte’s life is unfurled in a whirlwind tour of the eventful existence of a man who rose from the depths of poverty to become a top entertainer, while standing as a champion for civil rights during one of the most turbulent periods in American history. Spanning decades, the film explores Belafonte’s early career, as his infectious, Jamaican-tinged music brought him fame in a country in which Black entertainers were few, to his later activism, which found him marching along with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Nelson Mandela in the landmark quest to demand equal rights for all. An enthralling journey in documentary form, Sing Your Song reveals the heights of what is possible in the life of just one man. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times says, “To call Sing Your Song an epic might seem overblown, but it isn’t just the story of man, but the story of a country and a century.”
Dir: Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb / 2012 / Iran / in Persian with English subtitles / 75 min / 35mm film
With the attention of the world ever more often focused on Iran, both politically and cinematically, there could hardly be a better time to see This Is Not A Film, a “day in the life” document of the circumscribed world of renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi (The Circle, Offside, The White Balloon). Convicted in 2010 of “propaganda against the system” and sentenced to 6 years in prison and a 20-year ban on directing or writing films, interviews with the press, and leaving Iran, Panahi is currently under house arrest while appealing his case. In March 2011, he invited filmmaker friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb over to discuss ideas. Their discussions were recorded by Mirtahmasb on a digital video camera, with the resulting images smuggled out to the Cannes Film Festival inside a cake. Attempting to hew to the letter of the injunction, Panahi discusses his situation, blocks out and reads from his last pre-sentencing screenplay, and shows clips from his previous work in an attempt to communicate against all odds. The New York Times’ A.O. Scott calls it “a provocative, radical, and at times surprisingly playful meditation on the nature of representation” and “a subtle, strange, and haunting work of art.”
With the attention of the world ever more often focused on Iran, both politically and cinematically, there could hardly be a better time to see This Is Not A Film, a “day in the life” document of the circumscribed world of renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi (The Circle, Offside, The White Balloon). Convicted in 2010 of “propaganda against the system” and sentenced to 6 years in prison and a 20-year ban on directing or writing films, interviews with the press, and leaving Iran, Panahi is currently under house arrest while appealing his case. In March 2011, he invited filmmaker friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb over to discuss ideas. Their discussions were recorded by Mirtahmasb on a digital video camera, with the resulting images smuggled out to the Cannes Film Festival inside a cake. Attempting to hew to the letter of the injunction, Panahi discusses his situation, blocks out and reads from his last pre-sentencing screenplay, and shows clips from his previous work in an attempt to communicate against all odds. The New York Times’ A.O. Scott calls it “a provocative, radical, and at times surprisingly playful meditation on the nature of representation” and “a subtle, strange, and haunting work of art.”
Friday, May 4
The New Old Time Chautauqua Vaudeville Show!
Starring: Mud Bay Jugglers, Joey Pipia, Tallhouse Arts Consortium, Citizen's Band, and Juggling Jollies and more!
7:30pm Doors/8:00pm show
$8.00 OFS & Children/ $12.00 General Admission tickets available at www.brownpapertickets.com, Rainy Day Records, and at the box office night of show
If you expect the unexpected, you won't be disappointed. The New Old
Time Chautauqua is a rare breed variety show with juggling, comedy,
acrobatics, live music, good ol' family fun and circus style antics
that would make even a pessimist smile. In its 30th year and still
going strong, this community based entertainment will take you on a
journey out of the modern screen-based world and into a land of
rip-roaring full body experience.
Come spend an evening with this all-volunteer troupe of roving
merry-makers, share in their mission to provoke your imagination and
most importantly, come have fun!
For more information about this event or the New Old Time Chautauqua, please visit our website at chautauqua.org.
The New Old Time Chautauqua Vaudeville Show!
Starring: Mud Bay Jugglers, Joey Pipia, Tallhouse Arts Consortium, Citizen's Band, and Juggling Jollies and more!
7:30pm Doors/8:00pm show
$8.00 OFS & Children/ $12.00 General Admission tickets available at www.brownpapertickets.com, Rainy Day Records, and at the box office night of show
If you expect the unexpected, you won't be disappointed. The New Old
Time Chautauqua is a rare breed variety show with juggling, comedy,
acrobatics, live music, good ol' family fun and circus style antics
that would make even a pessimist smile. In its 30th year and still
going strong, this community based entertainment will take you on a
journey out of the modern screen-based world and into a land of
rip-roaring full body experience.
Come spend an evening with this all-volunteer troupe of roving
merry-makers, share in their mission to provoke your imagination and
most importantly, come have fun!
For more information about this event or the New Old Time Chautauqua, please visit our website at chautauqua.org.
Footnote
Dir: Joseph Cedar / 2012 / Israel / in Hebrew with English subtitles /103 min / 35mm film
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy
Awards, Footnote is the story of father and son Eliezar and Uriel
Shkolnik. Both are lifelong Talmudic scholars at the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem, but there the similarities end. Son Uriel is a popular
academic celebrity and acclaimed author of many books, at ease with
people and decidedly not a textual purist. Father Eliezar, on the
other hand, is an unsmiling misanthrope obsessed with close textual
analysis who broods over the upstaging of his life’s great
professional discovery by a rival academic, and whose only credit lies
in an obscure footnote in one of his mentor’s books. Both Eliezar and
Uriel work and long for the day when they will be awarded the
prestigious Israel Prize. But when that day comes, a case of mistaken
identity leads to unexpected consequences. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times enthuses, “Mr. Cedar spins a committee-room squabble into
something authentically grand: a piercing satire, a poignant family
drama, and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty,
loyalty, ambition, and love.”
Dir: Joseph Cedar / 2012 / Israel / in Hebrew with English subtitles /103 min / 35mm film
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy
Awards, Footnote is the story of father and son Eliezar and Uriel
Shkolnik. Both are lifelong Talmudic scholars at the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem, but there the similarities end. Son Uriel is a popular
academic celebrity and acclaimed author of many books, at ease with
people and decidedly not a textual purist. Father Eliezar, on the
other hand, is an unsmiling misanthrope obsessed with close textual
analysis who broods over the upstaging of his life’s great
professional discovery by a rival academic, and whose only credit lies
in an obscure footnote in one of his mentor’s books. Both Eliezar and
Uriel work and long for the day when they will be awarded the
prestigious Israel Prize. But when that day comes, a case of mistaken
identity leads to unexpected consequences. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times enthuses, “Mr. Cedar spins a committee-room squabble into
something authentically grand: a piercing satire, a poignant family
drama, and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty,
loyalty, ambition, and love.”
Footnote
Dir: Joseph Cedar / 2012 / Israel / in Hebrew with English subtitles /103 min / 35mm film
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy
Awards, Footnote is the story of father and son Eliezar and Uriel
Shkolnik. Both are lifelong Talmudic scholars at the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem, but there the similarities end. Son Uriel is a popular
academic celebrity and acclaimed author of many books, at ease with
people and decidedly not a textual purist. Father Eliezar, on the
other hand, is an unsmiling misanthrope obsessed with close textual
analysis who broods over the upstaging of his life’s great
professional discovery by a rival academic, and whose only credit lies
in an obscure footnote in one of his mentor’s books. Both Eliezar and
Uriel work and long for the day when they will be awarded the
prestigious Israel Prize. But when that day comes, a case of mistaken
identity leads to unexpected consequences. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times enthuses, “Mr. Cedar spins a committee-room squabble into
something authentically grand: a piercing satire, a poignant family
drama, and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty,
loyalty, ambition, and love.”
Dir: Joseph Cedar / 2012 / Israel / in Hebrew with English subtitles /103 min / 35mm film
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy
Awards, Footnote is the story of father and son Eliezar and Uriel
Shkolnik. Both are lifelong Talmudic scholars at the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem, but there the similarities end. Son Uriel is a popular
academic celebrity and acclaimed author of many books, at ease with
people and decidedly not a textual purist. Father Eliezar, on the
other hand, is an unsmiling misanthrope obsessed with close textual
analysis who broods over the upstaging of his life’s great
professional discovery by a rival academic, and whose only credit lies
in an obscure footnote in one of his mentor’s books. Both Eliezar and
Uriel work and long for the day when they will be awarded the
prestigious Israel Prize. But when that day comes, a case of mistaken
identity leads to unexpected consequences. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times enthuses, “Mr. Cedar spins a committee-room squabble into
something authentically grand: a piercing satire, a poignant family
drama, and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty,
loyalty, ambition, and love.”
The Deep Blue Sea
Dir: Terence Davies / 2011 / US / UK / 98 min / 35mm film
Director Terence Davies (The House of Mirth, Distance Voices, Still
Lives) does not make movies often, but he makes them so well that each
is something of an event when it arrives. The Deep Blue Sea, adapted
from Terrence Rattigan’s 1952 stage play, tells the story of Hester
Prynne Collyer (played by Rachel Weisz, in a bravura performance), who
is married to Sir William Collyer (played by Simon Russell Beale), a
reserved and dignified High Court judge many years her senior still
dominated by his mother. Hester has begun a passionate if tawdry
affair with a younger man, a Royal Air Force pilot (played by Tom
Hiddleston). There is actually little in the way of fireworks here,
just inscrutable attraction and plodding faith that a pretty romance
will turn a pitiable life into an enviable one, and confusion when it
doesn’t. “Davies brings to Rattigan some of the themes and images from
his film The Long Day Closes: gloomy, torpid interiors, seen often
through a gauze of cigarette smoke,” writes Peter Bradshaw of The
Guardian. The Deep Blue Sea is a melancholy film without a doubt, but
with great sweetness and delicacy.”
Dir: Terence Davies / 2011 / US / UK / 98 min / 35mm film
Director Terence Davies (The House of Mirth, Distance Voices, Still
Lives) does not make movies often, but he makes them so well that each
is something of an event when it arrives. The Deep Blue Sea, adapted
from Terrence Rattigan’s 1952 stage play, tells the story of Hester
Prynne Collyer (played by Rachel Weisz, in a bravura performance), who
is married to Sir William Collyer (played by Simon Russell Beale), a
reserved and dignified High Court judge many years her senior still
dominated by his mother. Hester has begun a passionate if tawdry
affair with a younger man, a Royal Air Force pilot (played by Tom
Hiddleston). There is actually little in the way of fireworks here,
just inscrutable attraction and plodding faith that a pretty romance
will turn a pitiable life into an enviable one, and confusion when it
doesn’t. “Davies brings to Rattigan some of the themes and images from
his film The Long Day Closes: gloomy, torpid interiors, seen often
through a gauze of cigarette smoke,” writes Peter Bradshaw of The
Guardian. The Deep Blue Sea is a melancholy film without a doubt, but
with great sweetness and delicacy.”
The Deep Blue Sea
Dir: Terence Davies / 2011 / US / UK / 98 min / 35mm film
Director Terence Davies (The House of Mirth, Distance Voices, Still
Lives) does not make movies often, but he makes them so well that each
is something of an event when it arrives. The Deep Blue Sea, adapted
from Terrence Rattigan’s 1952 stage play, tells the story of Hester
Prynne Collyer (played by Rachel Weisz, in a bravura performance), who
is married to Sir William Collyer (played by Simon Russell Beale), a
reserved and dignified High Court judge many years her senior still
dominated by his mother. Hester has begun a passionate if tawdry
affair with a younger man, a Royal Air Force pilot (played by Tom
Hiddleston). There is actually little in the way of fireworks here,
just inscrutable attraction and plodding faith that a pretty romance
will turn a pitiable life into an enviable one, and confusion when it
doesn’t. “Davies brings to Rattigan some of the themes and images from
his film The Long Day Closes: gloomy, torpid interiors, seen often
through a gauze of cigarette smoke,” writes Peter Bradshaw of The
Guardian. The Deep Blue Sea is a melancholy film without a doubt, but
with great sweetness and delicacy.”
Dir: Terence Davies / 2011 / US / UK / 98 min / 35mm film
Director Terence Davies (The House of Mirth, Distance Voices, Still
Lives) does not make movies often, but he makes them so well that each
is something of an event when it arrives. The Deep Blue Sea, adapted
from Terrence Rattigan’s 1952 stage play, tells the story of Hester
Prynne Collyer (played by Rachel Weisz, in a bravura performance), who
is married to Sir William Collyer (played by Simon Russell Beale), a
reserved and dignified High Court judge many years her senior still
dominated by his mother. Hester has begun a passionate if tawdry
affair with a younger man, a Royal Air Force pilot (played by Tom
Hiddleston). There is actually little in the way of fireworks here,
just inscrutable attraction and plodding faith that a pretty romance
will turn a pitiable life into an enviable one, and confusion when it
doesn’t. “Davies brings to Rattigan some of the themes and images from
his film The Long Day Closes: gloomy, torpid interiors, seen often
through a gauze of cigarette smoke,” writes Peter Bradshaw of The
Guardian. The Deep Blue Sea is a melancholy film without a doubt, but
with great sweetness and delicacy.”
Footnote
Dir: Joseph Cedar / 2012 / Israel / in Hebrew with English subtitles /103 min / 35mm film
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy
Awards, Footnote is the story of father and son Eliezar and Uriel
Shkolnik. Both are lifelong Talmudic scholars at the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem, but there the similarities end. Son Uriel is a popular
academic celebrity and acclaimed author of many books, at ease with
people and decidedly not a textual purist. Father Eliezar, on the
other hand, is an unsmiling misanthrope obsessed with close textual
analysis who broods over the upstaging of his life’s great
professional discovery by a rival academic, and whose only credit lies
in an obscure footnote in one of his mentor’s books. Both Eliezar and
Uriel work and long for the day when they will be awarded the
prestigious Israel Prize. But when that day comes, a case of mistaken
identity leads to unexpected consequences. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times enthuses, “Mr. Cedar spins a committee-room squabble into
something authentically grand: a piercing satire, a poignant family
drama, and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty,
loyalty, ambition, and love.”
Dir: Joseph Cedar / 2012 / Israel / in Hebrew with English subtitles /103 min / 35mm film
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy
Awards, Footnote is the story of father and son Eliezar and Uriel
Shkolnik. Both are lifelong Talmudic scholars at the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem, but there the similarities end. Son Uriel is a popular
academic celebrity and acclaimed author of many books, at ease with
people and decidedly not a textual purist. Father Eliezar, on the
other hand, is an unsmiling misanthrope obsessed with close textual
analysis who broods over the upstaging of his life’s great
professional discovery by a rival academic, and whose only credit lies
in an obscure footnote in one of his mentor’s books. Both Eliezar and
Uriel work and long for the day when they will be awarded the
prestigious Israel Prize. But when that day comes, a case of mistaken
identity leads to unexpected consequences. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times enthuses, “Mr. Cedar spins a committee-room squabble into
something authentically grand: a piercing satire, a poignant family
drama, and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty,
loyalty, ambition, and love.”
The Deep Blue Sea
Dir: Terence Davies / 2011 / US / UK / 98 min / 35mm film
Director Terence Davies (The House of Mirth, Distance Voices, Still
Lives) does not make movies often, but he makes them so well that each
is something of an event when it arrives. The Deep Blue Sea, adapted
from Terrence Rattigan’s 1952 stage play, tells the story of Hester
Prynne Collyer (played by Rachel Weisz, in a bravura performance), who
is married to Sir William Collyer (played by Simon Russell Beale), a
reserved and dignified High Court judge many years her senior still
dominated by his mother. Hester has begun a passionate if tawdry
affair with a younger man, a Royal Air Force pilot (played by Tom
Hiddleston). There is actually little in the way of fireworks here,
just inscrutable attraction and plodding faith that a pretty romance
will turn a pitiable life into an enviable one, and confusion when it
doesn’t. “Davies brings to Rattigan some of the themes and images from
his film The Long Day Closes: gloomy, torpid interiors, seen often
through a gauze of cigarette smoke,” writes Peter Bradshaw of The
Guardian. The Deep Blue Sea is a melancholy film without a doubt, but
with great sweetness and delicacy.”
Dir: Terence Davies / 2011 / US / UK / 98 min / 35mm film
Director Terence Davies (The House of Mirth, Distance Voices, Still
Lives) does not make movies often, but he makes them so well that each
is something of an event when it arrives. The Deep Blue Sea, adapted
from Terrence Rattigan’s 1952 stage play, tells the story of Hester
Prynne Collyer (played by Rachel Weisz, in a bravura performance), who
is married to Sir William Collyer (played by Simon Russell Beale), a
reserved and dignified High Court judge many years her senior still
dominated by his mother. Hester has begun a passionate if tawdry
affair with a younger man, a Royal Air Force pilot (played by Tom
Hiddleston). There is actually little in the way of fireworks here,
just inscrutable attraction and plodding faith that a pretty romance
will turn a pitiable life into an enviable one, and confusion when it
doesn’t. “Davies brings to Rattigan some of the themes and images from
his film The Long Day Closes: gloomy, torpid interiors, seen often
through a gauze of cigarette smoke,” writes Peter Bradshaw of The
Guardian. The Deep Blue Sea is a melancholy film without a doubt, but
with great sweetness and delicacy.”
Footnote
Dir: Joseph Cedar / 2012 / Israel / in Hebrew with English subtitles /103 min / 35mm film
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy
Awards, Footnote is the story of father and son Eliezar and Uriel
Shkolnik. Both are lifelong Talmudic scholars at the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem, but there the similarities end. Son Uriel is a popular
academic celebrity and acclaimed author of many books, at ease with
people and decidedly not a textual purist. Father Eliezar, on the
other hand, is an unsmiling misanthrope obsessed with close textual
analysis who broods over the upstaging of his life’s great
professional discovery by a rival academic, and whose only credit lies
in an obscure footnote in one of his mentor’s books. Both Eliezar and
Uriel work and long for the day when they will be awarded the
prestigious Israel Prize. But when that day comes, a case of mistaken
identity leads to unexpected consequences. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times enthuses, “Mr. Cedar spins a committee-room squabble into
something authentically grand: a piercing satire, a poignant family
drama, and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty,
loyalty, ambition, and love.”
Dir: Joseph Cedar / 2012 / Israel / in Hebrew with English subtitles /103 min / 35mm film
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy
Awards, Footnote is the story of father and son Eliezar and Uriel
Shkolnik. Both are lifelong Talmudic scholars at the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem, but there the similarities end. Son Uriel is a popular
academic celebrity and acclaimed author of many books, at ease with
people and decidedly not a textual purist. Father Eliezar, on the
other hand, is an unsmiling misanthrope obsessed with close textual
analysis who broods over the upstaging of his life’s great
professional discovery by a rival academic, and whose only credit lies
in an obscure footnote in one of his mentor’s books. Both Eliezar and
Uriel work and long for the day when they will be awarded the
prestigious Israel Prize. But when that day comes, a case of mistaken
identity leads to unexpected consequences. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times enthuses, “Mr. Cedar spins a committee-room squabble into
something authentically grand: a piercing satire, a poignant family
drama, and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty,
loyalty, ambition, and love.”
Footnote
Dir: Joseph Cedar / 2012 / Israel / in Hebrew with English subtitles /103 min / 35mm film
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy
Awards, Footnote is the story of father and son Eliezar and Uriel
Shkolnik. Both are lifelong Talmudic scholars at the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem, but there the similarities end. Son Uriel is a popular
academic celebrity and acclaimed author of many books, at ease with
people and decidedly not a textual purist. Father Eliezar, on the
other hand, is an unsmiling misanthrope obsessed with close textual
analysis who broods over the upstaging of his life’s great
professional discovery by a rival academic, and whose only credit lies
in an obscure footnote in one of his mentor’s books. Both Eliezar and
Uriel work and long for the day when they will be awarded the
prestigious Israel Prize. But when that day comes, a case of mistaken
identity leads to unexpected consequences. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times enthuses, “Mr. Cedar spins a committee-room squabble into
something authentically grand: a piercing satire, a poignant family
drama, and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty,
loyalty, ambition, and love.”
Dir: Joseph Cedar / 2012 / Israel / in Hebrew with English subtitles /103 min / 35mm film
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy
Awards, Footnote is the story of father and son Eliezar and Uriel
Shkolnik. Both are lifelong Talmudic scholars at the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem, but there the similarities end. Son Uriel is a popular
academic celebrity and acclaimed author of many books, at ease with
people and decidedly not a textual purist. Father Eliezar, on the
other hand, is an unsmiling misanthrope obsessed with close textual
analysis who broods over the upstaging of his life’s great
professional discovery by a rival academic, and whose only credit lies
in an obscure footnote in one of his mentor’s books. Both Eliezar and
Uriel work and long for the day when they will be awarded the
prestigious Israel Prize. But when that day comes, a case of mistaken
identity leads to unexpected consequences. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times enthuses, “Mr. Cedar spins a committee-room squabble into
something authentically grand: a piercing satire, a poignant family
drama, and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty,
loyalty, ambition, and love.”
The Deep Blue Sea
Dir: Terence Davies / 2011 / US / UK / 98 min / 35mm film
Director Terence Davies (The House of Mirth, Distance Voices, Still
Lives) does not make movies often, but he makes them so well that each
is something of an event when it arrives. The Deep Blue Sea, adapted
from Terrence Rattigan’s 1952 stage play, tells the story of Hester
Prynne Collyer (played by Rachel Weisz, in a bravura performance), who
is married to Sir William Collyer (played by Simon Russell Beale), a
reserved and dignified High Court judge many years her senior still
dominated by his mother. Hester has begun a passionate if tawdry
affair with a younger man, a Royal Air Force pilot (played by Tom
Hiddleston). There is actually little in the way of fireworks here,
just inscrutable attraction and plodding faith that a pretty romance
will turn a pitiable life into an enviable one, and confusion when it
doesn’t. “Davies brings to Rattigan some of the themes and images from
his film The Long Day Closes: gloomy, torpid interiors, seen often
through a gauze of cigarette smoke,” writes Peter Bradshaw of The
Guardian. The Deep Blue Sea is a melancholy film without a doubt, but
with great sweetness and delicacy.”
Dir: Terence Davies / 2011 / US / UK / 98 min / 35mm film
Director Terence Davies (The House of Mirth, Distance Voices, Still
Lives) does not make movies often, but he makes them so well that each
is something of an event when it arrives. The Deep Blue Sea, adapted
from Terrence Rattigan’s 1952 stage play, tells the story of Hester
Prynne Collyer (played by Rachel Weisz, in a bravura performance), who
is married to Sir William Collyer (played by Simon Russell Beale), a
reserved and dignified High Court judge many years her senior still
dominated by his mother. Hester has begun a passionate if tawdry
affair with a younger man, a Royal Air Force pilot (played by Tom
Hiddleston). There is actually little in the way of fireworks here,
just inscrutable attraction and plodding faith that a pretty romance
will turn a pitiable life into an enviable one, and confusion when it
doesn’t. “Davies brings to Rattigan some of the themes and images from
his film The Long Day Closes: gloomy, torpid interiors, seen often
through a gauze of cigarette smoke,” writes Peter Bradshaw of The
Guardian. The Deep Blue Sea is a melancholy film without a doubt, but
with great sweetness and delicacy.”
The Deep Blue Sea
Dir: Terence Davies / 2011 / US / UK / 98 min / 35mm film
Director Terence Davies (The House of Mirth, Distance Voices, Still
Lives) does not make movies often, but he makes them so well that each
is something of an event when it arrives. The Deep Blue Sea, adapted
from Terrence Rattigan’s 1952 stage play, tells the story of Hester
Prynne Collyer (played by Rachel Weisz, in a bravura performance), who
is married to Sir William Collyer (played by Simon Russell Beale), a
reserved and dignified High Court judge many years her senior still
dominated by his mother. Hester has begun a passionate if tawdry
affair with a younger man, a Royal Air Force pilot (played by Tom
Hiddleston). There is actually little in the way of fireworks here,
just inscrutable attraction and plodding faith that a pretty romance
will turn a pitiable life into an enviable one, and confusion when it
doesn’t. “Davies brings to Rattigan some of the themes and images from
his film The Long Day Closes: gloomy, torpid interiors, seen often
through a gauze of cigarette smoke,” writes Peter Bradshaw of The
Guardian. The Deep Blue Sea is a melancholy film without a doubt, but
with great sweetness and delicacy.”
Dir: Terence Davies / 2011 / US / UK / 98 min / 35mm film
Director Terence Davies (The House of Mirth, Distance Voices, Still
Lives) does not make movies often, but he makes them so well that each
is something of an event when it arrives. The Deep Blue Sea, adapted
from Terrence Rattigan’s 1952 stage play, tells the story of Hester
Prynne Collyer (played by Rachel Weisz, in a bravura performance), who
is married to Sir William Collyer (played by Simon Russell Beale), a
reserved and dignified High Court judge many years her senior still
dominated by his mother. Hester has begun a passionate if tawdry
affair with a younger man, a Royal Air Force pilot (played by Tom
Hiddleston). There is actually little in the way of fireworks here,
just inscrutable attraction and plodding faith that a pretty romance
will turn a pitiable life into an enviable one, and confusion when it
doesn’t. “Davies brings to Rattigan some of the themes and images from
his film The Long Day Closes: gloomy, torpid interiors, seen often
through a gauze of cigarette smoke,” writes Peter Bradshaw of The
Guardian. The Deep Blue Sea is a melancholy film without a doubt, but
with great sweetness and delicacy.”
Footnote
Dir: Joseph Cedar / 2012 / Israel / in Hebrew with English subtitles /103 min / 35mm film
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy
Awards, Footnote is the story of father and son Eliezar and Uriel
Shkolnik. Both are lifelong Talmudic scholars at the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem, but there the similarities end. Son Uriel is a popular
academic celebrity and acclaimed author of many books, at ease with
people and decidedly not a textual purist. Father Eliezar, on the
other hand, is an unsmiling misanthrope obsessed with close textual
analysis who broods over the upstaging of his life’s great
professional discovery by a rival academic, and whose only credit lies
in an obscure footnote in one of his mentor’s books. Both Eliezar and
Uriel work and long for the day when they will be awarded the
prestigious Israel Prize. But when that day comes, a case of mistaken
identity leads to unexpected consequences. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times enthuses, “Mr. Cedar spins a committee-room squabble into
something authentically grand: a piercing satire, a poignant family
drama, and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty,
loyalty, ambition, and love.”
Dir: Joseph Cedar / 2012 / Israel / in Hebrew with English subtitles /103 min / 35mm film
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy
Awards, Footnote is the story of father and son Eliezar and Uriel
Shkolnik. Both are lifelong Talmudic scholars at the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem, but there the similarities end. Son Uriel is a popular
academic celebrity and acclaimed author of many books, at ease with
people and decidedly not a textual purist. Father Eliezar, on the
other hand, is an unsmiling misanthrope obsessed with close textual
analysis who broods over the upstaging of his life’s great
professional discovery by a rival academic, and whose only credit lies
in an obscure footnote in one of his mentor’s books. Both Eliezar and
Uriel work and long for the day when they will be awarded the
prestigious Israel Prize. But when that day comes, a case of mistaken
identity leads to unexpected consequences. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times enthuses, “Mr. Cedar spins a committee-room squabble into
something authentically grand: a piercing satire, a poignant family
drama, and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty,
loyalty, ambition, and love.”
The Deep Blue Sea
Dir: Terence Davies / 2011 / US / UK / 98 min / 35mm film
Director Terence Davies (The House of Mirth, Distance Voices, Still
Lives) does not make movies often, but he makes them so well that each
is something of an event when it arrives. The Deep Blue Sea, adapted
from Terrence Rattigan’s 1952 stage play, tells the story of Hester
Prynne Collyer (played by Rachel Weisz, in a bravura performance), who
is married to Sir William Collyer (played by Simon Russell Beale), a
reserved and dignified High Court judge many years her senior still
dominated by his mother. Hester has begun a passionate if tawdry
affair with a younger man, a Royal Air Force pilot (played by Tom
Hiddleston). There is actually little in the way of fireworks here,
just inscrutable attraction and plodding faith that a pretty romance
will turn a pitiable life into an enviable one, and confusion when it
doesn’t. “Davies brings to Rattigan some of the themes and images from
his film The Long Day Closes: gloomy, torpid interiors, seen often
through a gauze of cigarette smoke,” writes Peter Bradshaw of The
Guardian. The Deep Blue Sea is a melancholy film without a doubt, but
with great sweetness and delicacy.”
Dir: Terence Davies / 2011 / US / UK / 98 min / 35mm film
Director Terence Davies (The House of Mirth, Distance Voices, Still
Lives) does not make movies often, but he makes them so well that each
is something of an event when it arrives. The Deep Blue Sea, adapted
from Terrence Rattigan’s 1952 stage play, tells the story of Hester
Prynne Collyer (played by Rachel Weisz, in a bravura performance), who
is married to Sir William Collyer (played by Simon Russell Beale), a
reserved and dignified High Court judge many years her senior still
dominated by his mother. Hester has begun a passionate if tawdry
affair with a younger man, a Royal Air Force pilot (played by Tom
Hiddleston). There is actually little in the way of fireworks here,
just inscrutable attraction and plodding faith that a pretty romance
will turn a pitiable life into an enviable one, and confusion when it
doesn’t. “Davies brings to Rattigan some of the themes and images from
his film The Long Day Closes: gloomy, torpid interiors, seen often
through a gauze of cigarette smoke,” writes Peter Bradshaw of The
Guardian. The Deep Blue Sea is a melancholy film without a doubt, but
with great sweetness and delicacy.”
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Dir: Abel Ferrara / 2012 / US / 85 min / 35 mm film
What would you do on your last day on our planet if it were destined
for destruction on a certain hour, day, and minute? This is the intriguing premise explored in maverick
filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s latest work of cinematic rebellion. Set amid the concrete and metal confines
of New York City, this gritty and personal film follows the experiences of Cisco (Willem Defoe) and
Skye, a longtime couple who are facing their final day on Earth together. As the precious hours shrink away, the bohemian apartment dwellers contemplate harsh reality and their ultimate fate as the world around them pulsates with a strange air that feigns normalcy, even as social order eventually begins to crumble away. Entrancing in its creative focus, 4:44: The Last Day on Earth is like a disaster film filtered through an eye of intimate scope and imagination. A.O. Scott of The New York Times calls 4:44: The Last Day on Earth “[a]n eccentric and moving portrait of souls in extremis.”
Dir: Abel Ferrara / 2012 / US / 85 min / 35 mm film
What would you do on your last day on our planet if it were destined
for destruction on a certain hour, day, and minute? This is the intriguing premise explored in maverick
filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s latest work of cinematic rebellion. Set amid the concrete and metal confines
of New York City, this gritty and personal film follows the experiences of Cisco (Willem Defoe) and
Skye, a longtime couple who are facing their final day on Earth together. As the precious hours shrink away, the bohemian apartment dwellers contemplate harsh reality and their ultimate fate as the world around them pulsates with a strange air that feigns normalcy, even as social order eventually begins to crumble away. Entrancing in its creative focus, 4:44: The Last Day on Earth is like a disaster film filtered through an eye of intimate scope and imagination. A.O. Scott of The New York Times calls 4:44: The Last Day on Earth “[a]n eccentric and moving portrait of souls in extremis.”
H.P. Lovecraft double feature:
The Whisperer in the Darkness
Dir: Sean Branny / 2011 / US / 103 min / High Definition Digital
BEER & WINE IN MEZZANINE
AND
The Call of Cthulhu
Dir: Andrew Leman / 2005 / US / 45 min / High Definition Digital
BEER & WINE IN MEZZANINE
Fans of the weird and macabre can’t miss this H.P. Lovecraft double
feature, which brings to life two spine chilling tales by the master
of horror fiction. In The Whisperer in the Darkness, a scholar of
folklore delves too deeply into the gruesome secrets surrounding the
darkly sinister goings on in the looming hills. In Lovecraft’s
best-known work, The Call of Cthulhu, a skeptical professor is drawn
to investigate a bizarre cult that worships a fearsome, otherworldly
creature that lies dormant under the sea. The shocking truth he
unearths will impact the fate of all mankind.
The Whisperer in the Darkness
Dir: Sean Branny / 2011 / US / 103 min / High Definition Digital
BEER & WINE IN MEZZANINE
AND
The Call of Cthulhu
Dir: Andrew Leman / 2005 / US / 45 min / High Definition Digital
BEER & WINE IN MEZZANINE
Fans of the weird and macabre can’t miss this H.P. Lovecraft double
feature, which brings to life two spine chilling tales by the master
of horror fiction. In The Whisperer in the Darkness, a scholar of
folklore delves too deeply into the gruesome secrets surrounding the
darkly sinister goings on in the looming hills. In Lovecraft’s
best-known work, The Call of Cthulhu, a skeptical professor is drawn
to investigate a bizarre cult that worships a fearsome, otherworldly
creature that lies dormant under the sea. The shocking truth he
unearths will impact the fate of all mankind.
Jeff Who Lives at Home
BEER & WINE IN MEZZANINE at Friday, May 12 screening
Dir: Mark & Jay Duplass / 2012 / US / 83 minutes
Jeff (Jason Segel) is waiting for a sign from the universe. This is
his ultimate excuse for why he’s still living with his overtly
tolerant mom (Susan Sarandon) at the ripe old age of 30. As he whiles
his days away in the basement, smoking pot and watching M. Night
Shyamalan movies, Jeff is just waiting for the right synchronistic
moment that will transform his slacker existence into a real “life.”
Meanwhile, Jeff’s brother, Pat (Ed Helms), has a “life” consisting of
a high profile job and a fed-up family. He’s also angry, stressed out,
and suffering from the proverbial midlife crisis. The two brothers
could not be more different, or more adverse, but end up joining
together on an event-filled day that will lead them both on a journey
of self-discovery. Strewn with keenly observant laughs, Jeff Who Lives
at Home is the latest heartfelt comedy from the creative minds of the
Duplass brothers (Cyrus, The Puffy Chair). Roger Ebert of The Chicago
Sun Times calls Jeff Who Lives at Home “[a] warm, whimsical comedy.”
BEER & WINE IN MEZZANINE at Friday, May 12 screening
Dir: Mark & Jay Duplass / 2012 / US / 83 minutes
Jeff (Jason Segel) is waiting for a sign from the universe. This is
his ultimate excuse for why he’s still living with his overtly
tolerant mom (Susan Sarandon) at the ripe old age of 30. As he whiles
his days away in the basement, smoking pot and watching M. Night
Shyamalan movies, Jeff is just waiting for the right synchronistic
moment that will transform his slacker existence into a real “life.”
Meanwhile, Jeff’s brother, Pat (Ed Helms), has a “life” consisting of
a high profile job and a fed-up family. He’s also angry, stressed out,
and suffering from the proverbial midlife crisis. The two brothers
could not be more different, or more adverse, but end up joining
together on an event-filled day that will lead them both on a journey
of self-discovery. Strewn with keenly observant laughs, Jeff Who Lives
at Home is the latest heartfelt comedy from the creative minds of the
Duplass brothers (Cyrus, The Puffy Chair). Roger Ebert of The Chicago
Sun Times calls Jeff Who Lives at Home “[a] warm, whimsical comedy.”
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Dir: Abel Ferrara / 2012 / US / 85 min / 35 mm film
What would you do on your last day on our planet if it were destined
for destruction on a certain hour, day, and minute? This is the intriguing premise explored in maverick
filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s latest work of cinematic rebellion. Set amid the concrete and metal confines
of New York City, this gritty and personal film follows the experiences of Cisco (Willem Defoe) and
Skye, a longtime couple who are facing their final day on Earth together. As the precious hours shrink away, the bohemian apartment dwellers contemplate harsh reality and their ultimate fate as the world around them pulsates with a strange air that feigns normalcy, even as social order eventually begins to crumble away. Entrancing in its creative focus, 4:44: The Last Day on Earth is like a disaster film filtered through an eye of intimate scope and imagination. A.O. Scott of The New York Times calls 4:44: The Last Day on Earth “[a]n eccentric and moving portrait of souls in extremis.”
Dir: Abel Ferrara / 2012 / US / 85 min / 35 mm film
What would you do on your last day on our planet if it were destined
for destruction on a certain hour, day, and minute? This is the intriguing premise explored in maverick
filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s latest work of cinematic rebellion. Set amid the concrete and metal confines
of New York City, this gritty and personal film follows the experiences of Cisco (Willem Defoe) and
Skye, a longtime couple who are facing their final day on Earth together. As the precious hours shrink away, the bohemian apartment dwellers contemplate harsh reality and their ultimate fate as the world around them pulsates with a strange air that feigns normalcy, even as social order eventually begins to crumble away. Entrancing in its creative focus, 4:44: The Last Day on Earth is like a disaster film filtered through an eye of intimate scope and imagination. A.O. Scott of The New York Times calls 4:44: The Last Day on Earth “[a]n eccentric and moving portrait of souls in extremis.”
Jeff Who Lives at Home
Dir: Mark & Jay Duplass / 2012 / US / 83 minutes
Jeff (Jason Segel) is waiting for a sign from the universe. This is
his ultimate excuse for why he’s still living with his overtly
tolerant mom (Susan Sarandon) at the ripe old age of 30. As he whiles
his days away in the basement, smoking pot and watching M. Night
Shyamalan movies, Jeff is just waiting for the right synchronistic
moment that will transform his slacker existence into a real “life.”
Meanwhile, Jeff’s brother, Pat (Ed Helms), has a “life” consisting of
a high profile job and a fed-up family. He’s also angry, stressed out,
and suffering from the proverbial midlife crisis. The two brothers
could not be more different, or more adverse, but end up joining
together on an event-filled day that will lead them both on a journey
of self-discovery. Strewn with keenly observant laughs, Jeff Who Lives
at Home is the latest heartfelt comedy from the creative minds of the
Duplass brothers (Cyrus, The Puffy Chair). Roger Ebert of The Chicago
Sun Times calls Jeff Who Lives at Home “[a] warm, whimsical comedy.”
Dir: Mark & Jay Duplass / 2012 / US / 83 minutes
Jeff (Jason Segel) is waiting for a sign from the universe. This is
his ultimate excuse for why he’s still living with his overtly
tolerant mom (Susan Sarandon) at the ripe old age of 30. As he whiles
his days away in the basement, smoking pot and watching M. Night
Shyamalan movies, Jeff is just waiting for the right synchronistic
moment that will transform his slacker existence into a real “life.”
Meanwhile, Jeff’s brother, Pat (Ed Helms), has a “life” consisting of
a high profile job and a fed-up family. He’s also angry, stressed out,
and suffering from the proverbial midlife crisis. The two brothers
could not be more different, or more adverse, but end up joining
together on an event-filled day that will lead them both on a journey
of self-discovery. Strewn with keenly observant laughs, Jeff Who Lives
at Home is the latest heartfelt comedy from the creative minds of the
Duplass brothers (Cyrus, The Puffy Chair). Roger Ebert of The Chicago
Sun Times calls Jeff Who Lives at Home “[a] warm, whimsical comedy.”
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Dir: Abel Ferrara / 2012 / US / 85 min / 35 mm film
What would you do on your last day on our planet if it were destined
for destruction on a certain hour, day, and minute? This is the intriguing premise explored in maverick
filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s latest work of cinematic rebellion. Set amid the concrete and metal confines
of New York City, this gritty and personal film follows the experiences of Cisco (Willem Defoe) and
Skye, a longtime couple who are facing their final day on Earth together. As the precious hours shrink away, the bohemian apartment dwellers contemplate harsh reality and their ultimate fate as the world around them pulsates with a strange air that feigns normalcy, even as social order eventually begins to crumble away. Entrancing in its creative focus, 4:44: The Last Day on Earth is like a disaster film filtered through an eye of intimate scope and imagination. A.O. Scott of The New York Times calls 4:44: The Last Day on Earth “[a]n eccentric and moving portrait of souls in extremis.”
Dir: Abel Ferrara / 2012 / US / 85 min / 35 mm film
What would you do on your last day on our planet if it were destined
for destruction on a certain hour, day, and minute? This is the intriguing premise explored in maverick
filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s latest work of cinematic rebellion. Set amid the concrete and metal confines
of New York City, this gritty and personal film follows the experiences of Cisco (Willem Defoe) and
Skye, a longtime couple who are facing their final day on Earth together. As the precious hours shrink away, the bohemian apartment dwellers contemplate harsh reality and their ultimate fate as the world around them pulsates with a strange air that feigns normalcy, even as social order eventually begins to crumble away. Entrancing in its creative focus, 4:44: The Last Day on Earth is like a disaster film filtered through an eye of intimate scope and imagination. A.O. Scott of The New York Times calls 4:44: The Last Day on Earth “[a]n eccentric and moving portrait of souls in extremis.”
Jeff Who Lives at Home
Dir: Mark & Jay Duplass / 2012 / US / 83 minutes
Jeff (Jason Segel) is waiting for a sign from the universe. This is
his ultimate excuse for why he’s still living with his overtly
tolerant mom (Susan Sarandon) at the ripe old age of 30. As he whiles
his days away in the basement, smoking pot and watching M. Night
Shyamalan movies, Jeff is just waiting for the right synchronistic
moment that will transform his slacker existence into a real “life.”
Meanwhile, Jeff’s brother, Pat (Ed Helms), has a “life” consisting of
a high profile job and a fed-up family. He’s also angry, stressed out,
and suffering from the proverbial midlife crisis. The two brothers
could not be more different, or more adverse, but end up joining
together on an event-filled day that will lead them both on a journey
of self-discovery. Strewn with keenly observant laughs, Jeff Who Lives
at Home is the latest heartfelt comedy from the creative minds of the
Duplass brothers (Cyrus, The Puffy Chair). Roger Ebert of The Chicago
Sun Times calls Jeff Who Lives at Home “[a] warm, whimsical comedy.”
Dir: Mark & Jay Duplass / 2012 / US / 83 minutes
Jeff (Jason Segel) is waiting for a sign from the universe. This is
his ultimate excuse for why he’s still living with his overtly
tolerant mom (Susan Sarandon) at the ripe old age of 30. As he whiles
his days away in the basement, smoking pot and watching M. Night
Shyamalan movies, Jeff is just waiting for the right synchronistic
moment that will transform his slacker existence into a real “life.”
Meanwhile, Jeff’s brother, Pat (Ed Helms), has a “life” consisting of
a high profile job and a fed-up family. He’s also angry, stressed out,
and suffering from the proverbial midlife crisis. The two brothers
could not be more different, or more adverse, but end up joining
together on an event-filled day that will lead them both on a journey
of self-discovery. Strewn with keenly observant laughs, Jeff Who Lives
at Home is the latest heartfelt comedy from the creative minds of the
Duplass brothers (Cyrus, The Puffy Chair). Roger Ebert of The Chicago
Sun Times calls Jeff Who Lives at Home “[a] warm, whimsical comedy.”
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Dir: Abel Ferrara / 2012 / US / 85 min / 35 mm film
What would you do on your last day on our planet if it were destined
for destruction on a certain hour, day, and minute? This is the intriguing premise explored in maverick
filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s latest work of cinematic rebellion. Set amid the concrete and metal confines
of New York City, this gritty and personal film follows the experiences of Cisco (Willem Defoe) and
Skye, a longtime couple who are facing their final day on Earth together. As the precious hours shrink away, the bohemian apartment dwellers contemplate harsh reality and their ultimate fate as the world around them pulsates with a strange air that feigns normalcy, even as social order eventually begins to crumble away. Entrancing in its creative focus, 4:44: The Last Day on Earth is like a disaster film filtered through an eye of intimate scope and imagination. A.O. Scott of The New York Times calls 4:44: The Last Day on Earth “[a]n eccentric and moving portrait of souls in extremis.”
Dir: Abel Ferrara / 2012 / US / 85 min / 35 mm film
What would you do on your last day on our planet if it were destined
for destruction on a certain hour, day, and minute? This is the intriguing premise explored in maverick
filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s latest work of cinematic rebellion. Set amid the concrete and metal confines
of New York City, this gritty and personal film follows the experiences of Cisco (Willem Defoe) and
Skye, a longtime couple who are facing their final day on Earth together. As the precious hours shrink away, the bohemian apartment dwellers contemplate harsh reality and their ultimate fate as the world around them pulsates with a strange air that feigns normalcy, even as social order eventually begins to crumble away. Entrancing in its creative focus, 4:44: The Last Day on Earth is like a disaster film filtered through an eye of intimate scope and imagination. A.O. Scott of The New York Times calls 4:44: The Last Day on Earth “[a]n eccentric and moving portrait of souls in extremis.”
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Dir: Abel Ferrara / 2012 / US / 85 min / 35 mm film
What would you do on your last day on our planet if it were destined
for destruction on a certain hour, day, and minute? This is the intriguing premise explored in maverick
filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s latest work of cinematic rebellion. Set amid the concrete and metal confines
of New York City, this gritty and personal film follows the experiences of Cisco (Willem Defoe) and
Skye, a longtime couple who are facing their final day on Earth together. As the precious hours shrink away, the bohemian apartment dwellers contemplate harsh reality and their ultimate fate as the world around them pulsates with a strange air that feigns normalcy, even as social order eventually begins to crumble away. Entrancing in its creative focus, 4:44: The Last Day on Earth is like a disaster film filtered through an eye of intimate scope and imagination. A.O. Scott of The New York Times calls 4:44: The Last Day on Earth “[a]n eccentric and moving portrait of souls in extremis.”
Dir: Abel Ferrara / 2012 / US / 85 min / 35 mm film
What would you do on your last day on our planet if it were destined
for destruction on a certain hour, day, and minute? This is the intriguing premise explored in maverick
filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s latest work of cinematic rebellion. Set amid the concrete and metal confines
of New York City, this gritty and personal film follows the experiences of Cisco (Willem Defoe) and
Skye, a longtime couple who are facing their final day on Earth together. As the precious hours shrink away, the bohemian apartment dwellers contemplate harsh reality and their ultimate fate as the world around them pulsates with a strange air that feigns normalcy, even as social order eventually begins to crumble away. Entrancing in its creative focus, 4:44: The Last Day on Earth is like a disaster film filtered through an eye of intimate scope and imagination. A.O. Scott of The New York Times calls 4:44: The Last Day on Earth “[a]n eccentric and moving portrait of souls in extremis.”
Jeff Who Lives at Home
Dir: Mark & Jay Duplass / 2012 / US / 83 minutes
Jeff (Jason Segel) is waiting for a sign from the universe. This is
his ultimate excuse for why he’s still living with his overtly
tolerant mom (Susan Sarandon) at the ripe old age of 30. As he whiles
his days away in the basement, smoking pot and watching M. Night
Shyamalan movies, Jeff is just waiting for the right synchronistic
moment that will transform his slacker existence into a real “life.”
Meanwhile, Jeff’s brother, Pat (Ed Helms), has a “life” consisting of
a high profile job and a fed-up family. He’s also angry, stressed out,
and suffering from the proverbial midlife crisis. The two brothers
could not be more different, or more adverse, but end up joining
together on an event-filled day that will lead them both on a journey
of self-discovery. Strewn with keenly observant laughs, Jeff Who Lives
at Home is the latest heartfelt comedy from the creative minds of the
Duplass brothers (Cyrus, The Puffy Chair). Roger Ebert of The Chicago
Sun Times calls Jeff Who Lives at Home “[a] warm, whimsical comedy.”
Dir: Mark & Jay Duplass / 2012 / US / 83 minutes
Jeff (Jason Segel) is waiting for a sign from the universe. This is
his ultimate excuse for why he’s still living with his overtly
tolerant mom (Susan Sarandon) at the ripe old age of 30. As he whiles
his days away in the basement, smoking pot and watching M. Night
Shyamalan movies, Jeff is just waiting for the right synchronistic
moment that will transform his slacker existence into a real “life.”
Meanwhile, Jeff’s brother, Pat (Ed Helms), has a “life” consisting of
a high profile job and a fed-up family. He’s also angry, stressed out,
and suffering from the proverbial midlife crisis. The two brothers
could not be more different, or more adverse, but end up joining
together on an event-filled day that will lead them both on a journey
of self-discovery. Strewn with keenly observant laughs, Jeff Who Lives
at Home is the latest heartfelt comedy from the creative minds of the
Duplass brothers (Cyrus, The Puffy Chair). Roger Ebert of The Chicago
Sun Times calls Jeff Who Lives at Home “[a] warm, whimsical comedy.”
Jeff Who Lives at Home
Dir: Mark & Jay Duplass / 2012 / US / 83 minutes
Jeff (Jason Segel) is waiting for a sign from the universe. This is
his ultimate excuse for why he’s still living with his overtly
tolerant mom (Susan Sarandon) at the ripe old age of 30. As he whiles
his days away in the basement, smoking pot and watching M. Night
Shyamalan movies, Jeff is just waiting for the right synchronistic
moment that will transform his slacker existence into a real “life.”
Meanwhile, Jeff’s brother, Pat (Ed Helms), has a “life” consisting of
a high profile job and a fed-up family. He’s also angry, stressed out,
and suffering from the proverbial midlife crisis. The two brothers
could not be more different, or more adverse, but end up joining
together on an event-filled day that will lead them both on a journey
of self-discovery. Strewn with keenly observant laughs, Jeff Who Lives
at Home is the latest heartfelt comedy from the creative minds of the
Duplass brothers (Cyrus, The Puffy Chair). Roger Ebert of The Chicago
Sun Times calls Jeff Who Lives at Home “[a] warm, whimsical comedy.”
Dir: Mark & Jay Duplass / 2012 / US / 83 minutes
Jeff (Jason Segel) is waiting for a sign from the universe. This is
his ultimate excuse for why he’s still living with his overtly
tolerant mom (Susan Sarandon) at the ripe old age of 30. As he whiles
his days away in the basement, smoking pot and watching M. Night
Shyamalan movies, Jeff is just waiting for the right synchronistic
moment that will transform his slacker existence into a real “life.”
Meanwhile, Jeff’s brother, Pat (Ed Helms), has a “life” consisting of
a high profile job and a fed-up family. He’s also angry, stressed out,
and suffering from the proverbial midlife crisis. The two brothers
could not be more different, or more adverse, but end up joining
together on an event-filled day that will lead them both on a journey
of self-discovery. Strewn with keenly observant laughs, Jeff Who Lives
at Home is the latest heartfelt comedy from the creative minds of the
Duplass brothers (Cyrus, The Puffy Chair). Roger Ebert of The Chicago
Sun Times calls Jeff Who Lives at Home “[a] warm, whimsical comedy.”
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Dir: Abel Ferrara / 2012 / US / 85 min / 35 mm film
What would you do on your last day on our planet if it were destined
for destruction on a certain hour, day, and minute? This is the intriguing premise explored in maverick
filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s latest work of cinematic rebellion. Set amid the concrete and metal confines
of New York City, this gritty and personal film follows the experiences of Cisco (Willem Defoe) and
Skye, a longtime couple who are facing their final day on Earth together. As the precious hours shrink away, the bohemian apartment dwellers contemplate harsh reality and their ultimate fate as the world around them pulsates with a strange air that feigns normalcy, even as social order eventually begins to crumble away. Entrancing in its creative focus, 4:44: The Last Day on Earth is like a disaster film filtered through an eye of intimate scope and imagination. A.O. Scott of The New York Times calls 4:44: The Last Day on Earth “[a]n eccentric and moving portrait of souls in extremis.”
Dir: Abel Ferrara / 2012 / US / 85 min / 35 mm film
What would you do on your last day on our planet if it were destined
for destruction on a certain hour, day, and minute? This is the intriguing premise explored in maverick
filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s latest work of cinematic rebellion. Set amid the concrete and metal confines
of New York City, this gritty and personal film follows the experiences of Cisco (Willem Defoe) and
Skye, a longtime couple who are facing their final day on Earth together. As the precious hours shrink away, the bohemian apartment dwellers contemplate harsh reality and their ultimate fate as the world around them pulsates with a strange air that feigns normalcy, even as social order eventually begins to crumble away. Entrancing in its creative focus, 4:44: The Last Day on Earth is like a disaster film filtered through an eye of intimate scope and imagination. A.O. Scott of The New York Times calls 4:44: The Last Day on Earth “[a]n eccentric and moving portrait of souls in extremis.”
Jeff Who Lives at Home
Dir: Mark & Jay Duplass / 2012 / US / 83 minutes
Jeff (Jason Segel) is waiting for a sign from the universe. This is
his ultimate excuse for why he’s still living with his overtly
tolerant mom (Susan Sarandon) at the ripe old age of 30. As he whiles
his days away in the basement, smoking pot and watching M. Night
Shyamalan movies, Jeff is just waiting for the right synchronistic
moment that will transform his slacker existence into a real “life.”
Meanwhile, Jeff’s brother, Pat (Ed Helms), has a “life” consisting of
a high profile job and a fed-up family. He’s also angry, stressed out,
and suffering from the proverbial midlife crisis. The two brothers
could not be more different, or more adverse, but end up joining
together on an event-filled day that will lead them both on a journey
of self-discovery. Strewn with keenly observant laughs, Jeff Who Lives
at Home is the latest heartfelt comedy from the creative minds of the
Duplass brothers (Cyrus, The Puffy Chair). Roger Ebert of The Chicago
Sun Times calls Jeff Who Lives at Home “[a] warm, whimsical comedy.”
Dir: Mark & Jay Duplass / 2012 / US / 83 minutes
Jeff (Jason Segel) is waiting for a sign from the universe. This is
his ultimate excuse for why he’s still living with his overtly
tolerant mom (Susan Sarandon) at the ripe old age of 30. As he whiles
his days away in the basement, smoking pot and watching M. Night
Shyamalan movies, Jeff is just waiting for the right synchronistic
moment that will transform his slacker existence into a real “life.”
Meanwhile, Jeff’s brother, Pat (Ed Helms), has a “life” consisting of
a high profile job and a fed-up family. He’s also angry, stressed out,
and suffering from the proverbial midlife crisis. The two brothers
could not be more different, or more adverse, but end up joining
together on an event-filled day that will lead them both on a journey
of self-discovery. Strewn with keenly observant laughs, Jeff Who Lives
at Home is the latest heartfelt comedy from the creative minds of the
Duplass brothers (Cyrus, The Puffy Chair). Roger Ebert of The Chicago
Sun Times calls Jeff Who Lives at Home “[a] warm, whimsical comedy.”
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Dir: Abel Ferrara / 2012 / US / 85 min / 35 mm film
What would you do on your last day on our planet if it were destined
for destruction on a certain hour, day, and minute? This is the intriguing premise explored in maverick
filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s latest work of cinematic rebellion. Set amid the concrete and metal confines
of New York City, this gritty and personal film follows the experiences of Cisco (Willem Defoe) and
Skye, a longtime couple who are facing their final day on Earth together. As the precious hours shrink away, the bohemian apartment dwellers contemplate harsh reality and their ultimate fate as the world around them pulsates with a strange air that feigns normalcy, even as social order eventually begins to crumble away. Entrancing in its creative focus, 4:44: The Last Day on Earth is like a disaster film filtered through an eye of intimate scope and imagination. A.O. Scott of The New York Times calls 4:44: The Last Day on Earth “[a]n eccentric and moving portrait of souls in extremis.”
Dir: Abel Ferrara / 2012 / US / 85 min / 35 mm film
What would you do on your last day on our planet if it were destined
for destruction on a certain hour, day, and minute? This is the intriguing premise explored in maverick
filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s latest work of cinematic rebellion. Set amid the concrete and metal confines
of New York City, this gritty and personal film follows the experiences of Cisco (Willem Defoe) and
Skye, a longtime couple who are facing their final day on Earth together. As the precious hours shrink away, the bohemian apartment dwellers contemplate harsh reality and their ultimate fate as the world around them pulsates with a strange air that feigns normalcy, even as social order eventually begins to crumble away. Entrancing in its creative focus, 4:44: The Last Day on Earth is like a disaster film filtered through an eye of intimate scope and imagination. A.O. Scott of The New York Times calls 4:44: The Last Day on Earth “[a]n eccentric and moving portrait of souls in extremis.”
One-time screening
California 90420
Dir: Dean Shull / 2012 / USA / 83 min / High Definition digital
Now making the rounds of regional film festivals, this freewheeling
and exciting new documentary chronicles the adventures of four
real-life counterparts to various members of the rogue’s gallery found
in Weeds, the hit Showtime series. They live for marijuana. They smoke
it, they grow it, they love it— and they are as informed about how to
produce great crops as they are about their legal rights and
vulnerabilities. Implicitly assessing the quality of their lives, the
picture also tackles a lot of issues that stem from California’s
burgeoning semi-legalized marijuana culture, which keeps insistently
bumping up from the underground. With the laws bending ever more in
the direction of tolerance, what does that mean for recreational use,
for medicinal use, and potentially for business and the economy? What
does it mean for marijuana culture? Will we ever escape Cheech & Chong
jokes and dub music? Director Dean Shull is a journeyman filmmaker
with previous screen credits on Air Force One, American Pie, Buffy the
Vampire Slayer, Good Will Hunting, and Parenthood.
California 90420
Dir: Dean Shull / 2012 / USA / 83 min / High Definition digital
Now making the rounds of regional film festivals, this freewheeling
and exciting new documentary chronicles the adventures of four
real-life counterparts to various members of the rogue’s gallery found
in Weeds, the hit Showtime series. They live for marijuana. They smoke
it, they grow it, they love it— and they are as informed about how to
produce great crops as they are about their legal rights and
vulnerabilities. Implicitly assessing the quality of their lives, the
picture also tackles a lot of issues that stem from California’s
burgeoning semi-legalized marijuana culture, which keeps insistently
bumping up from the underground. With the laws bending ever more in
the direction of tolerance, what does that mean for recreational use,
for medicinal use, and potentially for business and the economy? What
does it mean for marijuana culture? Will we ever escape Cheech & Chong
jokes and dub music? Director Dean Shull is a journeyman filmmaker
with previous screen credits on Air Force One, American Pie, Buffy the
Vampire Slayer, Good Will Hunting, and Parenthood.
Annual Membership Meeting & Membership Appreciation Party!
On Saturday, May 26 at 1:00pm
Come celebrate what OFS has accomplished in 2011! As a gift from OFS,
members in attendance will receive a beautiful hardcover book Bergman,
Fellini, Kurosawa: The Foreign Film in America written by James
Selvidge, one of the Capitol Theater’s early projectionists and
foreign film programmers! Reception to follow. Want to come but not a
member? Join at the box office or online today!
On Saturday, May 26 at 1:00pm
Come celebrate what OFS has accomplished in 2011! As a gift from OFS,
members in attendance will receive a beautiful hardcover book Bergman,
Fellini, Kurosawa: The Foreign Film in America written by James
Selvidge, one of the Capitol Theater’s early projectionists and
foreign film programmers! Reception to follow. Want to come but not a
member? Join at the box office or online today!
Damsels in Distress
Dir: Whit Stillman / 2012 / US / 99 min / 33mm film
Whit Stillman is back! The beloved writer/director of the ’90s
classics Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco has
returned after a 14-year hiatus with Damsels in Distress. Packed with
Stillman’s characteristic hyper-articulate young preppy WASP
eccentrics filled with obscure knowledge and a compulsive need to
analyze and improve the conditions in which they find themselves
situated, Damsels in Distress takes us to the curiously out-of-step
with modern times Seven Oaks University, a fictional Ivy League-type
East Coast college. Here, we meet Violet (indie icon Greta Gerwig), a
relentlessly energetic and determined improver who, along with her
friends Rose and Heather and newcomer Lily, attempts to rescue her
fellow classmates from the indignities of poor personal hygiene, to
cheer up clients at the campus suicide prevention center with
doughnuts and tap dance lessons, to uplift second-choice guys by
dating them, and to inspire the world through the invention of a new
dance craze. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “This is the world as
Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble
of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”
Dir: Whit Stillman / 2012 / US / 99 min / 33mm film
Whit Stillman is back! The beloved writer/director of the ’90s
classics Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco has
returned after a 14-year hiatus with Damsels in Distress. Packed with
Stillman’s characteristic hyper-articulate young preppy WASP
eccentrics filled with obscure knowledge and a compulsive need to
analyze and improve the conditions in which they find themselves
situated, Damsels in Distress takes us to the curiously out-of-step
with modern times Seven Oaks University, a fictional Ivy League-type
East Coast college. Here, we meet Violet (indie icon Greta Gerwig), a
relentlessly energetic and determined improver who, along with her
friends Rose and Heather and newcomer Lily, attempts to rescue her
fellow classmates from the indignities of poor personal hygiene, to
cheer up clients at the campus suicide prevention center with
doughnuts and tap dance lessons, to uplift second-choice guys by
dating them, and to inspire the world through the invention of a new
dance craze. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “This is the world as
Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble
of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”
We Have a Pope
Dir: Nanni Moretti / 2012 / Italy / in Italian with English subtitles / 104 min / 35mm film
We Have a Pope is an inventive comedy that explores the complexity of
religion through the journey of one reluctant man. Pope John Paul II
has just died, and the Vatican must find a replacement to carry out
the Pontiff’s sacred duties. After much searching, the church has
decided on Cardinal Melville to fill the role of the holiest man in
the Catholic faith. But on the eve of his introduction he disappears.
Fleeing into the streets of Rome, the reluctant future Pope mingles
with the people who soon will be his followers, while questioning his
faith and worthiness after this, the highest honor, has been thrust
upon him. The film’s concluding scene is as memorable as it is thought
provoking. We Have a Pope is a gentle, contemplative comedy that brims
with humanity and grace. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times calls We
Have a Pope an “emotionally generous and moving tragicomedy.”
Dir: Nanni Moretti / 2012 / Italy / in Italian with English subtitles / 104 min / 35mm film
We Have a Pope is an inventive comedy that explores the complexity of
religion through the journey of one reluctant man. Pope John Paul II
has just died, and the Vatican must find a replacement to carry out
the Pontiff’s sacred duties. After much searching, the church has
decided on Cardinal Melville to fill the role of the holiest man in
the Catholic faith. But on the eve of his introduction he disappears.
Fleeing into the streets of Rome, the reluctant future Pope mingles
with the people who soon will be his followers, while questioning his
faith and worthiness after this, the highest honor, has been thrust
upon him. The film’s concluding scene is as memorable as it is thought
provoking. We Have a Pope is a gentle, contemplative comedy that brims
with humanity and grace. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times calls We
Have a Pope an “emotionally generous and moving tragicomedy.”
One-time Screening
People v. The State of Illusion
Dir: Scott Cervine / 2012 / US / 80 min / High Definition digital
Can people really change? This documentary approaches the question
with something almost like a fable: a fictional story of a man whose
wife has died, who starts to make bad decisions, and who is ultimately
arrested, convicted of manslaughter, and torn away from his daughter.
Is he capable of doing the right thing? Experts interviewed in this
documentary include Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul,
neuroscientist Joe Dispenza, and life coach Debbie Ford. Lisa Minzey
of The Reel Critic.com, writes, “Following in the footsteps of films
such as What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? this film takes what was
introduced and expands it where the viewer can relate on an everyday
level. It gives a comprehensible meaning to emotional intelligence,
where so many others in films, books and speakers, have alluded to but
the meaning is still vague. In an age where so many people are hurting
and searching for the key to their happiness, this film puts the key
in the viewer’s hands and challenges them to see they can unlock their
own prison.”
People v. The State of Illusion
Dir: Scott Cervine / 2012 / US / 80 min / High Definition digital
Can people really change? This documentary approaches the question
with something almost like a fable: a fictional story of a man whose
wife has died, who starts to make bad decisions, and who is ultimately
arrested, convicted of manslaughter, and torn away from his daughter.
Is he capable of doing the right thing? Experts interviewed in this
documentary include Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul,
neuroscientist Joe Dispenza, and life coach Debbie Ford. Lisa Minzey
of The Reel Critic.com, writes, “Following in the footsteps of films
such as What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? this film takes what was
introduced and expands it where the viewer can relate on an everyday
level. It gives a comprehensible meaning to emotional intelligence,
where so many others in films, books and speakers, have alluded to but
the meaning is still vague. In an age where so many people are hurting
and searching for the key to their happiness, this film puts the key
in the viewer’s hands and challenges them to see they can unlock their
own prison.”
We Have a Pope
BEER & WINE IN MEZZANINE on Saturday, May 19
Dir: Nanni Moretti / 2012 / Italy / in Italian with English subtitles / 104 min / 35mm film
We Have a Pope is an inventive comedy that explores the complexity of
religion through the journey of one reluctant man. Pope John Paul II
has just died, and the Vatican must find a replacement to carry out
the Pontiff’s sacred duties. After much searching, the church has
decided on Cardinal Melville to fill the role of the holiest man in
the Catholic faith. But on the eve of his introduction he disappears.
Fleeing into the streets of Rome, the reluctant future Pope mingles
with the people who soon will be his followers, while questioning his
faith and worthiness after this, the highest honor, has been thrust
upon him. The film’s concluding scene is as memorable as it is thought
provoking. We Have a Pope is a gentle, contemplative comedy that brims
with humanity and grace. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times calls We
Have a Pope an “emotionally generous and moving tragicomedy.”
BEER & WINE IN MEZZANINE on Saturday, May 19
Dir: Nanni Moretti / 2012 / Italy / in Italian with English subtitles / 104 min / 35mm film
We Have a Pope is an inventive comedy that explores the complexity of
religion through the journey of one reluctant man. Pope John Paul II
has just died, and the Vatican must find a replacement to carry out
the Pontiff’s sacred duties. After much searching, the church has
decided on Cardinal Melville to fill the role of the holiest man in
the Catholic faith. But on the eve of his introduction he disappears.
Fleeing into the streets of Rome, the reluctant future Pope mingles
with the people who soon will be his followers, while questioning his
faith and worthiness after this, the highest honor, has been thrust
upon him. The film’s concluding scene is as memorable as it is thought
provoking. We Have a Pope is a gentle, contemplative comedy that brims
with humanity and grace. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times calls We
Have a Pope an “emotionally generous and moving tragicomedy.”
Damsels in Distress
BEER & WINE IN MEZZANINE on Saturday, May 19
Dir: Whit Stillman / 2012 / US / 99 min / 33mm film
Whit Stillman is back! The beloved writer/director of the ’90s
classics Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco has
returned after a 14-year hiatus with Damsels in Distress. Packed with
Stillman’s characteristic hyper-articulate young preppy WASP
eccentrics filled with obscure knowledge and a compulsive need to
analyze and improve the conditions in which they find themselves
situated, Damsels in Distress takes us to the curiously out-of-step
with modern times Seven Oaks University, a fictional Ivy League-type
East Coast college. Here, we meet Violet (indie icon Greta Gerwig), a
relentlessly energetic and determined improver who, along with her
friends Rose and Heather and newcomer Lily, attempts to rescue her
fellow classmates from the indignities of poor personal hygiene, to
cheer up clients at the campus suicide prevention center with
doughnuts and tap dance lessons, to uplift second-choice guys by
dating them, and to inspire the world through the invention of a new
dance craze. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “This is the world as
Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble
of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”
BEER & WINE IN MEZZANINE on Saturday, May 19
Dir: Whit Stillman / 2012 / US / 99 min / 33mm film
Whit Stillman is back! The beloved writer/director of the ’90s
classics Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco has
returned after a 14-year hiatus with Damsels in Distress. Packed with
Stillman’s characteristic hyper-articulate young preppy WASP
eccentrics filled with obscure knowledge and a compulsive need to
analyze and improve the conditions in which they find themselves
situated, Damsels in Distress takes us to the curiously out-of-step
with modern times Seven Oaks University, a fictional Ivy League-type
East Coast college. Here, we meet Violet (indie icon Greta Gerwig), a
relentlessly energetic and determined improver who, along with her
friends Rose and Heather and newcomer Lily, attempts to rescue her
fellow classmates from the indignities of poor personal hygiene, to
cheer up clients at the campus suicide prevention center with
doughnuts and tap dance lessons, to uplift second-choice guys by
dating them, and to inspire the world through the invention of a new
dance craze. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “This is the world as
Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble
of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”
Damsels in Distress
Dir: Whit Stillman / 2012 / US / 99 min / 33mm film
Whit Stillman is back! The beloved writer/director of the ’90s
classics Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco has
returned after a 14-year hiatus with Damsels in Distress. Packed with
Stillman’s characteristic hyper-articulate young preppy WASP
eccentrics filled with obscure knowledge and a compulsive need to
analyze and improve the conditions in which they find themselves
situated, Damsels in Distress takes us to the curiously out-of-step
with modern times Seven Oaks University, a fictional Ivy League-type
East Coast college. Here, we meet Violet (indie icon Greta Gerwig), a
relentlessly energetic and determined improver who, along with her
friends Rose and Heather and newcomer Lily, attempts to rescue her
fellow classmates from the indignities of poor personal hygiene, to
cheer up clients at the campus suicide prevention center with
doughnuts and tap dance lessons, to uplift second-choice guys by
dating them, and to inspire the world through the invention of a new
dance craze. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “This is the world as
Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble
of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”
Dir: Whit Stillman / 2012 / US / 99 min / 33mm film
Whit Stillman is back! The beloved writer/director of the ’90s
classics Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco has
returned after a 14-year hiatus with Damsels in Distress. Packed with
Stillman’s characteristic hyper-articulate young preppy WASP
eccentrics filled with obscure knowledge and a compulsive need to
analyze and improve the conditions in which they find themselves
situated, Damsels in Distress takes us to the curiously out-of-step
with modern times Seven Oaks University, a fictional Ivy League-type
East Coast college. Here, we meet Violet (indie icon Greta Gerwig), a
relentlessly energetic and determined improver who, along with her
friends Rose and Heather and newcomer Lily, attempts to rescue her
fellow classmates from the indignities of poor personal hygiene, to
cheer up clients at the campus suicide prevention center with
doughnuts and tap dance lessons, to uplift second-choice guys by
dating them, and to inspire the world through the invention of a new
dance craze. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “This is the world as
Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble
of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”
We Have a Pope
Dir: Nanni Moretti / 2012 / Italy / in Italian with English subtitles / 104 min / 35mm film
We Have a Pope is an inventive comedy that explores the complexity of
religion through the journey of one reluctant man. Pope John Paul II
has just died, and the Vatican must find a replacement to carry out
the Pontiff’s sacred duties. After much searching, the church has
decided on Cardinal Melville to fill the role of the holiest man in
the Catholic faith. But on the eve of his introduction he disappears.
Fleeing into the streets of Rome, the reluctant future Pope mingles
with the people who soon will be his followers, while questioning his
faith and worthiness after this, the highest honor, has been thrust
upon him. The film’s concluding scene is as memorable as it is thought
provoking. We Have a Pope is a gentle, contemplative comedy that brims
with humanity and grace. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times calls We
Have a Pope an “emotionally generous and moving tragicomedy.”
Dir: Nanni Moretti / 2012 / Italy / in Italian with English subtitles / 104 min / 35mm film
We Have a Pope is an inventive comedy that explores the complexity of
religion through the journey of one reluctant man. Pope John Paul II
has just died, and the Vatican must find a replacement to carry out
the Pontiff’s sacred duties. After much searching, the church has
decided on Cardinal Melville to fill the role of the holiest man in
the Catholic faith. But on the eve of his introduction he disappears.
Fleeing into the streets of Rome, the reluctant future Pope mingles
with the people who soon will be his followers, while questioning his
faith and worthiness after this, the highest honor, has been thrust
upon him. The film’s concluding scene is as memorable as it is thought
provoking. We Have a Pope is a gentle, contemplative comedy that brims
with humanity and grace. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times calls We
Have a Pope an “emotionally generous and moving tragicomedy.”
Damsels in Distress
Dir: Whit Stillman / 2012 / US / 99 min / 33mm film
Whit Stillman is back! The beloved writer/director of the ’90s
classics Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco has
returned after a 14-year hiatus with Damsels in Distress. Packed with
Stillman’s characteristic hyper-articulate young preppy WASP
eccentrics filled with obscure knowledge and a compulsive need to
analyze and improve the conditions in which they find themselves
situated, Damsels in Distress takes us to the curiously out-of-step
with modern times Seven Oaks University, a fictional Ivy League-type
East Coast college. Here, we meet Violet (indie icon Greta Gerwig), a
relentlessly energetic and determined improver who, along with her
friends Rose and Heather and newcomer Lily, attempts to rescue her
fellow classmates from the indignities of poor personal hygiene, to
cheer up clients at the campus suicide prevention center with
doughnuts and tap dance lessons, to uplift second-choice guys by
dating them, and to inspire the world through the invention of a new
dance craze. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “This is the world as
Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble
of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”
Dir: Whit Stillman / 2012 / US / 99 min / 33mm film
Whit Stillman is back! The beloved writer/director of the ’90s
classics Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco has
returned after a 14-year hiatus with Damsels in Distress. Packed with
Stillman’s characteristic hyper-articulate young preppy WASP
eccentrics filled with obscure knowledge and a compulsive need to
analyze and improve the conditions in which they find themselves
situated, Damsels in Distress takes us to the curiously out-of-step
with modern times Seven Oaks University, a fictional Ivy League-type
East Coast college. Here, we meet Violet (indie icon Greta Gerwig), a
relentlessly energetic and determined improver who, along with her
friends Rose and Heather and newcomer Lily, attempts to rescue her
fellow classmates from the indignities of poor personal hygiene, to
cheer up clients at the campus suicide prevention center with
doughnuts and tap dance lessons, to uplift second-choice guys by
dating them, and to inspire the world through the invention of a new
dance craze. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “This is the world as
Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble
of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”
Damsels in Distress
Dir: Whit Stillman / 2012 / US / 99 min / 33mm film
Whit Stillman is back! The beloved writer/director of the ’90s
classics Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco has
returned after a 14-year hiatus with Damsels in Distress. Packed with
Stillman’s characteristic hyper-articulate young preppy WASP
eccentrics filled with obscure knowledge and a compulsive need to
analyze and improve the conditions in which they find themselves
situated, Damsels in Distress takes us to the curiously out-of-step
with modern times Seven Oaks University, a fictional Ivy League-type
East Coast college. Here, we meet Violet (indie icon Greta Gerwig), a
relentlessly energetic and determined improver who, along with her
friends Rose and Heather and newcomer Lily, attempts to rescue her
fellow classmates from the indignities of poor personal hygiene, to
cheer up clients at the campus suicide prevention center with
doughnuts and tap dance lessons, to uplift second-choice guys by
dating them, and to inspire the world through the invention of a new
dance craze. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “This is the world as
Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble
of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”
Dir: Whit Stillman / 2012 / US / 99 min / 33mm film
Whit Stillman is back! The beloved writer/director of the ’90s
classics Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco has
returned after a 14-year hiatus with Damsels in Distress. Packed with
Stillman’s characteristic hyper-articulate young preppy WASP
eccentrics filled with obscure knowledge and a compulsive need to
analyze and improve the conditions in which they find themselves
situated, Damsels in Distress takes us to the curiously out-of-step
with modern times Seven Oaks University, a fictional Ivy League-type
East Coast college. Here, we meet Violet (indie icon Greta Gerwig), a
relentlessly energetic and determined improver who, along with her
friends Rose and Heather and newcomer Lily, attempts to rescue her
fellow classmates from the indignities of poor personal hygiene, to
cheer up clients at the campus suicide prevention center with
doughnuts and tap dance lessons, to uplift second-choice guys by
dating them, and to inspire the world through the invention of a new
dance craze. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “This is the world as
Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble
of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”
We Have a Pope
Dir: Nanni Moretti / 2012 / Italy / in Italian with English subtitles / 104 min / 35mm film
We Have a Pope is an inventive comedy that explores the complexity of
religion through the journey of one reluctant man. Pope John Paul II
has just died, and the Vatican must find a replacement to carry out
the Pontiff’s sacred duties. After much searching, the church has
decided on Cardinal Melville to fill the role of the holiest man in
the Catholic faith. But on the eve of his introduction he disappears.
Fleeing into the streets of Rome, the reluctant future Pope mingles
with the people who soon will be his followers, while questioning his
faith and worthiness after this, the highest honor, has been thrust
upon him. The film’s concluding scene is as memorable as it is thought
provoking. We Have a Pope is a gentle, contemplative comedy that brims
with humanity and grace. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times calls We
Have a Pope an “emotionally generous and moving tragicomedy.”
Dir: Nanni Moretti / 2012 / Italy / in Italian with English subtitles / 104 min / 35mm film
We Have a Pope is an inventive comedy that explores the complexity of
religion through the journey of one reluctant man. Pope John Paul II
has just died, and the Vatican must find a replacement to carry out
the Pontiff’s sacred duties. After much searching, the church has
decided on Cardinal Melville to fill the role of the holiest man in
the Catholic faith. But on the eve of his introduction he disappears.
Fleeing into the streets of Rome, the reluctant future Pope mingles
with the people who soon will be his followers, while questioning his
faith and worthiness after this, the highest honor, has been thrust
upon him. The film’s concluding scene is as memorable as it is thought
provoking. We Have a Pope is a gentle, contemplative comedy that brims
with humanity and grace. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times calls We
Have a Pope an “emotionally generous and moving tragicomedy.”
We Have a Pope
Dir: Nanni Moretti / 2012 / Italy / in Italian with English subtitles / 104 min / 35mm film
We Have a Pope is an inventive comedy that explores the complexity of
religion through the journey of one reluctant man. Pope John Paul II
has just died, and the Vatican must find a replacement to carry out
the Pontiff’s sacred duties. After much searching, the church has
decided on Cardinal Melville to fill the role of the holiest man in
the Catholic faith. But on the eve of his introduction he disappears.
Fleeing into the streets of Rome, the reluctant future Pope mingles
with the people who soon will be his followers, while questioning his
faith and worthiness after this, the highest honor, has been thrust
upon him. The film’s concluding scene is as memorable as it is thought
provoking. We Have a Pope is a gentle, contemplative comedy that brims
with humanity and grace. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times calls We
Have a Pope an “emotionally generous and moving tragicomedy.”
Dir: Nanni Moretti / 2012 / Italy / in Italian with English subtitles / 104 min / 35mm film
We Have a Pope is an inventive comedy that explores the complexity of
religion through the journey of one reluctant man. Pope John Paul II
has just died, and the Vatican must find a replacement to carry out
the Pontiff’s sacred duties. After much searching, the church has
decided on Cardinal Melville to fill the role of the holiest man in
the Catholic faith. But on the eve of his introduction he disappears.
Fleeing into the streets of Rome, the reluctant future Pope mingles
with the people who soon will be his followers, while questioning his
faith and worthiness after this, the highest honor, has been thrust
upon him. The film’s concluding scene is as memorable as it is thought
provoking. We Have a Pope is a gentle, contemplative comedy that brims
with humanity and grace. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times calls We
Have a Pope an “emotionally generous and moving tragicomedy.”
Damsels in Distress
Dir: Whit Stillman / 2012 / US / 99 min / 33mm film
Whit Stillman is back! The beloved writer/director of the ’90s
classics Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco has
returned after a 14-year hiatus with Damsels in Distress. Packed with
Stillman’s characteristic hyper-articulate young preppy WASP
eccentrics filled with obscure knowledge and a compulsive need to
analyze and improve the conditions in which they find themselves
situated, Damsels in Distress takes us to the curiously out-of-step
with modern times Seven Oaks University, a fictional Ivy League-type
East Coast college. Here, we meet Violet (indie icon Greta Gerwig), a
relentlessly energetic and determined improver who, along with her
friends Rose and Heather and newcomer Lily, attempts to rescue her
fellow classmates from the indignities of poor personal hygiene, to
cheer up clients at the campus suicide prevention center with
doughnuts and tap dance lessons, to uplift second-choice guys by
dating them, and to inspire the world through the invention of a new
dance craze. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “This is the world as
Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble
of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”
Dir: Whit Stillman / 2012 / US / 99 min / 33mm film
Whit Stillman is back! The beloved writer/director of the ’90s
classics Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco has
returned after a 14-year hiatus with Damsels in Distress. Packed with
Stillman’s characteristic hyper-articulate young preppy WASP
eccentrics filled with obscure knowledge and a compulsive need to
analyze and improve the conditions in which they find themselves
situated, Damsels in Distress takes us to the curiously out-of-step
with modern times Seven Oaks University, a fictional Ivy League-type
East Coast college. Here, we meet Violet (indie icon Greta Gerwig), a
relentlessly energetic and determined improver who, along with her
friends Rose and Heather and newcomer Lily, attempts to rescue her
fellow classmates from the indignities of poor personal hygiene, to
cheer up clients at the campus suicide prevention center with
doughnuts and tap dance lessons, to uplift second-choice guys by
dating them, and to inspire the world through the invention of a new
dance craze. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “This is the world as
Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble
of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”
Damsels in Distress
Dir: Whit Stillman / 2012 / US / 99 min / 33mm film
Whit Stillman is back! The beloved writer/director of the ’90s
classics Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco has
returned after a 14-year hiatus with Damsels in Distress. Packed with
Stillman’s characteristic hyper-articulate young preppy WASP
eccentrics filled with obscure knowledge and a compulsive need to
analyze and improve the conditions in which they find themselves
situated, Damsels in Distress takes us to the curiously out-of-step
with modern times Seven Oaks University, a fictional Ivy League-type
East Coast college. Here, we meet Violet (indie icon Greta Gerwig), a
relentlessly energetic and determined improver who, along with her
friends Rose and Heather and newcomer Lily, attempts to rescue her
fellow classmates from the indignities of poor personal hygiene, to
cheer up clients at the campus suicide prevention center with
doughnuts and tap dance lessons, to uplift second-choice guys by
dating them, and to inspire the world through the invention of a new
dance craze. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “This is the world as
Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble
of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”
Dir: Whit Stillman / 2012 / US / 99 min / 33mm film
Whit Stillman is back! The beloved writer/director of the ’90s
classics Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco has
returned after a 14-year hiatus with Damsels in Distress. Packed with
Stillman’s characteristic hyper-articulate young preppy WASP
eccentrics filled with obscure knowledge and a compulsive need to
analyze and improve the conditions in which they find themselves
situated, Damsels in Distress takes us to the curiously out-of-step
with modern times Seven Oaks University, a fictional Ivy League-type
East Coast college. Here, we meet Violet (indie icon Greta Gerwig), a
relentlessly energetic and determined improver who, along with her
friends Rose and Heather and newcomer Lily, attempts to rescue her
fellow classmates from the indignities of poor personal hygiene, to
cheer up clients at the campus suicide prevention center with
doughnuts and tap dance lessons, to uplift second-choice guys by
dating them, and to inspire the world through the invention of a new
dance craze. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “This is the world as
Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble
of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”
We Have a Pope
Dir: Nanni Moretti / 2012 / Italy / in Italian with English subtitles / 104 min / 35mm film
We Have a Pope is an inventive comedy that explores the complexity of
religion through the journey of one reluctant man. Pope John Paul II
has just died, and the Vatican must find a replacement to carry out
the Pontiff’s sacred duties. After much searching, the church has
decided on Cardinal Melville to fill the role of the holiest man in
the Catholic faith. But on the eve of his introduction he disappears.
Fleeing into the streets of Rome, the reluctant future Pope mingles
with the people who soon will be his followers, while questioning his
faith and worthiness after this, the highest honor, has been thrust
upon him. The film’s concluding scene is as memorable as it is thought
provoking. We Have a Pope is a gentle, contemplative comedy that brims
with humanity and grace. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times calls We
Have a Pope an “emotionally generous and moving tragicomedy.”
Dir: Nanni Moretti / 2012 / Italy / in Italian with English subtitles / 104 min / 35mm film
We Have a Pope is an inventive comedy that explores the complexity of
religion through the journey of one reluctant man. Pope John Paul II
has just died, and the Vatican must find a replacement to carry out
the Pontiff’s sacred duties. After much searching, the church has
decided on Cardinal Melville to fill the role of the holiest man in
the Catholic faith. But on the eve of his introduction he disappears.
Fleeing into the streets of Rome, the reluctant future Pope mingles
with the people who soon will be his followers, while questioning his
faith and worthiness after this, the highest honor, has been thrust
upon him. The film’s concluding scene is as memorable as it is thought
provoking. We Have a Pope is a gentle, contemplative comedy that brims
with humanity and grace. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times calls We
Have a Pope an “emotionally generous and moving tragicomedy.”
Damsels in Distress
Dir: Whit Stillman / 2012 / US / 99 min / 33mm film
Whit Stillman is back! The beloved writer/director of the ’90s
classics Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco has
returned after a 14-year hiatus with Damsels in Distress. Packed with
Stillman’s characteristic hyper-articulate young preppy WASP
eccentrics filled with obscure knowledge and a compulsive need to
analyze and improve the conditions in which they find themselves
situated, Damsels in Distress takes us to the curiously out-of-step
with modern times Seven Oaks University, a fictional Ivy League-type
East Coast college. Here, we meet Violet (indie icon Greta Gerwig), a
relentlessly energetic and determined improver who, along with her
friends Rose and Heather and newcomer Lily, attempts to rescue her
fellow classmates from the indignities of poor personal hygiene, to
cheer up clients at the campus suicide prevention center with
doughnuts and tap dance lessons, to uplift second-choice guys by
dating them, and to inspire the world through the invention of a new
dance craze. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “This is the world as
Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble
of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”
Dir: Whit Stillman / 2012 / US / 99 min / 33mm film
Whit Stillman is back! The beloved writer/director of the ’90s
classics Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco has
returned after a 14-year hiatus with Damsels in Distress. Packed with
Stillman’s characteristic hyper-articulate young preppy WASP
eccentrics filled with obscure knowledge and a compulsive need to
analyze and improve the conditions in which they find themselves
situated, Damsels in Distress takes us to the curiously out-of-step
with modern times Seven Oaks University, a fictional Ivy League-type
East Coast college. Here, we meet Violet (indie icon Greta Gerwig), a
relentlessly energetic and determined improver who, along with her
friends Rose and Heather and newcomer Lily, attempts to rescue her
fellow classmates from the indignities of poor personal hygiene, to
cheer up clients at the campus suicide prevention center with
doughnuts and tap dance lessons, to uplift second-choice guys by
dating them, and to inspire the world through the invention of a new
dance craze. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “This is the world as
Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble
of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”
We Have a Pope
Dir: Nanni Moretti / 2012 / Italy / in Italian with English subtitles / 104 min / 35mm film
We Have a Pope is an inventive comedy that explores the complexity of
religion through the journey of one reluctant man. Pope John Paul II
has just died, and the Vatican must find a replacement to carry out
the Pontiff’s sacred duties. After much searching, the church has
decided on Cardinal Melville to fill the role of the holiest man in
the Catholic faith. But on the eve of his introduction he disappears.
Fleeing into the streets of Rome, the reluctant future Pope mingles
with the people who soon will be his followers, while questioning his
faith and worthiness after this, the highest honor, has been thrust
upon him. The film’s concluding scene is as memorable as it is thought
provoking. We Have a Pope is a gentle, contemplative comedy that brims
with humanity and grace. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times calls We
Have a Pope an “emotionally generous and moving tragicomedy.”
Dir: Nanni Moretti / 2012 / Italy / in Italian with English subtitles / 104 min / 35mm film
We Have a Pope is an inventive comedy that explores the complexity of
religion through the journey of one reluctant man. Pope John Paul II
has just died, and the Vatican must find a replacement to carry out
the Pontiff’s sacred duties. After much searching, the church has
decided on Cardinal Melville to fill the role of the holiest man in
the Catholic faith. But on the eve of his introduction he disappears.
Fleeing into the streets of Rome, the reluctant future Pope mingles
with the people who soon will be his followers, while questioning his
faith and worthiness after this, the highest honor, has been thrust
upon him. The film’s concluding scene is as memorable as it is thought
provoking. We Have a Pope is a gentle, contemplative comedy that brims
with humanity and grace. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times calls We
Have a Pope an “emotionally generous and moving tragicomedy.”
Damsels in Distress
Dir: Whit Stillman / 2012 / US / 99 min / 33mm film
Whit Stillman is back! The beloved writer/director of the ’90s
classics Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco has
returned after a 14-year hiatus with Damsels in Distress. Packed with
Stillman’s characteristic hyper-articulate young preppy WASP
eccentrics filled with obscure knowledge and a compulsive need to
analyze and improve the conditions in which they find themselves
situated, Damsels in Distress takes us to the curiously out-of-step
with modern times Seven Oaks University, a fictional Ivy League-type
East Coast college. Here, we meet Violet (indie icon Greta Gerwig), a
relentlessly energetic and determined improver who, along with her
friends Rose and Heather and newcomer Lily, attempts to rescue her
fellow classmates from the indignities of poor personal hygiene, to
cheer up clients at the campus suicide prevention center with
doughnuts and tap dance lessons, to uplift second-choice guys by
dating them, and to inspire the world through the invention of a new
dance craze. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “This is the world as
Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble
of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”
Dir: Whit Stillman / 2012 / US / 99 min / 33mm film
Whit Stillman is back! The beloved writer/director of the ’90s
classics Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco has
returned after a 14-year hiatus with Damsels in Distress. Packed with
Stillman’s characteristic hyper-articulate young preppy WASP
eccentrics filled with obscure knowledge and a compulsive need to
analyze and improve the conditions in which they find themselves
situated, Damsels in Distress takes us to the curiously out-of-step
with modern times Seven Oaks University, a fictional Ivy League-type
East Coast college. Here, we meet Violet (indie icon Greta Gerwig), a
relentlessly energetic and determined improver who, along with her
friends Rose and Heather and newcomer Lily, attempts to rescue her
fellow classmates from the indignities of poor personal hygiene, to
cheer up clients at the campus suicide prevention center with
doughnuts and tap dance lessons, to uplift second-choice guys by
dating them, and to inspire the world through the invention of a new
dance craze. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “This is the world as
Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble
of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”
One Time Screening
Tattoo Art Film Double Feature & Tattoo Art Auction w/ BEER & WINE IN MEZZANINE
Stoney Knows How
Dir: Pacho Lane / 1981 / US / 29 min / High Definition digital
This fascinating short documentary about one of the great tattoo
artists is more than 30 years old, but it’s never too late to meet
Stoney St. Clair. “Disabled by arthritis since the age of four,
confined to a wheelchair, his growth stunted, Stoney St. Clair joined
the circus at 15 as a sword-swallower. A year later, he took up
tattooing, and traveled with circuses and carnivals for 50 years. . .
[W]e see the determination which led Stoney to use his crippled
hands in an art where mistakes are permanent.” IMDb.com
and
Ed Hardy: Tattoo the World
Dir: Emiko Omori / 2010 / US / 74 min / High Definition digital
Ed Hardy is arguably the most famous tattoo artist in the world today,
presiding over a merchandising empire with a mind-boggling $700
billion in worldwide sales (that’s the amount of the 2008 bailouts,
folks). This documentary provides an excellent introduction to the
man, the legend, and the artist. “Hardy, far from being a
one-dimensional uncultured cretin that he’s been depicted as, is an
assiduous student of art history who traveled the world and
incorporated various artistic styles and techniques into tattooing,”
writes Victor Valdivia at DVDVerdict.com.
Tattoo Art Film Double Feature & Tattoo Art Auction w/ BEER & WINE IN MEZZANINE
Stoney Knows How
Dir: Pacho Lane / 1981 / US / 29 min / High Definition digital
This fascinating short documentary about one of the great tattoo
artists is more than 30 years old, but it’s never too late to meet
Stoney St. Clair. “Disabled by arthritis since the age of four,
confined to a wheelchair, his growth stunted, Stoney St. Clair joined
the circus at 15 as a sword-swallower. A year later, he took up
tattooing, and traveled with circuses and carnivals for 50 years. . .
[W]e see the determination which led Stoney to use his crippled
hands in an art where mistakes are permanent.” IMDb.com
and
Ed Hardy: Tattoo the World
Dir: Emiko Omori / 2010 / US / 74 min / High Definition digital
Ed Hardy is arguably the most famous tattoo artist in the world today,
presiding over a merchandising empire with a mind-boggling $700
billion in worldwide sales (that’s the amount of the 2008 bailouts,
folks). This documentary provides an excellent introduction to the
man, the legend, and the artist. “Hardy, far from being a
one-dimensional uncultured cretin that he’s been depicted as, is an
assiduous student of art history who traveled the world and
incorporated various artistic styles and techniques into tattooing,”
writes Victor Valdivia at DVDVerdict.com.
Monsieur Lazhar
Dir: Philippe Falardeau/ 2011 / Canada / French with English subtitles / 93 minutes / 33mm film
Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film, the Canadian drama
Monsieur Lazhar tells the story of a classroom of students who are
forced to confront death after a tragic incident. After two students
find their 6th grade teacher dead in their classroom, the school
authorities’ by-the-book attempts at soothing the shaken pupils fall
drastically short. In an act of desperation the perplexed principal
agrees to hire an Algerian refugee with shaky references, as a
temporary substitute. Bachir Lazhar is not a teacher by trade, but he
feels an inherent connection to these kids who are trying to cope with
an indelible, emotional trauma. Through unconventional lessons, and an
instinctual bond, this affecting substitute helps the children face
the realities of living after such a shocking blow better than any
“professional grief counselor” can. Poignant as well as inspirational,
Monsieur Lazhar is a moving testament to how the sharing of experience
can help heal the human heart.
Dir: Philippe Falardeau/ 2011 / Canada / French with English subtitles / 93 minutes / 33mm film
Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film, the Canadian drama
Monsieur Lazhar tells the story of a classroom of students who are
forced to confront death after a tragic incident. After two students
find their 6th grade teacher dead in their classroom, the school
authorities’ by-the-book attempts at soothing the shaken pupils fall
drastically short. In an act of desperation the perplexed principal
agrees to hire an Algerian refugee with shaky references, as a
temporary substitute. Bachir Lazhar is not a teacher by trade, but he
feels an inherent connection to these kids who are trying to cope with
an indelible, emotional trauma. Through unconventional lessons, and an
instinctual bond, this affecting substitute helps the children face
the realities of living after such a shocking blow better than any
“professional grief counselor” can. Poignant as well as inspirational,
Monsieur Lazhar is a moving testament to how the sharing of experience
can help heal the human heart.
Island President
Dir: Jon Shenk / 2012 / US / 101 min / High Definition Digital
While the rise in sea levels predicted by current models of impending
climate change may seem a distant, albeit still serious, problem, for
the people of the Maldives, an island group off the coast of India and
the lowest-lying country on Earth, it is a dire emergency – if the
oceans rise, their homeland literally vanishes under water. The Island
President is a compelling portrait of the early presidency of Maldivan
Mohamed Nasheed, an activist elected in 2008 following the end of a
30-year dictatorship, and his impassioned quest to get world leaders
to take climate change seriously and act before his country is lost
forever. A dynamic and innovative subject, Nasheed even attempts to
hold a cabinet meeting underwater to illustrate what’s at stake. At
the 2009 Copenhagen climate conference, the film captures the
point-of-view of the Maldivan delegation, as the most powerful
countries’ relative lack of action contrasts with Nasheed’s tireless
personal advocacy to save his nation. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times says, “The hope that infuses this movie makes it all the more
upsetting to walk out of the theater and contemplate a looming
disaster that the world’s leaders seem unable to prevent.”
Dir: Jon Shenk / 2012 / US / 101 min / High Definition Digital
While the rise in sea levels predicted by current models of impending
climate change may seem a distant, albeit still serious, problem, for
the people of the Maldives, an island group off the coast of India and
the lowest-lying country on Earth, it is a dire emergency – if the
oceans rise, their homeland literally vanishes under water. The Island
President is a compelling portrait of the early presidency of Maldivan
Mohamed Nasheed, an activist elected in 2008 following the end of a
30-year dictatorship, and his impassioned quest to get world leaders
to take climate change seriously and act before his country is lost
forever. A dynamic and innovative subject, Nasheed even attempts to
hold a cabinet meeting underwater to illustrate what’s at stake. At
the 2009 Copenhagen climate conference, the film captures the
point-of-view of the Maldivan delegation, as the most powerful
countries’ relative lack of action contrasts with Nasheed’s tireless
personal advocacy to save his nation. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times says, “The hope that infuses this movie makes it all the more
upsetting to walk out of the theater and contemplate a looming
disaster that the world’s leaders seem unable to prevent.”
Monsieur Lazhar
Dir: Philippe Falardeau/ 2011 / Canada / French with English subtitles / 93 minutes / 33mm film
Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film, the Canadian drama
Monsieur Lazhar tells the story of a classroom of students who are
forced to confront death after a tragic incident. After two students
find their 6th grade teacher dead in their classroom, the school
authorities’ by-the-book attempts at soothing the shaken pupils fall
drastically short. In an act of desperation the perplexed principal
agrees to hire an Algerian refugee with shaky references, as a
temporary substitute. Bachir Lazhar is not a teacher by trade, but he
feels an inherent connection to these kids who are trying to cope with
an indelible, emotional trauma. Through unconventional lessons, and an
instinctual bond, this affecting substitute helps the children face
the realities of living after such a shocking blow better than any
“professional grief counselor” can. Poignant as well as inspirational,
Monsieur Lazhar is a moving testament to how the sharing of experience
can help heal the human heart.
Dir: Philippe Falardeau/ 2011 / Canada / French with English subtitles / 93 minutes / 33mm film
Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film, the Canadian drama
Monsieur Lazhar tells the story of a classroom of students who are
forced to confront death after a tragic incident. After two students
find their 6th grade teacher dead in their classroom, the school
authorities’ by-the-book attempts at soothing the shaken pupils fall
drastically short. In an act of desperation the perplexed principal
agrees to hire an Algerian refugee with shaky references, as a
temporary substitute. Bachir Lazhar is not a teacher by trade, but he
feels an inherent connection to these kids who are trying to cope with
an indelible, emotional trauma. Through unconventional lessons, and an
instinctual bond, this affecting substitute helps the children face
the realities of living after such a shocking blow better than any
“professional grief counselor” can. Poignant as well as inspirational,
Monsieur Lazhar is a moving testament to how the sharing of experience
can help heal the human heart.
Island President
Dir: Jon Shenk / 2012 / US / 101 min / High Definition Digital
While the rise in sea levels predicted by current models of impending
climate change may seem a distant, albeit still serious, problem, for
the people of the Maldives, an island group off the coast of India and
the lowest-lying country on Earth, it is a dire emergency – if the
oceans rise, their homeland literally vanishes under water. The Island
President is a compelling portrait of the early presidency of Maldivan
Mohamed Nasheed, an activist elected in 2008 following the end of a
30-year dictatorship, and his impassioned quest to get world leaders
to take climate change seriously and act before his country is lost
forever. A dynamic and innovative subject, Nasheed even attempts to
hold a cabinet meeting underwater to illustrate what’s at stake. At
the 2009 Copenhagen climate conference, the film captures the
point-of-view of the Maldivan delegation, as the most powerful
countries’ relative lack of action contrasts with Nasheed’s tireless
personal advocacy to save his nation. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times says, “The hope that infuses this movie makes it all the more
upsetting to walk out of the theater and contemplate a looming
disaster that the world’s leaders seem unable to prevent.”
Dir: Jon Shenk / 2012 / US / 101 min / High Definition Digital
While the rise in sea levels predicted by current models of impending
climate change may seem a distant, albeit still serious, problem, for
the people of the Maldives, an island group off the coast of India and
the lowest-lying country on Earth, it is a dire emergency – if the
oceans rise, their homeland literally vanishes under water. The Island
President is a compelling portrait of the early presidency of Maldivan
Mohamed Nasheed, an activist elected in 2008 following the end of a
30-year dictatorship, and his impassioned quest to get world leaders
to take climate change seriously and act before his country is lost
forever. A dynamic and innovative subject, Nasheed even attempts to
hold a cabinet meeting underwater to illustrate what’s at stake. At
the 2009 Copenhagen climate conference, the film captures the
point-of-view of the Maldivan delegation, as the most powerful
countries’ relative lack of action contrasts with Nasheed’s tireless
personal advocacy to save his nation. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times says, “The hope that infuses this movie makes it all the more
upsetting to walk out of the theater and contemplate a looming
disaster that the world’s leaders seem unable to prevent.”
Monsieur Lazhar
Dir: Philippe Falardeau/ 2011 / Canada / French with English subtitles / 93 minutes / 33mm film
Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film, the Canadian drama
Monsieur Lazhar tells the story of a classroom of students who are
forced to confront death after a tragic incident. After two students
find their 6th grade teacher dead in their classroom, the school
authorities’ by-the-book attempts at soothing the shaken pupils fall
drastically short. In an act of desperation the perplexed principal
agrees to hire an Algerian refugee with shaky references, as a
temporary substitute. Bachir Lazhar is not a teacher by trade, but he
feels an inherent connection to these kids who are trying to cope with
an indelible, emotional trauma. Through unconventional lessons, and an
instinctual bond, this affecting substitute helps the children face
the realities of living after such a shocking blow better than any
“professional grief counselor” can. Poignant as well as inspirational,
Monsieur Lazhar is a moving testament to how the sharing of experience
can help heal the human heart.
Dir: Philippe Falardeau/ 2011 / Canada / French with English subtitles / 93 minutes / 33mm film
Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film, the Canadian drama
Monsieur Lazhar tells the story of a classroom of students who are
forced to confront death after a tragic incident. After two students
find their 6th grade teacher dead in their classroom, the school
authorities’ by-the-book attempts at soothing the shaken pupils fall
drastically short. In an act of desperation the perplexed principal
agrees to hire an Algerian refugee with shaky references, as a
temporary substitute. Bachir Lazhar is not a teacher by trade, but he
feels an inherent connection to these kids who are trying to cope with
an indelible, emotional trauma. Through unconventional lessons, and an
instinctual bond, this affecting substitute helps the children face
the realities of living after such a shocking blow better than any
“professional grief counselor” can. Poignant as well as inspirational,
Monsieur Lazhar is a moving testament to how the sharing of experience
can help heal the human heart.
Island President
Dir: Jon Shenk / 2012 / US / 101 min / High Definition Digital
While the rise in sea levels predicted by current models of impending
climate change may seem a distant, albeit still serious, problem, for
the people of the Maldives, an island group off the coast of India and
the lowest-lying country on Earth, it is a dire emergency – if the
oceans rise, their homeland literally vanishes under water. The Island
President is a compelling portrait of the early presidency of Maldivan
Mohamed Nasheed, an activist elected in 2008 following the end of a
30-year dictatorship, and his impassioned quest to get world leaders
to take climate change seriously and act before his country is lost
forever. A dynamic and innovative subject, Nasheed even attempts to
hold a cabinet meeting underwater to illustrate what’s at stake. At
the 2009 Copenhagen climate conference, the film captures the
point-of-view of the Maldivan delegation, as the most powerful
countries’ relative lack of action contrasts with Nasheed’s tireless
personal advocacy to save his nation. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times says, “The hope that infuses this movie makes it all the more
upsetting to walk out of the theater and contemplate a looming
disaster that the world’s leaders seem unable to prevent.”
Dir: Jon Shenk / 2012 / US / 101 min / High Definition Digital
While the rise in sea levels predicted by current models of impending
climate change may seem a distant, albeit still serious, problem, for
the people of the Maldives, an island group off the coast of India and
the lowest-lying country on Earth, it is a dire emergency – if the
oceans rise, their homeland literally vanishes under water. The Island
President is a compelling portrait of the early presidency of Maldivan
Mohamed Nasheed, an activist elected in 2008 following the end of a
30-year dictatorship, and his impassioned quest to get world leaders
to take climate change seriously and act before his country is lost
forever. A dynamic and innovative subject, Nasheed even attempts to
hold a cabinet meeting underwater to illustrate what’s at stake. At
the 2009 Copenhagen climate conference, the film captures the
point-of-view of the Maldivan delegation, as the most powerful
countries’ relative lack of action contrasts with Nasheed’s tireless
personal advocacy to save his nation. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times says, “The hope that infuses this movie makes it all the more
upsetting to walk out of the theater and contemplate a looming
disaster that the world’s leaders seem unable to prevent.”
Monsieur Lazhar
Dir: Philippe Falardeau/ 2011 / Canada / French with English subtitles / 93 minutes / 33mm film
Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film, the Canadian drama
Monsieur Lazhar tells the story of a classroom of students who are
forced to confront death after a tragic incident. After two students
find their 6th grade teacher dead in their classroom, the school
authorities’ by-the-book attempts at soothing the shaken pupils fall
drastically short. In an act of desperation the perplexed principal
agrees to hire an Algerian refugee with shaky references, as a
temporary substitute. Bachir Lazhar is not a teacher by trade, but he
feels an inherent connection to these kids who are trying to cope with
an indelible, emotional trauma. Through unconventional lessons, and an
instinctual bond, this affecting substitute helps the children face
the realities of living after such a shocking blow better than any
“professional grief counselor” can. Poignant as well as inspirational,
Monsieur Lazhar is a moving testament to how the sharing of experience
can help heal the human heart.
Dir: Philippe Falardeau/ 2011 / Canada / French with English subtitles / 93 minutes / 33mm film
Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film, the Canadian drama
Monsieur Lazhar tells the story of a classroom of students who are
forced to confront death after a tragic incident. After two students
find their 6th grade teacher dead in their classroom, the school
authorities’ by-the-book attempts at soothing the shaken pupils fall
drastically short. In an act of desperation the perplexed principal
agrees to hire an Algerian refugee with shaky references, as a
temporary substitute. Bachir Lazhar is not a teacher by trade, but he
feels an inherent connection to these kids who are trying to cope with
an indelible, emotional trauma. Through unconventional lessons, and an
instinctual bond, this affecting substitute helps the children face
the realities of living after such a shocking blow better than any
“professional grief counselor” can. Poignant as well as inspirational,
Monsieur Lazhar is a moving testament to how the sharing of experience
can help heal the human heart.
Island President
Dir: Jon Shenk / 2012 / US / 101 min / High Definition Digital
While the rise in sea levels predicted by current models of impending
climate change may seem a distant, albeit still serious, problem, for
the people of the Maldives, an island group off the coast of India and
the lowest-lying country on Earth, it is a dire emergency – if the
oceans rise, their homeland literally vanishes under water. The Island
President is a compelling portrait of the early presidency of Maldivan
Mohamed Nasheed, an activist elected in 2008 following the end of a
30-year dictatorship, and his impassioned quest to get world leaders
to take climate change seriously and act before his country is lost
forever. A dynamic and innovative subject, Nasheed even attempts to
hold a cabinet meeting underwater to illustrate what’s at stake. At
the 2009 Copenhagen climate conference, the film captures the
point-of-view of the Maldivan delegation, as the most powerful
countries’ relative lack of action contrasts with Nasheed’s tireless
personal advocacy to save his nation. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times says, “The hope that infuses this movie makes it all the more
upsetting to walk out of the theater and contemplate a looming
disaster that the world’s leaders seem unable to prevent.”
Dir: Jon Shenk / 2012 / US / 101 min / High Definition Digital
While the rise in sea levels predicted by current models of impending
climate change may seem a distant, albeit still serious, problem, for
the people of the Maldives, an island group off the coast of India and
the lowest-lying country on Earth, it is a dire emergency – if the
oceans rise, their homeland literally vanishes under water. The Island
President is a compelling portrait of the early presidency of Maldivan
Mohamed Nasheed, an activist elected in 2008 following the end of a
30-year dictatorship, and his impassioned quest to get world leaders
to take climate change seriously and act before his country is lost
forever. A dynamic and innovative subject, Nasheed even attempts to
hold a cabinet meeting underwater to illustrate what’s at stake. At
the 2009 Copenhagen climate conference, the film captures the
point-of-view of the Maldivan delegation, as the most powerful
countries’ relative lack of action contrasts with Nasheed’s tireless
personal advocacy to save his nation. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times says, “The hope that infuses this movie makes it all the more
upsetting to walk out of the theater and contemplate a looming
disaster that the world’s leaders seem unable to prevent.”
Island President
Dir: Jon Shenk / 2012 / US / 101 min / High Definition Digital
While the rise in sea levels predicted by current models of impending
climate change may seem a distant, albeit still serious, problem, for
the people of the Maldives, an island group off the coast of India and
the lowest-lying country on Earth, it is a dire emergency – if the
oceans rise, their homeland literally vanishes under water. The Island
President is a compelling portrait of the early presidency of Maldivan
Mohamed Nasheed, an activist elected in 2008 following the end of a
30-year dictatorship, and his impassioned quest to get world leaders
to take climate change seriously and act before his country is lost
forever. A dynamic and innovative subject, Nasheed even attempts to
hold a cabinet meeting underwater to illustrate what’s at stake. At
the 2009 Copenhagen climate conference, the film captures the
point-of-view of the Maldivan delegation, as the most powerful
countries’ relative lack of action contrasts with Nasheed’s tireless
personal advocacy to save his nation. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times says, “The hope that infuses this movie makes it all the more
upsetting to walk out of the theater and contemplate a looming
disaster that the world’s leaders seem unable to prevent.”
Dir: Jon Shenk / 2012 / US / 101 min / High Definition Digital
While the rise in sea levels predicted by current models of impending
climate change may seem a distant, albeit still serious, problem, for
the people of the Maldives, an island group off the coast of India and
the lowest-lying country on Earth, it is a dire emergency – if the
oceans rise, their homeland literally vanishes under water. The Island
President is a compelling portrait of the early presidency of Maldivan
Mohamed Nasheed, an activist elected in 2008 following the end of a
30-year dictatorship, and his impassioned quest to get world leaders
to take climate change seriously and act before his country is lost
forever. A dynamic and innovative subject, Nasheed even attempts to
hold a cabinet meeting underwater to illustrate what’s at stake. At
the 2009 Copenhagen climate conference, the film captures the
point-of-view of the Maldivan delegation, as the most powerful
countries’ relative lack of action contrasts with Nasheed’s tireless
personal advocacy to save his nation. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times says, “The hope that infuses this movie makes it all the more
upsetting to walk out of the theater and contemplate a looming
disaster that the world’s leaders seem unable to prevent.”
Monsieur Lazhar
Dir: Philippe Falardeau/ 2011 / Canada / French with English subtitles / 93 minutes / 33mm film
Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film, the Canadian drama
Monsieur Lazhar tells the story of a classroom of students who are
forced to confront death after a tragic incident. After two students
find their 6th grade teacher dead in their classroom, the school
authorities’ by-the-book attempts at soothing the shaken pupils fall
drastically short. In an act of desperation the perplexed principal
agrees to hire an Algerian refugee with shaky references, as a
temporary substitute. Bachir Lazhar is not a teacher by trade, but he
feels an inherent connection to these kids who are trying to cope with
an indelible, emotional trauma. Through unconventional lessons, and an
instinctual bond, this affecting substitute helps the children face
the realities of living after such a shocking blow better than any
“professional grief counselor” can. Poignant as well as inspirational,
Monsieur Lazhar is a moving testament to how the sharing of experience
can help heal the human heart.
Dir: Philippe Falardeau/ 2011 / Canada / French with English subtitles / 93 minutes / 33mm film
Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film, the Canadian drama
Monsieur Lazhar tells the story of a classroom of students who are
forced to confront death after a tragic incident. After two students
find their 6th grade teacher dead in their classroom, the school
authorities’ by-the-book attempts at soothing the shaken pupils fall
drastically short. In an act of desperation the perplexed principal
agrees to hire an Algerian refugee with shaky references, as a
temporary substitute. Bachir Lazhar is not a teacher by trade, but he
feels an inherent connection to these kids who are trying to cope with
an indelible, emotional trauma. Through unconventional lessons, and an
instinctual bond, this affecting substitute helps the children face
the realities of living after such a shocking blow better than any
“professional grief counselor” can. Poignant as well as inspirational,
Monsieur Lazhar is a moving testament to how the sharing of experience
can help heal the human heart.
Monsieur Lazhar
Dir: Philippe Falardeau/ 2011 / Canada / French with English subtitles / 93 minutes / 33mm film
Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film, the Canadian drama
Monsieur Lazhar tells the story of a classroom of students who are
forced to confront death after a tragic incident. After two students
find their 6th grade teacher dead in their classroom, the school
authorities’ by-the-book attempts at soothing the shaken pupils fall
drastically short. In an act of desperation the perplexed principal
agrees to hire an Algerian refugee with shaky references, as a
temporary substitute. Bachir Lazhar is not a teacher by trade, but he
feels an inherent connection to these kids who are trying to cope with
an indelible, emotional trauma. Through unconventional lessons, and an
instinctual bond, this affecting substitute helps the children face
the realities of living after such a shocking blow better than any
“professional grief counselor” can. Poignant as well as inspirational,
Monsieur Lazhar is a moving testament to how the sharing of experience
can help heal the human heart.
Dir: Philippe Falardeau/ 2011 / Canada / French with English subtitles / 93 minutes / 33mm film
Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film, the Canadian drama
Monsieur Lazhar tells the story of a classroom of students who are
forced to confront death after a tragic incident. After two students
find their 6th grade teacher dead in their classroom, the school
authorities’ by-the-book attempts at soothing the shaken pupils fall
drastically short. In an act of desperation the perplexed principal
agrees to hire an Algerian refugee with shaky references, as a
temporary substitute. Bachir Lazhar is not a teacher by trade, but he
feels an inherent connection to these kids who are trying to cope with
an indelible, emotional trauma. Through unconventional lessons, and an
instinctual bond, this affecting substitute helps the children face
the realities of living after such a shocking blow better than any
“professional grief counselor” can. Poignant as well as inspirational,
Monsieur Lazhar is a moving testament to how the sharing of experience
can help heal the human heart.
Island President
Dir: Jon Shenk / 2012 / US / 101 min / High Definition Digital
While the rise in sea levels predicted by current models of impending
climate change may seem a distant, albeit still serious, problem, for
the people of the Maldives, an island group off the coast of India and
the lowest-lying country on Earth, it is a dire emergency – if the
oceans rise, their homeland literally vanishes under water. The Island
President is a compelling portrait of the early presidency of Maldivan
Mohamed Nasheed, an activist elected in 2008 following the end of a
30-year dictatorship, and his impassioned quest to get world leaders
to take climate change seriously and act before his country is lost
forever. A dynamic and innovative subject, Nasheed even attempts to
hold a cabinet meeting underwater to illustrate what’s at stake. At
the 2009 Copenhagen climate conference, the film captures the
point-of-view of the Maldivan delegation, as the most powerful
countries’ relative lack of action contrasts with Nasheed’s tireless
personal advocacy to save his nation. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times says, “The hope that infuses this movie makes it all the more
upsetting to walk out of the theater and contemplate a looming
disaster that the world’s leaders seem unable to prevent.”
Dir: Jon Shenk / 2012 / US / 101 min / High Definition Digital
While the rise in sea levels predicted by current models of impending
climate change may seem a distant, albeit still serious, problem, for
the people of the Maldives, an island group off the coast of India and
the lowest-lying country on Earth, it is a dire emergency – if the
oceans rise, their homeland literally vanishes under water. The Island
President is a compelling portrait of the early presidency of Maldivan
Mohamed Nasheed, an activist elected in 2008 following the end of a
30-year dictatorship, and his impassioned quest to get world leaders
to take climate change seriously and act before his country is lost
forever. A dynamic and innovative subject, Nasheed even attempts to
hold a cabinet meeting underwater to illustrate what’s at stake. At
the 2009 Copenhagen climate conference, the film captures the
point-of-view of the Maldivan delegation, as the most powerful
countries’ relative lack of action contrasts with Nasheed’s tireless
personal advocacy to save his nation. A.O. Scott of The New York
Times says, “The hope that infuses this movie makes it all the more
upsetting to walk out of the theater and contemplate a looming
disaster that the world’s leaders seem unable to prevent.”
Monsieur Lazhar
Dir: Philippe Falardeau/ 2011 / Canada / French with English subtitles / 93 minutes / 33mm film
Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film, the Canadian drama
Monsieur Lazhar tells the story of a classroom of students who are
forced to confront death after a tragic incident. After two students
find their 6th grade teacher dead in their classroom, the school
authorities’ by-the-book attempts at soothing the shaken pupils fall
drastically short. In an act of desperation the perplexed principal
agrees to hire an Algerian refugee with shaky references, as a
temporary substitute. Bachir Lazhar is not a teacher by trade, but he
feels an inherent connection to these kids who are trying to cope with
an indelible, emotional trauma. Through unconventional lessons, and an
instinctual bond, this affecting substitute helps the children face
the realities of living after such a shocking blow better than any
“professional grief counselor” can. Poignant as well as inspirational,
Monsieur Lazhar is a moving testament to how the sharing of experience
can help heal the human heart.
Dir: Philippe Falardeau/ 2011 / Canada / French with English subtitles / 93 minutes / 33mm film
Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film, the Canadian drama
Monsieur Lazhar tells the story of a classroom of students who are
forced to confront death after a tragic incident. After two students
find their 6th grade teacher dead in their classroom, the school
authorities’ by-the-book attempts at soothing the shaken pupils fall
drastically short. In an act of desperation the perplexed principal
agrees to hire an Algerian refugee with shaky references, as a
temporary substitute. Bachir Lazhar is not a teacher by trade, but he
feels an inherent connection to these kids who are trying to cope with
an indelible, emotional trauma. Through unconventional lessons, and an
instinctual bond, this affecting substitute helps the children face
the realities of living after such a shocking blow better than any
“professional grief counselor” can. Poignant as well as inspirational,
Monsieur Lazhar is a moving testament to how the sharing of experience
can help heal the human heart.
Sponsored by:
-SAGE Olympia
-TESC
-Capital City Pride
Cal Anderson Memorial
Lecture w/ Wendy Jo Carlton - w/ Two Films - FREE EVENT
Hannah Free
Dir: Wendy Jo Carlton / 2009 / US / 86 min / High Definition digital
Hannah Free makes the case quietly and persuasively for the advantages
of legal marriage over “domestic,” “civil,” or any other kind of
union, neatly detailing the nightmare scenario that haunts many
domestic partners. Played with flinty assurance and chemistry by
Sharon Gless (Cagney & Lacey) and Kelli Strickland, Hannah Free has
been a free-spirited rebel all her life who still rails reflexively
against authority even as she is entering her golden years. Her
lifelong partner, Rachel, has lapsed into a coma after suffering a
stroke and must now live in a nursing home. It is suddenly enormously
difficult for Hannah to even see Rachel, let alone participate in her
care. The results are agonizing and emotional. “Hannah Free is what
used to be called a problem play,” writes Stephen Holden of The New
York Times. “The issues it addresses include the condescending
treatment of the elderly and Christian proselytizing to the bedridden,
the generational divide in attitudes toward homosexuality, the
attempts of strait-laced family members to freeze out a same-sex
partner at the end of life, and the final decisions for patients on
life support.”
AND
Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together
Dir: Wendy Jo Carlton / 2011 / US / 95 min / High Definition digital
Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together is an irresistible romantic comedy
about friendship and love, and what happens when the two intersect.
Jamie and Jessie have known each other for years and are best friends.
But they’re not together. A fact they both emphasize again and again
to everyone who asks. Just because two people have great chemistry
doesn’t mean they’re in a relationship or anything. But Jessie is
harboring a secret. She does have a crush on her best friend. She may
even be secretly in love with her. When Jamie breaks the news that
she’s moving to New York to pursue a career on Broadway, Jessie is
faced with confronting the truth about her feelings or losing her best
friend forever. Featuring whimsical musical numbers and a smart
sensibility, Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together is like a cool indie
musical that wears its heart on its sleeve. Roger Ebert of The Chicago
Sun Times calls Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together “a sweet and
appealing musical comedy.”
-SAGE Olympia
-TESC
-Capital City Pride
Cal Anderson Memorial
Lecture w/ Wendy Jo Carlton - w/ Two Films - FREE EVENT
Hannah Free
Dir: Wendy Jo Carlton / 2009 / US / 86 min / High Definition digital
Hannah Free makes the case quietly and persuasively for the advantages
of legal marriage over “domestic,” “civil,” or any other kind of
union, neatly detailing the nightmare scenario that haunts many
domestic partners. Played with flinty assurance and chemistry by
Sharon Gless (Cagney & Lacey) and Kelli Strickland, Hannah Free has
been a free-spirited rebel all her life who still rails reflexively
against authority even as she is entering her golden years. Her
lifelong partner, Rachel, has lapsed into a coma after suffering a
stroke and must now live in a nursing home. It is suddenly enormously
difficult for Hannah to even see Rachel, let alone participate in her
care. The results are agonizing and emotional. “Hannah Free is what
used to be called a problem play,” writes Stephen Holden of The New
York Times. “The issues it addresses include the condescending
treatment of the elderly and Christian proselytizing to the bedridden,
the generational divide in attitudes toward homosexuality, the
attempts of strait-laced family members to freeze out a same-sex
partner at the end of life, and the final decisions for patients on
life support.”
AND
Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together
Dir: Wendy Jo Carlton / 2011 / US / 95 min / High Definition digital
Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together is an irresistible romantic comedy
about friendship and love, and what happens when the two intersect.
Jamie and Jessie have known each other for years and are best friends.
But they’re not together. A fact they both emphasize again and again
to everyone who asks. Just because two people have great chemistry
doesn’t mean they’re in a relationship or anything. But Jessie is
harboring a secret. She does have a crush on her best friend. She may
even be secretly in love with her. When Jamie breaks the news that
she’s moving to New York to pursue a career on Broadway, Jessie is
faced with confronting the truth about her feelings or losing her best
friend forever. Featuring whimsical musical numbers and a smart
sensibility, Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together is like a cool indie
musical that wears its heart on its sleeve. Roger Ebert of The Chicago
Sun Times calls Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together “a sweet and
appealing musical comedy.”
The Kid With a Bike
Dir: Tonje Hessen Schei / 2010 / Denmark/Norway/US / in French with English subtitles / 88 min / High Definition Digital
The Dardenne brothers (The Son, The Child) continue their exploration
into the tender frailties of violated lives with this story of a
flinty little-boy-lost, the woman who fosters him on weekends, and the
father who cruelly abandoned him. Winner of honors at last year’s
Cannes Film Festival and numerous other film festivals and nominated
for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, The Kid with a Bike
is a compressed and lean tale that moves swiftly and is virtually
impossible to forget. Cyril (played with a good deal of poise, another
Dardennes trademark, by Thomas Doret) is about 11 and lives in a state
boys’ home, where his father dropped him and promised to come right
back. Now all Cyril wants is his bike back—and his father. Samantha
(played by Cecile de France) may be the most complex character here.
She operates a local beauty salon and agrees to take Cyril in on
weekends. But he appears damaged already and the relationship is
instantly fraught with tensions. Roger Ebert writes that “the
Dardennes love these characters and do not blame them. They attend to
their pain. They find goodness and share happiness.”
Dir: Tonje Hessen Schei / 2010 / Denmark/Norway/US / in French with English subtitles / 88 min / High Definition Digital
The Dardenne brothers (The Son, The Child) continue their exploration
into the tender frailties of violated lives with this story of a
flinty little-boy-lost, the woman who fosters him on weekends, and the
father who cruelly abandoned him. Winner of honors at last year’s
Cannes Film Festival and numerous other film festivals and nominated
for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, The Kid with a Bike
is a compressed and lean tale that moves swiftly and is virtually
impossible to forget. Cyril (played with a good deal of poise, another
Dardennes trademark, by Thomas Doret) is about 11 and lives in a state
boys’ home, where his father dropped him and promised to come right
back. Now all Cyril wants is his bike back—and his father. Samantha
(played by Cecile de France) may be the most complex character here.
She operates a local beauty salon and agrees to take Cyril in on
weekends. But he appears damaged already and the relationship is
instantly fraught with tensions. Roger Ebert writes that “the
Dardennes love these characters and do not blame them. They attend to
their pain. They find goodness and share happiness.”
Bully
Dir: Lee Hirsch / 2012 / US / 98 min / 35mm film
Anyone who doubts bullying is an epidemic in schools needs to watch
Bully, an eye-opening documentary that explores this alarming trend
through those who know it firsthand—the victims themselves. This
important film examines the lives of several kids who endure
persistent taunting from their peers on a daily basis. Through
thoughtful profiles and revealing footage, Bully paints an intimate
portrait of the experience of being targeted and punished by clueless
classmates for the crime of being vulnerable or different. Meanwhile,
distraught parents cope with the trauma their children are facing, as
lackluster school authorities are shown writing off the brutal
treatment as a childhood “rite of passage.” Shining a glaring
spotlight on an incessant problem, Bully is an illuminating document
that puts power into the hands of powerless. Owen Gleiberman of
Entertainment Weekly calls Bully “[s]ensitive and compassionate.”
Dir: Lee Hirsch / 2012 / US / 98 min / 35mm film
Anyone who doubts bullying is an epidemic in schools needs to watch
Bully, an eye-opening documentary that explores this alarming trend
through those who know it firsthand—the victims themselves. This
important film examines the lives of several kids who endure
persistent taunting from their peers on a daily basis. Through
thoughtful profiles and revealing footage, Bully paints an intimate
portrait of the experience of being targeted and punished by clueless
classmates for the crime of being vulnerable or different. Meanwhile,
distraught parents cope with the trauma their children are facing, as
lackluster school authorities are shown writing off the brutal
treatment as a childhood “rite of passage.” Shining a glaring
spotlight on an incessant problem, Bully is an illuminating document
that puts power into the hands of powerless. Owen Gleiberman of
Entertainment Weekly calls Bully “[s]ensitive and compassionate.”
The Kid With a Bike
Dir: Tonje Hessen Schei / 2010 / Denmark/Norway/US / in French with English subtitles / 88 min / High Definition Digital
The Dardenne brothers (The Son, The Child) continue their exploration
into the tender frailties of violated lives with this story of a
flinty little-boy-lost, the woman who fosters him on weekends, and the
father who cruelly abandoned him. Winner of honors at last year’s
Cannes Film Festival and numerous other film festivals and nominated
for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, The Kid with a Bike
is a compressed and lean tale that moves swiftly and is virtually
impossible to forget. Cyril (played with a good deal of poise, another
Dardennes trademark, by Thomas Doret) is about 11 and lives in a state
boys’ home, where his father dropped him and promised to come right
back. Now all Cyril wants is his bike back—and his father. Samantha
(played by Cecile de France) may be the most complex character here.
She operates a local beauty salon and agrees to take Cyril in on
weekends. But he appears damaged already and the relationship is
instantly fraught with tensions. Roger Ebert writes that “the
Dardennes love these characters and do not blame them. They attend to
their pain. They find goodness and share happiness.”
Dir: Tonje Hessen Schei / 2010 / Denmark/Norway/US / in French with English subtitles / 88 min / High Definition Digital
The Dardenne brothers (The Son, The Child) continue their exploration
into the tender frailties of violated lives with this story of a
flinty little-boy-lost, the woman who fosters him on weekends, and the
father who cruelly abandoned him. Winner of honors at last year’s
Cannes Film Festival and numerous other film festivals and nominated
for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, The Kid with a Bike
is a compressed and lean tale that moves swiftly and is virtually
impossible to forget. Cyril (played with a good deal of poise, another
Dardennes trademark, by Thomas Doret) is about 11 and lives in a state
boys’ home, where his father dropped him and promised to come right
back. Now all Cyril wants is his bike back—and his father. Samantha
(played by Cecile de France) may be the most complex character here.
She operates a local beauty salon and agrees to take Cyril in on
weekends. But he appears damaged already and the relationship is
instantly fraught with tensions. Roger Ebert writes that “the
Dardennes love these characters and do not blame them. They attend to
their pain. They find goodness and share happiness.”
Bully
Dir: Lee Hirsch / 2012 / US / 98 min / 35mm film
Anyone who doubts bullying is an epidemic in schools needs to watch
Bully, an eye-opening documentary that explores this alarming trend
through those who know it firsthand—the victims themselves. This
important film examines the lives of several kids who endure
persistent taunting from their peers on a daily basis. Through
thoughtful profiles and revealing footage, Bully paints an intimate
portrait of the experience of being targeted and punished by clueless
classmates for the crime of being vulnerable or different. Meanwhile,
distraught parents cope with the trauma their children are facing, as
lackluster school authorities are shown writing off the brutal
treatment as a childhood “rite of passage.” Shining a glaring
spotlight on an incessant problem, Bully is an illuminating document
that puts power into the hands of powerless. Owen Gleiberman of
Entertainment Weekly calls Bully “[s]ensitive and compassionate.”
Dir: Lee Hirsch / 2012 / US / 98 min / 35mm film
Anyone who doubts bullying is an epidemic in schools needs to watch
Bully, an eye-opening documentary that explores this alarming trend
through those who know it firsthand—the victims themselves. This
important film examines the lives of several kids who endure
persistent taunting from their peers on a daily basis. Through
thoughtful profiles and revealing footage, Bully paints an intimate
portrait of the experience of being targeted and punished by clueless
classmates for the crime of being vulnerable or different. Meanwhile,
distraught parents cope with the trauma their children are facing, as
lackluster school authorities are shown writing off the brutal
treatment as a childhood “rite of passage.” Shining a glaring
spotlight on an incessant problem, Bully is an illuminating document
that puts power into the hands of powerless. Owen Gleiberman of
Entertainment Weekly calls Bully “[s]ensitive and compassionate.”
The Kid With a Bike
Dir: Tonje Hessen Schei / 2010 / Denmark/Norway/US / in French with English subtitles / 88 min / High Definition Digital
The Dardenne brothers (The Son, The Child) continue their exploration
into the tender frailties of violated lives with this story of a
flinty little-boy-lost, the woman who fosters him on weekends, and the
father who cruelly abandoned him. Winner of honors at last year’s
Cannes Film Festival and numerous other film festivals and nominated
for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, The Kid with a Bike
is a compressed and lean tale that moves swiftly and is virtually
impossible to forget. Cyril (played with a good deal of poise, another
Dardennes trademark, by Thomas Doret) is about 11 and lives in a state
boys’ home, where his father dropped him and promised to come right
back. Now all Cyril wants is his bike back—and his father. Samantha
(played by Cecile de France) may be the most complex character here.
She operates a local beauty salon and agrees to take Cyril in on
weekends. But he appears damaged already and the relationship is
instantly fraught with tensions. Roger Ebert writes that “the
Dardennes love these characters and do not blame them. They attend to
their pain. They find goodness and share happiness.”
Dir: Tonje Hessen Schei / 2010 / Denmark/Norway/US / in French with English subtitles / 88 min / High Definition Digital
The Dardenne brothers (The Son, The Child) continue their exploration
into the tender frailties of violated lives with this story of a
flinty little-boy-lost, the woman who fosters him on weekends, and the
father who cruelly abandoned him. Winner of honors at last year’s
Cannes Film Festival and numerous other film festivals and nominated
for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, The Kid with a Bike
is a compressed and lean tale that moves swiftly and is virtually
impossible to forget. Cyril (played with a good deal of poise, another
Dardennes trademark, by Thomas Doret) is about 11 and lives in a state
boys’ home, where his father dropped him and promised to come right
back. Now all Cyril wants is his bike back—and his father. Samantha
(played by Cecile de France) may be the most complex character here.
She operates a local beauty salon and agrees to take Cyril in on
weekends. But he appears damaged already and the relationship is
instantly fraught with tensions. Roger Ebert writes that “the
Dardennes love these characters and do not blame them. They attend to
their pain. They find goodness and share happiness.”
Saturday, May 5
Oly Music Awards 2012
Hosted by China Star and Morgan Picton
7:30pm doors/8:00pm show
$3.00 General Admission Advance tickets available at Rainy Day Records, Brownpapertickets.com and at the box office night of show.
Mezzanine Bar Service for 21+over
The first-ever Oly Music Awards is coming! Featuring performances by Ethan Tucker Band, Radio8Ball, Fabulous Downey Brothers, Blackberry Bushes, and Horsebodies. Sponsored by: the Olympia Film Society, the Volcano Vapor Cafe, the Weekly Volcano, Olympia Power and Light, Le Voyeur, Old School Pizzeria, Al Forno-Ferruzza Pizzeria, Insanity Shack, KAOS, K Records, Rainy Day Records, Last Word Books, Olympia Independent Music Festival, and the Oly Music Show. Special guest appearances by: Andy Geersten, Gretchen Cristopher, Johnny Lewis, and many more! For more information: www.olymusicawards.com
Oly Music Awards 2012
Hosted by China Star and Morgan Picton
7:30pm doors/8:00pm show
$3.00 General Admission Advance tickets available at Rainy Day Records, Brownpapertickets.com and at the box office night of show.
Mezzanine Bar Service for 21+over
The first-ever Oly Music Awards is coming! Featuring performances by Ethan Tucker Band, Radio8Ball, Fabulous Downey Brothers, Blackberry Bushes, and Horsebodies. Sponsored by: the Olympia Film Society, the Volcano Vapor Cafe, the Weekly Volcano, Olympia Power and Light, Le Voyeur, Old School Pizzeria, Al Forno-Ferruzza Pizzeria, Insanity Shack, KAOS, K Records, Rainy Day Records, Last Word Books, Olympia Independent Music Festival, and the Oly Music Show. Special guest appearances by: Andy Geersten, Gretchen Cristopher, Johnny Lewis, and many more! For more information: www.olymusicawards.com
Friday, May 11- Backstage Show!
Remex and Heretic along with DJ Justincase bring you The Tasteful Rap Music Showcase
6:30pm doors/7:00pm show
$8.00 Day of/ $5.00 advance tickets at Rainy Day Records, brownpapertickets.com, or at the door night of show.
Remex and Heretic along with DJ Justincase bring you The Tasteful Rap Music Showcase to illustrate the Olympia hip-hop scene and give these artists a chance to get paid to perform. On the lineup, we have QP, Kyle Miller, Northwest Royalty (Basic Knowledge & Krucial Barz), Blunt Music (Jay Rush & Jacob Price), DL Murray and more with guest headliner Leezy Soprano. Hailing from Tacoma, Leezy has been making a name for himself in the Northwest music scene with his debut album "Sopranofficial".
Remex and Heretic along with DJ Justincase bring you The Tasteful Rap Music Showcase
6:30pm doors/7:00pm show
$8.00 Day of/ $5.00 advance tickets at Rainy Day Records, brownpapertickets.com, or at the door night of show.
Remex and Heretic along with DJ Justincase bring you The Tasteful Rap Music Showcase to illustrate the Olympia hip-hop scene and give these artists a chance to get paid to perform. On the lineup, we have QP, Kyle Miller, Northwest Royalty (Basic Knowledge & Krucial Barz), Blunt Music (Jay Rush & Jacob Price), DL Murray and more with guest headliner Leezy Soprano. Hailing from Tacoma, Leezy has been making a name for himself in the Northwest music scene with his debut album "Sopranofficial".
Saturday, June 2 - Olympia Comic Foundation Presents…
Olympia Comics Festival 2012
Guests of Honor include: Jason (Meanwhile, Bookhunter) Shiga, Shannon (Too Much Coffee Man) Wheeler, and Mike (Madman, iZombie) Allred.
10:30am doors/11:00am show
$6.00 General Admission tickets for stage show are available at Danger Room or at the box office day of show. (Olympia Center Expo – Admission is FREE!)
The Olympia Comics Festival will take place on Saturday, June 2nd. The annual stage show at the Capital Theater will run from 11 AM to 1 PM, doors open at 10:30 AM. The stage show will be a mostly goofy (but sometimes poignant or dramatic!), celebration of comics and "graphic novels". The stage show will include skits! contests! The Dumbest Comics Ever Made! perilous chasms! and literary pretensions!
After the stage show, the Festival will resume at The Olympia Center with a Cartoonists Expo and panels running from 1:30 PM to 6:30 PM. Signings with the Guests of Honor will take place at Danger Room Comics. Please visit www.olympiacomicsfestival.org or write olympiacomicsfestival@gmail.com for more information.
Olympia Comics Festival 2012
Guests of Honor include: Jason (Meanwhile, Bookhunter) Shiga, Shannon (Too Much Coffee Man) Wheeler, and Mike (Madman, iZombie) Allred.
10:30am doors/11:00am show
$6.00 General Admission tickets for stage show are available at Danger Room or at the box office day of show. (Olympia Center Expo – Admission is FREE!)
The Olympia Comics Festival will take place on Saturday, June 2nd. The annual stage show at the Capital Theater will run from 11 AM to 1 PM, doors open at 10:30 AM. The stage show will be a mostly goofy (but sometimes poignant or dramatic!), celebration of comics and "graphic novels". The stage show will include skits! contests! The Dumbest Comics Ever Made! perilous chasms! and literary pretensions!
After the stage show, the Festival will resume at The Olympia Center with a Cartoonists Expo and panels running from 1:30 PM to 6:30 PM. Signings with the Guests of Honor will take place at Danger Room Comics. Please visit www.olympiacomicsfestival.org or write olympiacomicsfestival@gmail.com for more information.
Meet the OFS Board Candidates!
Thursday, May 17 at 6 pm- 8pm.
Want to know more about the candidates running for the Board of
Directors? Come on down and meet them in person! Learn more about the
Board and the election process at the MIXX Radio Meeting Room (119
Washington St. NE, corner of Washington and State) .