Arts & Entertainment
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November 1 - 5, 2009 Dead Snow 2009, Norway, directed by Tom Wirkolai, 91 min, Rated R, 35mm print, in Norwegian w/ English subtitles. Dead Snow received rave reviews from audiences at Sundance, promising that this Norwegian horror/comedy will be a favorite for genre fans. In Dead Snow, a group of friends have all they need for a successful Easter vacation – a cabin, skis, a snowmobile, a toboggan, copious amounts of beer, and a fertile mix of the sexes. Certainly, none of them have anticipated not returning home alive! However, the Nazi-zombie battalion haunting the mountains surrounding the aptly named Oksfjord (Axefjord) have other plans. © IFC Films Friday through Thursday at 7 & 9 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. |
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November 6 - 12, 2009 World’s Greatest Dad 2009, USA, directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, 99 minutes, Rated R, 35mm print. Lance Clayton (Robin Williams) is a man who has learned to settle. He dreamed of being a rich and famous writer, but has only managed to make it as a high school poetry teacher. His only son, Kyle, is an insufferable jackass who won’t give his father the time of day. He is dating Claire, the school’s adorable art teacher, but she doesn’t want to get serious – or even acknowledge publicly that they are dating. Then, in the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of all the fame, fortune, and popularity he ever dreamed of, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there. © Yahoo! Inc. Friday through Thursday at 7 & 9 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. |
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November 13 - 19, 2009 Pais 2009, France, directed by Cédric Klapisch, 130 minutes, Not Rated, 35mm print, in French with English subtitles. Pierre (Romain Duris), a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant that may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment. When Elise (Juliette Binoche), his sister with three kids and no husband, moves in to his place to care for him, Pierre does not change his new habits. And instead of dancing himself, it is Paris and the Parisians who dance before his eyes. © www.imdb.com Friday through Thursday at 7 & 9:30 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. |
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November 20 - 25, 2009 District 9 2009, USA, directed by Neill Blomkamp, 112 minutes, Rated PG-13, 35mm print. Thirty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa’s District 9 as the world’s nations argued over what to do with them. Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU), a private company uninterested in the aliens’ welfare. They will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens’ awesome weaponry work. So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry requires alien DNA. © Sony Pictures Friday through Thursday at 7 & 9:15 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. |
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November 28 - December 3, 2009 Pierrot Le Fou 1965, France, directed by Jean-Luc Godard, Rated PG, 100 Minutes, 35mm print. French auteur Jean-Luc Godard continues his fascination with the crime genre with Pierrot Le Fou. After escaping his stale, bourgeois marriage, Ferdinand Griffon (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a man on the run, encounters a captivating woman, Marianne (Godard’s then-wife, Anna Karina). Striking up an immediate connection, the two begin a freewheeling affair that leads them to the Mediterranean Sea. There’s one slight problem, though. Marianne is being pursued by a group of bloodthirsty mobsters who have chased her out of Algeria. Making matters worse for Ferdinand is the unfortunate fact that she turns out to be as much of a headache as his wife was, constantly referring to him as “Pierrot,” much to his disdain. © www.rottentomatoes.com Friday through Thursday at 7 & 9 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. |
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December 3 - 5, 2009 Starship Troopers 1997, USA, directed by Paul Verhoeven, 129 minutes, Rated R, 35mm print. Upon graduating school, Johnny Rico volunteers for the Mobile Infantry to do his federal service. Far from having patriotic motives, Johnny has joined the infantry to win the heart of his girlfriend, Carmen Ibanez, who has signed up for the Fleet Academy to become a starship pilot. Johnny accepts the challenge of boot camp and displays remarkable abilities that eventually earn him the position of squad leader. When a tragic training accident occurs on his watch, Johnny realizes he joined up for the wrong reasons. He is about to resign when Earth is attacked by alien Bugs. Horrified by the death of his family and friends, Johnny is on board when the Mobile Infantry travels to distant planets to take the war to the Bugs. © Yahoo! Inc. Thurs., Fri., and Sat., December 3, 4, and 5 at Midnight only! |
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December 4 - 10, 2009 A Christmas Tale 2008, France, directed by Arnaud Desplechin, Not Rated, 150 minutes, 35mm print, in French with English subtitles. One of the standout hits of the Cannes, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals, A Christmas Tale is Arnaud Desplechin’s dazzling, big-hearted, and brilliantly black comedy. In the role that garnered her the Special Prize at Cannes, Catherine Deneuve is Junon, the family matriarch, who greets the news of her life-threatening illness with calm equanimity. Desplechin regular Mathieu Amalric gives one of the best performances of the year as the black sheep of the family who returns home after being banished for six years with his bemused Jewish girlfriend (Emmanuel Devos) in tow. Crowded under the same roof again, solidarity quickly – and hilariously – devolves into feuding, drunkenness, and bed-hopping, as everyone struggles to make sense of the mysteries of family, life, and what lies ahead. Desplechin’s masterful narrative has the breadth of a sprawling novel and the nimble wordplay of a classic comedy, while packing the full sensory wallop of pure cinema. © IFC Films Friday through Thursday at 7 p.m. only; Saturday & Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. |
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December 11 - 17, 2009 Cold Souls 2009, USA, directed by Sophie Barthes, Rated R, 101 minutes, 35mm print. Paul Giamatti stars as himself, agonizing over his interpretation of “Uncle Vanya.” Paralyzed by anxiety, he stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company promising to alleviate suffering by extracting souls. Giamatti enlists their service only to discover that his soul is the shape and size of a chickpea. His intention is to reinstate it once he survives the performance but complications ensue when a mysterious, soul-trafficking “mule” borrows Giamatti’s stored soul for an ambitious, but unfortunately talentless, Russian soap-opera actress. © Yahoo! Inc. Friday through Thursday at 7 & 9 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. |
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January 8 - 14, 2010 Bronson 2009, UK, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, Rated R, 92 minutes, 35mm print. In 1974, a hot-headed 19-year-old named Michael Peterson (Tom Hardy in an Oscar-worthy performance) decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawed-off shotgun and a head full of dreams, he attempted to rob a post office. After making off with only $26.18, he was swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to seven years in jail. Peterson has subsequently been behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement. During that time, Michael Petersen, the boy, faded away and “Charles Bronson,” his superstar alter ego, took center stage. © Yahoo! Inc. Friday through Thursday at 7 & 9 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. |