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The Sunshine Cinema welcomes caregivers and their babies on
Wednesdays at 1:00pm for our special Rattle & Reel screenings. Adults pay normal admission prices but
all babies are FREE! Tickets available at the box office only on the day
of show. Screening March 17 at 1:00pm: The Exploding Girl. March 24 at 1:00pm: TBA. |
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| Writer/director Quentin Tarantino's seventh feature film begins in German-occupied France, where Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz). Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris, where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as "The Basterds," Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own... Official Web Site |
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| In Terry Gilliam's (Brazil) visually spectacular fantasy adventure, Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) has the extraordinary gift of inspiring the imaginations of others. Helped by his traveling theatre troupe, Parnassus offers audience members the chance to transcend mundane reality by passing through a magical mirror into a fantastic universe of limitless imagination. However, Parnassus' magic comes at a price. For centuries he's been gambling with the devil, Mr. Nick (Tom Waits), who is coming to collect his prize—Parnassus' precious daughter, Valentina (Lily Cole), on her upcoming 16th birthday. Oblivious to her rapidly approaching fate, Valentina falls for Tony (Heath Ledger), a charming outsider with motives of his own. In order to save his daughter and redeem himself, Parnassus makes one final bet with Mr. Nick, which sends Tony (played during his several visits to the world beyond the mirror by Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law) on a ride of twists and turns, in and out of London and the Imaginarium's eye-popping landscape. Official Web Site |
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The eagerly awaited 17th feature by one of the world's leading directors,
Pedro Almodóvar (Volver, Talk to Her), is a lavish melodrama
tinged with humor, showcasing the spectacular talents of Penélope Cruz.
The story is told in flashback by Harry Caine (Lluís Homar, Bad
Education), a blind screenwriter, who reveals that before an auto accident
took his sight and the life of his love, he was the famous director Mateo
Blanc. He had fallen in love with his leading lady, Lena (Cruz), who had made
a startling metamorphosis from secretary and bereaved daughter to sought-after
movie star when the ruthless industrialist Ernesto Martel (José Luis
Gómez) became her lover and patron. The film Mateo is making with Lena
(for which the jealous Martel insists on being producer) is a kinky comedy
called Girls and Suitcases, reminiscent of Women on the Verge of
a Nervous Breakdown. As Mateo and Lena try to get away together for a
romantic tryst, Martel's gay son is constantly following and videotaping them
for a "making of" feature—which Martel uses for surveillance
(even getting a lip reader to decode the lovers' conversations). Official
Web Site A.O. Scott's New York Times review... |
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This thrilling, intense mountain climbing cliffhanger tells of an attempt to climb the unconquered sheer north face of the Eiger (known as “the Murder Wall”), the hardest challenge of the Alps. It’s 1936, and Nazi propaganda trumpets the need for a mountaineering triumph prior to the Berlin Olympics. Ace Bavarian climbers Toni (Benno Fürmann) and Andi (Florian Lukas) are reluctantly drawn to the challenge, despite their lack of enthusiasm for the publicity. Their childhood friend Luise (Johanna Wokalek, The Baader Meinhof Complex), a rookie photographer who hopes their climb might make her name, is dispatched to cover the story with her Hitler-loving boss. With breathtaking irony, the life and death struggle of the climbers takes place within easy view of a luxury hotel, where tourists watch the drama while sipping champagne. Once the climbers are on the mountain, everything possible goes wrong and the weather worsens, escalating the tension to a nerve-wracking climax. Spectacularly filmed on location, North Face is one of the most exciting mountain movies ever made. Official Web Site Stephen Holden's New York Times review... |
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Must End Thursday, March 11!
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Creation is the powerful and true-life tale of Charles Darwin and
the most explosive idea in history. A world-renowned scientist, and a dedicated
family man struggling to accept his daughter’s death, Darwin (Paul Bettany)
is torn between his love for his deeply religious wife (Jennifer Connelly)
and his own growing belief in a world where God has no place. He finds himself
caught in a battle between faith and reason, love and truth. This is the extraordinary
story of Charles Darwin and how his masterwork The Origin of Species
came to light. It tells of a global revolution played out in the confines
of a small English village; a passionate marriage torn apart by the most provocative
idea in history—evolution; and a theory saved from extinction by the
logic of a child. John Collee wrote the screen adaptation, based on the book
Annie's Box by Randal Keynes, the great, great-grandson of Charles
Darwin. Described by director Jon Amiel as part ghost story, part psychological
thriller, part heart-wrenching love story, the film promises a Charles Darwin
as you've never seen him before. Official
Web Site Ernest Hardy's Village Voice review... |
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Must End Thursday, March 11!
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Viggo Mortensen leads a stellar cast (including Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall
and Guy Pearce) in the epic, post-apocalyptic tale of the survival of a father
(Moretensen) and his young son (newcomer Kodi Smit-McPhee) as they journey
across a barren America that was destroyed by a mysterious cataclysm. A masterpiece
of adventure, The Road is adapted from author Cormac McCarthy's (No
Country for Old Men) beloved, best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning
novel, which boldly imagines a future in which men are pushed to the worst
and the best that they are capable of—a future in which father and son
are sustained by love. Directed by John Hillcoat (The Proposition). Official
Web Site Director John Hillcoat on the power of Cormac McCarthy's poetic prose Joe Neumaier's N.Y. Daily News review... |
Starts Friday, March 12
Director Bradley Rust Gray and Actor and Mark Rendall In Person Fri, Mar 12 at 7:00 & 9:20pm, with Actress Zoe Kazan at 9:20pm!
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| In her first leading role, Zoe Kazan (Revolutionary Road) plays Ivy, a twenty-year-old college student home for Spring Break. She’s excited about a developing romance back at school and life is seemingly perfect. When her longtime friend Al (Mark Rendall) finds himself without a place to stay during the break, Ivy and her mother (Maryann Urbano) take him in. Over time Al and Ivy’s friendship strengthens while her college boyfriend grows more and more distant. Increasingly distressed about her conflicting feelings, Ivy struggles to keep control, not wanting to overwhelm her emotions and trigger her epilepsy. Restrained and meditative, The Exploding Girl is the exquisite portrait of a young girl coming of age and finding a deeper kind of love in New York City. Winner of the Best Actress Award (Zoe Kazan) at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. Written and directed by Bradley Rust Gray. Official Web Site |
The Village Voice & WNYU's The New Afternoon Show
Present Friday & Saturday Midnight Movies!
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All "Sunshine at Midnight" Movies Only $9.99! Mar 12 & 13: Bill Pullman and Patricia Arquette in David Lynch's Lost Highway Mar 19 & 20: Rob Reiner directs Stephen King's timeless story Stand By Me |
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| Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvis) and the tattooed, ruthless computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is based on the trilogy of books by Stieg Larsson and has sold over 7 million copies worldwide. Directed by Niels Arden Oplev (Worlds Apart). Official Web Site |
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| Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia), who previously filmed Neil Young for Heart of Gold, once again captures Young’s musical and spiritual soul—this time during two shows at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania during the Chrome Dreams II tour. Young surrounds himself with his favorite instruments, played at whim, and a stage set filled with personal icons: a small-scale model of a guitar shop, a red phone and other items. The feeling on the stage is of a favorite place where Young is able to create his music exactly as he wants, supported by long-time touring band friends Ben Keith, Ralph Molina, Rick Rosas, Pegi Young and Anthony "Sweet Pea" Crawford, plus an onstage painter portrayed by Eric Johnson. There are delicately offered acoustic numbers like "Sad Movies" and "Mexico"; mesmerizing electric travelogues into the artist's psyche ("No Hidden Path"); searing, chaotic anthems including "Like a Hurricane" and "Cinnamon Girl"; and rarely performed pieces like "Kansas" and "Ambulance Blues" that provide glimpses of Young's less public persona. Official Web Site |
Starts Friday, March 19
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| Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning star in this music-fueled story of The Runaways, the ground-breaking, all-girl, teenage rock band of the 1970s. The film follows two friends, Joan Jett (Stewart) and Cherie Currie (Fanning), as they rise from rebellious Southern California kids to rock stars of the now legendary group that paved the way for future generations of girl bands. Joan and Cherie fall under the Svengali-like influence of rock impresario Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon) who turns the group into an outrageous success and a family of misfits. With its tough-chick image and raw talent, the band quickly earns a name for itself — and so do its two leads: Joan is the band’s pure rock 'n' roll heart, while Cherie, with her Bowie-Bardot looks, is the sex kitten. Written and directed by Floria Sigismondi, the film chronicles Joan and Cherie's tumultuous relationship on and off stage, as the band starts to break out. Official Web Site |
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