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Now Playing at the Harvard Exit Theatre
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Condemned to six years in prison, 19-year-old Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim), part Arab, part Corsican, cannot read or write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison, he is given a number of "missions" to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader's confidence in the process. But Malik is brave and a fast learner, daring to secretly develop his own plans. Directed and co-written by Jacques Audiard (The Beat That My Heart Skipped, Read My Lips). Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. Official Web Site Director Jacques Audiard on the common language of film |
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Now Playing at the Varsity Theatre
Filmmaker Rick Goldsmith In Person Fri, 3/12 at 7:00 & 9:30pm! Patricia Ellsberg In Person Fri & Sat, 3/12 & 13 at 7:00 & 9:30pm!
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| Co-winner of the Freedom of Expression Award from the National Board of Review, Winner of the Special Jury Award at IDFA, and an Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature, The Most Dangerous Man in America tells the story of Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist, who in 1971 concluded that the war is based on decades of lies, and leaks 7,000 pages of top secret documents to The New York Times—a daring act of conscience that leads directly to Watergate, President Nixon's resignation and the end of the Vietnam War. A riveting story of how this one man’s profound change of heart created a landmark struggle involving America’s newspapers, its president and Supreme Court. With Daniel Ellsberg, Patricia Ellsberg, Tony Russo, Howard Zinn, Hedrick Smith, John Dean and, from the secret White House tapes, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, who called Ellsberg “the most dangerous man in America.” Narrated by Ellsberg. Official Web Site |
Now Playing at the Metro Cinemas
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| Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93) re-team for their latest electrifying thriller in Green Zone, a film set in the chaotic early days of the Iraqi War when no one could be trusted and every decision could detonate into unforeseen consequences. During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Hurrying from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission. Spun by operatives with intersecting agendas, Miller must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil for answers that will either clear a rogue regime or escalate a war in an unstable region. At this blistering time and in this combustible place, he will find the most elusive weapon of all is the truth. Official Web Site |
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| Kirk (Jay Baruchel, Knocked Up, Tropic Thunder), an average Joe, can't believe his luck. Though he's stuck in a seemingly dead-end job as an airport security agent, against all odds Molly (Alice Eve), a successful and outrageously gorgeous babe falls for him. Kirk is stunned. So are his friends, his family and even his ex-girlfriend. Now he has to figure out how to make the relationship work, even though he's the first to admit she's "out of his league." Also starring T.J. Miller, Nate Torrence, Krysten Ritter, Geoff Stults and Lindsay Sloane. Directed by Jim Field Smith. Official Web Site |
Now Playing at the Metro Cinemas
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| Tyler (Robert Pattinson, Twilight) is a rebellious young man in New York City who has a strained relationship with his father (Pierce Brosnan) ever since tragedy separated their family. Tyler didn't think anyone could possibly understand what he was going through until the day he met Ally (Emilie de Ravin) through an unusual twist of fate. Love was the last thing on his mind, but as her spirit unexpectedly heals and inspires him, he begins to fall for her. Through their love, he begins to find happiness and meaning in his life. But soon, hidden secrets are revealed, and the circumstances that brought them together slowly threaten to tear them apart. Remember Me is an unforgettable story about the power of love, the strength of family, and the importance of living passionately and treasuring every day of one's life. Directed by Allen Coulter. Official Web Site |
Now Playing at the Metro Cinemas
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| "Our marriage, their wedding." It's lesson number one for any newly engaged couple, and Lucia (America Ferrera) and Marcus (Lance Gross) are no exception. They learn the hard way that the path to saying "I do" can be rife with familial strife. When they return from college and too suddenly announce their marriage plans, they soon discover that their fathers — two highly competitive over-the-top egos — can wreak a major amount of havoc on their special day. With insults flying and tempers running high, it's anyone's guess if the alpha dads (Forest Whitaker and Carlos Mencia) will survive to make it down the aisle in one piece. Lucia's mother (Diana Maria Riva) is busy planning the wedding of "her" dreams and the only levelheaded one in the bunch is Angela (Regina King), the groom's father's best friend and lawyer. With only weeks to plan their wedding, Lucia and Marcus soon discover the true meaning of love and find there is truth to the saying - that when you marry someone, you marry their entire family. Directed by Rick Famuyiwa (Brown Sugar). Official Web Site |
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| Kirk (Jay Baruchel, Knocked Up, Tropic Thunder), an average Joe, can't believe his luck. Though he's stuck in a seemingly dead-end job as an airport security agent, against all odds Molly (Alice Eve), a successful and outrageously gorgeous babe falls for him. Kirk is stunned. So are his friends, his family and even his ex-girlfriend. Now he has to figure out how to make the relationship work, even though he's the first to admit she's "out of his league." Also starring T.J. Miller, Nate Torrence, Krysten Ritter, Geoff Stults and Lindsay Sloane. Directed by Jim Field Smith. Official Web Site |
Now Playing at the Neptune Theatre
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From visionary director Tim Burton comes the epic 3D fantasy adventure Alice in Wonderland, a magical and impressive twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time. Johnny Depp stars as the Mad Hatter and Mia Wasikowska as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting her with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen's reign of terror. Also starring Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter and Crispin Glover. Director Tim Burton (Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands) captures the wonder of Lewis Carroll's beloved Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871) with stunning, avant-garde visuals and some of the most charismatic characters in literary history. Official Web Site Moira Macdonald's Seattle Times review... |
Now Playing at the Metro Cinemas
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| Burned out veteran Eddie Dugan (Richard Gere) is just one week away from his pension and a fishing cabin in Connecticut. Narcotics officer Sal Procida (Ethan Hawke) has discovered there's no line he won't cross to provide a better life for his long-suffering wife and seven children. And Clarence "Tango" Butler (Don Cheadle) has been undercover so long his loyalties have started to shift from his fellow police officers to his prison buddy Caz (Wesley Snipes), one of Brooklyn's most infamous drug dealers. With personal and work pressures bearing down on them, each man faces daily tests of judgment and honor in one of the world's most difficult jobs. When NYPD's Operation Clean Up targets the notoriously drug-ridden BK housing project, all three officers find themselves swept away by the violence and corruption of Brooklyn's gritty 65th Precinct and its most treacherous criminals. During seven fateful days, Eddie, Sal and Tango find themselves hurtling inextricably toward the same fatal crime scene and a shattering collision with destiny. Also starring Ellen Barkin and Vincent D'Onofrio. From director Antoine Fuqua Training Day. Official Web Site |
Now Playing at the Egyptian Theatre
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Roman Polanski directs this atmospheric and suspenseful political thriller based on the novel The Ghost by Robert Harris. When a successful British ghostwriter, The Ghost (Ewan McGregor), agrees to complete the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), his agent assures him it's the opportunity of a lifetime. But the project seems doomed from the start—not least because his predecessor on the project, Lang's long-term aide, died in an unfortunate accident. The Ghost flies to the East Coast of the United States to work on the project, but the day after he arrives, a former British cabinet minister accuses Lang of authorizing the illegal seizure of suspected terrorists and handing them over for torture by the CIA—a war crime. The controversy brings reporters and protesters swarming to the island mansion where Lang is staying with his wife, Ruth (Olivia Williams), and his personal assistant, Amelia (Kim Cattrall). As The Ghost works, he begins to uncover clues suggesting his predecessor may have stumbled on a dark secret linking Lang to the CIA—and that somehow this information is hidden in the manuscript he left behind. Also starring Timothy Hutton, Eli Wallach, Tom Wilkinson and James Belushi. Official Web Site Moira Macdonald's Seattle Times review... |
Now Playing at the Metro Cinemas
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In 1954, U.S. marshals Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), are summoned to the hospital for the criminally insane on remote and barren Shutter Island off the coast of Massachusetts to investigate the disappearance of a female murderer. Marshall Daniels is especially keen on cracking the case, for he has personal matters at stake. He suspects rampant unsavory (and illegal) treatment practices at the institution, but then clashes with Dr. John Cawley (Ben Kingsley), who refuses him access to hospital records. As a fierce storm cuts off both communication with and escape to the mainland, and dangerous criminals break loose on the island, Daniels’s grasp of the clues, his memory, his trust in his partner, and his wits begin to unravel. From Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese. Also starring Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Michelle Williams and Max von Sydow. Official Web Site Moira Macdonald's Seattle Times review... |
Now Playing at the Varsity Theatre
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Don't miss this rare opportunity to see all five Academy Award nominees in
the category of Best Animated Short and more! Program includes: French
Roast (France), in which an uptight businessman in a fancy Parisian café
who is about to pay his check finds out that he has lost his wallet; Granny
O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty (Ireland), in which a grandmother loses the
plot as she tells her version of "Sleeping Beauty" to her terrified
granddaughter; The Lady and the Reaper (Spain), in which a sweet old
lady who is waiting for death so she can see her beloved husband once again
is invited to enter death's domain—if someone doesn't ruin it for her;
Academy Award winner Logorama (Argentina), featuring spectacular car chases, an intense
hostage crisis, and wild animals rampaging through the city; and A Matter
of Loaf and Death (UK), the latest adventure from Nick Park, in which
Wallace & Gromit start a new bread baking business. Although business
is booming, Gromit is concerned by the news that a dozen local bakers have
'disappeared' this year, so he turns sleuth to protect his master and solve
the escalating murder mystery. Program also features three bonus shorts: Pixar's
Partly Cloudy (USA), Poland's The Kinematograph and Canada's
Runaway. Official
Web Site John Hartl's Seattle Times review... |
Now Playing at the Varsity Theatre
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Don't miss this rare opportunity to see all five Academy Award nominees in
the category of Best Live Action Short! Program includes: The Door
(Ireland), about a father who attempts to come to terms with the devastating
affects of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster; Instead of Abracadabra (Sweden),
about a man named Tomas who is a bit too old to still be living at home with
his parents, but his failure to become a magician leaves him with no other
choice. At his father's 60th birthday party Tomas gives him, and all his guests,
a quite bizarre show; Kavi (India/USA), in which a boy in India who wants
to play cricket and go to school is instead forced to work in a brick kiln
as a modern-day slave. Unsatisfied with his fate, Kavi must either accept
what he's always been told, or fight for a different life even if he's unsure
of the ultimate outcome; Miracle Fish (Australia), in which 8-year-old
Joe has a birthday he will never forget. After friends tease him, he sneaks
off to the sick bay, wishing everyone in the world would go away. He wakes
up to find his dream may have become a reality; and Academy Award winner The New Tenants
(Denmark/USA), in which a prying neighbour, a glassy-eyed drug dealer, and a husband
brandishing both a weapon and a vendetta make up the welcome wagon. Amidst
the as-yet-unopened boxes and the hopes for a fresh start for the two men,
it might just be the worst moving day ever. Their new apartment reveals its
terrifying history in a film that is by turns funny, frightening and unexpectedly
romantic. Vincent D'Onofrio and Kevin Corrigan star. Official Web Site John Hartl's Seattle Times review... |
Now Playing at the Varsity Theatre
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The Hurt Locker is a riveting, suspenseful portrait of the courage under fire of the military’s unrecognized heroes: the technicians of a bomb squad who volunteer to challenge the odds and save lives doing one of the world’s most dangerous jobs. Three members of the Army’s elite Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) squad battle insurgents and one another as they search for and disarm a wave of roadside bombs on the streets of Baghdad—in order to try and make the city a safer place for Iraqis and Americans alike. Their mission is clear—protect and save—but it’s anything but easy, as the margin of error when defusing a war-zone bomb is zero. This thrilling and heart-pounding look at the psychology of bomb technicians and the effects of risk and danger on the human psyche is a fictional tale inspired by real events by journalist and screenwriter Mark Boal, who was embedded with a special bomb unit in Iraq. In Iraq, it is soldier vernacular to speak of explosions as sending you to “the hurt locker.” Acclaimed director Kathryn Bigelow brings together groundbreaking realistic action and intimate human drama in a landmark film starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty, with cameo appearances by Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, Evangeline Lilly and Guy Pearce. Winner of 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Official
Web Site Director Kathryn Bigelow on the importance of casting the perfect actor |
Now Playing at the Seven Gables Theatre
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Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges stars
as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut
feature film from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down,
hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too
many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet,
Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie
Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician.
As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just
how tough life can be on one man’s crazy heart. Co-starring Colin Farrell
and Robert Duvall. Official
Web Site Moira Macdonald's Seattle Times review... |
Now Playing at the Metro Cinemas
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| After almost fifty years of marriage, Countess Sofya (Helen Mirren), the devoted wife, passionate lover, muse and secretary of Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer), suddenly finds her entire world turned upside down. In the name of his newly created religion, the great Russian novelist has renounced his noble title, his property and even his family in favor of poverty, vegetarianism and even celibacy. When Sofya then discovers that Tolstoy's trusted disciple, Chertkov (Paul Giamatti)—whom she despises—may have secretly convinced her husband to sign a new will, leaving the rights to his iconic novels to the Russian people rather than his very own family, she is consumed by righteous outrage. Into this minefield wanders Tolstoy's worshipful new assistant, the young, gullible Valentin (James McAvoy). In no time, he becomes a pawn, first of the scheming Chertkov and then of the wounded, vengeful Sofya as each plots to undermine the other's gains. Complicating Valentin's life even further is the overwhelming passion he feels for the beautiful, spirited Marsha (Kerry Condon), a free thinking adherent of Tolstoy's new religion whose unconventional attitudes about sex and love both compel and confuse him. A tale of two romances, one beginning, one near its end, The Last Station is a complex, funny, rich and emotional story about the difficulty of living with love and the impossibility of living without it. Official Web Site |
Fri & Sat Midnight Movies at the Egyptian!
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Mar 12 & 13: Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little in Mel Brooks's Blazing Saddles Mar 19 & 20: Play it again! Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca Mar 26 & 27: Jeff Bridges in the Coen Bros' The Big Lebowski |
Wednesday Classics at the Metro Cinemas!
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Mar 10: Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) with "Cops" and "The Playhouse" at 7:00 and 9:15pm Mar 17: The Quiet Man (1952) at 6:45 and 9:15pm Genres, Part Two: Notoriously Hollywood Mar 24: Sunset Blvd. (1950) at 7:00 and 9:10pm Mar 31: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) at 7:00 and 9:10pm Apr 7: Barton Fink (1991) at 6:50 and 9:10pm Genres, Part Two: Sequentially Spacy Apr 14: Aliens (1986) at 6:40 and 9:20pm Apr 21: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) at 6:50 and 9:10pm Apr 28: Serenity (2005) at 6:50 and 9:10pm |
Starts Friday, March 19 at the Egyptian Theatre
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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 |
Starts Friday, March 19 at the Guild 45th Theatre
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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 |
One Week Only!
Starts Friday, March 19 at the Varsity Theatre
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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 at the Seven Gables Theatre
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In 1922 Dr. Albert C. Barnes created The Barnes Foundation in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, five miles outside of Philadelphia. His astounding collection of Post-Impressionist and early Modern art, intended to serve as an educational institution, includes 181 Renoirs, 69 Cezannes, 59 Matisses, 46 Picassos, 16 Modiglianis, and 7 Van Goghs. Dr. Barnes deliberately built his Foundation away from the city and cultural elite who scorned his collection as "horrible, debased art." But tastes changed, and soon the very people who belittled Barnes wanted access to his collection. When Barnes died in 1951, he left control of his collection to Lincoln University, a small African-American college, with strict instructions that the paintings may never be removed. More than fifty years later, a powerful group of moneyed interests have gone to court in a rancorous, Machiavellian attempt to take the art—recently valued at more than $25 billion—and move it to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Official Web Site Director Don Argott on the passion of Dr. Albert C. Barnes |
Starts Friday, March 19 at the Metro Cinemas
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| Milo Boyd (Gerard Butler), a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, gets his dream job when he is assigned to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurly (Jennifer Aniston). He thinks all that's ahead is an easy payday, but when Nicole gives him the slip so she can chase a lead on a murder cover-up, Milo realizes that nothing ever goes simply with him and Nicole. The exes continually one-up each other — until they find themselves on the run for their lives. They thought their promise to love, honor and obey was tough — staying alive is going to be a whole lot tougher. Directed by Andy Tennant (Hitch, Sweet Home Alabama). Official Web Site |
Starts Friday, March 19 at the Metro Cinemas
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| In the futuristic action-thriller Repo Men, humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called The Union. The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don't pay your bill, The Union sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property — with no concern for your comfort or survival. Remy (Jude Law), one of the best organ repo men in the business, suffers a cardiac failure on the job, and awakens to find himself fitted with the company's top-of-the-line heart-replacement — as well as a hefty debt. But a side effect of the procedure is that his heart's no longer in his work. When he can't make the payments, The Union sends its toughest enforcer, Remy's former partner Jake (Forest Whitaker) to track him down. Now that the hunter has become the hunted, Remy joins Beth (Alice Braga), another debtor who teaches him how to vanish from the system. As the chase ensues across a landscape populated by maniacal friends and foes, one man will become a reluctant champion for thousands on the run. Directed by Miguel Sapochnik, based on the novel The Repossession Mambo by Eric Garcia. Official Web Site |
Starts Friday, March 19 at the Metro Cinemas
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| Based on the best-selling illustrated novel Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, the film chronicles the adventures of wisecracking middle school student Greg (Zachary Gordon) as told through the young man's diary and hand-drawn cartoons. Over the course of an academic year, he and his pals Rowley, Fregly, Chirag and Patty deal with the many tribulations and social land mines of pre-teen life, while envying the "cool" kids in school. Directed by Thor Freudenthal. Official Web Site |
Friday & Saturday, March 19 & 20
at Midnight at the Egyptian Theatre!
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| "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman rekindle their past and stir up wartime intrigue in the most popular screen romance of all time. Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Dooley Wilson (singing "As Time Goes By") co-star. Winner of 3 Academy Awards, for Best Picture, Screenplay and Director (Michael Curtiz, director of Mildred Pierce). |
Starts Friday, March 26 at the Metro Cinemas
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| Greenberg brings actor Ben Stiller together with Academy Award-nominated writer/director Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) to tell the funny and moving tale of Roger Greenberg (Stiller). Single, fortyish and at a crossroads in his life, he finds himself in Los Angeles, house-sitting for six weeks for his more successful/married-with-children brother. In search of a place to restart his life, Greenberg tries to reconnect with old friends including his former bandmate Ivan (Rhys Ifans). But old friends aren’t necessarily still best friends, and Greenberg soon finds himself spending more and more time with his brother’s personal assistant Florence (Greta Gerwig), an aspiring singer and also something of a lost soul. Despite his best attempts not to be drawn in, Greenberg and Florence manage to forge a connection, and Greenberg realizes he may at last have found a reason to be happy. Official Web Site |
Starts Friday, March 26 at the Metro Cinemas
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Director Atom Egoyan (Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter) reinterprets the French thriller Nathalie... in
this drama about a family on the road to self-destruction. Catherine
(Julianne Moore) and David (Liam Neeson)
are a seemingly happy, professional couple with a teenage son. But Catherine,
suspicious after her husband is a no-show to his surprise birthday
party due to a missed flight, hires Chloe, a prostitute (Amanda Seyfried)
to find out whether he is cheating on her. To test his fidelity, Catherine
orders Chloe's to seduce David in a series of encounters. As Chloe's reports
become more and more graphic, Catherine's orchestrations get increasingly
out of control, throwing the family further into jeopardy. Official
Web Site Director Atom Egoyan on marriage, eroticism, fidelity and trust |
Starts Friday, March 26 at the Varsity Theatre
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| The latest film from award-winning Korean director Bong Joon-ho (The Host) is a unique murder mystery about a mother's primal love for her son. Mother is a devoted single parent to her simple-minded twenty-seven-year-old son, Do-joon. Often a source of anxiety to his mother, Do-joon behaves in foolish or simply dangerous ways. One night, while walking home drunk, he encounters a school girl who he follows for a while before she disappears into a dark alley. The next morning, she is found dead in an abandoned building and Do-joon is accused of her murder. An inefficient lawyer and an apathetic police force result in a speedy conviction. His mother refuses to believe her beloved son is guilty and immediately undertakes her own investigation to find the girl’s killer. In her obsessive quest to clear her son’s name, Mother steps into a world of unimaginable chaos and shocking revelations. Official Web Site |
One Week Only!
Starts Friday, March 26 at the Varsity Theatre
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| An unsentimental elegy to the American West, Sweetgrass follows the last sheepherders to trail their flocks up into Montana’s Beartooth Mountains for summer pasture. Without commentary, this astonishingly beautiful film reveals a world in which nature and culture, animals and humans, climate and landscape, and vulnerability and violence are all intimately meshed. "In the summer of 2003, a group of shepherds took a herd of sheep one final time through the Beartooth Mountains of Montana, in the extreme northwest of the United States. It was a journey of almost 300 kilometers through expansive green valleys, by fields of snow, and across hazardous, narrow ridges—a journey brimming with challenges. The aging shepherds do their very best to keep the hundreds of sheep together; the panoramic high mountains are teeming with hungry wolves and grizzly bears." —International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam Official Web Site |
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