Well, here is the schedule for Reel Pizza from Friday August 15th through Thursday Sept 4th. This is coming to you somewhat later than I anticipated, but we work in a funny business...Anyhow, we have many things happening this week, so there is lots of information for you here. Hard to believe that the final film of this schedule screens after Labor Day! Enjoy your last few weeks of summer, and let's hope the sun returns for at least some of it. See you soon,
-Lisa
NEW ART IN THE LOBBY DANIEL DOOLITTLE Tremont
"What you see before you is the result of what has been a long evaluation of seeing and experimenting: lost objects reappear, a step is lost from a flight of stairs, identities are mistaken, and so on. Through the expansion of the lines and shapes of the conventional world, altered and broken, what is revealed is a subconscious alternative understanding of how things are pieced together. The viewer, if willing, can relate to the conformed image, to abstract thought, or let the mind follow its own subconscious as objects appear through the images. So, sit back and enjoy the paintings and the picture show."
8/15 Friday Late Night ROCK&REEL with ROMULUS REX 11:00pm
Classic, innovative and exciting silent films are brought into the new century with musical accompaniment provided by your favorite local bands. This week ROMULUS REX play along with the dark and twisted The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919).
SPECIAL PROGRAMMING Sunday 8/17
WILD COMBINATION: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (NR) 71min 2:00pm
This new film is director Matt Wolf's visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell. Before his untimely death from AIDS in 1992, Arthur prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art. Now, over fifteen years since his passing, Arthur's work is finally finding its audience. Wolf incorporates rare archival footage and commentary from Arthur's family, friends, and closest collaboratorsincluding Philip Glass and Allen Ginsbergto tell this poignant and important story. We will have his partner Tom Lee and his sister, local resident Kate Henry, introduce the film and facilitate discussion afterwards.
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in brief this week:
Fri 8/15 - Thurs 8/21 SWING VOTE (PG-13) 5:30 and 8:00
Fri 8/15 - Mon 8/18
Tues 8/19 - Thur 8/21
also
Fri 8/15 Late Night ROCK&REEL with ROMULUS REX screening The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) 11:00pm
Sun 8/17 WILD COMBINATION: A PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR RUSSELL 2:00pm
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and in detail:
Fri 8/15 - Thurs 8/21
SWING VOTE (PG-13) 119min 5:30 and 8:00
This likable, funny film is a comical look at the journey of a father and daughter who discover that everyone has the power to change the world. Kevin Costner is Bud Johnson, an apathetic loser with no sense of the world around him who is blessed with a precocious, over-achieving 12 year old girl who takes care of both of them. One mischievous moment on Election Day, she accidently sets off a chain of events which culminates in the election coming down to one vote, her dad's. Kelsey Grammar and Dennis Hopper are the opposing presidential candidates vying for his vote, and Stanley Tucci and Nathan Lane play their political advisors.
Fri 8/15 - Mon 8/18
HANCOCK (PG-13) 93min 6:00 and 8:30
In this new action comedy, Will Smith stars as a well-intentioned superhero who saves countless lives, but feels misunderstood. He is definitely becoming increasingly underappreciated by the public as he leaves a phenomenal trail of damage and destruction in his wake. But, this sarcastic, bitter superhero doesn't really care about what the citizens of his city think about him, until he saves a Public Relations executive (Jason Bateman), who thinks he can improve the guy's image, …and maybe Hancock does have a vulnerable side after all. But the PR exec's wife (Charlize Theron) insists he is a lost cause.
Tues 8/19 - Thurs 8/21
GET SMART (PG-13) 110 min 6:00 and 8:30
Based on Mel Brooks' and Buck Henry's 1960's cult TV series, this new spy-spoof comedy stars Steve Carrell (40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN) as eager analyst Maxwell Smart. He is promoted to agent after a security breach in the US Spy Agency CONTROL compromises the other agent's identities. Although this inexperienced yet enthusiastic new spy dreams of working with star Agent 3 (Dwayne Johnson), the Chief (Alan Arkin, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE) instead partners him with lovely, lethal Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA). Together, with a few gadgets, they must foil the doomsday plans of the evil crime syndicate KAOS, headed by Siegfried (Terence Stamp).
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Friday Aug 22 - Monday Aug 25
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (G) 99min
Eccentric people in extreme settings characterize most of master director Werner Herzog's fiction and non-fiction films (Fitzcarraldo, Grizzly Man, Rescue Dawn). He promises his provocative, hypnotic new documentary about Antarctica is not another "fluffy penguin" movie, and he almost keeps his promise, profiling with his dry wit some of the loners and visionaries who live and work at McMurdo Station during the austral summer, exploring the natural beauty and fascinating nature found at the bottom of the world both above and below the ice, and contemplating the world's destruction by man's hand. His film is a visually stunning, unsentimental journey that examines human nature and Mother Nature, juxtaposing breathtaking locations with the profound, surreal and sometimes absurd experiences of this renegade community.
Tues Aug 26 - Thurs Aug 28
JELLYFISH (NR) 78min [in Hebrew with subtitles]
A young newlywed couple's lives take a turn just as they are about to embark on their honeymoon. A Filipino caregiver, who knows no Hebrew, has responsibility for a cranky, elderly woman. A struggling waitress for a wedding caterer has just been dumped by her boyfriend. Winner of this year's Camera d'Or for best first feature at Cannes, this inventive, whimsical film follows the lives of these three Tel Aviv women whose lives intersect in unusual ways. Directed by life partners Etgar Keret, a popular contemporary short story writer, and Shira Geffen, a playwright and children's author, this film is both playful and magical.
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Friday Aug 29 - Monday Sept 1
WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER? (PG-13) 92min
This intelligent, nuanced and heartfelt drama, based on the autobiographical novel by poet Blake Morrison, is about a son who, as his dad is dying, tries to come to terms with the long-challenged relationship he has had with his father. Jim Broadbent (Iris) gives a vivid, beautifully acted performance as a charming but domineering dad who embarrasses, traumatizes, and offends his sensitive, anxious, and awkward son while he is growing up; Colin Farrell (Bridget Jones' Diary) is excellent as the son who finally becomes a successful writer, much to the dismay of his dad who wanted him to follow his footsteps and become a physician. Director Anand Tucker (Shopgirl, Hilary and Jackie) insightfully entwines the complex tangle of emotions and contradictory feelings shared by these men.
Tues Sept 2 - Thurs Sept 4
MONGOL (R) 124min [in Mongolian with subtitles]
Kazakhstan's Academy Award nominated film is an enthralling historical epic detailing the early days of Temudgin, the nomadic boy-prince who would grow up to be the Mongolian ruler Genghis Khan. This multi-dimensional portrait of the future conqueror reveals him as an inspiring, fearless, and visionary leader who had a loyal, loving relationship with his wife and a conflicted relationship with his blood brother. Paying close attention to period details and filming in the stunningly picturesque steppes of western China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan, Oscar-nominated director Sergei Bodrov (Prisoner of the Mountain) has made an exciting and awe-inspiring tale, blending sprawling adventure, riveting action and family drama.
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COMING SOON ON OUR SECOND SCREEN
TROPIC THUNDER (R) 107min
Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr., lead an excellent ensemble cast in Stiller's new action comedy about a group of self-absorbed actors all looking for improvements in their careers. They sign on to a crazed British director's war film to end all war films, but sky-rocketing costs force the studio to end the production almost as it starts. The frustrated director (Steve Coogan) refuses to quit, and leads his cast deeper into the jungles of Southeast Asia to film guerilla-style for heightened realism. Then these actors, armed with only blanks and wearing period military costumes, are intercepted by Burmese druglords. This farce mocks everything in its path with audacity and hilarity.
SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELLING PANTS 2 (PG-13) 110min
Based on Ann Brashares' best-selling series of novels, this sequel to the popular film catches up with four lifelong friends who share a bond through a special pair of jeans. Now in college and embarking on separate paths for the first time, these young women (Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, Blake Lively and Alexis Bledel all reprise their original roles) will feel the freedom, separation, love, and challenging life lessons that mark their individual journeys toward adulthood. Though miles and worlds apart, they strive to stay in touch and share their new experiences and triumphs with heart and humor and, now more than ever, come to value the immeasurable power of their friendship.
a return engagement of THE DARK KNIGHT (PG-13) 152min
In this highly praised summer phenomenon, Batman Begins director Christopher Nolan (Memento) reunites with star Christian Bale (I'm Not There, 3:10 to Yuma), returning to continue Batman's war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as the Joker (the late Heath Ledger), who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces our Dark Knight ever closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante.
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COMING NEXT?
Pineapple Express
The Rocker
The Clone Wars
Tell No One
Brideshead Revisited
Reprise
Alexandra
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
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