We have special programming this Sunday, plus three totally different films for your viewing pleasure. Remember we are comfortably air-conditioned, so if these equatorial temperatures are dragging you down, please consider our cool and dark auditoria as a relaxing alternative to your sweltering livingroom or kitchen.
I will be sending out the next schedule tomorrow, which will include some information about the upcoming film festival which will run from Sept 17 - 20. There are many great-looking films and several filmmakers coming; we are all looking forward to them . Since many of you email subscribers don't receive our printed materials, I suppose I should/will send you the pdf of the schedule. As soon as it is done! And additionally, all the films with descriptions and times will be soon listed on the website.
Have a great holiday weekend! Perhaps we will see you at the fair or the lake or the special program, and most certainly at the crosswalk on Tuesday morning!
-Lisa
Special Programming. On Sunday Sept 5 at 2pm the Sierra Club presents a free Film and Talk on Monarch Butterflies, "THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF THE BUTTERFLIES." Monarch butterfly expert and summer resident Bill Calvert, featured in the program, will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterward. Orange-and-black wings fill the sky as NOVA charts one of nature's most remarkable phenomena: the epic migration of monarch butterflies across North America. NOVA's filmmakers followed monarchs on the wing throughout their extraordinary 2000 mile odyssey to their wintering grounds in the mountains of central Mexico. To capture a butterfly's point of view, camera operators used a helicopter, ultralight, and hot-air balloon for aerial views along the butterflies' transcontinental route. The Sierra Club offers this for no charge to get people focused on the environment. (the kids and I hatched at least 20 monarch butterflies this summer, so I hope to come to this talk to learn more!)
Fri Sept 3 - Thurs Sept 9
Fri Sept 3 - Mon Sept 6
Tues Sept 7 - Thurs Sept 9
Fri Sept 3 - Thurs Sept 9
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (R) 104min 6:00 and 8:15
This award-winning, critically acclaimed film from director and co-screenwriter Lisa Cholodenko (High Art, Laurel Canyon) is a poignant, funny and honest portrait of a modern family. Annette Bening and Julianne Moore star as a Nic and Jules, a mostly happily married couple who have two teenaged children, a fifteen year old son and a daughter about to start college, conceived from the same sperm donor. Secretly, the kids decide to learn who their shared biological father is and discover he is an easygoing farmer-restaurant owner (Mark Ruffalo) whose carefree lifestyle is an appealing alternative to their mom's strict home. As Paul comes into the lives of these four, the dynamics of this family are challenged and changed.
Fri Sept 3 - Mon Sept 6
DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS (PG-13) 114min 5:30 and 8:00
Back by Popular Demand! Hollywood succeeds well in remaking French director Francis Veber's winning comedy The Dinner Game into a crowd-pleasing hit of its own. This screwball comedy tells the story of Tim (Judd Apatow regular Paul Rudd), a professional guy on the verge of having it all. The only thing standing between him and total career success is finding the perfect guest to bring to his boss' annual Dinner for Extraordinary People, an event he participates in reluctantly, where the evening's winner brings the most eccentric character. Enter Barry (Steve Carell, Date Night), a loser guy with a passion for dressing mice up in tiny outfits to recreate great works of art. From director Jay Roach (Meet the Parents, Austin Powers) it is an unforgettable feast about two unlikely friends and one very memorable dinner.
Tues Sept 7 - Thurs Sept 9
MICMACS (R)* 104min [in FRENCH with subtitles] 5:30 and 7:45
This magical new film from French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie, Delicatessan) is full of the wonderfully visually inventive whimsy that has characterized all his films. Bazil (Dany Boon) was orphaned when a land mine exploded killing his father. Then as an adult, a stray bullet from a drive-by shooting lodges in his head, too dangerous to remove, but it could kill him any day. Losing his apartment and his job, he is taken in by a motley crew of second-hand dealers who live in a cluttered underground junkyard. When one day he discovers the headquarters of the two weapons manufacturers who ruined his life, he and his new friends set out for revenge. *About the rating: AOScott (NYTimes) says "This is a completely preposterous rating, since the film's mood and message could hardly be more wholesome, and its message will resonate most strongly with thoughtful (teens)." R. Ebert says the R Rating is "for no good reason." Lou Loumenick (NYPost) calls the rating "ridiculously inappropriate."
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