[Reel Pizza] Happy New Year update

Welcome to 2016!

The current Lobby exhibit is entitled ARTWAVES EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED ARTIST MEMBER SHOWThere will be an artists' reception on Sunday Jan 10th from 2 - 4 pm to meet the artists, celebrate their art and learn more about the programs created by this organization.  Please come!  ArtWaves is a member-supported community art center located at 329 Main St, with satellite locations at the Bar Harbor Municipal building and at the YWCA on Mount Desert St., offering classes, workshops, collaborative conversations, art shows, and whatever else the members come up with.  In 2016, Artwaves will also be offering two artistic retreats.  Membership runs from April to April for $52 per year; the proceeds directly support their community art endeavors.  All are welcome, as a patron, teacher, student, or artist, or through sharing a talent by facilitating a class, workshop or discussion group.  For more information: artwavesmdi.com.

The first Senior Matinee of the season will be on Thursday January 7th at 1pm with a screening of CREED.  Doors open at 12:30, and we look forward to seeing our Seniors, outer islanders and others who appreciate the afternoon screening.  We will be showing the films this year with open captions.  Let Chris know what you think after the show!

At each of the six screenings of HE NAMED ME MALALA on Jan 5 - 7, representatives of the YWCA will speak before the show starts about their programs supporting young women on MDI and will have information available in the lobby.  

Looking forward to another awesome year with you all!

-Lisa and Chris

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Fri 1/1 - Thurs 1/7     CREED  (PG-13)  133min  5:30 & 8:15
Fri 1/1 - Mon 1/4     THE GOOD DINOSAUR  (PG)  101min  5:00 & 7:15
Tues 1/5 - Thurs 1/7     HE NAMED ME MALALA  (PG-13)  88min  6:00 & 8:00

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Fri Jan 1 - Thurs Jan 7
CREED  (PG-13)  133min  5:30 & 8:15
This fresh and poignant film brings a new energy to the Rocky story while staying true to its roots.  The team from Fruitvale Station, writer-director Ryan Coogler, co-writer Aaron Covington, and star Michael B Jordan bring the story into the present as Adonis (Jordan), the illegitimate son of Apollo Creed, Rocky Balboa’s one-time opponent and then closest friend, comes to Philadelphia to get boxing coaching.  Rocky, who is now running a restaurant, initially has no interest, but eventually sees in the boy the strength and determination that his father had.  Sylvester Stallone reprises his character and gives one of his best performances in years.  trailer

Fri Jan 1 - Mon Jan 4
THE GOOD DINOSAUR  (PG)  101min  5:00 & 7:15
Pixar’s latest, written by Meg LeFauve (Inside Out) and directed by Peter Sohn is a visually delightful animation that starts with the premise that the asteroid that took out the dinosaurs on Earth actually missed the planet, and there were no extinctions.  A fearful Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus for us baby-boomers) dinosaur and a young, feral cave-boy take a road trip across a harsh and mysterious landscape when they are unexpectedly washed downstream far from their home.  Arlo the dinosaur learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of.  trailer

Tues Jan 5 - Thurs Jan 7
HE NAMED ME MALALA  (PG-13)  88min  6:00 & 8:00
This inspiring documentary from filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) is a moving portrait of young Malala Yousafzai, the articulate Pakistani teen who at age eleven was blogging (anonymously) for the BBC about her life in the Swat Valley, at age fifteen was shot by the Taliban for speaking out on behalf of girl’s education which sparked an international outrage, and at age seventeen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.  Now she lives with her family in exile in England, continues to heal from her injuries, is preparing to go to college, and speaks to inspire young women around the globe.  trailer

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[Reel Pizza] update Oct 9 - 15

E-Greetings!
We are departing the text for this coming week's film.  Starting Friday 10/9 thru Thursday 10/15 we will be screening the thrilling adventure film EVEREST (PG-13), playing opposite of THE PROPHET (PG) and JIMMY'S HALL (R).  And if you sometimes get your showtimes from our ad in the Mount Desert Islander (or know someone who does), the times listed here in the email are correct; the times in the newspaper's ad were created with some erroneous information and have changed (I want to say I will never trust the internet again!)  We will be showing WALK IN THE WOODS next week, for those who are waiting, and the next schedule of films will be in your inbox by tomorrow. 

Here is this coming Holiday week's schedule.  We look forward to seeing you!
-Lisa

Fri Oct 15 - Thurs Oct 15    EVEREST (PG-13)  122min  6:00 & 8:30
Fri Oct 15 - Mon Oct 12    KAHLIL GIBRAN'S THE PROPHET (PG) 85min  5:30 & 7:45
Tues Oct 13 - Thurs Oct 15    JIMMY'S HALL (PG-13) 106min    5:30 & 8:00

Fri Oct 9 - Thurs Oct 15
EVEREST  (PG-13)  122mi n  6:00 & 8:30

Shot in the Himalayas and in Italy's Dolomite range, this harrowing and thrilling adventure is a loose dramatization of the events of the ill-fated 1996 Mount Everest expedition detailed in the non-fiction Into Thin Air by participant and author Jon Krakaurer (Into the Wild).  Jake Gyllenhaal stars as daredevil American guide Rob Hall and Jason Clarke as serious New Zealander guide Scott Fischer, rivals who are leading separate groups of hikers, including a defiant Texan (Josh Brolin) and a postal worker on his second attempt (John Hawkes).  Written by William Nicholson (Gladiator) and Simon Beaufoy (127 Hours) and costarring Emily Watson, Keira Knightly and Robin Wright this stunning film is directed by Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur (The Deep).   trailer

Fri Oct 9 - Mon Oct 12
KAHLIL GIBRAN'S THE PROPHET (PG) 85min  5:30 & 7:45
Enchanting and inspirational, this lovely animated adaptation of the classic volume of poetry by the celebrated Lebanese author features the works of an international group of nine award-winning animators, including Nina Paley (Sita Sings the Blues), 2 time Oscar Nominee Thom Moore (The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea), and 2 time Oscar Nominee and cartoonist Bill Plympton (Guard Dog), who bring a selection of the poems to life. Directed by R oger Allers (The Lion King), the animated poems are woven through a story of an exiled poet (Liam Neeson), his housekeeper (Salma Hayek) and her free-spirited daughter (Quvenzhané Wallis), with music by Damien Rice, Glen Hansard, and Yo-Yo Ma.  trailer

Tues Oct 13 - Thurs Oct 15
JIMMY'S HALL (PG-13) 106min  5:30 & 8:00
Socio-realist, British director Ken Loach (The Wind that Shakes the Barley, The Angel's Share) has made a rich, gentle, fact-based period drama about the only Irish man ever deported from Ireland. Based on a play by Donal O'Kelly and written by his long-time collaborator Paul Laverty, this is a portrait of Jimmy Gralton, whose sin was to build a dance hall on a rural crossroads, which became a place where people could come to learn, argue, dream, dance and have fun. But the local priest and politicians deem it a den of communism, a threat to the community, and order it shut.  trailer

[Reel Pizza] update Oct 2 - 8

ok, now it kindof feels like fall!  Maybe with that mercifully not too much rain (poor Searsport!), the leaves will change color and not just shrivel up dried in the next few weeks...  Remember we have A/C when it's hot out and Heat when it's cold &/or rainy!  Might be time to bring back the soups!  Here is the schedule that starts today thru next Thursday.  We continue popular THE INTERN for another week, but at different showtimes than last week.  New films include both the highly acclaimed (with 99% on Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer) PHOENIX, and (also certified Fresh with 95% on the Tomatometer) DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL.  Hope to see you soon. Happy October!  -Lisa


Fri Oct 2 - Thurs Oct 8  THE INTERN (PG-13) 121min HELD OVER!  New Times!  5:30 & 8:00
Fri Oct 2 - Mon Oct 5  PHOENIX (PG-13) 98min [in GERMAN with subtitles]  6:00 & 8:15
Tues Oct 6 - Thurs Oct 8  THE DIARY OF A TEEN-AGE GIRL (R) 102min  6:00 & 8:15


Fri Oct 2 - Thurs Oct 8 
Held Over a Second Week!  New Times!
THE INTERN (PG-13) 121min  5:30 & 8:00
BRAND NEW! Robert DeNiro stars as Ben Whitaker, a 70 year-old widower who has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing and opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion startup, founded and run by Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway) who is finding herself more and more in over her head with her increasingly successful business. This funny new intergenerational comedy is written and directed by Nancy Meyers (The Parent Trap, Something's Gotta Give).  trailer

Fri Oct 2 - Mon Oct 5
PHOENIX (PG-13) 98min [in GERMAN with subtitles]  6:00 & 8:15
Acclaimed director Christian Petzold (Barbara, Jerichow) has made a spellbinding, haunting, and beautiful mystery of identity, illusion and deception that unfolds against the turmoil of post-WW2 Germany. Based on a French novel "Return from the Ashes" actress Nina Hoss (A Most Wanted Man) stars as Nelly a disfigured Holocaust survivor and former nightclub singer who reluctantly takes a new identity while searching for her husband after the war who may or may not have betrayed her to the Nazis.  trailer

Tues Oct 6 - Thurs Oct 8
THE DIARY OF A TEEN-AGE GIRL (R) 102min  6:00 & 8:15
Captivating, frank, funny, and bracingly honest, this debut film from director Phoebe Gloekner, using the graphic novel by Marielle Heller and starring Kristen Wiig, Alexander Sarsgaard, and Bel Powley, explores the story of a fifteen year old girl's sexual and artistic awakening, and how she survives the consequences of her reckless decisions. She starts by enticing her largely absent mom's boyfriend into an inappropriate and complex relationship, then feels alternatively excited and self-loathing about herself with each subsequent choice, feelings she shares with her diary and with her artistic muse, groundbreaking feminist comic artist Aline Kominsky (Mrs. R. Crumb). "For the girls when they are grown."  trailer

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[Reel Pizza] update Sept 25 - Oct 1

hi everyone

Thank you to everyone who came out to Reel Pizza this past weekend for MIFF By-the-Sea and to all the filmmakers who came to town to share their work.  It was truly a great weekend of excellent films and speakers, and already we are looking forward to the 8th edition next fall! 

We are back into regular films.  This weekend we will be opening the new comedy starring Robert DeNiro and Anne Hathaway THE INTERN.  And we will present the 18th edition of the MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL. This was a great program we screened for the first time last year, in which the audience watches a program of 10 short films, both documentary and fiction (chosen from a record 678 entries) from filmmakers across the globe.  Then you mark a ballot with your choice of best film and best actor, which we tally and send on to headquarters, which is added to the choices from audiences all over the world (it is simultaneously screening in  over 250 countries this weekend); on Oct 5th the winners will be announced. 

Here is this coming week's schedule, we look forward to seeing you soon!
-Lisa

Fri Sept 25 - Thurs Oct 1
THE INTERN (PG-13) 121min  6:00 & 8:30
BRAND NEW! Robert DeNiro stars as Ben Whitaker, a 70 year-old widower who has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing and opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion startup, founded and run by Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway) who is finding herself more and more in over her head with her increasingly successful business. This funny new intergenerational comedy is written and directed by Nancy Meyers (The Parent Trap, Something's Gotta Give).  trailer

Fri Sept 25 - Mon Sept 28
MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (NR) 135min   5:30 & 8:00
Join with movie-goers in over 250 cities on six continents to vote for your choice of short film from one of today's up-and-coming young filmmakers behind the camera, as well as the actors in front in this 18th edition of this global festival. Every screening showcases ten films, most live-action but also two animated titles, from eight countries: Chile, Finland, France, Germany, Kosovo, Switzerland, Turkey, and USA; each viewer receives a ballot to fill out which will be tallied nightly with the winners announced at ManhattanShort.com on Monday Oct 5, at 10 AM. trailer

Tues Sept 29 - Thurs Oct 1
THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT (R) 122min   5:30 & 8:00
Would you rather be a guard or a prisoner? This was the question placed to two dozen Stanford college students in 1971 who had chosen to participate in social psychology professor Dr. Zimbardo's (Billy Crudup) infamous two week experiment recreating the prison environment; he wanted to look at whether people in positions of authority tended to abuse that authority. The experiment had to be truncated after six days because of the increasingly vicious behavior of the guards and growing distress of the traumatized inmates. The issues raised by the events portrayed in this thought-provoking, absorbing and well-acted historical drama from director Kyle Patrick Alvarez are still relevant today.  trailer