[Reel Pizza] schedule

First a quick note that I should have put in yesterday's update
The senior film for TODAY (Thursday) at 1:30 is CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR.

here is the next schedule that runs from Feb 8 - Feb 28.

LOBBY ART: Raymond Strout, Bar Harbor
A Rare View: Everyday Life on Mount Desert Island 1860-1940
Early maps, posters, broadsides, ledgers, letters, wooden signs, handblown glass bottles, oyster crocks and Soderholtz pots tell a special story of the life of villagers of Mount Desert Island of the nineteenth and mid-twentieth century. Local historian Raymond Strout, who as a Bar Harbor schoolboy became fascinated with collecting "ordinary" objects from the past, reveals how eloquent simple objects and papers become over time.

SUNDAY Feb 24th OSCAR NIGHT GALA to Benefit the Beth C. Wright Cancer Center
co-sponsored by Poor Boy's Gourmet & The First
Exquisite hors d'oeuvres  ~  Complementary glass of Champagne  ~  Come in Costume to win Great Prizes  ~ Grand Prize for most correct winners  ~  TERRIFIC FUN l GREAT CAUSE  ~  6:30 pm till...
Tickets:  $45 couple; $25 adults; $15 srs/student
*no eve shows Sun 2/24 - 2pm matinees only

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Fri 2/8 - Mon 2/11
BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD  (R)  117min
Master filmmaker Sidney Lumet (Serpico, Network, The Verdict) directs this taut, absorbing suspense thriller about a dysfunctional family in crisis.  In another of his three memorable roles this year, Philip Seymour Hoffman plays an overbearing and overextended broker who lures his weak-willed, younger brother (Ethan Hawke) into a desperately misguided, larcenous scheme whose rewards should solve all their financial problems.  When the seemingly perfect crime goes awry, the damage lands right at their feet.  Albert Finney is the family patriarch, and Marisa Tomei, Amy Ryan and Rosemary Harris are the women in these three men's lives.  This classy, classic heist-gone-wrong drama features invigorating, innovative storytelling, unforgettable acting and expert direction.
 
Tues 2/12 - Thurs 2/14
INTO THE WILD  (R)  123-150min
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!  Based on a true story and the best-selling book by Jon Krakauer, writer/director Sean Penn has made an exuberant and moving character study.  In 1990, after college graduation, idealist Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch, Lords of Dogtown) rejects his family, abandons his possessions, gives his savings to charity, and hitchhikes around the west, eventually heading to Alaska to get as far away from humanity as possible.  He meets grain elevator operator (Vince Vaughn), an aging hippie couple (Catherine Keener and Brian Dierker), and an aging widower (Oscar-nominated Hal Holbrook). Director of photography Eric Gautier (Motorcycle Diaries) has beautifully filmed his journey, from the South Dakota prairie to the canyons and deserts of the Southwest, to the Sea of Cortez, to the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest, to the remote Alaskan wilderness north of Mt Denali. 
 
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Fri 2/15 - Mon 2/18
THE KITE RUNNER  (PG-13)  128min [partly in Dari with subtitles]
The acclaimed novel by Afghan-American Khaled Husseini has been turned into a touching, memorable film full of terrific performances by director Marc Forster (Finding Neverland).  Set in Kabul shortly before the Russian invasion, two young friends fly kites together, timid Amir, the son of a privileged Sunni Pashtun, and selfless, loyal Hassan, son of the family's Shi'ite Hazari servant.  Hassan protects Amir while Amir reads to his illiterate friend.  Then a childhood act of betrayal after a tragic event separates these two, and Amir's guilt and shame follow him as he grows up to be a writer, exiled in California.  In the end he is given a chance to return to Afghanistan to make amends, but it could mean risking his life.
 
Tues 2/19 - Thurs 2/21
THE RED BALLOON/WHITE MANE  (NR)  81min [a little French with subtitles]
The 1956 short film The Red Balloon by Albert Lamourisse remains one of classics in the history of cinema.  It was winner of both the Palme d'Or at Cannes and the Oscar for best original screenplay, the only short film to receive this honor, although surprising, as the film is nearly wordless.  The pre-CGI film follows a boy, played by the director's son, who bonds with a vibrant red balloon while wandering the streets of his Paris neighborhood.  Paired with this is another short film by the same director, which has never before been released in the US.  An impressionistic fairytale set in the rugged marshlands of the Rhône River delta in the south of France it follows a wild horse and the young fisherman who earns the animal's trust.  These two films feature accessible, visual storytelling and celebrate the magic of childhood and the power of fantasy.

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Fri 2/22 - Mon 2/25
THE GREAT DEBATERS  (PG-13)  127min
*no eve shows Sun 2/24 - 2pm matinees only (Oscar Night)
Inspirational and intelligent, this powerful, heart-felt film recreates the victory of a debate team at a small black college in east Texas over the white, Ivy League national champions in a time (mid-1930's) ruled by segregating Jim Crow laws and the New Deal.  In Denzel Washington's second, directing effort (Antwone Fisher), he stars as the debate team coach Melvin Tolson who was also a renowned poet and moonlighted as an organizing activist.  Forest Whitaker (Last King of Scotland) plays the college's president, a local preacher who is father to one of the team.  The young actors portraying the debate team members all give charismatic, believable performances.
 
Tues 2/26 - Thurs 2/28
FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO (NR)  97min
David Karslake's deftly made and inspiring documentary is a powerful, compassionate and positive examination of the conflict between religion and homosexuality.  Religious leaders, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and biblical scholars discuss Bible literalism, a bias that seemingly ignores the cultural and historical context of the passages quoted when interpreting that scripture rejects homosexuality.  He also includes the stories of five evangelical families who have struggled to come to grips with the homosexuality of a child, including the family of recently elected and controversial Episcopal bishop Rt Rev V. Gene Robinson, and the family of Chrissy Gephardt, whose father Richard was a candidate for President and represented Missouri in Congress for many years.

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Coming on our second screen?

27 DRESSES (PG-13)  107min
Selfless and idealistically romantic, Jane (Katherine Heigl, Knocked Up) has helped plan and been bridesmaid to countless friend's weddings, and she has a closet full of gowns to prove it.  Secretly she pines for her boss (Ed Burns) but then her sister steals his heart and wants Jane to plan their wedding.  James Marsden (Enchanted, Hairspray) is a wedding writer who wants to do a feature article about Jane under the guise of getting to know her better, but she is not impressed.  Containing nothing heavy, this bubbly romantic comedy is infectiously fun entertainment. 
 
THE BUCKET LIST  (PG-13)  97min
Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman have great chemistry working together for the first time in their careers in this satisfying and funny end-of-life comedy drama from director Rob Reiner.  When two opposites, corporate billionaire Edward and working class mechanic Carter Chambers end up sharing a hospital room, both diagnosed with terminal cancer, they discover they have two things in common:  a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do before the end and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are.  Checking themselves out, they embark on the road trip of a lifetime together, becoming friends along the way and learning toe live life to the fullest with insight and humor.
 
JUNO  (PG-13)  91min
This extraordinary, quirky comedy about a spunky teen (a sensational Ellen Page) confronting an unplanned pregnancy with her friend and classmate Bleeker (Michael Cera, Superbad) is an uncommonly smart, funny and charming film directed by Jason Reitman (Thank You for Smoking).  Its refreshingly unique voice is the screenwriting debut of cult blogger Diablo Cody.  With the help of her best friend Leah, Juno tries to decide what to do about her situation, maybe an abortion, maybe finding her unborn child a perfect set of parents, like an affluent suburban couple longing to adopt (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner) who took out an ad in the local pennysaver flyer. But nothing is that easy in this full-of-life portrait.  This film has earned 4 Oscar nominations, including best picture, best director, best original screenplay and best actress.
 
ATONEMENT (R) 123min
Based on Ian McEwans's best-seller, this seven-time Oscar-nominated film, including for best picture, best supporting actress (for Saoirse Ronan), best adapted screenplay, best cinematography, best score, best art direction and best costume design is a beautiful, elegant, faithful adaptation.  Director Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice) brilliantly mixes classic romance and tragedy in this epic story of how a misunderstanding, which becomes a lie told on a sultry summer afternoon, devastates the lives of the characters for decades.  Budding young writer Briony (played by Saoirse Ronan, Ramola Garai, and Vanessa Redgrave over her life) and her older sister (Keira Knightly) live grandly on their parent's estate.  James McAvoy is a groundskeeper and dear family friend who has been accepted to medical school.
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Coming next schedule?

There Will Be Blood
Honeydripper
Persepolis
King Corn
Diving Bell and Butterfly
The Savages
Pete Seeger: Power of Song (coming March 11th)
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