[Reel Pizza] update

Dear all
Here is the schedule of films with times for Reel Pizza April 25 - May 1.
What a week -- Spring has surely sprung!  
See you soon,  Lisa

Fri 4/25 - Thurs 5/1     HORTON HEARS A WHO  (G)  88min    5:30 and 7:30
Fri 4/25 - Mon 4/28     THE BAND'S VISIT  (PG-13)  89min    6:00 and 8:00
Tues 4/29 - Thurs 5/1  4 MONTHS 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (NR)  113min    6:00 and 8:30

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Fri 4/25 - Thurs 5/1
HORTON HEARS A WHO  (G)  88min   5:30 and 7:30
Inventive and rewarding, this animated adaptation perfectly captures the timeless eccentricities that epitomize the genius of Theodor Geisel's Dr. Seuss.  With the Blue Sky Studio team behind the ICE AGE films, directors Jimmy Hayword (veteran of Pixar) and Steve Martino (art director of ROBOTS) have made a gorgeous, playful and faithful film without annoying product placement.  Three generations of comic actors join forces to make this brilliantly simple story come alive.  Jim Carrey is Horton the faithful elephant, Steve Carell is the mayor of Who-ville, the town on the dustspeck, Carol Burnett is the feisty kangaroo whose suspicious disregard of the unknown has her committed to the failure of Horton's mission of mercy.  Seth Rogan, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler and Isla Fisher voice supporting characters. 

Fri Apr 25 - Mon Apr 28 
THE BAND'S VISIT  (PG-13)  89min  [partly in Arabic and Hebrew with subtitles]    6:00 and 8:00
The members of the Alexandria (Egypt) Ceremonial Police Orchestra, striking in their powder blue uniforms, are scheduled to play in Israel at the opening of an Arab cultural center.  Stranded at the airport without a ride, they decide to take public transportation, but communication difficulties cause them to take the wrong bus and they are deposited in a remote desert town where they end up spending the night at the invitation of the local café owner.  First-time Israeli filmmaker Eran Kolirin's refreshing and winning gem of a film is full of unforced warmth and observant humor, as the locals and the visitors make acquaintance.  This wonderful film was disqualified from the race for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for being too much in English, the default language used by the Arabs and Israelis to communicate with each other. 
 
Tues Apr 29 - Thurs May 1
4 MONTHS 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (NR)  113min  [in Romanian with subtitles]    6:00 and 8:30
Winner of last year's Palme d'Or at Cannes, and widely, critically acclaimed, this second feature from Romanian New Wave director Christian Mungiu is a riveting masterpiece of social realism.  This artful and powerful drama features long single-take scenes filmed by cinematographer Oleg Mutu (The Death of Mr. Lasarescu) as it follows a gripping twenty-four hours in the life of two college students in late 1980's Bucharest near the end of the tyrannical reign of Nicholai Ceausescu.  The immature and irresponsible Gabita is pregnant and is relying on her roommate, pragmatic and resourceful Otilia to obtain for her a highly illegal, black-market abortion.  This harrowing story is inspired by real-life events.

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