Our website and associated operations (like the e-mailing list) were
disabled sometime early on 8/31 due to exceeding our bandwidth, but should
have returned to normal on 9/1 at 12am. Sorry for any inconvenience this
may have caused you.
Yesterday I sent out an email about our upcoming MIFF by-the-Sea, with a
schedule and film information. You should have received it sometime this
morning (it was held up by the bandwidth issue, and was a little large
because of the pdf attachment.) I got mine this morning. Let me know if
you did NOT receive and I can send it to you again. Paper Film festival
booklets are now available at Reel Pizza. Stop by and pick one up if you
would like. Tickets are also available now at the boxoffice for all films
being screened next weekend.
see you soon...
-Lisa
Below is the next schedule for Reel Pizza that runs Sept 4 - 24 2009.
first the schedule in brief, then with full descriptions.
Fri 9/4 - Thurs 9/10 (500) DAYS OF SUMMER (PG-13) 6:00 and 8:00
Fri 9/4 - Mon 9/7 THE HURT LOCKER (R) 5:30 and 8:15
Tues 9/8 - Thurs 9/10 O'HORTEN (PG-13) 5:30 and 7:30
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now playing thru Thurs Sept 3
PONYO (G) 100min 5:30 and 7:45
One of the absolute favorite filmmakers of everyone in our entire house,
the inimitable, Academy Award winning animation artist Hayao Miyazaki
(Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro) has created yet another masterpiece,
an environmentally themed story based loosely on Hans Christian Andersen's
The Little Mermaid. Ponyo (voiced by Miley's little sister Noah Cyrus) is
a magic goldfish with a half-human sea-wizard father who desperately wants
to be a little girl. The consequences of her actions when she falls in
love with a little boy Sosuke (young Frankie "Bonus" Jonas) throw the
Earth out of balance and they must work to set things right. An all-star
vocal cast supporting the work of this world-renowned master includes Matt
Damon, Liam Neeson, Tina Fey, Cloris Leachman, Betty White and Lily
Tomlin. This charming and captivating fable is suitable for everyone, no
matter how old.
and
SÉRAPHINE (NR) 125min [in FRENCH with English subtitles] 6:00 and 8:30
Winner of seven French César awards, including best picture and actress,
this remarkable biographical film magically reveals the fine line between
artistic genius and madness. Yolande Moreau (When the Sea Rises) is
captivating as a poor, simple and eccentric housekeeper who toils without
appreciation by day; her free time is spent collecting materials to make
colors, and painting vibrantly intense pictures she believes have been
requested by guardian angels. When her work is discovered by Wilhelm Uhde
(Ulrich Tukur, The Lives of Others) a German art collector who was the
first to buy works by Picasso and Henri Rousseau, a moving and unexpected
relationship develops between the avant-garde dealer and the untrained,
visionary maid. Director Martin Provost's poignant and evocative portrait
of this forgotten painter is a testament to creativity and the resilience
of one woman's spirit.
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Fri Sept 4 - Thurs Sept 10
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER (PG-13) 95min 6:00 and 8:00
This inventive and freshly original romance is the feature debut of music
video director Marc Webb working from a witty script from screenwriters
Scott Neustadter and Michael H.Weber. It stars Joseph Gordon Leavitt
(Brick) as unabashedly, romantically smitten Tom, and Zooey Deschanel
(Elf, Yes Man) as the committed to be uncommitted Summer; both young
actors give wonderful, charming performances. The playful, unpredictable
and visually creative film covers the time from when he first lays eyes on
her at their work writing greeting card copy in Los Angeles, until the day
he was finally over her, although not in chronological order.
Fri Sept 4 - Mon Sept 7
THE HURT LOCKER (R) 131min 5:30 and 8:15
Riveting and suspenseful, this war film is an authentic portrait of a task
force charged with disarming insurgent explosives. A trio of brilliant
performances comes from actors Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, and Brian
Geraghty. A compelling, lifelike dramatic story from screenwriter Mark
Boal is based on his time embedded with a bomb squad in Iraq. These
combine with the work of visionary director Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break,
Near Dark) into her best film yet, and one of the best reviewed of the
year.
Tues Sept 8 - Thurs Sept 10
O'HORTEN (PG-13) 90min [in Norwegian with subtitles] 5:30 and 7:30
This gentle, whimsical delight from Norwegian filmmaker Bent Hamer
(Kitchen Stories) is reminiscent of the wry comedies of Finnish director
Aki Kaurismaki, French clown Jacques Tati, and the early work of American
indie veteran Jim Jarmusch (especially Mystery Train). The episodic story
introduces Odd Horten (perfectly deadpan Bård Owe), a train engineer with
regular, ritualized habits acquired over thirty years of service who is
about to discover life after mandatory retirement. His uncharacteristic
attendance at a party thrown in his honor marks a shift from his regular
routine following a strict timetable, to a life that becomes increasingly
strange and curious.
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Fri Sept 11 - Mon Sept 14
MIFF By-the-Sea
Playing on BOTH screens all weekend; please see separate email for the
films during this special weekend event. Tickets $8, on sale now (just
for MIFF by-the-Sea)
Tues Sept 15 - Thurs Sept 17
AFGHAN STAR (NR) 88min [partly in Pashto and Dari with subtitles] In
2001, the Taliban's rule over Afghanistan ended, and with it ended the ban
on singing, dancing and television, among other things. In 2005,
articulate young producer Daoud Sediqi, hoping to promote national,
inter-ethnic unity, began what has become a wildly popular American
Idol-style TV series. Winner of both the Director and Audience Awards at
this year's Sundance World Documentary competition, Havana Marking's
timely, moving and extraordinary film follows the dramatic stories of four
participants from the regional auditions to the finals in Kabul, each
vying for a cash prize and recording contract. All the charismatic
finalists come from different backgrounds, and include two men of
different ethnic groups, and, remarkably, two women, one from
Talican-controlled Kandahar, the other more modern and brash. These four
risk everything to become the nation's favorite performer, chosen
democratically by cell phone text message. It is a fascinating,
entertaining window into Afghanistan's tenuous ongoing struggle for
modernity.
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Fri Sept 18 - Mon Sept 21
we will be booking a film for the week from Tues Sept 15 - Mon Sept 21
which will fill in this spot. Stay tuned.
Tues Sept 22 - Thurs Sept 24
DEPARTURES (PG-13) 130min [in Japanese with subtitles]
This year's Oscar-winner for Best Foreign Language film is an appealing,
fulfilling comedy drama about the meaning of life from director Yojiro
Takita. Recently unemployed cellist Daigo (Mashiro Moroki, Shall We
Dance?) moves back to his family's home, and answers a help wanted ad for
working in "departures" which he figures is something in the travel
industry. He instead becomes an apprentice to a funeral professional who
prepares the dead for burial and entry into the next life, a traditional
ritual bringing comfort and closure to the bereaved. He also makes a
strong father-son bond with his boss (Tsutomi Yamazaki, Tampopo). But the
stigma of working with the deceased hangs heavy on him and he does not
tell his wife, even though the work is well-paying, dignified and
thoroughly suits him.
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COMING SOON ON THE SECOND SCREEN
DISTRICT 9 (R) 113min
Written and directed by visual effects artist Neill Blomkamp and produced
by Peter Jackson, this imaginative, bold film is a humans-vs-aliens
science fiction where the aliens are the good guys. Action-packed, this
ambitious, satisfying popcorn flick features special effects that support
a poignant, smart story instead of being the story. Three decades ago, a
huge spaceship broke down over Johannesburg where it still hovers. The
crustacean-like inhabitants, derogatorily called prawns by the humans,
were relocated to a refugee camp where they remain crammed in ghetto
conditions. Wimpy but racist bureaucrat Wikus van der Merwe (new actor
Sharlto Copley) head of security charged with removing the aliens to an
even more remote camp and discovering the secret of their weapons, becomes
infected by an alien virus, and discovers he has become a wanted man.
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE (PG-13) 107min
Based on the best-selling book by Audrey Niffenberger, this romantic drama
tells the story of a love that transcends time. Clare (Rachel McAdams,
The Notebook) feels she has loved Chicago librarian Henry (Eric Bana, Star
Trek) her entire life and believes they are destined to be together.
However, their relationship is complicated by an accursed genetic disorder
he suffers from that causes him to travel through time at random moments
of his life and he can vanish for long periods of time without warning.
Through it all they try to build a lasting life together, despite the
obstacles.
JULIE & JULIA (PG-13) 123min
Based on a true story, New Yorker Julie Powell (Amy Adams), a government
secretary, spices up her life when she decides to master the art of French
cooking just as her idol, Julia Child (Meryl Streep), did 40 years
earlier. Though she has no expertise, Powell challenges herself to cook
every single recipe in Child legendary bible of French cuisine. With her
great love of food and the guiding words of the world renowned chef to
inspire her, Powell tackles all 524 recipes in just 365 days, chronicling
her experiences as she takes on each new culinary challenge. As she takes
Child's lessons to heart and hearth, Powell uses her immersion in the
world of traditional French cooking as a catalyst to transform her own
life.
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COMING SOON ON THE NEXT SCHEDULE?
Inglourious Basterds
Adam
In the Loop
Paper Heart
Taking Woodstock
Lorna's Silence
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Invention of Lying
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