[Reel Pizza] update April 9 - 16

e-greetings to all

This coming weekend, thanks to the organizing efforts of weekend house manager and COA faculty member Colin Capers we are once again bringing the TOURNEES FESTIVAL of French Film to Reel Pizza.  Over the weekend (Fri to Mon) in one auditorium we will be screening five films of all different types --there's a romance, a comedy, a documentary, a collection of animated short films, and a thriller-- and each title will be shown twice.  The times won't be as consistent as they usually are, so pay close attention.  Regular prices apply, but you can buy a discounted pass at the box office good for all five films for $25.  COA community members have free admission only with the presentation of ID at the box office.  (please note the correction of a discrepancy with the printed schedule; BEACHES OF AGNES plays at 5:30 on Friday)

I will be sending out the next schedule of films to you soon, so look for it...tomorrow maybe?

see you soon
-Lisa

Here are the films at Reel Pizza from Fri April 9 - Thurs April 15.

Fri April 9 - Thurs April 15
GREEN ZONE  (R)  115min    6:00 and 8:30
Inspired by the non-fiction book Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Oscar-winning screenwriter Brian Helgeland (LA Confidential), director Paul Greengrass (Bourne Supremacy, Bloody Sunday), and star Matt Damon (Invictus) have made an entertaining, action-packed fictional thriller that recreates the chaos that was central Iraq in 2003, just after the fall of Saddam Hussein as our troops were looking for the weapons of mass destruction that the government claimed was the reason to go to war.  Damon plays a Chief Warrant Officer who becomes suspicious that the intelligence has been falsified as they fight lethal battles over empty storehouses.  Brandon Gleeson is a CIA op who sees the chaos coming; Greg Kinnear is the crony who is running the show. 


Fri April 9 -- Mon April 12
TOURNÉES FESTIVAL OF FRENCH FILM  (NR) [in French with subtitles]
The Tournées Festival was made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture (CNC) through a grant awarded to the College of the Atlantic. Tickets are $6 each or $25 for a pass for all five films. COA students free (*must show ID).
-THE ROMANCE OF ASTREA AND CELADON   106min   Sat 9:00;  Sun  6:45.
The final film from New Wave veteran Eric Rohmer; an exquisite, enthralling, thoroughly cinematic exploration of love, freedom, and honor set in idyllic French pastures, where romance grows like roses on a vine.
-ELDORADO   80min   Fri  7:45;  Sun  5:00.
When gruff, unsuspecting Belgian car dealer Yvan comes back from work one evening, his home has been ransacked and a series of clues indicate that the burglar is still on the premises… written and directed with a wonderfully modern, absurdist sense of humor by its star actor.
-A GIRL CUT IN TWO   110min   Sat  6:45;  Mon  5:30.
A playful, sexy triangle that turns darkly foreboding and dangerous, until it builds to a fever pitch with disastrous and melodramatic results.
-FEAR(S) OF THE DARK   80min   Sat  5:00;  Mon  7:45
Six leading graphic artists and cartoonists turn their personal terrors into reality in this nightmarish animated anthology.
-THE BEACHES OF AGNES  110min   Fri  5:30;  Sun  9:00.
On the eve of her 80th birthday, Agnès Varda, often referred to as "the godmother of the French New Wave," decided to make this lively, autobiographical film, guiding us through her extraordinary 55-year career.

FRI 4/09:    5:30 -- The Beaches of Agnes;   7:45 -- Eldorado
SAT 4/10:    5:00 -- Fear(s) of the Dark;  6:45 -- A Girl Cut in Two;  9:00 -- Romance of Astrea & Celadon
SUN 4/11:    5:00 -- Eldorado;  6:45 -- Romance of Astrea & Celadon;  9:00 -- The Beaches of Agnes
MON 4/12:    5:30 -- A Girl Cut in Two;  7:45 -- Fear(s) of the Dark

Tues April 13 - Thurs April 15
TREELESS MOUNTAIN (NR)   89min  [in KOREAN with subtitles]   5:30 and 7:30
In Korean-born, Brooklyn-based director So Yong Kim's beautiful, evocative and thought-provoking second feature, two young girls are taken by their mother to live with their lazy Big Aunt while she goes to find their absent father.  Promising to return when their piggy bank is full, they are confused and angry when she doesn't.  Eventually Big Aunt can no longer cope, taking them to their grandparent's farm where against the grandfather's wishes, the grandmother takes them in and they come to learn the importance of family bonds.
 
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