Here is the schedule of films for this coming week, and I am even able to
give you a peek at the next couple of weeks. Hopefully this will answer
some burning questions. I will send the upcoming full schedule early next
week.
The film for this coming week, over Labor Day weekend, will be RISE OF THE
PLANET OF THE APES. The following week (starting Sept 9), we will be
screening THE HELP, and the weekend after that (Sept 16th - 19th) is the
third annual MIFF By-the-Sea Film Festival. You will be getting more
information on the film festival shortly, but if you are interested in
what is playing, as long as you don't mind not knowing exactly when, you
can go our website and read more on the MIFF-Basic Info Tab.
Also I want to give you a heads up on a recently scheduled weekend
afternoon event coming up. We will be hosting a Community Forum on Sunday
afternoon Sept 11th beginning at 1:30pm. All members of the MDI community
are invited to share their personal reflections on the tenth anniversary
of 9/11 and their thoughts on what we have learned, how we have changed,
and the challenge in front of us. A panel of speakers including
Representative Elsie Flemings will also speak to these points. The Forum,
to be moderated by University of Maine Cooperative Extension Professor and
WERU radio show host Ron Beard, is intended to include the voices of
everyone across the whole spectrum of political, religious, and cultural
affiliations. For more information please contact Jenny Reece, deacon at
St. Saviour's Episcopal Church, Bar Harbor at revdrjmr@gmail.com
August is going out gloriously. Hope you are out enjoying these last days
of mindless summer freedom. Because when I email you next week, many of
us will be back at school!
-Lisa
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ok, here is this week's schedule:
Fri 9/2 - Thu 9/8 RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG-13) 105min 5:30 & 8:15
Fri 9/2 - Mon 9/5 A BETTER LIFE (PG-13) 98min 6:00 and 8:30
Tue 9/6 - Thu 9/8 PAGE ONE: Inside the New York Times (R) 88min 6:00 & 8:00
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Fri Sept 2 - Thurs Sept 8
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG-13) 105min 5:30 & 8:15
This "origins" story from British director Rupert Wyatt (The Escapist) has
the best reviews of this summer's crop of action films, both for its
reality-based cautionary tale and for the seamless visual effects; plus it
stands on its own as an individual film. Andy Serkis (LOTR, King Kong)
gives a terrific motion-capture performance as Caesar, an orphaned chimp,
raised by genetics scientist Will Rodman (James Franco) trying to work out
a drug to cure Alzheimer's disease, afflicting his father. Defending the
grandfather, Caesar gets himself into trouble and lands in monkey jail
where he causes the other inmates, including orangutans and gorillas to
revolt against Mankind.
Fri Sept 2 - Mon Sept 5
A BETTER LIFE (PG-13) 98min [partly in Spanish with subtitles] 6:00 and 8:30
From director Chris Weitz (About a Boy), this touching and poignant
multi-generational story is about a father's love and the lengths a parent
will go to give his child opportunities he never had. Demián Bichir gives
a masterful performance as Carlos, a struggling illegal day-laborer for a
landscape gardener. His is also raising his son (José Julián) alone,
trying to make ends meet while steering his teen clear of the lure of LA's
gangs and their easy money. It is a powerful and authentic story that
resonates with truth.
Tues Sept 6 - Thurs Sept 8
PAGE ONE: A Year Inside the New York Times (R) 88min 6:00 & 8:00
With unprecedented access to the Gray Lady's newsroom and the inner
workings of her Media Desk, this engrossing and enlightening documentary
is a nuanced portrait of a revered institution at a crossroads,
chronicling the transformation of the media industry at a time of greatest
turmoil. Grappling with challenges such as WikiLeaks, constantly evolving
platforms such as Twitter and tablets, and an increasing expectation that
news should be free, the writers, editors and publishers struggle to stay
vital and solvent. But director Andrew Rossi also shows that rigorous
journalism is vibrant and thriving.
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