[Reel Pizza] July 6 - July 26 Schedule

Happy Fourth Everyone! 

sorry to be late (yet again?!?)  Here is the schedule for the next three weeks, that runs Friday July 6 - Thursday July 26. 
I attached a smaller sized pdf file of the movie schedule that I hope is more inbox-friendly.  It looks ok printed from my computer (if that means anything!)

We have two special events this coming weekend.  We are really excited to welcome film director Whit Stillman to Reel Pizza in a professional capacity as we screen his newest film over a weekend he will be on MDI.  He has graciously offered to be at the theater on Sat thru Mon evenings to introduce the film at the later screenings, and speak with anyone interested coming out of the earlier screenings.  We also have the second selection in our Sierra Club Free Environmental Matinee film and speaker series, and then later in the month, another IMPROVISION! 

We also finally have been able to book The Exotic Marigold Hotel for you on this schedule; Thanks for all your patience!  Additionally we have found some wonderful, family-rated  gems from the independent film world that we hope you will try, balancing out the popular summer blockbusters. Speaking of which, we will be opening the brand new ICE AGE film on Friday July 13 (is that a bad omen?) and stay tuned for news on DARK KNIGHT...coming soon??

Hope you are all having either a busy summer or a fun summer, or better yet...BOTH!

-Lisa

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7/6 - 7/12    SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN  (PG-13)  127min  6:00 & 8:30
7/6 - 7/9    DAMSELS IN DISTRESS  (PG-13) 97min  5:30 and 8:00* *Director to introduce the later shows Sat, Sun, & Mon
7/10 - 7/12    I WISH (PG) 128min [in Japanese with subtitles]  5:30 and 8:00

7/13 - 7/19    THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL  (PG-13) 124min   6:00 and 8:30
and        ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT  (PG)  94min  5:30 and 7:45

7/20 - 7/23    BERNIE (PG-13) 104min 
7/24 - 7/26    MONSIEUR LAZHAR  (PG-13)  94min  [in French with subtitles]

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Sun July 8 
Sierra Club Summer Environmental Film and Speaker Series #2
Wilderness and Spirit, A Mountain Called Katahdin  (NR)  100min  2:00pm FREE
Winner of many environmental film festival awards, this landmark documentary includes the first recorded footage of the Katahdin 100 Run of the Penobscot People and footage of Earl Shaffer’s climb up Katahdin on his 50th anniversary Appalachian Trail through hike. It brings together the writings of Henry David Thoreau, the paintings of Frederic Church and Marsden Hartley, interviews with Baxter State Park staff, descendants of Gov. Baxter, legendary stories, and recollections of the residents of Millinocket and hikers and climbers of Katahdin. This film will be introduced by Buzz Caverly, long-time superintendent of Baxter State Park for many years and an enthusiastic and inspirational speaker. Reel Pizza and the Maine Chapter of the Sierra Club offer these films and speakers at no charge to get people focused on the environment. (For your calendar, future dates (topics) are Sundays 8/10 (climate change), 9/16 (dark skies) and 10/14 (clean water)).

Sun July 22
IMPROVISION  (NR)  11:00pm
So wrong, for all the right reasons!  Check out our occasional, wacky collaboration with the talented ImprovAcadia crew.  With the sound turned off, this ever-changing group of up-and-coming comedians improvise the dialogue, music tracks, and sound effects to a cheesy, grade B movie THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE!  Their talents make the pictures on the screen way funnier than they were ever anticipated.  It's a new show every time.  Don't miss out on all the fun!  (For your calendar, future dates are Sunday 8/19, and Fridays 9/7 & 10/12).

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Fri July 6 - Thurs July 12
SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN  (PG-13)  127min  6:00 & 8:30
This brand-new film turns the classic fairytale into an epic action adventures.  Charlize Theron is the evil queen out to destroy the fairest maiden in the land (Kristen Stewart).  But Snow White, rescued by the huntsman (Chris Hensworth) has been training in the arts of war with him.  Sam Claflin plays the prince enchanted by her beauty.

Fri July 6 - Mon July 9  *Director Whit Stillman to introduce the later shows Sat, Sun, & Mon*
DAMSELS IN DISTRESS  (PG-13) 97min  5:30 and 8:00*
Young indie actress Greta Gerwig (Baghead) leads an excellent ensemble in this charming, civilized and very funny campus comedy, the first film in a dozen years from astute director Whit Stillman (Last Days of Disco), whose films parse the lives of privileged young adults with clever, witty dialogue.  Veronica is the leader of a group of beautiful women at a recently co-ed integrated college who are determined to save their (mostly male) schoolmates from themselves. She is joined by principled Rose and sexy Heather; they recruit new transfer student Lily (Analeigh Tipton, Crazy Stupid Love) who is somewhat skeptical but game as the group confronts suicide prevention with doughnuts and musical dance numbers and tries to improve frat boy hygiene by dating the offenders.  On Sat, Sun and Mon director Stillman will be on introduce later screenings;  he will also be available to chat in the lobby as the first show lets out.

Tues July 10 - Thurs July 12
I WISH (PG) 128min [in Japanese with subtitles]  5:30 and 8:00
After their parents’ divorce, two close siblings are separated; older, serious Koichi goes with his mother to his grandparent’s home in the shadow of an active volcano, while outgoing Ryu stays with their father, a struggling rock musician.  Soon, a new bullet train is to be open connecting the boys’ home cities.  Koichi hears that wishes come true that are made when standing at the exact center of two passing trains on their first run.  He makes clandestine arrangements to go to that spot on this new train line with his brother and his friends, dreaming of the miracle that will reunite his family.  With wisdom and humor, this hopeful film from director Hirokazu Kore-eda (After Life, Nobody Knows) fully captures the innocence of childhood.

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Fri July 13 - Thurs July 19
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL  (PG-13) 124min   6:00 and 8:30
A group of British retirees (played by Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy and others) decide for various reasons to move their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India, enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel.  Bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, these disparate expats arrive to find the palace, run by young Sonny (Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire), a shell of its former self. This delightful ensemble, based on Deborah Moggach’s novel These Foolish Things, is directed with charm by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love).

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ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT  (PG)  94min  5:30 and 7:45
Scrat’s relentless and crazed pursuit of his precious acorn has world-changing consequences, causing a cataclysm of continental proportions that sends Manny the Mammoth (Ray Romano), Diego the Sabertooth (Dennis Leary) and Sid the Sloth (John Leguizamo) on an epic adventure.  Sid reunites with his cantankerous grannie (Wanda Sykes), and the three friends and company travel via iceberg where they encounter a ragtag group of seafaring pirates, led by the Orangutan Capt Gutt (Peter Dinklage), who are determined to prevent them from getting home.  It is sure to be non-stop frivolous fun.

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Fri July 20 - Mon July 23
BERNIE (PG-13) 104min 
Independent director Richard Linklater (Before Sunrise) works again with a quite restrained Jack Black (School of Rock) and right-at-home Matt McConaughey (Dazed and Confused).  This satisfyingly intriguing and enjoyably wacky East Texas-set comedy and vivid, offbeat character study is based on a true story.  Bernie (Black) is a beloved resident of a small, rural town, the dedicated assistant mortician who teaches Sunday school and sings in the choir.  When he befriends an affluent widow (Shirley MacLaine) no one is surprised, except that she is such a hated sourpuss that her family has disowned her.  As their relationship grows, he becomes her traveling companion, financial manager and heir.  McConaughey is the ambitious local DA who becomes involved as Bernie’s seemingly inexhaustible kindness gets stretched thin.

Tues July 24 - Thurs July 26
MONSIEUR LAZHAR  (PG-13)  94min  [in French with subtitles]
This French Canadian film, an Oscar-nominee for Best Foreign Language film this past year, is a multi-layered drama, a compelling portrait of a decent but troubled man and an exploration of the student-teacher dynamic.  In a Montreal middle-school, two students discover the body of their favorite teacher.  Algerian immigrant Bachir Lazhar (Mohamed Fellag) volunteers to substitute after reading about the tragedy in the paper and is quickly hired.  The cultural gap between teacher and students is immediately apparent, but over the year he tries to help the kids through the healing process despite his haunted past. This poignant, thoughtful film, adapted from a one-man play by Évelyne de la Chenelière, is directed by Philippe Falardeau.

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Coming on our Second Screen?
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (PG-13) 165min
This is the third and concluding feature in director Christopher Nolan’s series of Batman films, starting with Batman Begins and continuing with The Dark Knight.  Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman reprise their roles from the earlier two films.  Tom Hardy enters as Bane, the menacing foe of Gotham City, and Anne Hathaway as his associate Selina Kyle aka Catwoman.  Although Batman is now considered the enemy of Gotham after admitting to killing Harvey Dent, when Bane overwhelms the city’s policeforce, Batman steps in to protect his city.  If we are granted permission to show the film on opening, we will be presenting a mid-night screening Thursday night into the wee hours of Friday morning.  We will let you know when we know.

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Coming Next Schedule?
Moonrise Kingdom
People Like Us
The Amazing Spiderman
To Rome with Love
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Polisse
Your Sister's Sister
Hysteria

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