SORRY! Is August over yet? I apologize for missing the last week -- WOW where did it go?
-L (ps, thanks Anna!)
So, onto the schedule...Tomorrow night (Thursday) is the last night for DARK KNIGHT RISES at 5:00 and 8:30 and YOUR SISTER'S SISTER at 5:30 and 8:00. Without having sent anything out, I am impressed at the turnout for the little art movie...thank you! and sorry if anyone missed out because of my spaciness on our rerun of BRAVE last weekend.....
Tues July 30 - Thurs Aug 2
YOUR SISTER’S SISTER (R) 90min 5:30 and 8:00
This three character piece, the second film from director Lynn Shelton (Humpday) is a thoughtful and complex story of romantic confusion. After Jack (Mark Duplass, Safety Not Guaranteed) makes a scene at a memorial service for his late brother, his best friend Iris (Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in Yemen) sends him to their vacant secluded family camp to chill. When he arrives, he unexpectedly finds Iris’s sister Hannah (Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married) there, nursing her wounds from the breakup of her longtime relationship. A night of tequila-fueled confessions segues into the unannounced arrival of Iris early the next morning. Thus a twisted tale of complicated relationships and secrets is set in motion. The excellent cast give raw, hilarious and emotional improvised performances.
Starting Friday as we say goodbye to the long DARK KNIGHT RISES, our box office will return to it's regular opening time of 4:30. We have our third installment of the free Sunday afternoon Sierra Club Film Series, with the film SUN COME UP, an Oscar-nominated documentary about climate change, on Aug 12 at 2:00, and another round of IMPROVISION on Sunday Aug 19 at 11pm (oops just realized this is not during this schedule!)
Friday Aug 3 - Thurs Aug 9
MOONRISE KINGDOM (PG-13) 94min 5:30 and 8:00
In director Wes Anderson’s (Fantastic Mr. Fox, Rushmore, Royal Tennenbaums) consistently delightful new film, co-written with Roman Coppola, two twelve year-olds – one an orphan at Scout Camp, the other a lonely local girl – fall in love, make a secret pact and run away together into the wilderness. Set on a New England coastal island in the summer of 1965, the peaceful island community is turned upside-down as the authorities, including the sheriff (Bruce Willis), the Scout Master (Ed Norton), the girl’s parents (Bill Murray and Frances McDormand) and a Social Services representative (Tilda Swinton) try to hunt them down before a hurricane arrives.
To some, the new R-rated debut feature from The Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is full of ribald, juvenile stupidity, but to many others it is an inspired, raucously hysterical comedy. The writer-director voices a potty-mouthed stuffed teddy bear, magically brought to life years ago by little Johnny. Today, John (Mark Wahlberg) is a grown adult but the two have been inseparable best friends this whole time. However, things might be about to change as John’s girlfriend (Milja Kunis) of four years is forcing a decision, choose either her or the bear.
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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MAGIC MIKE (R) 110min
Set in the world of the all-male dance review, this latest film from prolific and multi-disciplinary director-cinematographer Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s 11, Traffic, sex lies and videotape) might be this summer’s guilty pleasure for half the population. It is also a charming and entertaining story (albeit with a bit of wonderfully campy eye-candy) of a guy with dreams. Based on a brief period in star Channing Tatum’s (21 Jump Street) real life, the story follows a construction worker who does stripping on the side, trying to raise the money he needs to start his dream business. He takes a young, aimless dropout under his wing and gets him a job at the club. Matt McConaughey (Bernie) continues his recent excellent work playing Texan characters as the club’s sleazy owner.
Tues Aug 14 - Thurs Aug 16
SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (R) 86min
An unusual classified ad (purportedly real) seeking a companion for a time-travelling expedition leads three Seattle-based alternative weekly magazine employees to the coast where they find paranoid grocery clerk Kenneth (Mark Duplass, Your Sister’s Sister). Jeff, a cynical reporter, heads off to rekindle an old high school flame, while Darius (Aubrey Plaza, TV’s Parks and Recreation) and Arnau (Karan Soni) prepare for their adventure. This multi-layered, sweetly eccentric and freshly offbeat comedy won the screenwriting award at Sundance for writer Derek Connolly, and is the inspired feature debut for director Colin Trevorrow.
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (PG-13) 93min
This extraordinary debut film, winner of the Cannes Camera d’Or for best first film and the top Sundance prize for fiction film, is a strikingly original, beautiful film and an altogether unforgettable experience. Young Quvenzhané Wallis inhabits the role of Hushpuppy, who lives with her ailing, alcoholic father Wink (played by a New Orleans baker named Dwight Henry) in a defiant bayou community called the Bathtub on the other side of the levee from “civilization”. While he is trying to prepare her for survival after he’s gone, she believes that the natural world is in balance with the universe, …until catastrophe strikes. Director Benh Zeitlin and playwright Lucy Alibar adapt her play Juicy and Delicious into a magical, spellbinding poetry.
THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN (PG-13) 137min
This fun, new version of the Spiderman genesis story stars Andrew Garfield (Social Network) as our young hero and Emma Stone (The Help) as his high school sweetheart Gwen. Director Marc Webb ((500) Days of Summer) provides more interesting character development without sacrificing any of the exciting action adventure. Peter Parker lives with his aunt and uncle (Sally Field and Martin Sheen) and is trying to solve the mystery behind the death of his parents. When goes to see a former colleague of his dad’s (Rhys Ifans) who is doing experiments on reptile DNA, he gets bit by the infamous arachnid and gains his super powers.
Sunday Aug 12 Sun Come Up (NR) 45min 2:00pm
Late Night Fun!
Sunday Aug 19 IMPROVISION
Don't miss out on all the fun.
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COMING NEXT SCHEDULE?
TO ROME WITH LOVE
POLISSE
HYSTERIA
THE BOURNE LEGACY
THE CAMPAIGN
PARANORMAN
THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN
HOPE SPRINGS
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