I would like to start by enthusiastically congratulating all of this year's MDI graduates, at the elementary, high school and college levels. HURRAH! Go out into the world and do us proud!
Time to plan your restorative nap....We have the season's first IMPROVISION on Friday night late! This is the sixth(?) year of this fabulous collaborative event between the quick and funny folks at ImprovAcadia and Chris's ever expanding B-movie collection. Come check out all the fun and be prepared to laugh out loud.
Here are this week's films. New Schedule almost done. See you soon!!
-Lisa
Fri June 7 IMPROVISION (NR) 11pm
Fri Jun 7 - Thurs Jun 13 42 (PG-13) 128min 6:00 and 8:30
Fri Jun 7 - Mon Jun 10 THE SAPPHIRES (PG-13) 103min 5:30 and 8:00
Tues Jun 11 - Thurs Jun 13 RENOIR (R) in French w/ subtitles 111min 5:30 and 8:00
Fri June 7
IMPROVISION (NR) 11:00pm
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 totally new show every time. Don't miss out on all the fun.
Fri June 7 - Thurs June 13
42 (PG-13) 128min
Oscar-winning screenwriter Brian Hegeland (LA Confidential, Mystic River) has written and directed a rousing, old-fashioned crowd-pleaser about the integration of major league baseball in 1947. Harrison Ford stars as the scrappy Brooklyn Dodgers general manager who decides for many reasons that it is time for a black player to come up through the farm system. He chooses Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) a man who he feels is strong enough to endure the racism that is bound to, and does, occur from both within his team and throughout the league. 42 Trailer
Fri June 7 - Mon June 10
THE SAPPHIRES (PG-13) 103min
From Australia, this based on a true story follows a group of talented Aboriginal girl singers in the late 1960s who earn the opportunity to travel to Vietnam to entertain the US troops and learn about love, friendship and war. Writer Tony Briggs used the story of his mom and three aunts to create the stage play that became this charming and joyous debut film from new director Wayne Blair. Facing home-grown racism and romantic troubles too, three sisters who’ve been singing together since childhood enter a talent show run by a broken but kind and scruffy piano player (Chris O’Dowd, Bridesmaids). He becomes these girls’ manager and encourages them to drop their maudlin country-western songs for exuberant soul and helps them find their first taste of stardom. Sapphires Trailer
Tues June 11 - Thurs June 13
RENOIR (R) 111min [in FRENCH with subtitles]
This beautiful film from French director Gilles Bourdos is a sumptuous biography of the celebrated Impressionist painter Pierre August (Michel Bouquet) at the end of his life, his war-injured son and future silent filmmaker (The Grand Illusion) Jean (Vincent Rottiers) and the free-spirited, enchanting young model (Christa Theret) that enters both their lives and becomes an important figure for both. Set on the French Riviera in 1915, her presence rejuvenates the elder Renoir, inspiring him in his final years to create some of his most famous works, and encourages the younger Renoir to explore his passion for the new medium of film. Convicted, celebrated forger Guy Ribes recreates the famous artwork in this visually splendid film featuring cinematography by Mark Ping Bing Lee (In the Mood for Love). Renoir Trailer
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