Busy week ahead of us.
Tonight thru Thursday we have the last days of MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. and the extreme climbing film MERU. (note, if you can't get to our screenings of MERU, it plays at the Alamo Theatre in Bucksport this coming weekend: Fri/Sat at 7, Sun at 2)
Then Friday we start our 7th annual MIFF By-the-Sea Film Festival! We are really excited for this year's event; we have several filmmakers who will be attending the opening night reception (the public is welcome to this ticketed event), and will also be speaking at at least one if not two of their screenings. All the info is on the website, and was recently in your inbox, and the printed programs are available at the theater, Plus advance tickets are on sale now. You can buy individual tickets (which are $8) to any screening, or if you are interested in more than one or two, you (and a friend, if you'd like) can go in on a pass to give you a price discount. We offer 6 and 10 punch passes that two people can share, and a festival pass that gets you into everything. Please be aware that BIG TICKETS will not get you into any of the MIFF By-the-Sea screenings.
If you want to go all out, you can see all the pictures (if not all the speakers) if you go in this order:
Fri: Dr Myes, The Living Green, In the Crosswind, Improvision
Sat: After Winter, Quebekoisie, Astraea, Hancock County Shorts, The Hungry Years
Sun: Angkor's Children, Children of the Arctic, The Congressman, The Epic of Everest
Mon: Come to My Voice, Theeb.
Then after the festival is all done, we have more excitement for you in the middle of next week.
We will have our regular two films, AMY about the young singer Amy Winehouse, and Woody Allen's latest picture IRRATIONAL MAN. However, the early show of AMY on Wednesday is being pre-empted by a special presentation of the new movie THE REFLEKTOR TAPES by the band Arcade Fire - two of the band's members' parents and grandparents live on MDI and we always enjoy supporting and presenting our local celebrities' film events. Jazz harpist (and band mom) Liza Rey Butler will have pre-release copies of her new CD on sale. Come enjoy the music!
Below is the schedule, and feel free to call if you want clarification, we understand there is a lot going on, and the schedule could be confusing!
Hope to see you this weekend!
-Lisa and Chris
FRI 4:00 - 6:00 CATERED OPENING NIGHT CELEBRATION (tickets $15) 6:00 - 7:30 THE STRANGE EYES OF DR MYES (guest) 6:15 - 7:45 COME TO MY VOICE 7:45 - 9:00 THE LIVING GREEN (guest) 8:15 - 10:10 THE CONGRESSMAN (guest) 9:15 - 10:45 IN THE CROSSWIND 11:00 - 12:25 IMPROVISION
SAT Screen one 2:00 - 3:15 THE LIVING GREEN (guest) 2:00 - 3:30 AFTER WINTER, SPRING 3:30 - 5:00 THE EPIC OF EVEREST 3:45 - 5:20 QUEBEKOISIE 5:15 - 7:05 ASTRAEA 5:30 - 7:00 IN THE CROSSWIND 7:15 - 8:35 ANGKOR'S CHILDREN (guest) 7:30 - 8:50 HANCOCK COUNTY SHORTS (guests) 9:00 - 10:35 THE HUNGRY YEARS 9:15 - 10:45 THE STRANGE EYES OF DR MYES (guest) SUN Screen one 1:00 - 2:00 YOU ARE LOVED workshop(guests) 2:00 - 3:20 ANGKOR'S CHILDREN 2:30 - 4:10 THEEB 3:30 - 4:50 HANCOCK COUNTY SHORTS (guests) 4:30 - 6:05 CHILDREN OF THE ARCTIC 5:15 - 6:45 AFTER WINTER, SPRING 6:15 - 8:10 THE CONGRESSMAN 7:00 - 8:35 THE HUNGRY YEARS 8:30 - 10:05 QUEBEKOISIE 8:45 - 10:15 THE EPIC OF EVEREST
MON Screen one 5:30 - 7:05 CHILDREN OF THE ARCTIC 6:00 - 7:30 COME TO MY VOICE 7:30 - 9:20 ASTRAEA 7:45 - 9:25 THEEB Tuesday and Thursday 5:30 IRRATIONAL MAN (R) 97min 6:00 AMY (R) 128min 7:45 IRRATIONAL MAN (R) 97min 8:30 AMY (R) 128min Wednesday only 5:30 IRRATIONAL MAN (R) 97min 6:00 THE REFLEKTOR TAPES (NR) 91min 7:45 IRRATIONAL MAN (R) 97min 8:30 AMY (R) 128min
MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL By-The-Sea
Four days of Maine-made and International films, both feature length and shorts, with talks by filmmakers, Special Edition of ImproVision, and more.
Tues Sept 22 - Thurs Sept 24
IRRATIONAL MAN (R) 97min 5:30 & 7:45
Veteran director Woody Allen's 50th feature film is a comic drama. Joaquin Phoenix stars as a morose and alcoholic but also brilliant philosophy professor who is being chased by two women at his new school. Parker Posey plays another professor in an unhappy marriage and Emma Stone plays one of his much younger students with a serious infatuation. A misguided and ill-advised decision with the goal of making the world a better place changes his perspective on life for the better which helps him discover how he really can make a difference. trailer
This absorbing, restrained and honest film tells the story of Amy Winehouse, the gifted, talented British soul singer whose personal life was full of trouble. With the participation of many of the young woman's friends and family, and with access to a trove of home video clips, director Asif Kapadia (Senna) has made a fascinating and intimate music documentary about the relationship between art, celebrity and addiction through the story of one of the biggest singing stars in British history whose light burned out too fast. trailer
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Wednesday Sept 23 ONE SHOW ONLY 6:00pm (pre-empts the early AMY screening)
BRAND NEW! A fascinating insight into the making of Arcade Fire's international #1 album Reflektor, this film recontextualizes the album experience and the band's creative journey, transporting the viewer into a kaleidoscopic sonic and visual landscape. It includes, filmed only for cinema audiences, never before seen personal interviews and moments captured by the band, two members whose roots are on MDI. One Show Only! trailer
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