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ALL MOVIES SHOWN: FRIDAYS AT
1:00pm and 8:00pm and SATURDAYS AT 8:00pm (unless otherwise noted)
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A SINGLE MAN (R) Friday, September 3rd at 1pm & 8pm Saturday, September 4th at 8pm "One of the best movies of the year" Richard Corliss TIME Colin Firth gives the performance of a lifetime in A Single Man, a drama directed and adapted for the screen by fashion designer Tom Ford, who clearly has a deft vision and ability in the world of film as well. A Single Man is based on a novel by Christopher Isherwood, and Ford's--and Firth's--gift is bringing the inner-turmoil world of the novel to believable, and devastating, life on the screen. Firth may be best known as a dashing romantic-comedy hero (Pride and Prejudice, the Bridget Jones films), but in A Single Man he demonstrates nuance and depth that will stay with the viewer long after the film is over. Firth plays George, a gay British professor, living a life of true, if closeted, bliss with his partner, Jim (Matthew Goode), in the straitlaced early '60s. When Jim dies suddenly at the beginning of the film, George wrestles with how to go on without his true love--and with never being able ever to express his grief openly. A Single Man's cast also includes Julianne Moore, playing a complex role as George's best friend and long-ago lover--one of the only people on the planet who can know all that George is going through, yet with vast vulnerabilities of her own. Nicholas Hoult plays a student who reaches out to George, saying, "I guess I just thought you looked like you could use a friend." But it's Firth who triumphs in the film, and who drives the complex emotions--all true, all rewarding--that hold A Single Man aloft and give it its impact. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aypyJtHzC70 |
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BASQUIAT Friday, September 10th at 1pm & 8pm Saturday, September 11th at 8pm "One of the year's best" Siskel & Ebert In his writing and directorial debut, Julian Schnabel's film Basquiat depicts the life of graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, a.k.a. SAMO, and the turbulent period from the late 1970s to 1988, as his life was catapulted into fame and notoriety. As Jean-Michel's work gained favorable attention from New York's elite art community, he went from a street punk living in a cardboard box to the first black artist to succeed in the all-white dominated art world. Tony Award-winning actor Jeffrey Wright does a brilliant job portraying a man tortured by self-doubt and thoughts of suicide, struggling to survive and be acknowledged as an artist. The film's use of dreamlike imagery and rhythmic pace tells the story from the perspective of Jean-Michel's eyes as he manages to "float" through relationships and gallery showings, until his impending death in 1988 from a heroin overdose. Brimming with talent, the film also stars David Bowie as pop-artist Andy Warhol, Michael Wincott as poet Rene Ricard, and many others, including Gary Oldman, Benicio del Toro, Dennis Hopper, and Courtney Love. Trailer: HERE |
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ENTRE NOS Friday, September 17 at 1:00pm & 8:00pm Saturday, September 18th at 8:00pm Winner of over 10 international awards "...a beautiful film...full of heart...a really, really good film" Mariana (Paola Mendoza) is determined to keep her family together. Her children, Gabriel (Sebastian Villada Lopez), 10, and Andrea (Laura Montana Cortez), 6, have grown up in Colombia without their father. He immigrated to the United States years earlier in order to make a better life for his family. Finally after many years of separation the family is reunited in New York City. After coming home late from work one night Antonio announces he has found work in Miami and will be moving there...alone. He will send for the family when he is settled. Days go by and Mariana does not hear from him. Worried and desperate, she goes to her only friend s home only to find out Antonio is not coming back. The rent is due, there is no food on the table and Mariana has fifty dollars to her name. With no one to turn to, she must find a way, in a strange city where she barely speaks the language, to provide for her family, financially and emotionally. Mariana makes homemade empanadas (meat patties), which she tries to sell on the streets, however this quickly fails. With all options closing in on her, Mariana turns to the city s trash, collecting cans in order to put food on the table. With Gabriel and Andrea working beside her, the family finds the most stability they have known since their arrival, and it is during these challenging moments that the family triumphs. In entre nos, Mariana, Gabriel and Andrea take us on a remarkable journey where we bear witness to a family s commitment to survival and their unrelenting hope for the American dream...one soda can at a time. Trailer: HERE |
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SCREAM OF THE BIKINI Friday, September 24th @ 1pm & 8pm Saturday, September 25th @ 8pm Live introduction and Q&A with writer/director/actor KIFF SCHOLL “A seriously fun film” --Duane L. Martin, ROGUE CINEMA The mid 1960’s were a golden age for Columbian-German co-productions, but the magnum opus of Fernando Fernandez, the era’s visionary auteur, remained lost to posterity until director Kiff Scholl discovered a rare surviving print. Yeah, right. It is a good back story though. For those familiar with the groovy multinational spy films of the 1960’s, Scholl’s Scream of the Bikini is a knowingly affectionate send-up. Eurospy enthusiasts will appreciate Bikini’s vibe, faultlessly recreating the retro color palette and weirdly disembodied dialogue that marked the swinging sixties cult film subgenre. Trailer: http://www.screamofthebikini.com/Scream/Trailer.html |
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SOUNDTRACKER Friday, November 5 at 1pm & 8pm Saturday, November 6 at 8pm Q&A following the film via Skype with director Nick Sherman "This is a remarkable journey: a quest for imperiled Nature by an artist who never stopped listening.” – Ken Burns There are very few places of quiet left in the United States. For the past thirty years, Emmy Award-winning nature sound recordist, Gordon Hempton, has made it his life’s mission to find and record these places before they are gone completely. SOUNDTRACKER follows Gordon on the road and into the wilderness as he travels throughout America’s West in search of these quiet places. Unwilling to give up when the noise of civilization intrudes upon his every recording, his quest takes on new dimensions as he begins to search for a different kind of sound that captures his imagination and the spirit of America. Shot throughout the Pacific Northwest and sound-mixed to incorporate Gordon’s own pristine binaural recordings, SOUNDTRACKER explores the sounds and the soul of an uncompromising artist. Trailer: http://www.soundtrackerthemovie.com/ST/Trailer.html |
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I AM COMIC Friday, October 8 at 1pm & 8pm Saturday, October 9 at 8pm Q&A following the film via Skype with director JORDAN BRADY "MORE LAUGHS PER MINUTE THAN MOST COMEDIES THIS YEAR" - AIN'T IT COOL NEWS "THE MOVIE IS HILARIOUS AND I CAN'T SAY THERE WAS A SOUL IN MY SUPER-PACKED SCREENING NOT ENJOYING EVERY MOMENT THOROUGHLY." - SLUG MAGAZINE AN ODE TO THE ART & OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS OF STAND-UP COMEDY - Laugh, chuckle, giggle, snicker, hoot, snort. Through unprecedented interviews, exclusive backstage access, and wonderful cheesy animation, you will Thrill to their side-splitting observations, be Awestruck at their insight, and take the Harrowing journey with Ritch Shydner as he seeks to recapture the magic. Featuring: Sarah Silverman, Tim Allen, Jeff Foxworthy, Kathy Griffin, Jim Gaffigan, Chris Hardwick, Carrot Top, Andy Kindler, Nick Kroll, Larry Miller, Lewis Black, Margaret Cho, Ritch Shydner, Louis C.K., Janeane Garofalo, Carlos Mencia, Wayne Federman, Greg Giraldo, Todd Glass, Brian Regan, The Sklar Brothers Trailer: http://www.montereymedia.com/independent/i_am_comic_trailer.html |
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