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SummerFilm: The Conspirator
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SummerFilm: The Conspirator
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SummerFilm: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
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No Film Tonight.
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SummerFilm: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
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SummerFilm: Cedar Rapids
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SummerFilm: Cedar Rapids
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No Film Tonight.
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7:30pm @ The Historic Theater • PG13 • 123 min • 2011 Robin Wright and James McAvoy in Robert Redford’s period drama based on true events following Lincoln's assassination.
7:30pm @ The Historic Theater • PG13 • 123 min • 2011
7:30pm @The Music Hall Loft • NR • 89 min • 2011 Only a few have stepped foot in Neanderthal Chauvet Cave Director Werner Herzog gains access and captures its beauty.
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7:30pm @The Music Hall Loft • NR • 89 min • 2011
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SummerFilm: It's About Time! Series Run Lola Run
7:30pm @The Music Hall Loft • R • 81min • 1998 Lola has 20 minutes to find and bring 100,000 Deutschmarks to her boyfriend before he robs a supermarket. Subtitles. 7:30pm @ The Historic Theater • R • 86 min • 2011 Tim Lippe (Ed Helms) has never left his small hometown and he’s never experienced anything like Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
SummerFilm: Cedar Rapids
7:30pm @ The Historic Theater • R • 86 min • 2011
7:30pm @ The Historic Theater • R • 86 min • 2011
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7:30pm @The Music Hall Loft • NR • 97 min • 2011 Hélène’s new obsession with chess leads her to seek the tutelage of a reclusive American ex-pat, Kevin Kline. Subtitles.
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No Film Tonight.
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SummerFilm: L'Amour Fou
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SummerFilm: It's About Time! Series Time Machine
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Writers on a New England Stage: Ben Mezrich
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SummerFilm: The Double Hour
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Met HD Encore: Simon Boccanegra
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7:30pm @The Music Hall Loft • NR • 98min • 2011 Pierre Thoretton’s documentary on the relationship between fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent and his lover, Pierre Berge.
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7:30pm @The Music Hall Loft • NR • 98min • 2011
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7:30pm @The Music Hall Loft • G • 103min • 1960 Based on H. G. Wells' novel. A Victorian Englishman travels to the future and finds humanity divided into two hostile species.
7:30pm @ The Historic Theater The NY Times bestselling author brings us his new work of nonfiction, Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History .
7:30pm @ The Historic Theater • NR • 95 min • 2011 When Guido meets Slovenian immigrant Sonia, a passionate romance develops, until things suddenly take a dark turn. Subtitles.
4pm @ The Music Hall Loft James Levine conducts Plácido Domingo in the baritone title role.
SummerFilm: The Double Hour
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Miss Richfield 1981: 30 Years on the Throne!
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No Film Tonight.
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SummerFilm: I Am
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Historical Tour: 5:30pm @ The Historic Theater
7pm @ The Music Hall Loft This original one-man drag show features edgy improv and a professionally trained singing voice - hysterical!
Monday
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Tuesday
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7:30pm @The Music Hall Loft • NR • 76min • 2011 A probing documentary exploring our world, what’s wrong with it, and what we can do to make it better.
Intimately Yours: k.d. lang and The Siss Boom Bang
7:30pm @ The Historic Theater The multi Grammy-winning singer/songwriter returns to The Music Hall, touring with her new band, The Siss Boom Bang.
Historical Tour: 5:30pm @ The Historic Theater SummerFilm: It's About Time! Series: Groundhog Day
7:30pm @ The Music Hall Loft • PG • 103min • 1993 Weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is forced to live the same Feb. 2 over and over again until he gains insight into his life.
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SummerFilm: Incendies
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SummerFilm: Queen to Play
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7:30pm @ The Historic Theater • NR • 95 min • 2011
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July 2011
7:30pm @ The Historic Theater • R • 130min • 2011 A mother’s last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Subtitles.
SummerFilm: Incendies
7:30pm @ The Historic Theater • R • 130min • 2011
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Writers in the Loft: Richard Harvell
7pm @The Music Hall Loft Richard Harvell swings through Portsmouth with his dazzling epic new novel, The Bells - just out in paperback.
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SummerFilm: Miral
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Intimately Yours: Emmylou Harris
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SummerFilm: Miral
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SummerFilm: Winter in Wartime
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7:30pm @ The Historic Theater • R • 112min • 2011 The story of four women whose lives intertwine in the starkly human search for justice, hope and reconciliation.
8pm @ The Historic Theater • Opener: The Civil Wars The 12-time Grammy-winner has gained admiration for her straightforward songwriting and incomparably expressive singing. 7:30pm @ The Historic Theater • R • 112min • 2011
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7:30pm @ The Historic Theater • R • 130min • 2011
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Show & Tell Discussion follows the film
7:30pm @The Music Hall Loft • R • 103min • 2011 Near the end of WWII, 14-year-old Michiel becomes involved with the Resistance after aiding of a wounded British soldier. Subtitles.
SummerFilm 2011 Sponsors: HarbourLight Strategic Marketing; PortsmouthNH.com; WSCA 106.1 FM Portsmouth Community Radio; The Wire • 7/12 Intimately Yours: k.d. lang Series Sponsors: 92.5 The River; Jumpin' Jay's Fish Café Evening Sponsors: Clear Eye Photo; Ellis Insurance Agency; Pax World Investments; Veris Wealth Partners; Comcast Xfinity • 7/21 Writers on a New England Stage: Ben Mezrich Series Partners: New Hampshire Public Radio; RiverRun Bookstore; Yankee Magazine Series Sponsors: Auger Building Company, Inc.; Calypso Communications; New England Audio Tech; Piscataqua Landscaping Company, Inc.; RMC Research Corporation; Haunted Milk Design 7/23 Met @ The Music Hall Encore: Simon Boccanegra Series Sponsors: NH Public Television; The Senior Times 7/27 Writers in the Loft: Richard Harvell Series Partner: RiverRun Bookstore Series Sponsor: Citizens Bank 7/29 Intimately Yours: Emmylou Harris Series Sponsors: 92.5 The River; Jumpin' Jay's Fish Café Evening Sponsors: Clear Eye Photo; Market Street Talent; People's United Bank; Wells Fargo Advisors
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SummerFilm 2011
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