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SummerFilm ’10: The very best from independent and foreign cinema to the latest from Hollywood, with a unique Wednesday genre series running right down the middle, all presented in The Music Hall’s air conditioned restored historic auditorium on our enormous screen in Dolby Digital Surround Sound. Summer goes by fast - be quick or you'll miss it. Sun 6/6@7:30
Sun 6/13@4&7:30
Mon 6/7@7:30
Tue 6/8@7:30
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EVERY WEDNESDAY: MOVIES THAT DEFIED THE MAINSTREAM TO BECOME CLASSICS… CULT CLASSICS!
Wed 6/9@7:30
The granddaddy of cult films. Tim Curry in drag, Barry Bostwick, a very young Susan Sarandon and there’s always room for Meat Loaf. One of the most bizarrely entertaining and satisfying musicals ever made.
(NR, 123 mins, UK, 2009)
(R, 100mins, US, 1975)
Mon 6/14@7:30
Tue 6/15@7:30
Mon 6/21@7:30
Tue 6/22@7:30
Wed6/16 6/16@7:30 Wed NO FILM
Wed 6/23@7:30
Mon 6/28 @ 7pm
Wed6/30 6/30@7:30 Wed NO FILM
Tue 6/29@7:30
Thu 6/10@7:30
JULY
Sun 7/4@4&7:30
Sun 7/11 Live @ 7:30
Sun 7/11@4&7:30 Intimately Yours: Joan Armatrading
Mon 7/5@7:30
Tue 7/6@7:30
Thu 6/17@7:30
Magic, fantasy and Celtic mythology come together in a riot of color and detail that dazzles the eyes in this sweeping story about the power of imagination and faith to carry humanity through dark times. From the producers of The Triplets of Belleville. (PG, 75mins, Fr, 2009)
Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece purposely confuses crime and punishment, cause and effect, hero and villain, irony and satire, and many other concepts, creating a truly unique work of art in the process. Malcolm McDowell stars. (R, 136mins, UK, 1971)
Mon 7/12@7:30
Wed 7/14@7:30
Tue 7/13@7:30
When a young American (Amanda Seyfried) travels to the city of Verona, home of the star-crossed lover Juliet Capulet, she joins a group of volunteers who respond to letters to Juliet seeking advice about love. Also stars Vanessa Redgrave. (PG, 105mins, US, 2010) Sun 7/18@4&7:30
Mon 7/19@7:30
Tue 7/20@7:30
A smart and charming comedy exploring the secrets people choose to keep from their loved ones and the realization that the truth is easier to cope with than well-intentioned white lies. Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Alan Arkin. (PG13, 100mins, US, 2009) Sun 7/25@4&7:30
Mon 7/26@7:30
Tue 7/27@7:30
This international smash hit from the makers of Gomorrah is an utterly charming tale of good food, feisty ladies and unlikely friendships during Italy’s biggest summer holiday, Pranzo di Ferragosto. Subtitled. (NR, 75mins, It, 2008)
AUGUST
Sun 8/1@4&7:30
Mon 8/2@7:30
Tue 8/3@7:30
Syracuse (Colin Farrell) is a fisherman who catches a beautiful and mysterious woman in his nets. At first appearing to be dead, she comes alive before his eyes. This is just the beginning of the magic Ondine brings. From Neil Jordan. (PG13, 111mins, Ir, 2009) Sun 8/8@4&7:30
Sun 8/15@4&7:30
Mon 8/9@7:30
Tue 8/10@7:30
Thu 6/24@7:30
A different chapter in the trilogy each night: June 24, 25, 26 (respectively). See more info on the next page.
Thu 7/1@7:30
Sun 8/22@4&7:30
Sun 8/29@4&7:30
Wed 7/28@7:30
Tue 8/24@7:30
Wed 8/4@7:30
Sat 6/19@7:30
Fri 6/25@7:30
Sat 6/26@7:30 Sat 6/26@2pm
A trilogy which follows several KidsRule!: How to Train Your Dragon characters in intertwining storylines united by the horror wrought by the "Yorkshire Ripper," a serial killer who terrorized northwest England in the 1970s and 80s each film directed by a notable director. 1974, 1980, 1983 Fri 7/2@7:30
Sat 7/3@7:30
Fri 7/9@7:30
Sat 7/10 Live @ 8 Yours: SatIntimately 7/10@7:30 Ozomatli
A stylish, twist-filled film noir centered on an adulterous couple whose scheming leads to arson, blackmail and murder. From the Edgerton brothers whom some are calling the “Coens of Australia.” (R, 105mins, Au, 2008) Thu 7/15@7:30
Fri 7/16@7:30
Sat 7/17@7:30
Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy and Ultimatum) re-team for their latest electrifying thriller set in the chaotic early days of the war in Iraq. (R, 115mins, Fr, 2010) Thu 7/22@7:30
Fri 7/23 Live @ 8
Fri 7/23@7:30 Intimately Yours: Joan Baez
Sat 7/24@7:30
Sat 7/24@2pm
What happens after you say“I do”? KidsRule!: Oceans Life is everything the ladies ever wished it to be, but it wouldn’t be “Sex and the City” if life didn’t hold a few more surprises, this time in the form of a glamorous, sun-drenched adventure. (R, 147mins, US, 2010) Thu 7/29@7:30
Fri 7/30@7:30
Sat 7/31@7:30
Acclaimed director James Ivory’s (The Remains of the Day, A Room with a View, Howards End) 23rd collaboration with two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Anthony Hopkins and Laura Linney star. (PG13, 118mins, US, 2009) Thu 8/5@7:30
Fri 8/6@7:30
Sat 8/7@7:30
Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Amanda Peet and Rebecca Hall star in writer/director Nicole Holofcener’s perceptive and devastatingly funny take on modern life’s contradictions, good intentions and shaky moral bearings. (R, 90mins, US, 2010)
Wed 8/11@7:30
Fri 8/13@7:30
Thu 8/12 Live @ 8 Thu 8/12@7:30 Intimately Yours: Jonny Lang
Wed 8/25@7:30
Mon 8/30@7:30
Wed 9/1@7:30
The Beatles' songs may have provided the soundtrack for the lives of those coming of age in the 1960s and for many since, but their catalogue acts as the literal soundtrack in this romantic musical from visionary director Julie Taymor. (PG13, 133mins, US, 2007)
CULT SERIES COLLABORATOR
Sat 8/14@7:30
Annette Bening, Naomi Watts, Kerry Washington, Jimmy Smits and Samuel L. Jackson star in a film about the common core in three women's lives: they each have been profoundly affected by adoption. Directed by Rodrigo Garcia. (R, 125mins, US, 2009) Thu 8/19@7:30
Just remember you’re standing on a planet that’s revolving at 900 miles an hour and do beware of the salmon mousse and the wafer thin mints. Oh, fishy, fishy, fishy fish! From the Terrys Jones and Gilliam and the rest of the Python crew. (R, 107mins, UK, 1983) A schoolgirl travels with six classmates to her ailing aunt’s creaky country home, only to come face to face with evil spirits, bloodthirsty pianos, and a demonic housecat. “A psychedelic ghost tale” from Nobuhiko Obayahshi. Subtitled. (NR, 88mins, Ja, 1977)
Jan Kounen directs this drama that chronicles the romance between fashion designer Coco Chanel (Anna Mouglalis, Merci Pour Le Chocolat) and composer Igor Stravinsky (Mads Mikkelsen, Casino Royale). Subtitled. (R, 120mins, Fr, 2009)
Fri 6/18@9pm
From 26 year-old first time writer/director Richard Kelly comes a provocative, genre-busting fable that caused quite a stir at Sundance in 2001. “Holden Caulfield meets the spirit of Philip K. Dick in 1988”? (R, 113mins, US, 2001)
Amelie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet brings his trademark style and whimsy back to the screen in a film about a group of friends who come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers. Subtitled. (R, 105mins, Fr, 2009) Tue 8/31@7:30
Thu 7/8@7:30
Sam Raimi’s classic cult-horror romp. Bruce Campbell returns as Ash. Playing a tape of dark incantations releases a sinister force from the woods around the cabin where Ash has brought his girlfriend. Deadites rise up and rejoice! (R, 84mins, US, 1987)
Wed 8/18@7:30
Mon 8/23@7:30
Fri 6/18@6:30
With this Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, Argentinean writer/director Juan Jose Campanella has created a multi-layered and poignant thriller based around a twenty-five year old cold case. Subtitled. (R, 127mins, Ar, 2009)
Based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk. A pitch-black comedy of striking intensity. Starring Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter in a David Fincher film. Who would YOU fight? (R, 139mins, US, 1999)
Mon 8/16@7:30
(R, 87mins, US, 2010)
Sat 6/12@4&7:30
(R, 82mins, US, 1984)
Wed 7/21@7:30
A severed ear, a sexy nightclub singer and a nitrous-sniffing psychopath? Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern and Dean Stockwell tear up the screen in David Lynch’s masterpiece. (R, 120mins, US, 1986)
Hailed at Sundance, 2010 - The first film by renowned and anonymous graffiti artist Banksy, whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank.
Fri 6/11@7:30
A waterbound mental hospital housing the criminally insane. Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Mark Ruffalo, Max von Sydow, Emily Mortimer, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson, and Jackie Earle Haley. Directed by Martin Scorsese. (R, 138mins, US, 2010)
Rob Reiner’s classic Mock-Rock-umentary including the song classics: Big Bottom, Smell the Glove and Sex Farm. Don’t miss the chance to see it but please do not crush the tiny Stonehenge. This film goes to 11.
Tilda Swinton turns in a masterful performance in this sumptuous and complex drama that tells the story of a wealthy family in Milan whose lives are rapidly changing. From acclaimed writer/director Luca Guadagnino. Subtitled. (R, 120mins, It, 2009) Tue 8/17@7:30
Dave Rawlings Machine
Summer Underground w/ DJ
Live–Intimately Yours: Afro-Cuban All Stars Wed 7/7@7:30
Sat Sat 6/5@7:30
Fri 6/4 Live @ 8
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger, a member of the powerful Vanger clan disappeared. Her body was never found, yet her beloved uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is in his own tightly knit, but dysfunctional family. Subtitled. (NR, 152mins, Sw, 2009)
June 5 @ 7:30pm
Hye-ja is a single mom to naïve and dependent 27-year-old Do-joon. Her son is her raison d’être. When he is accused of the murder of a young girl, Hye-ja sets out to find the girl’s killer and prove her son’s innocence. Subtitled. (R, 128mins, SK, 2009)
Fri
Intimately Yours: Fri 6/4@7:30
A strikingly beautiful documentary - funny, awe-inspiring and endearing - captures modern cowboys’ journey, wrangling thousands of sheep across Montana mountains, amid sweepingly dramatic vistas and endless skies. (NR, 101mins, US, 2009)
Live–Intimately Yours: Herbie Hancock
The Dude, Walter, Donny, Maude, the Jesus, some Nihilists, a marmot, a soiled rug, a severed toe, Logjammin’, lots of bowling and White Russians add up to form an excellent adventure at the hands of the Coen brothers.(R, 117mins, US, 1998)
NT Live in HD: London Assurance
FreeThu popcorn,6/3@7:30 raffle and film trailers then stay for Sweetgrass!
June 16 @ 7:30pm
A highly-regarded documentary that explores how greed, political power, and good intentions colluded to violate Albert C. Barnes' wishes and scatter his exquisite art collection across the globe. (NR, 101mins, US 2010) Sun 6/27@4&7:30
AUG/SEPT
Members ThuOnly: Trailer Party Thu 6/3@5:30
Wed
Mia is a volatile teenager who is always in trouble in school and who has become ostracized by her friends. One summer's day her mother brings home a mysterious stranger who promises to bring love into their lives.
There is a secret in the life of Mussolini: a wife, Ida Dalser and a son, Benito Albino, who was born, acknowledged and then denied. It is a dark page in history, one ignored in the official biography of the Duce. Subtitled. (NR, 128mins, It, 2009) Sun 6/20@4&7:30
Join us for an in-depth discussion following the film
Fri 8/20@7:30
Sat 8/21@7:30
A brother and sister with two moms seek out their birth father in this “funny, smart and sexy” film by Lisa Cholodenko (Laurel Canyon, High Art). Mark Ruffalo, Annette Bening and Julianne Moore star. (R, 104mins, US, 2010)
Thu 8/26@7:30
Fri 8/27@7:30
Sat 8/28@7:30
Sat 8/28@2pm
An affable Texas lawman has everyone KidsRule!: Babies fooled. He comes off as your average nice guy but hides a sick, secret temptation to murder. Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson and Jessica Alba star in a Michael Winterbottom film. (NR, 109mins, US, 2010) Thu 9/2@7:30
Fri 9/3@7:30
Sat 9/4@7:30
Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe and acclaimed director Ridley Scott mark their fifth collaboration with this retelling of the classic Robin Hood legend. Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett plays Maid Marian. (PG13, 140mins, US, 2010)
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