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THE ANGELS'
SHARE (NR)
May
17 - May 23
Winner of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize, The
Angels' Share is a comic fable about wasted talent and
what happens when we are given a chance in life. It would be
hard to see Robbie (Paul Brannigan) as a man worthy of
redemption. He's constantly watching out for a gang of thugs
looking to settle a family grudge, his girlfriend is giving
birth to a baby while her father offers him money to leave
Glasgow, and he's serving 300 hours of community service. But
when Robbie meets Harry (John Henshaw), the gruff but
benevolent man in charge of his sentence, he finds a hidden
talent for Scotch whiskey—and a new chance at life. For
distillers the angels' share is the whiskey lost to
evaporation each year, and that little fact makes a rare cask
of whiskey the perfect target for a heist. A hilarious story
about second chances, The Angels' Share is a tender
crowd-pleaser from legendary filmmaker Ken Loach (The Wind
that Shakes the Barley, Kes) and screenwriter Paul
Laverty.
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GIRL RISING (PG13)
Special
Screening on May 28 at 7:30pm
A-list actors contribute voice performances to the film, which
features original music from Academy Award winner Rachel
Portman, in collaboration with Hans Zimmer. The film
spotlights unforgettable girls like Sokha, an orphan who rises
from the dumps of Cambodia to become a star student and an
accomplished dancer; Suma, who composes music to help her
endure forced servitude in Nepal and today crusades to free
others; and Ruksana, an Indian "pavement-dweller" whose father
sacrifices his own basic needs for his daughter's dreams. Each
girl is paired with a renowned writer from her native country.
Edwidge Danticat, Sooni Taraporevala Aminatta Forna and others
tell the girls' stories, each in it's style, and all with
profound resonance. These girls are each unique, but the
obstacles they faced are ubiquitous. Like the 66 million girls
around the world who dream of going to school, what Sokha,
Suma, Ruksana and the rest want most is to be students: to
learn. And now, by sharing their personal journeys,
they have become teachers.
Watch Girl Rising, and you will
see: One girl with courage is a revolution. |
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THE ICEMAN
(R)
May 24
- May 30
Inspired by actual events, the suspense thriller The Iceman
follows notorious contract killer Richard Kuklinski (Michael
Shannon, Take Shelter) from his early days in the mob
until his arrest for the murder of more than 100 men.
Appearing to be living the American Dream as a devoted husband
and father, in reality Kuklinski is a ruthless
killer-for-hire. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his
wife nor daughters have any clue about his real profession.
Also starring James Franco (127 Hours, Oz the Great and
Powerful), Winona Ryder (Black Swan), Chris Evans
(Captain America), Ray Liotta (Goodfellas),
David Schwimmer ("Friends"), Robert Davi ("Profiler"), Danny
Abeckaser (Alpha Dog) and Stephen Dorff (Immortals).
Directed and co-written by Ariel Vromen (Danika).
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GREETINGS FROM
TIM BUCKLEY
(NR)
May 24
- May 30
Greetings from Tim Buckley follows the story of the days
leading up to Jeff Buckley's eminent 1991 performance at his
father's tribute concert in St. Ann's Church. Through a
romance with a young woman working at the concert, he learns
to embrace all of his feelings toward the father who abandoned
him - longing, anger, forgiveness, and love. Culminating a
cathartic performance of his father's most famous songs,
Jeff's debut stuns the audience and launches his career as one
of the greatest young musicians of his time. |
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SOMETHING IN
THE AIR
(NR)
June
7 - June 13
At the beginning of the
seventies, Gilles, a high school student in Paris, is swept up
in the political fever of the time. Yet his real dream is to
paint and make films, something that his friends and even his
girlfriend cannot understand. For them, politics is
everything, the political struggle all consuming. But Gilles
gradually becomes more comfortable with his life choices, and
learns to feel at ease in this new society.
A film by Olivier Assayas.
In French with English subtitles
Running Time: 122 minutes |
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WATERWALK
(NR)
June
13 - June 20
A father and son
retrace the 1,000-mile Marquette/Joliet journey from the top
of Michigan down to the Mississippi at St Louis. Based on a
true story, they encountered storms, exhaustion and eventually
they encountered each other. |
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SIGHTSEERS
(NR)
June
21 - June 27
Chris wants to show Tina his
world and he wants to do it his way - on a journey through the
British Isles in his beloved Abbey Oxford Caravan. Tina's led
a sheltered life and there are things that Chris needs her to
see - the Crich Tramway Museum, the Ribblehead Viaduct, the
Keswick Pencil Museum and the rolling countryside that
accompanies these wonders in his life. But it doesn't take
long for the dream to fade. Litterbugs, noisy teenagers and
pre-booked caravan sites, not to mention Tina's meddling
mother, soon conspire to shatter Chris's dreams and send him,
and anyone who rubs him up the wrong way, over a very jagged
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HOW TO MAKE
MONEY SELLING DRUGS
(NR)
July
5 - July 11
How To
Make Money Selling Drugs' offers a provocative glimpse into
the lives of those on both sides of the "war on drugs,"
delivering a diverse and unique perspective on the subject
through interviews with 50 Cent, Eminem, The Wire producer
David Simon, Arianna Huffington, Woody Harrelson, Eminem and
Susan Sarandon, as well as infamous drug kingpin "Freeway"
Rick Ross. Presenting a step by step guide on how to go from
street dealer to drug lord, the documentary reveals how public
policy actually entices Americans into dealing drugs.
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MIDNIGHT'S
CHILDREN
(NR)
July 12
- July 18
Midnight's Children is an epic film from Oscar-nominated
director Deepa Mehta (Water), based on the Booker
Prize-winning novel by Salman Rushdie. At the stroke of
midnight on August 15, 1947, as India proclaims independence
from Great Britain, two newborn babies are switched by a nurse
in a Bombay hospital. Saleem Sinai (Satya Bhabha), the
illegitimate son of a poor woman, and Shiva (Siddharth), the
offspring of a wealthy couple, are fated to live the destiny
meant for each other. Their lives become mysteriously
intertwined and are inextricably linked to India's whirlwind
journey of triumphs and disasters. From the unlikely romance
of Saleem's grandparents to the birth of his own son,
Midnight's Children is a journey at once sweeping in scope
and yet intimate in tone. Hopeful, comic and magical—the film
conjures images and characters as rich and unforgettable as
India herself.
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