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sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday AUG 14 & 15 (7:00 & 9:20) AUG 16 (7 & 9:00) AUG 17 & 18 (7:15 & 9:00) AUG 19 & 20 (7:00 & 9:25) WATER FOR ELEPHANTS DAYS OF MARION WOODMAN: BRIDESMAIDS Director: Francis Lawrence USA, 2011, 121 minutes; PG Director: Paul Feig USA, 2011, Cast: Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, HEAVEN DANCING IN THE 125 min; 14A “A SPLENDID PERIOD SWOONER THAT DELIVERS Director: Cast: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, CLASSIC ROMANCE!” – Variety FLAMES Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Terrence Malick Director: Adam Reid Chris O’Dowd USA, 1978, 94 min; Blu-; PG Canada, 2009, 86 minutes; DVD “ELEVATES PURE CORN TO A COMPLETELY SATISFYING “A BREATHROUGH COMEDY!” REALM OF ROMANTIC MELODRAMA.” – Tribune “ONE OF THE MOST What if life and are not divided against –Boxoffice Magazine BEAUTIFUL FILMS EVER each other but are instead part of a mysteri- “A THROWBACK TO OLD-SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD MADE!” – ous, harmonious whole? That’s the thesis of “SEE IT BECAUSE IT IS F---ING ACTION/ROMANCE.” –Philadelphia Inquirer Adam Reid’s enlightening documentary about HILARIOUS!” –Slate “One of the great cinematic achievements of the spiritual intellectual Marion Woodman. If the Water for Elephants is one of those big, extravagant-looking .” --Variety intellectual’s dream is to find space for true “SMART LAUGHS AND SIDE- romances. Jacob (Robert Pattinson) is an aspiring veterinar- happiness amid the dangers of fearless thinking, we have a genuine success story in Marion Woodman. A SPLITTING FARCE!” –Empire It seems almost incontestably the most gorgeously ian who ditches school and hops a train, one that, it turns out, Jungian analyst, author and educator, she’s renowned for her contributions to feminist thought, the study of photographed film ever made. Days of Heaven is carries a ragtag, two-bit traveling circus. It’s 1931, and no addiction, and the endeavour to join spirituality with professional psychology. This probing, inspiring docu- The brilliant Saturday Night Live a rapture that must be seen on a big screen. The one is making much of a living: The Benzini Brothers Circus mentary radiates passion and intellectual curiosity - indeed, it’s about the essential link between the two. As player Kristen Wiig finally gets the story is about a love triangle between , makes its way by picking up performers, roustabouts and a thinker, Woodman draws on religion and myth to explain the mind; hers is a philosophy of dynamic oppo- big-screen vehicle she deserves. Brooke Adams and Sam Shepherd in the Texas animals from other circuses that have failed. When the circus’ sites. Life and death, love and grief, courage and submission are not at loggerheads for her - they’re part of This raucous comedy was produced wheat fields during World War I. Is Days of Heaven manager, a cruel but complicated egomaniac named August a harmonious whole. Director Adam Reid draws on the animated films of Faith Hubley, incorporating their by Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old a movie that never quite lives up to its cinema- (Christoph Waltz) learns that Jacob is a vet — or almost a vet mythical imagery into the interview footage of Woodman and colleague and disciple Andrew Harvey…The Virgin, Knocked Up) and successfully transposes his “bromance” formula to the world of women: tography (shot famously during twilight by Néstor — he finds uses for him. Jacob’s situation becomes precari- visceral and the intellectual bleed into one radiant force in this film - that’s its special pleasure. --Vancouver Wiig plays a depressed loser whose lifelong friendship with pal Maya Rudolph is threatened when the Almendros) and its music (by Ennio Morricone), or ous when he falls in love with August’s wife, Marlena (Reese International Film Festival latter gets engaged and another of the bridesmaids starts angling to be maid of honor. The gags are Witherspoon), a bareback performer — she prances about bewitchingly in pink leotards and spangles. is it, film being the sensual encounter it is, a master- often rowdy, yet they spring from a genuinely female perspective; aside from a big scatological set It’s love at first sight for Jacob, and maybe at second for Marlena, but their bond is strengthened further piece because of its unsurpassed textural pleasure? Marion Woodman is best known for her groundbreaking work on feminine psychology and addiction. Her piece inside a chic dress , the movie maintains a surefooted balance between the sentimentality when August picks up an elephant from yet another failed circus….Sara Gruen’s novel is unpretentious –The Village Voice Shot in Alberta. books include Addiction to Perfection, The Owl was a Baker’s Daughter, and The Pregnant Virgin. of most chick flicks and the crudity of most dick flicks. Paul Feig, creator of the cult TV series Freaks and satisfying, and although screenwriter Richard LaGravenese has streamlined it considerably, he has and Geeks, directed. –Chicago Reader preserved the book’s spirit: This may be a love story, but it’s also a snapshot of a lost era. --Movieline Sponsored by UVic’s Film Studies Program.

AUG 21 (7:00 & 9:25) AUG 22 (7:00 & 9:15) AUG 23 (7:00 only) AUG 24 & 25 (7:15 only) AUG 26 & 27 (7:10 & 9:00) BRIDESMAIDS SPECIAL EVENT! LITTLE WHITE LIES / Les Petits Mouchoirs CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T see Aug. 19 & 20 for description Director: Nigel Cole UK, 2010, 114 min; PG Q&A with painter Manon Director: Guillaume Canet France, 2010, 156 minutes; French with subtitles; 18A Cast: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Rosamund Pike, Elder and director Kristina Cast: Marion Coutillard, François Cluzet, Benoît Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, , Valérie Bonneton STOP Miranda Richardson, Daniel Mays Director: Rodman Flender Campbell to follow “Nobody does character-driven summer vacation­ dramas like the French.” –Toronto Screen Shots USA, 2011, 89 minutes; Blu-ray; PG A genuinely uplifting crowd-pleaser. In 1968, the Ford plant at Dagenham is the cornerstone of the screening! Guillaume Canet’s witty relationships drama stars Canet’s partner as a Parisian in a tight- “WILDLY ENTERTAINING!” –Austin Chronicle British car industry. Persuaded to come along to knit group of friends — mostly couples, mostly thirtysomething, some with kids, some without. Every year, meet with management by her shop steward (Bob SEARCHING they head out of the city for the beach house owned by Max (François Cluzet) for sun, sea and considerable “HILARIOUS AND SURPRISINGLY MOVING.” Hoskins), Rita O’Grady (Hawkins) surprises every- amounts of wine. But this year, they have a dilemma: one of the group, Ludo (Jean Dujardin), has been hurt –Film.com one, and most of all herself, by throwing the bosses’ FOR EMILY in a motorbike accident. Should they leave him in the hands of the hospital and head off regardless? The hypocrisy back in their faces. In no time at all she Director: Kristina Campbell decision is, of course, yes, and a comedic vacation drama ensues. --Empire “BEHIND-THE-SCENES GOLD!” has led the women out on their very first strike. This Canada, 2011, 94 min; DVD –Entertainment Weekly is the sort of story the British do better than anyone, Searching for Emily follows the “This funny and warm French ensemble effort plays out like an early comedy, with its bourgeois related with great populist spirit and rambunctious In 2010, after a much-publicized departure from hosting entertaining creative process characters, witty banter and relationship intrigues.” –Radio Times comedy. –Vancouver International Film Festival NBC’s Tonight Show, ex-late night host Conan O’Brien of portrait artist Manon Elder as hit the road on a 32-city tour with a music and comedy she collaborates with Royal BC show, ending his 22-year relationship with the network. Museum curator Kathryn Bridge to redefine the The “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television” image of iconic Canadian author and artist Emily tour was O’Brien’s answer to a contractual stipulation Carr (1871-1945). The film culminates with Elder’s that banned his appearance on television, radio and journey to the mystical islands of Haida Gwaii. the Internet for six months following his last show. Unscripted and shot on Campbell’s video camera, Filmmaker Rodman Flender’s resulting documentary is the boundaries between subject and audience meld an intimate portrait of an artist trained in improvisation, captured at the most improvisational time as the artist muses, works and travels. As Elder of his career. At times angry but mostly hilarious, O’Brien uses comedy and rockabilly music, unselfconsciously invites the viewer to join her in engaging in bits with on-stage guests such as Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart and . following Emily Carr’s footsteps, Searching For He also, performs a duet with Jack White. Did Conan hit the road to give something back to Emily becomes the portal for us all to understand his loyal fans, or did he travel across the continent to fill a void within himself? –Films We Like and love Emily Carr. Sponsored by CFUV 101.9 FM

AUG 28 & 29 AUG 30 (7:15 only) AUG 31 & SEPT 1 (7:00 & 9:10) SEPT 2 & 3 (7:15 & 9:00) (7:00 & 9:15) THE THIN LIVE, ABOVE ALL back by popular demand! Director: Oliver Schmitz South Africa, QUEEN OF THE LOOSE RED LINE 2010, 107 min; Sotho with subtitles; PG Director: CANNONS HHHH A hit on the festival circuit, this SUN: What Are Director: Ferzan Ozpetak Italy, Terrence Malick South African drama focuses on a bright 2010, 114 min; Italian with sub- USA, 1998, 170 minutes; young girl, Chanda (Khomotso Manyaka), the Bees Telling titles; PG Blu-ray; 14A who’s mourning the death of her little sis- ter and coming to terms with her mother’s Us? From the director of After directing two of the supposedly mysterious illness. Her drunk- Director: Taggart Siegel Steam: the Turkish Bath most extraordinary movies en, philandering stepfather is no use, so USA/New Zealand/France, 2010, 82 of the 1970s, Badlands and Days of Heaven, Ferzan Ozpetek’s film which Chanda must run the family as her moth- minutes; Blu-ray; rated G American artist Terrence Malick disappeared from er’s situation worsens. Nosey neighbours he co-wrote with I Am Love HHHHH the film world for twenty years, only to resurface suggest rip-off quacks: Chanda’s smarter ! THE FEEL-GOOD screenwriter Ivan Cotroneo, is in 1998 with this visionary adaptation of James ADVOCACY FILM OF THE YEAR!” –Box Office Magazine a moving, funny and insight- than that, but it’s a tough call to overcome Jones’s novel about the World War II battle for the superstitions ruling a community liv- ful look at what happens when “A remarkable documentary that’s also one of the most beautiful nature films I’ve seen.” — Guadalcanal. A big-budget, spectacularly mounted ing in fear. It’s a beautifully filmed and a traditional patriarchal family’s Roger Ebert epic, The Thin Red Line is also deeply philosophi- performed insight into those paying the values comes under threat from cal, a thought-provoking meditation on man, nature, younger generations. It focuses on the story of Tommaso (Riccardo Scamarcio), youngest son of a con- highest possible price for pride and denial “Queen of the Sun” would be a warm, inviting title for any movie, but it’s the subtitle — “What Are and violence. Featuring a cast of contemporary cin- of the AIDS epidemic. Deeply moving servative Southern Italian pasta making family business. Tommaso, an aspiring writer, returns home from ema’s finest actors—, Jim Caviezel, Nick the Bees Telling Us?” — that demands our attention. The bees are telling us they’re in big trouble Rome where he is living with his boyfriend and studying literature, and makes a fateful decision to come without resorting to sentiment, it’s also a and need our help. As it turns out, helping bees is not only spiritually rewarding and environmen- Nolte, Elias Koteas, and Woody Harrelson among harrowing insight into child prostitution, out to his whole family. To his surprise he is pre-empted by his older brother Antonio (Alessandro Preziosi) them…A kaleidoscopic evocation of the experience tally essential, but it’s also a lot of fun. Portland-based Taggart Siegel continues his upbeat focus inducing his father to have a heart attack and subsequently banish the formerly favoured Antonio from the but lightens the load with smart character on eco-friendly advocacy. His choice of subject matter is environmentally urgent, but Siegel is a of combat that ranks as one of the greatest war humour and a sense of hope in the future. family business. Tommaso decides to keep quiet and becomes the favoured son, groomed to take over films ever produced. –Criterion Collection solution-savvy filmmaker who favors hope over gloom. That approach makes “Queen of the Sun” the business…The film shares similarities with La Cage Aux Folles (or the remake, The Birdcage) in that A very rewarding watch. an uplifting call to action to solve a potentially disastrous problem. Fortunately, there’s still time to comedy is created from camp gay men trying to act straight and unintentionally failing. Still it is enlighten- make genuine progress. Eco-friendly, chemical-free beekeeping in New Zealand points to a positive With , Ben Chaplin, John Cusack, --Empire Magazine ing to have a gay-positive film from a largely Catholic country.--Catch 22 Magazine , John C. Reilly, Jared Leto, John deterrent against colony collapse, and Siegel charts a beekeeping revolution that’s now in full swing. Travolta, Nick Stahl. It’s an infectious enthusiasm. --Seattle Times

SEPT 4 & 5 (7:00 & 9:00) SEPT 6 (7:15 only) MIDNIGHT IN THE NEW TOONIE MADNESS! ONLY $2 FOR UVSS STUDENTS WITH CARD! WORLD: The Director: Woody Allen Spain/USA, SEPT 7 & 8 SEPT 9 & 10 2011, 95 min; rated G Extended Cut (7:15 & 9:20) (7:10 & 9:30) Cast: , Rachel McAdams, Director: , Marion Cotillard, Michael Terrence Malick THE SUPER 8 Sheen, Adrien Brody, . Director: J.J. Abrams USA, 2011, USA, 2008, 171 minutes; 112 min; PG HHHH! Midnight in Paris is as effort- Blu-ray; PG Cast: Colin HANGOVER lessly charming and romantic a film as Farrell, Q’orianka Kilcher, Cast: Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, you will likely see this year. The first , Christian Bale PART II Kyle Chandler, Riley Griffiths. Director: Todd Phillips five minutes are a seductive travelogue American history is transformed into a dream- USA, 2011, 102 min; 18A “This year’s most thrilling, that recalls every postcard cliché of vision of savagery and grace by Terrence Malick FEELING mainstream movie!” Paris – you’ll be desperate to phone a Cast: Ed Helms, Bradley in his humid story of colonial settlers on the –Time travel agent. The plot kicks in when we Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Virginian coast in 1608. Malick takes as his text the meet Gil (Owen Wilson), a successful Justin Bartha, Jamie, romantic legend of the Native American princess Loving, Playful, and spectacu- Hollywood screenwriter who dreams of Chung, Ken Jeong, Mason Pocahontas, and how she was brought back to larly well made, Super 8 is eas- relocating to Paris to finish the novel Lee be feted at the English court of James I as trophy ily the best summer movie of the that will prove to himself that he’s not and augury of the dizzying fortunes and reputations It’s deja vu all over again in year — of many years. It’s been just a hack. Gil wanders the streets of to be made in the new world. Malick is ecstati- The Hangover Part II, only ages since adolescent innocence, Paris, dreaming of the city’s glorious cally at home in the broiling southern swampland. dirtier and more dangerous, fatherly authority, and everyday past. Before long Gil magically finds himself at a party where is singing at the piano, while – UK if you can imagine that. If director Todd Phillips used the first movie to see how far he could push the enve- awe were in movie vogue. This irresistible story of middle-school-age kids who set out to make a the likes of F. Scott and carry on in high style. Before the night is through, Gil not only lope, this one licks and seals it. The formula is intact: An impending wedding brings together buddies for a zombie flick, accidentally witness a sensational train crash, and become involved in a tale of extrater- chats with but starts to fall for a gorgeous young woman (Marion Cotillard) who models for Contains over 20 minutes of footage not seen in bachelor party they can’t remember and nearly kills them. Like woozy detectives, they retrace steps through restrial mystery straight out of an E.T.-era Steven Spielberg pic may leave viewers dumbstruck: How Picasso. , indeed. …Midnight is suffused with a wistful charm that helps make this one its first theatrical release. a sinful city to discover what happened. Now the debauchery goes down in Bangkok, and Las Vegas will have we survived for so long on such a meager, high-cal, low-nutrition diet of processed superhero of Allen’s most appealing and original creations. As wish fulfillment fantasies go, Midnight is a marvel of forever seem tame by comparison. --St. Petersburg Times sequels? Super 8 is an antidote to that emotional-vitamin deficiency. It’s also a great specimen of wit and magic. --Monday Magazine original storytelling --Entertainment Weekly

SEPT 11 & 12 (7:00 & 9:10) SEPT 13 (7:00 & 9:40) SEPT 14, 15, 16, 17 (6:45 & 9:25) HHHHH! On the anniversary of his brother’s death, architect Jack O’Brien ECO-PIRATE: THE STORY 2001: A SPACE THE TREE OF LIFE (Sean Penn) ponders his place in the universe, leading inevitably to power- Director: Terrence Malick ful memories of his turbulent ‘50s childhood in Texas - in particular, his OF PAUL WATSON ODYSSEY USA, 2011, 140 minutes; rated G – violence formative relationship with his ethereal mother (Jessica Chastain) and Director: Trish Dolman Canada, Blu-ray 111 min; PG Director: Stanley Kubrick UK/USA, 1968, 141 min; disciplinarian father (). For his fifth film in 40 years, Terrence Blu-ray; rated G Cast: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain WINNER! BEST DOCUMENTARY –Protecting Change Film Malick has summoned forth a dizzyingly impressionistic study of family Festival “AN EXTRAORDINARY, OBSESSIVE, BEAUTIFUL WINNER! PALME D’OR – life that doubles as a vaulting enquiry into the very nature of the universe WORK OF ART.” –Chicago Tribune With his and the possibility of . Kubrick’s 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (see HHHHH Paul Watson remains a truly compelling character on the virtuosic adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s novel, “ !” –Monday Magazine Sept. 13) comes close, but Malick’s philosophy pines for the salve of love global sonar, because he’s got all the ingredients of any Stanley Kubrick invented the modern science fiction and spirit. Against the constant murmurings of nature, we catch only odd “Some films need repeated viewings over the years; they beg for their audi- Hollywood hero. He’s referred to as the “Rambo of the film. That 2001 has blown many audience members’ lines and whispered voiceovers querulously calling to a hard-of-hearing ence to grow along with them, their meaning evolving over time. Stanley environment” in this movie. He’s also called a monumental minds to the point of causing them to walk out is a deity: “Where were you?” Cycles of life and death on a cosmic scale are Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of those. Terrence Malick’s The pain in the bottom line by those who find his high-seas testament to Kubrick’s distinctive vision that bet- contrasted with the intricate dynamics of family. What does the loss of a Tree of Life is another.” --The Wrap eco-actions as a terrorist assault on the capitalist ideal. In ter reveals itself the more times you see the film. loved one mean against the backdrop of eternity? Much, it transpires. This this smart and well-researched documentary portrait from Part philosophical reverie, part social satire, and is a sublime evocation of the tides of ecstasy and torment flowing through Vancouver’s Trish Dolman, we get all the familiar sides of part sheer cinematic poetry, the story jumps from a an American boyhood. Watson as defender of the oceans, but we get a whole pre-historic era to a futuristic space-age when man “Better than a masterpiece - whatever that is - is an erup- The Tree of Life Malick conducts the way great composers conjure art from thin air, cre- lot more. Dolman follows the captain as he takes us down discovers proof of intelligent alien life in the form of tion of a movie, something to live with, think, and talk about afterward.” ating an unforgettable symphony of beauty, introspection, and wells of memory lane -and the “World War to Save the Whales” that a gigantic black monolith on the moon. Kubrick’s –The Village Voice began in 1974. He loves cetaceans, and he thinks these multi-dimensional context is larger in scope, and unabashed feeling. And to accompany such cinematic inspiration, extracts huge relatives of human beings deserve protection from the yet more surgically focused, than any other film ever of Couperin, Berlioz, Brahms, Mahler and Bach, interposed with Alexandre illegal poaching industry headquartered in Japan. Because made. –Cole Smithey Desplat’s yearning score. the anti-whaling movement essentially gave birth to modern environmentalism, Eco-Pirate doesn’t just “Cosmic in scope and oracular in tone, a cinematic sermon on the mount …There is simply nothing like it out there: profound, idiosyncratic, com- take us into the personal past of a Canadian folk hero; it explores the very birth of a global movement, that shows its creator in exquisite form.” –The Globe and Mail plex, sincere and magical; a confirmation that cinema can aspire to art. spawned in the heart of hippie Vancouver. An eye-opening portrait, and a proud piece of the Canadian --Empire folk quilt, Eco-Pirate will give you fresh eyes on an old battle -and our cousins in the deep, struggling to survive. –Vancouver Sun From the director of Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line and The New World “Whether you agree with his methods or not, it’s impossible not to support his cause to protect the

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JULY 31 & AUG 1 (7:00 & 9:10) AUG 2 & 3 & 4 (7:00 & 9:00) AUG 5 & 6 (7:00 & 9:00) THE FIRST FORKS OVER KNIVES MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Director: Lee Fulkerson USA, 2011, 97 minutes; rated G Director: Woody Allen GRADER Spain/USA, 2011, 95 min; rated G Director: Justin Chadwick “Even if you’re a junk-food junkie, this exploration of the health benefits of a ‘plant-based UK/Kenya, 2010, 104 minutes; PG diet’ is so scrupulously researched and argued that only a fool would ignore its findings.” Cast: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy –Entertainment Weekly Bates, Marion Cotillard, , Adrien “AN UPLIFTING TRUE STORY!” –Variety Brody, Carla Bruni. When scientists have known for decades that a plant-based diet can pretty much prevent human- WINNER! BEST FEATURE FILM kind’s biggest ailments—heart disease and cancer—but when people continue to wolf back Quarter HHHH! Years ago, Woody Allen drew inspiration – Palm Beach Film Festival Pounders, can you really blame a movie for not being subtle? The title refers to the concept that you from his leading ladies. Since his relocation to Europe, can eat good food to avoid the knives of surgery. It’s pretty much the flip side to Morgan Spurlock’s cities have become his muse: first and then WINNER! AUDIENCE PRIZE more amusing Super Size Me: instead of focusing on how much damage fast food does to your Spain. Now add the City of Light for Midnight in – Tribeca Film Festival body, Forks shows how much good a whole-foods, plant-based diet can do for it. Paris, as effortlessly charming and romantic a film as This proved to be one of the biggest you will likely see this year. The first five minutes are a To make its case, the film centres on veteran scientists T. Colin Campbell and Caldwell Esselstyn seductive travelogue that recalls every postcard cliché crowd-pleasers at this year’s Telluride Film Jr. and the mountains of research they’ve accumulated to back up their claim that meat and dairy Festival. First Grader is set in Kenya and of Paris – you’ll be desperate to phone a travel agent. are basically toxic. Forks methodically takes on target after target, refuting ideas about osteoporosis The plot kicks in when we meet Gil (Owen Wilson), recounts the true story of an 84-year-old and dispelling stereotypes of vegetarian weaklings. Fulkerson spices things up with funky archival farmer and former Mau Mau tribesman who decided to go to school when the country introduced universal a successful Hollywood screenwriter who dreams of footage. And it’s telling when he tracks efforts by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the same relocating to Paris to finish the novel that will prove education. Maruge (Oliver Litondo), an old man with a walking stick, approaches the new school in his vil- agency that regulates and advocates for livestock and dairy farmers, to tell us what to eat. lage and asks to enroll. The school authorities are reluctant to admit an octogenarian alongside 6-year-olds. to himself that he’s not just a hack. Gil wanders the streets of Paris, dreaming of the city’s glorious past. Teacher Jane Obinchu (Naomie Harris) is equally skeptical, but when she observes Maruge’s unyielding Where the film falters is in interspersing case study after case study of sick, overweight Americans Before long Gil magically finds himself at a party determination to learn to read, she becomes his ally. The film paints a vivid picture of rural and urban Kenya. who reverse their conditions by taking on a diet that’s plant-only. Still, the sheer quantity of informa- where Cole Porter is singing at the piano, while the Director Justin Chadwick -- best known for his superb BBC miniseries of Dickens’ “Bleak House” -- insisted tion is hugely convincing. Watching it is like eating your spinach: not totally enjoyable but essential likes of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald carry on in high on filming on location, and he enlisted locals for most of the roles in the film. He brings the countryside to your health. --Georgia Straight alive. The result is that an unknown story seems certain to stir the hearts of audiences worldwide. --The style. Before the night is through, Gil not only chats with Hemingway but starts to fall for a gorgeous Hollywood Reporter “What ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ did for global warming, Lee Fulkerson’s persuasive documen- young woman (Marion Cotillard) who models for Picasso. A moveable feast, indeed…Midnight is tary does for a vegan diet. Pass the spinach, please.” --Boston Globe suffused with a wistful charm that helps make this one of Allen’s most appealing and original cre- “An enjoyable feel-good drama that pushes all the right buttons.” –ViewLondon ations. As wish fulfillment fantasies go, Midnight is a marvel of wit and magic. --Monday Magazine

AUG 7 (7:00 & 9:00) AUG 8 (7:15 & 9:00) AUG 9 (7 & 9:00) AUG 10 & 11 (7:00 & 9:10) AUG 12 & 13 (7 & 9:15) MIDNIGHT IN PARIS back by popular demand! BADLANDS POTICHE THOR Director: Woody Allen Spain/USA, 2011, 95 min; Director: Director: François Ozon France, 2010, 104 min- Director: Kenneth Brahagh BILL CUNNINGHAM utes; French with subtitles; PG Cast: Catherine USA, 2011, 115 minutes; PG rated G Cast: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Terrence Malick Kathy Bates, Marion Cotillard, Michael Sheen, USA, 1973, 94 min, DVD; PG Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni. NEW YORK Portman, , Stellan “A CHARMING ROMANTIC FANTASY!” Director: Richard Press USA/France, 2010, Recalling her experiences Skarsgðrd see Aug. 5 & 6 for description 85 minutes; Blu-ray; rated G in the style of the teen- – age magazines she’s “Branagh gets the balance Bill Cunningham was lucky to find what he loves “A GLITTERING SHOWCASE FOR DENEUVE!” “MARVELOUSLY ROMANTIC!” --The New York always reading, Holly between pageantry and silliness Times to do and do it, and win universal affection from –Time just right.” –Movieline all. In this documentary, Bill celebrates his 80th (Sissy Spacek) tells us how she fell for a 25 year “A JOYOUS DELIGHT!” – birthday. Every day of his life he still pedals around “SOPHISTICATED AND QUICK WITTED!” –The Can a blockbuster be momentous Kit (Martin Sheen). How when her father (Warren Manhattan on his bicycle, taking photographs of New York Times and lighthearted at the same time? Oates) opposed the idea of their relationship, “EXHILARATING! BRIMS OVER WITH BRACING what people are wearing. His work has been fea- Thor, ’s rous- Kit shot him. And how after burning the house HUMOR AND RAVISHING ROMANCE!” –Rolling tured in Women’s Wear Daily, Vogue, and Details “CHARMING! DELIGHTFUL AND BREEZY!” ing popcorn adventure about the down they set of across the badlands of Montana Stone magazine. These days, you can find him featured –The Huffington Post Norse-blond, hammer-wielding god towards Saskatchewan. Around the simple story in big spreads in … This movie of thunder who made his Marvel Terrence Malick creates an atmospheric, poetic made me happy every moment I was watching it. Just try to not smile when French cinema icons Comics debut in 1962, pulls off something I wouldn’t have thought possible: It restores the and totally American folk-tale. Kit and Holly are --Roger Ebert and Gérard Depardieu share the screen in Francois Ozon’s frothy comedy. Deneuve innocence to big-budget superhero mythmaking. Thor, played by the Australian newcomer Chris living out their fantasies in a very real world… plays Suzanne Pujol, the dissatisfied potiche (i.e. trophy wife) of umbrella manufacturer Robert (Fabrice Hemsworth with a bulked-up swagger, absurdly noble eyes, and a killer grin, is a stud-muffin Viking Badlands is a haunting study of a psychopath and Luchini), whose factory workers have gone on strike. It’s 1977, a candy-coated era when women were Hercules who is born to royalty in the realm of Asgard. After crossing his father, Odin (Anthony remains one of the most impressive debuts ever. beginning to assert themselves. Suzanne is reluctant at first to assume her husband’s role in negotiating a Hopkins), in a fit of youthful pique, he gets stripped of his powers and is sent through a wormhole, --Edinburgh U Film Society settlement but finds she has a knack for it. Equally surprised is union advocate Maurice Babin (Depardieu), which crash-lands him in the New Mexico desert. On Earth, Thor is rescued by a team of scien- who shared a tryst with Suzanne years ago and never forgot it. They’re adversaries with an intimate history, tists (led by Natalie Portman and Stellan Skarsgðrd). The movie, though it’s often a very funny and their scenes together percolate with furtive passion. Even a silly dance routine in a disco comes across god-out-of-water origin comedy, has a stirring emotional core as well. It’s not art, but it’s mighty as an awkward mating ritual. Deneuve and Depardieu are so comfortable together that Potiche feels at times fun. –Entertainment Weekly like eavesdropping on old friends. –St. Petersburg Times

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