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2 Hawaii Premieres! WATERBOYS PENGUINS IN THE SKY– CRADLE SONG 2 Hawaii Premieres! LATE BLOOMERS (2001-) ASAHIYAMA ZOO aka Canción de cuna NOT WITHOUT YOU (2006-Switzerland) in Japanese with English (2008-Japan) (1994-Spain) aka Bu Neng Mei You Ni in Swiss German with English subtitles & in widescreen in Japanese with English in Spanish with English (2009-) subtitles & in widescreen with , subtitles & in widescreen subtitles & in widescreen in Hakka/Mandarin w/English with Stephanie Glaser. Hiroshi Tamaki, Akifumi with , 12:00 & 7:30pm only subtitles & in widescreen 12:00, 3:15 & 6:30pm only Miura, , Yasuhi Nakamura, Ai Maeda, ------12:00, 3:15 & 6:30pm only ------Koen Kondo, Kaori Manabe. Keiko Horiuchi, Zen Kajihara. I KNOW WHERE I'M ------NOT WITHOUT YOU GOING! (1945-British) LATE BLOOMERS aka Bu Neng Mei You Ni Directed and Co-written by Directed by with Wendy Hiller, Roger (2006-Switzerland) (2009-Taiwan) . . Livesey, Finlay Currie. in Swiss German with English in Hakka/Mandarin w/English Directed by Michael Powell subtitles & in widescreen subtitles & in widescreen 12:00, 1:45, 3:30, 5:15, 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30 and Emeric Pressburger. with Stephanie Glaser. 1:30, 4:45 & 8:00pm only 2:00, 3:45 & 5:30pm only 5 7:00 & 8:45pm 6 & 8:30pm 7 8 1:45, 5:00 & 8:15pm only 9 2 Hawaii Premieres! Martin Luther King Jr. Day Hawaii Premiere! Hawaii Premiere! MONEYBALL DISPATCH MONSIEUR BATIGNOLE THE LAST LIONS 2 Hawaii Premieres! (2011) THE FIRST GRADER (2011) (2002-France) in widescreen (2011-US/Botswana) in widescreen in French/German w/English in widescreen (2010-UK/US/Kenya) with Michael Bershad. subtitles& in widescreen with , Jonah Hill, A doc about the plight of in widescreen 12:00 & 1:45pm only with Gérard Jugnot, Michèle , African lions. Naomie Harris, Oliver Litondo ------Garcia, Jean-Paul Rouve. Robin Wright, Chris Pratt, 12:00, 1:30, 3:00 & 4:30pm 12:30, 2, 3:30, 5 & 6:30pm THE FAMILY GAME Stephen Bishop. ------(1983-Japan) Directed and Co-written by DISPATCH MONSIEUR BATIGNOLE in Japanese with English Gérard Jugnot. Directed by (2011) (2002-France) subtitles & in widescreen Bennett Miller. in widescreen in French/German w/English with Yûsaku Matsuda. 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30 & with Michael Bershad. subtitles & in widescreen 3:30, 5:30 & 7:30pm only 8:30pm 12:30, 3, 5:30 & 8pm 6:15 & 8:00pm only 8:15pm only 12 13 14 15 16 Hawaii Premiere! 2 Hawaii Premieres! 2 Hawaii Premieres! Hawaii Premiere! A FAMILY MY DARLING IS A (2007-/Malaysia) BELLISSIMA (1951-Italy) CHILDREN PEKING aka En familie FOREIGNER in Hakka/Mandarin w/English newly restored, in Italian OPERA SINGERS (2010-Denmark) (2010-Japan) subtitles & in widescreen with English subtitles (2002-China) in Danish with English in Japanese with English with . with Anna Magnani. in Mandarin with English subtitles & in widescreen subtitles & in widescreen 12:00, 4:00 & 8:00pm only Directed by . subtitles & in widescreen with Jesper Christensen, 12:00, 1:45, 3:30 &5:15pm ------12, 2 & 4pm only 12:00, 4:00 & 8:00pm only Lene Maria Christensen. ------Hawaii Premiere! ------BELLISSIMA (1951-Italy) CHILDREN PEKING MY DARLING IS A ROAD TO DAWN Directed and Co-written by newly restored, in Italian OPERA SINGERS FOREIGNER (2007-China/Malaysia) Pernille Fischer Christensen. with English subtitles (2002-China) (2010-Japan) in Hakka/Mandarin w/English with Anna Magnani. in Mandarin with English in Japanese with English subtitles & in widescreen 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30 & Directed by Luchino Visconti. subtitles & in widescreen subtitles & in widescreen with Winston Chao. 8:30pm 7:15 & 9:15pm only 2:30 & 6:30pm only 6:15 & 8:00pm only 1:30 & 5:30pm only 19 20 21 22 23 Hawaii Premiere! CONTAGION CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. 50/50 I KNOW WHERE I'M A FAMILY (2011-US/United Arab (2011) (2011) GOING! (1945-British) Emirates) in widescreen in widescreen Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey. (2010-Denmark) in widescreen Directed by Michael Powell in Danish with English with , Matt with , Ryan with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Emeric Pressburger. subtitles & in widescreen Damon, , Jude Gosling, , , , 12:00 & 8:00pm only with Jesper Christensen. Law, Laurence Fishburne, , Analeigh Tipton, Bryce Howard, ------12:30 & 7:45pm only John Hawkes. Jonah Bobo. . PENGUINS IN THE SKY– ------ASAHIYAMA ZOO WATERBOYS Directed by Directed by Directed by (2008-Japan) (2001-Japan) . Glenn Ficarra and . Jonathan Levine. in Japanese with English in Japanese with English subtitles & in widescreen subtitles & in widescreen 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30 & 12:00, 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30 & with Toshiyuki Nishida, with Satoshi Tsumabuki. 8:30pm & 9:00pm 8:30pm 1:45, 3:45 & 5:45pm only 2:30, 4:15, 6:00pm only 26 27 28 29 30 $5 General Admission / $4 Members All films will be presented Reservations Recommended. Call 735-8771. with digital sound. MOVIE MUSEUM January 2012 $5 General Admission / $4 Members COMING ATTRACTIONS Reservations Recommended. Call 735-8771.

LATE BLOOMERS aka Die Herbstzeitlosen (2006- DISPATCH (2011) 90m *** D: Steven Sprung (feature MY DARLING IS A FOREIGNER (2010-Japan) 100m *** Switzerland) 86m *** D: Bettina Oberli. Stephanie debut). Michael Bershad, Bruce Bohne, Blake Robbins. D: Kazuaki Ue. Mao Inoue, Jonathan Sherr, Ryoko Glaser, Annemarie Düringer, Heidi Maria Glössner, This taut and suspenseful film noir concerns one piv- Kuninaka, Naho Toda, Jun Kunimura, Shinobu Ohtake. Monica Gubser, Hanspeter Müller. The lovely region otal night in the life of Nick (Bershad), who used to be Based on Saori Oguri’s manga Darling wa Gaikokujin, this of Emmental, Switzerland, is famous for its cheese. In a successful screenwriter but is now a dispatcher for a sweet romance chronicles Oguri’s (Inoue) courtship with this delightful comedy, the quiet and conservative com- Hollywood limousine company. A compelling peek into Tony Laszlo (Sherr), her husband. A whimsical look at the munity becomes famous for something a bit racier. a seldom-seen part of the universe, this gritty story set misunderstandings of language and culture between Japa- Eighty-something Martha (Glaser) has been mourn- in the shadows of glitzy Hollywood is creating quite a nese women and non-Japanese men, this gentle comedy is ing the loss of her beloved Hans for nine years now, buzz on the Internet. Come see why. Unrated. illustrated throughout with Oguri’s animations. Short, can- and her friends Lisi (Glössner) and Hanni (Gubser) did interviews of Japanese woman/foreign man couples pro- want her to start living again. A shopping trip to Bern THE FAMILY GAME aka Kazoku Gemu (1983-Ja- vide amusing insight. Rated PG. with her pals inspires Martha to transform Hans’s pan) 106m **** D: Yoshimitsu Morita (1/25/1950 - 12/ old corner shop into “Petit Paris”, and their lives will 20/2011, this director's obituary was prominently posted BELLISSIMA (1951-Italy) 110m *** ½ D: Luchino Visconti never be the same! Spunky and beautiful octogenar- in the Star Advertiser). Yûsaku Matsuda, Jûzô Itami (THE LEOPARD). Anna Magnani (, OPEN CITY), ian Stephanie Glaser was nominated for a Swiss Film (TAMPOPO), Saori Yuki, Ichirôta Miyakawa, Junichi , Tina Apicella, Gastone Renzelli, Alessandro Prize for her role as Martha. For ages 12 and older. Tsujita. This ferocious black comedy by Yoshimitsu Blasetti. The magnificent Anna Magnani tears across the Morita skewers the stereotypical middle-class Japanese screen like a force of nature in this serio-comic satire of the NOT WITHOUT YOU aka Bu Neng Mei You Ni family. The father, Mr. Numata (Itami), has hired a Italian film industry. Impoverished Maddalena (Magnani) (2009-Taiwan) 92m *** D: Leon Dai. Yo Hsuan Chao, series of tutors for his misunderstood younger son, lives in a crowded tenement with brutish husband Spartaco Wen-pin Chen, Chih-Ju Lin. This gripping drama Shigeyuki (Miyakawa), but his grades remain terrible. (Renzelli) and her little girl, Maria (Apicella). When a cast- based on a true story concerns single father Wu-hsiung When Mr. Numata tells the newest tutor Yoshimoto ing call for a girl aged 6 to 8 is announced at Cinecittà, Li (Chen) in his struggle to support and provide an (Matsuda) that he’d pay him a bonus if Shigeyuki’s Rome’s famous film studio, the entire community stam- education for his out-of-wedlock daughter Mei (Chao). class rank goes up, Yoshimoto decides to slap Shigeyuki pedes to the audition. Desperate for her daughter to be Li lives in a ramshackle abandoned warehouse at a into shape, even if it means shaking up the kid’s entire selected, star-struck Maddalena would do almost anything. Taiwanese seaport and does dangerous work on boats family. Winner of 17 Japanese film awards. Suitable Magnani won Best Actress from the Italian National Syndi- to scrape a meager existence. The authorities think for ages 12 and older. cate of Film Journalists for her role. Rated PG. Mei will be better off away from Li’s care, but Li will do anything to keep his little family together. Winner MONSIEUR BATIGNOLE (2002-France) 100m *** ½ ROAD TO DAWN aka Ye Ming (2007-China/Malaysia) 126m of five film awards. Rated PG. D: Gérard Jugnot (THE CHORUS). Jules Sitruk, *** D: Sung Kee Chiu. Winston Chao, , Yue Gérard Jugnot, Michèle Garcia, Jean-Paul Rouve, Al- Wu, Zheng . This fictionalized romance, based on Chi- WATERBOYS (2001-Japan) 91m *** D: Shinobu exia Portal, Violette Blanckaert. In 1942, in Nazi-occu- nese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen’s time in in 1910, Yaguchi (SWING GIRLS). Satoshi Tsumabuki, pied Paris, butcher Edmond Batignole (Jugnot) feels centers on two couples. Dr. Sun Yat-sen (Chao) relies heavily Hiroshi Tamaki, Akifumi Miura, Koen Kondo, Naoto forced to cater to the Germans to survive. When on Chen Cuifen (Wu) as his nurse, confidante and co- Takenaka (SHALL WE DANSU), Takatoshi Kaneko, Edmond’s future son-in-law Pierre-Jean causes the revolutionary. Schoolteacher Luo Zhaoling (Zhao) is engaged Kaori Manabe. Adorable swimming teacher Mrs. Jewish neighbors the Bernsteins to be deported, to Xu Dan Rong (Lee), the rebellious daughter of a wealthy Sakuma (Manabe) wants to form a synchronized swim- Edmond decides to take in and hide young Simon heroin trader. Luo has secretly been hired by Qing authori- ming team. This in itself isn’t unusual, but Tadano Bernstein (Sitruk), who had managed to escape the ties to assassinate Sun, but his beloved Xu Dan Rong has High School is for boys, and the very idea of swim- Nazis. Batignole, an apolitical and practical man, become converted to Sun’s cause. Beautiful and lushly ex- ming gracefully to music is an affront to one’s mascu- juggles an increasingly complex situation with humor otic, this double love story won two awards at the Shanghai linity—at least for most students. Despite this, five and humanity. This funny and touching serio-com- International Film Festival. Suitable for ages 12 and older. brave young nerds decide to take on the challenge, edy won a César for Jean-Paul Rouve’s performance only to have Mrs. Sakuma suddenly bail out of the as Pierre-Jean. Suitable for ages 15 and older. CHILDREN PEKING OPERA SINGERS aka Wa Wa Chang project. Determined to succeed, the Waterboys use all Da Xi (2002-China) 85m *** D: Min Du. Hao Wang, sorts of creative techniques to train for the big compe- MONEYBALL (2011) 133m *** ½ D: Bennett Miller. Wenduan Wang, Guan Duona Guo, Ju Zhang, Chongle tition. This hilarious crowd-pleaser won three Japa- Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Ma. Seven-year-old Dawei Wang travels by truck with his nese film awards, and was a great favorite at HIFF. Wright. Even though Oakland Athletics’ general man- greengrocer father to markets all over . One evening, Suitable for all ages. ager Billy Beane (Pitt) has to work with the lowest the truck breaks down and mischievous Dawei wanders into salary constraint in pro baseball, the Athletics manage a production of Peking Opera—with children as the stars! PENGUINS IN THE SKY – ASAHIYAMA ZOO (2008- to finish second in the American League West in 2001. in the magic of the exciting and colorful spectacle, Japan) 112m *** D: Masahiko Tsugawa. Toshiyuki But Beane quickly loses star players Johnny Damon, Dawei leaps onstage, begging to become part of the troupe. Nishida, Yasuhi Nakamura, Ai Maeda, Keiko Horiuchi. Jason Giambi and Jason Isringhausen to wealthier This delightful story follows Dawei’s rise to stardom through This funny, touching tale based on real events con- teams. Swallowing his frustration, Beane sets about singing, gymnastics, acting and lots of schoolwork—and of cerns Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, the northernmost transforming his team by throwing out every scouting course fun with his friends. Amazingly masterful perfor- zoo in Japan. Harsh winters, a small local population convention in baseball history. This fascinating fic- mances by the cutest kids imaginable make this a treat for and politicians squabbling over money are a few of tionalization of the Athletics’ sprint to the top despite the entire family. the many problems this zoo is facing when Tsuyoshi enormous odds won 6 awards and 4 Golden Globe Yoshida (Nakamura) is hired as a new zookeeper. nominations. Rated PG-13. CONTAGION (2011-US/United Arab Emirates) 106m *** Though it’s obvious that the kindhearted zoo director, D: Steven Soderbergh. Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Kanji Takizawa (Nishida), and his eccentric staff love THE LAST LIONS (2011-US/Botswana) 88m *** ½ Law, Laurence Fishburne, John Hawkes, Gwyneth Paltrow, their animals like family, something radical must be D: Dereck Joubert. Narrated by Jeremy Irons. Every . Starting with a little cough by working done to make the zoo a real attraction. This inspiring bit as compelling as a Hollywood thriller, this docu- mom Beth (Paltrow), this medical thriller traces the path of story shows that with creative thinking, penguins can mentary illustrates the plight of lions in Africa through a global pandemic. Chilling in its cool attention to detail, fly. Rated PG. a single lioness and her cubs. Her tooth-and-claw life each touch of the hand, lips or puff of breath carries the in the Okavango Delta in Botswana has been made weight of life or death as the killer virus makes its way CRADLE SONG aka Canción de cuna (1994-Spain) even harder by climate change and human encroach- across the world. Meanwhile, medical professionals race to 101m *** D: José Luis Garci. Dolores Aguado, Fiorella ment. Beautifully shot and deeply personal, this heart- find a cure. CONTAGION received 2 award nominations. Faltoyano, José Luis Garci, Maribel Verdú, Carmelo felt call to action is a must-see. Rated PG. Rated PG-13. Gómez. Set within of a convent near a small Spanish town in the late 19th century, this se- THE FIRST GRADER (2010-UK/US/Kenya) 103m CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (2011) 118m *** D: Glenn Ficarra, renely joyous story concerns a group of nuns who *** D: . Naomie Harris, Tony John Requa. Steve Carell (THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN), raise a newborn baby found at their door. Each nun Kgoroge, Sam Feuer, Oliver Litondo, Nick Reding, , Julianne Moore, Emma Stone (THE HELP), is enriched by this encounter on their spiritual path Vusi Kunene. This uplifting story set in 2003 in a Jonah Bobo. In this comedy of misfired affection, Cal to prepare a little girl to become a woman in the secu- mountain village in Kenya is about Kimani Ng’ange’a (Carell) is a middle-aged family man who is stunned when lar world. Suffused with golden light and sepia Maruge (Litondo), an 84-year-old veteran of the Mau his wife Emily (Moore) asks him for a divorce. Trying to shadow, this beautifully lensed adaptation of Gregorio Mau rebellion, who decides to attend primary school recover his manhood at the local pick-up joint, Cal is so Martinez Sierra’s play won 14 international film alongside 6-year-olds to learn to read and write. Maruge pathetic that Jacob (Gosling), a slick lothario, decides to awards, including 4 Goyas and 3 from the Montréal and his young teacher, Jane Obinchu (Harris), over- give Cal some lessons. But even if nice grooming and games- World Film Festival. For all ages. come fierce resistance with tough determination. This manship attracts the ladies, finding real love is another true story won 9 international film festival awards. matter. This multi-generational romantic comedy is nomi- I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING! (1945-British) 91m Rated PG-13. nated for a Golden Globe for the sly and twinkle-eyed Ryan **** D: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (THE Gosling. Rated PG-13. RED SHOES). Wendy Hiller (PYGMALION), Roger A FAMILY aka En familie (2010-Denmark) 99m **** Livesey, Finlay Currie, Pamela Brown, Petula Clark. D: Pernille Fischer Christensen. Jesper Christensen, 50/50 (2011) 100m *** ½ D: Jonathan Levine. Joseph Gor- Hiller is a headstrong middle class girl who plans to Lene-Maria Christensen, Johan Philip Asbæk, Anne don-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Anjelica Huston. marry a wealthy industrialist on a Scottish Isle. But Louise Hassing. Copenhagen gallery owner Ditte (Lene- Based on screenwriter ’s battle with spinal can- on the way, the fickle weather doesn’t cooperate, and Maria Christensen) has just been offered a dream job cer, this heartfelt, hilarious comedy stars Joseph Gordon she gets stuck in a seacoast town. While stranded she in City. She hopes to go there with her loving Levitt as 27-year-old Adam (who represents Will) and Seth meets decidedly un-wealthy Livesey, a naval officer. boyfriend, artist Peter (Asbæk). But when her father Rogen (Will Reiser’s real life friend) as Adam’s affably But as the days pass, she’s finding magic in the Scot- Rikard (Jesper Christensen) falls seriously ill, Ditte is vulgar buddy, Kyle. When Adam is told his chances of tish landscape, and it’s not just the view. This de- forced to make a difficult decision: go to New York as surviving cancer are 50/50, Kyle, his take-charge Mom lightful romantic comedy features witty dialogue, richly planned or take over the family bakery. Unsparing in (Huston), and painfully inexperienced therapist Katherine dimensional characters, elegant and poetic cinematog- its emotional honesty, this brilliantly acted drama won (Kendrick) all pitch in to ease Adam’s pain. Nominated for raphy by Erwin Hillier and lots and lots of charm. A 3 major film awards, including a FIPRESCI Prize at two Golden Globes, 50/50 has already won 4 awards, in- cinematic gem for all ages. Berlin. Suitable for ages 12 and older. cluding one from the National Board of Review. Rated R.