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JUNE-JULY 2013 Download SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY JUNE 18 JUNE 19 & 20 (7:15 & 8:50) (7:00 only) June–JULY 2013 CINECENTA.COM “EFFERVESCENT!” DOLBY STEREO Variety JUNE 21 & 22 (7:00 & 9:40) JUNE 16 & 17 (7:15 & 9:00) Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES veryone is welcome at Cinecenta! We are a non-profit division USA, 1961, 152 min. Director: Derek Cianfrance USA, 2013, 141 min; 14A of the University of Victoria Students’ Society, conceived as an FIGHT LIKE SOLDIERS, DIE LIKE CHILDREN A New York street take on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Cast: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes inexpensive alternative for students, the University community and june–july 2013 Director: Patrick Reed Canada, 2012, 83 minutes; PG Juliet that feels as contemporary now as it did on its ITALY: LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT the public. The theatre is in the Student Union Building at UVic. initial release. Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer are Directors: Luca Ragazzi & Gustav Hofer An ambitious epic that expands into a wondrously widescreen tale of fathers, sons and the legacy of sins that E star-crossed lovers in what remains one of the boldest Fresh from this year’s Hot Docs festival in Toronto and DOXA in Vancouver comes an absorbing new documenta- are passed down through the generations. Ryan Gosling’s Luke leads a carnival group of daredevil motorcycle The following buses come to UVic: 4, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 26, 29, 33, 39, 51, UVSS Students $5.75 and most breathlessly dynamic musicals ever made. It Italy, 2012, 75 min; Italian with subtitles ry from the team behind stunt drivers. His job is one that means he’s always on the move. But things change when he learns his fling with Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire.–The Cinematheque went on to score ten Oscars. It’s the groundbreaking 80. The university charges a fee of $2.25 for parking on campus after 6pm General Romeo Dallaire is 66 and retired, but he still commands respect. Reed’s doc finds him back in Africa, In this hit documentary, Italian journalists/filmmakers Ragazzi and Hofer wonder if those roads leading to Rome Romina (Eva Mendes) the previous year has resulted in a son. Luke is determined to do the reputable thing and Special for UVSS students combination of toe-tapping tunes and wailing pathos, and all day on Saturdays. There is no charge for parking on Sundays and where he witnessed but could not stop the 1994 Rwandan genocide. His latest mission is to fight against the don’t also look like escape routes. There is an opportunity to move to Berlin - where rents are a third of the price, contribute to the support of his child, despite the obstacles in his way. Luke’s path puts him right on a collision 9pm shows (or later) which makes this a truly arresting musical. Set against $3.75 recruitment of child soldiers. He knows someone else will have to carry this flame eventually, but it’s not going out there’s less unemployment, and less homophobia too. Also Berlusconi doesn’t live there. Even so, Luca is loathe course with Avery (Bradley Cooper), a local cop. Derek Cianfrance has now placed himself in the canon of great, holidays. Tickets and memberships go on sale 40 minutes before showtime. Leonard Bernstein’s rousing instrumentals are unabash- on his watch.–National Post The face of the cause couldn’t be more eloquent: Romeo Dallaire, his soul still to leave. So they hop into a vintage FIAT 500 and set off to take stock of “the real Italy”, with a pilgrimage to visit contemporary American filmmakers like Paul Thomas Anderson and the Coen Brothers. A brilliant, towering edly scathing lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. --BBCi Please arrive early to avoid disappointment. Seniors, Children (12 & under) $5.75 shattered by his Rwandan past but his mind alert to the prospect of a more humane future.–The Globe and Mail George Clooney’s Lake Como villa on the side. –Vancouver International Film Festival picture and a cinematic accomplishment of extraordinary grace and insight. –The Playlist Other Students $6.75 JUNE 23, 24, 25 (7:00 & 9:00) A heartfelt and marvelously acted award- STUDENT UNION BUILDING, UVIC yyyy winning drama set in New Brunswick. It FUNDRAISER! Cinemagic Members $6.75 is based on the true-life story of Craig Morrison, an 89-year-old farmer who sud- $15 advance $20 at door UVic Alumni, Faculty, Staff, denly finds himself fighting two battles. Advance tickets available at STILL MINE Not only is his wife’s dementia presenting Everyone is welcome at and guests(1 only) of above $6.75 challenges, but Craig is confronted by a Bridges 250-385-7410 Cinecenta, but if you aren’t Director: Michael McGowan fusspot building inspector who is deter- affiliated with UVic and are Non-members $7.75 Canada, 2012, 103 min; PG mined to stop him from building a new Cinecenta passes/ going to come more than 50 house on his own property. Craig (James cinemagic Cromwell) presides over several thousand tickets not valid. JUNE 27 (7:00 & 9:00) once a year, you can save MEMBERSHIP Matinee $4.75 acres and has been self-sufficient all his JUNE 26 (7:00 only) JUNE 28 & 29 (7:00 & 9:00) money by purchasing a TWO COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS life. And so, when it becomes clear that Cinemagic Membership! Irene (Genevieve Bujold), his beloved wife $6.75 ADMISSION FOR YOU + TEN FILM DISCOUNT PASS All films are in English, or of 61 years, is now unsafe in the two- LUNAFEST SAMSARA storey farmhouse where they raised their THE ANGELS’ SHARE $17. 1 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION $50.00 Ron Fricke with English subtitles UVSS Students, Seniors seven children, the land-rich but cash- Director: Ken Loach UK, 2012, 101 minutes; 14A FILMAKER ANDREA DORFMAN IN USA, 2011, 103 minutes; rated G where noted. Members, UVic Staff $57.50 poor Craig decides to build them a new, (unavailable to non-members) one-level home nearby, one with beautiful A film composed of powerful images, most mag- SEE JUNE 30 – JULY 4 FOR DESCRIPTION views of the Bay of Fundy. Although in ATTENDANCE nificent, some shocking, all photographed with great 24-hour info Line: 250-721-8365 Cinecenta office: 250-721-8364 many ways a small story, Still Mine is a LUNAFEST is a traveling festival of short films BY, FOR care in the highest possible HD resolution. Filmed solid triumph for serious cinema. It’s the over five years, in locations in 25 countries, it is the best film yet from veteran Canadian direc- and ABOUT WOMEN. For the first time this festival, filled with stories of reflection, hope and humor, will kind of experience you simply sink into. For Ron tor Michael McGowan (One Week, Saint Fricke, it is a continuation of the meditative imag- Cinecenta’s program is subject to change without notice. To avoid disappointment, Manager: Lisa Sheppard Ralph). Most of all, Mine is a marvelous be presented in Victoria! In addition Emmy Nominated Canadian filmmaker Andrea Dorfman, who’s brilliant ery they used in Baraka (1992), which intensely please check our 24-hour phone line or website for the most up-to-date information. Programmer: Michael Hoppe love story: unsentimental, well observed, regarded the strangeness and wonder of our planet. and rooted in these two unique people. animation FLAWED will play, is in attendance and speak- Art + Design: Marc Junker ing after the screening. This event is fundraising for “Samsara,” is “the repeating cycle of birth, life, death Daily Show Info: 250-721-8365 cinecenta.com This film is a distinct pleasure to recom- and rebirth” within such Indian religions as Hinduism, mend. –Monday Magazine BRIDGES for Women Society in celebration of their 25th anniversary and for LUNAFEST’s Breast Cancer Fund. Buddhism and Sikhism. --Roger Ebert JUNE 30 – JULY 4 (7:00 & 9:00*) “HILARIOUS! A TENDER CROWD-PLEASER SMALL POPCORN: *no 9:00 show on July 1st FROM LEGENDARY DIRECTOR KEN LOACH.” kids ONLY $4.00 THE ANGELS’ SHARE IFC Films Director: Ken Loach UK, 2012, 101 minutes; 14A A delightfully old-fashioned, breezy caper-comedy, set in Scotland, about a scheming JULY 5 & 6 (7:00 & 9:15) matinees youngster determined to break into a distillery and make off with some extremely pricey malt whiskey. this fall! Robbie (Paul Brannigan, a nonprofessional actor), having been given a sentence LOVE IS ALL YOU will return of community service for some petty criminal activity, comes under the tutelage of good-hearted supervisor Harry (John Henshaw). When Harry, a fancier of fine whiskey, decides to instill a little Scottish pride in Robbie and his mates by making them aware of their venerable heritage, his choice of field trip is clear: the distillery. There, Robbie NEED displays a surprisingly discerning nose for the good stuff and when he discovers that distilleries make allowances for evaporation—the “angels’ share”—an idea begins to Director: Susanne Bier brew: why not, quite literally, skim a little off the top of a premium cask and sell it to an Denmark/Italy, 2012, 116 min; English & Danish with subtitles; PG unscrupulous buyer? –Vancouver International Film Festival Pierce Brosnan stars in this gloriously enjoyable film from the Danish director Susanne Bier, whose more OUR MATINEES ARE SUSPENDED FROM MAY sober thriller In A Better World won the foreign language Oscar in 2011. Brosnan plays Philip, a widower (AT NO “A WEE DRAM OF BLISS...BLESSEDLY FUNNY!” who is hosting his son’s wedding at his villa in Sorrento.
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