SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY APR 25 Director: Asghar Farhadi APR 26 (7:10 & 9:15) KIDS MATINEE SUN 1PM APR 22 & 23 & 24 (7:00 & 9:15) APR 27 & 28 (3:00 matinee, 7:10 & 9:15) Iran, 2011, 123 minutes; Persian with subtitles; rated G In his exhilarating new film, KIDS MATINEE SAT 1PM BIG MIRACLE (7:00 & 9:20) German master Wim Wenders (Wings THE SECRET WORLD ACADEMY AWARD WINNER! THE of Desire, The Buena Vista Social Club) captures OF ARRIETTY BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE! PINA the brilliantly inventive dance world of legendary cho- DOLBY STEREO APR-MAY 2012 CINECENTA.COM Director: Wim Wenders reographer Pina Bausch. Wenders had conceived with ! A Separation is one of the strongest GREY Germany/France, 2011, 104 minutes; Bausch a dance film like none seen before. After her films of the year. A middle-class Tehran couple (Peyman Moadi German with subtitles; rated G untimely death in 2009, Wenders continued with and Leila Hatami) attempt to separate, and in their stubborn- Director: Joe Carnahan USA, 2012, 117 min; the project, turning it into the most exciting tribute APR 22, 4p.m. *****ness and lack of communication irrevocably affect the lives 14A Cast: Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney he could imagine. Sensual and visually stunning, AMAZING GRACE of those around them, including their precocious 11-year-old Pina takes the audience into Bausch’s work Fundraiser for Mount St. daughter (Sarina Farhadi), the husband's Alzheimer's-stricken A taut, lean, intense drama about men-against- “SPIRITED AND in her imaginative sets (a gliding monorail, a Mary Hospital. Admission father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi) and a devout cleaning woman the-elements that has strains of Jack London and bare stage covered with chairs, a tower- CINEMAGIC MEMBERSHIP APR-MAY 2012 $25 includes movie, soft (Sareh Bayat). Writer/director Farhadi has created a complex, Albert Camus. An airplane carrying oil rig workers SPECTACULAR!” ing man-made waterfall) powerfully ren- drink and popcorn. Tickets: gripping mystery that sheds light on modern Iran's religious crashes in remote Alaska, and seven men survive. dering the beauty and sheer physicality $17.50 (HST included) 250-480-3140 or and class differences, not to mention its circuitous legal sys- –St. Louis $5.60 at the door. They’ve been dropped into the hunting grounds of of the dances and dancers of her * Two complimentary tickets * Opportunity to purchase UVSS Students tem. But above all it's a human and moral drama that plays an angry pack of wolves. The film is set amid the with your sympathies and poses questions of innocence and Post-Dispatch Tanztheater Wuppertal ensemble. Member 10 Film Discount Pass lashing cold, the empty wind, the ghastly taunts of –Sundance Selects * $6.50 ticket price for you + guest Special for UVSS students guilt while providing no pat answers. Superbly acted and craft- wolfish howls and, in one unforgettable sequence, * Annual schedule subscription 9pm shows (or later) $2.75 ed, with an ending that will provoke arguments, A Separation of beastly eyes piercing the night. A genuinely A SEPARATION - winner of the best foreign-language movie Oscar - is a great entertaining thriller that puts a chill through you in Seniors, Children (12 & under) $5.60 film that will haunt you. –Now Magazine more ways than one. –Portland Oregonian Other Students $6.50 APR 29 Student Union Building, UVic KIDS MATINEE SUN 1PM MAY 1, 2 & 3 (700 & 9:00) MAY 4 & 5 (7:00 & 9:15) (3:00 matinee, Cinemagic Members $6.50 THE SECRET WORLD CINECENTA FILMS is a non-profit division of the University of Victoria Students’ 7:00 & 9:20) OF ARRIETTY ALBERT NOBBS APR 30 MONSIEUR LAZHAR Society, conceived as an inexpensive alternative for students, the University commu- nity and the public. The theatre is in the Student Union Building at UVic. The follow- (7:00 & 9:20) Director: Philippe Falardeau Director: Rodrigo Garcia UK/Ireland, 2011, 113 minutes; and guests (1 only) of above $6.50 CORIOLANUS Canada, 2011, 95 min; French with subtitles; PG PG Cast: Glenn Close, Janet McTeer, Mia Wasikowska, ing buses come to UVic: 4, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 26, 29, 33, 39, 51, 80. Non-members $7.75 Aaron Johnson, Brendan Gleeson, Jonathan Rhys The university charges a fee of $2.25 for parking on campus after 6pm and all day on Director: Ralph Fiennes UK, 2011, 123 minutes; 14A WINNER OF 6 GENIE AWARDS including BEST PICTURE, ACTOR, Meyers, Brenda Fricker, Pauline Collins Matinees $4.75 Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Gerald Butler, Vanessa DIRECTOR! Saturdays. There is no charge for parking on Sundays and holidays. Redgrave ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE! BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Rodrigo Garcia's adaptation of an Irish short story is spare, quiet Tickets and memberships go on sale 40 minutes before showtime. and surprisingly moving, with Oscar nominee Glenn Close deliv- TEN FILM DISCOUNT PASS Please arrive early to avoid disappointment. Ralph Fiennes has done something truly mighty with his Monsieur Lazhar is a tender and touching drama. Algerian refugee Bachir ering an astonishing performance as a 19th century woman ! who disguises herself as a man in order to work. A deli- UVSS Students, Seniors $50.00 first turn behind the camera. A pounding, modern take on Lahzar (Mohamed Fellag) becomes a substitute teacher to students struggling with grief after their All films are in English, or with English subtitles where noted. Films are 35mm Shakespeare’s most chest-thumpingly bellicose tragedy, cate, closely observed chamber piece, this affecting former teacher's suicide. He must navigate the minefield that is dealing with traumatized children prints unless otherwise indicated. $57.50 Coriolanus has been pruned of its extremities and trans- *****- no physical contact being of utmost importance. Like the kids who are faced with a new world of portrait of longing, lying and leading double lives in 19th-century Ireland sneaks up on the audi- ported to a vaguely Eastern European war zone. Our bald- tragedy and lost innocence, Bachir must confront his own personal demons while figuring out his 24-hour info Line: Cinecenta office: (Unavailable to non-members.) shaved antihero, General Caius Martius (Fiennes, never place in a new country. Director Falardeau proves once again why he's one of Canada's premier tal- ence with the quiet discretion of the enigmatic 250-721-8365 250-721-8364 with so much bark) rages into battle covered in blood. He’s terrifying. As if these fireworks weren’t ents in this focused and intelligent drama. A witty screenplay, moving performances - particularly protagonist at its center. A heady mix of enough, let’s herald the juicy resurgence of Vanessa Redgrave, in the key role of a shamed son’s from the precocious child cast - and social observations free of a political agenda makes sexuality, identity, class politics and romantic equally warlike mom. The film is a spiky and complex counterweight to Hollywood sentiment and Monsieur Lazhar a high achiever. –Now Magazine self-deception swirl throughout the movie. indie cynicism alike. --Time Out New York –Washington Post Cinecenta’s program is subject to change without notice. To avoid disappointment, Manager: Lisa Sheppard please check our 24-hour phone line or website for the most up-to-date information. Programmer: Michael Hoppe Daily Show Info: Design: Marc Junker WINNER OF 5 ACADEMY MAY 9 & 10 (7:20 & 9:00) MAY 11 & 12 (7:00 & 9:00) 250-721-8365 cinecenta.com AWARDS INCLUDING BEST Directors: Tchavdar Georgiev & Amanda DESERT OF THE WOMAN MAY 6, 7 & 8 (7:00 & 9:00) Pope. Uzbekistan/USA/Russia, 2010, 80 min- PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR utes; Blu-ray IN BLACK AND BEST ACTOR! FORBIDDEN APRIL 7 & 8 “A WORK OF ART IS A SCREAM OF Director: James Watkins THE ARTIST FREEDOM.” –Christo UK/Canada, 2012, 96 minutes; 14A WILLY WONKA AND THE “A FILM FOR PEOPLE WHO ART Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, CHOCOLATE FACTORY Director: Michel Hazanavicius LOVE MOVIES!” –Box Office That opening quote for this revelatory documen- Janet McTeer 100 minutes; rated G France/USA, 2011, 101 minutes; rated G tary encapsulates the philosophy of the late Igor Gene Wilder stars in the wacky, colourful Cast: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Savitsky, Russian modern art’s unlikely saviour. Woman in Black takes place a century ago, Hollywood, 1927. George Valentin is a silent original 1971 version. Songs include Candy Goodman Relocating to the desert city of Nukus, Uzbekistan, when a widowed estate lawyer (Daniel Radcliffe) movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will Man. in the 1950s, the wily archaeologist bilked the encounters a vengeful spirit in a remote coastal sound the death knell for his career and see government of funds in order to build a museum town. There's a stateliness and gravity to his APR 14 & 15 him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy that eventually came to house over 44,000 works. film that recalls grand ghost stories of decades Miller, it seems the sky's the limit - major movie HUGO Many of these were stunningly beautiful avant-garde past like The Haunting and The Innocents. And stardom awaits. The Artist tells the story of 127 minutes; rated G pieces that had been banned as antithetical to the in his first role after wrapping the Harry Potter their interlinked destinies and has become an Martin Scorsese’s award-winning ode to Socialist Realism party line. Excerpts from Savitsky’s series, Radcliffe is entirely credible as a wid- international sensation. It’s the kind of movie early movies is about the astounding adven- journals are given voice by Ben Kingsley. To see ower with a small child, proving able to hold the that is much more fun to see with an audience! tures of a boy living a great railway station these paintings at last - and on the big screen - is a screen in a 20-minute set piece played entirely in Paris in 1931.