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Hawaii Premiere! 2 Premieres! BLACK SWAN Mother's Day 2 Hawaii Premieres! SUMO DO, SUMO DON'T LIKE TWO DROPS OF (2010) THE KING'S SPEECH THE ARMY OF CRIME aka Shiko funjatta WATER in widescreen (2010-UK//US) (2009-) (1992-) (1963-Netherlands) in widescreen in French/Grman w/ English in Dutch/German with in Japanese with English with , with Colin Firth, Geoffrey subtitles & in widescreen subtitles & in widescreen English subtitles & widescreen with Simon Abkarian. Directed by Fons Rademakers. , , Rush, , with , , 12:30, 3 & 5:30pm only 12:30 & 3pm only Guy Pearce, Jennifer Ehle, ------, Naoto . , . Takenaka, . ------LIKE TWO DROPS OF THE ARMY OF CRIME WATER Written and Directed by (2009-France) Directed by Directed by (1963-Netherlands) . in French/Grman w/ English . Tom Hooper. in Dutch/German with subtitles & in widescreen English subtitles & widescreen 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30 with Simon Abkarian. 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:00 & Directed by Fons Rademakers. & 8:30pm 9:15pm 8pm only & 8:30pm 5 5:30 & 8pm only 6 7 8 9

2 Hawaii Premieres! THE MAGIC HOUR BLUE VALENTINE Hawaii Premiere! 2 Hawaii Premieres! KATALIN VARGA JE VOUS TROUVE (2008-Japan) (2010) THE TIGER BRIGADES TRÈS BEAU aka Les brigades du Tigre (2009-Romania/UK) in Japanese with English in widescreen (2006-France) (2005-France) subtitles & in widescreen with Ryan Gosling, Michelle in Romanian/Hung w/English in French with English in French/Russian with English subtitles & in widescreen with Koichi Sato, Satoshi Williams, Faith Wladyka, subtitles & in widescreen subtitles & in widescreen Tsumabuki, Eri Fukatsu, John Doman, Mike Vogel, 1, 4 & 7pm only with Clovis Cornillac, Diane ------12:30, 2, 3:30, 5 & 6:30pm , Toshiyuki Marshall Johnson. Kruger, Edouard Baer. ------Nishida, Kon Ichikawa. JE VOUS TROUVE THE ARMY OF CRIME Directed and Co-Written by Directed by TRÈS BEAU (2009-France) Written and Directed by Derek Cianfrance. Jerome Cornuau. (2005-France) in French/Grman w/ English Koki Mitani. in French with English subtitles & in widescreen 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:00 & 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:00 & subtitles & in widescreen 8:15pm only 12:30, 3, 5:30 & 8pm 9:15pm 9:15pm 2:30, 5:30 & 8:30pm only 12 13 14 15 16 Hawaii Premiere! Hawaii Premiere! Armed Forces Day A SOMEWHAT GENTLE 2 Hawaii Premieres! INSTANT SWAMP Hawaii Premiere! MAN (2010-Norway) INSTANT SWAMP (2009-France/Cameroon) aka Insutanto Numa BLESSED BY FIRE in Norwegian with English (2009-Japan) in French with English (2009-Japan) (2005-/Spain) subtitles & in widescreen in Japanese with English subtitles & in widescreen in Japanese with English in English/Spanish w/ English with Stellan Skarsgard. subtitles & in widescreen Directed by . subtitles & in widescreen subtitles & in widescreen 12:30 & 2:30pm only with Kumiko Aso. 12:30, 2:30 & 4:30pm only with Kumiko Aso, Morio Directed by Tristan Bauer. ------12:15, 2:30 & 4:45pm ------Kazama, . 12:15, 7:00 & 9:00pm Hawaii Premiere! ------A SOMEWHAT GENTLE ------WHITE MATERIAL A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN (2010-Norway) Written and Directed by AN UNGENTLEMANLY (2009-France/Cameroon) MAN (2010-Norway) in Norwegian with English Satoshi Miki. ACT (1992-UK) in French with English in Norwegian with English subtitles & in widescreen with , subtitles & in widescreen subtitles & in widescreen with Stellan Skarsgard. 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:00 & Rosemary Leach. Directed by Claire Denis. with Stellan Skarsgard. 6:30 & 8:30pm only 9:15pm 2:30 & 4:45pm 4:30, 6:30 & 8:30pm only 7:00 & 9:00pm only 19 20 21 22 23 2 Hawaii Premieres! 2 Hawaii Premieres! Hawaii Premiere! Hawaii Premiere! SUMO DO, SUMO DON'T SERAPHIM FALLS (2010) FINE, TOTALLY FINE SUMO DO, SUMO DON'T (1992-Japan) (2006) in widescreen aka Zenzen Daijobu aka Shiko funjatta in Japanese with English in widescreen (2008-Japan) (1992-Japan) subtitles & in widescreen , . with , in Japanese with English in Japanese with English with Masahiro Motoki. 12:15 & 8:30pm only Aaron Eckhart, , subtitles & in widescreen subtitles & in widescreen 12:15, 2:00 & 3:45pm only ------Miles Teller, , with YosiYosi Arakawa, with Masahiro Motoki, ------Misa Shimizu, , FRONTIER BLUES . Yoshino Kimura. Akira Emoto. FINE, TOTALLY FINE (2009-Iran/UK/Italy) (2008-Japan) in Persian with English subtitles Directed by Directed by Written and Directed by in Japanese with English & in widescreen . Yosuke Fujita Masayuki Suo. subtitles & in widescreen Frontier stories of North Iran. with YosiYosi Arakawa. Directed by Babak Jalali. 12:15, 2:00, 3:45, 5:30 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30 & 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30 6 & 8pm only 2:30, 4:30 & 6:30pm 7:15 & 9:00pm 8:30pm only & 8:30pm 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 May 2011 $5 General Admission / $4 Members COMING ATTRACTIONS Reservations Recommended. Call 735-8771.

SUMO DO, SUMO DON’T aka Shiko Funjatta (1992- THE MAGIC HOUR (2008-Japan) 136m *** D: Kôki Mitani AN UNGENTLEMANLY ACT (1992-UK) 119m *** Japan) 99m *** ½ D: Masayuki Suo (SHALL WE DANSU?). (ALL ABOUT OUR HOUSE). Kôichi Satô, Satoshi D: Stuart Urban. Ian Richardson, Ian McNeice, Rosemary Masahiro Motoki (DEPARTURES), Misa Shimizu, Naoto Tsumabuki, Eri Fukatsu, Haruka Ayase, Leach, James Warrior, Marc Warren, Elizabeth Bradley. Takenaka (SHALL WE DANSU?), Akira Emoto. If he can (SUITE DREAMS). This breezy entertainment concerns a Excellent performances by Ian Richardson and graduate from university on time, Shuhei (Motoki) is guaran- gangster underling Bingo (Tsumabuki) who, to avoid getting underpin this gripping account of the first hours of the teed a good job—but his grades have been sliding. His pro- in trouble with his boss (Nishida), sets up an elaborate sham 1982 Falklands War, as the Islands are invaded by the fessor has promised he’ll graduate, but only if Shuhei joins movie production. Things get hilariously out of hand when Argentinians. As Governor , Richardson brings the sumo team. It turns out the “team” has only one other the second-rate actor (Satô) posing as a famous hitman is taken a nobility and sympathy to the role of a minor, passed member, the pathetic Aoki (Takenaka). Together they draft a for the real thing by the boss. Leavened equally with screwball over British diplomat abandoned by his government in bunch of misfits who eventually blossom into sumo enthusi- humor and heart-warming moments, this is a real charmer. and faced with the impossible task of directing the asts. This rollicking comedy was a huge hit in Japan, win- THE MAGIC HOUR was nominated for 8 Japanese Academy Islands' defense. As Major Mike Norman, Peck plays the ning 24 film awards including 5 Japanese . Awards. gutsy commander of a handful of British Marines. Winner Parental guidance recommended. of the BAFTA TV Award for Best Single Drama and BLUE VALENTINE (2010) 112m *** ½ D: Derek Cianfrance. nominated for a Royal Society Best Actor Award LIKE TWO DROPS OF WATER aka Als twee druppels Ryan Gosling, Michelle Willliams, Faith Wladyka, John for Richardson, this beautifully crafted military drama was water (1963-Netherlands) 121m *** D: Fons Rademakers. Doman. This sensitive drama traces the trajectory of a failing filmed in the Falklands. Lex Schoorel, Nan Los, Van Doude, Guus Verstraete. Timid marriage over six years. Working class couple Dutch cigar trader Ducker (Schoorel) has kept quiet during Cindy (Williams) and Dean (Gosling) try to overcome the BLESSED BY FIRE aka Iluminados por el fuego World War II until heroic British agent Dorbeck (Schoorel) widening gap between their aspirations, each sincere in his or (2005-Argentina/Spain) 104m *** D: Tristán Bauer. lands in his backyard. Ducker begins to greatly admire her effort but still unable to connect. This acting tour de force Gastón Pauls, Pablo Riva, César Albarracín, Victor Hugo Dorbeck (who looks just like Ducker), and under his tutelage won two film awards and 17 nominations, including Oscar and Carrizo, Virginia Innocenti. How a war is remembered in joins the Dutch resistance, making them “like two drops of Golden Globe noms for Williams and a Golden Globe nomi- the history books—small war, big war, righteous war—to water”. Based on the novel De donkere kamer van Damocles nation for Gosling. Rated R. a soldier in the front lines it makes no difference. War is by Willem Frederik Hermans, this terrific war drama was war. This heartbreaking account of the Falklands (Malvinas) kept from the public for nearly 40 years by producer “Freddy” THE TIGER BRIGADES aka Les brigades du Tigre (2006- War from the Argentinian soldiers’ point of view won 14 Heineken (he of the beer) who withdrew the film when actress France) 122m *** D: Jérôme Cornuau. Clovis Cornillac, Diane film awards including a Goya for Best Spanish Language Nan Los, his lover, left him. This film was nominated for a Kruger (INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS), Edouard Baer, Olivier Foreign Film and Best Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Palme d’Or at Cannes. Parental guidance recommended. Gourmet (MESRINE), Jacques Gamblin. This visually gor- Film Festival. Suitable for ages 12 and older: contains geous crime adventure set in 1912 follows the exploits of intense battle scenes. THE ARMY OF CRIME aka L’armée du crime (2009- France’s first motorized police brigades. Named the Tiger France) 139m *** ½ D: Robert Guédiguian. Simon Abkarian, Brigades after Prime Minister Georges “Le Tigre” Clémenceau, FINE, TOTALLY FINE aka Zenzen Daijobu (2008- Virginie Ledoyen, Robinson Stévenin, Adrien Jolivet. In the daring men dedicate themselves to protect from ter- Japan) 110m *** D: Yosuke Fujita. YosiYosi Arakawa, occupied Paris in the early 1940s, amid a French population rorism and breaches of security. This slick, fast-paced actioner Yoshino Kimura (SAKURAN), Yoshinori Okada, Miyuki cowed by the corrupt Vichy government, a band of immi- has political corruption, a beautiful princess, embezzlement on Torii. Three eccentric characters live in a small town: shy grants led by Armenian poet Missak Manouchian (Abkarian) a grand scale and a dizzying motorbike chase through a Pari- Akari (Kimura) is spectacularly clumsy and socially in- bedevil and embarrass the Nazis. Untrained in battle and with sian market to keep you on the edge of your seat. Nominated ept, but has artistic talent; Teruo (Arakawa) loves to scare few resources, this group, which includes a Hungarian family, for three film awards. Suitable for ages 12 and older. people by setting up haunted house-style vignettes; and a French Jewish swimming champion (Stévenin), and a Teruo’s close pal Komori (Okada) is the middle manager streetwise Polish Communist (Jolivet) among others, risks KATALIN VARGA (2009-Romania/UK) 82m **** D: Peter of a hospital cleaning team. It’s for you to find out how their lives for the Resistance. Based on historical characters Strickland. Hilda Péter, Norbert Tankó, Tibor Pálffy, Roberto these three delightfully interact in this engaging feel-good and events, this is the story of the real “inglorious bastards”. Giacomello, Melinda Kántor. Katalin (Péter) hid the true pa- comedy. Suitable for ages 15 and older. Music by Alexandre Desplat, who won an Étoile d’Or. Adults ternity of her son Orban from her husband for years, fearing he only: scenes of violence. would reject the boy, the product of a brutal rape. When her SERAPHIM FALLS (2006) 112m *** D: David Von secret is revealed, she decides to travel with her son by horse Ancken (feature debut). Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan, BLACK SWAN (2010) 108m *** ½ D: Darren Aronofsky. and cart into the Carpathian Mountains in order to identify Michael Wincott, Angelica Huston, Xander Berkeley, Ed Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel (MESRINE), those who wronged her. Gorgeously shot in the timeless coun- Lauter, Tom Noonan. Just after the end of the American Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder. -based ballerina tryside of Romania—among ancient ruins and lively gypsy Civil War, a trapper, Gideon (Brosnan), hangdog in his Nina Sayers (Portman) is totally dedicated to the art of dance, music—this hauntingly beautiful and atmospheric morality torn and threadbare clothes, is chased through snowy a technical perfectionist. Artistic director Thomas Leroy tale won four film awards, including a Silver Bear from Berlin. mountainsides by his sinewy pursuer, Col. Carver (Neeson, (Cassel) is looking to cast the lead for Swan Lake, which Suitable for ages 15 and older. cozy in his fur-collared coat) and his band of hired gun- requires the dancer to portray both the innocent White Swan men. In this old-fashioned , frontier justice is the and her evil twin, the seductive Black Swan. Leroy thinks WHITE MATERIAL (2009-France/Cameroon) 106m *** law of the land. What connects these two men? What Nina is perfect as the White Swan, but sexy newcomer Lily D: Claire Denis (BEAU TRAVAIL). (THE happened at Seraphim Falls? Beautifully lensed by the (Kunis) embodies the Black Swan. As the two rival dancers PIANO TEACHER), Christopher Lambert, Nicolas great (), this tale of vengeance vie for the role, Nina’s fragile psyche begins to crumble. Duvauchelle, Isaac De Bankolé (CASINO ROYALE). In an won an award at the World Stunt Awards and a nomina- Natalie Portman is electrifying in this ferocious melodrama— unnamed African country, Maria (Huppert), a Frenchwoman, tion for Breakthrough Director Award at the Gotham Awards. she won 16 of the 30 film awards BLACK SWAN earned, runs a coffee plantation. The workers are leaving the fields, Those who enjoyed 2010’s TRUE GRIT (which will including an Oscar. Rated R. fearing the emergence of civil war. They tell her that the coffee screen in June at the Movie Museum) should definitely crop will be good, but there will be no means of getting the check this one out. Rated R. THE KING’S SPEECH (2010-UK/Australia/US) 119m **** coffee beans to market. She is still not discouraged. As Maria’s D: Tom Hooper (JOHN ADAMS-TV). Colin Firth (LOVE life is more and more threatened, she becomes all the more FRONTIER BLUES (2009-Iran/UK/Italy) 95m *** D: ACTUALLY), , Helena Bonham Carter, Guy determined. This visually striking, highly compelling drama Babak Jalali (feature debut). Mahmoud Kalteh, Abolfazl Pearce, Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Timothy Spall. Prince was nominated for three film awards, including a Karimi, Khajeh Araz Dordi, Behzad Shahrivari, Karima Albert (Firth) has a terrible stammer, and because of his from the Venice Film Festival. Suitable for ages 15 and older. Abedibe. Featuring non-professional actors from the north- brother Edward’s (Pearce) abdication he is now about to ern region of Iran, this film intertwines stories of four become King George VI. He has no choice now but to over- A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN aka En ganske snill mann different characters: Alam (Kalteh) is a chicken farmer but come his impediment, as he must address his people in crisis (2010-Norway) 105m *** D: Hans Petter Moland. Stellan he’s learning English so he may marry a girl named Ana on live radio. His understanding wife, Elizabeth (Carter), Skarsgård (RONIN), Bjørn Floberg, Gard B. Eidsvold, Jorunn and take her to Baku; Hassan (Karimi) is a slow-witted introduces him to unorthodox speech therapist, Logue (Rush), Kjelllsby. After 12 years in prison, Ulrik (Skarsgård) is not Persian man who owns a donkey; Hassan’s uncle Kazem who insists on calling his royal patient “Bertie”. Funny, sure he’s happy to be free. Released into the icy white Norwe- (Shahrivari) has a clothes shop whose wares never fit insightful and ultimately heroic, this brilliant film about gian lansdscape, Ulrik now must deal with his ex-wife, a mob anyone; and a 55-year-old Turkmen minstrel (Dordi) who Queen Elizabeth II’s father won 41 awards (including 4 Os- boss to whom he owes something (Floberg), his old gang, must deal with a patronizing Tehran photographer. Funny cars) and 90 nominations. Rated R. various women and … a snitch. This hilarious black comedy and melancholic at the same time, this fascinating film won an award at the Berlin International Film Festival. Suit- won an award at the San Francisco International Film JE VOUS TROUVE TRÈS BEAU (2005-France) 85m *** able for ages 12 and older. Festival and was nominated for 3 more awards. Suitable D: Isabelle Mergault (feature debut). Michel Blanc (MON- for ages 12 and older. SIEUR HIRE), Medeea Marinescu, Wladimir Yordanoff, Benoit INSTANT SWAMP aka Insutanto Numa (2009-Japan) 120m Turjman. French farmer Aymé Pigrenet (Blanc) is a stoic kind *** D: Satoshi Miki (TURTLES ARE SURPRISINGLY FAST RABBIT HOLE (2010) 92m *** ½ D: John Cameron of guy. He doesn’t have time for such nonsense as TV, music SWIMMERS). Kumiko Aso (CASSHERN), Morio Kazama, Mitchell. Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Dianne Wiest, or laughter. When his wife suddenly dies in a milking acci- Ryo Kase, . Ladies magazine editor Haname Tammy Blanchard, Sandra Oh. This carefully observed dent, Aymé decides to go to a matrimonial agency to find Jinchoge (Aso) has had such bad luck lately she thinks she’s drama centers on a couple, Becca (Kidman) and Howie someone who will wash clothes and cook for him. When he cursed. This is highly unusual for her, as she’s never been (Eckhart) who have suffered the loss of their 4-year-old is introduced to lively young Romanian Elena (Marinescu), superstitious and she’s deeply skeptical of anything supernatu- child due to an accident 8 months ago. They are just he’s only interested in whether she’ll take proper care of the ral. But she remembers when she was eight years old and beginning to live again after being totally leveled by grief. farm’s animals, but Elena just might find, buried beneath his furious with her father for leaving the family—she threw a Though Howie tries to cushion his relationship with Becca rough exterior, a loving heart. This heartwarming romantic maneki-neko (cat talisman) that her father gave her into the with humor and romance; Becca’s deep anguish surfaces comedy won two awards: Director Mergault won Best First swamp near her house. Convinced she must retrieve the talis- with sharp words for anyone around her. This masterful Work at the César Awards, and Michel Blanc won Best Actor man, she resorts to digging in the landfill where the swamp depiction of a couple’s struggle to redefine their relation- at the Love is Folly International Film Festival in Bulgaria. once was, leading to some unexpected adventures. This quirky ship was nominated for 17 film awards, including an Parental guidance recommended. comedy is great fun. Suitable for ages 12 and older. Oscar. Rated PG-13.