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Student Union Building, UVic NOV-DEC 2011 www.cinecenta.com University of Victoria Students’ Society, conceived Admission Prices as an inexpensive alternative for students, the (HST included) University community and the public. The $17.50 (HST included) UVSS Students $5.60 theatre is in the Student Union Building at UVic. The following buses come to UVic: 4, 7, 11, Special for UVSS students 12, 13, 14, 15, 26, 29, 33, 39, 51, 80. $6.50 9pm shows (or later) $2.75 Seniors, Children (12 & under) $5.60

($2.25 as of Sept 1) on campus after 6pm & all day Sat. Other Students $6.50 No charge for parking on Sundays and holidays. Cinemagic Members $6.50 . 24-hour Info Line: 250-721-8365 Tickets and memberships go on sale 40 minutes before showtime. Please arrive early and guests (1 only) of above $6.50 to avoid disappointment. Managers: Lisa Sheppard Non-members $7.75 Programmer: Michael Hoppe Matinees $4.75 Design: Juniper English

where noted. Films are 35mm prints unless other- Graphic Production: Juniper English 2011 Nov-Dec wise indicated. & a battery of quail TEN FILM DISCOUNT PASS Cinecenta’s program is subject to change without notice. To avoid disappointment, UVSS Students, Seniors $50.00 please check our 24-hour phone line or website for the most up-to-date information. $57.50 (Unavailable to non-members.)

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NOV 5 & 6 WINNIE THE POOH 63 minutes; rated G An all-new animated story that’s short and sweet. Eyeore has lost his tail, so Pooh and his friends hold a contest to get him a new one.

NOV 12 & 13 THE SMURFS 102 minutes; rated G – violence Neil Patrick Harris stars in this kooky combo of live action and animation.

NOV 19 & 20 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS 95 minutes; rated G Jim Carrey inherits six penguins and transforms his apartment into a winter wonderland!

NOV 26 & 27 E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL 120 minutes; rated G Henry Thomas stars in Steven Spielberg’s classic about a boy and his best friend—an alien.

DEC 3 & 4 WINNIE THE POOH 63 minutes; rated G An all-new animated story that’s short and sweet. Eyeore has lost his tail, so Pooh and his friends hold a contest to get him a new one.

DEC 10 & 11 DOLPHIN TALE 113 minutes; rated G Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd star in a story about the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap.

sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday KIDS MATINEE SUN 1PM NOV 8 (7:15 only) NOV 9 & 10 (7:10 & 9:00) NOV 11 (7:10 & 9:00) *no Friday matinee KIDS MATINEE SAT 1PM WINNIE THE POOH THE SMURFS THE CORPORATION BUCK NOV 12 (3:00 matinee & 7:10 & 9:00) Directors: & Jennifer Abbott Director: Cindy Meehl back by popular demand! , 2003, 145 minutes; DVD USA, 2011, 88 minutes; Blu-ray; rated G BILLY BISHOP GOES NOV 6 “ENTERTAINING.” –Variety “A RICHLY TEXTURED AND VISUALLY STUNNING TO WAR (3:00 matinee & 6:45 & 9:25) “SCATHING!” –LA Times FILM!” –Sundance Selects Director: Barbara Willis-Sweete NOV 7 (6:45 & 9:25) Canada, 2011, 86 minutes; Blu-ray Must-see viewing for any Occupy movement! “A HAUNTING, BEAUTIFULLY TOLD TALE!” Cast: Eric Peterson, John Gray Explore the nature and spectacular rise of the –Salon.com dominant institution of our time. Footage from One of the most beloved and widely produced THE TREE OF LIFE pop culture, advertising, TV news, and corporate Justly picked as the audience favourite at Sundance works in the Canadian theatre canon, John Director: USA, 2011, propaganda illuminates their dominant grip on this year, Cindy Meehl’s often-dramatic documenta- Gray and Eric Peterson’s Governor General’s 140 minutes; rated G – violence our lives. Taking its legal status as a “person” to ry about real-life horse whisperer Buck Brannaman Award–winning, two-man musical Billy Bishop Goes to War premiered in in 1978. Cast: , Sean Penn, its logical conclusion, the film puts the corpora- is far more than the story of a man who can some- tion on the psychiatrist`s couch and declares how get unruly horses to follow him like puppies has since played to audiences all over the WINNER! PALME D’OR –Cannes Film Festival it a “psychopath.” after one training session. Despite the physical English-speaking world and has had stints on Provocative, witty, scars of horrible child abuse, the wryly philosophical Broadway and in ’s West End. It’s most “HHHHH!” –Monday Magazine sweepingly informa- Brannaman is gentle with both people and animals. recent revival, which once again featured Gray tive, The Corporation “He’s the real deal,” says Robert Redford, who relied at the piano and Peterson giving his marathon HHHHH! On the anniversary of his brother’s death, architect Jack O’Brien (Penn) ponders his place in the includes 40 interviews on Brannaman while making The Horse Whisperer. portrayal of no less than eighteen different char- universe, leading inevitably to powerful memories of his ‘50s childhood in Texas - in particular, his ethereal with corporate insid- Anyone who sees this moving doc will agree. acters, was a major hit in 2010. That production mother (Jessica Chastain) and disciplinarian father (Brad Pitt). For his fifth film in 40 years, Terrence Malick ers and critics - includ- –Toronto Star led to this intimate and entertaining new film. has summoned forth a dizzyingly impressionistic study of family life that doubles as a vaulting enquiry into ing Noam Chomsky, First World War flying ace Billy Bishop shot down the very nature of the universe and the possibility of God. Kubrick’s 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY comes Naomi Klein, and Cindy Meehl follows the humble, authoritative seventy-two enemy planes, ultimately becoming close, but Malick’s philosophy pines for the salve of love and spirit. Cycles of life and death on a cosmic Michael Moore - plus cowboy — an ideal of grace and hard work over the Royal Flying Corps’ most honoured member. scale are contrasted with the intricate dynamics of family. What does the loss of a loved one mean against true confessions, adversity — as he travels giving his famous clinics -- Toronto International Film Festival the backdrop of eternity? Much, it transpires. This is a sublime evocation of the tides of ecstasy and tor- case studies and for ‘’horses with people problems.’’ The result is a ment flowing through an American boyhood…Profound, idiosyncratic, complex, sincere and magical; a strategies for change. portrait that expertly mirrors its subject. confirmation that cinema can aspire to art. --Empire –

KIDS MATINEE SUN 1PM NOV 17 (7:00 only) KIDS MATINEE SAT 1PM NOV 15 (7:15 only) NOV 16 (7:15 & 9:00) NOV 18 & 19 (3:00 & 7:10 & 9:00) THE SMURFS Special FREE event hosted by UVic Pride! MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS ???MYSTERY CALENDAR OUR IDIOT BROTHER Direction & DIAGNOSING Director: Jesse Peretz USA, 2011, 90 minutes; PG NOV 13 MOVIE??? Screenplay: Atom Cast: Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Emily Mortimer, (3:00 matinee & 7:00 & 9:15) Egoyan DIFFERENCE Zooey Deschanel, Steve Coogan Special Advance Sneak Preview! Armenia/Canada/ Director: Annalise NOV 14 (7:00 & 9:15) Be among the exclusive few in Victoria to see a Germany, 1993, 74 Ophelian USA, 2009, “A WARM, INTELLIGENT AND HIGHLY brand-new feature film! It could be a comedy or a minutes; DVD; rated 64 minutes CONTEMPORARY COMEDY.” –Salon.com THE DEBT drama; in English or have subtitles. See a movie PG “an excellent 101 Don’t be fooled by the title! How beaming doofus Director: USA, 2011, 113 specially selected for Cinecenta’s discerning audi- Starring Arsinée guide to transgender Ned (Paul Rudd) grew up to be such a mellow male minutes; 14A ence. Take a chance! Leap into the unknown! It’s Khanjian, Ashot identity and issues...”- in such a nutty family of females is a mystery. Ned Cast: , Sam Worthington, only a movie. Adamian, Atom Bitch Magazine is a sunny, Jesus-haired, go-with-the-flow kind of Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Chastain, Ciaran Egoyan Hinds dude who finds the good in everyone. Ned’s three Atom Egoyan wrote, “...mandatory viewing for all medical and mental sisters, on the other hand, are tightly wound malcontents, each character fleshed out by a choice “BRISTLING WITH DANGERS BOTH directed and stars as a health providers...”- Dr. Kimmel, Staff Psychologist, comedienne:(Elizabeth Banks, Emily Mortimer, Zooey Deschanel) Mom (), meanwhile, CORPOREAL AND CEREBRAL, ‘THE Toronto photographer, Harvard University gets by befogged by copious glasses of white wine.--Entertainment Weekly DEBT’ IS A SUPERBLY CRAFTED who invites a different woman to have dinner with How does it feel to have your gender identity ESPIONGE THRILLER! –Los Angeles him each month. At the end of each meal, the included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Times guest makes a phone call and speaks passionately of Mental Disorders? A documentary about the in a foreign language. We soon learn that when the NOV 18 & 19 (11:00pm) separate admission medicalization of transgender identities in the The Debt is the powerful story of Rachel Singer, a former agent who endeavored to capture and photographer and his wife were touring Armenia American health care system. bring to trial a notorious Nazi war criminal—the Surgeon of Birkenau—in a secret Israeli mission that ended to collect images for a calendar, she was falling in FOOTLOOSE (1984) with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has sur- love with the man who served as their translator Director: Herbert Ross USA, 1984, 107 min ; Blu-ray faced, and Rachel (Helen Mirren) must go back to Eastern Europe to uncover the truth. Overwhelmed by The film will be followed by a panel discussion and guide. Highly amusing, poignant and very with four community members who have been The one-and-only Kevin Bacon stars in the original musical about a city haunting memories of her younger self (Jessica Chastain) and her two fellow agents, the still-celebrated cinematic, Calendar is Egoyan’s most emotionally heroine must confront the debt she has incurred. --Miramax Films impacted by Gender Identity Disorder (GID) as boy who moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been ? direct film. a medical diagnosis. banned. Let’s hear it for the boy! n a y R

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Finland/France, 2011, 95 minutes; Director: Djamila Sahraoui French with subtitles; Blu-ray; rated G DRIVE EVEN THE RAIN [También la lluvia] Algeria/France, 2006, Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Director: Icíar Bollaín Spain, 2010, 103 minutes; subtitles; PG 94 min; Arabic & French In the Normandy port city of the title, a writer-turned- USA, 2011, 101 min; 18A THE HIT OF THE LATIN AMERICAN/SPANISH FILM WEEK! with English subtitles; shoe-shiner by the name of Marcel Marx (André Cast: Ryan Gosling, , Bryan DVD Wilms) creates a temporary safe haven for one of Cranston, Ron Perlman, Albert Brooks Featuring noted actors Gael García Bernal and Luis Tosar, Icíar Bollaín’s film was Spain’s Official Selection the thousands of illegal African immigrants knock- for the . Costa and Sebastian arrive in Cochabamba, Bolivia, to shoot a period film about WINNER – BEST ing on Europe’s doors. Idrissa (Blondin Miguel) is a “BRILLIANT!” – Columbus’s arrival in the Americas. They’re on the tightest of budgets and things get complicated when NARRATIVE FILM young migrant hoping to reach his family in London the extras and the main actor, locals to Cochabamba, rise up against the privatization of their city’s drink- –Dubai International Film Festival who follows Marx home one day. This is mature Aki “COOL AND SMART!” –Washington Post ing water. The battle to Kaurismäki, offering the same low-key, deadpan get the film made inter- “Engrossing and brilliantly acted! pleasures of later works such as The Man Without a Action movies require no genius to come along and reinvent them: The basic formula still works, twines with the fight A stirring tale of female heroism.” Past and revealing how the director has grown since provided it has enough room to function. Drive feels like some kind of masterpiece—it’s as pure of their Bolivian crew- —London International Film Festival his early days as a sort of Finnish Jim Jarmusch while a version of the essentials as you’re likely to see. Our hero is nameless; as played by the ever- members, deprived of still retaining his absurdist, stoic sense of humour. impressive Ryan Gosling, this tightly contained their most basic rights, Set amidst the civil war of Algeria in the 1990s, Full of rich characterization, filmed with a deliberate, Hollywood stunt driver is a closed book. When prohibited from col- Enough! is the story of two women. Emel is a unhurried style and grounded with a genuine sense of NOV 25 (10pm) Live music by The Holy not strapped into his crash car, the guy also lecting even the rain. westerner whose husband, a journalist, is miss- warmth, Le Havre quietly focuses on the human face Terrors, Psychic Pollution and Ookpikk moonlights as a getaway wheelman—the film ing - perhaps kidnapped or even killed for articles is about the moment when his luck begins to of one of Europe’s most pressing political issues. And along with sound-influenced visuals. “SPLENDIDLY he has written. Khadija is an older woman who has it’s funny. –Vancouver International Film Festival run out, via some bad company and a melting PANORAMIC!” lived through her country’s decades-long struggle. Brought to you by Animal Productions and heart. --Time Out – Together they embark on a dangerous search for “Every second of this film is simply a joyous ride about love, caring, and even immigration. CFUV, visit cfuv.uvic.ca for Emel’s missing husband, braving the lawless but Gorgeously shot, perfectly acted, and full of more life than most film’s you’ll find, Le Havre is simply beautiful countryside. one of the year’s best films.” --gordonandthewhale.com more details. Doors at 9:30pm, show starts at 10:00. $7 at the door. KIDS MATINEE SUN 1PM NOV 30 & DEC 1 (7:10 & 9:00) KIDS MATINEE SAT 1PM E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL NOV 29 (7:00 & 9:10) DEC 2 & 3 (3:00 & 7:00 & 9:40) WINNIE THE POOH ARAB FILM SERIES REVENGE OF THE NOV 27 (3:30 matinee & 7:00 & 9:00) NOV 28 (7:00 & 9:00) MAKING OF ELECTRIC CAR Director: USA, 2011, 137 Minutes; Director: Nouri Bouzid Director: Chris Paine USA, 2011, 90 min- Cast: , , , , Jessica Chastain DRIVE Tunisia, 2006, utes; Blu-ray; Narrated by Tim Robbins It’s often been noted that Director: Nicolas Winding Refn USA, 2011, 101 min; 18A 115 minutes; Arabic with before the civil rights era, the Cast: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman, Albert Brooks subtitles; DVD “Never let it be said that activist docu- mentaries don’t make a difference!” American South, while more “COOL AND SMART!” –Washington Post “BRILLIANT!” –Rolling Stone –Salon racist than the North, was in WINNER! Best Actor one way more enlightened: See Nov. 25 & 26 for description. & Best Screenplay! This is the upbeat sequel to Who Killed Blacks and whites coexisted -- the Electric Car?, Chris Paine’s crush- with a casual and enduring day-to-day intimacy. They’d ing 2006 feature documentary that tells the life-and-death story of the EV-1, a been living intertwined lives, WINNER! Best Film & Best Actor! after all, since the days of --Taormina Film Festival fully battery-powered car developed and built by General Motors in the late-1990s. slavery. The Help, an emo- tionally enveloping, sharply Paine was one of 800 California drivers alive big-canvas adaptation WINNER! Best Film & Best Supporting Actress! leasing an EV-1 when GM cancelled the program and began destroying the fleet. The first film eventually ran of ’s powerful --Carthage Film Festiva out of steam because it was mostly filmed after the fact. Its visually slick follow-up, on the other hand, never falls asleep at the wheel. Revenge is powered by human drama and by three very different charismatic 2009 novel, is rooted in that auto-industry leaders in the risky, multibillion-dollar process of resurrecting the battery-powered consumer truth more deeply than just Twenty-five-year-old Bahta (Lotfi Abdelli) has no car. Paine started filming in 2007 and had backstage access to all three under the condition he not release about any Hollywood movie. It job, no degree and no prospects. His one passion any footage until 2011. During that time, of course, the world economy collapsed and auto-makers’ CEOs understands that the ‘’separa- is breakdancing, but even that outlet is regularly flew their corporate jets to Washington to ask the government to save the industry. The film navigates the tion’’ of the races in the South repressed by the cops. After attracting the attention bailout process, exploiting its twists and turns to create maximum tension….Let’s hope Paine gets to make wasn’t just a crime — it was a of group of fundamentalists, Bahta is drawn into the it a trilogy that concludes with The Electric Car Lives! --The Globe and Mail grand illusion. --Entertainment violent and dangerous world of terrorism… Weekly

KIDS MATINEE SUN 1PM KIDS MATINEE SAT 1PM WINNIE THE POOH DEC 6 (7:00 & 9:00) DEC 7 (7:00 & 9:25) DEC 8 (7:00 & 9:10) DEC 9 (3:00 & 7:00 & 9:10) DOLPHIN TALE ARAB FILM SERIES THE MISSION CASABLANCA DEC 10 (3:20 & 7:00 & 9:10) DEC 4 (3:00 & 7:00) Director: Roland Joffe UK, 1986, 125 min; Blu-ray Director: Michael Curtiz CAPTAIN USA, 1942, 102 min; Blu-ray CONTAGION DEC 5 (7:00 only) Cast: Jeremy Irons, Director: Steven Soderberg USA, ABU RAED A Cinecenta favorite back in the day! This stun- ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR FILMS OF ALL TIME! 2011, 107 min; PG THE HELP Director: Amin Matalqa ningly beautiful film won the top prize at Cannes Unrequited love, some of the most quoted dialogue Cast: , , Director: Tate Taylor Jordan, 2007, 102 min- in 1986 and was nominated for a Best Film Oscar. ever written, and Dooley Wilson’s ultra cool jazz Jude Law, , USA, 2011, 137 Minutes; utes; Arabic/French/ The lush, Oscar-winning cinematography and Ennio stylings on the ivories - Casablanca simply has it Laurence Fishburne, Gwyneth Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Italian with subtitles Morricone’s outstanding music score tell the fic- all. A romance, about fleeing Nazis Paltrow, Spencer, Emma Stone, Viola Davis, and arriving in Casablanca only to find ex-boyfriend tionalized true story of the clash between a remote “BRILLIANT!” – Jessica Chastain WINNER OF 27 Indian tribe, ruthless slave traders, and Jesuit mis- Humphrey Bogart, is elevated to greatness by a INTERNATIONAL CINEMA cracking cast. Peter Lorre, Paul Henreid, Sydney sionaries in 1750 when Spain ceded part of South Here’s a scare-the-crap-out-of-you The actors are sublime. Start with AWARDS! Greenstreet, Claude Rains. --BBCi the brilliant Viola Davis as Aibileen, America to Portugal. medical thriller about a viral pan- the housekeeper who’s helped raise An engaging film about friendship between genera- demic. Directed with a fiendishly cool 17 white children for various fami- tions — and courage at any age. Abu Raed (Nadim attention to realistic detail by Steven lies. Then there’s Aibileen’s best Sawalha) is an elderly cleaner who works at the air- Soderbergh, Contagion begins with friend, Minny Jackson (an award- port in Amman. He’s a widower who lives alone. One a cough from a working mommy caliber performance from Octavia day at work, Abu Raed pulls a ’s hat out of the named Beth (). Beth Spencer) and her racist boss (Bryce garbage and wears it home. The hat is like a beacon is the human face of the start of Dallas Howard). Minny goes to work for white-trash social outcast Celia (the incandescent Jessica to the kids in his neighbourhood, and they immedi- what will unfold as a global pan- Chastain). The film’s catalyst is Skeeter (Emma Stone), a recent graduate looking to spark a career in ately begin calling him Captain. Eventually, he begins demic. Contagion spreads its compelling, insidious plot from Beth’s death, working backward and journalism by getting Aibileen and Minny to confide their feelings about working for white families in a to make up wonderful stories for their amusement forward similar to the way epidemiologists at the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health changing South. –Rolling Stone and education…An utterly charming movie, and the Organization do as they seek the source of each new viral mutation as well as its the antidote….I first Jordanian film exported for the world’s cinemas, couldn’t look away, and neither did I touch my face with my hands. --Entertainment Weekly and, unbelievably, it’s a feature debut for writer/ director Amin Matalqa. --Jam! Earlier this year, Soderbergh announced his intention to retire. Moviegoers will miss anyone who can scare the hell out of us and make us laugh at the same time. –The Globe and Mail

KIDS MATINEE SUN 1PM DEC 13 & 14 & 15 (7:00 & 9:10) DOLPHIN TALE DEC 16 & 17 (7:00 & 9:00) EL BULLI – COOKING IN PROGRESS Directed By: Gereon Wetzel (Spain, 2010, 108 mins; Blu-ray; subtitles) THE IDES OF DEC 11 (3:20 & 7:00 only) “A fascinating observational doc about the most famous restaurant in the world!” MARCH DEC 12 (7:00 only) – Director: USA, 2011, 102 minutes; 14A HIGHER GROUND Wetzel presents beautiful close-ups of some mouth-watering, amazing food and an insider look Cast: George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Paul Director: at something very few have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. For any fans of high end Giamatti, , Evan USA, 2011, 113 minutes; PG dining or those who love to follow the exploits of Anthony Bourdain or “Top Chef,” “El Bulli” is Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, , High praise for Vera Farmiga, a stun- even more eye opening. --Film Threat Max Minghella, ner of an actress (Up in the Air), who Although 3-Michelin-starred Spanish molecular gastronomy mecca El Bulli closed for good July 30, That soothsayer who warned Julius Caesar to makes her directing debut with the same 2011, its work as an ingenious generator of avant-garde cuisine lives on in Gereon Wetzel’s immacu- “beware the ides of March” didn’t know crap. bold instincts for sharp humor and harsh lately crafted documentary. The small restaurant, which served a pricey 30+ course tasting menu, Caesar could have learned a lot about back- truths that mark her performances. operated a limited season from July to December. It closed for the other six months so that chef/ stabbing from watching The Ides of March, Higher Ground is based on a memoir owner Ferran Adria and his creative team could devise new dishes at a state-of-the-art test kitchen a big, bruisingly funny moral fable etched in by Carolyn S. Briggs about her life in an in Barcelona. acid and Obama disillusion. As a director, evangelical Christian community. Farmiga’s Corinne Walker, played at a younger age by the director’s sis- Clooney cannily makes his points within the ter, , finds God when she and her rocker husband rejoice after their baby daughter escapes In the test kitchen, we see white smock-clad head chefs Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch and Mateu guise of a pulse-racing thriller. Smart move. death. Corinne is eager to believe. She is also naturally curious about everything, including sex, which Casanas work like scientists, experimenting with recipe ideas and meticulously documenting (and --Rolling Stone quickly puts her at odds with the church, if not her rebel BFF, Annika (the wonderful Dagmara Dominczyk). tasting) the results. It takes place during the frantic last days Without buying into blind faith, or condescending to it, either, Farmiga crafts an honest portrait of spiritual- At the midpoint, the action moves to the restaurant, located in a remote and beautiful spot overlook- before a heavily contested presidential pri- ity in flux that most filmmakers shy away from. Farmiga expertly guides a large and gifted ensemble cast ing the Cala Montjoi Bay near the town of Roses in the Catalonia region of Spain, to show Adria and mary, when an up-and-coming campaign and proves as fearless a director as she is an actress. She lights up Higher Ground and makes it funny, staff prepare for the new season opening. Expediters and station chefs are assigned their places. New press secretary (Ryan Gosling) finds himself touching and vital. dishes are gradually woven into the menu and refined until Adria gives a final stamp of approval. Adria involved in a political scandal that threatens devotees, don’t despair: El Bulli cookbooks are available, and Ferran and his brother have announced to upend his candidate’s shot at the presi- --Rolling Stone a new tapas restaurant and cocktail bar in Barcelona. –Vancouver International Film Festival dency.

DEC. 18 (7:00 & 9:00) DEC 19 (7:00 only) DEC 20 (7:00 only) DEC 21 & 22 (7:00 only) ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF 2011! A CHRISTMAS TALE / LOVE ACTUALLY ALL SEATS: $4.75 Richard Curtis MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Un Conte de Noel (UK/USA, 2003, 135 min; Blu-ray; 14A) IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE CINECENTA CLOSED Director: Woody Allen Spain/USA, 2011, 95 min; Directed by Arnaud Desplechin (France, 2008, Director: Frank Capra Dec. 23 – Jan. 2 rated G 153 min; Blu-ray; French with subtitles; PG) The ultimate British romantic comedy featuring a (USA, 1946, 129 min; Blu-ray; rated G) sterling all-star cast including Hugh Grant, Alan Cast: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Cast: , Mathieu Amalric, One of the most treasured films in Hollywood history. Emmanuelle Devo, Chiara Mastroianni Rickman, , , Colin Bates, Marion Cotillard, Michael Sheen, Adrien Firth, , Bill Nighy, Keira Knightley, Brody, Carla Bruni. “EMOTIONALLY RICH AND CINEMATICALLY and Rowan Atkinson. A movie as sweetly munch- Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore star in Frank Capra’s sentimental tale about a small- Peace on Earth, already! town everyman who, one Christmas Eve, comes to think of his life as a failure. As he ponders suicide, an HHHH! As effortlessly charming and romantic THRILLING!” –Seattle Post-Intelligencer able as a Christmas cookie, it’s a toasty ensemble comedy in which a handful of lonelyhearts attempt angel intervenes to show him the terrifying world that would exist in his absence. This film has become a film as you will likely see this year. Gil (Owen synonymous with the spirit of the season. Wilson) is a successful Hollywood screenwriter Nothing could be more energizing, more captivating, to come out of their shells, and it’s going to make a more pure pleasure on screen. Three generations of lot of romantics feel very, very good; watching it, I felt who wanders the streets of Paris, dreaming of Happy Holidays, Movielovers! the city’s glorious past. Before long Gil magi- a family are gathering under one roof to celebrate cozy and myself.” --Entertainment Weekly cally finds himself at a party where the likes the holiday and endure each other. What results is From the makers of Four Weddings and a Funeral, of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald carry on in a captivating portrait of the most gorgeously frac- Bridget Jones’ Diary, and Notting Hill. high style. Before the night is through, Gil not tious dysfunctional family. All the love and hostility, only chats with Hemingway but starts to fall warmth and mistrust is on display, as is the com- for a gorgeous young woman (Marion Cotillard) plexity of the human nature we all share. In achieving who models for Picasso. A moveable feast, all this the director is helped mightily by his superb indeed…Midnight is a marvel of wit and magic. cast, including such well-known names as Catherine --Monday Magazine Deneuve, Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Devos. . –

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