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Across the Universe
February 13-14
Wed-Thurs 7pm & 9:30 pm
In this psychedelic musical film that rolls along to the beat of many Beatles hits, a young dock worker travels to America in the 60s amidst our greatest social upheaval and falls in love with a sheltered teenager named Lucy. When her brother Max is drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, the two join the anti-war movement, the struggle for free speech and civil rights.
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DIRECTOR SERIES 1: SPIKE LEE
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Bamboozled
February 27-28
Wed-Thurs 7pm & 9:30pm
Dark, biting satire of the television industry, focusing on an Ivy-League educated black writer at a major network. Frustrated that his ideas for a "Cosby Show"-esque take on the black family has been rejected by network brass, he devises an outlandish scheme: reviving the minstrel show. The hook: instead of white actors in black face, the show stars black actors in even blacker face. The show becomes an instant smash, but with the success also comes repercussions for all involved.
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Do the Right Thing
February 29-March 1
Fri-Sat 7pm & 9:30pm
Producer/writer/director/star Spike Lee combines humor, drama, and music in a technique used in his previous films to again expose the absurdity of racism. DO THE RIGHT THING moves its cast of characters through a minefield of sensations over the course of the hottest day of the year, on one block in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. This blood-boiling, 24-hour period will change the lives of its residents forever.
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DIRECTOR SERIES 2: COEN BROTHERS
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O Brother Where Art Thou
March 19-20
Wed-Thurs 7pm & 9:30pm
In the Depression-era deep South, three escapees from a Mississippi prison chain gang: Everett Ulysses McGill (George Clooney), sweet and simple Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson), and the perpetually angry Pete (John Turturro) attempt to return home. Still in shackles, they make a hasty run for their lives and end up on an incredible journey filled with challenging experiences and colorful characters in this modern-day spin on Homer's The Odyssey. |
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No Country for Old Men
March 21-22
Fri-Sat 7pm & 9:30pm
Texan cowboy Llewellyn Moss finds himself a hunted man when he stumbles upon some dead bodies and makes off with $2 million. On his trail are a weary sheriff and a psychopathic killer who likes to use a cattle gun on his victims in this contemporary western. |
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Grizzly Man
March 26-27
Wed-Thurs 7pm & 9:30pm
This shocking and illuminating film presents the found footage of grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwelll and Amie Huguenard. The couple had lived among the grizzlies for thirteen years developing an unprecedented bond with the creatures. The couple was tragically killed by the grizzlies in October of 2003 and Herzog takes hundreds of hours of their personal footage and notes and tries to re-construct their story |
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Into The Wild
March 28-29
Fri-Sat 7pm & 9:30pm
Based on a true story, Christopher McCandless leaves a college education, material wealth and a seemingly bright future to head into the Alaskan wilderness. No one truly knows why he did this but this film traces his steps across the country, meeting and befriending dozens and his eventual death due to lack of preparation and knowledge of the harsh life of the wild.
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DIRECTOR SERIES 3: STANLEY KUBICK |
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A Clockwork Orange
April 2-3
Wed-Thurs 7pm & 9:30pm
Stanley Kubrick, creator of DR. STRANGELOVE and 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, has reconfirmed his technical mastery in this merciless vision of the near future based on Anthony Burgess’ chilling novel. A sadistic murderer is caught and “rehabilitated” in a grisly government experiment in this mind-shattering drama.
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Full Metal Jacket
April 4-5
Fri-Sat 7pm & 9:30pm
Stanley Kubrick’s picture chronicles the dehumanization and the brutality of a Marine Corps basic training camp at Parris Island, South Carolina during the Vietnam War and reveals the terrors and devastation of the once beautiful city of Hue in Vietnam.
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
April 16-17
Wed-Thurs 7pm & 9:30pm
John Hughes' magical comedy about how playing hooky for a single day can produce a lifetime's worth of adventure. Matthew Broderick is Ferris, a guy who knows the value of a day off. |
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Sixteen Candles (Mom's Weekend)
April 18-19
Fri-Sat 7pm & 9:30pm
Samantha’s (Molly Ringwald) sixteenth birthday should be the most wonderful day of her life, but it’s all but forgotten because of her spoiled older sister’s wedding. To top it off, Samantha has fallen for the hottest guy at school, but, of course, he’s dating the most popular girl in this hilarious gen-x romantic comedy.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
April 23-24
Wed-Thurs 7pm & 9:30pm
In another mind-bending screenplay from Charlie (“ADAPTATION”) Kaufman, Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet play a couple who have a terrible breakup. Joel (Carrey) can't take the loss and undergoes an experimental treatment which erases harsh memories from the human brain. In doing so he finds that he really does want to remember Clementine (Winslet) no matter how painful it might be.
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Sweeney Todd
April 25-26
Fri-Sat 7pm & 9:30pm
Based on the Tony Award winning Sondheim musical this is the story of Benjamin Barker who is sent to jail by Judge Turpin. He returns to England to open up a barber shop above Mrs. Lovetts Meat Pie Shop were she sells the worst pies in London and, with her help, tries to rid the town of all the people who have ever done him wrong. |
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
May 2-3
Fri-Sat 7pm & 9:30pm
This film is a hilarious send up of all of the recent musical biopics. Rock-n-roller Dewey Cox becomes a successful singer during the 50s. He lives the typical lifestyle of love, marriage, drinking and drugs and grows into a national icon in this musical spoof.
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