PRECIOUS ^(R) 

Based on the novel PUSH by Sapphire

Friday & Saturday, March 12 & 13 at 7pm
Sunday, March 14 at 7pm
Monday & Tuesday, March 15 & 16 at 7pm

Starring:  Gabourey “Gabbie” Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Paula Patton, Lenny Kravitz

Directed by Lee Daniels

Lee Daniels’s PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL “PUSH” BY SAPPHIRE is a vibrant, honest and resoundingly hopeful film about the human capacity to grow and overcome.   Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey Sidibe), a sixteen-year-old African-American girl born into a life no one would want.  She’s pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother (Mo’Nique), a poisonously angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically.  School is a place of chaos, and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and an awful secret: she can neither read nor write.

In a literacy workshop taught by the patient yet firm Ms. Rain (Paula Patton), Precious begins a journey that will lead her from darkness, pain and powerlessness to light, love and self-determination.

In Official Selection at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival - Un Certain Regard, and winner of three awards at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival including the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition.

LA Times:  “One that you hope will not be dismissed as too difficult, because it should not be missed.“

The Young Victoria  ^(PG)

THREE SHOWS ONLY!

Sunday, March 21st at 2:30pm
Monday & Tuesday, March 22nd & 23rd at 7pm

Starring:  Emily Blunt, Jim Broadbent, Mark Strong, Paul Bettany

Directed by Jean-Marc Vallee

Nominated for three Academy Awards

A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.

1837. VICTORIA (17) (Emily Blunt) is the object of a royal power struggle. Her uncle, KING WILLIAM (Jim Broadbent), is dying and Victoria is in line for the throne. Everyone is vying to win her favor.

Time Magazine:  “Emily Blunt is utterly charming in this dramatization of the young Victoria's ascension to the throne and her courtship with Prince Albert.”

Philadelphia Inquirer:  “Blunt, her eyes sparking, her manner playful, smart, and proud, shines in the title role. If the film itself isn't brilliant, its star most definitely is.”

Los Angeles Times:  “What filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée has done in this delicious historical romance is capture that hot blush of pure emotion that comes before kisses, sex, heartbreak and the rest can dilute it.”

Crazy Heart (R)

Friday & Saturday, March 26th & 27th at 7pm
Sunday, March 28th at 2:30pm
Monday & Tuesday, March 29th & 30th at 7pm

Nominated for Three Academy Awards!

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Colin Farrell, Maggie Gyllenhall, Robert Duval
Directed by Scott Cooper

Four-time Academy Award® nominee JEFF BRIDGES stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film CRAZY HEART from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Golden Globe® nominee MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man’s crazy heart.

LA Times:  “It's a mark of how fine a performance Bridges gives that it succeeds beautifully even though the besotted, bedeviled country singer has been an overly familiar popular culture staple for forever.”
 

Philadelphia Inquirer:  “Hand the Oscar to Jeff Bridges right now, and let's be done with it.”

A Single Man (R)

Starring: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Nicholas Hoult, Ginnifer Goodwin
Director: Tom Ford

Sunday, April 4th at 2:30pm
Monday & Tuesday, April 5th & 6th at 7pm

A SINGLE MAN is based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood. Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, it is the story of a British college professor (Colin Firth) who is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner. The story is a romantic tale of love interrupted, the isolation that is an inherent part of the human condition, and ultimately the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life. 

 

A SINGLE MAN is produced by Tom Ford through his Los Angeles based production company, Fade to Black, in association with Chris Weitz and Andrew Miano of Depth of Field, and Robert Salerno of Artina Films. The screenplay is written by Tom Ford and David Scearce. --© Weinstein

The Last Station ^(R)

Friday, April 9th at 7pm
Sunday, April 11th at 2:30pm
Monday & Tuesday, April 12th & 13th at 7pm

Starring:  Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer,
James McAvoy, Paul Giamatti

Directed by Michael Hoffman

Nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor

A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things.

Fact and fiction converge in this talent-driven drama based on Jay Parini's novel about Leo Tolstoy. THE LAST STATION focuses on the marriage between Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer) and his wife Sofya (Helen Mirren) in its final years. James McAvoy stars as a young man who works for the couple, while Paul Giamatti plays an advisor to the writer who fights his wife over financial issues.

Wall Street Journal:  “A lovely quicksilver version of literary history, with the accent on young love that emerges unbidden, and old love that endures.”

Rolling Stone:  “Helen Mirren is a lusty, roaring wonder playing, of all things, the long-suffering wife of Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer in peak form).”

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus ^(PG-13)

Friday April 16th at 7pm,
Sunday, April 18th at 2:30pm
Monday & Tuesday, April 19th & 20th at 7pm

Starring:  Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield

Directed by Terry Gilliam

Nominated for two Academy Awards

In THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS, director Terry Gilliam continues the trippy tradition he began with inventive films such as TIME BANDITS and BRAZIL. This time, he reteams with Heath Ledger of THE BROTHERS GRIMM, Christopher Plummer of 12 MONKEYS, and Tom Waits of THE FISHER KING.

Washington Post:  “Shot through with a bold, extravagant generosity of spirit, this journey behind the literal and figurative looking glass marks a gratifying return to form for Gilliam...”

Rolling Stone:  “Despite a shaky framework, the magic works. It's a chance to see Ledger one last time in the act of doing what he loved. Take it.”