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MY WEEK WITH
MARILYN (R)
January 13 -
February 9
In the
early summer of 1956, 23-year-old Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne)
came down from Oxford determined to make his way in the film
business. He worked as a lowly assistant on the set of The
Prince and the Showgirl, the film that famously united Sir
Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) and Marilyn Monroe
(Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine), who was also on
honeymoon with her new husband, the playwright Arthur Miller (Dougray
Scott). Nearly 40 years on, his diary account The Prince,
the Showgirl and Me was published, but one week was
missing and this was published some years later as My Week
with Marilyn. This is the story of that week. When Arthur
Miller leaves England, the coast is clear for Colin to
introduce Marilyn to some of the pleasures of British life—an
idyllic week in which he escorted a Monroe desperate to get
away from her retinue of Hollywood hangers-on and the
pressures of work. Simon Curtis' directorial debut also stars
Judi Dench, Julia Ormond and Dominic Cooper. |
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LOOSIES (PG13)
February 3 - February 9
A young New
York pickpocket Bobby is confronted by a woman with whom
he has a passionate one-night affair. She tells him
she's pregnant, and Bobby is forced to reevaluate a
lifetime of missteps, take responsibility
for his new child and win over the girl who might just be
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PERFECT SENSE (R)
February 17 - February 23
Susan is a scientist searching for answers to important
questions. So important that she has given up on other
things, including love – until she meets Michael, a talented
chef. Suddenly everything starts to change. While Susan
and Michael are experiencing new and unforeseen depths of
feeling, all around the world people are also beginning to
feel strange – something is affecting the emotions. Susan and
Michael find themselves embarking on a sensual adventure,
experiencing head-spinning, stomach-tightening moments of pure
connection Is this because they are falling in love or is it
because the world is falling apart? A life
affirming look at what it means to love and be loved in these
turbulent times.
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TOMORROW, WHEN
THE WAR BEGAN (NR)
February 24 - March 1
Follows the journey of eight high school friends in a coastal
country town whose lives are suddenly and violently upended by
an invasion that no one saw coming. Cut off from their
families and their friends, these eight extraordinary
teenagers must learn to escape, survive and fight back against
hostile military forces.
Planning a break from helping her parents on their country
farm, 17-year old Ellie LInton (Caitilin Stasey) wants one
last adventure before school holidays end - a camping trip to
a legendry rockpool eden rumoured to be located in the dense
bush that the locals have ominously dubbed "Hell"... |
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DECLARATION OF
WAR (NR)
March 16 - March 22
Valérie Donzelli's Declaration of War is an exuberant
and deeply moving film following a young couple, Romeo
(co-writer Jérémie Elkaïm) and Juliette (director/co-writer
Donzelli), who must face the ultimate test when they discover
their newborn child is very ill. Gathering their friends and
family together, they confront this ordeal together as a form
of warfare. Donzelli infuses the story with unexpected verve
using a host of cinematic techniques, music and heartbreaking
performances that results in a film about a contemporary
couple who surprises even themselves with their ability to
fight not only for the life of their child but for each other.
The film will bring tears to your eyes but will dazzle you
with its contagious vitality for life. It also establishes
Donzelli as one of the most promising new filmmakers of her
generation. A massive critical and box office hit in France,
the film is the country's official entry to the 2012 Academy
Awards for Best Foreign Language Film consideration.
Official
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THE FORGIVENESS
OF BLOOD (NR)
March 30 - April 5
Winner of Best Screenplay awards at the Berlin Film Festival
and Chicago Film Festival, the powerful and richly textured
second feature from talented director Joshua Marston (Maria
Full of Grace) focuses on an Albanian family caught up in
a blood feud. Nik (Tristan Halilaj) is a carefree teenager in
a small town with a crush on the school beauty and ambitions
to start his own internet café. When his father takes an
unauthorized shortcut through a neighbor's land, the seemingly
minor dispute escalates to a major confrontation and murder.
With his father on the run, Nik becomes an unwilling prisoner
inside his own house, for fear of retaliation if he is caught
outside. His younger sister Rudina (Sindi Laçej) is forced to
drop out of school to take over their father's delivery
business to support the family. Working with non-professional
Albanian actors and a local co-writer, Marston boldly
contrasts antiquated traditions with the lives of the young
people whose future is put at risk by them. (Fully subtitled)
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