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Dear Ray,
Happy 4th of July! I hope you have a fun and safe weekend with those you love. The store will be open all weekend in case you need any last minute rentals or just a distraction for the family.
This week on DVD you have TOKYO!, TWO LOVERS, ENTOURAGE, EASTBOUND AND DOWN, THE I.T. CROWD, KATH & KIM, THE KNOWING & PUSH.
We do have plenty of other great titles in stock and ready for your viewing pleasure. Check out the rest of our inventory on-line HERE.
Thanks and I'll see you this weekend!
Rob Arcos
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MOVIES! The Store returns to Domy Books with a whole new set of FREE SCREENINGS!
07/08 - RECOUNT (2008, 116 mins. NR)
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At the height of the 2000 election season, CBS anchor Dan Rather quipped, "The presidential race is crackling like a hickory fire." Director Jay Roach (Austin Powers) recaptures that blaze in his smart HBO docudrama about the thriller in Palm Beach County. Written by actor Danny Strong, Recount bounces between the Sunshine State, Gore's Tennessee headquarters, and Bush's Texas stomping grounds. Gore adviser Ron Klain (an excellent Kevin Spacey) provides a privileged window into those weeks when the American public first became familiar with obscure terms like "hanging chad." (Since Klain has an ax to grind with the vice president, neither he nor Gore appear completely heroic.) First, the Democratic candidate pulls ahead; then he falls behind. Just as he prepares to concede, Klain's colleague, Michael Whouley (Denis Leary), spots an anomaly in the vote count, and the race continues. Enter eccentric Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris (Laura Dern, a certain Emmy nominee), who orders a recount, and former Secretaries of State Warren Christopher (John Hurt) and James Baker III (Tom Wilkinson), who oversee a process that ends up in the Supreme Court (where Ed Begley Jr.'s David Boies represents Gore). Produced by the late Sydney Pollack, who originally intended to direct, Recount skillfully integrates news footage with dark comedy, most provided by the foul-mouthed Whouley and Bush adviser Ben Ginsberg (Bob Balaban), who's still livid about JFK's victory over Nixon. If the Democrats come across as more sympathetic, the Republicans come across as more colorful--and strategically effective. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
07/15 - BRICK (2005, 110 mins. R)
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High school collides with hard-boiled film noir in the twisty, cunning Brick. When he gets a mysterious message from his ex-girlfriend, a high school loner named Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mysterious Skin) starts to dig into a crisscrossed web of drugs and duplicity, eventually getting entwined in the criminal doings of a teenage crime lord known as the Pin (Lukas Haas), his thuggish henchman Tugger (Noah Fleiss, Joe the King), and a mysterious girl named Laura (Nora Zehetner, Fifty Pills). Brick has not only the seductive, labyrinthine plot of a crime thriller by Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon) or Raymond Chandler (Farewell, My Lovely) but also a dense high-school version of hard-boiled lingo that's both comic and poetic. The movie unfolds with headlong momentum as Brendan manipulates, fights, and staggers his way through layers of high-school society. Gordon-Levitt is excellent; between this and the equally compelling Mysterious Skin, he's left his 3rd Rock from the Sun days behind. Also featuring Meagan Good (Waist Deep) and Richard Roundtree (Shaft). --Bret Fetzer
07/22 - TELL NO ONE (2006, 125 mins. NR)
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Based on the book by American author Harvey Coben, this French suspense thriller is one of those exhilarating word-of-mouth gems one can't to tell everyone about. Francois Cluzet stars as Alex, a pediatrician whose beloved wife, Margot (Marie-Josee Croze) was shockingly murdered eight years before. As the anniversary of her death approaches, Alex begins to receive cryptic emails and a video that seems to suggest that she is alive. The discovery of two long-buried bodies at the crime scene turn Alex into some kind of Hitchcockian Everyman, implicated in a crime he could not possibly have committed. But when he makes a mad dash from the police who visit him at his office, he seems to have signed his own confession. This synopsis doesn't even begin to hint at the genuinely exciting and surprising twists, turns, and revelations that await Alex in this Chinese box of a mystery. Brilliantly acted by an ensemble that includes Kristin Scott Thomas and French movie icon Jean Rochefort (Pardon Mon Affaire), Tell No One invites repeat viewings, the better to appreciate the intricacies of its plotting and construction. And if you think you have it figured out, there's this from one character who tells Alex at a climactic point, "Wait, there's more." --Donald Liebenson
07/29 - INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978, 115 mins. PG)
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Jack Finney's classic science fiction novel has been the basis of three big-screen adaptations, beginning with the 1956 chiller Invasion of the Body Snatchers and most recently as 1994's underrated Body Snatchers. This acclaimed 1978 version from director Philip Kaufman (The Right Stuff) is every bit as creepy as the '56 original, and it fits perfectly into the cycle of paranoid thrillers that thrived in American movies of the 1970s. Kaufman stylishly directs from an intelligent screenplay by W.D. Richter, while Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams lead a distinguished cast (including Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy, and Veronica Cartwright) and must fight for survival as the population of San Francisco is systematically cloned by alien "pods" from a distant, dying planet. The atmosphere of dread and paranoia grows increasingly intense as the complexity of the alien invasion is gradually revealed, until nobody can be trusted to be who they appear. Finely tuned performances enhance the film's eerie atmosphere, highlighted by moments that will lurk in your memory long after the movie's over. MGM's DVD release includes a full-length audio commentary by Kaufman, a "pod culture" retrospective, Body Snatchers trivia, production notes, and the original theatrical trailer. --Jeff Shannon
08/05 - GAME 6 (2005, 87 mins. R)
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Game 6, the first produced screenplay by acclaimed novelist Don DeLillo (White Noise), follows the obsession of a playwright, Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton), whose beloved jinxed Red Sox are playing game six of the 1986 World Series--the same night Rogan's new play opens on Broadway. The stories that intersect to construct this ominous character study are woven by stellar performances by a first-rate cast, including Keaton, who gives a not-quite-unraveled reading that reminds us what a strong character actor he can be. Around Keaton is a fine ensemble, including a brittle Catherine O'Hara as his estranged wife ("Nicky, I'm seeing a prominent divorce attorney." "How prominent?" "He has his own submarine."); Bebe Neuwirth as his high-strung paramour; Griffin Dunne as an unglued fellow writer; and Robert Downey Jr. as a Buddhist theater critic whose ruinous reviews are as deadly as the loaded gun he takes to premieres. If the plot is a little far-fetched (and the climactic scene preposterous), the audacious writing and gripping performances more than make up for it. As Rogan says, "Winning is easy; losing is complicated." --A.T. Hurley
08/12 - SMALL TIME CROOKS (2000, 95 mins. PG)
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After a run of serious-tinged comedies like Deconstructing Harry, Celebrity, and Sweet and Lowdown, Woody Allen turns to pure farce with the lightweight, appealing Small Time Crooks, the sunniest film Allen's made in years. Doing a 180 from his nebbishy intellectual persona, Allen plays a less-than-smart ex-con named Ray, who can't even keep a dishwasher job and is perennially supported by his wife Frenchy (Tracey Ullman). When Ray hatches a plot to lease a storefront near a bank and tunnel into the bank's vault, Frenchy is skeptical about putting their life savings behind the scheme, especially after meeting Ray's dim-bulb trio of support (Michael Rapaport, Jon Lovitz, and Tony Darrow, all sublimely ridiculous) and learning she's supposed to provide the front by opening up a cookie store. Soon enough, their get-rich-quick scheme pays off, but not the way they anticipated, and they're suddenly swimming in money and bad taste. All of Allen's farcical shenanigans are basically a setup for a look at Ray's and Frenchy's diverging paths--she wants culture and upper-class acceptance, he wants pizza in front of the TV and poker with his pals. Soon, the lowbrow Frenchy enlists a fortune-digging art broker (Hugh Grant) to make her a lady, and Allen plans a high society robbery with the help of Frenchy's dimwit cousin (Elaine May, who makes an art form of comic stupidity). It's absolutely refreshing to see Allen making a blithely happy film after wrestling with angst over the past few years; watching Allen play a dumb schlemiel is a treat that's been sorely missed. And in Ullman he's found a leading lady who can match him line for line; she wisely resists the urge to overplay Frenchy's crassness and comes up with a finely modulated characterization that makes her relationship with Ray the film's warm, heartfelt core. We'd almost forgotten Woody Allen could be this fun and goofy; it's good to see that part of him back in form. --Mark Englehart
08/19 - STUCK (2007, 85 mins. R)
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Stuck, a cunning and energetic thriller, takes its premise from the real-life incident of a woman who hit a homeless man, then drove home and parked the car in the garage--with the man wedged halfway through her windshield. The genius of Stuck is that it not only squeezes every possible drop of gruesomeness out of this event, it also portrays everyone involved as a fully-rounded human being. Brandi (Mena Suvari, American Beauty), the driver, is a nurse at a retirement home who genuinely cares about her patients and is struggling for a promotion; for Tom (Stephen Rea, The Crying Game), being hit by a car is only the latest in a long line of misfortunes and indignities. But this is no earnest tragedy--instead, when the movie seems about to become a grim psychological portrait of denial and trauma, it shifts into high gear as a brutally funny black comedy. Director Stuart Gordon, best know for the over-the-top horror of Re-Animator, keeps most of Stuck slyly underplayed, to superb effect. The simple but effectively constructed script zips along, zigging and zagging within a very tightly framed situation. Suvari, Rea, and the rest of the cast (including excellent newcomers Russell Hornsby and Rukiya Bernard) commit to every emotional twist, turning from suspense to satire with adroit skill. This movie was made on a modest budget but has more thrills, laughs, and genuine tingles up and down the spine than all the special effects money can buy. A gem of tight, effective filmmaking. --Bret Fetzer
08/26 - SWEET LAND (2005, 111 mins. PG)
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Adapted from a Will Weaver story, Ali Selim's Sweet Land is a truly sweet story about unlikely immigrant lovers whose struggle for integration into 1920's America earns them a work ethic more American than many of their narrow-minded neighbors. Set in rural Minnesota, the sentimental film focuses on tribulations that Scandinavian settlers experienced, with a cinematic serenity reminiscent of Terrence Malik's Days of Heaven. Norwegian farmer Olaf Torvik (Tim Guinee) invites a non-English speaking German siren, Inge Alltenburg (Elizabeth Reaser), to relocate and marry him, but discovers that neither the town's Lutheran pastor (John Heard) nor the local judge will marry a German into their community for fear of wartime German spies. Inge finds friendship in neighbors Frandsen (Alan Cumming) and his wife, Brownie (Alex Kingston), who disregarding local gossip, welcome her into their home. Finally, Inge proves herself, settling in so that Sweet Land's historical narrative is framed by Inge, fifty years later, speaking to her adult son about her husband's death and their plot of land. This multi-generational tale of social acceptance and land ownership is ultimately the story of America, though the regional specificity of Sweet Land will speak especially to those familiar with Midwestern culture. --Trinie Dalton
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The IT Crowd: The Complete Second Season
by MPI HOME VIDEO
Directors:Graham Linehan Starring:Chris O'Dowd DVD ~ Release Date: 2009-06-30
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There are reasons the IT Department of Reynholm Industries is kept in
the building s basement. In this second hilarious season of the
award-winning hit, bitter slacker Roy (Chris O Dowd), über-nerd Moss
(Richard Ayoade), and technically clueless Jen (Katherine Parkinson)
attend a night of theater, befriend a German cannibal, disrupt their
boss funeral, throw a dinner party, design the ultimate bra, and commit
further acts of personal and professional irresponsibility. Plug in for
Version 2.0 of the UK sensation and current IFC hit from producer Ash
Atalla (THE OFFICE) and writer/director Graham Linehan (FATHER TED),
now featuring outtakes, audio commentary, behind-the-scenes footage and
more.
Knowing
by Summit Entertainment
Starring:Nicolas Cage DVD ~ Release Date: 2009-07-07
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Nicolas Cage stars in this largely unsatisfying
science-fiction tale that begins as a taut and spooky story concerning
psychic legacies and ends up falling back on Steven Spielberg's old,
cosmic playbook for default explanations about weird phenomena. Cage
stars as astrophysicist and widower John Koestler, whose young son
attends a school where a 50-year-old time capsule is dug up and opened.
Koestler's son, Caleb (Chandler Canterbury), is given an envelope from
the capsule containing a sheet of paper inscribed with seemingly-random
numbers. Koestler interprets groupings of the numbers as prophesies
(made in 1959) of disasters leading up to a globally catastrophic event
late in 2009. Moreover, some of the later tragedies involve him or
members of his family, suggesting the paper was meant to fall into his
and Caleb's hands. That's not the only freaky thing drawing father and
son in a direction they really don't want to go. Among other things, a
quartet of mute strangers keeps showing up with a powerful interest in
Caleb's whereabouts, and the daughter and granddaughter of the little
girl who originally scribbled those numbers in 1959 are under the
shadow of a separate prediction of doom. Everything goes swimmingly
until it's time for director Alex Proyas (The Crow) to begin tying up all the strings, and cliches start falling like rain. On the plus side, Knowing
includes a couple of breathtaking scenes of calamity, the most
horrifying (and realistic) of which is a jet crash the likes of which
has never been committed to film. --Tom Keogh
Tokyo
by Liberation Ent
Directors:Leos Carax;Michel Gondry;Bong Joon-ho Starring:Ayako Fujitani DVD ~ Release Date: 2009-06-30
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Three of world cinema s great visionaries: Michel Gondry (BE KIND
REWIND, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND), Leos Carax (THE LOVERS
ON THE BRIDGE), and Bong Joon-ho (THE HOST) each direct a segment of
this surreal triptych set in the ultra-modern metropolis of Tokyo,
Japan. In the tradition of such films as NEW YORK STORIES, NIGHT
ON EARTH, PARIS JE T AIME and its forthcoming sequel NEW YORK JE T
AIME, TOKYO! addresses the timeless question of whether we shape
cities, or if cities shape us in the process revealing the rich
humanity at the heart of modern urban life.
Push
by Summit Entertainment
Starring:Chris Evans DVD ~ Release Date: 2009-07-07
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Complicated to the point of viewer exhaustion, Push
is a hard-to-follow and often silly work of science fiction about
refugees from a secret U.S. government program simply referred to as
"the Division." Dakota Fanning and Chris Evans play the children of
psychically gifted parents victimized by the Division. (She's a seer,
he's got mild telekinetic abilities.) Neither wants to end up forced to
cooperate with Djimon Hounsou's determined operator trying to create
the ultra-"pusher," i.e., a subject so gifted they can work major
miracles with their mind. The odd thing is that the story is set in
China, where gang action and general exotica have a way of obscuring
the story proper. Things get a little more interesting when the odd
pairing of Fanning and Evans is joined by a few other interesting
actors (Ming Na, Cliff Curtis, Camille Belle) playing ex-Division types
with psychic abilities. For a while, an "X-Men"-like vibe starts to
build, but then quickly dissipates in a script practically drunk on
upending audience expectations every few minutes. Nearly two hours
long, Push wears down one's tolerance pretty quickly, yet manages to leave one feeling as if the story is unfinished by end credits. --Tom Keogh
Two Lovers
by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Directors:James Gray Starring:Joaquin Phoenix DVD ~ Release Date: 2009-06-30
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Russian-American director James Gray (The Yards)
has never made any secret of his affection for the Italian crime drama.
That operatic influence permeated his first three features, but Two Lovers
takes more cues from intimate French films and angst-ridden Russian
fiction (specifically Dostoevsky's short story "White Nights").
Aspiring photographer Leonard (Gray regular Joaquin Phoenix) returns to
Brooklyn after a failed relationship only to find himself torn between
two paramours of opposing personalities. Sandra (Vinessa Shaw, 3:10 to Yuma) represents the safe choice, while Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow, recalling her streetwise character in P.T. Anderson's Hard Eight)
presents more of a challenge--she's a party girl in love with a married
man--but Michelle excites him in ways the thoughtful and attentive
Sandra, a drug-company rep, does not. Gray leaves it up to viewers to
determine whether Leonard should factor religion into his decision; his
supportive parents (Isabella Rossellini and Moni Monoshov) would love
to see him pair up with the Jewish Sandra, but mostly they want their
only son to be happy. If he joins his father--and Sandra's--in the
dry-cleaning game, that would be a happy bonus (the men are working on
a merger). Though Leonard's bipolar quirks threaten to derail the
proceedings--it's hard to believe two beautiful women would gravitate
towards such a socially awkward fellow--Two Lovers marks an improvement over Gray's previous movie, We Own the Night, and a welcome return to the picturesque Brighton Beach neighborhood of Little Odessa, his auspicious debut. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Eastbound & Down: The Complete First Season
by HBO
Starring:Danny McBride DVD ~ Release Date: 2009-06-30
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Stepping up to the plate in this six-episode HBO series, comedy's newest It Boy, Danny McBride (The Foot Fist Way, Pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder),
hits it out of the park as Kenny Powers, a former baseball phenom, who,
after spending his millions and burning all bridges, returns to his
high school to teach physical education. The delusional Powers (he
still wears a mullet!) insists that he will return to the majors. Until
then, he makes a play for his former high school flame (Katy Mixon),
now an art teacher who is engaged to the boring, by-the-book principal
(Andrew Daly). He runs roughshod over his brother and his disapproving
wife (John Hawkes and Jennifer Irwin), who allow Powers to live with
them and their children. He lures the idolizing nerdy band teacher to
the dark side. Eastbound and Down has an odd sense of humor. To
say that the foul-mouthed, substance-abusing Powers is "inappropriate"
is an understatement. He makes Billy Bob Thornton's Bad Santa look like Edmund Gwenn in Miracle on 34th Street).
When one of his students repeats his father's claim that Powers ruined
baseball, Powers tells the class, "Anybody want to pick on anybody in
class, aim for him, because I ain't watching." Eastbound and Down benefits from some big league talent. Will Ferrell, who helped get The Foot Fist Way
into theatres, appears as a car salesman who wants to exploit what's
left of Powers' celebrity with predictably disastrous results. Episodes
were directed by McBride collaborator Jody Hill (Observe and Report), David Gordon Green (Superbad), and Ferrell's partner in comedy, Adam McKay (Talladega Nights, Anchorman).
There are other obnoxious characters on television, but Kenny Powers is
in a league of his own, and he may take some warming up to. But McBride
imbues this extreme character with an uncompromised integrity that is
oddly admirable. Despite what his brother tells him at one point,
Powers is someone you like being around. --Donald Liebenson
Kath & Kim - Season One
by Universal Studios
Starring:Selma Blair DVD ~ Release Date: 2009-07-07
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Molly Shannon (Saturday Night Live) and Selma Blair (Legally Blonde)
bring their comedy talents to the sassy and fashionably funny series
Kath & Kim. Kath (Shannon), a foxy 40-something, and Kim (Blair), a
self-absorbed suburban princess, are forced to reevaluate their
hilariously askew mother-daughter relationship when Kim moves home
after just a few weeks of marriage. Join them in every fun Season One
episode as they aspire to be just like the pop culture celebrities they
love while dealing with the more down-to-earth men in their lives.
Based on the successful Australian series of the same name comes this
hilarious, tongue-in-cheek look at relationships that has plenty of
outrageous style to spare!
Entourage: The Complete Fifth Season
by Warner
Starring:Adrian Grenier DVD ~ Release Date: 2009-06-30
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For Vince, Eric, Drama, and Turtle, life in Hollywood's fast lane can
be an intoxicating ride. In Season Five, can the guys put the Medellin
fiasco behind them and orchestrate a career comeback for Vince?
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The State: The Complete Series
by MTV
Starring:Tom Lennon DVD ~ Release Date: 2009-07-14
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The State was simply one of the sharpest, funniest, and most
under-rated shows of the 1990's. Originally created as MTV's first
foray into the sketch comedy genre, The State was a comedic
gem that rocked Generation X with slapstick, smarts and witty sarcasm.
The dynamic cast features 11 multi-talented actors that have continued
to collaborate on such projects such as Reno 911!, Stella, Viva Variety and Wet Hot American Summer. MTV's timeless sketch comedy show, The State, is finally here.
Grey Gardens (HBO)
by HBO
Starring:Jessica Lange DVD ~ Release Date: 2009-07-14
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Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Kennedy, starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens
tells the tender, intimate story of an eccentric mother and daughter
(both named Edith Bouvier Beale aka "Big and Little Edie"). They were
raised as Park Avenue débutantes but withdrew from New York society,
taking shelter at their Long Island summer home, "Grey Gardens ." As
their wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled, so did their
grasp on reality. They were reintroduced to the world when
international tabloids learned of a health department raid on their
home, and Jackie swooped in to save her relatives. Based on the lives
that inspired the Maysles Brothers' classic documentary.
12
by Sony Pictures
Directors:Nikita Mikhalkov Starring:Sergei Makovetsky DVD ~ Release Date: 2009-07-14
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When a Chechen youth is put on trial for the murder of his stepfather,
it's up to a room full of jurors divided by racism and prejudice to
determine the boy's ultimate fate. One by one, each man takes center
stage to confront, connect and confess while the accused awaits a
verdict. Slowly the tide of opinion turns, as the jurors begin to
realize their decision will forever change the course of another
person's life. As they deliberate, the accused revisits his
heartbreaking journey through war in a series of powerful flashbacks.
Director Nikita Mikhalkov's Oscar®-nominated remake of 12 Angry Men is
a brilliant look at fear, trust and the triumph of human nature.
Mad Men: Season 2
by Lions Gate
Directors:Matthew Weiner Starring:Jon Hamm DVD ~ Release Date: 2009-07-14
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Set in 1960s New York City, Mad Men
explores the glamorous and ego-driven "Golden Age" of advertising,
where everyone is selling something and nothing is ever what it seems.
And no one plays the game better than Don Draper (Golden Globe®
- winner Jon Hamm), Madison Avenue's biggest ad man - and ladies' man -
in the business. Returning for its second season, the Golden
Globe®-winning series for Best TV Drama and Actor continues to blur the
lines between truth and lies, perception and reality. The world of MAD
MEN is moving in a new direction -- can Sterling Cooper keep up?
Meanwhile, the private life of Don Draper becomes complicated in a new
way. What is the cost of his secret identity?
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Family Flicks "SURF'S UP"
Directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck
USA, 2007
Color
85 Minutes
Show Times:
Sun., Jul. 5 2:00 PM
Free admission
An animated "mockumentary" follows the journey of a young penguin
(voice of Shia LaBeouf) who dreams of winning a big surfing
competition. Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, and James Woods also
provide voices.
Made in U.S.A.
Restored print
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
France, 1966
Color
90 Minutes
French with English subtitles
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A young woman (Anna Karina) finds herself caught up in murder and a
Cold War conspiracy. "Godard told an interviewer that he had been
inspired to remake Howard Hawks´s 1946 version of The Big Sleep with Karina in the [Humphrey] Bogart role. As The Big Sleep has
a notoriously impenetrable plot (even Hawks could not explain one of
its numerous murders), so Made in U.S.A. represents Godard´s most
sustained derangement of narrative convention. The key sequences are
regularly pulverized just at the point of resolution, and crucial
passages of dialogue are purposefully obscured by street noise as,
alternately seductive and indifferent, Karina´s detective goes in
search of a lover who is apparently lost, perhaps to assassination, in
a labyrinthine, never-fully-explained, international political
intrigue." -Village Voice
"[Godard´s] Molotov cocktail of American pulp and Parisian paranoia
(fueled by the Ben Barka affair) finally gets a proper theatrical run
after years of sporadic . . .showings." -Time Out New York
This film is part of the Revivals film series.
RIVER OAKS
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WHATEVER WORKS
Filmmaker Woody Allen returns to New York with an offbeat comedy about a crotchety, world class grouch named Boris (Larry David, writer/star of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and co-creator of "Seinfeld"). One night, he is about to enter his apartment when he is approached by a young runaway named Melody (Evan Rachel Wood) who begs to be let inside. Seeing that she is hungry and cold, he reluctantly agrees. Melody turns out to be dewy-eyed innocent from Mississippi, who takes every sarcastic comment Boris makes completely literally. Boris helpfully tells her she is too fragile to survive in New York, but he allows her to stay for a "few nights." But as time passes, Melody makes herself at home, and shows no intention of moving out. When her uptight parents (Patricia Clarkson and Ed Begley, Jr.) arrive to rescue her from the misanthropic Boris, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works." Co-starring Michael McKean and Conleth Hill.
MIDNIGHT this Friday and Saturday:
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS
Visually explosive, offbeat pop culture comedy, based on Hunter S. Thompson's cult book that chronicled the writer's drink-and-drug-fueled business trip to Las Vegas. Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire and Cameron Diaz star. From Terry Gilliam, director of The Brothers Grimm, Brazil and 12 Monkeys.
ANGELIKA Film Center
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MOON
Director Duncan Jones (WHISTLE) debuts his
first feature length film with MOON, a science fiction thriller
starring Sam Rockwell (CHOKE, MATCHSTICK MEN) and the voice of two-time
Oscar winner Kevin Spacey. In the near future, astronaut Sam Bell
(Rockwell) nears the end of his three-year mission on the far side of
the moon when his health starts to deteriorate. Sam meets a younger,
angrier version of himself, who claims to be there to fulfill the same
contract Sam began all those years ago.
DEPARTURES
Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign
Language Film, DEPARTURES is a delightful and sensitive journey into
the heartland of Japan. A premiere symphony orchestra in Tokyo
disbands, leaving Daigo (Masahiro Motoki) suddenly unemployed.
Suffering from a sense that he is a mediocre musician, he moves, with
wife Mika (Ryoko Hirosue) in tow, back to his home town and responds to
a help wanted ad reading "Departures"- a funeral preparation business
he believes to be a travel agency. With gentle humor, DEPARTURES
touches on love, discovery and the transcending human spirit.
FOOD, INC.
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts
the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized
underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the
consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA.
Featuring
interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation),
Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) along with forward thinking
social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield Farms' Gary Hirschberg and
Polyface Farms' Joe Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising -- and often
shocking truths -- about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have
become as a nation and where we are going from here.
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