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Oscar Shorts Animation & Live Action   2/10
One Week Only
Once again we're happy to offer audiences a chance to see this year's Academy Award nominees in the categories of Best Animated Short and Best Live Action Short. These short films are usually difficult to see, but Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures are giving viewers a rare opportunity to not only second-guess the Academy voters, but get a leg up in their office pools as well! Two feature-length programs will be shown - one for the live action nominees and one for the animated nominees. Separate admission is required for each program. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will announce the nominees Tuesday, January 24, 2012. The 84th Annual Academy Awards show when it is broadcast live on Sunday, February 26, 2012.

Animation: DIMANCHE/SUNDAY Canada Every Sunday, it's the same old routine! The train clatters through the village and almost shakes the pictures off the wall. (In the church, Dad dreams about his toolbox. And of course later Grandma will get a visit and the animals will meet their fate. THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE USA Inspired, in equal measures, by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, The Wizard of Oz, and a love for books, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story. Using a variety of techniques (miniatures, computer animation, 2D animation) co-directors William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg present a hybrid style of animation that harkens back to silent films and MGM Technicolor musicals. Morris Lessmore is old-fashioned and cutting edge at the same time. LA LUNA USA The timeless fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. Tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. In an old wooden boat they row far out to sea, and with no land insight, they stop and wait. A big surprise awaits the little boy as he discovers his family's most unusual line of work. Should he follow the example of his Papa, or his Grandpa? Will he be able to find his own way in the midst of their conflicting opinions and timeworn traditions? WILD LIFE Canada Calgary, 1909. An Englishman moves to the Canadian frontier, but is singularly unsuited to it. His letters home are much sunnier than the reality. His fate is compared to that of a comet. A MORNING STROLL UK When a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll, we are left to wonder which one is the real city slicker.

Live Action: PENETECOST Ireland When Damian is forced to serve as an altar boy at an important mass in his local parish he faces a difficult choice: conform to the status quo or serve an extended ban from his passion in life, football. RAJU A German couple adopts an Indian orphan in Kolkata . Their child suddenly disappears and they realize that they are part of the problem. THE SHORE Northern Ireland This is the uplifting story of two boyhood best friends - Joe (Ciarn Hinds) and Paddy (Conleth Hill) divided for 25 years by the tumult of "The Troubles." When Joe returns home to Northern Ireland, his daughter Patricia brings the two men together for a reunion, with unexpected results. What happened all those years ago? Can old wounds be healed? The answer is both hilarious and moving. The Shore is about one of the small personal reconciliations that coincide with a national reconciliation. TIME FREAK USA A neurotic inventor creates a time machine, only to get caught up traveling around yesterday. TUBA ATLANTIC Norway When seventy-year-old Oskar is told that he has only six days left to live, he wants to put things right with his brother who lives in New Jersey. Inger, a public death angel is sent out to help Oskar through his remaining days. A huge horn stands at the edge of the sea, built by the brothers when they were kids. Will its sound cross the Atlantic?

Safe House   2/10
Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds star in this action/thriller directed by Daniel Espinosa. Washington plays a dangerous renegade from the CIA who comes back onto the grid after a decade on the run. When mercenaries attack the South African safe house he is remanded to, a rookie operative (Reynolds) escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who want them dead. Also with Vera Farmiga, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard and Robert Patrick.

Pina in 3D   2/17
Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary.
"Dance, dance, or we are lost." Pina Bausch's final words summarize her life and provide the inspiration for acclaimed director Wim Wenders' (Wings of Desire, Buena Vista Social Club) breathtaking tribute to the legendary choreographer. Wenders takes the audience on a sensual, visually stunning journey of discovery into a new dimension: straight onto the stage with the legendary Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch ensemble, he follows the dancers out of the theatre into the city and the surrounding areas of Wuppertal - the place, which for 35 years was the home and center for Pina Bausch's creativity. Bausch and her company elevated dance into brilliantly subversive new expressive realms, and in this exhilarating film Wenders captures the raw, heart-stopping intensity of the movement, and in stunning 3D transforms it into a transcendent cinematic experience. An official selection of the Berlinale, Telluride, Toronto and New York film festivals, and now Germany's official entry for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Pina features interviews with and performances by Bausch's beloved original company members, and offers an indelible image of an artist who went the full distance in her uncommonly rich creative life.

Leonardo Live   2/19 & 2/20   Buy Tickets Now!
Two shows only
Sunday 2/19 at 12pm
Monday 2/20 at 7pm
Art lovers around the world will be able to experience the historic exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan, in this HD presentation. The exhibition is sold out in London and, due to the fragility of the paintings, the exhibition cannot tour. Captured live on the eve of the exhibition opening in London this fall, Leonardo Live will provide a high-definition walk-through of the landmark show, in-depth commentary about featured pieces and extra content. The exhibition brings together the largest ever number of Leonardo's rare surviving paintings as well as a newly discovered, never before publicly exhibited painting, the Salvator Mundi. The London critics raved about the exhibit. The Guardian said, "the show is dazzling, mysterious and disturbing." The Telegraph added "a breathtaking and truly remarkable exhibition... the greatest exhibition of the century." London's National Gallery Website

Wanderlust   2/24
Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston star in Wanderlust, a raucous comedy from director David Wain (Role Models) and producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up) about a couple who leaves the pressures of the big city and joins a freewheeling community where the only rule is to be yourself. George (Rudd) and Linda (Aniston) are an overextended, stressed out Manhattan couple. After George is downsized out of his job, they find themselves with only one option: to move in with George's awful brother in Atlanta. On the way there, George and Linda stumble upon Elysium, an idyllic community populated by colorful characters who embrace a different way of looking at things. Money? It can't buy happiness. Careers? Who needs them? Clothes? Only if you want them. Is Elysium the fresh start George and Linda need? Or will the change of perspective cause more problems than it solves?

Travelling Light   Buy Tickets Now!
Sun. 2/26 at noon
Mon. 2/27 at 7pm
Sun. 3/4 at noon
Mon. 3/5 at 7pm

Tickets: $15, children 12 and under $12

A new play by Nicholas Wright, directed by Nicholas Hytner, featuring Antony Sher. A fascinating and funny tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood's golden age.

A Separation  3/2
Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Film.
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.
Winner: Best Foreign Film - NY Film Critics Circle, National Board of Review.
Winner: Golden Bear - Berlin Film Festival.
Best Picture of the Year - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times.
Set in contemporary Iran, A Separation is a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents' home, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader. When Nader hires a young woman to assist with his father in his wife's absence, he hopes that his life will return to a normal state. However, when he discovers that the new maid has been lying to him, he realizes that there is more on the line than just his marriage. "The miracle of A Separation is that it doesn't spare any of its characters, nor does it seek to indict them. It is a democratic portrait of a theocratic world." Anthony Lane, The New Yorker. In Persian w/subtitles.

Pariah   3/2
Writer/director Dee Rees' acclaimed film had its world premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Adepero Oduye plays Alike, a 17-year-old African-American woman who lives with her parents (Kim Wayans and Charles Parnell) and younger sister in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood. She has a flair for poetry, and is a good student at her local high school. Alike is quietly but firmly embracing her identity as a lesbian. With the boisterous support of her best friend, out lesbian Laura (Pernell Walker), Alike is especially eager to find a girlfriend. At home, her parents' marriage is strained and there is further tension in the household whenever Alike's development becomes a topic of discussion. Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and tenacity - sometimes succeeding, sometimes not, but always moving forward.

Friends With Kids   3/9
Jennifer Westfeldt's film is a daring and poignant ensemble comedy about a close-knit circle of friends at that moment in life when children arrive and everything changes. The last two singles in the group observe the effect that kids have had on their friends' relationships and wonder if there's a better way. They decide to have a kid together - and date other people. Starring Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Maya Rudolph, Chris O'Dowd, Kristen Wiig, Jon Hamm, Megan Fox and Edward Burns.

Jeff, Who Lives At Home   3/16
Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Judy Greer and Susan Sarandon star in this very funny film written and directed by Jay and Mark Duplas (Cyrus, The Puffy Chair). On his way to the store to buy wood glue, Jeff looks for signs from the universe to determine his path. However, a series of comedic and unexpected events leads him to cross paths with his family in the strangest of locations and circumstances. Jeff just may find the meaning of his life... and if he's lucky, pick up the wood glue as well.

Comedy of Errors  Buy Tickets Now!
Sun. 3/18 at noon
Mon. 3/19 at 7pm
Sun. 3/25 at noon
Mon. 3/26 at 7pm

Tickets: $15, children 12 and under $12

We Need to Talk about Kevin   3/23
A suspenseful and gripping psychological thriller, Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk about Kevin explores the fractious relationship between a mother and her son. Tilda Swinton, in a bracing, tour-de-force performance, plays the mother, Eva, as she contends for 15 years with the increasing malevolence of her first-born child, Kevin (Ezra Miller). Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, the film explores nature vs. nurture on a whole new level, as Eva's own culpability is measured against Kevin's innate evilness. Also starring John C. Reilly as Kevin's father. "The film's bluntness doesn't diminish the power of the nature-versus-nurture questions Eva's asking herself. Or of Swinton's harrowing portrait of parental guilt." Bob Mondello, NPR

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen   3/30
When Britain's leading fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) is approached by a consultant (Emily Blunt) to help realize a sheikh's (Amr Waked) vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert, he immediately thinks the project is both absurd and unachievable. But when the Prime Minister's overzealous press secretary (Kristin Scott Thomas) latches on to it as a "good will" story, this unlikely team will put it all on the line and embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom.

She Stoops to Conquer   Buy Tickets Now!
Sun. April 15 at noon
Mon. April 16 at 7pm

Tickets: $15, children 12 and under $12

A comedy by Irish author Oliver Goldsmith, first performed in London in 1773. A young lady poses as a servant girl to win the heart of a young gentleman too shy to court ladies of his own class. Many delightful deceits and hilarious plot turns ensue.

In the Land of Blood and Honey
Angelina Jolie directs this riveting film, set against the backdrop of the Bosnian War that tore the Balkan region apart in the 1990s. In the Land of Blood and Honey tells the story of Danijel and Ajla, two people from different sides of a brutal ethnic conflict. Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, and Ajla, a Bosnian held captive in the camp he oversees, knew each other before the war, and could have found love with each other. But as the armed conflict takes hold of their lives, their relationship grows darker, their motives and connection to one another ambiguous, their allegiances uncertain. In Bosnian and Serbian w/subtitles.

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