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This Week at the Cinema: February 24 - March 2
Arts and Entertainment
February 22, 2023
From: Cinema Arts CentreThis week at the Cinema we are opening one of the best films of the year, Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival & Nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, 'Close', from A24, is an unforgettable story of growing up and the crushing weight of middle school friendship. We are also opening 'Emily', the highly anticipated biographical period-drama about the celebrated English author of Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë. You can also still catch Oscar nominated shorts in the Live Action, Documentary, and Animated categories, as well as 'To Leslie' which stars Andrea Riseborough in an Academy Award Nominated role.
Make sure to check out our calendar for all of the screenings and special events coming up!
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Emily
EMILY imagines Emily Brontë’s own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, Wuthering Heights. Haunted by the death of her mother, Emily struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for artistic and personal freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her creative potential into one of the greatest novels of all time.
Showtimes
Fri: 3:30; 6:25; 9:20
Sat: 1:00; 3:55; 6:50; 9:30
Sun: 2:00; 4:55; 7:20
Mon: 1:30; 4:25; 7:00
Tues: 1:35; 4:30; 7:25
Wed: 1:30; 4:25; 7:05
Thurs: 1:35; 4:30; 7:25
Close
Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival & Nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Leo and Remi are two thirteen-year-old best friends, whose seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Lukas Dhont's second film is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing.
AP Review: Cannes breakout ‘Close’ tells of innocence and grief
Boyhood collides with masculinity in Oscar-nominated 'Close'
Showtimes
Fri: 2:00; 4:30; 7:00; 9:30
Sat: 1:10; 3:40; 7:00; 9:45
Sun: 2:20; 4:50; 7:50
Mon: 1:35; 4:05; 7:20
Tues: 1:30; 4:00; 7:10
Wed: 1:35; 4:05; 7:20
Thurs: 1:40; 4:10; 7:10
Oscar Shorts: Live Action
An Irish Goodbye:
On a farm in rural Northern Ireland, estranged brothers Turlough and Lorcan are forced to reunite following the untimely death of their mother. (Ireland, 23 mins)
Ivalu:
Ivalu is gone. Her little sister is desperate to find her. Her father does not care. The vast Greenlandic nature holds secrets. Where is Ivalu? (Denmark, 16 mins)
Le Pupille:
From writer and director, Alice Rohrwacher, and Academy Award winning producer, Alfonso Cuarón, LE PUPILLE is a tale of innocence, greed and fantasy. This live action short is about desires, pure and selfish, about freedom and devotion, and about the anarchy that is capable of flowering in the minds of girls within the confines of a strict religious boarding school at Christmas. (Italy/USA, 37 mins)
Night Ride:
It is a cold night in December. As Ebba waits for the tram, an unexpected turn of events transforms the ride home into something she was not expecting. (Norway, 15 mins)
The Red Suitcase:
An Iranian girl decides to remove her Headscarf/Hijab in a life changing situation. (Luxembourg, 17 mins)
Showtimes
Fri: no show
Sat: 6:10
Sun: 5:00
Mon: 7:05
Tues: 4:25
Wed: no show
Thurs: 1:30
Oscar Shorts: Animation
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse:
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is a story of kindness, courage, and hope in traditional hand-drawn animation, following the unlikely friendship of the title characters as they journey together, in the boy’s search for home. Based on the book of the same name. (UK, 35 mins)
The Flying Sailor:
In 1917, two ships collided in the Halifax Harbour, causing the largest accidental explosion in history. Among the tragic stories of the disaster is the remarkable account of a sailor who, blown skyward from the docks, flew a distance of two kilometres before landing uphill, naked and unharmed. The Flying Sailor is a contemplation of his journey. (Canada, 7 mins)
Ice Merchants:
Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground, far away where they sell the ice they produce daily. (Portugal, France, UK, 14 mins)
An Ostrich Told me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It:
When a young telemarketer is confronted by a mysterious talking ostrich, he learns that the universe is stop motion
animation. He must put aside his dwindling toaster sales and focus on convincing his colleagues of his terrifying discovery. (Australia, 11 mins)
My Year of Dicks:
An imaginative fifteen year-old is stubbornly determined to lose her virginity despite the pathetic pickings in the outskirts of Houston in the early 90’s. Created by Pamela Ribon from her critically-acclaimed memoir. (USA, 25 mins)
Showtimes
Fri: no show
Sat: 3:50
Sun: 7:35
Mon: 4:25
Tues: 2:05
Wed: 4:25
Thurs: no show
Oscar Shorts: Documentary
Haulout:
On a remote coast of the Siberian Arctic in a wind-battered hut, a lonely man waits to witness an ancient gathering. But warming seas and rising temperatures bring an unexpected change, and he soon finds himself overwhelmed. (UK, 25 mins)
The Elephant Whisperers:
The Elephant Whisperers follows an indigenous couple as they fall in love with Raghu, an orphaned elephant given into their care, and tirelessly work to ensure his recovery and survival. (India, 41 mins)
How Do You Measure a Year?:
For 17 years, filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt filmed his daughter Ella on her birthday in the same spot, asking the same questions. What results is a unique chance to watch time, to see a young woman come into focus physically, mentally and emotionally. (USA, 29 mins)
The Martha Mitchell Effect:
She was once as famous as Jackie O. And then she tried to take down a President. The Martha Mitchell Effect is an archival documentary portrait of the unlikeliest of whistleblowers: Martha Mitchell, a Republican cabinet wife who was gaslighted by the Nixon Administration to keep her quiet. It offers a female gaze on Watergate through the voice of the woman herself. (USA, 39 mins)
Stranger at the Gate:
After 25 years of service, a US Marine filled with hatred for Muslims plots to bomb an Indiana mosque. When he comes face to face with the immigrants he seeks to kill, the story takes a shocking twist toward compassion, grace, and forgiveness. (USA, 30 mins)
Showtimes
Fri: 2:05
Sat: 8:45
To Leslie
Starring Academy Award Nominee Andrea Riseborough
Leslie (Andrea Riseborough in an Academy Award nominated role) is a West Texas single mother struggling to provide for her son when she wins the lottery and a chance at a good life. But a few short years later the money is gone and Leslie is on her own, living hard and fast at the bottom of a bottle as she runs from the world of heartbreak she left behind. With her charm running out and with nowhere to go, Leslie returns home. Unwelcome and unwanted by those she wronged, it’s Sweeney, a lonely motel clerk, who takes a chance when no one else will. With his support, Leslie comes face to face with the consequences of her actions, a life of regret, and a second chance to make a good life for her and her son.
NY Times Review: In 'To Leslie,' an Unflinching Working-Class Elegy
Showtimes
Fri: no show
Sat: 1:05
Sun: 2:15
Mon: 1:40
Tues: no show
Wed: 1:40
Thurs: 4:05
Cult Cafe
Rebel Dread
Don Letts has had a long career in the pop music industry as a DJ, manager and film director. He is known for injecting Afro-Caribbean music into the early punk scene and has shot over 300 music videos for many musicians, including Bob Marley.
Featuring a special DJ set before the show! DJ set starts at 8pm! Come early!
Saturday, February 25th at 10 PM
$5 Members | $7 Public
Sunday Schmooze
After Life
If you could choose only one memory to hold on to for eternity, what would it be? That’s the question at the heart of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s revelatory international breakthrough, a bittersweet fantasia in which the recently deceased find themselves in a limbo realm where they must select a single moment from their life to be recreated on film for them to take into the next world. After Life is a profound meditation on memory, our interconnectedness, and the amberlike power of cinema to freeze time.
Sunday, February 26th
Brunch at 10 AM | Movie at 11 AM
$12 Members | $17 Public
Cinema for Kids
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
On his way to school, Bastian (Barret Oliver) ducks into a bookstore to avoid bullies. Sneaking away with a book called "The Neverending Story," Bastian begins reading it in the school attic. The novel is about Fantasia, a fantasy land threatened by "The Nothing," a darkness that destroys everything it touches. The kingdom needs the help of a human child to survive. When Bastian reads a description of himself in the book, he begins to wonder if Fantasia is real and needs him to survive.
Sunday, February 26th at 12 PM
$7 Members | $12 Public | $5 Kids
Cinema Arts Centre Preview Club
Special Advanced Screening Series!
As a member of the Cinema Arts Preview Club, you will attend special advance screenings of major new films prior to their New York release. The club features outstanding films from the festival circuit, always accompanied by discussions with guest speakers. Club members are invited to participate in the discussion. Films and guest speakers are a surprise until the night of the screening; where you will be introduced to a wide range of high-quality, discussion-provoking movies. The club is also a great social experience. Come early and schmooze. Members will fill out comment cards at each film, and the results and choice opinions will be read at the next film. The Cinema Arts Preview Club promises many unforgettable evenings this season and for years to come.
Our new host, Isil Bagdadi-Sergio is an indie film producer, programmer, distributor and publicist. In 2001, Isil and her partner Michael Sergio started CAVU Pictures to produce and distribute cutting-edge, critically acclaimed and award-winning independent films. Isil has shepherded dozens of films into the marketplace and continues to champion independent filmmakers, artists and storytellers in every way she can. She frequently serves as a panelist, moderator, mentor and juror at numerous film festivals throughout the year.
Dates:
Tuesday, February 28th
Monday, March 13th
Monday, March 27th
at 7:00 PM
Package price:
$45 Members | $54 Public
Tai Chi in the Sky Room!
Enjoy some Tai Chi, Chi Gung, & Meditation classes in the Sky Room, every Tuesday at 10 am! Improve your balance, strength, and peace of mind. Free of charge!
Tuesdays at 10 AM in the Sky Room!
FREE!
Dancing the Twist in Bamako
With Filmmaker Robert Guédiguian in-person!
The 1960s were a time of change everywhere, and that includes Bamako, the capital city of Mali, a nation only recently independent from French colonial rule. Dancing The Twist in Bamako is a romance fraught with the drama of political change, infused with the musical energy of that decade. Samba, a young, idealistic socialist, works toward creating a more just nation by day and dances with girlfriend Lara to the Beach Boys, Otis Redding, and the Supremes by night. The film’s sensibility is inspired by the vibrant images, patterns, and compositions of famed Malian photographer, Malick Sidibé. Lara’s orange silk dress and Samba’s dazzling white suit, shot against the striped backdrop of their dance club and the black and white checked dance floor they cut up — all suggest that change is coming rapidly, that life is for living.
Robert Guédiguian is one of France's best-known and most widely respected auteur filmmakers. Most of his films are concerned with the problems of ordinary working-class people. Whilst his films predominantly have a social realist bearing, Guédiguian is not overly preoccupied with naturalism. Often, he employs film noir thriller elements and stylistic touches which sometimes appear to be at variance with the ordinariness of his subject matter. The one theme that runs across Guédiguian's oeuvre is a growing sense of disillusionment with the ability of leftwing politics to improve the fortunes of the working classes. This pessimism is countered by a more hopeful assertion that the less privileged members of society can surmount their problems by working together. Guédiguian's cinema is therefore both a cry of despair, accepting that grand socialist dreams will always fail, but also an expression of hope, as friendship and solidarity will always see us through.
Wednesday, March 1st at 7:00 PM
$10 Members | $15 Public
With Filmmaker Robert Guédiguian in-person
FMSH & NOOM Present
Open Mic Night!
Join us most Wednesdays in the Sky Room for our new Open Mic Night! Hosted by the Folk Music Society of Huntington (FMSH) and Northshore Original Open Mic (NOOM), open mic is welcome to performers of any kind!
Wednesday, March 1st at 7 PM
Sign-up at 6:30 PM
Free!
National Theatre Live presents
The Crucible
A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller’s captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma).
Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women in Salem suddenly find their words have an almighty power. As a climate of fear, vendetta and accusation spreads through the community, no one is safe from trial.
Lyndsey Turner (Hamlet) directs this contemporary new staging, designed by Tony Award-winner Es Devlin (The Lehman Trilogy). Captured live from the Olivier stage at the National Theatre.
Thurs, March 2nd at 7 PM
$20 Members | $25 Public