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Real Art Ways News - January 25, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

January 27, 2023

From: Real Art Ways

Cinema

All Oscar Nominated films.

The Fablemans and EO one screening a day.

The Whale and Everything Everywhere All At Once alternate days.

Everything Everywhere All At Once

11 Academy Award Nominations -

Including Best Picture

95% on Rotten Tomatoes

A hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman who can't seem to finish her taxes.

Michelle Yeoh Nominated Best Actress

Ke Huy Quan Nominated Best Supporting Actor

Stephanie Hsu and Jamie Lee Curtis Nominated Best Supporting Actress

Directed by 2023 Academy Award Nominees Daniel Kwan and

Daniel Scheinert

"It’s like nothing you’ve ever seen." - ABC News

"A pure firework display of technical bravado, wild invention, emotional storytelling, comedic genius, action mastery and outstanding performances, Everything Everywhere All At Once is everything cinema was invented for." - Empire Magazine

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The Whale

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

Brendan Fraser Nominated Best Actor

Hong Chau Nominated Best Supporting Actor

“Brendan Fraser gives the performance of a lifetime.” – Time Out

“The humanity of his performance will floor you.” – 

The Hollywood Reporter

“Will melt your heart” – BBC

“A performance for the ages.” – Variety 

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The Fabelmans

2023 Oscar Nominee for Best Picture

Golden Globe Award Winner for Best Motion Picture - Drama

92% on Rotten Tomatoes

A semi-autobiographical coming of age drama based on the life of the film's director, Steven Spielberg, 2023 Oscar nominee for

Best Director.

Michelle Williams Nominated Best Actress

Judd Hirsch Nominated Best Supporting Actor

“Spielberg’s marvel coming-of-age story and one of his most personal.” – Chicago Reader 

“One of the most impressive, enlightening, vital things [Spielberg’s] ever done.” – Rolling Stone

"If this film isn't the one to beat for Best Picture this year, I don't know what is..." LA Magazine

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EO

2023 Oscar Nominee for Best International Feature Film

New York Times' pick for 2022 Best Movie of the Year

96% on Rotten Tomatoes

EO, a grey donkey, endures the wheel of fortune randomly and turns his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss. But not even for a moment does he lose his innocence.

In Polish with English subtitles.

"One of the greatest movies ever made about the spirit of animals." - TIME Magazine

"EO compels us to see the world differently, and therefore helps us see it from a perspective outside our own." - Globe and Mail

"EO is a thrillingly imaginative piece of filmmaking: a strange, haunting epic about a donkey that couldn't feel more of our moment." - NPR

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Living

2023 Oscar Nominee for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Living is the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful.

Bill Nighy Nominated Best Actor

"It’s a film that steps back to consider the rituals and routines we perpetuate, the ways we’ve changed since the last break. And the ways we haven’t." - New York Times

"An absolutely gorgeous, heartbreaking piece of work." - 

Rolling Stone

"A bona fide cinematic treat." - Daily Mail

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Mark Your Calendars!

Science on Screen

Wednesday, 2/22 6:30pm

A talk about the science.

Then, a movie.

Pre Film Talk at 6:30pm with Dr. Matthew Kamm, of Zoo New England!

The Birds

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

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No Bears

One of New York Times' 10 Best Movies of the Year.

100% on Rotten Tomatoes

A film byJafar Panahi, an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor currently in jailed in Iran.

In Persian with English subtitles.

"A fierce critique of small-town traditionalism and religious dogma. But while this is an angry and ultimately devastating movie, it's also a surprisingly playful and inventive one." - NPR

"A complex work of novelistic density, this is among the boldest and most accomplished statements from one of the world’s exemplary filmmakers..." - Screen International

"...Its very existence is an act of defiance, a metafictional portrait of a dissident artist still at work." - Financial Times

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Save the Date!

Improvisations Now

Sunday, 2/12 2:30pm

An immersive experience of music imagined and performed in real time.

Wadada Leo Smith

Trumpet

Finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his composition Ten Freedoms of Summers (Defining Moments in the History of the United States of America).

Doris Duke Artist Awardee

in 2016.

Joe Morris

Guitar

“Joe Morris is the preeminent free music guitarist of his generation.” –

DownBeat Magazine

“One of the most profound improvisers at work in the U.S.” – Wire Magazine 

Save the Date for Future Improv Now Dates!

The Final Dates of the 2022-2023 Series:

Sunday, 3/5 2:30pm

Daniel Carter

Tenor & Alto Saxophone

Michael Wimberly

Drums

Jamie Saft

Piano

Joe Morris

Bass

Sunday 4/2 2:30pm

Ingrid Laubrock

Tenor Saxophone

Tom Rainey

Drums

Brandon Lopez

Bass

Joe Morris

Guitar

Sunday, 5/7 2:30pm

Tony Malaby

Tenor and Soprano Saxophone

Nasheet Waits

Drums

Joe Morris

Bass

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A Night of Surrealist Games!

Tuesday, 2/14 7pm

Roger Clark Miller (Mission of Burma, Alloy Orchestra) will host an evening of drawing and word games that were developed during the heyday of surrealism. Games include the Exquisite Corpse drawing game (advanced drawing skills not required!), the Dream Game (a board game where you end up creating a dream!), and many varieties of surrealist word games.

"The wonder of these games is the unexpected juxtapositions that occur, creating amazingly synchronistic sequences and unexpected meanings and connections.” - Roger Clark Miller

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Kate Bae

A Rite of Passage

A painting installation that explores societal barriers and personal relationships, touching on themes of hope, inclusion, uncertainty, and love.

Kate Bae is a recipient of a 2021 Real Art Award!

Howard el-Yasin

Specific Matter

Extended through Sunday 2/5!

An immersive piece comprised of thousands of baked banana peels sourced from el-Yasin's community.

Photo by: John Groo

Rashmi Talpade

Every Little Thing

Extended through Sunday 2/26!

Intricate photo collages exploring environmental change and challenges.

Photo by: John Groo

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