This feed contains complete City Cinema schedule information from today until until the last date on the current schedule. http://www.citycinema.net/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:24:33 -300 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.citycinema.net/ui/left.gif http://www.citycinema.net/ City Cinema 2010 City Cinema http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=789 Only <B>5</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> 18 Accompaniment (Sexual Content, Nudity)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 120 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Luca Guadagnino<BR><B>Country:</B> Italy<BR><B>Released:</B> 2009<BR><B>Starring:</B> Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Alba Rohrwacher, Marisa Berenson<BR><B>Language:</B> In Italian and Russian with English subtitles. <BR><BR>“A sensuous and fascinating story about a modern family of Italian aristocrats. Tilda Swinton plays a Russian who has married the oldest son, learns her husband and their son will take over the family textile business, then suddenly finds herself in the middle of an unexpected affair. Masterfully directed. One of the year's best. Four stars.” - Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun-Times. “This intense and almost operatic Italian family melodrama recalls the best of Douglas Sirk. Tilda Swinton has a stellar presence that commands attention throughout. Set in a sumptuous Art Deco villa in Milan in the '50s, the film oozes elegance, emotion, style and wit... It all begins with a lavish birthday celebration for an ageing Italian industrialist... The occasion, however, proves the catalyst for a series of events that will change many of the guests' lives irrevocably. The coolly elegant Tilda Swinton meets her son's friend, Antonio, and the pair embark on an illicit affair. Antonio is a chef who proves as passionate about his craft as any tantrum-prone artist or musician. The film is suffused with lingering shots of his appetizing culinary creations... Unsurprisingly, the affair rekindles Emma's lease on life and passion... Swinton makes her consistently and convincingly interesting... The rolling Italian countryside is the perfect side dish to the accomplished acting on display - the gentle hills, twisty roads and hazy, dream-like light simply seduce and satiate all the senses.” - Richard Mowe, Box Office. “An exquisite, all-enveloping feast of sensual pleasures. It’s almost certainly the most elegant piece of cinema you’ll see this year.” - Wendy Ide, The London Times<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=789">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1226236">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=789&date=1284069600 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=789 Only <B>4</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> 18 Accompaniment (Sexual Content, Nudity)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 120 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Luca Guadagnino<BR><B>Country:</B> Italy<BR><B>Released:</B> 2009<BR><B>Starring:</B> Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Alba Rohrwacher, Marisa Berenson<BR><B>Language:</B> In Italian and Russian with English subtitles. <BR><BR>“A sensuous and fascinating story about a modern family of Italian aristocrats. Tilda Swinton plays a Russian who has married the oldest son, learns her husband and their son will take over the family textile business, then suddenly finds herself in the middle of an unexpected affair. Masterfully directed. One of the year's best. Four stars.” - Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun-Times. “This intense and almost operatic Italian family melodrama recalls the best of Douglas Sirk. Tilda Swinton has a stellar presence that commands attention throughout. Set in a sumptuous Art Deco villa in Milan in the '50s, the film oozes elegance, emotion, style and wit... It all begins with a lavish birthday celebration for an ageing Italian industrialist... The occasion, however, proves the catalyst for a series of events that will change many of the guests' lives irrevocably. The coolly elegant Tilda Swinton meets her son's friend, Antonio, and the pair embark on an illicit affair. Antonio is a chef who proves as passionate about his craft as any tantrum-prone artist or musician. The film is suffused with lingering shots of his appetizing culinary creations... Unsurprisingly, the affair rekindles Emma's lease on life and passion... Swinton makes her consistently and convincingly interesting... The rolling Italian countryside is the perfect side dish to the accomplished acting on display - the gentle hills, twisty roads and hazy, dream-like light simply seduce and satiate all the senses.” - Richard Mowe, Box Office. “An exquisite, all-enveloping feast of sensual pleasures. It’s almost certainly the most elegant piece of cinema you’ll see this year.” - Wendy Ide, The London Times<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=789">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1226236">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:45:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=789&date=1284155100 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=790 Only <B>2</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 80 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Colin Murnane<BR><B>Country:</B> Ireland<BR><B>Released:</B> 2008<BR><B>Starring:</B> Pierce Turner, Jim Sheridan<BR><B>Awards:</B> Digital projection.<BR><BR>In 2004-2005 Irish musician Pierce Turner recorded his 7th studio album in Woodstock and embarked on a unique tour of Ireland, playing people’s pianos in their own parlours and front rooms. Colin Murnane’s documentary follows the acclaimed Pierce Turner from his homes in Wexford and Manhattan to the Woodstock studio and to venues as contrasting as The Public Theatre Manhattan and the Headon’s parlour in Birr, County Offaly. With story cameos from late legends Rory Gallagher and John Steinbeck, The Song For The Year documents a remarkable year with a remarkable artist. Pierce has been described in The Irish Times as ‘one of the most important Irish artists of the last twenty years’, and his song Wicklow Hills was voted among the top twenty-five Irish songs of all time. Pierce has earned himself a song by Christy Moore entitled 'I Love The Way Pierce Turner Sings', and his songs have been covered by Moore and many others.<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=790">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1409710">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:10:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=790&date=1284163800 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=790 Only <B>1</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 80 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Colin Murnane<BR><B>Country:</B> Ireland<BR><B>Released:</B> 2008<BR><B>Starring:</B> Pierce Turner, Jim Sheridan<BR><B>Awards:</B> Digital projection.<BR><BR>In 2004-2005 Irish musician Pierce Turner recorded his 7th studio album in Woodstock and embarked on a unique tour of Ireland, playing people’s pianos in their own parlours and front rooms. Colin Murnane’s documentary follows the acclaimed Pierce Turner from his homes in Wexford and Manhattan to the Woodstock studio and to venues as contrasting as The Public Theatre Manhattan and the Headon’s parlour in Birr, County Offaly. With story cameos from late legends Rory Gallagher and John Steinbeck, The Song For The Year documents a remarkable year with a remarkable artist. Pierce has been described in The Irish Times as ‘one of the most important Irish artists of the last twenty years’, and his song Wicklow Hills was voted among the top twenty-five Irish songs of all time. Pierce has earned himself a song by Christy Moore entitled 'I Love The Way Pierce Turner Sings', and his songs have been covered by Moore and many others.<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=790">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1409710">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=790&date=1284242400 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=789 Only <B>3</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> 18 Accompaniment (Sexual Content, Nudity)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 120 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Luca Guadagnino<BR><B>Country:</B> Italy<BR><B>Released:</B> 2009<BR><B>Starring:</B> Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Alba Rohrwacher, Marisa Berenson<BR><B>Language:</B> In Italian and Russian with English subtitles. <BR><BR>“A sensuous and fascinating story about a modern family of Italian aristocrats. Tilda Swinton plays a Russian who has married the oldest son, learns her husband and their son will take over the family textile business, then suddenly finds herself in the middle of an unexpected affair. Masterfully directed. One of the year's best. Four stars.” - Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun-Times. “This intense and almost operatic Italian family melodrama recalls the best of Douglas Sirk. Tilda Swinton has a stellar presence that commands attention throughout. Set in a sumptuous Art Deco villa in Milan in the '50s, the film oozes elegance, emotion, style and wit... It all begins with a lavish birthday celebration for an ageing Italian industrialist... The occasion, however, proves the catalyst for a series of events that will change many of the guests' lives irrevocably. The coolly elegant Tilda Swinton meets her son's friend, Antonio, and the pair embark on an illicit affair. Antonio is a chef who proves as passionate about his craft as any tantrum-prone artist or musician. The film is suffused with lingering shots of his appetizing culinary creations... Unsurprisingly, the affair rekindles Emma's lease on life and passion... Swinton makes her consistently and convincingly interesting... The rolling Italian countryside is the perfect side dish to the accomplished acting on display - the gentle hills, twisty roads and hazy, dream-like light simply seduce and satiate all the senses.” - Richard Mowe, Box Office. “An exquisite, all-enveloping feast of sensual pleasures. It’s almost certainly the most elegant piece of cinema you’ll see this year.” - Wendy Ide, The London Times<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=789">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1226236">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=789&date=1284249600 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=789 Only <B>2</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> 18 Accompaniment (Sexual Content, Nudity)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 120 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Luca Guadagnino<BR><B>Country:</B> Italy<BR><B>Released:</B> 2009<BR><B>Starring:</B> Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Alba Rohrwacher, Marisa Berenson<BR><B>Language:</B> In Italian and Russian with English subtitles. <BR><BR>“A sensuous and fascinating story about a modern family of Italian aristocrats. Tilda Swinton plays a Russian who has married the oldest son, learns her husband and their son will take over the family textile business, then suddenly finds herself in the middle of an unexpected affair. Masterfully directed. One of the year's best. Four stars.” - Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun-Times. “This intense and almost operatic Italian family melodrama recalls the best of Douglas Sirk. Tilda Swinton has a stellar presence that commands attention throughout. Set in a sumptuous Art Deco villa in Milan in the '50s, the film oozes elegance, emotion, style and wit... It all begins with a lavish birthday celebration for an ageing Italian industrialist... The occasion, however, proves the catalyst for a series of events that will change many of the guests' lives irrevocably. The coolly elegant Tilda Swinton meets her son's friend, Antonio, and the pair embark on an illicit affair. Antonio is a chef who proves as passionate about his craft as any tantrum-prone artist or musician. The film is suffused with lingering shots of his appetizing culinary creations... Unsurprisingly, the affair rekindles Emma's lease on life and passion... Swinton makes her consistently and convincingly interesting... The rolling Italian countryside is the perfect side dish to the accomplished acting on display - the gentle hills, twisty roads and hazy, dream-like light simply seduce and satiate all the senses.” - Richard Mowe, Box Office. “An exquisite, all-enveloping feast of sensual pleasures. It’s almost certainly the most elegant piece of cinema you’ll see this year.” - Wendy Ide, The London Times<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=789">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1226236">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:45:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=789&date=1284327900 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=790 <B>This is the last night for this film.</B><P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 80 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Colin Murnane<BR><B>Country:</B> Ireland<BR><B>Released:</B> 2008<BR><B>Starring:</B> Pierce Turner, Jim Sheridan<BR><B>Awards:</B> Digital projection.<BR><BR>In 2004-2005 Irish musician Pierce Turner recorded his 7th studio album in Woodstock and embarked on a unique tour of Ireland, playing people’s pianos in their own parlours and front rooms. Colin Murnane’s documentary follows the acclaimed Pierce Turner from his homes in Wexford and Manhattan to the Woodstock studio and to venues as contrasting as The Public Theatre Manhattan and the Headon’s parlour in Birr, County Offaly. With story cameos from late legends Rory Gallagher and John Steinbeck, The Song For The Year documents a remarkable year with a remarkable artist. Pierce has been described in The Irish Times as ‘one of the most important Irish artists of the last twenty years’, and his song Wicklow Hills was voted among the top twenty-five Irish songs of all time. Pierce has earned himself a song by Christy Moore entitled 'I Love The Way Pierce Turner Sings', and his songs have been covered by Moore and many others.<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=790">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1409710">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:10:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=790&date=1284336600 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=789 Only <B>1</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> 18 Accompaniment (Sexual Content, Nudity)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 120 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Luca Guadagnino<BR><B>Country:</B> Italy<BR><B>Released:</B> 2009<BR><B>Starring:</B> Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Alba Rohrwacher, Marisa Berenson<BR><B>Language:</B> In Italian and Russian with English subtitles. <BR><BR>“A sensuous and fascinating story about a modern family of Italian aristocrats. Tilda Swinton plays a Russian who has married the oldest son, learns her husband and their son will take over the family textile business, then suddenly finds herself in the middle of an unexpected affair. Masterfully directed. One of the year's best. Four stars.” - Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun-Times. “This intense and almost operatic Italian family melodrama recalls the best of Douglas Sirk. Tilda Swinton has a stellar presence that commands attention throughout. Set in a sumptuous Art Deco villa in Milan in the '50s, the film oozes elegance, emotion, style and wit... It all begins with a lavish birthday celebration for an ageing Italian industrialist... The occasion, however, proves the catalyst for a series of events that will change many of the guests' lives irrevocably. The coolly elegant Tilda Swinton meets her son's friend, Antonio, and the pair embark on an illicit affair. Antonio is a chef who proves as passionate about his craft as any tantrum-prone artist or musician. The film is suffused with lingering shots of his appetizing culinary creations... Unsurprisingly, the affair rekindles Emma's lease on life and passion... Swinton makes her consistently and convincingly interesting... The rolling Italian countryside is the perfect side dish to the accomplished acting on display - the gentle hills, twisty roads and hazy, dream-like light simply seduce and satiate all the senses.” - Richard Mowe, Box Office. “An exquisite, all-enveloping feast of sensual pleasures. It’s almost certainly the most elegant piece of cinema you’ll see this year.” - Wendy Ide, The London Times<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=789">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1226236">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=789&date=1284415200 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=789 <B>This is the last night for this film.</B><P><B>Rated:</B> 18 Accompaniment (Sexual Content, Nudity)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 120 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Luca Guadagnino<BR><B>Country:</B> Italy<BR><B>Released:</B> 2009<BR><B>Starring:</B> Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Alba Rohrwacher, Marisa Berenson<BR><B>Language:</B> In Italian and Russian with English subtitles. <BR><BR>“A sensuous and fascinating story about a modern family of Italian aristocrats. Tilda Swinton plays a Russian who has married the oldest son, learns her husband and their son will take over the family textile business, then suddenly finds herself in the middle of an unexpected affair. Masterfully directed. One of the year's best. Four stars.” - Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun-Times. “This intense and almost operatic Italian family melodrama recalls the best of Douglas Sirk. Tilda Swinton has a stellar presence that commands attention throughout. Set in a sumptuous Art Deco villa in Milan in the '50s, the film oozes elegance, emotion, style and wit... It all begins with a lavish birthday celebration for an ageing Italian industrialist... The occasion, however, proves the catalyst for a series of events that will change many of the guests' lives irrevocably. The coolly elegant Tilda Swinton meets her son's friend, Antonio, and the pair embark on an illicit affair. Antonio is a chef who proves as passionate about his craft as any tantrum-prone artist or musician. The film is suffused with lingering shots of his appetizing culinary creations... Unsurprisingly, the affair rekindles Emma's lease on life and passion... Swinton makes her consistently and convincingly interesting... The rolling Italian countryside is the perfect side dish to the accomplished acting on display - the gentle hills, twisty roads and hazy, dream-like light simply seduce and satiate all the senses.” - Richard Mowe, Box Office. “An exquisite, all-enveloping feast of sensual pleasures. It’s almost certainly the most elegant piece of cinema you’ll see this year.” - Wendy Ide, The London Times<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=789">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1226236">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=789&date=1284501600 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=791 Only <B>4</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> 14 Accompaniment (Coarse Language, Crude Content)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 84 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Ricki Stern/Anne Sundberg<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Joan Rivers, Jocelyn Pickett, Billy Sammeth, Kathy Griffin<BR><B>Awards:</B> Digital projection.<BR><BR>“One of the smarter, more unexpectedly touching documentaries of the year, and I recommend it to you whether you love Rivers or loathe the very thought of her.” - Ty Burr, The Boston Globe. “One of the best movies ever made about the brutal and unforgiving world of show business.” - The Dallas Morning News. “This very engaging year-in-the-life-of portrait proves that the perennially caustic comic has no use for anybody’s pity. She’s got no time for it, either. Featured here in her 76th year, Rivers maintains a schedule gruelling enough to impress workaholics half her age. When not travelling across the US to perform stand-up shows - during which she demonstrates an undiminished flair for viciousness toward her audience and herself - she’s busy pushing her jewellery and cosmetics lines. Stern and Sundberg also provide bits and pieces of biography to fill out the picture of how she got here and why she deserves respect as a forerunner for professional funny ladies.... Dramatic arcs are provided by her travails with an autobiographical play she mounts in London and LA, her deteriorating relationship with her long-time manager and an ultimately triumphant stint on The Celebrity Apprentice. But just as memorable are Rivers’ displays of generosity to friends and family and her own expressions of vulnerability. Emotionally unguarded yet intensely disciplined as an artist and performer, Rivers is a contradictory and compelling figure... Far from freakish or past her due, she seems downright heroic.” - Jason Anderson, Eye Magazine<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=791">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1568150">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=791&date=1284588000 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=791 Only <B>3</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> 14 Accompaniment (Coarse Language, Crude Content)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 84 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Ricki Stern/Anne Sundberg<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Joan Rivers, Jocelyn Pickett, Billy Sammeth, Kathy Griffin<BR><B>Awards:</B> Digital projection.<BR><BR>“One of the smarter, more unexpectedly touching documentaries of the year, and I recommend it to you whether you love Rivers or loathe the very thought of her.” - Ty Burr, The Boston Globe. “One of the best movies ever made about the brutal and unforgiving world of show business.” - The Dallas Morning News. “This very engaging year-in-the-life-of portrait proves that the perennially caustic comic has no use for anybody’s pity. She’s got no time for it, either. Featured here in her 76th year, Rivers maintains a schedule gruelling enough to impress workaholics half her age. When not travelling across the US to perform stand-up shows - during which she demonstrates an undiminished flair for viciousness toward her audience and herself - she’s busy pushing her jewellery and cosmetics lines. Stern and Sundberg also provide bits and pieces of biography to fill out the picture of how she got here and why she deserves respect as a forerunner for professional funny ladies.... Dramatic arcs are provided by her travails with an autobiographical play she mounts in London and LA, her deteriorating relationship with her long-time manager and an ultimately triumphant stint on The Celebrity Apprentice. But just as memorable are Rivers’ displays of generosity to friends and family and her own expressions of vulnerability. Emotionally unguarded yet intensely disciplined as an artist and performer, Rivers is a contradictory and compelling figure... Far from freakish or past her due, she seems downright heroic.” - Jason Anderson, Eye Magazine<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=791">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1568150">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=791&date=1284674400 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792 Only <B>16</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 102 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Aaron Schneider<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney<BR><BR>“The aura of William Faulkner lingers over Get Low, a chunk of down-home rural Southern folklore based on a real event in 1938, when a Tennessee hermit emerged after decades of hiding in the woods to hear the nearby townsfolk's opinion of him at a mock funeral. Moving the action back a few years to the Depression, this film is a funny and tender retelling of that story, resonating with warmth and sardonic wit and containing a majestic performance by Robert Duvall... The iconic actor plays Felix Bush, a grizzled old recluse who has cut himself off from society for 40 years... What a shock when Felix wanders into town one day in battered rags, his gnarled face buried behind a white beard. Fearing his imminent passing, he decides that ‘it's time to get low’ - meaning time to make plans for dying, including the purchase of a plot, a casket and a eulogy. This is great news for Frank Quinn, the doleful owner of a failing funeral parlor. Better still, his customer envisions a funeral party - one last hurrah that will draw friends and enemies alike to his shack in the woods for the final send-off... He even decides to sell raffle tickets. The lucky winner will get 300 acres of virgin timber land and a mule named Gracie... One caveat: The celebration must take place while he is still alive to enjoy it!... The film is enhanced by bluegrass music, and the beautifully composed camera setups serve as exquisite backdrops for a series of keenly calibrated performances. Bill Murray is both sad and funny as the opportunistic mortician with a well-concealed conscience, and Sissy Spacek is a touching and terrifically matched counterpart for Mr. Duvall... Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure.” - Rex Reed, The New York Observer<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1194263">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792&date=1284760800 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=791 Only <B>2</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> 14 Accompaniment (Coarse Language, Crude Content)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 84 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Ricki Stern/Anne Sundberg<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Joan Rivers, Jocelyn Pickett, Billy Sammeth, Kathy Griffin<BR><B>Awards:</B> Digital projection.<BR><BR>“One of the smarter, more unexpectedly touching documentaries of the year, and I recommend it to you whether you love Rivers or loathe the very thought of her.” - Ty Burr, The Boston Globe. “One of the best movies ever made about the brutal and unforgiving world of show business.” - The Dallas Morning News. “This very engaging year-in-the-life-of portrait proves that the perennially caustic comic has no use for anybody’s pity. She’s got no time for it, either. Featured here in her 76th year, Rivers maintains a schedule gruelling enough to impress workaholics half her age. When not travelling across the US to perform stand-up shows - during which she demonstrates an undiminished flair for viciousness toward her audience and herself - she’s busy pushing her jewellery and cosmetics lines. Stern and Sundberg also provide bits and pieces of biography to fill out the picture of how she got here and why she deserves respect as a forerunner for professional funny ladies.... Dramatic arcs are provided by her travails with an autobiographical play she mounts in London and LA, her deteriorating relationship with her long-time manager and an ultimately triumphant stint on The Celebrity Apprentice. But just as memorable are Rivers’ displays of generosity to friends and family and her own expressions of vulnerability. Emotionally unguarded yet intensely disciplined as an artist and performer, Rivers is a contradictory and compelling figure... Far from freakish or past her due, she seems downright heroic.” - Jason Anderson, Eye Magazine<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=791">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1568150">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:10:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=791&date=1284768600 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=791 Only <B>1</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> 14 Accompaniment (Coarse Language, Crude Content)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 84 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Ricki Stern/Anne Sundberg<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Joan Rivers, Jocelyn Pickett, Billy Sammeth, Kathy Griffin<BR><B>Awards:</B> Digital projection.<BR><BR>“One of the smarter, more unexpectedly touching documentaries of the year, and I recommend it to you whether you love Rivers or loathe the very thought of her.” - Ty Burr, The Boston Globe. “One of the best movies ever made about the brutal and unforgiving world of show business.” - The Dallas Morning News. “This very engaging year-in-the-life-of portrait proves that the perennially caustic comic has no use for anybody’s pity. She’s got no time for it, either. Featured here in her 76th year, Rivers maintains a schedule gruelling enough to impress workaholics half her age. When not travelling across the US to perform stand-up shows - during which she demonstrates an undiminished flair for viciousness toward her audience and herself - she’s busy pushing her jewellery and cosmetics lines. Stern and Sundberg also provide bits and pieces of biography to fill out the picture of how she got here and why she deserves respect as a forerunner for professional funny ladies.... Dramatic arcs are provided by her travails with an autobiographical play she mounts in London and LA, her deteriorating relationship with her long-time manager and an ultimately triumphant stint on The Celebrity Apprentice. But just as memorable are Rivers’ displays of generosity to friends and family and her own expressions of vulnerability. Emotionally unguarded yet intensely disciplined as an artist and performer, Rivers is a contradictory and compelling figure... Far from freakish or past her due, she seems downright heroic.” - Jason Anderson, Eye Magazine<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=791">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1568150">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=791&date=1284847200 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792 Only <B>15</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 102 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Aaron Schneider<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney<BR><BR>“The aura of William Faulkner lingers over Get Low, a chunk of down-home rural Southern folklore based on a real event in 1938, when a Tennessee hermit emerged after decades of hiding in the woods to hear the nearby townsfolk's opinion of him at a mock funeral. Moving the action back a few years to the Depression, this film is a funny and tender retelling of that story, resonating with warmth and sardonic wit and containing a majestic performance by Robert Duvall... The iconic actor plays Felix Bush, a grizzled old recluse who has cut himself off from society for 40 years... What a shock when Felix wanders into town one day in battered rags, his gnarled face buried behind a white beard. Fearing his imminent passing, he decides that ‘it's time to get low’ - meaning time to make plans for dying, including the purchase of a plot, a casket and a eulogy. This is great news for Frank Quinn, the doleful owner of a failing funeral parlor. Better still, his customer envisions a funeral party - one last hurrah that will draw friends and enemies alike to his shack in the woods for the final send-off... He even decides to sell raffle tickets. The lucky winner will get 300 acres of virgin timber land and a mule named Gracie... One caveat: The celebration must take place while he is still alive to enjoy it!... The film is enhanced by bluegrass music, and the beautifully composed camera setups serve as exquisite backdrops for a series of keenly calibrated performances. Bill Murray is both sad and funny as the opportunistic mortician with a well-concealed conscience, and Sissy Spacek is a touching and terrifically matched counterpart for Mr. Duvall... Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure.” - Rex Reed, The New York Observer<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1194263">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792&date=1284854400 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792 Only <B>14</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 102 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Aaron Schneider<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney<BR><BR>“The aura of William Faulkner lingers over Get Low, a chunk of down-home rural Southern folklore based on a real event in 1938, when a Tennessee hermit emerged after decades of hiding in the woods to hear the nearby townsfolk's opinion of him at a mock funeral. Moving the action back a few years to the Depression, this film is a funny and tender retelling of that story, resonating with warmth and sardonic wit and containing a majestic performance by Robert Duvall... The iconic actor plays Felix Bush, a grizzled old recluse who has cut himself off from society for 40 years... What a shock when Felix wanders into town one day in battered rags, his gnarled face buried behind a white beard. Fearing his imminent passing, he decides that ‘it's time to get low’ - meaning time to make plans for dying, including the purchase of a plot, a casket and a eulogy. This is great news for Frank Quinn, the doleful owner of a failing funeral parlor. Better still, his customer envisions a funeral party - one last hurrah that will draw friends and enemies alike to his shack in the woods for the final send-off... He even decides to sell raffle tickets. The lucky winner will get 300 acres of virgin timber land and a mule named Gracie... One caveat: The celebration must take place while he is still alive to enjoy it!... The film is enhanced by bluegrass music, and the beautifully composed camera setups serve as exquisite backdrops for a series of keenly calibrated performances. Bill Murray is both sad and funny as the opportunistic mortician with a well-concealed conscience, and Sissy Spacek is a touching and terrifically matched counterpart for Mr. Duvall... Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure.” - Rex Reed, The New York Observer<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1194263">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792&date=1284933600 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=791 <B>This is the last night for this film.</B><P><B>Rated:</B> 14 Accompaniment (Coarse Language, Crude Content)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 84 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Ricki Stern/Anne Sundberg<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Joan Rivers, Jocelyn Pickett, Billy Sammeth, Kathy Griffin<BR><B>Awards:</B> Digital projection.<BR><BR>“One of the smarter, more unexpectedly touching documentaries of the year, and I recommend it to you whether you love Rivers or loathe the very thought of her.” - Ty Burr, The Boston Globe. “One of the best movies ever made about the brutal and unforgiving world of show business.” - The Dallas Morning News. “This very engaging year-in-the-life-of portrait proves that the perennially caustic comic has no use for anybody’s pity. She’s got no time for it, either. Featured here in her 76th year, Rivers maintains a schedule gruelling enough to impress workaholics half her age. When not travelling across the US to perform stand-up shows - during which she demonstrates an undiminished flair for viciousness toward her audience and herself - she’s busy pushing her jewellery and cosmetics lines. Stern and Sundberg also provide bits and pieces of biography to fill out the picture of how she got here and why she deserves respect as a forerunner for professional funny ladies.... Dramatic arcs are provided by her travails with an autobiographical play she mounts in London and LA, her deteriorating relationship with her long-time manager and an ultimately triumphant stint on The Celebrity Apprentice. But just as memorable are Rivers’ displays of generosity to friends and family and her own expressions of vulnerability. Emotionally unguarded yet intensely disciplined as an artist and performer, Rivers is a contradictory and compelling figure... Far from freakish or past her due, she seems downright heroic.” - Jason Anderson, Eye Magazine<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=791">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1568150">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:10:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=791&date=1284941400 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792 Only <B>13</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 102 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Aaron Schneider<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney<BR><BR>“The aura of William Faulkner lingers over Get Low, a chunk of down-home rural Southern folklore based on a real event in 1938, when a Tennessee hermit emerged after decades of hiding in the woods to hear the nearby townsfolk's opinion of him at a mock funeral. Moving the action back a few years to the Depression, this film is a funny and tender retelling of that story, resonating with warmth and sardonic wit and containing a majestic performance by Robert Duvall... The iconic actor plays Felix Bush, a grizzled old recluse who has cut himself off from society for 40 years... What a shock when Felix wanders into town one day in battered rags, his gnarled face buried behind a white beard. Fearing his imminent passing, he decides that ‘it's time to get low’ - meaning time to make plans for dying, including the purchase of a plot, a casket and a eulogy. This is great news for Frank Quinn, the doleful owner of a failing funeral parlor. Better still, his customer envisions a funeral party - one last hurrah that will draw friends and enemies alike to his shack in the woods for the final send-off... He even decides to sell raffle tickets. The lucky winner will get 300 acres of virgin timber land and a mule named Gracie... One caveat: The celebration must take place while he is still alive to enjoy it!... The film is enhanced by bluegrass music, and the beautifully composed camera setups serve as exquisite backdrops for a series of keenly calibrated performances. Bill Murray is both sad and funny as the opportunistic mortician with a well-concealed conscience, and Sissy Spacek is a touching and terrifically matched counterpart for Mr. Duvall... Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure.” - Rex Reed, The New York Observer<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1194263">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792&date=1285020000 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792 Only <B>12</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 102 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Aaron Schneider<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney<BR><BR>“The aura of William Faulkner lingers over Get Low, a chunk of down-home rural Southern folklore based on a real event in 1938, when a Tennessee hermit emerged after decades of hiding in the woods to hear the nearby townsfolk's opinion of him at a mock funeral. Moving the action back a few years to the Depression, this film is a funny and tender retelling of that story, resonating with warmth and sardonic wit and containing a majestic performance by Robert Duvall... The iconic actor plays Felix Bush, a grizzled old recluse who has cut himself off from society for 40 years... What a shock when Felix wanders into town one day in battered rags, his gnarled face buried behind a white beard. Fearing his imminent passing, he decides that ‘it's time to get low’ - meaning time to make plans for dying, including the purchase of a plot, a casket and a eulogy. This is great news for Frank Quinn, the doleful owner of a failing funeral parlor. Better still, his customer envisions a funeral party - one last hurrah that will draw friends and enemies alike to his shack in the woods for the final send-off... He even decides to sell raffle tickets. The lucky winner will get 300 acres of virgin timber land and a mule named Gracie... One caveat: The celebration must take place while he is still alive to enjoy it!... The film is enhanced by bluegrass music, and the beautifully composed camera setups serve as exquisite backdrops for a series of keenly calibrated performances. Bill Murray is both sad and funny as the opportunistic mortician with a well-concealed conscience, and Sissy Spacek is a touching and terrifically matched counterpart for Mr. Duvall... Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure.” - Rex Reed, The New York Observer<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1194263">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792&date=1285106400 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792 Only <B>11</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 102 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Aaron Schneider<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney<BR><BR>“The aura of William Faulkner lingers over Get Low, a chunk of down-home rural Southern folklore based on a real event in 1938, when a Tennessee hermit emerged after decades of hiding in the woods to hear the nearby townsfolk's opinion of him at a mock funeral. Moving the action back a few years to the Depression, this film is a funny and tender retelling of that story, resonating with warmth and sardonic wit and containing a majestic performance by Robert Duvall... The iconic actor plays Felix Bush, a grizzled old recluse who has cut himself off from society for 40 years... What a shock when Felix wanders into town one day in battered rags, his gnarled face buried behind a white beard. Fearing his imminent passing, he decides that ‘it's time to get low’ - meaning time to make plans for dying, including the purchase of a plot, a casket and a eulogy. This is great news for Frank Quinn, the doleful owner of a failing funeral parlor. Better still, his customer envisions a funeral party - one last hurrah that will draw friends and enemies alike to his shack in the woods for the final send-off... He even decides to sell raffle tickets. The lucky winner will get 300 acres of virgin timber land and a mule named Gracie... One caveat: The celebration must take place while he is still alive to enjoy it!... The film is enhanced by bluegrass music, and the beautifully composed camera setups serve as exquisite backdrops for a series of keenly calibrated performances. Bill Murray is both sad and funny as the opportunistic mortician with a well-concealed conscience, and Sissy Spacek is a touching and terrifically matched counterpart for Mr. Duvall... Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure.” - Rex Reed, The New York Observer<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1194263">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792&date=1285192800 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792 Only <B>10</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 102 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Aaron Schneider<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney<BR><BR>“The aura of William Faulkner lingers over Get Low, a chunk of down-home rural Southern folklore based on a real event in 1938, when a Tennessee hermit emerged after decades of hiding in the woods to hear the nearby townsfolk's opinion of him at a mock funeral. Moving the action back a few years to the Depression, this film is a funny and tender retelling of that story, resonating with warmth and sardonic wit and containing a majestic performance by Robert Duvall... The iconic actor plays Felix Bush, a grizzled old recluse who has cut himself off from society for 40 years... What a shock when Felix wanders into town one day in battered rags, his gnarled face buried behind a white beard. Fearing his imminent passing, he decides that ‘it's time to get low’ - meaning time to make plans for dying, including the purchase of a plot, a casket and a eulogy. This is great news for Frank Quinn, the doleful owner of a failing funeral parlor. Better still, his customer envisions a funeral party - one last hurrah that will draw friends and enemies alike to his shack in the woods for the final send-off... He even decides to sell raffle tickets. The lucky winner will get 300 acres of virgin timber land and a mule named Gracie... One caveat: The celebration must take place while he is still alive to enjoy it!... The film is enhanced by bluegrass music, and the beautifully composed camera setups serve as exquisite backdrops for a series of keenly calibrated performances. Bill Murray is both sad and funny as the opportunistic mortician with a well-concealed conscience, and Sissy Spacek is a touching and terrifically matched counterpart for Mr. Duvall... Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure.” - Rex Reed, The New York Observer<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1194263">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792&date=1285279200 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792 Only <B>9</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 102 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Aaron Schneider<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney<BR><BR>“The aura of William Faulkner lingers over Get Low, a chunk of down-home rural Southern folklore based on a real event in 1938, when a Tennessee hermit emerged after decades of hiding in the woods to hear the nearby townsfolk's opinion of him at a mock funeral. Moving the action back a few years to the Depression, this film is a funny and tender retelling of that story, resonating with warmth and sardonic wit and containing a majestic performance by Robert Duvall... The iconic actor plays Felix Bush, a grizzled old recluse who has cut himself off from society for 40 years... What a shock when Felix wanders into town one day in battered rags, his gnarled face buried behind a white beard. Fearing his imminent passing, he decides that ‘it's time to get low’ - meaning time to make plans for dying, including the purchase of a plot, a casket and a eulogy. This is great news for Frank Quinn, the doleful owner of a failing funeral parlor. Better still, his customer envisions a funeral party - one last hurrah that will draw friends and enemies alike to his shack in the woods for the final send-off... He even decides to sell raffle tickets. The lucky winner will get 300 acres of virgin timber land and a mule named Gracie... One caveat: The celebration must take place while he is still alive to enjoy it!... The film is enhanced by bluegrass music, and the beautifully composed camera setups serve as exquisite backdrops for a series of keenly calibrated performances. Bill Murray is both sad and funny as the opportunistic mortician with a well-concealed conscience, and Sissy Spacek is a touching and terrifically matched counterpart for Mr. Duvall... Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure.” - Rex Reed, The New York Observer<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1194263">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792&date=1285365600 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=793 Only <B>2</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> 14 Accompaniment (Coarse Language, Substance Abuse)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 87 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Bruce MacDonald<BR><B>Country:</B> Canada<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Greg Calderone, Georgina Reilly, Kerr Hewitt, Stephen McHattie<BR><BR>“Bruce McDonald is on a roll. First, he turned the zombie movie on its head with Pontypool, and now he’s bringing that same inventive spirit to This Movie Is Broken, his take on the traditional concert film. Unfolding on one lazy, hazy July day in Toronto, This Movie Is Broken centres on a free outdoor gig by indie supergroup Broken Social Scene. The concert footage on display is intimate and pure documentary, but McDonald has chosen to give the audience two movies in one, weaving in a fictional narrative amongst the band’s rousing live numbers... The storyline proves to be gentle as a summer breeze, and every bit as romantic as a Broken Social Scene song. Twentysomething Bruno wakes up in the morning and pinches himself to make sure he really did consummate his relationship with his longtime friend Caroline the night before. The one hitch in this budding affair is that Caroline is heading to school in Paris the next day, leaving Bruno with 24 hours to make a lasting impression by staging the perfect date. Egged on by his savvy buddy Blake, Bruno promises to score backstage passes for Caroline’s favourite band (i.e. BSS) before the day is through... This Movie Is Broken sneaks up on you, gradually growing more affecting... This Movie Is Broken is handsomely shot, and as with many of McDonald’s recent pictures, there’s a playful experimentation at work. The movie often feels like a collage, meandering away from its main narrative to savour random images... This may sound precious, but This Movie Is Broken never feels that way. McDonald’s artier flourishes are subtle and always serve a purpose ­ he’s using the images to give an impression of the characters and the music.” - Lee Ferguson, CBC<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=793">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1571739">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Fri, 24 Sep 2010 21:10:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=793&date=1285373400 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=793 Only <B>1</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> 14 Accompaniment (Coarse Language, Substance Abuse)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 87 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Bruce MacDonald<BR><B>Country:</B> Canada<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Greg Calderone, Georgina Reilly, Kerr Hewitt, Stephen McHattie<BR><BR>“Bruce McDonald is on a roll. First, he turned the zombie movie on its head with Pontypool, and now he’s bringing that same inventive spirit to This Movie Is Broken, his take on the traditional concert film. Unfolding on one lazy, hazy July day in Toronto, This Movie Is Broken centres on a free outdoor gig by indie supergroup Broken Social Scene. The concert footage on display is intimate and pure documentary, but McDonald has chosen to give the audience two movies in one, weaving in a fictional narrative amongst the band’s rousing live numbers... The storyline proves to be gentle as a summer breeze, and every bit as romantic as a Broken Social Scene song. Twentysomething Bruno wakes up in the morning and pinches himself to make sure he really did consummate his relationship with his longtime friend Caroline the night before. The one hitch in this budding affair is that Caroline is heading to school in Paris the next day, leaving Bruno with 24 hours to make a lasting impression by staging the perfect date. Egged on by his savvy buddy Blake, Bruno promises to score backstage passes for Caroline’s favourite band (i.e. BSS) before the day is through... This Movie Is Broken sneaks up on you, gradually growing more affecting... This Movie Is Broken is handsomely shot, and as with many of McDonald’s recent pictures, there’s a playful experimentation at work. The movie often feels like a collage, meandering away from its main narrative to savour random images... This may sound precious, but This Movie Is Broken never feels that way. McDonald’s artier flourishes are subtle and always serve a purpose ­ he’s using the images to give an impression of the characters and the music.” - Lee Ferguson, CBC<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=793">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1571739">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=793&date=1285452000 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792 Only <B>8</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 102 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Aaron Schneider<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney<BR><BR>“The aura of William Faulkner lingers over Get Low, a chunk of down-home rural Southern folklore based on a real event in 1938, when a Tennessee hermit emerged after decades of hiding in the woods to hear the nearby townsfolk's opinion of him at a mock funeral. Moving the action back a few years to the Depression, this film is a funny and tender retelling of that story, resonating with warmth and sardonic wit and containing a majestic performance by Robert Duvall... The iconic actor plays Felix Bush, a grizzled old recluse who has cut himself off from society for 40 years... What a shock when Felix wanders into town one day in battered rags, his gnarled face buried behind a white beard. Fearing his imminent passing, he decides that ‘it's time to get low’ - meaning time to make plans for dying, including the purchase of a plot, a casket and a eulogy. This is great news for Frank Quinn, the doleful owner of a failing funeral parlor. Better still, his customer envisions a funeral party - one last hurrah that will draw friends and enemies alike to his shack in the woods for the final send-off... He even decides to sell raffle tickets. The lucky winner will get 300 acres of virgin timber land and a mule named Gracie... One caveat: The celebration must take place while he is still alive to enjoy it!... The film is enhanced by bluegrass music, and the beautifully composed camera setups serve as exquisite backdrops for a series of keenly calibrated performances. Bill Murray is both sad and funny as the opportunistic mortician with a well-concealed conscience, and Sissy Spacek is a touching and terrifically matched counterpart for Mr. Duvall... Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure.” - Rex Reed, The New York Observer<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1194263">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Sat, 25 Sep 2010 21:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792&date=1285459200 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792 Only <B>7</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 102 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Aaron Schneider<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney<BR><BR>“The aura of William Faulkner lingers over Get Low, a chunk of down-home rural Southern folklore based on a real event in 1938, when a Tennessee hermit emerged after decades of hiding in the woods to hear the nearby townsfolk's opinion of him at a mock funeral. Moving the action back a few years to the Depression, this film is a funny and tender retelling of that story, resonating with warmth and sardonic wit and containing a majestic performance by Robert Duvall... The iconic actor plays Felix Bush, a grizzled old recluse who has cut himself off from society for 40 years... What a shock when Felix wanders into town one day in battered rags, his gnarled face buried behind a white beard. Fearing his imminent passing, he decides that ‘it's time to get low’ - meaning time to make plans for dying, including the purchase of a plot, a casket and a eulogy. This is great news for Frank Quinn, the doleful owner of a failing funeral parlor. Better still, his customer envisions a funeral party - one last hurrah that will draw friends and enemies alike to his shack in the woods for the final send-off... He even decides to sell raffle tickets. The lucky winner will get 300 acres of virgin timber land and a mule named Gracie... One caveat: The celebration must take place while he is still alive to enjoy it!... The film is enhanced by bluegrass music, and the beautifully composed camera setups serve as exquisite backdrops for a series of keenly calibrated performances. Bill Murray is both sad and funny as the opportunistic mortician with a well-concealed conscience, and Sissy Spacek is a touching and terrifically matched counterpart for Mr. Duvall... Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure.” - Rex Reed, The New York Observer<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1194263">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792&date=1285538400 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=793 <B>This is the last night for this film.</B><P><B>Rated:</B> 14 Accompaniment (Coarse Language, Substance Abuse)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 87 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Bruce MacDonald<BR><B>Country:</B> Canada<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Greg Calderone, Georgina Reilly, Kerr Hewitt, Stephen McHattie<BR><BR>“Bruce McDonald is on a roll. First, he turned the zombie movie on its head with Pontypool, and now he’s bringing that same inventive spirit to This Movie Is Broken, his take on the traditional concert film. Unfolding on one lazy, hazy July day in Toronto, This Movie Is Broken centres on a free outdoor gig by indie supergroup Broken Social Scene. The concert footage on display is intimate and pure documentary, but McDonald has chosen to give the audience two movies in one, weaving in a fictional narrative amongst the band’s rousing live numbers... The storyline proves to be gentle as a summer breeze, and every bit as romantic as a Broken Social Scene song. Twentysomething Bruno wakes up in the morning and pinches himself to make sure he really did consummate his relationship with his longtime friend Caroline the night before. The one hitch in this budding affair is that Caroline is heading to school in Paris the next day, leaving Bruno with 24 hours to make a lasting impression by staging the perfect date. Egged on by his savvy buddy Blake, Bruno promises to score backstage passes for Caroline’s favourite band (i.e. BSS) before the day is through... This Movie Is Broken sneaks up on you, gradually growing more affecting... This Movie Is Broken is handsomely shot, and as with many of McDonald’s recent pictures, there’s a playful experimentation at work. The movie often feels like a collage, meandering away from its main narrative to savour random images... This may sound precious, but This Movie Is Broken never feels that way. McDonald’s artier flourishes are subtle and always serve a purpose ­ he’s using the images to give an impression of the characters and the music.” - Lee Ferguson, CBC<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=793">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1571739">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:10:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=793&date=1285546200 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792 Only <B>6</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 102 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Aaron Schneider<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney<BR><BR>“The aura of William Faulkner lingers over Get Low, a chunk of down-home rural Southern folklore based on a real event in 1938, when a Tennessee hermit emerged after decades of hiding in the woods to hear the nearby townsfolk's opinion of him at a mock funeral. Moving the action back a few years to the Depression, this film is a funny and tender retelling of that story, resonating with warmth and sardonic wit and containing a majestic performance by Robert Duvall... The iconic actor plays Felix Bush, a grizzled old recluse who has cut himself off from society for 40 years... What a shock when Felix wanders into town one day in battered rags, his gnarled face buried behind a white beard. Fearing his imminent passing, he decides that ‘it's time to get low’ - meaning time to make plans for dying, including the purchase of a plot, a casket and a eulogy. This is great news for Frank Quinn, the doleful owner of a failing funeral parlor. Better still, his customer envisions a funeral party - one last hurrah that will draw friends and enemies alike to his shack in the woods for the final send-off... He even decides to sell raffle tickets. The lucky winner will get 300 acres of virgin timber land and a mule named Gracie... One caveat: The celebration must take place while he is still alive to enjoy it!... The film is enhanced by bluegrass music, and the beautifully composed camera setups serve as exquisite backdrops for a series of keenly calibrated performances. Bill Murray is both sad and funny as the opportunistic mortician with a well-concealed conscience, and Sissy Spacek is a touching and terrifically matched counterpart for Mr. Duvall... Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure.” - Rex Reed, The New York Observer<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1194263">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792&date=1285624800 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792 Only <B>5</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 102 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Aaron Schneider<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney<BR><BR>“The aura of William Faulkner lingers over Get Low, a chunk of down-home rural Southern folklore based on a real event in 1938, when a Tennessee hermit emerged after decades of hiding in the woods to hear the nearby townsfolk's opinion of him at a mock funeral. Moving the action back a few years to the Depression, this film is a funny and tender retelling of that story, resonating with warmth and sardonic wit and containing a majestic performance by Robert Duvall... The iconic actor plays Felix Bush, a grizzled old recluse who has cut himself off from society for 40 years... What a shock when Felix wanders into town one day in battered rags, his gnarled face buried behind a white beard. Fearing his imminent passing, he decides that ‘it's time to get low’ - meaning time to make plans for dying, including the purchase of a plot, a casket and a eulogy. This is great news for Frank Quinn, the doleful owner of a failing funeral parlor. Better still, his customer envisions a funeral party - one last hurrah that will draw friends and enemies alike to his shack in the woods for the final send-off... He even decides to sell raffle tickets. The lucky winner will get 300 acres of virgin timber land and a mule named Gracie... One caveat: The celebration must take place while he is still alive to enjoy it!... The film is enhanced by bluegrass music, and the beautifully composed camera setups serve as exquisite backdrops for a series of keenly calibrated performances. Bill Murray is both sad and funny as the opportunistic mortician with a well-concealed conscience, and Sissy Spacek is a touching and terrifically matched counterpart for Mr. Duvall... Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure.” - Rex Reed, The New York Observer<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1194263">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792&date=1285711200 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792 Only <B>4</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 102 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Aaron Schneider<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney<BR><BR>“The aura of William Faulkner lingers over Get Low, a chunk of down-home rural Southern folklore based on a real event in 1938, when a Tennessee hermit emerged after decades of hiding in the woods to hear the nearby townsfolk's opinion of him at a mock funeral. Moving the action back a few years to the Depression, this film is a funny and tender retelling of that story, resonating with warmth and sardonic wit and containing a majestic performance by Robert Duvall... The iconic actor plays Felix Bush, a grizzled old recluse who has cut himself off from society for 40 years... What a shock when Felix wanders into town one day in battered rags, his gnarled face buried behind a white beard. Fearing his imminent passing, he decides that ‘it's time to get low’ - meaning time to make plans for dying, including the purchase of a plot, a casket and a eulogy. This is great news for Frank Quinn, the doleful owner of a failing funeral parlor. Better still, his customer envisions a funeral party - one last hurrah that will draw friends and enemies alike to his shack in the woods for the final send-off... He even decides to sell raffle tickets. The lucky winner will get 300 acres of virgin timber land and a mule named Gracie... One caveat: The celebration must take place while he is still alive to enjoy it!... The film is enhanced by bluegrass music, and the beautifully composed camera setups serve as exquisite backdrops for a series of keenly calibrated performances. Bill Murray is both sad and funny as the opportunistic mortician with a well-concealed conscience, and Sissy Spacek is a touching and terrifically matched counterpart for Mr. Duvall... Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure.” - Rex Reed, The New York Observer<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1194263">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792&date=1285797600 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792 Only <B>3</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 102 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Aaron Schneider<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney<BR><BR>“The aura of William Faulkner lingers over Get Low, a chunk of down-home rural Southern folklore based on a real event in 1938, when a Tennessee hermit emerged after decades of hiding in the woods to hear the nearby townsfolk's opinion of him at a mock funeral. Moving the action back a few years to the Depression, this film is a funny and tender retelling of that story, resonating with warmth and sardonic wit and containing a majestic performance by Robert Duvall... The iconic actor plays Felix Bush, a grizzled old recluse who has cut himself off from society for 40 years... What a shock when Felix wanders into town one day in battered rags, his gnarled face buried behind a white beard. Fearing his imminent passing, he decides that ‘it's time to get low’ - meaning time to make plans for dying, including the purchase of a plot, a casket and a eulogy. This is great news for Frank Quinn, the doleful owner of a failing funeral parlor. Better still, his customer envisions a funeral party - one last hurrah that will draw friends and enemies alike to his shack in the woods for the final send-off... He even decides to sell raffle tickets. The lucky winner will get 300 acres of virgin timber land and a mule named Gracie... One caveat: The celebration must take place while he is still alive to enjoy it!... The film is enhanced by bluegrass music, and the beautifully composed camera setups serve as exquisite backdrops for a series of keenly calibrated performances. Bill Murray is both sad and funny as the opportunistic mortician with a well-concealed conscience, and Sissy Spacek is a touching and terrifically matched counterpart for Mr. Duvall... Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure.” - Rex Reed, The New York Observer<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1194263">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792&date=1285884000 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=794 Only <B>2</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 76 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Mark Cousins<BR><B>Country:</B> UK/Canada<BR><B>Released:</B> 2009<BR><B>Awards:</B> Digital projection.<BR><BR>“Not many critics also get to be accomplished film-makers, but one such is Mark Cousins, a brilliantly exuberant movie writer... Cousins's tremendous new film, The First Movie is part documentary, part essay, part contemporary memoir, recording his visit to Goptapa in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, which was the subject of a horrendous chemical assault in 1988. Cousins's mission was to film the region ­ and he has some stunning, poetic images ­ and also to talk to the adults and the children there. But not just that. Cousins does not regard these children as the passive object of his camera lens: the exotic and mysterious bearers of innocence, which is how they are so often seen. On the contrary. He asks them to be discerning viewers and even makers of films... Cousins settled them down to watch movies like Palle Alone in the World, about a little boy who wakes up in the world without grown-ups, The Boot, about a little girl who loses one of her red wellington boots, and ET: The Extra Terrestrial. Then he hands out some digital video cameras to the children and asks them to make their own films. The children come back with some remarkable stuff. Some elicit powerful first-person testimony from their mothers and grandmothers about what happened during Saddam's murderous chemical rain. Another child, using a continuously held camera shot, devises a fascinating and revealing fable of a boy who, without friends or toys, confides his hopes, dreams and thoughts to the mud. These are, as it happens, children who have never before seen a film... And all this is interleaved with Cousins's own thoughts about growing up himself in a war zone; Northern Ireland. He says that as meat is tenderised for being battered, so he believes that children need not be hardened by this ­ and that the life of the imagination is what is real, more real than war. This is a terrifically enjoyable and engaging film: open-minded and open-hearted, and utterly unlike the material on regular commercial release.” - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian (U.K.). “An achingly lyrical story of honesty, honour and hope in a postwar landscape.” - The Times, London. “An intriguing and inspiring work... More a pro-childhood movie than an anti-war movie, The First Movie celebrates happiness.” - The Belfast Telegraph<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=794">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1578269">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:45:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=794&date=1285969500 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792 Only <B>2</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 102 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Aaron Schneider<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney<BR><BR>“The aura of William Faulkner lingers over Get Low, a chunk of down-home rural Southern folklore based on a real event in 1938, when a Tennessee hermit emerged after decades of hiding in the woods to hear the nearby townsfolk's opinion of him at a mock funeral. Moving the action back a few years to the Depression, this film is a funny and tender retelling of that story, resonating with warmth and sardonic wit and containing a majestic performance by Robert Duvall... The iconic actor plays Felix Bush, a grizzled old recluse who has cut himself off from society for 40 years... What a shock when Felix wanders into town one day in battered rags, his gnarled face buried behind a white beard. Fearing his imminent passing, he decides that ‘it's time to get low’ - meaning time to make plans for dying, including the purchase of a plot, a casket and a eulogy. This is great news for Frank Quinn, the doleful owner of a failing funeral parlor. Better still, his customer envisions a funeral party - one last hurrah that will draw friends and enemies alike to his shack in the woods for the final send-off... He even decides to sell raffle tickets. The lucky winner will get 300 acres of virgin timber land and a mule named Gracie... One caveat: The celebration must take place while he is still alive to enjoy it!... The film is enhanced by bluegrass music, and the beautifully composed camera setups serve as exquisite backdrops for a series of keenly calibrated performances. Bill Murray is both sad and funny as the opportunistic mortician with a well-concealed conscience, and Sissy Spacek is a touching and terrifically matched counterpart for Mr. Duvall... Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure.” - Rex Reed, The New York Observer<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1194263">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:30:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792&date=1285975800 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=794 Only <B>1</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 76 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Mark Cousins<BR><B>Country:</B> UK/Canada<BR><B>Released:</B> 2009<BR><B>Awards:</B> Digital projection.<BR><BR>“Not many critics also get to be accomplished film-makers, but one such is Mark Cousins, a brilliantly exuberant movie writer... Cousins's tremendous new film, The First Movie is part documentary, part essay, part contemporary memoir, recording his visit to Goptapa in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, which was the subject of a horrendous chemical assault in 1988. Cousins's mission was to film the region ­ and he has some stunning, poetic images ­ and also to talk to the adults and the children there. But not just that. Cousins does not regard these children as the passive object of his camera lens: the exotic and mysterious bearers of innocence, which is how they are so often seen. On the contrary. He asks them to be discerning viewers and even makers of films... Cousins settled them down to watch movies like Palle Alone in the World, about a little boy who wakes up in the world without grown-ups, The Boot, about a little girl who loses one of her red wellington boots, and ET: The Extra Terrestrial. Then he hands out some digital video cameras to the children and asks them to make their own films. The children come back with some remarkable stuff. Some elicit powerful first-person testimony from their mothers and grandmothers about what happened during Saddam's murderous chemical rain. Another child, using a continuously held camera shot, devises a fascinating and revealing fable of a boy who, without friends or toys, confides his hopes, dreams and thoughts to the mud. These are, as it happens, children who have never before seen a film... And all this is interleaved with Cousins's own thoughts about growing up himself in a war zone; Northern Ireland. He says that as meat is tenderised for being battered, so he believes that children need not be hardened by this ­ and that the life of the imagination is what is real, more real than war. This is a terrifically enjoyable and engaging film: open-minded and open-hearted, and utterly unlike the material on regular commercial release.” - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian (U.K.). “An achingly lyrical story of honesty, honour and hope in a postwar landscape.” - The Times, London. “An intriguing and inspiring work... More a pro-childhood movie than an anti-war movie, The First Movie celebrates happiness.” - The Belfast Telegraph<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=794">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1578269">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Sat, 02 Oct 2010 18:45:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=794&date=1286055900 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792 Only <B>1</B> days left to see this film.<P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 102 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Aaron Schneider<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney<BR><BR>“The aura of William Faulkner lingers over Get Low, a chunk of down-home rural Southern folklore based on a real event in 1938, when a Tennessee hermit emerged after decades of hiding in the woods to hear the nearby townsfolk's opinion of him at a mock funeral. Moving the action back a few years to the Depression, this film is a funny and tender retelling of that story, resonating with warmth and sardonic wit and containing a majestic performance by Robert Duvall... The iconic actor plays Felix Bush, a grizzled old recluse who has cut himself off from society for 40 years... What a shock when Felix wanders into town one day in battered rags, his gnarled face buried behind a white beard. Fearing his imminent passing, he decides that ‘it's time to get low’ - meaning time to make plans for dying, including the purchase of a plot, a casket and a eulogy. This is great news for Frank Quinn, the doleful owner of a failing funeral parlor. Better still, his customer envisions a funeral party - one last hurrah that will draw friends and enemies alike to his shack in the woods for the final send-off... He even decides to sell raffle tickets. The lucky winner will get 300 acres of virgin timber land and a mule named Gracie... One caveat: The celebration must take place while he is still alive to enjoy it!... The film is enhanced by bluegrass music, and the beautifully composed camera setups serve as exquisite backdrops for a series of keenly calibrated performances. Bill Murray is both sad and funny as the opportunistic mortician with a well-concealed conscience, and Sissy Spacek is a touching and terrifically matched counterpart for Mr. Duvall... Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure.” - Rex Reed, The New York Observer<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1194263">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Sat, 02 Oct 2010 20:30:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792&date=1286062200 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=794 <B>This is the last night for this film.</B><P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 76 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Mark Cousins<BR><B>Country:</B> UK/Canada<BR><B>Released:</B> 2009<BR><B>Awards:</B> Digital projection.<BR><BR>“Not many critics also get to be accomplished film-makers, but one such is Mark Cousins, a brilliantly exuberant movie writer... Cousins's tremendous new film, The First Movie is part documentary, part essay, part contemporary memoir, recording his visit to Goptapa in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, which was the subject of a horrendous chemical assault in 1988. Cousins's mission was to film the region ­ and he has some stunning, poetic images ­ and also to talk to the adults and the children there. But not just that. Cousins does not regard these children as the passive object of his camera lens: the exotic and mysterious bearers of innocence, which is how they are so often seen. On the contrary. He asks them to be discerning viewers and even makers of films... Cousins settled them down to watch movies like Palle Alone in the World, about a little boy who wakes up in the world without grown-ups, The Boot, about a little girl who loses one of her red wellington boots, and ET: The Extra Terrestrial. Then he hands out some digital video cameras to the children and asks them to make their own films. The children come back with some remarkable stuff. Some elicit powerful first-person testimony from their mothers and grandmothers about what happened during Saddam's murderous chemical rain. Another child, using a continuously held camera shot, devises a fascinating and revealing fable of a boy who, without friends or toys, confides his hopes, dreams and thoughts to the mud. These are, as it happens, children who have never before seen a film... And all this is interleaved with Cousins's own thoughts about growing up himself in a war zone; Northern Ireland. He says that as meat is tenderised for being battered, so he believes that children need not be hardened by this ­ and that the life of the imagination is what is real, more real than war. This is a terrifically enjoyable and engaging film: open-minded and open-hearted, and utterly unlike the material on regular commercial release.” - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian (U.K.). “An achingly lyrical story of honesty, honour and hope in a postwar landscape.” - The Times, London. “An intriguing and inspiring work... More a pro-childhood movie than an anti-war movie, The First Movie celebrates happiness.” - The Belfast Telegraph<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=794">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1578269">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:45:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=794&date=1286142300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792 <B>This is the last night for this film.</B><P><B>Rated:</B> Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)<BR> <B>Runs:</B> 102 minutes<BR><B>Director:</B> Aaron Schneider<BR><B>Country:</B> US<BR><B>Released:</B> 2010<BR><B>Starring:</B> Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney<BR><BR>“The aura of William Faulkner lingers over Get Low, a chunk of down-home rural Southern folklore based on a real event in 1938, when a Tennessee hermit emerged after decades of hiding in the woods to hear the nearby townsfolk's opinion of him at a mock funeral. Moving the action back a few years to the Depression, this film is a funny and tender retelling of that story, resonating with warmth and sardonic wit and containing a majestic performance by Robert Duvall... The iconic actor plays Felix Bush, a grizzled old recluse who has cut himself off from society for 40 years... What a shock when Felix wanders into town one day in battered rags, his gnarled face buried behind a white beard. Fearing his imminent passing, he decides that ‘it's time to get low’ - meaning time to make plans for dying, including the purchase of a plot, a casket and a eulogy. This is great news for Frank Quinn, the doleful owner of a failing funeral parlor. Better still, his customer envisions a funeral party - one last hurrah that will draw friends and enemies alike to his shack in the woods for the final send-off... He even decides to sell raffle tickets. The lucky winner will get 300 acres of virgin timber land and a mule named Gracie... One caveat: The celebration must take place while he is still alive to enjoy it!... The film is enhanced by bluegrass music, and the beautifully composed camera setups serve as exquisite backdrops for a series of keenly calibrated performances. Bill Murray is both sad and funny as the opportunistic mortician with a well-concealed conscience, and Sissy Spacek is a touching and terrifically matched counterpart for Mr. Duvall... Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure.” - Rex Reed, The New York Observer<P><a href="http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792">Advance Tickets</a> ~ <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?1194263">IMDB on Film</a> ~ movies@citycinema.net (City Cinema) Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:30:00 -300 http://www.citycinema.net/onefilm.php3?film=792&date=1286148600