Thursday, October 20, 2005
Friday, October 21, 2005
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Sunday, October 23, 2005
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2005
Thursday, 12:30pm
Zeppelin!
Genre: History
105 minutes
From Germany
In German |
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German director Gordian Maugg (Olympic Summer) gives us a riveting feature based on the 1937 fiery destruction of the Hindenburg in Lakehurst, New Jersey, which has been called one of the most spectacular disasters of the 20th century.
To finally bring to an end a story his father has kept hidden in a notebook, Matthias Silcher researches the story of his grandfather, who died in 1937 in Lakehurst as a crew member on the Hindenburg. The bizarre circumstances of his grandfather's death comes to light in 2004 with the help the only witness who really knows what happened. Not rated. |
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Thursday, 3:00pm
Mind the Gap
Comedy, Drama
134 minutes.
From the USA.
In English. |
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Director Eric Schaeffer deftly weaves five seemingly unrelated stories into a magical tapestry. Starring Alan King, Elizabeth Reaser and Jill Sobule. Rated PG-13.
Award winner: Special Jury Award for Narrative Feature, South by Southwest Film Festival
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Thursday, 5:30pm
Winter Passing
Drama
1 hour 38 minutes.
From the USA.
In English. |
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Actress Reese Holden has been offered a small fortune if she can secure the love letters that her father, a reclusive novelist, wrote to her mother, who has since passed away. Returning to Michigan, she finds that an ex-grad student and a would-be musician have moved in with her father, who cares more about his new friends than he does about his own well-being.
Written and directed by Adam Rapp. Starring Ed Harris and Will Ferrell. Rated R: for language, some drug use and sexuality |
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Thursday, 8:00pm
Sneak Preview
Comedy/Drama
135 minutes.
From Ireland and the U.K.
In English.
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| This sneak peak turned out to be Breakfast on Pluto, from Sony Pictures Classics. Rated R. |
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2005
Friday, 12:00pm
The Loss of Nameless Things
Documentary
103 minutes.
From the USA.
In English. |
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In 1978 Oakley Hall lll was a promising playwright on the verge of national recognition when a mysterious fall from a bridge took his artistic life away. The Loss of Nameless Things is the haunting tale of Hall's fall from grace and what happens when, twenty five years later, a theater company stages the very play he was writing the night he fell. Not rated.
Multi-award winner: San Francisco Documentary Festival--Best Documentary; Sedona Internatoinal Film Festival--Best Documentary; Sidewalk Moving Picture Film Festival--Best Documentary; Temecula Valley International Film Festival--Best Documentary, Spirit of Creativity, Sante Fe Film Festival--Milagro Award; Sedona--Audience Award; Birmingham--Best Documentary
Official web site for The Loss of Nameless Things
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Friday, 2:30pm
Fateless
Drama
134 minutes
From Hungary, Germany and the UK.
In Hungarian, English and German.
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A historical drama based on Nobel laureate Imre Kertesz's novel about Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust: After his father loses his business and is taken to a labour camp, Gyorgy Koves finds himself baffled and alone at Auschwitz-Birkenau, struggling to find meaning in his tragic fate. Amid the deprivation and brutality, he takes solace in the kindness of an array of characters. Gyorgy will have to draw on the memory of these small gestures of humanity when he returns to Budapest and realizes that the horrors he has experienced while interned have left him profoundly alienated from his post-war community. Not rated.
Official website for Fateless |
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Friday, 5:00pm
Paradise Now
Drama
90 minutes
From France, Germany, Netherlands and Israel.
In Arabic.
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Directed by Palestinian Hany Abu-Assad (Rena’s Wedding), Paradise Now is the riveting story of two Palestinian childhood friends who have been recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. A young woman throws a monkey wrench into the works.
Shot on location in the West Bank. Strong cast and script, powerful photography. Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material and brief strong language.
Multi Award-Winner: Berlin--Amnesty International, Blue Angel and Golden Bear Awards; Emden--3rd place.
See the trailer for Paradise Now |
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Friday, 7:30pm
Sneak Preview
Drama/Thriller
117 minutes.
From France, Austria, Germany and Italy.
In French.
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| This sneak peak turned out to be Caché, from Sony Pictures Classics. Rated R. |
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Friday, 10:00pm
Stryker
From Canada.
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This is the story of brutal turf war between two street gangs in Winnipeg’s NorthEnd. Omar, the mixed-blood leader of the ABS (Asian Bomb Squad), dominates the ‘hood with his crew of Filipino enforcers. His nemesis, Mama Ceece, is the girl-thug leader of the Indian Posse. “Stryker” is Canadian slang for a prospective gang member. This film follows one Stryker, a 14-year-old Native arsonist form a northern reserve whose arrival in the city serves as a catalyst in this fierce battle. Rated R.
Official web site for Stryker
View the trailer for Stryker
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2005
Saturday, 10:30am
Children’s Program
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| Introduced by puppeteer Steve Charney, FilmColumbia is please to present award-winning film shorts from around the world, exclusively for our young crowd. Ideal for children 12 and under. Curated by Stephanie Fishette and Patti Greany of Bob Giraldi Productions in NYC. Free admission. Not rated. |
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Saturday, 12:30pm
Bee Season
Drama
104 minutes
From the USA
In English
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A wife and mother begins a downward emotional spiral, as her husband avoids their collapsing marriage by immersing himself in his 11 year-old daughter's quest to become a spelling bee champion.
Adapted from the best seller by Myla Goldberg and starring Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche and Kate Bosworth. Filmmakers: Scott McGehee, David Siegel. Rated: PG-13 for thematic elements, a scene of sensuality and brief strong language.
Official web site for Bee Season
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Saturday, 3:00pm
The Ax (Le Couperet)
Satire/mystery/thriller
122 minutes.
From France, Belgium and Spain.
In French.
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Adapted from a Donald Westlake novel, Costa-Gavras’ (Z, Missing) latest is a far-fetched crime tale with a welcome and successful black comic edge. José Garcia is a put-upon suburban everyman who loses his well-paid job at a corporate paper company and is unable to find another position to support his family.His solution is radical, ridiculous even. Gavras strikes a fine balance between tragedy and comedy so that the wildness of his story never seems to matter. Rated R
Official website for The Ax
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5:30pm
Ice Harvest
Comedy, Thriller
2 hours.
From the USA.
In English.
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In icebound Wichita, Kansas, it's Christmas Eve, and this year Charlie Arglist just might have something to celebrate. Charlie, an attorney for the sleazy businesses of Wichita, and his unsavory associate have just successfully embezzled $2 million from the Kansas City boss. But the real prize for Charlie is the stunning Renata, who runs the Sweet Cage strip club.
Billy Bob Thornton, John Cusack , Randy Quaid, Oliver Platt and Connie Nielsen star in this Focus Features release. Directed by Harold Ramis. Rated R for violence, language and sexuality/nudity.
Official web site for Ice Harvest |
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8:00pm
Sneak Preview
Drama/Romance
134 minutes.
From the U.K.
In English.
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| This sneak peak turned out to be Brokeback Mountain from Focus Features. Rated R. |
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2005
10:30am
High School Film Project |
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| The Chatham Film Club is proud to present two student films this year. The first was written and filmed by high school students in Columbia County working together with filmmaker and mentor Wes Jones. The second film is by student Austin Call. Admission is free. |
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12:00pm
Bearing Witness
Documentary
90 minutes.
From the USA.
In English.
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A searing portrait of five women war correspondents who covered the war in Iraq, giving us a firsthand account of the events they witnessed including one's arrest and incarceration in the infamous Abu Ghraib prison.
Directed By Bob Eisenhardt, Barbara Kopple and Marijana Wotton. Not rated. |
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2:30pm
Animation Festival
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| From hilarious to poignant, a variety of animated shorts that show the extreme range of technique and expression possible in the medium. Something for animation fans to love whatever their stylistic preference (computer generated, stop motion, old-school hand-drawn), including a Shane Acker short called “9.” Curated by Gary Leib (American Splendor). For mature audiences only. Rated R. |
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4:30pm
Go For Zucker
Comedy
90 minutes.
From Germany.
In German.
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| Down on his luck, conniving pool shark Jaeckie Zucker must make up with his estranged Orthodox Jewish brother Samuel in order to meet the terms of his mother's inheritance - the only thing that could save him from jail, ruin and divorce. But as Samuel and his entire clan move into Jaeckie's chaotic household, a clash of civilizations is inevitable, and Jaeckie's going to need every trick he can think of to make things go smoothly. Not rated.
Multiple Awards: German Film Award 2005 for Best Film, Best Costume Design, Best Score, Best Leading Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Ernst Lubitsch Award 2005 (Best German Comedy)
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6:30pm
Four Lane Highway
Romance/drama
From the USA.
In English.
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This deeply felt, award winning film was shot throughout Columbia County and NYC. Sean, stuck in his life in a small college town in Maine and living in the shadow of his famous writer father, takes off for NYC with his best friend in search of Molly, a painter and former love. The journey, fueled by a deep sense of longing, unfolds with a buoyant comic energy. Rated R.
Awards: Best Feature Drama, Woods Hole Festival
Directed by Columbia County native Dylan McCormick and starring Fred Weller (Business of Strangers) and Greer Goodman (Tao of Steve). |
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9:00pm
The Squid and the Whale
Drama
80 minutes.
From the U SA.
In English. |
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Noah Baumbach's pitilous yet darkly amusing account of the breakup of his parents marriage told from the point of view of his 16 year-old self. Jeff Daniels plays the father, portrayed as a pompous, less-than-successful man of letters, and Laura Linney does his mother, a smart, attractive writer whose sexual indiscretions precipitate the breakup. Jesse Eisenberg plays the older son. The New York Times calls it "both sharply comical and piercingly sad." Played Sundance and the New York Film Festival. Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Film. Rated R.
Awards: Director's Award and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, 2005 Sundance Film Festival
Official website for The Squid and the Whale |
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