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General admission $7.00
Seniors 60 and over
$4.50
Books of ten tix $55.00
FILM CLUB EXPANDS!!!
Our informal "film club" has gotten a very good buzz.
So starting right away every Monday the audience will
be invited to stay after the show and chat about the movie.
No need to join anything. The Newburyport Film Society
will host. They're the sweet, kind, knowledgeable, witty
people who bring us the annual Documentary Film Fest.
ONDINE
103 m., PG13, flat, Magnolia Pictures
Back in 2007 there was the now infamous Hollywood writer's strike. Screenwriter Neil Jordan did not sit idle. He went hme to his native Ireland and wrote ONDINE. Filmed on Ireland's gorgeous southwest coast. It is a tale of magic and wonder: a fisherman's life is changed when he snags a most unusual catch: a mysterious blonde.
With an endearing performance by Colin Farrell, ONDINE is a enchanting love story for adults. It mixes whimsy with grit.
FRI., Aug. 27 at 6:15 & 8:45 pm
SAT., Aug. 28 at 3:45, 6:15 & 8:45 pm
SUN., Aug. 29 at 5:00 & 7:30 pm
Mon. through Thur., Aug. 30 Sept. 2 at 7:30 pm
I AM LOVE
120 m., R, flat, Magnolia Pictures
(In Italian, Russian and English/w/titles)
Set in a sumptuous Art Deco villa in Milan, this is an intense, almost operatic Italian melodrama. Tilda Swinton plays the matron of a exceedingly wealthy Italian family who has an affair with her son's best friend. They both feel out-of-place in this world. The VILLAGE VOICE called this "Bold, thrilling and undeniably sensuous."
FRI., Sept. 3 at 6:00 & 8:45 pm
SAT., Sept. 4 at 3:30, 6:00 & 8:45 pm
SUN., Sept. 5 at 4:45 & 7:30 pm
Mon. through Thur., Sept. 6 9 at 7:30 pm
LIFE DURING WARTIME
98 m., NR, flat, IFC Films
"One of the year's best films," Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine. Charlotte Rampling heads a cast in the story of a woman who has seraparted form her incarcerated husband and is about to remarry. She is thrilled to have a "normal" man as a father-figure for her two sons. But the birth father is released form prison and now the family needs to decide whether to forgive or forget.
FRI., Sept. 10 at 6:15 & 8:45 pm
SAT., Sept. 11 at 3:45, 6:15 & 8:45 pm
SUN., Sept. 12 at 5:00 & 7:30 pm
Mon. through Thur., Sept. 13 16 at 7:30 pm
CAIRO TIME
88 m., PG, Scope, IFC Films
Called "an adventure of the heart." CAIRO TIME is about a Canadian woman, played by Patricia Clarkson, who travels to Cairo for a holiday with her UN aid worker husband. They paln a scenic vacation among the Pyramids. He's held up in Gaza however and a co-worker named Tarek meets her. She's a middle-aged blond beauty. She stops into a café and is overwhelmed by the attention paid to her. It turns out to be a men's only café. Tarel comes to her aid and the two develop a bond. In this film even the city of Cairo is a character.
FRI., Sept. 17 at 6:45 & 8:45 pm
SAT., Sept. 18 at 4:45, 6:45 & 8:45 pm
SUN., Sept. 19 at 5:30 & 7:30 pm
Mon. through Thur., Sept. 20 23 at 7:30 pm
THE SEVENTH ANNUAL
NEWBURYPORT DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
September 24 26
A selection of the finest documentaries from around the world
Playing here at the Screening Room and at the Firehouse Center For The Performing Arts
Check out the website for more information. Join the email list for updates.
www.newburyportfilmfestival.org
SOUL KITCHEN
99 m., NR, flat, IFC Films
(In German w/titles)
Filled with boisterous good spirit this is a story pf a man who runs a restaurant called Soul Kitchen in Hamburg, Germany. He sells pizza, fish fingers, macaroni and cheese and the like. The food is bad, the music is loud but the customers are happy. One day the tax collector takes the music system, his girlfriend gets another job, in China, no less, and his good-for-nothing brother gets paroled from jail.
The owner decides to run to China to be with his girlfriend so he hires a new chef to run Soul Kitchen. The new chef decides to remake the place as a culinary destination and to change the customers eating habits.
Now the owner must win back his girlfriend, save his restaurant, deal with the back taxes and keep his brother out of jail. A rollicking, foodie comedy. Winner Special Jury Prize at Venice and many other awards.
FRI., Sept. 24 at 6:15 & 8:45 pm
SAT., Sept. 25 at 6:15 & 8:45 pm
SUN., Sept. 26 at 7:30 pm only
Mon. through Thur., Sept. 27 30 at 7:30 pm
WILD GRASS
104 m., PG, Scope, Sony Pictures Classics
(In French w/titles)
Iconic French filmmaker Alain Resnais, winner at the 2009 Cannes Festival of the Lifetime Achievement Award, continues to make very good movies. This, his latest, is the story of an unexpected romance between a couple over a lost wallet. WILD GRASS is colorful and vivid.
FRI., Oct 1 at 6:15 & 8:45 pm
SAT., Oct. 2 at 3:45, 6:15 & 8:45 pm
SUN., Oct. 3 at 5:00 & 7:30 pm
Mon. through Thur., Oct. 4 7 at 7:30 pm
COCO CHANNEL AND IGOR STRAVINSKY
118 m., R, Scope, Sony Pictures Classics
(In French w/titles)
A sumptuous recreation of 1920s France and the mad affair between two of the eras brightest artistic lights. This film comes closer than any other to capturing the selfish competitive passions of egomaniacs locked in erotic combat.. It's luxury, lovliness, music and art.
FRI., Oct. 8 at 6:00 & 8:45 pm
SAT., Oct. 9 at 3:30, 6:00 & 8:45 pm
SUN., Oct. 10 at 4:45 & 7:30 pm
Mon. through Thur., Oct. 11 14 at 7:30 pm
HEARTBREAKER
109 m, NR, Scope, IFC Films
(In French w/titles)
There are some genuine belly laughs in this movie about a man who makes his living opening women'e eyes to their unhappy relationships. He does this by batty his eyelashes and giving a ridiculous spiel. It's a ridiculous premise but it works. Until it doesn't. That's when a woman father hires him to break up his daughter's relationship to a man she plans to marry in only 10 days. Boasts stunning locations, a snappy script and a stunning soundtrack.
FRI., Oct. 15 at 6:15 & 8:45 pm
SAT., Oct. 16 at 3:45, 6:15 & 8:45 pm
SUN., Oct. 17 at 5:00 & 7:30 pm
Mon. through Thur., Oct. 18 21 at
7:30 pm
Adults $7.00, Over 60/Under 12, $4.50, Ticket books 10 for $55.00
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