To all our
Film Society members and supporters,
Opening this week is the Sundance Film Festival hit IN BRUGES starring
Collin Ferrell. ****Roger Ebert
"An endlessly surprising, very dark, human comedy, with a plot that
cannot be foreseen but only relished."
I want to extend a big thank you to those of you who have been to the
venue to see multiple films. The distributors have been giving us
product more quickly and soon the newest films will be rotating at a
fine clip. Be sure to check out each week's newest film and tell all
your friends in the community that supporting Red Cliffs Cinemas means
that you are putting more money back into your own local film culture.
We look forward to continuing our promise to bring the best in
Independent Cinema to St. George!
March!
Chamber of Commerce day.
Details to come. Will include free screening and discount screenings or
memberships.
If you haven't made it out to see the classic re-print of RED
BALLOON/WHITE MANE you only have a couple of days! It ends on Thursday.
Held over!
THERE WILL BE BLOOD - starring Oscar nominated actor Daniel Day Lewis
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN - Last Week! rumored to win this weekend at the
Oscars
THE ORPHANAGE - Last Week!
As we're reaching out into the community to let everyone know of our new
theater at Red Cliffs, we need your help! Tell all your friends and
family. We won't be able to do it without the support of you the
community, and we're so thrilled to be here offering what you haven't
had a chance to see in the past!
Don't forget to check out the newest play at THE SPACE BETWEEN THEATRE
COMPANY, they've been a great community partner in getting the word out
about our opening. Also, XETAVA Coffee is available at the venue! Have
a great americano when you enjoy your film or any specialty coffee you
like...
Word of Mouth marketing...
Many of the films Salt Lake Film Society brings will not have the
marketing budget for you to be able to see them on television ads or in
the papers, so please feel free to read our "tell me more" section below
that describes each film and lists details of cast with critical review
re-caps. This should hopefully get you enough information to want to
venture out for a night at the cinema!
Memberships are a great way to support our non-profit as well. Ask any
staff member and/or reply to this e-mail for details. Our first member
screening will likely take place in March. All memberships are
tax-deductible - what a way to see movies!
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QUICK LOOK at SHOWTIMES - RED CLIFFS CINEMAS
Behind the RED CLIFFS MALL 1750 E. RED CLIFFS DR.
THIS WEEK:
Through March 13...
There will Be Blood 12:50, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00
Red Balloon, The / White Mane 01:05, 4:10, 7:10, 09:30
No Country For Old Men 12:55, 4:05, 7:05, 09:55
Orphanage, The 01:10, 4:15, 7:15, 09:35
NEXT WEEK
FRI 3/14 - THU 3/20
There will Be Blood 12:50, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00
In Bruges 01:05, 4:10, 7:10, 09:30
No Country For Old Men 12:55, 4:05, 7:05, 09:55
Orphanage, The 01:10, 4:15, 7:15, 09:35
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TELL ME MORE...PLEASE!
(all star ratings are based on 4 star rating systems)
IN BRUGES
Directed by: Martin McDonagh . Written by: Martin McDonagh . Starring:
Colin Farrell Brendan Gleeson Ralph Fiennes Clemence Posey .
Very much out of place amidst the gothic architecture, canals, and
cobbled streets, the two hit men fill their days living the lives of
tourists. Ray, still haunted by the bloodshed in London, hates the
place, while Ken, even as he keeps a fatherly eye on Ray's often
profanely funny exploits, finds his mind and soul being expanded by the
beauty and serenity of the city. But the longer they stay waiting for
Harry's call, the more surreal their experience becomes, as they find
themselves in weird encounters with locals, tourists, violent medieval
art, a dwarf American actor shooting a European art film, Dutch
prostitutes, and a potential romance for Ray in the form of Chloe, who
may have some dark secrets of her own. And when the call from Harry does
finally come, Ken and Ray's vacation becomes a life-and-death struggle
of darkly comic proportions and surprisingly emotional consequences.
(Focus Features)
****Film Threat
In a film full of great performances, Ralph Feinnes steals the show as
Harry, the boss.
***Rolling Stone
A haunting and hypnotic movie, just the thing to get lost in.
RED BALLOON
A boy makes friends with a balloon, "tames" it, and the balloon begins
to live a life of its own. It follows the boy to school, to the bus and
to church. Boy and balloon play together in the streets of Paris, and
try to elude a gang of boys who want to destroy the balloon. Winner of
the Best Original Screenplay Oscar but there is no dialogue spoken in
the film. Written by alfiehitchie
In Paris, a French schoolboy finds and becomes attached to a red
balloon. and vice-versa, with the balloon following him around like a
pet. It stays out of the reach of other would-be captors, but eventually
a gang of boys destroys it. Then other balloons of various sizes and
colors descend on the boy from all parts of Paris and together they lift
him into the sky and take him away over the horizon. Written by Les
Adams {longhorn@???}
WHITE MANE
A boy comes across a white-haired wild horse in the Camargue. Ranchers
seek to capture the horse, but it escapes. What will happen as the boy
sets out to find the horse again? The film is set in the gorgeous
landscape of the Camargue, a marsh area in the south of France where the
river Rhone meets the Mediterranean Sea.
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson . Written by: Paul Thomas Anderson .
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis Paul Dano Ciaran Hinds Kevin J. O'Connor .
When Daniel Plainview gets a mysterious tip-off that there's a little
town out West where an ocean of oil is oozing out of the ground, he
heads there with his son, H.W., to take their chances in dust-worn
Little Boston. In this hardscrabble town, where the main excitement
centers around the HOLY ROLLER church of charismatic preacher Eli
Sunday, Plainview and H.W. make their lucky strike. But even as the well
raises all of their fortunes, nothing will remain the same as conflicts
escalate and every human value--love, hope, community, belief, ambition,
and even the bond between father and son--is imperiled by corruption,
deception, and the flow of oil. (Paramount Vantage)
****Newsweek
There Will Be Blood is ferocious, and it will be championed and attacked
with an equal ferocity. When the dust settles, we may look back on it as
some kind of obsessed classic.
****Premiere
There Will Be Blood is, in fact, not a historical saga; rather, it's an
absurdist, blackly comic horror film with a very idiosyncratic satanic
figure at its core.
****Variety
Boldly and magnificently strange, There Will Be Blood marks a
significant departure in the work of Paul Thomas Anderson.
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Directed by: Ethan Coen Joel Coen . Written by: Ethan Coen Joel Coen .
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones Javier Bardem Josh Brolin Woody Harrelson
Kelly Macdonald
The time is our own, when rustlers have given way to drug runners and
small towns have become free-fire zones. The story begins when Llewelyn
Moss finds a pickup truck surrounded by a sentry of dead men. A load of
heroin and 2 million dollars in cash are still in the back. When Moss
takes the money, he sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic violence
that not even the law, in the person of aging, disillusioned Sheriff
Bell, can contain. As Moss tries to evade his pursuers--in particular, a
mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives--the film
simultaneously strips down the American crime drama and broadens its
concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily
contemporary as this morning's headline. (Miramax)
****Rolling Stone
Joel and Ethan Coen's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel is an
indisputably great movie, at this point the year's very best.
****Variety
A scorching blast of tense genre filmmaking shot through with rich veins
of melancholy, down-home philosophy and dark, dark humor, No Country for
Old Men reps a superior match of source material and filmmaking talent.
****Roger Ebert
Many of the scenes in No Country for Old Men are so flawlessly
constructed that you want them to simply continue, and yet they create
an emotional suction drawing you to the next scene. Another movie that
made me feel that way was "Fargo." To make one such film is a miracle.
Here is another.
****Premiere Magazine
As stomach-churning a suspense exercise as the cinema has seen since the
salad days of Hitchcock.
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FILMS TO COME
In no particular release order
WARDANCE
MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY
TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE
THE BAND'S VISIT
COUNTERFEITERS
SNOWANGELS
SON OF RAMBOW
UNDER THE SAME MOON (LA MISMA LUNA)
And many more....
Our staff here at the Salt Lake Film Society thanks all our supporters.
SLFS takes great care in hiring a staff that has a film history or
knowledge, so feel free to talk with any staff member about up coming
releases. They are a wealth of knowledge and I'm happy to take all
e-mail correspondence.
If you would like to volunteer for the Film Society events and earn
passes, please contact Amy Beth Leber at 801-746-0037
We thank you for your continuing support.
Tori Baker
Executive Director
Salt Lake Film Society...film festival all year long!
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