To all our
Film Society members and supporters,
It's been a slow go on the coffee front, but we're thrilled to report
that the espresso machine is finally up and running! Small parts do take
time to arrive, but we're prepared to make the best latte this side of
the border for you to enjoy a lovely little Amy Adams film this week.
Thanks to all who have joined as members. We're looking forward to
seeing you with your member cards in the theater often. Look for our
special members screening the weekend of April 4th!
This week we open the amazing film MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY
staring Amy Adams - who is the darling of the indie world this year (see
JUNEBUG on dvd if you missed it!) and Frances McDormand - who is a
favorite all around!
MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY is "Frothy and exuberantly entertaining -
in part because of the sexual innuendoes - it's the best romantic comedy
so far this year." San Francisco Chronicle.
More Oscar films...
And...don't miss our presentation of Todd Haynes film I'M NOT THERE.
This film, most noted for the performance as Bob Dylan by Kate Blanchet,
is a cinematic retreat in style and vision like no other. "What Haynes
has essentially done is create a film that is a Bob Dylan song, one of
his best."...Film Threat
Held over!
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."
March!
Chamber of Commerce day. Details to come. Will include free screening
and discount screenings or memberships.
Held over!
THERE WILL BE BLOOD - last week! starring Oscar nominated actor Daniel
Day Lewis
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN - Last Week! rumored to win this weekend at the
Oscars
IN BRUGES
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 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
NEXT WEEK
FRI 3/21 - THU 3/27
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 01:15, 4:05, 7:05, 09:25
In Bruges 01:05, 4:10, 7:10, 09:30
There will Be Blood 01:00, 07:00
No Country For Old Men 04:00, 10:00
I'm Not There 01:10, 4:15, 7:15, 09:55
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TELL ME MORE...PLEASE!
(all star ratings are based on 4 star rating systems)
MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY
Directed by: Bharat Nalluri . Written by: David Magee Simon Beaufoy .
Starring: Frances McDormand Amy Adams Ciaran Hinds Shirley Henderson Lee
Pace .
In 1939 London, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew is a middle-aged governess who
finds herself once again unfairly dismissed from her job. Without so
much as severance pay, Miss Pettigrew realizes that she must--for the
first time in two decades--seize the day. This she does, by intercepting
an employment assignment outside of her comfort level--as "social
secretary." Arriving at a penthouse apartment for the interview, Miss
Pettigrew is catapulted into the glamorous world and dizzying social
whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse. Within
minutes, Miss Pettigrew finds herself swept into a heady high-society
milieu--and, within hours, living it up. Taking the "social secretary"
designation to heart, she tries to help her new friend Delysia navigate
a love life and career, both of which are complicated by the three men
in Delysia's orbit: devoted pianist Michael, intimidating nightclub
owner Nick, and impressionable junior impresario Phil. Miss Pettigrew
herself is blushingly drawn to the gallant Joe, a successful designer
who is tenuously engaged to haughty fashion maven Edythe, the one person
who senses that the new "social secretary" may be out of her element and
schemes to undermine her. During the next 24 hours, Guinevere and
Delysia will empower one another to discover their romantic destinies.
(Focus Features)
****Reelviews
Adams shines brightly, reinforcing the image she projected in Junebug
and enhanced in Enchanted and Charlie Wilson's War. At this time of the
year, it's tough to find a more diverting way to spend 90 minutes in a
multiplex.
***Chicago Tribune
Style is a tricky, elusive thing, and this film doesn’t so much have it
as strive for it, constantly. But something in Watson’s story endures:
The wish-fulfillment truly satisfies. And with the war clouds gathering
by story’s end, the fairy tale acquires a bittersweet edge, nicely
cutting all that whipped cream.
I'M NOT THERE
Directed by: Todd Haynes . Written by: Oren Moverman Todd Haynes .
Starring: Cate Blanchett Richard Gere Heath Ledger Christian Bale
Michelle Williams Julianne Moore Ben Whishaw Marcus Carl Franklin .
I'm Not There is a film that dramatizes the life and music of Bob Dylan
as a series of shifting personae, each performed by a different
actor—poet, prophet, outlaw, fake, star of electricity, rock and roll,
martyr born-again Christian—seven identities braided together, seven
organs pumping through one life story, as dense and vibrant as the era
it inspired. (The Weinstein Company)
****Entertainment Weekly
I'm Not There lets you hear it again, more majestically than ever.
****Village Voice
I'm Not There is the movie of the year.
****Film Threat
What Haynes has essentially done is create a film that is a Bob Dylan
song, one of his best.
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.
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
TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE
THE BAND'S VISIT
COUNTERFEITERS
SNOW ANGELS
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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