To all our Film Society members and supporters,
On June 9th at 6:00 p.m. we'd like to thank each of you at our member
appreciation wine and cheese reception & film screening. Each year we
offer great benefits to our members such as preview screenings and film
tickets, free video rentals and our private Sundance Festival screenings
and local nonprofit partnership discounts. But, we love to hear
directly from you and meet our supporters to learn more about how our
mission can better serve the community.
Our reception will begin prior to our member screening of:
MOMMA'S MAN <
http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/mommasman>
The Chronicle of the increasingly anxious dilemma of Mikey, a young
husband and father who stops off at is parent's loft during a business
trip to New York and finds himself emotionally unable to leave.
**** Mamma's Man is "one of the sweetest, saddest stories Franz Kafka
never wrote" - Village Voice.
We hope to see you there, offer a tour for you of our projection booth
and discuss the future of film in our community. Of course, we'll bring
the wine and cheese.
This weekend!
Midnight Friday and Saturday.....
and now... last-chance screening at NOON on Sunday.
Tower at Midnight begins this weekend with the archival print of the
Vincent Price HOUSE OF WAX <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045888/>.
June's Opening Weekend Promotions!
To show our gratitude to you for your continuing support, any guest that
attends an opening film on opening weekend can get FREE! small popcorn!
Offer through the end of June, so see any one of our opening films this
weekend! (Summer of 35mm excluded)
ALL Exclusive Engagements!
This week!
THE LIMITS OF CONTROL <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135092/>, indie
auteur Jim Jarmusch presents us with a beautifully meditative story of a
mysterious loner whose activities remain meticulously outside the law.
Starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, and John Hurt.
LEMON TREE <
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/lemontree>, a richly
humanistic, true story from Israel about a widower trying desperately to
save her late father's lemon grove.
This Weekend's Midnight:
Vincent Price stars as a demented wizard of wax in this '50's classic
horror.
Held over...
THE BROTHERS BLOOM <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844286/>, from the
director of /Brick
/ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL
<
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/anvilthestoryofanvil> at Tower-
Last Week
SITA SINGS THE BLUES - Final Week
<
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sita_sings_the_blues/>
SHALL WE KISS? <
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/shallwekiss>, an
intricate and intelligent French romantic comedy weaving a story out of
the possibilities of a single kiss.
IS ANYBODY THERE? <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130088/>
SIN NOMBRE <
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/sinnombre>
Last chance! Ending Thurs...
LYMELIFE <
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/lymelife>, starring Alec
Baldwin, Kieran Culkin, Rory Culkin, and Timothy Hutton.
THE GARDEN <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1252486/>
SUGAR <
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/sugar>, from the
writer/director of /Half Nelson/
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SPECIAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMS & PANELS
PRIDE week approaching!
This summer Salt Lake Film Society staff and volunteers are proud to
collaborate with the SLC Film Center and Utah Pride Center to present
the 2009 6th annual DAMN THESE HEELS! LGBT Film Festival.
All programs are FREE and open to the public (first-come first-served)
and take place at the Tower Theatre
Tickets are available day-of-show starting at 11am daily.
*Wednesday, June 10 - Opening Night *
VALENTINO: THE LAST EMPEROR <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1176244/>
With director Q&A
7:00 p.m.
*Thursday, June 11 *
BREAKFAST WITH SCOT <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910847/>
7:00 p.m.
*Friday, June 12*
ASK NOT <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1224437/>
6:30 p.m.
U PEOPLE <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1427308/>
8:00 p.m.
WERE THE WORLD MINE <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0476991/>
10:00 p.m.
Midnight
ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496328/>
*Saturday, June 13 *
SCREAMING QUEENS: THE RIOT AT COMPTON'S CAFETERIA
<
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464189/>
4:30 p.m.
BE LIKE OTHERS <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1157609/>
6:00 p.m.
SHELTER <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0942384/>
8:00 p.m.
4 MINUTES <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461694/>
10:00 p.m.
OTTO; OR, UP WITH DEAD PEOPLE <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1151384/>
Midnight
*Sunday, June 14 *
SCHOOLBOY CRUSH <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1417097/>
1:00 p.m.
LOOKING FOR CHEYENNE <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1417097/>
3:00 p.m.
/Closing Film: /
OUTRAGE <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049400/>
5:00 p.m.
With director Kirby Dick discussion hosted by Troy Williams of
RadioActive, KRCL.
Follow the Film Society on Facebook and Twitter!
Hop aboard our social-networking for film lovers. We'll have frequent
updates and exciting deals and discounts through our FACEBOOK
<
http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/group.php?gid=43745351125> page
and TWITTER <
http://twitter.com/SLFS> account. Both are free to join--if
you haven't already--and are great ways to stay in touch with our
organization and communicate with like-minded film lovers!
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MIDNIGHT MOVIES
at the Tower
Summer of 35 midnight lineup!
All on 35mm prints!
Special Summer of 35 pass good for all midnights and only $35 on sale at
the Tower!
In addition to Fridays and Saturdays at midnight, we will be adding a
"last chance" screening of the weekend's film at NOON every Sunday for
all those who can't make the late night screenings.
Schedule:
6/5-6/8- THE HOUSE OF WAX <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045888/> (1953
original w/ Vincent Price)
6/12-6/13- *Damn These Heels LGBT special midnights:
6/12- ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE
<
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496328/>
6/13- OTTO; OR UP WITH DEAD PEOPLE
<
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1151384/>
6/19-6/21- TAXI DRIVER <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075314/>
6/26-6/28- WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
<
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067992/> (1971 original w/ Gene Wilder)
7/3-7/5- WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243655/>
7/10-7/12- HAROLD AND MAUDE <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067185/>
7/17-7/19- SPIRITED AWAY <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245429/>
7/24-7/26- THE GODFATHER <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/>
7/31-8/2- THE GRADUATE <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/>
8/7-8/9- BEETLEJUICE <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094721/>
8/14-8/16- TRAINSPOTTING <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117951/>
8/21-8/23- RUSHMORE <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128445/>
8/28-8/30- REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA
<
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0963194/> (w/ live cast and audience
participation on both nights; get discounted tix with the purchase of
Rocky Horror ticket.)
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QUICK LOOK at SHOWTIMES -
THIS WEEK
***** only through Thursday 6/4
__Broadway__
The Garden 1:10, 4:25, 7:20, 9:20
Sita Sings the Blues 1:05, 4:05, 7:10, 9:10
Sin Nombre 4:10, 9:40
Lymelife 1:25, 7:15
Is Anybody There? 1:15, 4:20, 7:25, 9:30
Shall We Kiss? 1:20, 7:05
Sugar 4:15, 9:15
The Brothers Bloom 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:35
__Tower__
Anvil! The Story of Anvil 4:30, 7:00, 9:00
NEXT WEEK
****** From Friday 6/5 - Thursday 6/11
Lemon Tree 1:10, 4:25, 7:05, 9:20
Sita Sings The Blues 1:05, 4:15, 7:20, 9:10
Sin Nombre 4:10, 9:25
Shall We Kiss? 1:25, 7:15* (* Tue 6/9 no 7:15 show due to Member
Appreciation Screening at 7:30)
Is Anybody There? 1:15, 4:20, 7:25, 9:30
The Limits of Control 1:20, 4:05, 7:10, 9:40
The Brothers Bloom 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:35
__Tower__
Anvil! (2:30 Fri thru Sun only), 4:30, 7:00, 9:30
MIDNIGHT SHOW: House of Wax (Original 1953 Version) Fri 6/5, Sat 6/6,
and Sun 6/7 @ noon
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TELL ME MORE...PLEASE!
(all star ratings are based on 4 star rating systems)
THE LIMITS OF CONTROL
Written and directed by: Jim Jarmusch . Starring: Isaach De Bankolé,
Gael Garcia Bernal, Paz de la Huerta, Alex Descas, John Hurt, Youki
Kudoh, Bill Murray, and Tilda Swinton
The Limits of Control is the story of a mysterious loner, a stranger,
whose activities remain meticulously outside the law. He is in the
process of completing a job, yet he trusts no one, and his objectives
are not initially divulged. His journey, paradoxically both intently
focused and dreamlike, takes him not only across Spain but also through
his own consciousness.
**** Los Angeles Times
A little like guided meditation with suggestions floated, waiting, left
untethered. It's up to you to distill meaning -- which will leave some
convinced the director is merely self-indulgent, and others deeply
satisfied.
***1/2 Village Voice
Like everything Jarmusch, The Limits of Control is calibrated for cool.
*** Philadelphia Inquirer
Almost absurdly quiet and observant, The Limits of Control is about the
space between the action, the steps along the way.
LEMON TREE (ETZ LIMON)
Written and directed by: Eran Riklis . Starring: Hiam Abbass, Ali
Suliman, Danny Leshman, Rona Lipaz-Michael, Tarik Kopty, Amos Lavi, and
Amnon Wolf
Lemon Tree is Eran Riklis' engaging human drama of one woman's struggle
to preserve her way of life in the midst of political turmoil. The
wonderful Hiam Abbass is Salma, a Palestinian widow who earns her living
tending to her late father's lemon grove. When an Israeli government
minister moves next door and declares the grove a potential security
threat, Salma struggles to defend her peaceful livelihood. Personal
drama gives way to political controversies as Salma forms an unexpected
bond with the minister's lonely wife, and takes her protest - with the
help of her young lawyer - all the way to the Israeli Supreme Court.
**** The New York Times
A wrenching, richly layered feminist allegory as well as a geopolitical
one.
**** New York Post
You know a performance has to be special when a Palestinian wins
Israel's version of the Best Actress Oscar. But why should politics
detract from a stunning performance?
***1/2 Variety
The rare ability to make intelligent, entertaining cinema from
hot-button current issues is beautifully illustrated by Lemon Tree.
THE BROTHERS BLOOM
Written and directed by: Rian Johnson . Starring: Rachel Weisz, Adrien
Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, and Robbie Coltrane
For as long as they can remember, the Brothers Bloom have had only each
other to depend on. From their childhood in a long series of gloomy
foster homes to their highflying lives as international con artists,
Stephen and Bloom have shared everything. Stephen brilliantly concocts
intricate stories that the brothers live out, but he's still searching
for the perfect con, the one where "everyone gets what they want."
Meanwhile, Bloom yearns for "an unwritten life"--a real adventure, one
not dreamed up by his old brother. Eager to retire, Bloom agrees to take
part in one last grand scam. He insinuates himself into the life of
Penelope, a bored, single New Jersey heiress. When a genuine romance
begins to blossom between them, he is reluctant to exploit her naivete,
but Penelope has already taken the bait. But as Stephen's elaborate web
of deceit pulls tighter, Bloom begins to wonder if his brother has
devised the most dangerous con of his life.
**** USA Today
The Brothers Bloom has it all: charming romance, jaunty adventure story,
witty dialogue, gorgeous cinematography and superb performances.
*** Entertainment Weekly
This time we expect to be played, but the twist is that we're also
touched -- which, the film implies, is the cinema's own form of deception.
*** Chicago Tribune
The jaunty, energetic first 10 minutes of The Brothers Bloom are easily
the best first 10 minutes of any film I've seen this year. And while the
succeeding hour and 43 minutes doesn't hold up to the movie's opening
scenes, the whole endeavor is still an awfully good time.
SITA SINGS THE BLUES
Written and directed by: Nina Paley
Director Nina Paley takes an innovative approach to the typical break-up
story with this whimsically animated film. Based on RAMAYANA, SITA SINGS
THE BLUES follows two broken relationships: Nina's failed romance with
her husband and the goddess Sita's estrangement from the god Rama. This
film festival favorite features music from classic jazz chanteuse
Annette Hanshaw.
**** Roger Ebert
To get any film made is a miracle. To conceive of a film like this is a
greater miracle.
**** Boston Globe
An almost indescribable pleasure from Brooklyn-based cartoonist and
animator Nina Paley. The film, dazzling and poignant and five years in
the making, retells the ancient Indian epic The Ramayana from a gentle
but insistent feminist perspective.
**** Variety
Constitutes an irrefutable argument for classic 2-D animation as a
viable, vibrant low-budget arthouse medium for adults.
THE GARDEN
Directed by: Scott Hamilton Kennedy . Starring: Daryl Hannah, and Danny
Glover
The fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central
Los Angeles is the largest of its kind in the United States. Started as
a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South
Central Farmers have since created a miracle in one of the country's
most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their
families. Creating a community. But now, bulldozers are poised to level
their 14-acre oasis. The Garden follows the plight of the farmers, from
the tilled soil of this urban farm to the polished marble of City Hall.
Mostly immigrants from Latin America, from countries where they feared
for their lives if they were to speak out, we watch them organize, fight
back, and demand answers: Why was the land sold to a wealthy developer
for millions less than fair-market value? Why was the transaction done
in a closed-door session of the LA City Council? Why has it never been
made public? And the powers-that-be have the same response: 'The garden
is wonderful, but there is nothing more we can do'
If everyone told you nothing more could be done, would you give up?
**** The New York Times
This intricate and compelling documentary paints a saddening portrait of
American politics.
**** San Francisco Chronicle
A documentary about fighting city hall, the empty promises of
politicians, backroom deals, small victories over the Man and the cost
paid by a handful of farmers who endured all of the above. Imagine if
John Steinbeck rewrote the script for "Chinatown."
ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL
Directed by: Sacha Gervasi . Starring: Kevin Goocher, Glenn Gyorffy,
Steve 'Lips' Kudlow, Robb Reiner, and Chris Tsangarides
At 14, Toronto school friends Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner made a
pact to rock together forever. They meant it. Their band, Anvil, went on
to become the "demigods of Canadian metal," releasing one of the
heaviest albums in metal history, 1982 Metal on Metal. The album
influenced a musical generation, including Metallica, Slayer and
Anthrax, that went on to sell millions of records. But Anvil's career
took a different path, straight into obscurity.
**** Entertainment Weekly
It's a hilarious, and unexpectedly moving, documentary about the
greatest metal band you've probably never heard of.
**** San Francisco Chronicle
Anvil lives somewhere in that thoroughly entertaining gray area between
self-parody and the triumph of human spirit.
**** The New Yorker
The most stirring release of the year thus far is a documentary.
LYMELIFE
Written and directed by: Derick Martini . Starring: Alec Baldwin, Kieran
Culkin, Rory Culkin, Jill Hennessy, Timothy Hutton, Cynthia Nixon, and
Emma Roberts
Set in the late 70's, seen through the innocent eyes of a fifteen year
old boy, Scott, "Lymelife" is a unique take on the dangers of the
American Dream. This funny, sad, violent and sometimes tragic look at
first love, family dynamics and divorce weaves an intricate tapestry of
American life during a time of drastic economic and emotional change.
***1/2 New York Post
Lymelife, set amid marital decay and teen frustration, isn't quite the
"American Beauty" of the 516 area code, but it'll do.
*** 1/2 Roger Ebert
Lymelife doesn't have the sheer power of "The Ice Storm," but it's not
just another recycling of suburban angst. By allowing their characters
complexity, the Martinis spill open those tiny model homes as thoroughly
as a dropped Monopoly game.
***1/2 Variety
Intense perfs by Rory Culkin and Alec Baldwin are standouts in a movie
that brims with vivid supporting turns.
SHALL WE KISS?
Written and directed by: Emmanuel Mouret . Starring: Julie Gayet, and
Michaël Cohen
While traveling to Nantes for one evening, Emilie meets Gabriel. Equally
seduced by one another, but both otherwise committed, they know they
will probably never see each other again. He would like to kiss her. She
as well, but a story prevents her from doing so: that of a married woman
and of her best friend who were surprised by the effects of a kiss. Of a
kiss that should have born no consequences.
**** Wall Street Journal
Shall We Kiss? gives us storytelling as art. Emmanuel Mouret's romantic
drama, in French with English subtitles, is expert, intricate, ineffably
droll, ultimately provocative and entirely enchanting.
**** Variety
This is upscale French entertainment at its best.
***1/2 Los Angeles Times
It is classical in form yet fresh and spontaneous.
SUGAR
Written and directed by: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck . Starring: Algenis
Pérez Soto, Rayniel Rufino, Andre Holland, Michael Gaston, Jaime
Tirelli, José Rijo, Ann Whitney, and Richard Bull
Sugar follows the story of Miguel Santos, a.k.a. Sugar, a Dominican
pitcher from San Pedro De Macorís, struggling to make it to the big
leagues and pull himself and his family out of poverty. Playing
professionally at a baseball academy in the Dominican Republic, Miguel
finally gets his break at age 19 when he advances to the United States'
minor league system; but when his play on the mound falters, he begins
to question the single-mindedness of his life's ambition.
**** The New York Times
It is both sad and hopeful, but the film's sorrow and its optimism arise
from its rarest and most thrilling quality, which is its deep and humane
honesty.
**** Washington Post
A film of rare intelligence, beauty and compassion.
**** Chicago Tribune
This one slice of the American experience amounts to one of the best
films of the year.
***1/2 Roger Ebert
Algenis Perez Soto plays the character so openly, so naturally, that an
interesting thing happens: Baseball is only the backdrop, not the
subject. This is a wonderful film.
IS ANYBODY THERE?
Directed by: John Crowley . Written by: Peter Harness . Starring:
Michael Caine, Bill Milner, Anne-Marie Duff, David Morrissey, and Leslie
Phillips
Christmas 1987 marks the one-year anniversary of Lark Hall's opening for
business as an old age home in an English seaside town. But ten-year-old
Edward isn't much in the mood to celebrate. He has had to give up his
room; and his Mum and Dad don't have as much time for him as they used
to, overwhelmed as they are with the day-to-day management of the home
and the struggle to stave off financial ruin. On the other hand, living
in an old folks' home offers a curious, clever child like Edward the
chance to explore what, exactly, comes after death. And went a retired
magician moves into the home, Edward shows him to believe in magic again.
**** Los Angeles Times
It is also hard not to see remnants of a younger Michael Caine --
beautifully seductive and enigmatic all those years ago in "Alfie." He
has said his wife cried when she saw the performance; you understand why.
*** Rolling Stone
Blending humor and heartbreak in a performance that makes a small movie
a richly satisfying one, Caine truly is magic.
SIN NOMBRE
Written and directed by: Cary Joji Fukunaga . Starring: Paulina Gaitan,
Edgar Flores, Kristyan Ferrer, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Diana Garcia, Luis
Fernando Pena, and Hector Jimenez
Seeking the promise of America, a beautiful young Honduran woman, Sayra,
joins her father and uncle on an odyssey to cross the gauntlet of the
Latin American countryside en route to the United States. Along the way
she crosses paths with a teenage Mexican gang member, El Casper, who is
maneuvering to outrun his violent past and elude his unforgiving former
associates. Together they must rely on faith, trust and street smarts if
they are to survive their increasingly perilous journey towards the hope
of new lives.
**** Wall Street Journal
Mr. Fukanaga's purpose is to evoke the immigrants' experience, which he
does with such eloquence and power as to inspire awe.
**** Roger Ebert
It contains risk, violence, a little romance, even fleeting moments of
humor, but most of all, it sees what danger and heartbreak are involved.
It is riveting from start to finish.
**** Washington Post
An elegant, heartbreaking fable, equal parts Shakespearean tragedy,
neo-Western and mob movie but without the pretension of those genres.
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FILMS TO COME
In no particular release order
TREELESS MOUNTAIN
TYSON
OUTRAGE
MOON
DEPARTURES
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 and our video collection at the Tower Theatre. 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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Executive Director
Salt Lake Film Society
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