To all our Film Society members and supporters,
Ever wondered how a projection booth runs?
Visit us at our members and volunteer screening tonight and have a
tour. Wine and cheese reception begins tonight! at 6:30pm at the
Broadway. New members welcome, save 10% if you attend and join tonight.
The screening of MOMMA'S MAN
<
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/mommasman?q=momma%27s%20man> will
follow the reception at 7:00 p.m. The film Chronicles 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.
Movies This Week!
Tower Theatre
6th ANNUAL DAMN THESE HEELS: LGBT FILM FESTIVAL
<
http://www.slcfilmcenter.org/?id=447> begins tomorrow evening with the
free premiere of VALENTINO: THE LAST EMPEROR
<
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1176244/>. Tickets will be available day
of show, Wednesday June 10. Tower Theatre. Full festival schedule
listed in the SPECIAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMS & PANELS section below!
TREELESS MOUNTAIN
<
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/treelessmountain>, a beautiful
Korean fable two sisters who must look after one another when their
mother leaves them to search for their estranged father.
VALENTINO: THE LAST EMPEROR
<
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/valentinolastemperor>, (Free
premiere at the DAMN THESE HEELS: LGBT FILM FESTIVAL, opens Friday, June
12! at the Broadway for a full week engagement) a colorful documentary
of one of Italy's most famous designers, Valentino Garavani, which gives
us an intimate look at both his career and his unique relationship with
his business partner and companion of 50 years, Giancarlo Giammetti.
Held over...
THE LIMITS OF CONTROL <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135092/>, directed
by Jim Jarmusch and starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Bill Murray, Tilda
Swinton, and John Hurt.
LEMON TREE <
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/lemontree>
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
IS ANYBODY THERE? <
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130088/>
Last chance! Ending Thurs...
SITA SINGS THE BLUES <
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sita_sings_the_blues/>
SHALL WE KISS? <
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/shallwekiss>
SIN NOMBRE <
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/sinnombre>
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SPECIAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMS & PANELS
PRIDE week is here!
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.
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The Manhattan Short Film Festival is coming to Utah!
Over 450 Screenings in 130 cities across Five Continents including all
50 states of the USA have already been booked for one week in September,
for 2009 MANHATTAN SHORT. Festival organizers predict 500 screening in
200 cities by the end of the month, with a global average of 200 viewers
per cinema an audience of over of 100,000 is expected to view and vote
on the next Finalists of 2009. Many feature films don't see this
audience within a week...for a filmmaker out there with a short film
there can be no greater test than the MANHATTAN SHORT
<
http://www.msfilmfest.com/>... click on the link for more info.
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)
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:
6/12-6/13- *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 6/11
__Broadway__
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! 4:30, 7:00**, 9:30 (** Wed 6/10 & Thu 6/11 no 7 PM show due to
Damn These Heels screenings)
NEXT WEEK
****** From Friday 6/12 - Thursday 6/18
__Broadway__
Lemon Tree 1:10, 4:25, 7:05, 9:20
Is Anybody There? 1:15, 4:20, 7:25, 9:30
Valentino: The Last Emperor 1:25, 4:10, 7:15, 9:25
Treeless Mountain 1:05, 4:15, 7:20, 9:15
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: The Story of Anvil Fri & Sat @ 2:00, Sun @ 9:30, Mon-Thurs @
4:30, 7:00, 9:30
Damn These Heels Film Festival (see times and schedule above)
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TELL ME MORE...PLEASE!
(all star ratings are based on 4 star rating systems)
TREELESS MOUNTAIN
Written and directed by: So Yong Kim . Starring: Hee Yeon Kim, Song Hee
Kim, Soo Ah Lee, Mi Hyang Kim, and Boon Tak Park
When their mother needs to leave in order to find their estranged
father, seven year-old Jin and her younger sister, Bin, are left to live
with their Big Aunt for the summer. With only a small piggy bank and
their mother's promise to return when it is full, the two young girls
are forced to acclimate to changes in their family life. Counting the
days, and the coins, the two bright-eyed young girls eagerly anticipate
their mother's homecoming. But when the bank fills up, and with their
mother still not back, Big Aunt decides that she can no longer tend to
the children. Taken to live on their grandparents' farm, it is here that
Jin comes to learn the importance of family bonds.
**** San Francisco Chronicle
A minimalist masterpiece.
**** Village Voice
Treeless Mountain is skillfully unsentimental--because of, but also
despite, the presence of two irresistible, unself-conscious performers
in virtually every scene.
***1/2 TV Guide
The movie is thoroughly engrossing from the opening frame to the end
credits, and it's a beautiful viewing experience.
VALENTINO: THE LAST EMPEROR
Directed by: Matt Tyrnauer . Starring: Giorgio Armani, Jeannie Becker,
Alessandra Facchinetti, Tom Ford, Giancarlo Giammetti, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Claudia Schiffer, and Valentino
Valentino: The Last Emperor, directed by Matt Tyrnauer, is a
feature-length movie that takes the viewer inside the singular world of
one of Italy's most famous designers, Valentino Garavani. The film
documents the colorful and dramatic closing act of Valentino's
celebrated career, capturing the end of an era in global fashion. But at
the heart of the film is a love story: the unique relationship between
Valentino and his business partner and companion of 50 years, Giancarlo
Giammetti.
***1/2 Boston Globe
The decadence is obvious. But true to the Valentino prerogative, it's
beautiful - sad, too: a dream life moving into the unknown.
***1/2 Los Angeles Times
Unexpectedly involving documentary.
***1/2 Wall Street Journal
Seldom has a film explored such exotica as Valentino's world -- the
gowns, the galas, the villas, the private jets -- with such a sense of
momentous drama behind the glitz.
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.
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.
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.
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
EASY VIRTUE
AWAY WE GO
RUDO Y CURSI
WHATEVER WORKS
REVANCHE
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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