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Check out the latest exclusive engagements and premieres, including the best in new indies, foreign films, documentaries and restored classics, by downloading a PDF of the Nuart Theatre Movie Guide, with all-new programming from January 15 through April 15! |
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Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93) re-team for their latest electrifying thriller in Green Zone, a film set in the chaotic early days of the Iraqi War when no one could be trusted and every decision could detonate into unforeseen consequences. During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Hurrying from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission. Spun by operatives with intersecting agendas, Miller must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil for answers that will either clear a rogue regime or escalate a war in an unstable region. At this blistering time and in this combustible place, he will find the most elusive weapon of all is the truth. Official Web Site Kenneth Turan's Los Angeles Times review... |
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In 1922 Dr. Albert C. Barnes created The Barnes Foundation in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, five miles outside of Philadelphia. His astounding collection of Post-Impressionist and early Modern art, intended to serve as an educational institution, includes 181 Renoirs, 69 Cezannes, 59 Matisses, 46 Picassos, 16 Modiglianis, and 7 Van Goghs. Dr. Barnes deliberately built his Foundation away from the city and cultural elite who scorned his collection as "horrible, debased art." But tastes changed, and soon the very people who belittled Barnes wanted access to his collection. When Barnes died in 1951, he left control of his collection to Lincoln University, a small African-American college, with strict instructions that the paintings may never be removed. More than fifty years later, a powerful group of moneyed interests have gone to court in a rancorous, Machiavellian attempt to take the art—recently valued at more than $25 billion—and move it to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Official Web Site Director Don Argott on the passion of Dr. Albert C. Barnes Kenneth Turan's Los Angeles Times review... |
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Live appearances by Derrick Comedy members at all 7:30 & 10:00pm shows! Must End Thursday, March 18!
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| Oakdale's "Mystery Team" was once a spunky band of kid detectives dedicated to solving child-sized mysteries: Who put their finger in the pie? Who stole the tricycle? The town loved them for it. Now the Team is about to graduate from high school and move in to the real world, but they're still storming the playground to bust little kids. Needless to say, the town of Oakdale is sick of it. Each member of the Team has a supposed specialty: Jason (Donald Glover), the "Master of Disguise"; Charlie (Dominic Dierkes), the "Strongest Kid in Town"; and Duncan (D.C. Pierson), the "Boy Genius." But those skills may not be enough when one day a neighborhood girl asks the team to find out who killed her parents. The Team is taken for the first time into Oakdale's dark underbelly, where a violent cartel of drug lords and strippers will threaten their lives, strain their friendships, and put their team slogan "No case too hard, no case too tough" to the test. The debut feature from popular internet comedians Derrick Comedy. Official Web Site |
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| The latest film from award-winning Korean director Bong Joon-ho (The Host) is a unique murder mystery about a mother's primal love for her son. Mother is a devoted single parent to her simple-minded twenty-seven-year-old son, Do-joon. Often a source of anxiety to his mother, Do-joon behaves in foolish or simply dangerous ways. One night, while walking home drunk, he encounters a school girl who he follows for a while before she disappears into a dark alley. The next morning, she is found dead in an abandoned building and Do-joon is accused of her murder. An inefficient lawyer and an apathetic police force result in a speedy conviction. His mother refuses to believe her beloved son is guilty and immediately undertakes her own investigation to find the girl’s killer. In her obsessive quest to clear her son’s name, Mother steps into a world of unimaginable chaos and shocking revelations. Official Web Site |
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| From visionary director Tim Burton comes the epic fantasy adventure Alice in Wonderland, a magical and impressive twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time. Johnny Depp stars as the Mad Hatter and Mia Wasikowska as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting her with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen's reign of terror. Also starring Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter and Crispin Glover. Director Tim Burton (Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands) captures the wonder of Lewis Carroll's beloved Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871) with stunning, avant-garde visuals and some of the most charismatic characters in literary history. Official Web Site |
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Condemned to six years in prison, 19-year-old Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim), part Arab, part Corsican, cannot read or write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison, he is given a number of "missions" to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader's confidence in the process. But Malik is brave and a fast learner, daring to secretly develop his own plans. Directed and co-written by Jacques Audiard (The Beat That My Heart Skipped, Read My Lips). Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. Official Web Site Director Jacques Audiard on the common language of film Kenneth Turan's Los Angeles Times review... |
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Roman Polanski directs this atmospheric and suspenseful political thriller based on the novel The Ghost by Robert Harris. When a successful British ghostwriter, The Ghost (Ewan McGregor), agrees to complete the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), his agent assures him it's the opportunity of a lifetime. But the project seems doomed from the start—not least because his predecessor on the project, Lang's long-term aide, died in an unfortunate accident. The Ghost flies to the East Coast of the United States to work on the project, but the day after he arrives, a former British cabinet minister accuses Lang of authorizing the illegal seizure of suspected terrorists and handing them over for torture by the CIA—a war crime. The controversy brings reporters and protesters swarming to the island mansion where Lang is staying with his wife, Ruth (Olivia Williams), and his personal assistant, Amelia (Kim Cattrall). As The Ghost works, he begins to uncover clues suggesting his predecessor may have stumbled on a dark secret linking Lang to the CIA—and that somehow this information is hidden in the manuscript he left behind. Also starring Timothy Hutton, Eli Wallach, Tom Wilkinson and James Belushi. Official Web Site Kenneth Turan's Los Angeles Times review... |
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In 1954, U.S. marshals Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), are summoned to the hospital for the criminally insane on remote and barren Shutter Island off the coast of Massachusetts to investigate the disappearance of a female murderer. Marshall Daniels is especially keen on cracking the case, for he has personal matters at stake. He suspects rampant unsavory (and illegal) treatment practices at the institution, but then clashes with Dr. John Cawley (Ben Kingsley), who refuses him access to hospital records. As a fierce storm cuts off both communication with and escape to the mainland, and dangerous criminals break loose on the island, Daniels’s grasp of the clues, his memory, his trust in his partner, and his wits begin to unravel. From Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese. Also starring Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Michelle Williams and Max von Sydow. Official Web Site Betsy Sharkey's Los Angeles Times review... |
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The Hurt Locker is a riveting, suspenseful portrait of the courage under fire of the military’s unrecognized heroes: the technicians of a bomb squad who volunteer to challenge the odds and save lives doing one of the world’s most dangerous jobs. Three members of the Army’s elite Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) squad battle insurgents and one another as they search for and disarm a wave of roadside bombs on the streets of Baghdad—in order to try and make the city a safer place for Iraqis and Americans alike. Their mission is clear—protect and save—but it’s anything but easy, as the margin of error when defusing a war-zone bomb is zero. This thrilling and heart-pounding look at the psychology of bomb technicians and the effects of risk and danger on the human psyche is a fictional tale inspired by real events by journalist and screenwriter Mark Boal, who was embedded with a special bomb unit in Iraq. In Iraq, it is soldier vernacular to speak of explosions as sending you to “the hurt locker.” Acclaimed director Kathryn Bigelow brings together groundbreaking realistic action and intimate human drama in a landmark film starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty, with cameo appearances by Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, Evangeline Lilly and Guy Pearce. Winner of 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Official
Web Site Director Kathryn Bigelow on the importance of casting the perfect actor |
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Must End Thursday, March 18!
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After almost fifty years of marriage, Countess Sofya (Helen Mirren), the devoted wife, passionate lover, muse and
secretary of Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer), suddenly finds her entire world turned upside down. In the name
of his newly created religion, the great Russian novelist has renounced his
noble title, his property and even his family in favor of poverty, vegetarianism
and even celibacy. When Sofya then discovers that Tolstoy's trusted disciple,
Chertkov (Paul Giamatti)—whom she despises—may have secretly convinced
her husband to sign a new will, leaving the rights to his iconic novels to
the Russian people rather than his very own family, she is consumed by righteous
outrage. Into this minefield wanders Tolstoy's worshipful new assistant, the
young, gullible Valentin (James McAvoy). In no time, he becomes a pawn, first
of the scheming Chertkov and then of the wounded, vengeful Sofya as each plots
to undermine the other's gains. Complicating Valentin's life even further
is the overwhelming passion he feels for the beautiful, spirited Marsha (Kerry
Condon), a free thinking adherent of Tolstoy's new religion whose unconventional
attitudes about sex and love both compel and confuse him. A tale of two romances,
one beginning, one near its end, The Last Station is a complex, funny,
rich and emotional story about the difficulty of living with love and the
impossibility of living without it. Official
Web Site Kenneth Turan's Los Angeles Times review... |
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Must End Thursday, March 18!
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Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, A
Single Man is the story of George Falconer (Colin Firth), a 52-year-old British
college professor who is struggling to find meaning to his life after the
death of his longtime partner, Jim (Matthew Goode). George dwells on the
past and cannot see his future as we follow him through a single day, where
a series of events and encounters ultimately leads him to decide if there
is a meaning to life after Jim. George is consoled by his closest friend Charley
(Julianne Moore), a 48-year-old beauty who is wrestling with her own questions
about the future. A young student of George's, Kenny (Nicholas Hoult), who
is coming to terms with his true nature, stalks George as he feels in him
a kindred spirit. A Single Man is a romantic tale of love interrupted, the
isolation that is an inherent part of the human condition, and ultimately
the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life. Directed and co-written
by acclaimed fashion designer Tom Ford (making his feature debut), based on
the novel by Christopher Isherwood. Official
Web Site Betsy Sharkey's Los Angeles Times review... |
Starts Friday, March 19 at The Landmark
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The most popular European film of 2009, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
is an award-winning mystery thriller based on Stieg Larsson's international
best-selling novel about a disgraced journalist and a troubled young female
computer hacker who investigate the mysterious disappearance of an industrialist's
niece. Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering
on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was
never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer
is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced
financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvis) and the tattooed, ruthless
computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) to investigate. When the pair
link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost
forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history.
But the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about
to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves. Official
Web Site Director Niels Arden Oplev on making the best possible film |
Starts Friday, March 19 at The Landmark
Actor Andy Garcia In Person Saturday, March 20 after the 7:25pm show!
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Set in a quaint fishing community on the outskirts of New York City, City Island is a hilarious and touching tale about a family whose comfortable co-existence is upended by surprising revelations of past secrets and present day lies. Vince Rizzo (Andy Garcia) is a lifelong resident of the tiny, tradition-steeped Bronx enclave of City Island. A family man who makes his living as a corrections officer, Vince longs to become an actor. Ashamed to admit his aspirations to his family, Vince would rather let his fiery wife Joyce (Julianna Margulies) believe his weekly poker games are a cover for an extramarital affair than admit he's secretly taking acting classes in Manhattan. When Vince is asked to reveal his biggest secret in class, he inadvertently sets off a chaotic chain of events that turns his mundane suburban life upside down. Inspired by the exercise, he decides to bring his long-lost ex-con son Tony (Steven Strait) home to meet the family, and it soon becomes clear that everyone — including his college student daughter (Dominik García-Lorido), teenaged son Vinnie, Jr. (Ezra Miller), charismatic acting partner (Emily Mortimer) and drama coach (Alan Arkin) — has something to hide. Written and directed by Raymond De Felitta (The Thing About My Folks, 'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris). Official Web Site Writer/Director Raymond De Felitta finds beauty in the strangest places |
Starts Friday, March 19 at the Nuart Theatre
Gibson Guitar autographed by Neil Young given away Friday, March 19 at the 7:30pm show!
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| Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia), who previously filmed Neil Young for Heart of Gold, once again captures Young’s musical and spiritual soul—this time during two shows at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania during the Chrome Dreams II tour. Young surrounds himself with his favorite instruments, played at whim, and a stage set filled with personal icons: a small-scale model of a guitar shop, a red phone and other items. The feeling on the stage is of a favorite place where Young is able to create his music exactly as he wants, supported by long-time touring band friends Ben Keith, Ralph Molina, Rick Rosas, Pegi Young and Anthony "Sweet Pea" Crawford, plus an onstage painter portrayed by Eric Johnson. There are delicately offered acoustic numbers like "Sad Movies" and "Mexico"; mesmerizing electric travelogues into the artist's psyche ("No Hidden Path"); searing, chaotic anthems including "Like a Hurricane" and "Cinnamon Girl"; and rarely performed pieces like "Kansas" and "Ambulance Blues" that provide glimpses of Young's less public persona. Official Web Site |
Friday, March 19 at Midnight at the Nuart Theatre!
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| While babysitting, teenage Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) makes a terrible wish—that her baby brother (Toby Froud) would be taken by goblins. Her wish comes true when Jareth the Goblin King (David Bowie) whisks the boy off to his castle to be goblinized. Now Sarah must rescue him, and that means getting into the Goblin Castle. But between Sarah and the castle stands a magically mesmerizing world of mysterious mazes known as the Labyrinth. A stunning vision of childhood fears and fantasies, written by Terry Jones (Monty Python), produced by George Lucas (Star Wars) and directed by Jim Henson (The Dark Crystal). |
Friday Midnight Movies at the Nuart Theatre!
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Fri, Mar 19: David Bowie & Jennifer Connelly in Labyrinth Fri, Mar 26: Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction Fri, Apr 2: New 35mm print! The Princess Bride Fri, Apr 9: They outnumber the cops 3 to 1! The Warriors Fri, Apr 16: Not your typical office romance! Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader in Secretary Fri, Apr 23: Pull over, park, and pray. Bloody-Disgusting.com presents Predator 2 Fri, Apr 30: Lean, green and on the screen! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fri, May 7 and Fri, May 14: Adults only! Meet Dr. Heiter in The Human Centipede Fri, May 21: Beware the man-eating goblins in Troll 2 Fri, May 28: It's a zombie-pocalypse! George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead Fri, Jun 4: Prince and The Revolution in Purple Rain Fri, Jun 11: Johnny Depp in Tim Burton'sEd Wood Fri, Jun 18: Bloody-Disgusting.com presents Wes Craven's Scream Fri, Jun 25: Adults only! Michael Winterbottom's The Killer Inside Me Fri, Jul 2: Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in David Fincher's Fight Club Fri, Jul 9: Go! see the Wachowskis' Speed Racer |
New 35mm Uncut Print!
Every Saturday at Midnight at the Nuart Theatre!
Featuring Sins O' The Flesh LIVE!
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| The longest-running midnight movie of all time stars Tim Curry as the kinky yet endearing “transsexual from Transylvania” Dr. Frank N. Furter, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick as his hapless guests Brad and Janet, Meat Loaf as motorcycle-riding rough trade and author Richard O’Brien as the hunchbacked butler Riff Raff. It’s harmless musical fun—a delightful spoof of Hollywood horror movies and Old Dark House melodramas. All of our engagements feature live casts who perform scenes during the movie, and the audience is always welcome to respond to the on-screen action. The Rocky Horror Picture was the first—and is still the best—interactive movie experience! Official Web Site |
One Week Only!
Starts Friday, March 26 at the Nuart Theatre
Recordist Lucien Castaing-Taylor In Person Friday, March 26 at 5:00 & 7:30pm!
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| An unsentimental elegy to the American West, Sweetgrass follows the last sheepherders to trail their flocks up into Montana’s Beartooth Mountains for summer pasture. Without commentary, this astonishingly beautiful film reveals a world in which nature and culture, animals and humans, climate and landscape, and vulnerability and violence are all intimately meshed. "In the summer of 2003, a group of shepherds took a herd of sheep one final time through the Beartooth Mountains of Montana, in the extreme northwest of the United States. It was a journey of almost 300 kilometers through expansive green valleys, by fields of snow, and across hazardous, narrow ridges—a journey brimming with challenges. The aging shepherds do their very best to keep the hundreds of sheep together; the panoramic high mountains are teeming with hungry wolves and grizzly bears." —International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam Official Web Site |
Friday, March 26 at Midnight at the Nuart Theatre!
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| By turns violent and very funny, this blistering black comedy weaves together three lurid tales of small-time criminal life in Hollywood. Inspired by popular crime fiction of the '30s and '40s, director Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill, Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown) introduces us to a pair of thick-witted hit-men (John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson), a double-crossing prizefighter on the run (Bruce Willis), his absent-minded girlfriend (Maria de Medeiros), the hit-men-hiring mob boss (Ving Rhames), his exotic but drug-addled wife (Uma Thurman), and two young lovers contemplating a career change—namely whether to start sticking up restaurants instead of liquor stores (Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer). |
Starts Friday, April 2 at the The Landmark
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| Magic, fantasy and Celtic mythology come together in a riot of color and detail that dazzle the eyes in this sweeping story about the power of imagination and faith to carry humanity through dark times. Young Brendan lives in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids. But a new life of adventure beckons when a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying an ancient but unfinished book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide. It is here that he meets the fairy Aisling, a mysterious young wolf-girl, who helps him along the way. But with the barbarians closing in, will Brendan's determination and artistic vision illuminate the darkness and show that enlightenment is the best fortification against evil? A new animated masterpiece from the producers of Kirikou and the Sorceress and The Triplets of Belleville. Featuring the voices of Brendan Gleeson, Mick Lally, Evan McGuire and Christen Mooney. Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature. Official Web Site |
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Starts Friday, April 2 at the Nuart Theatre
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| Set in the midst of war and political upheaval during the Taiping Rebellion of the 1860s, The Warlords is a spectacular historical action film starring Jet Li (in his best role since Hero). Li plays martial arts master General Pang, who barely survives a brutal massacre of his fellow soldiers by playing dead, and joins a band of bandits led by Er Hu (Andy Lau) and Wu Yang (Takeshi Kaneshiro). After fighting back attackers from a helpless village, the three men take an oath to become “blood brothers,” pledging loyalty to one another until death. But things quickly turn sour and the three men become embroiled in a web of political deceit, and a love triangle between Pang, Er Hu and a village beauty (Wu Jing-Lei). Winner of 8 Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Picture, Director (Peter Ho-Sun Chan), Cinematography and Actor (Jet Li). Official Web Site |
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