[Rose-movies] Fwd: Rose Theatre Newsletter for 4/5/04

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>From: The Rose Theatre <rocky at rosetheatre.com>
>Subject: Rose Theatre Newsletter for 4/5/04
>
>This week's newsletter includes:
>    * THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND starts Friday, April 9
>    * TO BE AND TO HAVE held over
>    * THE LADYKILLERS held over
>    * JAPANESE STORY and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND starts 4/16
>    * Daylight Savings Time and Early Saturday Matinees
>    * Diaper Daze Cinema - Monday, April 12
>    * Gift Suggestions
>    * Coming Attractions
>    * Rose Theatre Movie Challenge
> 
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>
>Show Times: Monday, April 5 thru Thursday, April 15
>
>THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND - showing in the Rosebud Cinema
>April 9         7:30
>April 10        7:30, 9:30
>April 11-15     7:30
>
>TO BE AND TO HAVE - showing in the Rosebud Cinema
>April 5, 6      7:30
>April 7, 8      4:30, 7:30
>April 9-11      4:30
>April 12, 13    No Shows
>April 14, 15    4:30
>
>THE LADYKILLERS - showing in the Rose Theatre
>April 5, 6      7:10
>April 7-9       4:00, 7:10
>April 10        4:00, 7:10, 9:20
>April 11        4:00, 7:10
>April 12, 13    7:10
>April 14, 15    4:00, 7:10
> 
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>
>THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND
>Directed by Sam Green and Bill Siegel
>Not rated: suitable for adult audiences, contains violent images;  92 
>min.  <http://www.theweatherunderground.com>
>
>"When you feel you have right on your side, you can do some pretty 
>horrific things."  So says Brian Flanagan in THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND, an 
>intelligently assembled documentary about the revolutionary antiwar group 
>that began in 1969, and his remark suggests both the motivation and the 
>modus operandi of the organization.
>
>This terrifically smart and solid piece of filmmaking lets the former 
>Weathermen, now in their 50's and older, speak into the camera and reveal 
>a bit of their personal histories as well as what the peace movement meant 
>to them.
>
>The stars of UNDERGROUND were, as Weathermen, determined to overthrow the 
>United States government, believing it had criminally waged war in Vietnam 
>and persecuted groups like the Black Panthers.  Voluble and charismatic, 
>young, white and articulate, they spent a lot of time in the news media 
>spotlight; figures like Bernadette Dohrn, Bill Ayers, Mark Rudd, Naomi 
>Jaffe and Mr. Flanagan were clearly sexy criminals.  Todd Gitlin, who was 
>an S.D.S. president and is now an author and a professor of journalism at 
>Columbia, summarizes their appeal: "Like Bonnie and Clyde, many of them 
>were attractive personally.  They were into youth, exuberance, sex, 
>drugs.  They wanted action."
>
>That exuberance has been captured by the filmmakers.  Mr. Green and Mr. 
>Siegel have made UNDERGROUND a film of passions, showing what a turbulent 
>period the late 1960's were and slyly contrasting the peace-and-love vibe 
>with events of the time.  The movie captures a movement in motion, with 
>its contradictions of good intentions and narcissism - a revolt so 
>accelerated, there was no time for reflection during its heyday.
>
>But UNDERGROUND doesn't let its subjects off the hook, despite an apparent 
>sympathy for their politics.  These former radicals now reconsider their 
>approach.  Mr. Rudd, who now teaches math at a community college, smiles 
>painfully when he talks about telling his students what he did in the 
>60's.  "My students look at me as if I were from another planet," he says.
>
>The women are still full of hope.  By the end Ms. Jaffe admits that she'd 
>do it again if she could be smarter about it.  That mixture of optimism 
>and toughness was what started the Weathermen, and it still has a place in 
>Ms. Jaffe's heart.  It's also the spirt of THE WEATHER 
>UNDERGROUND.  (Excerpted from THE NEW YORK TIMES)
>
>"Fascinating! A potent time capsule of a movie"-MSNBC.  "...one of the 
>most thought-provoking documentaries of recent times"-WASHINGTON 
>POST.  "...a terrific movie, energetic and articulate.  It's the 
>don't-miss documentary of the season"CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
> 
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>
>TO BE AND TO HAVE
>Directed by Nicolas Philibert
>Not Rated: suitable for general audiences.  In French with English 
>subtitles.  104 min.  <http://www.NewYorkerFilms.com>
>
>Move over, Harry Potter: the most enchanting cinematic evocation of the 
>educational experience in many a year is Nicolas Philibert's TO BE AND TO 
>HAVE, a documentary about a single-teacher school in the farming region of 
>France known as Auvergne.  Philibert is a not-quite-fly-on-the-wall of the 
>classroom of George Lopez and his 13 students, who range in age from four 
>to eleven.  TO BE AND TO HAVE suggests that a society based on empathy, 
>encouragement, hard work, and keeping one's promises is still within the 
>realm of possibility.
>
>TO BE AND TO HAVE is an unabashedly humanist film, more concerned with 
>teacher and pupils as individuals than with the pedagogical system within 
>which they function.  Indeed, the film suggests in this type of school, 
>the teacher is the defining factor.  M. Lopez is remarkably patient, 
>dedicated, and as much attuned to the psychology of his students as to 
>their academic progress.  One can imagine, however, how different school 
>would have been for these children if their only teacher for six years had 
>been mean or unresponsive.  The film itself does not engage in these kinds 
>of comparisons.  Rather, their absence brings them to mind.
>
>M. Lopez is, by his own admission, a bit strict and old-fashioned.  His 
>great gift lies in helping his students (and their parents) to understand 
>their own feelings and desires, and in guiding them toward productive 
>social interactions.  The classroom is not a perfect world.
>
>Not the least of Philibert's skills as a documentarian is his ability to 
>make himself and his crew invisible while working in tight quarters.  But 
>what makes TO BE AND TO HAVE such an uncommon documentary is the way it 
>uses expressive elements to evoke an experience of childhood that pricks 
>the memory and awakens all but forgotten hope in audiences of 
>adults.  (Excerpted from FILM COMMENT)
>
>"Charming! In a year of excellent academic documentaries like 
>'Spellbound'...'To Be and To Have' stands out as an especially winning 
>film"-FILM JOURNAL.  "So superb, so graceful, so strong"-ENTERTAINMENT 
>WEEKLY.  "Enchanting!  (Lopez) is the kind of superhero you don't usually 
>see in movies"-DAILY NEWS.  "Poetic...filled with everyday laughter"-THE 
>NEW YORK TIMES.  "Magical"-THE BOSTON GLOBE.  "Riveting"-THE VILLAGE VOICE.
> 
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>
>THE LADYKILLERS
>Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
>Cast: Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons, Tzi Ma
>Rated R for language and sexual references, 104 
>minutes.  <http://www.ladykillers.movies.go.com>
>
>THE LADYKILLERS represents the Coen brothers' first attempt at a movie 
>remake.  The 1955 version is one of the gems of British comedy and starred 
>Alec Guiness and Peter Sellers.
>
>In the Coen's version, the premise remains the same.  Once more, a 
>professor with dubious credentials rents a room from an unsuspecting old 
>lady.  He and his cronies, all claiming to be musicians, use the house as 
>a base of operations to commit a nefarious criminal deed.  Once more, 
>however, circumstances and the old lady foil them at every turn.
>
>Only instead of the English suburbs, the Coens take us deep into 
>the  Southern Bible Belt. Professor G.H. Dorr (Tom Hanks) rents a room 
>from a black Baptist chruchgoing lady named Marva Munson (Irma P. Hall), 
>who will allow neither "hippity-hop" music nor smoking in her 
>domicile.  With the cover of practicing medieval instruments in her 
>basement, Dorr and his gang tunnel from that basement for several blocks 
>to the cash storage office of a riverboat gambling casino.
>
>The film displays the typical technical brilliance of a Coen bothers' 
>movie.  Cinematographer Roger Deakins and designer Dennis Gassner create 
>an oh-so-precise visual design. The music, as usual, plays a key role and 
>produces yet another amazing soundtrack, this time built around 
>toe-tapping gospel music.  (Excerpted from THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)
>
>"With Hanks and the Coens on board, expect a royal flush." 
>-PREMIERE.  "Irreverently funny and exploding with wit"-CHICAGO 
>TRIBUNE.  "Tom Hanks is funnier than ever"-NEW YORK POST
> 
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   Daylight Savings Time and Early Saturday Matinees.

   Now that we have sprung forward to Daylight Savings Time, we will be 
discontinuing our early Saturday matinees.     They will resume in the Fall.
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Diaper Daze Cinema - Monday, April 12

Our last Diaper Daze Cinema for the season will take place Monday, April 12 
at 1:00.  The feature will be TO BE AND TO HAVE.  This presentation is 
generously sponsored by State Farm Insurance.  The first 40 people through 
the door will be admitted free.  A heartfelt thank you to Steve and Carrie 
Williams for their generous support of Diaper Daze Cinema.
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>Gift Suggestions
>
>1)  Rose Theatre T-Shirts - $16.00
>2)  Rose Theatre Mock Turtlenecks - $22.00
>3)  Rose Theatre Sweatshirts - $32.00
>4)  Admission Gift Certificates - $7, $6 & $5
>5)  Concession Gift Certificates - any denomination
>6)  Rose Theatre Discount Card - $30.00 - saves $1off each general admission
>
>The above apparel prices do not include tax.
> 
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>
>Coming Attractions*
>
>JAPANESE STORY - April 16 - Toni Collette is exceptional in this edgy love 
>story with a twist.  (One of my favorite movies at last year's Telluride 
>Film Festival-rf)  "A haunting and hypnotic tale of love.  Toni Collette 
>burns this movie into your memory"-ROLLING STONE.<http://www.japanesestory.com>
>
>ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND - April 16 - From the spotless 
>creative imagination of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (BEING JOHN 
>MALKOVICH, ADAPTATION) comes another mind-bender, starring Kate Winslet, 
>Jim Carrey, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood and Tom 
>Wilkinson.  "Gorgeous! A romantic comedy unlike any other.  A film of 
>flawless performances.  It's one of those rare collaborations that artists 
>dream of and that film lovers crave."-THE WALL STREET 
>JOURNAL.  <http://www.eternalsunshine.com>
>
>MY ARCHITECT: A SON'S JOURNEY - April 23 - A sleeper hit about a son's 
>search for the famous father he barely knew.  "Spellbinding! A 'Citizen 
>Kane'-like meditation"-NEW YORK MAGAZINE.  "Brilliant, a wonderful 
>movie"-NEW YORK TIMES.  <http://www.MyArchitectFilm.com>
>
>MONSIEUR IBRAHIM - May 14 - The great Omar Sharif stars in this 
>beautifully touching film about an unexpected relationship  with a young 
>man. "Sharif's best role in decades.  At once charming, articulate, 
>mysterious and soulful..a wonderfully understated performance both sweet 
>and bittersweet"-GANNETT NEWS SERVICE.  <http://www.monsieuribrahim.com>

  GOOD BYE LENIN! - May 21 - Winner of 9 German film awards, including Best 
Picture, this delightful screwball comedy is equally sweet and 
poignant.  "A romantic comedy so smart and sweetly mature, it's 
liberating"-TIME MAGAZINE  <http://www.sonyclassics.com>

>*schedule subject to change.
> 
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>
>ROSE THEATRE MOVIE CHALLENGE
>
>Question:  How many turtles cross the floor in the opening minutes of TO 
>BE AND TO HAVE?
>
>Rules: Answers must be emailed back to moviechallenge at rosetheatre.com with 
>Rose Theatre Contest in the subject line.  One winner will be selected at 
>random from correct responses received by midnight Friday, April 9 will be 
>notified by email.  Your free tickets will be held  at the box office so 
>you must include your name with your movie challenge answer.
> 
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>
>LAST WEEK'S QUESTION
>
>Question:  She directed one movie, appeared in two directed by her husband 
>in the early 60s and worked in the theatre as well.  Identify this person.
>
>Answer:  Barbara Loden.  She directed WANDA and appeared in husband Elia 
>Kazan's WILD RIVER (1960) and SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS (1961).  On stage she 
>appeared in Arthur Millers "After the Fall."
>
>There were no winners this week.
> 
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> 
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