From rocky at rosetheatre.com Mon Oct 2 18:28:13 2006 From: rocky at rosetheatre.com (The Rose Theatre) Date: Mon Oct 2 17:29:52 2006 Subject: [Rose-movies] Rose Theatre Newsletter for Monday, October 2 Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20061002115326.00bad238@mail.olympus.net> This week's newsletter includes: * JET LI'S FEARLESS starts Friday, October 6 * QUINCEANERA starts Friday, October 6 * HALF NELSON ends Thursday, October 5 * SAY I DO - PTFF 2006 Special Jury Prize-Winner ends Thursday, October 5 * THE ILLUSIONIST ends Thursday, October 5 * John Varley lecture this Sunday, Oct. 8, 1:00 P.M.: Will Yellowstone Survive? * MY NAME IS SABINA SPIELREIN Sunday, October 29 * Admission Prices, Wheelchair Accessibility & Assisted Listening Devices * Gift Suggestions * Coming Attractions * Rose Theatre Movie Challenge Show Times: Monday, October 2 - Thursday, October 12 JET LI'S FEARLESS - showing in the Rose Theatre Oct 6...................4:00, 7:00 Oct 7...................4:00, 7:00, 9:15 Oct 8-12..............4:00, 7:00 QUINCEANERA - showing in the Rosebud Cinema Oct 6....................4:30, 7:20 Oct 7....................4:30, 7:20, 9:30 Oct 8-12...............4:30, 7:20 HALF NELSON - showing in the Rose Theatre Oct 2-5.................4:00, 7:20 SAY I DO - showing in the Rosebud Cinema Sept 29-Oct 5.......7:00 THE ILLUSIONIST - showing in the Rosebud Cinema Oct 2-5.................4:30 __________________________________________________ JET LI'S FEARLESS Directed by Ronny Yu Cast: Jet Li, Nakamura Shidou, Dong Yong, Betty Sun, Collin Chou Rated PG-13 for violence and martial-arts action. 105 min. If this really is Jet Li's final martial-arts movie, then it's a respectable one to go out on. Li has said FEARLESS sums up his beliefs, and that, to paraphrase, he's said all he has to say in the genre. There is a welcome philosophical/spiritual facet to the flick, even if it sometimes seems to be fortune-cookie caliber. It boils down to a simple but elegantly told morality tale with beautiful sets and scenery and plenty of bracing action. After playing legendary Chinese heroes Wong Fei Hung and Fon Sai-Yuk, Li takes on the role of Huo Yuanjia, the early-20th-century master who formed an influential marital-arts sports federation before his death in 1910. Forbidden by his bad-ass father to practice martial arts as a child, Huo does it secretly and grows up a fierce but arrogant fighter who lusts to become town champion. He drinks with equal gusto, picking up the tab for his many sycophants and running up a mighty debt in the restaurant of his best friend. Huo's hubris leads to a miserable tragedy that drives him to exile. And after a few years of pastoral life with a blind girl named Moon, Huo returns to the world to fight with the honor and mercy that he lacked before - and to take on all manner of foreign challengers who think Chinese men are wussies. If you liked CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON or HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, you'll find this a bit less arty and magical but still sumptuous-looking, and with much more griping action. Standing out among the great set-pieces are a match atop a 40-foot tower; a rip-roaring, no-holds-barred brawl that destroys the restaurant; and a mismatch against muscle-bound challenger Hercules O'Brien. There's minimal gravity-defying wire-work in the action, thanks to veteran choreographer Yuen Wo Ping - whose resume includes working with Li on the classics FIST OF LEGEND and ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA, as well as THE MATRIX, KILL BILL and CROUCHING TIGER. It ain't all punches and kicks, though. Huo's longish period of spiritual discovery may send some to get popcorn, but I found it an adept shifting of gears. The fights themselves and the multiple-weapons combats at Shanghai are done simply and clearly, without too much editing pizzazz - somewhat in the classical, lean way Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly used to film their dances. In a way, martial arts movies are like musicals. Their soul lies in their action routines, but the best of them need a strong, congenial story to set off those scenes. FEARLESS isn't in the class of HERO, where the drama and the action fuse on a sublime level. But you can tell that its a more personal project for Li himself, that he loves this special hero and wants to use his story, however exaggerated, to raise his countrymen's spirits. He does--and ours too. (Excerpted from THE SEATTLE TIMES) "Thrill-packed action! A real old fashioned movie epic. Jet Li raises our spirits"-CHICAGO TRIBUNE. "Visually stunning with brilliantly executed fight sequences, 'Fearless' grabs you with its epic scope and richly human story"-MAXIM. Wow! Jet Li leaves the viewer gasping. His skills have a grace and power all their own"-PREMIERE _________________________________________________ QUINCEANERA Directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland Cast: Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia, Chalo Gonzales, J.R. Cruz, Araceli Guzman-Rico, Jesus Castanos-Chima, David W. Ross Rated R for language, some sexual content, and drug use. 90 min. Surely one of the sweetest movies ever made about a pregnant teenager, the Sundance prizewinner QUINCEANERA is a confident and charming slice-of-life drama set in the working-class Los Angeles neighborhood of Echo Park. Magdalena (Emily Rios) - age 14, with a round face and wistful manner - looks forward to her quinceanera (pronounced keen-say-ah-NYAIR-ah), the traditional party thrown by Latino families for a daughter's 15th birthday. But life tends to happen while we are making other plans, and soon Magdalena and her family are shocked by the news of her pregnancy. Shunned by her religious father, she moves in with her great-uncle Tomas (the very appealing Chalo Gonzalez of THE WILD BUNCH), who's already sheltering another family misfit - Magdalena's cousin Carlos, a tough kid rejected by his parents. QUINCEANERA turns out to be a sweet riff on the idea of creating a family: the new trio of Tomas, Magdalena and Carlos co-exist easily, with Magdalena's condition treated matter-of-factly. Uncle Tomas is a kindly man who'd rather show his grand nice family photographs than lecture her on her plight. Carlos, as we soon learn, has issues of his own to sort out. Soon economics invade their quiet lives: Tomas' home, a tiny backyard rental laden with mementos and trinkets, is now in the hands of new owners, yuppies intrigued by the possibility of a gentrifying neighborhood. "You live in a whole other world, don't you?" one of the new owners asks Carlos. "No, you do," he replies. Co-writer/directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland have crafted a small gem, one of those movies from which you emerge feeling happier about the human condition. Rios' performance creates a heroine to whom we are drawn, and the film's final glowing shots of Magdalena are like a gift. Forgiveness, acceptance and love - and perhaps miracles - are in the air as QUINCEANERA reaches its conclusion. This quiet film is a crowd pleaser, in the very best of ways. (Excerpted from THE SEATTLE TIMES) Winner - Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award, Sundance Film Festival. "A funny and touching tale. Lyrical and emotionally rigorous"-ROLLING STONE. "A winning tale of sex, real estate, and more or less immaculate conception"-VILLAGE VOICE. "A rich human comedy. A film that is serious, joyful, and filled with heart"-Roger Ebert _________________________________________________ HALF NELSON Directed by Ryan Fleck Cast: Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Karen Chilton, Tina Holmes Rated R for drug use and tough language. 107 min. HALF NELSON is that rarest of marvels - an American fiction film that wears its political heart on its sleeve. It's a small film with a long view, and its story hinges on an unusually nuanced relationship between a white man and a black girl, each of whom has landed in harm's way. The delicacy of its lead performances and its sense of everyday texture are each worthy of praise. But what makes HALF NELSON both an unusual and an exceptional American film, particularly at a time when even films about Sept. 11 are professed to have no politics, is its insistence on political consciousness as a moral imperative. The poet W.S. Di Piero once described the work of the Sicilian novelist Leonardo Sciascia as "inquiries into the impossibility of justice and the terminal intellectual fatigue caused by disillusionment." From his haunted eyes, it looks as if Dan Dunne, the young idealist Ryan Gosling plays in HALF NELSON, is suffering from that same terminal fatigue. A junior high school teacher, Dan lives with his cat in an apartment filled with books, pages from an unfinished project and furniture that looks dragged in off the street. It's the kind of an apartment that the poor hold onto until they can't hold on any longer. Dan wants to save one child at a time, like 13-year-old Drey (the newcomer Shareeka Epps), but he's committing suicide one crack vile at a time. This is dangerous ground for Dan, as well as for the film's gifted young director, Ryan Flect, and his writing partner, Anna Boden. But Mr. Fleck and Ms. Boden are smart cookies, and they have figured out how to short-circuit the expectations of an audience weaned on Hollywood pieties. If HALF NELSON had four times the budget and half the brains it could easily be cinematic Valium, a palliative about a white teacher who, through pluck and dedication, inspires his non-white students to victory, in the classroom or on a sports field, if not necessarily the larger world. But HALF NELSON is steeped in such melancholy painful truths that there are moments when it's almost a surprise that it doesn't come with subtitles. This isn't a pleasure-free zone, but the film earns its glimmers of happiness, and there are glimmers, with honesty. For most of the film, Ms. Epps holds her face still as a mask, only occasionally easing into smiles as bright as sunflowers, and then mostly in the company of her hard-working mother. It's a lovely, discreet performance that derives its power from restraint, a long, steady base line that, by virtue of its steadiness, gives Mr. Gosling the freedom to riff every which way up and down the expressive scale. HALF NELSON demonstrates without a trace of melodrama or a single act of violence (a basketball tossed in frustration) how the death of liberal dreams leaves a teenager choosing her path between two scary guys. The piece de resistance is a mesmerizing verbal showdown between Gosling and Mackie for a girl's soul. (Excerpted from THE NEW YORK TIMES and FILM COMMENT) "Easily the best film I've seen all year. There aren't enough thumbs in the world to do it half the justice it deserves. Go out and see it now"-Kevin Smith, Guest Critic, EBERT & ROEPER. "Ryan Gosling gives an astonishing performance"-NEWSWEEK. "A masterpiece. It's just perfect"-Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER __________________________________________________ SAY I DO Directed by Ron Vignone Cast: Ben Koldyke, Pamela Moore Somers, Rebecca Rosenak, Samuel Bliss Cooper, David Belayche Not rated (for mature audiences) 90 min. I wouldn't put it past anyone to turn in an edited version of their wedding video as an independent film. So when the opening first few minutes of SAY I DO presented footage of a wedding party suiting up and preparing to head out to that holy spot of commitment, I got real bummed. I mean BUMBED. But then there's that one great thing about indies (amongst many others), and it's that many times you never know exactly what you're going. Here I thought my Sunday was on the fast track to getting supremely messed up, instead I wound up seeing one of the best films of the year. A soon-to-be married couple and their wedding party are all gussied up and ready to head out to a ranch in the middle of the desert. Their limo driver has everything under control, escorting them out into the middle of nowhere as they all drink champagne in the back of the car. But then there's the problem - they really are heading out into the middle of nowhere. Their situation switches from being lost to stranded and the tumbleweed of disaster just builds and builds as this hilarious and thoroughly engrossing film progresses. I've seen many an indie shot in the desert. Very few deserve attention. Director Ron Vignone and crew have pulled this off better than I've ever seen anyone do. They even leave you wanting more at the film's end. The ending credit sequence to this film is like a sad farewell to a group of great friends. Needless to say, newly married couples and soon-to-be-married couples will find this film an absolute treasure. For the rest of us - it's just as entertaining. We just won't have that connection to it that others will. Either way this is an outstanding film. When screening near you, go out of your way to catch it. (Excerpted from FILMTHREAT.COM) "A smart and handsomely made independent film"-ENTERTAINMENT INSIDERS. "...Wonderful storytelling. This sweet, humorous and compelling film is a must see"-ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, IDEAS __________________________________________________ THE ILLUSIONIST Directed by Neil Burger Cast: Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti, Rugus Sewell Rated PG-13 for some sexual and violent content. 109 min. Steven Millhauser's short story "Eisenheim the Illusionist" is pure seduction, it's elegant prose sweeping the reader into the distant world of turn-of-the-century Vienna and the mysterious realm of magic. "Stories, like conjuring tricks, are invented because history is inadequate to our dreams," says its narrator, weaving a tale of an enigmatic magician whose greatest works inspired controversy. Were the ghosts he conjured up mere parlor tricks, or were they actual souls? No one knew, even after the magician himself faded away. Neil Burger's elegant film version, titled simply, THE ILLUSIONIST, does a conjuring trick all its own: It takes Millhauser's words and transforms them into something else, a bit less mysterious but still alluring. In adding a love story, and developing (or creating) several secondary characters, THE ILLUSIONIST becomes more romantic drama than mystery. It is, perhaps, a necessary change: Magic on screen often loses its magic, as we know all too well of the tricks that cameras can play. But the film works, often beautifully. Burger whirls the audience into another world, all chateaux and cobblestones, where fires burn at the foot of the stage Eisenheim plies his trade. Everything's captured in toast candlelight, in which dark eyes flicker, and Philip Glass' melancholy lovely score seems to surround the drama in decorative scrollwork, steadily closing in. Edward Norton plays Eisenheim, a master illustionist whose power on stage become a menace to Crown Prince Leopold. In the past, Leopold had come between Eisenheim and the woman he worships, Duchess Sophie von Teschen. All this attracts the attention of Chief Inspector Uhl, played by Paul Giamatti with a polished smoothness and disquieting accent. It's up to the inspector, and the audience, to decide if Eisenheim is just an illusionist or a man in league with darker forces. It's mesmerizing fun to behold (Excerpted from THE SEATTLE TIMES and ROLLING STONE) "Mesmerizing fun"-ROLLING STONE. "Smart, gorgeous and romantic"-NPR. "As moving and sexy as it is suspenseful"-ELLE __________________________________________________ MY NAME IS SABINA SPIELREIN Sunday, October 29 at 12:30 the Edward F. Edinger Society will be presenting a special showing of MY NAME IS SABINA SPIELREIN. Tickets, at $10, are available at Quimper Sound. Following the film will be a brief Q&A panel with Janet Dallett, Ph.D., Jungian Analyst; Lorna Wood, M.A., Analytical Psychology; and Julia Rouse, M.A., Systems Counseling. The Edinger Society, organized in 2000 in Port Townsend, is dedicated to working with C.G. Jung's psychological concepts, illuminating and anchoring them with examples of everyday life. MY NAME IS SABINA SPIELREIN Directed by Elisabeth Marton Cast: Eva Osterberg, Lasse Almeback, Mercedez Csampai Not rated. 90 min. In English and German with English subtitles. A trove of letters and diaries discovered in a basement in Switzerland in 1977 sparked a revival of interest in Sabina Spielrein, an important figure in the earliest days of psychoanalysis, both as doctor and patient. Award-winning documentarian Elisabeth Marton miraculously imbues MY NAME IS SABINA SPIELREIN with fluid recreations and imagery, sometimes dreamlike in their power, in telling Spielrein's remarkable life story. After a tumultuous childhood and adolescence plagued by the nervous disorder then known as hysteria, Spielrein became the first psychoanalytic patient of Carl Jung. Despite warnings of his mentor, Sigmund Freud, about the dangers of countertransference, Jung, who was married, became very much enamored of Spielrein. When Jung broke off their relationship, the anguished Spielrein began a correspondence with Freud, eventually becoming one of the first women to enroll in his Vienna Psychoanalytic Society after earning her degree in medicine. After years of working as a psychoanalyst in Russia, Spielrein, a Jew, was killed in a Nazi massacre in 1942 and buried in a mass grave. Amazing, uniquely and poetically told, MY NAME IS SABINA SPIELREIN is what might be called an epistolary film: and unusual hybrid of documentary and biopic in which readings from Spielrein's letters and diaries accompany re-enactments of scenes from her life and relationships with Freud and Jung, filmed in a pale palette that recalls faded photographs. (Excerpted from THE NEW YORK TIMES and ENTERTAINMENT TODAY) "A poignant testament to the twin forces of love (however blighted) and the unconscious"-VILLAGE VOICE. "Bringing to light both the work of this pioneer and the dark side of psychoanalysis"-TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ________________________________________________ PASSIONATE MINDS Fall/Winter Lecture Series Presented by School of Athens - Port Townsend Extension Lectures take place at the Rose Theatre at 1:00 PM. Doors open at 12:30 PM, and there is no late seating. Series passes: $50. Individual tickets: $10. Both available at Quimper Sound and the Analog Lounge, 230 Taylor Street. The School of Athens, Port Townsend Extension, is organized as the classical Greek gymnasia, or gathering places, to hear speakers on a wide variety of ideas, as represented by Raphael in his Vatican fresco, The School of Athens. The painting depicts the ancient philosophers including Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, and Zeno. For more information visit The Passionate Minds Lectures Series is made possible in part through the generous support of Homer Smith Insurance, Island Blueback, Inc., Port Townsend-Jefferson County Leader, William James Bookseller and The Rose Theatre. October 8, 2006 John Varley: Will Yellowstone Survive to the End of This Century? With degrees in zoology and entomology, John Varley spent the first 20 years of his career as a fisheries researcher and manager. John was a leading force in the now famous resurgence of Yellowstone fisheries in the 1970s. He was one of the principal architects for the restoration of wolves and grizzly bears and for ten years was director of all natural and cultural resources, planning and research in Yellowstone. He is co-author with Paul Schullery of Freshwater Wilderness:Yellowstone Fishes and Their World (1983), and most recently, Yellowstone Fishes: Ecology, History and Angling in the Park (1998). John and his wife, Anita, lived 30 years in Yellowstone. November 12, 2006 Dan Lemberton: The Curious Mr. Matsura This presentation concerns the life of Frank Matsura, who left Japan in 1901, settled in Seattle and then moved to Okanogan in 1903 where he took remarkable and distinctive photographs of the region, its citizens (of all races), and inspired the county's loyalty. His photographs are compiled in the WSU Library and at the Okanogan County Historical Society. Dan Lemberton's fascination with the sense of place emerges from years on his family's Okanogan Valley farm and the back country of the Northwest. Since 1994 he has been chair of the Humanities Program at Walla Walla College where he is a member of the honors faculty. He holds a masters degree in English literature and an MFA in poetry. Lamberton is a singer, and also a published poet. January 14, 2007 Mott Greene: Science and Democracy: Can This Marriage be Saved? U.S. constitutional democracy is married to 17th century Newtonian physics, and though it has allowed an ongoing menage with mid-Victorian Darwinism, it has refused acquaintance with any of the younger generation of suitors - relativity, quantum mechanics, theoretical population genetics. Most college educated U.S. residents have a scientific world view between 150-250 years out of date. What would a modern scientific world view look like (if anyone had one)? How could it be acquired, and what would its political and social consequences (very useful, very positive) likely be? Mott Greene is John Magee Professor of Science and Values and Director of the Program in Science, Technology and Society at the University of Puget Sound. February 11, 2007 Terence Deacon: Emergent Evolution: Self-organization, Protolife, and How DNA Got Its "Aboutness" Dr. Terence Deacon is professor in the Department of Anthropology and in the Wills Neuroscience Institute at University of California-Berkeley. His research has focused on the evolution of human brains and cognitive capacities, and also has included studies of neural development. He is currently completing a new book, Homunculus, that attempts to develop the concept of emergence and use it to illuminate some previously unresolved issues concerning the biological conception of information and complex functions and includes novel approaches to the origin of life and the evolution of consciousness. March 11, 2007 Janet Dallett: Listening to Rhino: Violence and Healing in a Scientific Age Janet Dallett has been in private practice as a Jungian analyst since 1974. Following post-doctoral training at the C.G. Jung Institute, Los Angeles, she served as director of training there and taught analytic trainees until 1983. Then the desire for a more contemplative life brought her to Port Townsend where she divides her time between two professions. As analyst, she specializes in psychology of creativity. As author, she writes in a conversational voice to communicate her exploration of the inner world to a general audience. Dr. Dallett has lectured throughout the U.S. and Canada and her work is published in both popular magazines and professional journals. April 8, 2007 Lori B. Andrews: Cloning and Beyond: Making Laws for Making Babies Loria B. Andrews is Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Institute of Science, Law and Technology at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. A graduate of Yale Law School, she was a Research Fellow with the American Bar Foundation from 1980 to 1992, and for ten years was a senior scholar at the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago. She has published five books and more than eighty scholarly articles, monographs, and book chapters on subjects including medical genetics, surrogate parenting, and alternative modes of reproduction. She has engaged in path-breaking litigation about reproductive and genetic technologies and the disposition of frozen embryos. __________________________________________________ Admission Prices General admission to the Rose is $8, senior citizens (62+) $7, children (12 & under) $6. The matinees are $1 less. The box office opens 30 minutes before the first show of the day, and tickets may be purchased at that time for any show through Thursday, October 12. Assisted Listening Devices Since opening in 1992 the Rose has provided infrared headphones for customers with hearing impairment. While the system has proved beneficial for many people, others have not benefited from it. In an effort to provide greater flexibility in this area, we recently installed an additional assisted hearing system. If your hearing aid has a telecoil, this new system might work for you. The sound reaches the telecoil via a neckloop. The system works in both auditoriums and may be requested at the concession. WARNING: The telecoil/neckloop system is not to be used if you have a pacemaker. Wheelchair Accessible Both auditoriums are wheelchair accessible, as well as the main floor restroom. If you phone our office ahead of time we'll be happy to reserve for you the designated seating area in either the Rose Theatre or Rosebud Cinema. (360.385.1039) __________________________________________________ Gift Suggestions Rose Theatre T-Shirts - $16.00 Rose Theatre Sweatshirts - $32.00 Admission Gift Certificates - $8, $7, $6" Discount Cards - $35.00 - (five admissions) Saves $1 on each general admission ticket. Concession Gift Certificates for any denomination __________________________________________________ Coming Attractions* THE SCIENCE OR SLEEP -Oct. 13 - Director Michael Gondry (ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, HUMAN NATURE), has created the trippiest movie I have ever seen. Such an idiosyncratic oddity that any attempt to explain this dream of a movie is bound to be misleading. Just submit and you'll have fun. Starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Charlotte Gainsbourg. "This is a brilliant meditation on love and imagination"-INTERVIEW. ARMY OF SHADOWS - tba - French resistance fighters get their due with this superb suspense classic from 1969, starring Lino Ventura and Simone Signoret. "The most meaningful atmosphere of meaningful suspense you'll likely see at the movies this year"-ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY. "A taut tale of intrigue and daring"-NEW YORK POST. OUR BRAND IS CRISIS - tba - The same focus groups and marketing strategies applied to 7UP and Happy Meals are applied to Bolivia's 2002 election in this riveting documentary. "An amazing insight into the corporate swill that politics has become, even on the supposed 'liberal' side of the game"-EFILMCRITIC.COM IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS - tba - The film illuminates post-war Iraq in three acts, building a vivid picture of a country pulled in different directions by religion and ethnicity, powerfully exploring the lives of ordinary Iraqis. Winner - Best Director, Best Editing, Best Cinematography - Sundance 2006. "A visually startling, patiently observed and deeply humanist film"-EYE WEEKLY THE U.S. vs. JOHN LENNON - tba - Using archival footage, this very powerful documentary reveals a program by the Nixon White House and J. Edgar Hoover's FBI to deport Lennon on a phony immigration violation. Both classic and lesser-known Lennon-Ono tunes punctuate this moving, provocative and tragic glimpse of Lennon's history. (One of my favorite movies at the recent Telluride Film Festival - RF) *schedule subject to change. __________________________________________________ Rose Theatre Movie Challenge: "If you go east on Sunset Boulevard and take a left onto one of those burned-out stretches of arterial road which cut across the main drag like stitches on a baseball, you pass laundromats, motels, gas stations, pawnshops, and burger stands, until the road abruptly dead-ends at the base of the foothills beside Runyon Canyon. Towering bamboo plants block any glimpse of what lies ahead. To the side are the gates of a private road, a terrace hidden behind palm fronds and hibiscus. This vertiginous landscape is one of the places that _______ _______ calls home. 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URL: http://mailman.olympus.net/pipermail/rose-movies/attachments/20061002/c627f143/attachment.html From rocky at rosetheatre.com Mon Oct 9 17:17:59 2006 From: rocky at rosetheatre.com (The Rose Theatre) Date: Mon Oct 9 16:19:38 2006 Subject: [Rose-movies] Rose Theatre Newsletter for October 9, 2006 Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20061009102532.00ba6898@mail.olympus.net> This week's newsletter includes: * THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP starts Friday, October 13 * QUINCEANERA held over * JET LI'S FEARLESS held over * THE U.S. vs. JOHN LENNON coming soon * MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN Sunday, October 29 * School of Athens Lecture Series continues Sunday, November 12 * Admission Prices, Wheelchair Accessibility & Assisted Listening Devices * Gift Suggestions * Coming Attractions * Rose Theatre Movie Challenge Show Times: Monday, October 9 - Thursday, October 19 THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP - showing in the Rose Theatre Oct 13.................4:00, 7:00 Oct 14.................4:00, 7:00, 9:10 Oct 15-19............4:00, 7:00 QUINCEANERA - showing in the Rosebud Cinema Oct 9-12..............4:30, 7:20 Oct 13-19............4:30 JET LI'S FEARLESS - showing in the Rose Theatre Oct 9-12..............4:00, 7:00 Oct 13.................7:20 - moves to the Rosebud Cinema Oct 14.................7:20, 9:30 Oct 15-19............7:20 __________________________________________________ THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP Directed by Michael Gondry Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Miou-Miou, Emma de Caunes, Aurelia Petit Rated R language, nudity, sexual situations. 106 min. In English, French and Spanish with English subtitles. THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP, Michael Gondry's beguiling new film is so profoundly idiosyncratic, and so confident in its oddity, that any attempt to describe it is bound to be misleading. While points of comparison are available - to HUMAN NATURE and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, they don't do much to illuminate the puzzling, mostly delightful experience of watching THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP. So, it may be best to tack in the opposite direction, with a description that is no less accurate for seeming completely illogical. What I'm trying to say is that THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP, for all its blithe disregard of the laws of physics, film grammar and narrative coherence, strikes me as perfectly realistic, as authentic as a slice of life as I've encountered on screen in quite some time. Some immediate qualification is called for, since the life that Mr. Gondry explores, in a spirit at once rigorous and playful, is the inner life of an eccentric fellow. The film takes place in a zone where dreams, wishes and fears mingle with, and at times obliterate, the literal facts of everyday existence. Beginning deep inside the head of its hero, an anxious young man name Stephane, (Gael Garcia Bernal), THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP creates a world of intense peculiarity, where time seems to move in loops and curlicues, and where the basic axiom that a thing and its opposite can't both be true seems not to apply. Plot summary, therefore, is both irrelevant and impossible. Which is not to say that the movie lacks a story, only that, like a dream, the narrative moves sideways as well as forward, revising and contradicting itself and it goes along. Mr. Gondry, who would rather invent than explain, makes a plausible case that a love story (which is what THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP is) cannot really be told any other way. Love is too bound up with memories, fantasies, projections and misperceptions to conform to a conventional, linear structure. Arriving in Paris from Mexico to stay with his mother, Stephane stumbles into a stop-and-go romance with Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg), a skittish neighbor. Mr. Bernal and Ms. Gainsbourg resemble a pair of fine-boned exotic birds, exchanging tentative mating calls in their differently accented English. Their awkward flirtation is also an artistic collaboration. Mr. Gondry's debt to Surrealism lies in his embrace of the notion that the unconscious is a kingdom governed by its own logic, beyond the control of reason. And so you leave this buoyant, impish movie feeling a little blue: sorry that it had to end and also wishing, perhaps, that it amounted to more. But its fugitive, ephemeral quality is part of its point: dreams, after all, are hard to remember, and perhaps don't hold the meanings they seem to. Without them, though, our minds would be emptier and our lives much smaller. So while THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP may not, in the end, be terribly deep, it is undoubtedly - and deeply - refreshing. (Excerpted from THE NEW YORK TIMES) "Enormously imaginative...visually exhilarating"-PREMIERE. "Hilariously funny...this is a brilliant meditation on love and imagination, and Gondry's best film to date"-INTERVIEW ________________________________________ QUINCEANERA Directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland Cast: Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia, Chalo Gonzales, J.R. Cruz, Araceli Guzman-Rico, Jesus Castanos-Chima, David W. Ross Rated R for language, some sexual content, and drug use. 90 min. Surely one of the sweetest movies ever made about a pregnant teenager, the Sundance prizewinner QUINCEANERA is a confident and charming slice-of-life drama set in the working-class Los Angeles neighborhood of Echo Park. Magdalena (Emily Rios) - age 14, with a round face and wistful manner - looks forward to her quinceanera (pronounced keen-say-ah-NYAIR-ah), the traditional party thrown by Latino families for a daughter's 15th birthday. But life tends to happen while we are making other plans, and soon Magdalena and her family are shocked by the news of her pregnancy. Shunned by her religious father, she moves in with her great-uncle Tomas (the very appealing Chalo Gonzalez of THE WILD BUNCH), who's already sheltering another family misfit - Magdalena's cousin Carlos, a tough kid rejected by his parents. QUINCEANERA turns out to be a sweet riff on the idea of creating a family: the new trio of Tomas, Magdalena and Carlos co-exist easily, with Magdalena's condition treated matter-of-factly. Uncle Tomas is a kindly man who'd rather show his grand niece family photographs than lecture her on her plight. Carlos, as we soon learn, has issues of his own to sort out. Soon economics invade their quiet lives: Tomas' home, a tiny backyard rental laden with mementos and trinkets, is now in the hands of new owners, yuppies intrigued by the possibility of a gentrifying neighborhood. "You live in a whole other world, don't you?" one of the new owners asks Carlos. "No, you do," he replies. Co-writer/directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland have crafted a small gem, one of those movies from which you emerge feeling happier about the human condition. Rios' performance creates a heroine to whom we are drawn, and the film's final glowing shots of Magdalena are like a gift. Forgiveness, acceptance and love - and perhaps miracles - are in the air as QUINCEANERA reaches its conclusion. This quiet film is a crowd pleaser, in the very best of ways. (Excerpted from THE SEATTLE TIMES) Winner - Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award, Sundance Film Festival. "A funny and touching tale. Lyrical and emotionally rigorous"-ROLLING STONE. "A winning tale of sex, real estate, and more or less immaculate conception"-VILLAGE VOICE. "A rich human comedy. A film that is serious, joyful, and filled with heart"-Roger Ebert _________________________________________________ JET LI'S FEARLESS Directed by Ronny Yu Cast: Jet Li, Nakamura Shidou, Dong Yong, Betty Sun, Collin Chou Rated PG-13 for violence and martial-arts action. 105 min. If this really is Jet Li's final martial-arts movie, then it's a respectable one to go out on. Li has said FEARLESS sums up his beliefs, and that, to paraphrase, he's said all he has to say in the genre. There is a welcome philosophical/spiritual facet to the flick, even if it sometimes seems to be fortune-cookie caliber. It boils down to a simple but elegantly told morality tale with beautiful sets and scenery and plenty of bracing action. After playing legendary Chinese heroes Wong Fei Hung and Fon Sai-Yuk, Li takes on the role of Huo Yuanjia, the early-20th-century master who formed an influential marital-arts sports federation before his death in 1910. Forbidden by his bad-ass father to practice martial arts as a child, Huo does it secretly and grows up a fierce but arrogant fighter who lusts to become town champion. He drinks with equal gusto, picking up the tab for his many sycophants and running up a mighty debt in the restaurant of his best friend. Huo's hubris leads to a miserable tragedy that drives him to exile. And after a few years of pastoral life with a blind girl named Moon, Huo returns to the world to fight with the honor and mercy that he lacked before - and to take on all manner of foreign challengers who think Chinese men are wussies. If you liked CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON or HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, you'll find this a bit less arty and magical but still sumptuous-looking, and with much more griping action. Standing out among the great set-pieces are a match atop a 40-foot tower; a rip-roaring, no-holds-barred brawl that destroys the restaurant; and a mismatch against muscle-bound challenger Hercules O'Brien. There's minimal gravity-defying wire-work in the action, thanks to veteran choreographer Yuen Wo Ping - whose resume includes working with Li on the classics FIST OF LEGEND and ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA, as well as THE MATRIX, KILL BILL and CROUCHING TIGER. It ain't all punches and kicks, though. Huo's longish period of spiritual discovery may send some to get popcorn, but I found it an adept shifting of gears. The fights themselves and the multiple-weapons combats at Shanghai are done simply and clearly, without too much editing pizzazz - somewhat in the classical, lean way Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly used to film their dances. In a way, martial arts movies are like musicals. Their soul lies in their action routines, but the best of them need a strong, congenial story to set off those scenes. FEARLESS isn't in the class of HERO, where the drama and the action fuse on a sublime level. But you can tell that its a more personal project for Li himself, that he loves this special hero and wants to use his story, however exaggerated, to raise his countrymen's spirits. He does--and ours too. (Excerpted from THE SEATTLE TIMES) "Thrill-packed action! A real old fashioned movie epic. Jet Li raises our spirits"-CHICAGO TRIBUNE. "Visually stunning with brilliantly executed fight sequences, 'Fearless' grabs you with its epic scope and richly human story"-MAXIM. Wow! Jet Li leaves the viewer gasping. His skills have a grace and power all their own"-PREMIERE _________________________________________________ THE U.S. vs. JOHN LENNON - Coming Soon Directed by David Leaf and John Scheinfeld Rated PG-13 for some strong language, violent images and drug references. 99 min. Why would the president of the United States imagine a British rock 'n' toll singer to be his primary obstacle to re-election? In David Leaf and John Scheinfeld's investigative documentary, THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON, former FBI agent Wesley Swearingen suggests that "the problem was not with his music, but with his friends." Lennon's financing of people the government was trying to incarcerate, such as John Sinclair and Bobby Seale, did not ingratiate him to the Nixon administration. But neither did his penning of songs such as "Give Peace a Chance," which threatened to replace "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as the national anthem of the Vietnam years. This exhaustive account of Lennon's years from 1966 to 1976 reveals an unpleasant truth about government paranoia, and the lengths to which the highest office in the land will go to squelch the dissent of a radicalized culture. Leaf and Scheinfeld inteview an impressive range of subjects, including Mario Cuomo, Angela Davis, Ron Kovic, G. Gordon Liddy, George McGovern, Jack Ryan, Seale, Tom Smothers and Gore Vidal. What is ultimately so special about this film is its handling of the relationship between Lennon and wife, Yoko Ono. The happiness of this creative couple, as they grow, share and experiment together, is undeniable. Shining through the bureaucratic harassment of the singer who was vilified for changing his tune from "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" to "Revolution" is the indefatigable energy of young people in love. (Excerpted from SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER) "Lennon's spirit, like his music, shines through like a beacon"-ROLLING STONE. __________________________________________________ MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN Sunday, October 29 at 12:30 the Edward F. Edinger Society will be presenting a special showing of MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN. Tickets, at $10, are available at Quimper Sound. Following the film will be a brief Q&A panel with Janet Dallett, Ph.D., Jungian Analyst; Lorna Wood, M.A., Analytical Psychology; and Julia Rouse, M.A., Systems Counseling. The Edinger Society, organized in 2000 in Port Townsend, is dedicated to working with C.G. Jung's psychological concepts, illuminating and anchoring them with examples of everyday life. MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN Directed by Elisabeth Marton Cast: Eva Osterberg, Lasse Almeback, Mercedez Csampai Not rated. 90 min. In English and German with English subtitles. A trove of letters and diaries discovered in a basement in Switzerland in 1977 sparked a revival of interest in Sabina Spielrein, an important figure in the earliest days of psychoanalysis, both as doctor and patient. Award-winning documentarian Elisabeth Marton miraculously imbues MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN with fluid recreations and imagery, sometimes dreamlike in their power, in telling Spielrein's remarkable life story. After a tumultuous childhood and adolescence plagued by the nervous disorder then known as hysteria, Spielrein became the first psychoanalytic patient of Carl Jung. Despite warnings of his mentor, Sigmund Freud, about the dangers of countertransference, Jung, who was married, became very much enamored of Spielrein. When Jung broke off their relationship, the anguished Spielrein began a correspondence with Freud, eventually becoming one of the first women to enroll in his Vienna Psychoanalytic Society after earning her degree in medicine. After years of working as a psychoanalyst in Russia, Spielrein, a Jew, was killed in a Nazi massacre in 1942 and buried in a mass grave. Amazing, uniquely and poetically told, MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN is what might be called an epistolary film: and unusual hybrid of documentary and biopic in which readings from Spielrein's letters and diaries accompany re-enactments of scenes from her life and relationships with Freud and Jung, filmed in a pale palette that recalls faded photographs. (Excerpted from THE NEW YORK TIMES and ENTERTAINMENT TODAY) "A poignant testament to the twin forces of love (however blighted) and the unconscious"-VILLAGE VOICE. "Bringing to light both the work of this pioneer and the dark side of psychoanalysis"-TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ________________________________________________ PASSIONATE MINDS Fall/Winter Lecture Series Presented by School of Athens - Port Townsend Extension Lectures take place at the Rose Theatre at 1:00 PM. Doors open at 12:30 PM, and there is no late seating. Series passes: $50. Individual tickets: $10. Both available at Quimper Sound and the Analog Lounge, 230 Taylor Street. The School of Athens, Port Townsend Extension, is organized as the classical Greek gymnasia, or gathering places, to hear speakers on a wide variety of ideas, as represented by Raphael in his Vatican fresco, The School of Athens. The painting depicts the ancient philosophers including Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, and Zeno. For more information visit The Passionate Minds Lectures Series is made possible in part through the generous support of Homer Smith Insurance, Island Blueback, Inc., Port Townsend-Jefferson County Leader, William James Bookseller and The Rose Theatre. October 8, 2006 John Varley: Will Yellowstone Survive to the End of This Century? With degrees in zoology and entomology, John Varley spent the first 20 years of his career as a fisheries researcher and manager. John was a leading force in the now famous resurgence of Yellowstone fisheries in the 1970s. He was one of the principal architects for the restoration of wolves and grizzly bears and for ten years was director of all natural and cultural resources, planning and research in Yellowstone. He is co-author with Paul Schullery of Freshwater Wilderness:Yellowstone Fishes and Their World (1983), and most recently, Yellowstone Fishes: Ecology, History and Angling in the Park (1998). John and his wife, Anita, lived 30 years in Yellowstone. November 12, 2006 Dan Lemberton: The Curious Mr. Matsura This presentation concerns the life of Frank Matsura, who left Japan in 1901, settled in Seattle and then moved to Okanogan in 1903 where he took remarkable and distinctive photographs of the region, its citizens (of all races), and inspired the county's loyalty. His photographs are compiled in the WSU Library and at the Okanogan County Historical Society. Dan Lemberton's fascination with the sense of place emerges from years on his family's Okanogan Valley farm and the back country of the Northwest. Since 1994 he has been chair of the Humanities Program at Walla Walla College where he is a member of the honors faculty. He holds a masters degree in English literature and an MFA in poetry. Lamberton is a singer, and also a published poet. January 14, 2007 Mott Greene: Science and Democracy: Can This Marriage be Saved? U.S. constitutional democracy is married to 17th century Newtonian physics, and though it has allowed an ongoing menage with mid-Victorian Darwinism, it has refused acquaintance with any of the younger generation of suitors - relativity, quantum mechanics, theoretical population genetics. Most college educated U.S. residents have a scientific world view between 150-250 years out of date. What would a modern scientific world view look like (if anyone had one)? How could it be acquired, and what would its political and social consequences (very useful, very positive) likely be? Mott Greene is John Magee Professor of Science and Values and Director of the Program in Science, Technology and Society at the University of Puget Sound. February 11, 2007 Terence Deacon: Emergent Evolution: Self-organization, Protolife, and How DNA Got Its "Aboutness" Dr. Terence Deacon is professor in the Department of Anthropology and in the Wills Neuroscience Institute at University of California-Berkeley. His research has focused on the evolution of human brains and cognitive capacities, and also has included studies of neural development. He is currently completing a new book, Homunculus, that attempts to develop the concept of emergence and use it to illuminate some previously unresolved issues concerning the biological conception of information and complex functions and includes novel approaches to the origin of life and the evolution of consciousness. March 11, 2007 Janet Dallett: Listening to Rhino: Violence and Healing in a Scientific Age Janet Dallett has been in private practice as a Jungian analyst since 1974. Following post-doctoral training at the C.G. Jung Institute, Los Angeles, she served as director of training there and taught analytic trainees until 1983. Then the desire for a more contemplative life brought her to Port Townsend where she divides her time between two professions. As analyst, she specializes in psychology of creativity. As author, she writes in a conversational voice to communicate her exploration of the inner world to a general audience. Dr. Dallett has lectured throughout the U.S. and Canada and her work is published in both popular magazines and professional journals. April 8, 2007 Lori B. Andrews: Cloning and Beyond: Making Laws for Making Babies Loria B. Andrews is Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Institute of Science, Law and Technology at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. A graduate of Yale Law School, she was a Research Fellow with the American Bar Foundation from 1980 to 1992, and for ten years was a senior scholar at the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago. She has published five books and more than eighty scholarly articles, monographs, and book chapters on subjects including medical genetics, surrogate parenting, and alternative modes of reproduction. She has engaged in path-breaking litigation about reproductive and genetic technologies and the disposition of frozen embryos. __________________________________________________ Admission Prices General admission to the Rose is $8, senior citizens (62+) $7, children (12 & under) $6. The matinees are $1 less. The box office opens 30 minutes before the first show of the day, and tickets may be purchased at that time for any show through Thursday, October 19. Assisted Listening Devices Since opening in 1992 the Rose has provided infrared headphones for customers with hearing impairment. While the system has proved beneficial for many people, others have not benefited from it. In an effort to provide greater flexibility in this area, we recently installed an additional assisted hearing system. If your hearing aid has a telecoil, this new system might work for you. The sound reaches the telecoil via a neckloop. The system works in both auditoriums and may be requested at the concession. WARNING: The telecoil/neckloop system is not to be used if you have a pacemaker. Wheelchair Accessible Both auditoriums are wheelchair accessible, as well as the main floor restroom. If you phone our office ahead of time we'll be happy to reserve for you the designated seating area in either the Rose Theatre or Rosebud Cinema. (360.385.1039) __________________________________________________ Gift Suggestions Rose Theatre T-Shirts - $16.00 Rose Theatre Sweatshirts - $32.00 Admission Gift Certificates - $8, $7, $6" Discount Cards - $35.00 - (five admissions) Saves $1 on each general admission ticket. Concession Gift Certificates for any denomination __________________________________________________ Coming Attractions* THE QUEEN - tba - Helen Mirren will surely receive an Academy Award nomination for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in this excellent picture from director Stephen Frears. Set mostly during the week of the death of Princess Diana, the film goes behind closed doors at Buckingham Palace. With subtle humor and innate class, Mirren shows us a side of the queen long hidden from the world: her humanity. "One of the best pictures of the year...funny and touching in ways you can't predict"-ROLLING STONE MARIE ANTOINETTE - tba - Sofia Coppola's third feature film is a glitzy, sassy, thoroughly delightful and, yes, provocative picture starring Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman and Judy Davis. FUR: AN IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF DIANE ARBUS - tba - This is an astonishingly bold fable that relies to a great extent on the courage, the beauty and the sheer adventurousness of its two central players: Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr. THE CASE OF THE GRINNING CAT - tba - French octogenarian Chris Marker's latest cinematic essay is a lively, engaged meditation on post-9/11 France, framed by the mysterious appearance of a wide-eyed, broadly smiling feline mascot who magically appears on Paris rooftops, building walls, as well as at political demonstrations. "When this genius makes a new film, you go. Wrowr!"-TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL OLD JOY - tba - Two friends embark on a camping trip into the majestic Cascade mountains near Portland. The trajectory of their relationship in the context of post-9/11 America, surrounded by gorgeous wilderness, makes for a minimalist yet powerful tale of friendship and alienation. With original music by Yo La Tengo. "Has a radiant Zen simplicity"-VOGUE. "Quietly gripping"-TIME OUT THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND - Nov. 3 - Forest Whitaker has given a lot of extraordinary performances in his career, but none quite as high voltage as his portrayal of the maniacal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. "Forest Whitaker gives the first performance of the fall film season worthy of a best-actor Oscar nomination"-USA TODAY ARMY OF SHADOWS - tba - French resistance fighters get their due with this superb suspense classic from 1969, starring Lino Ventura and Simone Signoret. "The most meaningful atmosphere of meaningful suspense you'll likely see at the movies this year"-ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY. "A taut tale of intrigue and daring"-NEW YORK POST. THE PRESTIGE - tba - Christopher Nolan (MEMENTO, BATMAN BEGINS, INSOMNIA) directs Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale and Michael Caine in this thoroughly entertaining story about competing magicians in London involving more twists and turns than you can keep track of. OUR BRAND IS CRISIS - tba - The same focus groups and marketing strategies applied to 7UP and Happy Meals are applied to Bolivia's 2002 election in this riveting documentary. "An amazing insight into the corporate swill that politics has become, even on the supposed 'liberal' side of the game"-EFILMCRITIC.COM IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS - tba - The film illuminates post-war Iraq in three acts, building a vivid picture of a country pulled in different directions by religion and ethnicity, powerfully exploring the lives of ordinary Iraqis. Winner - Best Director, Best Editing, Best Cinematography - Sundance 2006. "A visually startling, patiently observed and deeply humanist film"-EYE WEEKLY BABEL - tba - A single moment of violence connects the lives of characters on three continents, but BABEL reaches for spiritual universality, avoiding trendy or easy ideological judgments. The cast includes Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt and Gael Garcia Bernal. Directed by Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu (AMORES PERROS, 21 GRAMS) THE U.S. vs. JOHN LENNON - tba - Using archival footage, this very powerful documentary reveals a program by the Nixon White House and J. Edgar Hoover's FBI to deport Lennon on a phony immigration violation. Both classic and lesser-known Lennon-Ono tunes punctuate this moving, provocative and tragic glimpse of Lennon's history. (One of my favorite movies at the recent Telluride Film Festival - RF) LITTLE CHILDREN - tba - Kate Winslet stars in this elegant, darkly comedic treatment about the emotional and physical violence lurking beneath the surface of polite suburban family lives. Directed by Todd Fields (IN THE BEDROOM) "The film pulls you in like a magnetic force"-ROLLING STONE *schedule subject to change. __________________________________________________ Rose Theatre Movie Challenge: Of the movies listed above in the Coming Attractions, which one previewed last week at the Cinerama? 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URL: http://mailman.olympus.net/pipermail/rose-movies/attachments/20061009/a1a66051/attachment.html From rocky at rosetheatre.com Mon Oct 16 21:52:24 2006 From: rocky at rosetheatre.com (The Rose Theatre) Date: Mon Oct 16 20:52:38 2006 Subject: [Rose-movies] Rose Theatre Newsletter for 16 October '06 Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20061016141516.00bbec70@mail.olympus.net> This week's newsletter includes: * THE PRESTIGE starts Friday, October 20 * THE U.S. vs. JOHN LENNON starts Friday, October 20 * THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP ends Thursday, October 19 * JET LI'S FEARLESS ends Thursday, October 19 * QUINCEANERA ends Thursday, October 19 * ARMY OF SHADOWS starts Friday, October 27 * MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN Sunday, October 29 * School of Athens Lecture Series continues Sunday, November 12 * Admission Prices, Wheelchair Accessibility & Assisted Listening Devices * Gift Suggestions * Coming Attractions * Rose Theatre Movie Challenge Show Times: Monday, October 16 - Thursday, October 26 THE PRESTIGE - showing in the Rose Theatre Oct 20.................4:00, 7:00 Oct 21.................4:00, 7:00, 9:40 Oct 22-26............4:00, 7:00 THE U.S. vs. JOHN LENNON - showing in the Rosebud Cinema Oct 20.................4:30, 7:20 Oct 21.................4:30, 7:20, 9:30 Oct 22-26............4:30, 7:20 THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP - showing in the Rose Theatre Oct 16-19............4:00, 7:00 QUINCEANERA - showing in the Rosebud Cinema Oct 16-19............4:30 JET LI'S FEARLESS - showing in the Rosebud Cinema Oct 16-19............7:20 __________________________________________________ THE PRESTIGE Directed by Christopher Nolan Cast: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, David Bowie, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine Rated PG-13 for violence and disturbing images. 130 min. Hard on the heels of THE ILLUSIONIST comes THE PRESTIGE, another tale of turn-of-the-century prestidigitation, from the same basic creative team as BATMAN BEGINS (director, co-writer, cinematographer, editor, production designer, and several of the actors). And what fan-geek among us can ignore the fact that the film features a face-off between Wolverine and Batman? But put all that aside - because THE PRESTIGE is one of the best movies of the year, and it needs to be celebrated on its own merits. Based on the novel by Christopher Priest, THE PRESTIGE features Hugh Jackman as Rupert Angier, and Christian Bale as Alfred Borden, aspiring magicians in the late 1800s, who started their careers together but, after a tragedy, became bitter rivals. Borden is the superior thaumaturge, but he lacks stage presence, while Angier is a supreme showman. When Borden creates a truly mystifying illusion called "The Transporting Man," Angier first replicates it using traditional techniques, but becomes obsessed with learning its true method, and goes to tragic lengths to obtain the secret. There's a lot more to the story, but to synopsize the details would spoil the rich tapestry of this superb film. Co-written and directed by Christopher Nolan (INSOMNIA), the film has a sprawling, time-shifting narrative that somewhat recalls his career-making work on MEMENTO. The action takes place over several years as we witness the degeneration of the relationship between the two men. Both Jackman and Bale are superb, and wonderful support is lent by Michael Caine as Angier's assistant Mr. Cutter, and Rebecca Hall as Bordon's wife Sarah. Andy Serkis is great fun in a small role, and David Bowie is surprisingly convincing as the mysterious Dr. Tesla. Scarlett Johansson in her 789th movie of the year, is largely decorative. The period detail is sumptuous. THE PRESTIGE is grandly entertaining, and yet personal and heartbreaking. It is the essence of great Hollywood filmmaking. (Excerpted from POP SYNDICATE) "Dazzling. This is moviemaking at its absolute finest"-MAXIM _________________________________________________ THE U.S. vs. JOHN LENNON Directed by David Leaf and John Scheinfeld Rated PG-13 for some strong language, violent images and drug references. 99 min. Why would the president of the United States imagine a British rock 'n' toll singer to be his primary obstacle to re-election? In David Leaf and John Scheinfeld's investigative documentary, THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON, former FBI agent Wesley Swearingen suggests that "the problem was not with his music, but with his friends." Lennon's financing of people the government was trying to incarcerate, such as John Sinclair and Bobby Seale, did not ingratiate him to the Nixon administration. But neither did his penning of songs such as "Give Peace a Chance," which threatened to replace "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as the national anthem of the Vietnam years. This exhaustive account of Lennon's years from 1966 to 1976 reveals an unpleasant truth about government paranoia, and the lengths to which the highest office in the land will go to squelch the dissent of a radicalized culture. Leaf and Scheinfeld inteview an impressive range of subjects, including Mario Cuomo, Angela Davis, Ron Kovic, G. Gordon Liddy, George McGovern, Jack Ryan, Seale, Tom Smothers and Gore Vidal. What is ultimately so special about this film is its handling of the relationship between Lennon and wife, Yoko Ono. The happiness of this creative couple, as they grow, share and experiment together, is undeniable. Shining through the bureaucratic harassment of the singer who was vilified for changing his tune from "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" to "Revolution" is the indefatigable energy of young people in love. (Excerpted from SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER) "Lennon's spirit, like his music, shines through like a beacon"-ROLLING STONE. _________________________________________________ THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP Directed by Michael Gondry Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Miou-Miou, Emma de Caunes, Aurelia Petit Rated R language, nudity, sexual situations. 106 min. In English, French and Spanish with English subtitles. THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP, Michael Gondry's beguiling new film is so profoundly idiosyncratic, and so confident in its oddity, that any attempt to describe it is bound to be misleading. While points of comparison are available - to HUMAN NATURE and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, they don't do much to illuminate the puzzling, mostly delightful experience of watching THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP. So, it may be best to tack in the opposite direction, with a description that is no less accurate for seeming completely illogical. What I'm trying to say is that THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP, for all its blithe disregard of the laws of physics, film grammar and narrative coherence, strikes me as perfectly realistic, as authentic as a slice of life as I've encountered on screen in quite some time. Some immediate qualification is called for, since the life that Mr. Gondry explores, in a spirit at once rigorous and playful, is the inner life of an eccentric fellow. The film takes place in a zone where dreams, wishes and fears mingle with, and at times obliterate, the literal facts of everyday existence. Beginning deep inside the head of its hero, an anxious young man name Stephane, (Gael Garcia Bernal), THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP creates a world of intense peculiarity, where time seems to move in loops and curlicues, and where the basic axiom that a thing and its opposite can't both be true seems not to apply. Plot summary, therefore, is both irrelevant and impossible. Which is not to say that the movie lacks a story, only that, like a dream, the narrative moves sideways as well as forward, revising and contradicting itself and it goes along. Mr. Gondry, who would rather invent than explain, makes a plausible case that a love story (which is what THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP is) cannot really be told any other way. Love is too bound up with memories, fantasies, projections and misperceptions to conform to a conventional, linear structure. Arriving in Paris from Mexico to stay with his mother, Stephane stumbles into a stop-and-go romance with Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg), a skittish neighbor. Mr. Bernal and Ms. Gainsbourg resemble a pair of fine-boned exotic birds, exchanging tentative mating calls in their differently accented English. Their awkward flirtation is also an artistic collaboration. Mr. Gondry's debt to Surrealism lies in his embrace of the notion that the unconscious is a kingdom governed by its own logic, beyond the control of reason. And so you leave this buoyant, impish movie feeling a little blue: sorry that it had to end and also wishing, perhaps, that it amounted to more. But its fugitive, ephemeral quality is part of its point: dreams, after all, are hard to remember, and perhaps don't hold the meanings they seem to. Without them, though, our minds would be emptier and our lives much smaller. So while THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP may not, in the end, be terribly deep, it is undoubtedly - and deeply - refreshing. (Excerpted from THE NEW YORK TIMES) "Enormously imaginative...visually exhilarating"-PREMIERE. "Hilariously funny...this is a brilliant meditation on love and imagination, and Gondry's best film to date"-INTERVIEW ________________________________________ JET LI'S FEARLESS Directed by Ronny Yu Cast: Jet Li, Nakamura Shidou, Dong Yong, Betty Sun, Collin Chou Rated PG-13 for violence and martial-arts action. 105 min. If this really is Jet Li's final martial-arts movie, then it's a respectable one to go out on. Li has said FEARLESS sums up his beliefs, and that, to paraphrase, he's said all he has to say in the genre. There is a welcome philosophical/spiritual facet to the flick, even if it sometimes seems to be fortune-cookie caliber. It boils down to a simple but elegantly told morality tale with beautiful sets and scenery and plenty of bracing action. After playing legendary Chinese heroes Wong Fei Hung and Fon Sai-Yuk, Li takes on the role of Huo Yuanjia, the early-20th-century master who formed an influential marital-arts sports federation before his death in 1910. Forbidden by his bad-ass father to practice martial arts as a child, Huo does it secretly and grows up a fierce but arrogant fighter who lusts to become town champion. He drinks with equal gusto, picking up the tab for his many sycophants and running up a mighty debt in the restaurant of his best friend. Huo's hubris leads to a miserable tragedy that drives him to exile. And after a few years of pastoral life with a blind girl named Moon, Huo returns to the world to fight with the honor and mercy that he lacked before - and to take on all manner of foreign challengers who think Chinese men are wussies. If you liked CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON or HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, you'll find this a bit less arty and magical but still sumptuous-looking, and with much more griping action. Standing out among the great set-pieces are a match atop a 40-foot tower; a rip-roaring, no-holds-barred brawl that destroys the restaurant; and a mismatch against muscle-bound challenger Hercules O'Brien. There's minimal gravity-defying wire-work in the action, thanks to veteran choreographer Yuen Wo Ping - whose resume includes working with Li on the classics FIST OF LEGEND and ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA, as well as THE MATRIX, KILL BILL and CROUCHING TIGER. It ain't all punches and kicks, though. Huo's longish period of spiritual discovery may send some to get popcorn, but I found it an adept shifting of gears. The fights themselves and the multiple-weapons combats at Shanghai are done simply and clearly, without too much editing pizzazz - somewhat in the classical, lean way Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly used to film their dances. In a way, martial arts movies are like musicals. Their soul lies in their action routines, but the best of them need a strong, congenial story to set off those scenes. FEARLESS isn't in the class of HERO, where the drama and the action fuse on a sublime level. But you can tell that its a more personal project for Li himself, that he loves this special hero and wants to use his story, however exaggerated, to raise his countrymen's spirits. He does--and ours too. (Excerpted from THE SEATTLE TIMES) "Thrill-packed action! A real old fashioned movie epic. Jet Li raises our spirits"-CHICAGO TRIBUNE. "Visually stunning with brilliantly executed fight sequences, 'Fearless' grabs you with its epic scope and richly human story"-MAXIM. Wow! Jet Li leaves the viewer gasping. His skills have a grace and power all their own"-PREMIERE _________________________________________________ QUINCEANERA Directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland Cast: Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia, Chalo Gonzales, J.R. Cruz, Araceli Guzman-Rico, Jesus Castanos-Chima, David W. Ross Rated R for language, some sexual content, and drug use. 90 min. Surely one of the sweetest movies ever made about a pregnant teenager, the Sundance prizewinner QUINCEANERA is a confident and charming slice-of-life drama set in the working-class Los Angeles neighborhood of Echo Park. Magdalena (Emily Rios) - age 14, with a round face and wistful manner - looks forward to her quinceanera (pronounced keen-say-ah-NYAIR-ah), the traditional party thrown by Latino families for a daughter's 15th birthday. But life tends to happen while we are making other plans, and soon Magdalena and her family are shocked by the news of her pregnancy. Shunned by her religious father, she moves in with her great-uncle Tomas (the very appealing Chalo Gonzalez of THE WILD BUNCH), who's already sheltering another family misfit - Magdalena's cousin Carlos, a tough kid rejected by his parents. QUINCEANERA turns out to be a sweet riff on the idea of creating a family: the new trio of Tomas, Magdalena and Carlos co-exist easily, with Magdalena's condition treated matter-of-factly. Uncle Tomas is a kindly man who'd rather show his grand niece family photographs than lecture her on her plight. Carlos, as we soon learn, has issues of his own to sort out. Soon economics invade their quiet lives: Tomas' home, a tiny backyard rental laden with mementos and trinkets, is now in the hands of new owners, yuppies intrigued by the possibility of a gentrifying neighborhood. "You live in a whole other world, don't you?" one of the new owners asks Carlos. "No, you do," he replies. Co-writer/directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland have crafted a small gem, one of those movies from which you emerge feeling happier about the human condition. Rios' performance creates a heroine to whom we are drawn, and the film's final glowing shots of Magdalena are like a gift. Forgiveness, acceptance and love - and perhaps miracles - are in the air as QUINCEANERA reaches its conclusion. This quiet film is a crowd pleaser, in the very best of ways. (Excerpted from THE SEATTLE TIMES) Winner - Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award, Sundance Film Festival. "A funny and touching tale. Lyrical and emotionally rigorous"-ROLLING STONE. "A winning tale of sex, real estate, and more or less immaculate conception"-VILLAGE VOICE. "A rich human comedy. A film that is serious, joyful, and filled with heart"-Roger Ebert _________________________________________________ ARMY OF SHADOWS - starts Friday, October 27 Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville Cast: Lino Ventura, Simone Signoret, Paul Meurisse Not rated; contains violence. In French with English subtitles. 145 min. The arrival of Jean-Pierre Melville's ARMY OF SHADOWS is not a rerelease but a debut. The film, though it hails from 1969, has never been distributed here. The title, which refers to the French Resistance, will mean nothing to most people, but for Melville watchers it has acquired the weight of legend. If they, however, are the only ones who see it now, that will be a waste, since any moviegoers with a weakness for dry heroism, dark-toned humor, and storytelling of pantherish pace and grace - in short, lovers of cinema - should reach for their fedoras, turn up the collars of their coats, and sneak to this picture through a mist of rain. The scene is instantly set. A column of German troops marches beside the Arc de Triomphe; there is something immediately terrifying in the way that Melville pauses the troops in freeze-frame - as if the cameraman had been interrupted (or killed) in mid-shot, or as if the whole scene were a slice of smuggled newsreel from last week. Up come the words "20 October 1942," and we see a long, low black car being driven through a sunless countryside. Welcome to Melvilleland. Inside the car is Philippe Gerbier (Lino Ventura), a prisoner of the German forces, who is being ferried to a small camp of fellow-undesirables. He stands before the commanding officer, who reads an official description of the new inmate: "Distant and ironic attitude. Suspected Gaullist ideas." Two things are crucial here. First, nothing has been proved; suspicion is more potent than hard evidence in the twilit limbo patrolled by Meliville's creatures. Second, the officer does not read out the words; he murmurs them to himself, the first of several characters to retreat into voice-over, as this sense of men as sequestered spirits deepens throughout the film - as does our treasuring of those who, against all odds, insist on brotherly love. What follows is as inexorable as the beating of a pulse. How Melville renders that fatalism not as a grind but as a source of tremulous suspense is a miracle that I find difficult to explain. Gerbier is transferred to Paris, where he awaits interrogation. Seizing the moment, he escapes and returns to the Resistance network in which he has quietly toiled. There he encounters stalwarts like Jean-Francois Jardie (Jean-Pierre Cassel), as dapper as a flying acre in his leather jacket, and Le Bison (Christian Barbier), a sort of human menhir. Then there is Mathilde (Simone Signoret), the bravest of them all. She is middle-aged and drably clothed, with a certainty of will that would not be out of place in a mother superior. Mathilde has one weakness: she carries a photograph of her daughter - a source of possible blackmail - in her handbag. "Don't keep it with you," Gerbier says, but she does. So much of ARMY OF SHADOWS is concerned with slips of judgement or curt, momentous gestures of faith. The resisters, with their code of monkish austerity, could almost be members of a closed order. Nobody sabotages a railway line or blows up a munitions dump; all their energy is directed to their own survival, or occasionally, to the necessary execution of a traitor. Above all, you have to feel the plucking of your nerves as Gerbier flees his captors along nighttime streets, slows to a walk, and slips into the only shop where the lights still burn. It happens to be a barber's, so he sits and has a shave, still panting from his exertions, and not knowing whether the man with the razor will help him out or slit his throat. There is no backchat, no music; nothing but the scraping of the blade. For the first, and maybe the only, time this year, you are in the hands of a master, and you follow every cut. (Excerpted from THE NEW YORKER) "As close to a masterpiece as any film you're likely to see this year"-THE SEATTLE TIMES. "The best foreign film of the year"-Roger Ebert. "A restoration of beauty that deserves to be seen"-THE NEW REPUBLIC. "Extraordinary"-NEWSWEEK. "Masterfully made with no detail unattended"-L.A. TIMES ________________________________________________ MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN Sunday, October 29 at 12:30 the Edward F. Edinger Society will be presenting a special showing of MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN. Tickets, at $10, are available at Quimper Sound. Following the film will be a brief Q&A panel with Janet Dallett, Ph.D., Jungian Analyst; Lorna Wood, M.A., Analytical Psychology; and Julia Rouse, M.A., Systems Counseling. The Edinger Society, organized in 2000 in Port Townsend, is dedicated to working with C.G. Jung's psychological concepts, illuminating and anchoring them with examples of everyday life. MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN Directed by Elisabeth Marton Cast: Eva Osterberg, Lasse Almeback, Mercedez Csampai Not rated. 90 min. In English and German with English subtitles. A trove of letters and diaries discovered in a basement in Switzerland in 1977 sparked a revival of interest in Sabina Spielrein, an important figure in the earliest days of psychoanalysis, both as doctor and patient. Award-winning documentarian Elisabeth Marton miraculously imbues MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN with fluid recreations and imagery, sometimes dreamlike in their power, in telling Spielrein's remarkable life story. After a tumultuous childhood and adolescence plagued by the nervous disorder then known as hysteria, Spielrein became the first psychoanalytic patient of Carl Jung. Despite warnings of his mentor, Sigmund Freud, about the dangers of countertransference, Jung, who was married, became very much enamored of Spielrein. When Jung broke off their relationship, the anguished Spielrein began a correspondence with Freud, eventually becoming one of the first women to enroll in his Vienna Psychoanalytic Society after earning her degree in medicine. After years of working as a psychoanalyst in Russia, Spielrein, a Jew, was killed in a Nazi massacre in 1942 and buried in a mass grave. Amazing, uniquely and poetically told, MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN is what might be called an epistolary film: and unusual hybrid of documentary and biopic in which readings from Spielrein's letters and diaries accompany re-enactments of scenes from her life and relationships with Freud and Jung, filmed in a pale palette that recalls faded photographs. (Excerpted from THE NEW YORK TIMES and ENTERTAINMENT TODAY) "A poignant testament to the twin forces of love (however blighted) and the unconscious"-VILLAGE VOICE. "Bringing to light both the work of this pioneer and the dark side of psychoanalysis"-TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ________________________________________________ PASSIONATE MINDS Fall/Winter Lecture Series Presented by School of Athens - Port Townsend Extension Lectures take place at the Rose Theatre at 1:00 PM. Doors open at 12:30 PM, and there is no late seating. Series passes: $50. Individual tickets: $10. Both available at Quimper Sound and the Analog Lounge, 230 Taylor Street. The School of Athens, Port Townsend Extension, is organized as the classical Greek gymnasia, or gathering places, to hear speakers on a wide variety of ideas, as represented by Raphael in his Vatican fresco, The School of Athens. The painting depicts the ancient philosophers including Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, and Zeno. For more information visit The Passionate Minds Lectures Series is made possible in part through the generous support of Homer Smith Insurance, Island Blueback, Inc., Port Townsend-Jefferson County Leader, William James Bookseller and The Rose Theatre. October 8, 2006 John Varley: Will Yellowstone Survive to the End of This Century? With degrees in zoology and entomology, John Varley spent the first 20 years of his career as a fisheries researcher and manager. John was a leading force in the now famous resurgence of Yellowstone fisheries in the 1970s. He was one of the principal architects for the restoration of wolves and grizzly bears and for ten years was director of all natural and cultural resources, planning and research in Yellowstone. He is co-author with Paul Schullery of Freshwater Wilderness:Yellowstone Fishes and Their World (1983), and most recently, Yellowstone Fishes: Ecology, History and Angling in the Park (1998). John and his wife, Anita, lived 30 years in Yellowstone. November 12, 2006 Dan Lamberton: The Curious Mr. Matsura This presentation concerns the life of Frank Matsura, who left Japan in 1901, settled in Seattle and then moved to Okanogan in 1903 where he took remarkable and distinctive photographs of the region, its citizens (of all races), and inspired the county's loyalty. His photographs are compiled in the WSU Library and at the Okanogan County Historical Society. Dan Lamberton's fascination with the sense of place emerges from years on his family's Okanogan Valley farm and the back country of the Northwest. Since 1994 he has been chair of the Humanities Program at Walla Walla College where he is a member of the honors faculty. He holds a masters degree in English literature and an MFA in poetry. Lamberton is a singer, and also a published poet. January 14, 2007 Mott Greene: Science and Democracy: Can This Marriage be Saved? U.S. constitutional democracy is married to 17th century Newtonian physics, and though it has allowed an ongoing menage with mid-Victorian Darwinism, it has refused acquaintance with any of the younger generation of suitors - relativity, quantum mechanics, theoretical population genetics. Most college educated U.S. residents have a scientific world view between 150-250 years out of date. What would a modern scientific world view look like (if anyone had one)? How could it be acquired, and what would its political and social consequences (very useful, very positive) likely be? Mott Greene is John Magee Professor of Science and Values and Director of the Program in Science, Technology and Society at the University of Puget Sound. February 11, 2007 Terence Deacon: Emergent Evolution: Self-organization, Protolife, and How DNA Got Its "Aboutness" Dr. Terence Deacon is professor in the Department of Anthropology and in the Wills Neuroscience Institute at University of California-Berkeley. His research has focused on the evolution of human brains and cognitive capacities, and also has included studies of neural development. He is currently completing a new book, Homunculus, that attempts to develop the concept of emergence and use it to illuminate some previously unresolved issues concerning the biological conception of information and complex functions and includes novel approaches to the origin of life and the evolution of consciousness. March 11, 2007 Janet Dallett: Listening to Rhino: Violence and Healing in a Scientific Age Janet Dallett has been in private practice as a Jungian analyst since 1974. Following post-doctoral training at the C.G. Jung Institute, Los Angeles, she served as director of training there and taught analytic trainees until 1983. Then the desire for a more contemplative life brought her to Port Townsend where she divides her time between two professions. As analyst, she specializes in psychology of creativity. As author, she writes in a conversational voice to communicate her exploration of the inner world to a general audience. Dr. Dallett has lectured throughout the U.S. and Canada and her work is published in both popular magazines and professional journals. April 8, 2007 Lori B. Andrews: Cloning and Beyond: Making Laws for Making Babies Loria B. Andrews is Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Institute of Science, Law and Technology at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. A graduate of Yale Law School, she was a Research Fellow with the American Bar Foundation from 1980 to 1992, and for ten years was a senior scholar at the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago. She has published five books and more than eighty scholarly articles, monographs, and book chapters on subjects including medical genetics, surrogate parenting, and alternative modes of reproduction. She has engaged in path-breaking litigation about reproductive and genetic technologies and the disposition of frozen embryos. __________________________________________________ Admission Prices General admission to the Rose is $8, senior citizens (62+) $7, children (12 & under) $6. The matinees are $1 less. The box office opens 30 minutes before the first show of the day, and tickets may be purchased at that time for any show through Thursday, October 26. Assisted Listening Devices Since opening in 1992 the Rose has provided infrared headphones for customers with hearing impairment. While the system has proved beneficial for many people, others have not benefited from it. In an effort to provide greater flexibility in this area, we recently installed an additional assisted hearing system. If your hearing aid has a telecoil, this new system might work for you. The sound reaches the telecoil via a neckloop. The system works in both auditoriums and may be requested at the concession. WARNING: The telecoil/neckloop system is not to be used if you have a pacemaker. Wheelchair Accessible Both auditoriums are wheelchair accessible, as well as the main floor restroom. If you phone our office ahead of time we'll be happy to reserve for you the designated seating area in either the Rose Theatre or Rosebud Cinema. (360.385.1039) __________________________________________________ Gift Suggestions Rose Theatre T-Shirts - $16.00 Rose Theatre Sweatshirts - $32.00 Admission Gift Certificates - $8, $7, $6" Discount Cards - $35.00 - (five admissions) Saves $1 on each general admission ticket. Concession Gift Certificates for any denomination __________________________________________________ Coming Attractions* ARMY OF SHADOWS - Oct. 27 - French resistance fighters get their due with this superb suspense classic from 1969, starring Lino Ventura and Simone Signoret. "The most meaningful atmosphere of meaningful suspense you'll likely see at the movies this year"-ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY. "A taut tale of intrigue and daring"-NEW YORK POST. THE QUEEN - tba - Helen Mirren will surely receive an Academy Award nomination for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in this excellent picture from director Stephen Frears. Set mostly during the week of the death of Princess Diana, the film goes behind closed doors at Buckingham Palace. With subtle humor and innate class, Mirren shows us a side of the queen long hidden from the world: her humanity. "One of the best pictures of the year...funny and touching in ways you can't predict"-ROLLING STONE MARIE ANTOINETTE - tba - Sofia Coppola's third feature film is a glitzy, sassy, thoroughly delightful and, yes, provocative picture starring Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman and Judy Davis. FUR: AN IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF DIANE ARBUS - tba - This is an astonishingly bold fable that relies to a great extent on the courage, the beauty and the sheer adventurousness of its two central players: Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr. THE CASE OF THE GRINNING CAT - tba - French octogenarian Chris Marker's latest cinematic essay is a lively, engaged meditation on post-9/11 France, framed by the mysterious appearance of a wide-eyed, broadly smiling feline mascot who magically appears on Paris rooftops, building walls, as well as at political demonstrations. "When this genius makes a new film, you go. Wrowr!"-TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL OLD JOY - tba - Two friends embark on a camping trip into the majestic Cascade mountains near Portland. The trajectory of their relationship in the context of post-9/11 America, surrounded by gorgeous wilderness, makes for a minimalist yet powerful tale of friendship and alienation. With original music by Yo La Tengo. "Has a radiant Zen simplicity"-VOGUE. "Quietly gripping"-TIME OUT THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND - tba - Forest Whitaker has given a lot of extraordinary performances in his career, but none quite as high voltage as his portrayal of the maniacal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. "Forest Whitaker gives the first performance of the fall film season worthy of a best-actor Oscar nomination"-USA TODAY IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS - tba - The film illuminates post-war Iraq in three acts, building a vivid picture of a country pulled in different directions by religion and ethnicity, powerfully exploring the lives of ordinary Iraqis. Winner - Best Director, Best Editing, Best Cinematography - Sundance 2006. "A visually startling, patiently observed and deeply humanist film"-EYE WEEKLY BABEL - tba - A single moment of violence connects the lives of characters on three continents, but BABEL reaches for spiritual universality, avoiding trendy or easy ideological judgments. The cast includes Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt and Gael Garcia Bernal. Directed by Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu (AMORES PERROS, 21 GRAMS) LITTLE CHILDREN - tba - Kate Winslet stars in this elegant, darkly comedic treatment about the emotional and physical violence lurking beneath the surface of polite suburban family lives. Directed by Todd Fields (IN THE BEDROOM) "The film pulls you in like a magnetic force"-ROLLING STONE *schedule subject to change. __________________________________________________ Rose Theatre Movie Challenge: What is the connection between THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP and the CD that is playing before the movie starts? Answers must be e-mailed to moviechallenge@rosetheatre.com with Rose Theatre Contest in the subject line. One winner will be selected at random from correct responses received by midnight, October 20, and will be notified by e-mail. Your free pass will be held at the box office so you must include your name along with your movie challenge answer. 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URL: http://mailman.olympus.net/pipermail/rose-movies/attachments/20061016/785b4074/attachment.html From rocky at rosetheatre.com Mon Oct 23 14:08:14 2006 From: rocky at rosetheatre.com (The Rose Theatre) Date: Mon Oct 23 13:08:30 2006 Subject: [Rose-movies] Rose Theatre Newsletter for 23 October '06 Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20061023104716.00ba5770@mail.olympus.net> This week's newsletter includes: * ARMY OF SHADOWS starts Friday, October 27 * JESUS CAMP starts Friday, October 27 * THE U.S. vs. JOHN LENNON ends Thursday, October 26 * THE PRESTIGE held over * MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN plays Sunday at 12:30 only * School of Athens Lecture Series continues Sunday, November 12 * Admission Prices, Wheelchair Accessibility & Assisted Listening Devices * Gift Suggestions * Coming Attractions * Rose Theatre Movie Challenge Show Times: Monday, October 23 - Thursday, November 2 ARMY OF SHADOWS - showing in the Rosebud Cinema Oct 27-31............7:00 Nov 1,2................7:00 JESUS CAMP - showing in the Rosebud Cinema Oct 27.................4:30 Oct 28.................4:30, 9:45 Oct 29-31............4:30 Nov 1,2................4:30 THE U.S. vs. JOHN LENNON - showing in the Rosebud Cinema Oct 23-26.............4:30, 7:20 THE PRESTIGE - showing in the Rose Theatre Oct 23-26............4:00, 7:00 Oct 27.................4:00, 7:20 Oct 28.................4:00, 7:20, 9:30 Oct 29-31............4:00, 7:20 Nov 1,2................4:00, 7:20 __________________________________________________ ARMY OF SHADOWS Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville Cast: Lino Ventura, Simone Signoret, Paul Meurisse Not rated; contains violence. In French with English subtitles. 145 min. The arrival of Jean-Pierre Melville's ARMY OF SHADOWS is not a rerelease but a debut. The film, though it hails from 1969, has never been distributed here. The title, which refers to the French Resistance, will mean nothing to most people, but for Melville watchers it has acquired the weight of legend. If they, however, are the only ones who see it now, that will be a waste, since any moviegoers with a weakness for dry heroism, dark-toned humor, and storytelling of pantherish pace and grace - in short, lovers of cinema - should reach for their fedoras, turn up the collars of their coats, and sneak to this picture through a mist of rain. The scene is instantly set. A column of German troops marches beside the Arc de Triomphe; there is something immediately terrifying in the way that Melville pauses the troops in freeze-frame - as if the cameraman had been interrupted (or killed) in mid-shot, or as if the whole scene were a slice of smuggled newsreel from last week. Up come the words "20 October 1942," and we see a long, low black car being driven through a sunless countryside. Welcome to Melvilleland. Inside the car is Philippe Gerbier (Lino Ventura), a prisoner of the German forces, who is being ferried to a small camp of fellow-undesirables. He stands before the commanding officer, who reads an official description of the new inmate: "Distant and ironic attitude. Suspected Gaullist ideas." Two things are crucial here. First, nothing has been proved; suspicion is more potent than hard evidence in the twilit limbo patrolled by Meliville's creatures. Second, the officer does not read out the words; he murmurs them to himself, the first of several characters to retreat into voice-over, as this sense of men as sequestered spirits deepens throughout the film - as does our treasuring of those who, against all odds, insist on brotherly love. What follows is as inexorable as the beating of a pulse. How Melville renders that fatalism not as a grind but as a source of tremulous suspense is a miracle that I find difficult to explain. Gerbier is transferred to Paris, where he awaits interrogation. Seizing the moment, he escapes and returns to the Resistance network in which he has quietly toiled. There he encounters stalwarts like Jean-Francois Jardie (Jean-Pierre Cassel), as dapper as a flying acre in his leather jacket, and Le Bison (Christian Barbier), a sort of human menhir. Then there is Mathilde (Simone Signoret), the bravest of them all. She is middle-aged and drably clothed, with a certainty of will that would not be out of place in a mother superior. Mathilde has one weakness: she carries a photograph of her daughter - a source of possible blackmail - in her handbag. "Don't keep it with you," Gerbier says, but she does. Above all, you have to feel the plucking of your nerves as Gerbier flees his captors along nighttime streets, slows to a walk, and slips into the only shop where the lights still burn. It happens to be a barber's, so he sits and has a shave, still panting from his exertions, and not knowing whether the man with the razor will help him out or slit his throat. There is no backchat, no music; nothing but the scraping of the blade. For the first, and maybe the only, time this year, you are in the hands of a master, and you follow every cut. (Excerpted from THE NEW YORKER) "As close to a masterpiece as any film you're likely to see this year"-THE SEATTLE TIMES. "The best foreign film of the year"-Roger Ebert. "A restoration of beauty that deserves to be seen"-THE NEW REPUBLIC. "Extraordinary"-NEWSWEEK. "Masterfully made with no detail unattended"-L.A. TIMES ________________________________________________ JESUS CAMP Directed by Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing Rated PG-13 for mature subject matter. 90 min. You'll never think about summer camp the same way after you've seen how they do things in JESUS CAMP. And that's not the only illusion this unsettling documentary shatters. Though most Americans like to believe that what we have in common unites us more than our differences pull us apart, the uncompromising zeal of the charismatic branch of evangelical Christianity portrayed in the film - God's soldiers determined to "break the power of the devil in this nation" - calls that into question. But though the film takes no overt Michael Moore-type swipes at anyone, JESUS CAMP is more likely to afflict the godless than comfort the God-fearing, who already know what's going on. Whether you are religious, churchgoing person or not, if you are the least bit liberal or tolerant in your world view, this has got to be one of the most unnerving films of the year. For one thing, the charismatic evangelicals depicted in this documentary are confident, organized and goal-oriented in their determination to "stand up and take back the land." The part of this plan JESUS CAMP concentrates on is the tools evangelicals use to indoctrinate their children at a young age to both share their parents' beliefs and act on them. What is difficult to witness is the unmistakable exclusionary intolerance that comes from people who are quite candid about saying, "We have the truth." Pastor Becky Fischer, the film's central figure, has no hesitation in defending evangelical indoctrination by saying, "Islam is doing the same thing." But for many, the problem with radical Islam is not how God is worshiped, but the disregard for other viewpoints. JESUS CAMP does interview various social observers, one of the most unexpected being Air America's Mike Papantonio, an active Methodist who is troubled by the "entanglement of politics and religion" that he thinks the evangelicals represent. The colloquy he has with Fischer, a caller to his show, is one of the film's high points. "These liberals," Fishcer says at one point, "have got to be shaking in their boots." As well they should. (Excerpted from the LOS ANGELES TIMES) "Grabs your attention like few other documentaries. The filmmakers' grace and fairness coupled with the power of their material might just make this one of the most talked-about documentaries of the year"-GANNETT NEWSPAPERS. "Should be required viewing for coastal urbanites perplexed by the heartland's shift to the right"-SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE. "Riveting"-THE NEW YORK TIMES _________________________________________________ THE U.S. vs. JOHN LENNON Directed by David Leaf and John Scheinfeld Rated PG-13 for some strong language, violent images and drug references. 99 min. Why would the president of the United States imagine a British rock 'n' toll singer to be his primary obstacle to re-election? In David Leaf and John Scheinfeld's investigative documentary, THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON, former FBI agent Wesley Swearingen suggests that "the problem was not with his music, but with his friends." Lennon's financing of people the government was trying to incarcerate, such as John Sinclair and Bobby Seale, did not ingratiate him to the Nixon administration. But neither did his penning of songs such as "Give Peace a Chance," which threatened to replace "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as the national anthem of the Vietnam years. This exhaustive account of Lennon's years from 1966 to 1976 reveals an unpleasant truth about government paranoia, and the lengths to which the highest office in the land will go to squelch the dissent of a radicalized culture. Leaf and Scheinfeld inteview an impressive range of subjects, including Mario Cuomo, Angela Davis, Ron Kovic, G. Gordon Liddy, George McGovern, Jack Ryan, Seale, Tom Smothers and Gore Vidal. What is ultimately so special about this film is its handling of the relationship between Lennon and wife, Yoko Ono. The happiness of this creative couple, as they grow, share and experiment together, is undeniable. Shining through the bureaucratic harassment of the singer who was vilified for changing his tune from "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" to "Revolution" is the indefatigable energy of young people in love. (Excerpted from SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER) "Lennon's spirit, like his music, shines through like a beacon"-ROLLING STONE. _________________________________________________ THE PRESTIGE Directed by Christopher Nolan Cast: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, David Bowie, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine Rated PG-13 for violence and disturbing images. 130 min. Hard on the heels of THE ILLUSIONIST comes THE PRESTIGE, another tale of turn-of-the-century prestidigitation, from the same basic creative team as BATMAN BEGINS (director, co-writer, cinematographer, editor, production designer, and several of the actors). And what fan-geek among us can ignore the fact that the film features a face-off between Wolverine and Batman? But put all that aside - because THE PRESTIGE is one of the best movies of the year, and it needs to be celebrated on its own merits. Based on the novel by Christopher Priest, THE PRESTIGE features Hugh Jackman as Rupert Angier, and Christian Bale as Alfred Borden, aspiring magicians in the late 1800s, who started their careers together but, after a tragedy, became bitter rivals. Borden is the superior thaumaturge, but he lacks stage presence, while Angier is a supreme showman. When Borden creates a truly mystifying illusion called "The Transporting Man," Angier first replicates it using traditional techniques, but becomes obsessed with learning its true method, and goes to tragic lengths to obtain the secret. There's a lot more to the story, but to synopsize the details would spoil the rich tapestry of this superb film. Co-written and directed by Christopher Nolan (INSOMNIA), the film has a sprawling, time-shifting narrative that somewhat recalls his career-making work on MEMENTO. The action takes place over several years as we witness the degeneration of the relationship between the two men. Both Jackman and Bale are superb, and wonderful support is lent by Michael Caine as Angier's assistant Mr. Cutter, and Rebecca Hall as Bordon's wife Sarah. Andy Serkis is great fun in a small role, and David Bowie is surprisingly convincing as the mysterious Dr. Tesla. Scarlett Johansson in her 789th movie of the year, is largely decorative. The period detail is sumptuous. THE PRESTIGE is grandly entertaining, and yet personal and heartbreaking. It is the essence of great Hollywood filmmaking. (Excerpted from POP SYNDICATE) "Dazzling. This is moviemaking at its absolute finest"-MAXIM _________________________________________________ Sunday, October 29 at 12:30 the Edward F. Edinger Society will be presenting a special showing of MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN. Tickets, at $10, are available at Quimper Sound. Following the film will be a brief Q&A panel with Janet Dallett, Ph.D., Jungian Analyst; Lorna Wood, M.A., Analytical Psychology; and Julia Rouse, M.A., Systems Counseling. The Edinger Society, organized in 2000 in Port Townsend, is dedicated to working with C.G. Jung's psychological concepts, illuminating and anchoring them with examples of everyday life. MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN Directed by Elisabeth Marton Cast: Eva Osterberg, Lasse Almeback, Mercedez Csampai Not rated. 90 min. In English and German with English subtitles. A trove of letters and diaries discovered in a basement in Switzerland in 1977 sparked a revival of interest in Sabina Spielrein, an important figure in the earliest days of psychoanalysis, both as doctor and patient. Award-winning documentarian Elisabeth Marton miraculously imbues MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN with fluid recreations and imagery, sometimes dreamlike in their power, in telling Spielrein's remarkable life story. After a tumultuous childhood and adolescence plagued by the nervous disorder then known as hysteria, Spielrein became the first psychoanalytic patient of Carl Jung. Despite warnings of his mentor, Sigmund Freud, about the dangers of countertransference, Jung, who was married, became very much enamored of Spielrein. When Jung broke off their relationship, the anguished Spielrein began a correspondence with Freud, eventually becoming one of the first women to enroll in his Vienna Psychoanalytic Society after earning her degree in medicine. After years of working as a psychoanalyst in Russia, Spielrein, a Jew, was killed in a Nazi massacre in 1942 and buried in a mass grave. Amazing, uniquely and poetically told, MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN is what might be called an epistolary film: and unusual hybrid of documentary and biopic in which readings from Spielrein's letters and diaries accompany re-enactments of scenes from her life and relationships with Freud and Jung, filmed in a pale palette that recalls faded photographs. (Excerpted from THE NEW YORK TIMES and ENTERTAINMENT TODAY) "A poignant testament to the twin forces of love (however blighted) and the unconscious"-VILLAGE VOICE. "Bringing to light both the work of this pioneer and the dark side of psychoanalysis"-TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ________________________________________________ PASSIONATE MINDS Fall/Winter Lecture Series Presented by School of Athens - Port Townsend Extension Lectures take place at the Rose Theatre at 1:00 PM. Doors open at 12:30 PM, and there is no late seating. Series passes: $50. Individual tickets: $10. Both available at Quimper Sound and the Analog Lounge, 230 Taylor Street. The School of Athens, Port Townsend Extension, is organized as the classical Greek gymnasia, or gathering places, to hear speakers on a wide variety of ideas, as represented by Raphael in his Vatican fresco, The School of Athens. The painting depicts the ancient philosophers including Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, and Zeno. For more information visit The Passionate Minds Lectures Series is made possible in part through the generous support of Homer Smith Insurance, Island Blueback, Inc., Port Townsend-Jefferson County Leader, William James Bookseller and The Rose Theatre. October 8, 2006 John Varley: Will Yellowstone Survive to the End of This Century? With degrees in zoology and entomology, John Varley spent the first 20 years of his career as a fisheries researcher and manager. John was a leading force in the now famous resurgence of Yellowstone fisheries in the 1970s. He was one of the principal architects for the restoration of wolves and grizzly bears and for ten years was director of all natural and cultural resources, planning and research in Yellowstone. He is co-author with Paul Schullery of Freshwater Wilderness:Yellowstone Fishes and Their World (1983), and most recently, Yellowstone Fishes: Ecology, History and Angling in the Park (1998). John and his wife, Anita, lived 30 years in Yellowstone. November 12, 2006 Dan Lamberton: The Curious Mr. Matsura This presentation concerns the life of Frank Matsura, who left Japan in 1901, settled in Seattle and then moved to Okanogan in 1903 where he took remarkable and distinctive photographs of the region, its citizens (of all races), and inspired the county's loyalty. His photographs are compiled in the WSU Library and at the Okanogan County Historical Society. Dan Lamberton's fascination with the sense of place emerges from years on his family's Okanogan Valley farm and the back country of the Northwest. Since 1994 he has been chair of the Humanities Program at Walla Walla College where he is a member of the honors faculty. He holds a masters degree in English literature and an MFA in poetry. Lamberton is a singer, and also a published poet. January 14, 2007 Mott Greene: Science and Democracy: Can This Marriage be Saved? U.S. constitutional democracy is married to 17th century Newtonian physics, and though it has allowed an ongoing menage with mid-Victorian Darwinism, it has refused acquaintance with any of the younger generation of suitors - relativity, quantum mechanics, theoretical population genetics. Most college educated U.S. residents have a scientific world view between 150-250 years out of date. What would a modern scientific world view look like (if anyone had one)? How could it be acquired, and what would its political and social consequences (very useful, very positive) likely be? Mott Greene is John Magee Professor of Science and Values and Director of the Program in Science, Technology and Society at the University of Puget Sound. February 11, 2007 Terence Deacon: Emergent Evolution: Self-organization, Protolife, and How DNA Got Its "Aboutness" Dr. Terence Deacon is professor in the Department of Anthropology and in the Wills Neuroscience Institute at University of California-Berkeley. His research has focused on the evolution of human brains and cognitive capacities, and also has included studies of neural development. He is currently completing a new book, Homunculus, that attempts to develop the concept of emergence and use it to illuminate some previously unresolved issues concerning the biological conception of information and complex functions and includes novel approaches to the origin of life and the evolution of consciousness. March 11, 2007 Janet Dallett: Listening to Rhino: Violence and Healing in a Scientific Age Janet Dallett has been in private practice as a Jungian analyst since 1974. Following post-doctoral training at the C.G. Jung Institute, Los Angeles, she served as director of training there and taught analytic trainees until 1983. Then the desire for a more contemplative life brought her to Port Townsend where she divides her time between two professions. As analyst, she specializes in psychology of creativity. As author, she writes in a conversational voice to communicate her exploration of the inner world to a general audience. Dr. Dallett has lectured throughout the U.S. and Canada and her work is published in both popular magazines and professional journals. April 8, 2007 Lori B. Andrews: Cloning and Beyond: Making Laws for Making Babies Loria B. Andrews is Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Institute of Science, Law and Technology at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. A graduate of Yale Law School, she was a Research Fellow with the American Bar Foundation from 1980 to 1992, and for ten years was a senior scholar at the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago. She has published five books and more than eighty scholarly articles, monographs, and book chapters on subjects including medical genetics, surrogate parenting, and alternative modes of reproduction. She has engaged in path-breaking litigation about reproductive and genetic technologies and the disposition of frozen embryos. __________________________________________________ Admission Prices General admission to the Rose is $8, senior citizens (62+) $7, children (12 & under) $6. The matinees are $1 less. The box office opens 30 minutes before the first show of the day, and tickets may be purchased at that time for any show through Thursday, November 2. Assisted Listening Devices Since opening in 1992 the Rose has provided infrared headphones for customers with hearing impairment. While the system has proved beneficial for many people, others have not benefited from it. In an effort to provide greater flexibility in this area, we recently installed an additional assisted hearing system. If your hearing aid has a telecoil, this new system might work for you. The sound reaches the telecoil via a neckloop. The system works in both auditoriums and may be requested at the concession. WARNING: The telecoil/neckloop system is not to be used if you have a pacemaker. Wheelchair Accessible Both auditoriums are wheelchair accessible, as well as the main floor restroom. If you phone our office ahead of time we'll be happy to reserve for you the designated seating area in either the Rose Theatre or Rosebud Cinema. (360.385.1039) __________________________________________________ Gift Suggestions Rose Theatre T-Shirts - $16.00 Rose Theatre Sweatshirts - $32.00 Admission Gift Certificates - $8, $7, $6" Discount Cards - $35.00 - (five admissions) Saves $1 on each general admission ticket. Concession Gift Certificates for any denomination __________________________________________________ Coming Attractions* THE QUEEN - tba - Helen Mirren will surely receive an Academy Award nomination for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in this excellent picture from director Stephen Frears. Set mostly during the week of the death of Princess Diana, the film goes behind closed doors at Buckingham Palace. With subtle humor and innate class, Mirren shows us a side of the queen long hidden from the world: her humanity. "One of the best pictures of the year...funny and touching in ways you can't predict"-ROLLING STONE MARIE ANTOINETTE - tba - Sofia Coppola's third feature film is a glitzy, sassy, thoroughly delightful and, yes, provocative picture starring Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman and Judy Davis. FUR: AN IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF DIANE ARBUS - tba - This is an astonishingly bold fable that relies to a great extent on the courage, the beauty and the sheer adventurousness of its two central players: Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr. THE CASE OF THE GRINNING CAT - tba - French octogenarian Chris Marker's latest cinematic essay is a lively, engaged meditation on post-9/11 France, framed by the mysterious appearance of a wide-eyed, broadly smiling feline mascot who magically appears on Paris rooftops, building walls, as well as at political demonstrations. "When this genius makes a new film, you go. Wrowr!"-TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL OLD JOY - tba - Two friends embark on a camping trip into the majestic Cascade mountains near Portland. The trajectory of their relationship in the context of post-9/11 America, surrounded by gorgeous wilderness, makes for a minimalist yet powerful tale of friendship and alienation. With original music by Yo La Tengo. "Has a radiant Zen simplicity"-VOGUE. "Quietly gripping"-TIME OUT THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND - tba - Forest Whitaker has given a lot of extraordinary performances in his career, but none quite as high voltage as his portrayal of the maniacal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. "Forest Whitaker gives the first performance of the fall film season worthy of a best-actor Oscar nomination"-USA TODAY IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS - January 19 - The film illuminates post-war Iraq in three acts, building a vivid picture of a country pulled in different directions by religion and ethnicity, powerfully exploring the lives of ordinary Iraqis. Winner - Best Director, Best Editing, Best Cinematography - Sundance 2006. "A visually startling, patiently observed and deeply humanist film"-EYE WEEKLY BABEL - tba - A single moment of violence connects the lives of characters on three continents, but BABEL reaches for spiritual universality, avoiding trendy or easy ideological judgments. The cast includes Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt and Gael Garcia Bernal. Directed by Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu (AMORES PERROS, 21 GRAMS) LITTLE CHILDREN - tba - Kate Winslet stars in this elegant, darkly comedic treatment about the emotional and physical violence lurking beneath the surface of polite suburban family lives. Directed by Todd Fields (IN THE BEDROOM) "The film pulls you in like a magnetic force"-ROLLING STONE *schedule subject to change. __________________________________________________ Rose Theatre Movie Challenge: What movie did the Rose play for Halloween in 1992?- Answers must be e-mailed to moviechallenge@rosetheatre.com with Rose Theatre Contest in the subject line. One winner will be selected at random from correct responses received by midnight, October 27, and will be notified by e-mail. Your free pass will be held at the box office so you must include your name along with your movie challenge answer. Passes are good for 30 days. __________________________________________________ Last Week's Question: What is the connection between THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP and the CD playing before the movie starts? Answer: Jane Birkin, the CD artist, is the mother of Charlotte Gainsbourg, who stars as Stephanie in the movie. 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URL: http://mailman.olympus.net/pipermail/rose-movies/attachments/20061023/3c7a4353/attachment.html From rocky at rosetheatre.com Mon Oct 30 18:57:59 2006 From: rocky at rosetheatre.com (The Rose Theatre) Date: Mon Oct 30 18:58:19 2006 Subject: [Rose-movies] Rose Theatre Newsletter for Monday, October 30 Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20061030161752.00bb4278@mail.olympus.net> This week's newsletter includes: * MARIE ANTOINETTE starts Friday, November 3 * THE DEPARTED starts Friday, November 3 * ARMY OF SHADOWS ends Thursday, November 2 * JESUS CAMP ends Thursday, November 2 * THE PRESTIGE ends Thursday, November 2 * Lecture Nov. 12 - Dan Lamberton: The Curious Mr. Matsura * Admission Prices, Wheelchair Accessibility & Assisted Listening Devices * Gift Suggestions * Coming Attractions * Rose Theatre Movie Challenge Show Times: Monday, October 3 - Thursday, November 9 MARIE ANTOINETTE - showing in the Rosebud Cinema Nov 3...................4:30, 7:20 Nov 4...................1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 9:40 Nov 5-9................4:30, 7:20 THE DEPARTED - showing in the Rose Theatre Nov 3...................4:00, 7:00 Nov 4...................1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Nov 5-9................4:00, 7:00 ARMY OF SHADOWS - showing in the Rosebud Cinema Oct 30-Nov 2........7:00 JESUS CAMP - showing in the Rosebud Cinema Oct 30-Nov 2........4:30 THE PRESTIGE - showing in the Rose Theatre Oct 30-Nov 2........4:00, 7:20 __________________________________________________ MARIE ANTOINETTE Directed by Sophia Coppola Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Judy Davis, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne, Asia Argento, Molly Shannon, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Steve Coogan. Rated PG-13 for sexual content, partial nudity and innuendo. 123 min. MARIE ANTOINETTE is a thoroughly modern confection, blending insouciance and sophistication, heartfelt longing and self-conscious posing with guileless self-assurance of a great pop song. What to do for pleasure? Go see this movie, for starters. "Natural's Not in It" by the Gang of Four (speaking of great pop songs) blasts over the electrifying pink-and-black opening titles, kicking us into 18th-century Versailles with a jolt of anachronism. But despite all the bodices and breeches, the horsedrawn coaches and elaborate perukes, MARIE ANTOINETTE is only masquerading as a costume drama. It would be overstating the case to call it a work of social criticism, but beneath its highly decorated surface is an examination, touched with melancholy as well as delight, of what it means to live in a world governed by rituals of acquisition and display. It is a world that Ms. Coppola presents as exotic and unreal - a baroque counterpoint to the Tokyo of LOST IN TRANSLATION - but that is not as far away as it first seems. Ms. Coppola, who drew upon Antonia Fraser's revisionist biography of Marie Antoinette, "Marie Antoinette: The Journey," in preparing her script, is less a historian than a pop anthropologist, and her portrait of the young queen, played with wily charm by Kirsten Dunst, is not so much a psychological portrait as a tableau of mood and atmosphere. Highly theatrical and yet also intimate and informal, MARIE ANTOINETTE let's its story slink almost casually through its lovingly composed and rendered images. Marie is, at first, very much an outsider, summoned from Austria as a 14-year-old to be the bride of the future Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman). Crossing the border, she is stripped of her clothes and her beloved pug, Mops, and welcomed into a world of rigorously observed, often ridiculous forms. The mingling of private matters with affairs of state is a hallmark of this kind of monarchy, and in Ms. Coppola's hands the analogies to modern celebrity culture are simultaneously clear and subtle. Marie's life is one of obscene entitlement, but it also heavily constrained, and the story the film tells is of her efforts to accommodate her headstrong, spirited individualism to the strictures of her role as queen. And the film's visual extravagance somehow conveys its heroine's loneliness as well as the sheer fun of aristocratic life. We know how this story ends, and Ms. Coppola refrains from showing us the violent particulars, or from sentimentalizing her heroine's fate, preferring to conclude on a quiet, restrained note that registers the loss of Marie's world as touchingly as the rest of the film has acknowledged her folly, her confusion and her humanity. (Excerpted from THE NEW YORK TIMES) "Accomplished, impressive filmmaking"-LOS ANGELES TIMES. "Sumptuous"-SPIN. "Provocative"-PREMIERE. "Amazing and completely original"-GQ. "Coppola works her magic again...your eyes will be dazzled"-ROLLING STONE. "Kirsten Dunst is pitch perfect"-Roger Ebert __________________________________________________ THE DEPARTED Directed by Martin Scorsese Cast: Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Vera Farmiga, Alec Baldwin, Ray Winstone Rated R for strong brutal violence, pervasive language, strong sexual content and drug material. 149 min. Frequently excessive but never dull, THE DEPARTED is a little too much of a lot of things that define Martin Scorsese films, but it's also almost impossible to resist. Too operatic at times, too in love with violence and macho posturing at others, it's a potboiler dressed up in upscale designer clothes, but oh how that pot does boil. The idea is that in the midst of a war between the police and organized crime, each side succeeds in placing a clever mole in the heart of the other camp. Gradually each spy discovers the existence - but not the identity - of his opposite and, as the noose tightens and the tension ratchets past the cracking point, each man struggles furiously to unmask his rival before he himself is revealed and destroyed. All the actors bring their A games to this triumphant bruiser of a film, its darkly wanton wit the only defense against complete chaos. DiCaprio and Damon give explosive, emotionally complex performances, but it must be said that Jack Nicholson reaches undreamed-of heights of decadent devilment as Irish mob kingpin Frank Costello. Whether he's wielding a gun, dissing Catholic priests or pederasts, seducing children into a life a crime, letting it snow cocaine or chatting while elbow-deep in blood, Nicholson is electrifying, leeching out the glamour to create a landmark portrait of evil. Though he is not without competition, the best of the film's male actors is DiCaprio. Moviegoers used to his eternal boyishness will be pleasantly surprised at this, his fist fully adult role, at the genuine substance and maturity he brings to this part without losing any of his trademark vulnerability. As Scorsese told "Entertainment Weekly," his face is a battlefield of moral conflicts." Another revelation for some viewers will be the critical performance of Farmiga as Madolyn, a psychi