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Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work


U.S.A. 2010
Directed by Rikki Stern
84 minutes, rated R

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Starring Joan Rivers, Don Rickles, Kathy Griffin, and Melissa Rivers

Whodda thunk? This film took me completely by surprise. A wonderful, poignant and very funny film; do yourself a favor and see it.
A PIECE OF WORK takes the audience on a year long ride with legendary comedian Joan Rivers in her 76th year of life. Peeling away the mask of an iconic comedian and exposing the struggles, sacrifices and joy of living life as a ground breaking female performer. The film is an emotionally surprising and revealing portrait of one the most hilarious and long-standing career women ever in the business.


Cyrus

Starts August 6th
U.S.A. 2010
Directed by Jay & Mark Duplass
92 minutes, rated R

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A dulcetly crazy, certifiably hilarious and eerily mysterious little comedy. The film's structure is a skewed triangle. John C. Reilly is John, still a lost soul seven years after his divorce. (It doesn't help that his ex, played by Catherine Keener, is about to remarry.) All the same, he's trying to find himself in the wistful hope that there's someone to find, and Marisa Tomei's Molly convinces him that there is. Coming out of nowhere at a party John has forced himself to go to, she is everything he could have wished for—smart, kind, pretty and, in his ecstatic phrase, a sex angel in the bargain. The only complication is her tangled relationship with her 21-year-old son, Cyrus, who lives at home and is played by Jonah Hill. .Starring John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, Catherine Keener, Matt Walsh, and Katie Aselton


I Am Love

One Week July 30-August 5
U.S.A. 2010
Directed by Luca Guadagnino
120 minutes, rated R

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I AM LOVE tells the story of the wealthy Recchi family, whose lives are undergoing sweeping changes. Eduardo Sr. (Gabriele Ferzetti), the family patriarch, has decided to name a successor to reign over his massive industrial company, surprising everyone by splitting power between his son Tancredi (Pippo Delbono), and grandson Edo (Flavio Parenti). But Edo dreams of opening a restaurant with his friend Antonio (Edoardo Gabbriellini), a handsome and talented chef. At the heart of the family is Tancredi's wife Emma (Tilda Swinton), a Russian immigrant who has adopted the culture of Milan. An adoring and attentive mother, her existence is shocked to the core when she falls quickly and deeply in love with Edo's friend and partner Antonio, and embarks on a passionate love affair that will change her family forever. (Fully subtitled, except for a brief sequence in spoken English)


Winter's Bone


U.S.A. 2010
Directed by Debra Granik
110 minutes, rated R

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Winner of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, this tense, naturalistic thriller follows 17-year-old Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence, The Burning Plain) as she confronts the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to track down her father, who has put up the family homestead for his bail. Featuring a star-making performance by Lawrence, Winter's Bone is one of the most-critically acclaimed films of the year. Directed and co-written by Debra Granik.


The Girl Who Played With Fire


Sweden 2010
Directed by Daniel Alfredson
129 minutes, not rated

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In the highly anticipated second installment of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy (following The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) is a wanted woman. A researcher and a Millennium journalist about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered, and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behavior makes her an official danger to society—but no one can find her anywhere. Meanwhile, Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist), editor-in-chief of Millennium, will not believe what he hears on the news. Knowing Salander to be fierce when fearful, he is desperate to get to her before she is cornered and alone. As he fits the pieces of the puzzle together, he comes up against some hardened criminals, including the chainsaw-wielding 'blond giant' (Micke Spreitz)—a fearsomely huge thug who can feel no pain. Digging deeper, Blomkvist also unearths some heart-wrenching facts about Salander’s past life. Committed to psychiatric care aged 12, declared legally incompetent at 18, this is a messed-up young woman who is the product of an unjust and corrupt system. Yet Lisbeth is more avenging angel than helpless victim. (Fully subtitled)


Micmacs


France 2010
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
105 minutes, not rated

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First it was a mine that exploded in the middle of the Moroccan desert. Years later, it was a stray bullet that lodged in his brain... Bazil doesn't have much luck with weapons. The first made him an orphan, the second holds him on the brink of sudden, instant death. Released from the hospital after his accident, Bazil is homeless. Luckily, our inspired and gentle-natured dreamer is quickly taken in by a motley crew of junkyard dealers living in a veritable Ali Baba's cave. The group’s talents and aspirations are as surprising as they are diverse: Remington, Calculator, Buster, Slammer, Elastic Girl, Tiny Pete and Mama Chow. Then one day, walking by two huge buildings, Bazil recognizes the logos of the weapons manufacturers that caused all of his misfortune. He sets out to take revenge, with the help of his faithful gang of wacky friends. Underdogs battling heartless industrial giants, our gang relive the battle of David and Goliath, with all the imagination and fantasy of Buster Keaton.

 


Exit Through The Gift Shop


U.S.A./U.K. 2010
Directed by Bansky
87 minutes, rated R

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The first film by renowned graffiti artist Banksy, became the hottest ticket at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival where it made its world debut. Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post—hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. Exit Through the Gift Shop tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner – with spectacular results. The film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Invader and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work, on walls and in interview. As Banksy describes it, "It's basically the story of how one man set out to film the un—filmable. And failed.

 




   

   

   


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