Week Starting August 2Tuesday, August 4  During the summer after his college graduation, Art Bechstein tries to break free from his stern father and his web of gangland connections when he meets Jane Bellweather , at tortured …  In The Soloist, an emotionally soaring drama about the redemptive power of music, journalist Steve Lopez discovers Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, a former classical music prodigy, playing his violin on the streets … Friday, August 7  The story revolves primarily around a pair of twin sisters--Jeannie, who has been in a wheelchair since her youth, and Lauren. Jeannie co-owns a vintage clothing store with her semi-estranged friend …  Based on the internationally acclaimed novel by Zülfü Livaneli and set against the backdrop of Turkey’s natural wonders, Bliss is an eye-opening story about the taboo subject of honor killings. When …  In response to shiny, bigger, better American consumerism comes "Cold Souls," first-time feature director Sophie Barthes' surreal comedy in which souls can be extracted and traded as commodities.... In response …  18th century justice has finally caught up to grave robbers Arthur Blake and Willie Grimes. With the specter of the guillotine looming over him, young Blake confides in visiting clergyman Father …  "Paper Heart" follows Charlyne as she embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn’t fully understand. As she and her good friend (and … Week Starting August 9Saturday, August 8  "Smile 'Til It Hurts: The Up with People Story" explores the cleancut, smile-drenched singing phenomenon Up With People. The group was born in response to the counter-culture of the ’60s, spun … Tuesday, August 11  Deneuve stars as Camille, a divorcee whose beloved 20-year-old son has just died in a car accident. She is overcome with grief, but her anguish manifests itself in the strange obsession …  Brian Weathersby (Paul Dano) is a 28 year-old salesman at a high-end Swedish mattress company. The afterthought child to elderly parents (Ed Asner, Jane Alexander), and the youngest son in a …  Spring 1936 - in a working-class district in the north of Paris, a neighborhood that probably had a name once but that everyone now simply calls the Faubourg. In this blue-collar …  Francois and his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in a tough neighborhood. Armed with the best intentions, they brace themselves to not let discouragement stop …  Writer-directors Duane Graves and Justin Meeks, working from the recently discovered journals of one Dale S. Rogers, re-create mid-1970s rural Texas to tell the story of a small town that was … Wednesday, August 12  Roman and Maru are two troubled teenagers who attempt an impossible rebellion against the adult world. The partners in crime decide to disappear together to a place where they don't have …  As recently as this past spring, Japan’s Prime Minister Taro Aso (and before him P.M. Koizumi) unleashed an international furor by paying respects at the notorious Yasukuni Shrine. Established in 1869, … Week Starting August 16Friday, August 14  Abu Raed is a lonely janitor at Amman’s International Airport. Never having realized his dreams of seeing the world, he experiences it vicariously through books and brief encounters with travelers. Finding …  Cloud 9 is the groundbreaking and lyrical story of a 67-year old married woman who rediscovers passion and her sexuality when she falls in love with a 76-year old man. Cloud …  It is now all the rage in the Age of Al Gore and Obama, but can you remember when everyone in America was not "Going Green"? Visually stunning, vastly entertaining and …  Solet’s film is a slow burn thriller about Madeline, a recently windowed new parent, who, much to the chagrin of her mother in-law, Vivian, seeks the help of Patricia, a freelance …  Filmed through the eyes of three virtuosos from three different generations, audiences get up close and personal, discovering how a furniture upholsterer from Detroit, a studio musician and painter from …  December 1944: the “total war” is as good as totally lost. Goebbels, however, isn’t willing to be so easily defeated. On New Year’s Day, the Führer is supposed to re-ignite the …  The latest animated adventure from Hayao Miyazaki ("Spirited Away") follows the story of a young goldfish named Ponyo and her quest to become human.  Taxidermia contains three generational stories, about a grandfather, a father, and a son, linked together by recurring motifs. The dim grandfather, an orderly during World War Two, lives in his bizarre … Tuesday, August 18  Julia, 40, is an alcoholic. She is a manipulative, unreliable, compulsive liar, all strung out beneath her still flamboyant exterior. Between shots of vodka and one-night stands, Julia gets by on …  It’s been a hell of a day on the highway. When Federal Officers Elizabeth Anderson (Julia Ormond) and Sam Hallaway (Bill Pullman) arrive at Captain Billing's office, they have three sets …  The fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles is the largest of its kind in the United States. Started as a form of healing after the …  A gritty and intimate portrait of one of boxing’s most polarizing figures, James Toback’s Tyson recounts Iron Mike’s rise to superstardom and subsequent fall from grace through the eyes of the … Wednesday, August 19  A bourgeois woman (Maria Onetto) is driving alone on a dirt road, becomes distracted, and runs over something. In the days following this jarring incident, she is dazed and emotionally disconnected … Week Starting August 23Friday, August 21  "Art & Copy" reveals the stories behind and the personal odysseys of some of the most influential advertising visionaries of our time and their campaigns, including Lee Clow (Apple Computer 1984, …  Melvin Van Peebles-filmmaker, playwright, composer, crooner, ladies' man, and living legend-returns to the screen with this picaresque yarn about a boy from Chicago who wants to see the world and get …  Inspired by Martin McGartlands incredible autobiography, Fifty Dead Men Walking is the stunning new action thriller by Kari Skogland about a secret agent working undercover for British security services in Northern …  The idea of reconciliation between two men from opposite sides of a life-and-death struggle is perhaps impossible or even incredibly naïve. Five Minutes of Heaven, a film that tracks the lives …  "Inglourious Basterds" begins in German-occupied France, where Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Shosanna narrowly escapes and …  The tires of a baby-blue ’53 Cadillac Coupe de Ville convertible squeal down the New York street, and none of its occupants looks back. The beautiful but mercurial Ann Devereaux (Renée …  In this astounding and explosive documentary, Spike Lee captures the eponymous Broadway musical show written by singer/songwriter Stew (with music cowritten by his creative partner, Heidi Rodewald). The resulting work unites …  Uli Edels’s Oscar nominated film is an epic look at Germany in the turbulent 70s. Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking …  As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for. In World’s Greatest Dad, a wickedly funny dark comedy, Lance Clayton (Robin Williams) discovers that what he covets most in life … Tuesday, August 25  It's the summer of 1987, and James Brennan, an uptight, recent college grad, can't wait to embark on his dream tour of Europe. But when his parents announce they can no …  Winner of the Venice Film Festival's prestigious FIPRESCI Critics' Prize, "Goodbye Solo" traces the brief, but life-changing friendship between a reserved, Southern good ol' boy and a warm-hearted, extroverted taxi driver. [Synopsis courtesy of Roadside Attractions]  Marybeth (Kerry Washington) is a pre-op transsexual working as a prostitute and living with her lover, Benny, a small time burglar. In spite of their lines of work, they live a …  Swanberg and his co-writer and co-director, Greta Gerwig, previously created 2007’s boldly naturalistic “Hannah Takes the Stairs,” and here continue their remarkable collaboration. They star as James and Mattie, twenty-somethings who …  Beto (Luna) and Tato (Bernal) are a pair of rivaling, dim-witted brothers who work on a dusty banana ranch and play soccer for their local team. Beto, a goalie whose hot …  Once the high school cheerleading captain who dated the quarterback, Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams) now finds herself a thirty something single mother working as a maid. Her sister Norah, (Emily Blunt), …  This political documentary follows a young couple from New Orleans’ Ninth Ward who survives Hurricane Katrina only to encounter even bigger disasters of mismanagement and neglect in its wake. Incorporating astounding … Wednesday, August 26  Based on the novel of the same name, the film follows the true life story of Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin), the man who set into motion the events that led to the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969. Friday, August 28  The 3rd Antarctic Campaign was arguably “the perfect combination of imperfections” and the risks taken to stop a Japanese whaling fleet were astonishingly reckless and admirable. At the Edge of the …  Paul Aufiero, a 35-year-old parking-garage attendant from Staten Island, is the self-described "world's biggest New York Giants fan". He lives at home with his mother, spending his off hours calling …  Every summer, the Yokoyama clan gathers at the family’s seaside home to commemorate beloved eldest son Junpei, who drowned 15 years earlier. Surviving son Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) has brought his new …  R.J. Cutler’s documentary “The September Issue,” turns the spotlight on a behemoth of the fashion world. Anna Wintour, editor of Vogue for 20 years, is the most powerful and polarizing figure …  Ten years in the making and culled from 5000 hours of footage, "We Live in Public" reveals the effect the web is having on our society, as seen through the eyes …
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AFI Fest
AFI Fest '09
AN EDUCATION
Now Playing New York, Los Angeles and other select cities Where is it playing? When does it open by you? www.sonyclassics.com/aneducation/dates.html From Nick Hornby, Writer of ABOUT A BOY and HIGH FIDELITY "Wonderfully fresh and original" Joe Morgenstern, WALL STREET JOURNAL "One of the best films of the year" Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES A Lone Scherfig film Starring Peter Sarsgaard and Carey Mulligan as Jenny http://www.aneducationfilm.com http://www.facebook.com/aneducation |
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