Week Starting November 1Wednesday, November 4  Is being hit by lightning a random natural occurrence or a predestined event? Accidents, chance, fate and the elusive quest to make sense out of tragedy underpin director Jennifer Baichwal’s captivating …  The Paris Opera Ballet is one of the world’s great ballet companies. The film follows the rehearsals and performances of seven ballets: Genus by Wayne McGregor, Le Songe de Medée by … Friday, November 6  Americans generally like to hear good news. They like to believe that a new President will right old wrongs, that clean energy will replace dirty oil, and that fresh thinking will …  Precious Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) is a high-school girl with nothing working in her favor. She is pregnant with her father’s child—for the second time. She can’t read or write, and her …  "Splinterheads" introduces rapidly-rising improvisational comic Thomas Middleditch as Justin Frost, a twenty-something slacker whose "thing" is that he has no "thing" at all. Then, one summer night, he visits a touring …  An aging Tenessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm. [Synopsis courtesy of the film]  Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, delivers the message …  A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's First … Week Starting November 8Wednesday, November 11  They come together to cook, gamble, flirt, fight and dance. They are part of a remarkable tribe - Holocaust Survivors with a captivating joie de vivre and a bracing sense of … Friday, November 13  Dare follows three very-different teenagers through the last semester of high school. There are Alexa (Emmy Rossum), the overachieving good girl who longs to break out of her shell; Ben (Ashley …  According to IMDB: "Mr. Fox, Mrs. Fox, and all their fox babies live under a hill under a tree, along with Badger, Rabbit, Weasel, and all of their families. To make …  "Oh My God" asks people from all walks of life, from celebrities, to the religious, to atheists and the common Man - the question - "What is God?" [Synopsis courtesy of IMDB]  In the late 1960s, American radio stations blasted rock and roll 24 hours a day. But in the home country of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, the only way 25 …  In his first leading role, Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty …  Perched atop the Brooklyn Bridge, young lovers Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Lynn Collins' coin flip sends the film's narrative down two separate tracks. Olivia Thirlby ("Juno") rounds out the young cast of …  One of the most infamous lawyers of the twentieth century, William Kunstler liked to shake things up. Filmmakers Emily and Sarah Kunstler explore their father’s life and legacy: from middle-class family …  A serpentine day in the life of ten seemingly disparate women: a porn star, a flight attendant, a psychiatrist, a masseuse, a bartender, a pair of call girls, etc. All of … Week Starting November 15Wednesday, November 18  August 15, 1945: a shocked Japan hears the voice of divine leader Emperor Hirohito for the first time, as he implores his people to cease all military activity, initiating a formal … Friday, November 20  Abel Ferrara's cult crime drama Bad Lieutenant is given a sister film with this Werner Herzog-helmed production that takes its inspiration from the original, but focuses on new characters and plotlines. …  A man writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years before, he was in a brutal car crash on the island of Lanzarote. In the accident, he didn’t lose only his …  What is anti-Semitism today, two generations after the Holocaust? In his continuing exploration of modern Israeli life, director Yoav Shamir (Checkpoint, 5 Days, Flipping Out) travels the world in search of …  Racing across Los Angeles in one, unwieldy day, documentary filmmakers Bella and Milo must race from Beverly Hills to Watts -- and places in between -- in order to get Milo’s …  Mammoth revolves around successful New York couple Leo (Gael García Bernal) and Ellen (Michelle Williams). Leo is the creator of a booming website, and has stumbled into a world of …  In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to …  John Rosow, a private detective has been hired to tail a man, Harold Fullmer, on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Persuaded by a large reward, Rosow uncovers Harold's mysterious … Week Starting November 22Wednesday, November 25  A teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Ceasar" directed by a young Orson Welles in 1937. [Synopsis courtesy of IMDb]  Adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel about a man (Mortensen) and his young son (Smit-McPhee) desperately trying to survive in a barren, post-apocalyptic world. Friday, November 27  In Ursula Meier’s stunning theatrical debut (the official Swiss submission for this year’s Academy Award for Best Foreign Film), a family’s peaceful existence is threatened when a busy highway is opened …  At fifty, Pippa Lee positively glows with female serenity, the devoted wife of a brilliant publisher thirty years her senior, proud mother of successful twins and a lovely and adored friend …
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iW’s Celebrates Black History Month
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Up In The Air
Now Playing Everywhere Tickets & Showtimes: www.TheUpInTheAirMovie.com Up In The Air has it all Remarkable Acting Vintage Directing Heartfelt Storytelling Unforgettable Entertainment Nominated for 6 Academy Awards Including Best Picture Become a fan: www.TheUpInTheAirMovie.com |
