Feature Films:
The Descendants
Directed by Alexander Payne. US. 2011. R. Running time: 115 min.
“The Descendants, Payne’s long-awaited new film, is another beautifully chiseled piece of filmmaking — sharp, funny, generous, and moving — that writes its own rules as much as About Schmidt or Sideways did. In a funny way, Payne has become the Stanley Kubrick of serious American comedy: He takes forever to make a movie, searching every time (as Kubrick did) for the perfect book to adapt. But when he finally discovers it and gets rolling (in this case, it’s a novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings), he turns each film into a masterfully realized and inhabited universe.
Showing:
- Fri, Jan 27, 7:30 pm
- Sat, Jan 28, 4:30 pm
- Sat, Jan 28, 7:00 pm
- Sat, Jan 28, 9:30 pm
- Mon, Jan 30, 6:30 pm
- Tue, Jan 31, 7:30 pm
- Wed, Feb 1, 2:00 pm
- Wed, Feb 1, 7:30 pm
- Thu, Feb 2, 7:30 pm
Fri, Jan 27 thru Thu, Feb 2 Next show:
Fri, Jan 27, 7:30 pm
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Young Audiences:
The Iron Giant
Directed by Brad Bird. US. 1999. 6+. Running time: 86 min.
“…at its core, The Iron Giant is basically E.T. in reverse: same starry-eyed story of a boy befriending an alien, only here, it’s the boy’s simple wisdom that makes an impression on the alien, not the other way around. And while there’s no single image in The Iron Giant to match the iconic shot of children cycling in silhouette under the moonlight, there isn’t much difference between that flight and a young boy cradled into the palm of a 100-foot-tall robot, catching a bird’s-eye view of a seaside town in New England. The bond between boy and alien may just transcend the bond between boy and dog.
Showing:
Sat, Jan 28, 2:00 pm
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Classic Films:
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Directed by Sergio Leone. Italy. 1966. R. Running time: 161 min.
The third and, many feel, the best of the Eastwood/Leone “Dollars” trilogy, features not only Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef, but also the great Eli Wallach. Considered “the ultimate spaghetti western” (CineBooks Movie Guide), this concluding chapter provides an exceptionally fine-tuned and complex scenario within a deceptively simple story-line: the three main characters are each, independently, out to find a hidden fortune that has been buried in an unmarked grave. However, their search is complicated by the fact that it is taking place within the context of the Civil War, the tragedy and bloody futility of which can be seen to dwarf their own individual acts of violence.
Showing:
Sun, Jan 29, 2:00 pm
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Concerts & Events:
Point Entertainment presents An Evening with Steve Earle: Solo & Acoustic
Tickets: $29.50 - $44.50. Buy tickets online.
Having spent his early career as a protégé of Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle has become a master storyteller in his own right, with his songs being recorded by Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Travis Tritt, The Pretenders, Joan Baez and countless others.
Showing:
Sun, Jan 29, 8:00 pm
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