Tuesday, February 9 BROKEN EMBRACES 4:45** HOUSE (aka Hausu) 7:30, 9:30 WHEN THE NIGHT COMES 7:00 **A post-screening discussion will be led by Pablo Martinez,
Ph.D. Candidate in Spanish at Vanderbilt University.
UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US ENDS Thursday, Feb. 11 - A documentary on the cultural uprising of the Norwegian black metal scene and the sensationalism that followed its accompanying rash of suicides, murders and church burnings. BROKEN EMBRACES ENDS Thursday, Feb. 11 - Pedro Almodovar's fourth film with Penélope Cruz brings his signature visual brilliance to this noirish tale, and the cast turns in some first-class performances. FISH TANK Opens Friday, February 12 -Andrea Arnold's potent film is many a taboo-breaking love story, a searing portrait of working-class Britain today, and a girl's own fantasy. THE WHITE RIBBON Opens Friday, February 19 - Michael Haneke's latest, an allegory of the rise of Nazism, won the Palme d'Or, is currently shortlisted for the Foreign Language Oscars and one of his strongest films to date. A TOWN CALLED PANIC Opens Friday, February 26 - The first stop-motion animated feature selected to Cannes, it follows the wacky, hilarious and often surreal adventures of three toy figures who share a rambling house in a rural town which never fails to attract the weirdest events... THE NORTH FACE Opens Friday, March 12 - Based on a true story and set in 1936, Nazi propaganda urges the nation's Alpinists to conquer the unclimbed north face of the Swiss massif - the Eiger - two reluctant German climbers begin their daring ascent.
repertory films
HOUSE (Hausu) Fri-Sat, Feb 5-13 --Part of our Restrikes & Restorations 2009 Recap-- A massive midnight hit for us this past summer, our digital screening bent the craniums of hundreds. Now we bring it back in a brand new 35mm print from Janus Films. THE THIRD MAN Wed-Thu, Feb 10-11, Sat, Feb 13 - Kickoff Film for Noir Fest 2 - Set in a divided post-war Vienna, American novelist Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) comes to the city at the behest of a work opportunity from Harry Lime (Orson Welles) only to find himself investigating his old friend's death. BOB LE FLAMBEUR Thu, Sat-Sun, Feb 11, 13-14 - Part of Noir Fest 2 - Bob is French Noir cool-incarnate: slick, zen, dignified...an aging Montmarte gambler from some bygone era navigating the seedy elements of all-night Paris while plotting one last big heist - the Deauville casino. FOOTSTEPS IN THE FOG Sun-Tue, Feb 14-16 - Part of Noir Fest 2 - After poisoning his wife, a Victorian London man considers a second murder when his housemaid Lily blackmails him with the truth. New 35mm print! QUAI DES ORFEVRES Mon-Wed, Feb 15-17 - Part of Noir Fest 2 - 1 of 2 from Henri-Georges Clouzot, a curvy singer makes eyes at a lecherous older businessman in order to further her career, much to the consternation, and threats, of her mild-mannered accompanist/husband. DIABOLIQUE Wed-Fri, Feb 17-19 - Part of Noir Fest 2 - 2 of 2 from Clouzot, the ailing spouse and manhandled mistress of a sadistic boarding school headmaster plan the man's murder, which goes haywire when the corpse vanishes. IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY Fri-Sun, Feb 19-21 - Part of Noir Fest 2 - A bossy housewife married to an older man finds herself with a choice to make when a former lover, just escaped from prison, turns up at her door looking to hide until the heat is off. New 35 mm print MULHOLLAND DRIVE Midnight Movies: Fri-Sat, February 19-20 - After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
