THE WHITE RIBBON Ends Today! - 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. 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. 2010 OSCAR SHORTS Friday through Tuesday, March 12-16 - In two programs: Live Action and Animation. BLOOD INTO WINE Wed-Sat, March 17-20 - A new documentary concerning Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan's pioneering winemaking operation in the arid Arizona highlands. THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Fri-Thu, March 19-25 - ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE for Best Documentary - in 1971, a high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist leaked 7,000 pages of top secret documents in a crisis of conscience that shook a nation, its courts, its free press and its presidency to the core. RED RIDING Trilogy March 19-25 - One Week Only! - An ambitious, dark, and mesmerizing neo-noir trilogy which follows several characters in intertwining storylines united by the horror wrought by the "Yorkshire Ripper,"who terrorized northwest England in the 1970s and '80s. A PROPHET Opens Friday, March 26 - ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE - Best Foreign Language Film - An absorbing account of a young Arabian man's transformation from a no-one to kingpin within the French penal system. THE ART OF THE STEAL Opens Friday, March 26th - From 1920-1950, Dr. Albert C. Barnes secured a remarkable collection of post-impressionist and modernist art at his home outside of Philadelphia and willed it safe from commercial exploitation where it remained...until recently. SWEETGRASS Saturday through Thursday, March 27-April 1 - An unsentimental elegy to the American West, it follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana’s breathtaking and often dangerous Absaroka & Beartooth mountains for summer pasture. MOTHER Opens Friday, April 2nd - The latest film from award-winning Korean director Bong Joon-ho (THE HOST) is a unique and highly regarded murder mystery about a mother's primal love for her son.
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ODD MAN OUT Ends Today! - Part of Noir Fest 2 - Blending jet-black humor and phenomenally understated drama and closing out the series is this off-kilter portrait of the struggle between idealism and love from director Carol Reed. STARSHIP TROOPERS Friday - Saturday, March 19th & 20th at Midnight - A courageous band of intergalactic warriors come to Earth for the ultimate showdown in Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 film CAPE FEAR Sat-Mon, March 20-22 - Weekend Classics - the original 1962 thriller starring Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck TWO LANE BLACKTOP Sat-Mon, March 27-29 - Weekend Classics - Monte Hellman’s gorgeous, stripped-down and sophisticated look at American male obsession and possibly the greatest road movie ever made. THE CRAZIES Friday - Saturday, April 2nd & 3rd at Midnight - George A. Romero's 1973 classic. All hell is about to break loose. HARVEY Sat-Mon, April 3-5 - Weekend Classics: Spend this Easter weekend with affable drinker James Stewart and a Big Rabbit.
