Holiday Film Series: HUGO

Watch Trailer Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer(s): John Logan, Brian Selznick
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley
Awards: 2012 Academy Awards: Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction. 2012 Golden Globes: Best Director (Scorsese)

Based on Brian Selznick’s captivating and imaginative New York Times bestseller “The Invention of Hugo Cabret.” Hugo tells the tale of an orphan boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. When Hugo encounters a broken machine, an eccentric girl, and the cold, reserved man who runs the toy shop, he is caught up in a magical, mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy.

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Running Time: 126 minutes126 MIN
PG Rated

One of the most magical viewing experiences of the decade so far.

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Free Universal Premiere: STEVE JOBS

Watch Trailer Director: Danny Boyle
Writer(s): Aaron Sorkin, Walter Isaacson
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter.

“An enthralling performance by Michael Fassbender fuels this brilliant, infuriating and richly unconventional take on the life of an American visionary.” -Justin Chang, Variety

“Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, who’s written about America’s Great Flawed Men with such fire and hyperarticulate pathos that he’s threatened to become one himself, outdoes his work on The Social Network with an even sharper and more savage script.” -David Ehrlich, Time Out

“This is a swift and searing attempt to pull back the curtain on Jobs and, in the process, investigate the relationship between the myth and the man.” -Nick Schager, Village Voice

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Running Time: 122 minutes122 MIN
R Rated
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Science on Screen: SNAKES ON A PLANE

Watch Trailer Director: David R. Ellis
Writer(s): John Heffernan (screenplay) and Sebastian Gutierrez (screenplay)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips
Language: English

An FBI agent takes on a plane full of deadly and poisonous snakes, deliberately released to kill a witness being flown from Honolulu to Los Angeles to testify against a mob boss.

“Hilariously funny, full of fang-popping scares, and guaranteed to increase travel by train.” – Jack Mathews, New York Daily News

“Why is this movie so watchable? Four simple reasons. It’s truly funny. It’s truly scary. It’s truly gruesome. And Samuel L. Jackson is the cool head who prevails (“You stick with me, you live”).” – Jessica Letkemann, Premiere 

“Looming large over all this is Jackson, who glowers and growls and acts the hero better than any actor out there.” – Chris Kaltenbach, Baltimore Sun

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Running Time: 105 minutes105 MIN
R Rated
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NO PRYOR KNOWLEDGE SERIES

Celebrating the career of one of the funniest comedians of all time, Richard Pryor.

 

 

 

 

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wattstax 1WATTSTAX | Oct. 25 & 26

The climactic concert of the seventh annual Watts Summer Festival, commemorating the 1965 riots, and featuring performances by Isaac Hayes, Luther Ingram, Richard Pryor, and many more.

BLUE COLLAR| Nov. 1 & 2blue collar 1

Three guys work on the production line in a Detroit automobile factory, and they are fed-up with the conditions. It dawns on them that their workers’ union is doing them no greater good than their screwed-up bosses. So the trio pulls off a clumsy robbery at union HQ, in which they only gain access to some suspicious documents that point to union links with organized crime.

stir crazy 1STIR CRAZY | Nov. 6 – 9

Two good-hearted but bumbling souls are mistakenly arrested for a robbery they didn’t commit in this comedy, the second of several teamings of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Seeking to clear their name, the two eventually plan to escape from prison and try to track down the real thieves.

LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP | Nov. 15 & 16sunset 2

Just recovered from his notorious free-basing accident, Richard Pryor made a notable return in the much-acclaimed Live on the Sunset Strip. His comments on that event, as well as his notorious comments on sex, politics and race, pepper the 82-minute concert film.

 

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Spotlight on Documentary: A JIHAD FOR LOVE

Watch Trailer Director: Parvez Sharma
Writer(s): Parvez Sharma
Cast: Muhsin Hendricks, A.K. Hoosen, Mazen
Language: English

A documentary on gay, lesbian, and transgender Muslims across the Muslim and Western worlds.

The Spotlight on Documentary Series will be focusing on Parvez Sharma, an award-winning writer and filmmaker. This series is brought to us by the E.W Scripps School of Journalism, the College of Arts and Sciences “Love and Hate” Theme, and the Center for Law, Justice, and Culture.

“Mr. Sharma’s film emphasizes testimony over context to such a degree that it feels at first of little use to anyone except gay Muslims who might take comfort in knowing they’re not alone. But the documentary gains depth of feeling as it goes and even develops something of a nail-biting narrative.” – Nathan Lee, The New York Times

“Even though the message that people should have the right to love whomever they want is hardly groundbreaking, Parvez captures some interesting conversations about what it means to be gay and Muslim.” – Noel Murray, The A.V. Club

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Running Time: 81 minutes81 MIN
Not Rated
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Spotlight on Documentary: A SINNER IN MECCA

Watch Trailer Director: Parvez Sharma
Language: English

For a gay filmmaker, filming in Saudi Arabia presents two serious challenges: filming is forbidden in the country and homosexuality is punishable by death. For filmmaker Parvez Sharma, however, these were risks he had to assume as he embarked on his Hajj pilgrimage, a journey considered the greatest accomplishment and aspiration within Islam, his religion. On his journey Parvez aims to look beyond 21st-century Islam’s crises of religious extremism, commercialism and sectarian battles. He brings back the story of the religion like it has never been told before, having endured the biggest jihad there is: the struggle with the self.

The Spotlight on Documentary Series will be focusing on Parvez Sharma, an award-winning writer and filmmaker. This series is brought to us by the E.W Scripps School of Journalism, the College of Arts and Sciences “Love and Hate” Theme, and the Center for Law, Justice, and Culture.

“Mr. Sharma has created a swirling, fascinating travelogue and a stirring celebration of devotion.” – Andy Webster, The New York Times

“A Sinner in Mecca is a suitably messy mix of the gritty and the surreal, the wrenching and the transcendent, from the midst of the trek to Islam’s holiest site.” – Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter

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Running Time: 79 minutes79 MIN
Not Rated
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The Apu Trilogy

Admission is free to each show!

pather 1PATHER PANCHALI (SONG OF THE LITTLE ROAD) | Oct. 8

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray (Kanu Bannerjee),dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.

 

aparajito 2APARAJITO (THE UNVANQUISHED) | Oct. 15

A boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.

apur 1APUR SANSAR (THE WORLD OF APU) | Oct. 22

This final installment in Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy, follows Apu’s life as an orphaned adult aspiring to be a writer as he lives through poverty, and the unforeseen turn of events.

 

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The Apu Trilogy: Aparajito (The Unvanquished)

Watch Trailer Director: Satyajit Ray
Writer(s): Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (novel), Satyajit Ray (script by: in subtitles)
Cast: Smaran Ghosal, Kamala Adhikari, Lalchand Banerjee
Language: Bengali

Following his father’s death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.

“It’s a masterpiece for which terms like ‘simplicity’ and ‘profundity’ seem inadequate.” – Jonathon Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

“Standing above fashion, it creates a world so convincing that it becomes, for a time, another life we might have lived.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

“It is done with such rare feeling and skill at pictorial imagery, and with such sympathetic understanding of Indian character on the part of Mr. Ray, that it develops a sort of hypnotism for the serene and tolerant viewer.” – Bosley Crowther, New York Times

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Running Time: 110 minutes110 MIN
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The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road)

Watch Trailer Director: Satyajit Ray
Writer(s): Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (novel), Satyajit Ray (screenplay)
Cast: Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Banerjee
Language: Bengali

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray (Kanu Bannerjee),dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.

“Beautiful, sometimes funny, and full of love, it brought a new vision of India to the screen.” – Pauline Kael, New Yorker

“Film justly won the ‘most human document award’ at the 1956 Cannes Film Fest, unveiling a mature film talent in director Satyajit Ray” – Variety Staff, Variety

“There are lovely little threads in the strange fabric. It’s a film that takes patience to be enjoyed.” – Bosley Crowther, New York Times

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Running Time: 118 minutes118 MIN
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Forgotten Man – Gregory La Cava: My Man Godfrey

Watch Trailer Director: Gregory La Cava
Writer(s): Morrie Ryskind (screenplay), Eric Hatch (screenplay)
Cast: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady
Language: English

A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler…but there’s more to Godfrey than meets the eye.

“Gregory La Cava’s improvisational style received its highest critical acclaim for this 1936 film, a marginally Marxist exercise in class confusion during the Depression.” – Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

“William Powell and Carole Lombard are pleasantly teamed in this splendidly produced comedy.” – Variety Staff, Variety

“God, but this film is beautiful.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Running Time: 94 minutes94 MIN
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