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BAG IT. IS YOUR LIFE TOO PLASTIC?

Watch Trailer Director: Suzan Beraza
Writer(s): Michelle Curry Wright
Language: English

Americans use 60,000 plastic bags every five minutes—single-use disposable bags that we mindlessly throw away. But where is “away?” Where do the bags and other plastics end up, and at what cost to our environment, marine life and human health? BAG IT follows “everyman” Jeb Berrier as he navigates our plastic world. Jeb is not a radical environmentalist, but an average American who decides to take a closer look at our cultural love affair with plastics. When Jeb’s journey takes a personal twist, we see how our crazy-for-plastic world has finally caught up with us and what we can do about it.
Topics: Plastic, policy, environment, health, marine life, fossil fuels, alternatives to plastic, economics. Talkback with panelists Jennifer Cochran, Athens City Council; Heather Fuston, Rural Action; Scott Miller, Zero Waste Initiative, Voinovich School for Leadership and Public Affairs.
“Humble documentary makes a non-biodegradable impression.” – Marty Mapes, Movie Habit
“Recommended Earth Day viewing. At a brisk, informative 79 minutes, (the film) easily holds one’s attention.” – Fr. Chris Carpenter, Movie Dearest

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Running Time: 74 minutes74 MIN
Not Rated
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CAROL: Last Day Thursday, February 4th

Watch Trailer Director: Todd Haynes
Writer(s): Phyllis Nagy, Patricia Highsmith
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson
Awards: 2016 Academy Awards: Nominated for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, & Best Original Score

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

“Carol is an overwhelmingly beautiful film. It looks like a dream, it sounds like whispered want, and it feels like falling in love in all its stomach turning terror and ecstasy.” -Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press

“Cate Blanchett is outstanding as a married woman who falls for a younger woman. As that younger woman, Rooney Mara is even better.” -Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic

“You leave the film’s soft-grained world reluctantly, as if taking off a warm coat when it’s still a little chilly inside.” -Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

*Closed captioning and visual impairment devices are available for this film.*

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Running Time: 118 minutes118 MIN
R Rated

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ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

Watch Trailer Director: Michel Gondry
Writer(s): Charlie Kaufman
Cast: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson
Awards: Nominated for 2 Academy Awards: Best Screenplay (Won) & Best Actress

When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a procedure to have each other erased from their memories. But it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.

“The perfect movie about love’s inevitable imperfections.” -Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind goes by like a fevered dream of love, but one you remember vividly, with profound pleasure.” -Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

“A masterpiece? Probably. Ingenious? Absolutely! Unforgettable? I’ll see you at the 10th-year anniversary.” -Jack Mathews, New York Daily News

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Running Time: 108 minutes108 MIN
R Rated

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SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK

Watch Trailer Director: Charlie Kaufman
Writer(s): Charlie Kaufman
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams

A theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

“This is a film with the richness of great fiction.” -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

“The more you ruminate on Synecdoche, New York, the more resonance you find in it.” -Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald

“To say that Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York is one of the best films of the year is such a pathetic response to its soaring ambition that I might as well pack it in right now.” -Manohla Dargis, New York Times

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Running Time: 124 minutes124 MIN
R Rated

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MILES AHEAD: Last Day Thursday, June 2nd

Watch Trailer Director: Don Cheadle
Writer(s): Steven Baigelman and Don Cheadle
Cast: Don Cheadle, Emayatzy Corinealdi and Ewan McGregor

MILES AHEAD is not just about the music. It’s about what we all face at one time or another in our lives; questions about who we really are, what we have to say and how will we say it. How will we ultimately be defined and who gets to say so?

“…arguably the best performance of his [Cheadle’s] decades-long career.” – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

“Cheadle…absolutely inhabits the trumpeter. The heavy-lidded eyes, the long papery fingers, the tobacco-scoured voice — everything about him is authentic.” – Stephen Whitty, New York Daily News

*CaptiView® Closed Caption & Audio Description support is available for this film. All showings on Mondays will feature Open Captions.*

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Running Time: 100 minutes100 MIN
R Rated

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CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND

Watch Trailer Director: George Clooney
Writer(s): Charlie Kaufman, Chuck Barris
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney

An adaptation of the cult memoir of game show impresario Chuck Barris, in which he purports to have been a CIA hitman.

“A picture that is surely one of the oddest ever made.” -Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

“A blast from beginning to end and shows first-time director George Clooney is equal parts fearless, brilliant and perhaps daft. But an intriguing daftness it is.” -Tom Long, Detroit News

“Stealthily thought-provoking and brashly entertaining.” -David Hunter, Hollywood Reporter

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Running Time: 113 minutes113 MIN
R Rated

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THE DANISH GIRL: Last Day Thursday, January 28th

Watch Trailer Director: Tom Hooper
Writer(s): David Ebershoff, Lucinda Coxon
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard
Awards: 2016 Academy Awards: Nominated for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Production Design, & Best Costume Design

A love story inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda’s marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili’s groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

“Regardless of how you feel about the subject matter, The Danish Girl is an overwhelming act of heroism for Eddie Redmayne.” -Rex Reed, New York Observer

“Destined to be the year’s most talked-about arthouse phenomenon.” -Peter Debruge, Variety

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Running Time: 119 minutes119 MIN
R Rated

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ADAPTATION.

Watch Trailer Director: Spike Jonze
Writer(s): Charlie Kaufman, Donald Kaufman, & Susan Orlean
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, & Chris Cooper
Awards: Nominated for 4 Academy Awards: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor (Won), & Best Adapted Screenplay

A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean for the screen.

“One-of-a-kind near-masterpiece.” -Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel

“It will surprise you. It will delight you. It will give you something truly chewy to take home from the theater.” -Susan Stark, Detroit News

“Consider the irony: Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich) wins best screenplay for a movie that’s essentially about his failure to write a screenplay. That’s worth a gold statuette on its own.” -Bill Muller, Arizona Republic

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Running Time: 114 minutes114 MIN
R Rated

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BEING JOHN MALKOVICH

Watch Trailer Director: Spike Jonze
Writer(s): Charlie Kaufman
Cast: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener
Awards: Nominated for 3 Academy Awards: Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, & Best Screenplay

A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of the movie star, John Malkovich.

“Devilishly inventive and so far out there it’s almost off the scale.” -David Rooney, Variety

“Mr. Jonze’s film, with a terrific original screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, is not the first to explore the prospect of being able to sneak into the mind of another person. But Mr. Jonze’s version is definitely the most fun.” -Janet Maslin, New York Times

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Running Time: 112 minutes112 MIN
R Rated

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BRIDGE OF SPIES: Last Day Thursday, December 10th

Watch Trailer Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer(s): Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda

During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

“A film that is so old-fashioned and comforting that, for much of the time, watching it feels like cuddling up under a soft good-movie blanket.” -Billy Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic

“Spielberg’s best since ‘Saving Private Ryan’ stars a flawless Tom Hanks in an engrossing old-school thriller.” -Lou Lumenick, New York Post

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Running Time: 141 minutes141 MIN
PG-13 Rated

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