Repertory Series: All About Bette
A Stolen Life at 9:15
(1946) dir Curtis Bernhardt w/Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark, Walter Brennan [109 min]
Double Feature w/THE WHALES OF AUGUST
Kate (Davis) and her twin sister Patricia (also played by Davis) both fall for the charming Bill Emerson (Ford) while on a boat trip home to New England. Patricia steals Bill away from her sister, sending Kate into a deep depression. While Bill is away on a trip, Kate and Patricia are involved in a sailing accident. Patricia is drowned, but Kate washes ashore alive. She is mistaken for Patricia, which allows her to steal back the man of her dreams. Not available on DVD
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showing through monday
Repertory Series: All About Bette
The Whales of August at 7:15
(1987) dir Lindsay Anderson w/Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern, Mary Steenburgen [90 min]
Double Feature w/A STOLEN LIFE
The last great role for several screen legends, THE WHALES OF AUGUST is a rarely screened and subtly composed gem. It is the simplest of stories, two aging sisters, long at odds, gather at their family’s house in Maine for perhaps one last summer. There is a possible romance and the failing health of one sister, but this is an elegiac, modest film. Anderson’s casting of so many aging stars allows the audience to palpably share the nostalgia of the film’s characters.
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showing through monday
"As the summer heats up, let Frozen River wash over you; let its bracing drama and the intensity of its acting restore your spirits as well as your faith in American independent film." - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
"Melissa Leo is startlingly good...You feel like you're watching a life, not a performance." - Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
FROZEN RIVER is the story of Ray Eddy (Melissa Leo), an upstate New York trailer mom who is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling when she meets a Mohawk girl who lives on a reservation that straddles the US-Canadian border. Broke after her husband takes off with the down payment for their new doublewide, Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila, a smuggler
showing through aug 28
Off the Couch Presentation Tues, Sept 9 @ 7:00 with discussion leader RACHEL SEIDEL, MD
In Woody Allen' latest, two young Americans spend a summer in Spain and meet a flamboyant artist (Javier Bardem) and his beautiful but insane ex-wife (Penelope Cruz). Vicky (Rebecca Hall) is straight-laced and about to be married. Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) is a sexually adventurous free spirit. When they all become amorously entangled, the results are both hilarious and harrowing.
dir. Woody Allen, w/ Bardem, Cruz, Johansson, and Hall
showing through aug 28
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