FALL 2008
FALL 2008
Fall 2008 Season Recap
12/10 - FINAL SCREENING - NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
A new thriller inspired by actual events starring Kate Beckinsale (Click, Serendipity), Vera Farmiga (The Departed), Matt Dillon (Crash), Noah Wyle (Fail Safe, ER), David Schwimmer (Madagascar, Friends) with Academy Award winner Angela Bassett (What’s Love Got to Do With It?) and Golden Globe and mulit-Emmy winner Alan Alda. A Washington DC reporter (Kate Beckinsale), writes an explosive story about a government scandal in which she reveals the name of a covert CIA agent (Vera Farmiga).When a special government prosecutor (Matt Dillon) demands she divulge her source she refuses and is sent to jail. Unexpectedly finding herself behind bars she struggles to maintain her principles and relationship with her family. “Nothing But the Truth” is about the struggle to maintain one’s principles and dignity in the most dire of circumstances. --© Yari Film Group
Cast:
Kate Beckinsale,
Matt Dillon,
Angela Bassett,
Alan Alda,
Vera Farmiga,
David Schwimmer,
Courtney B. Vance,
Noah Wyle,
Floyd Abrams,
Preston Bailey
Director: Rod Lurie
Screenwriter: Rod Lurie
Producers:
Bob Yari,
Marc Frydman,
Rod Lurie
HOST: Peter Travers
GUEST: Alan Alda
Alan Alda
Offcial Site: Link
L-R Peter Travers discusses THE WRESTLER with Producer Scott Franklin & Writer Robert D. Siegel
Photo: Bridget Laudien12/3 -THE WRESTLER
THE FOUNTAIN's Darren Aronofsky directs this drama about a past-his-prime wrestler who tries to regain his earlier fame. Mickey Rourke (SIN CITY) continues a career revival of his own as the fighter, while Oscar winner Marisa Tomei costars.
Cast:
Mickey Rourke
Marisa Tomei
Evan Rachel Wood
Judah Friedlander
Ajay Naidu
Marcia Jean Kurtz (II)
Wass Stevens
Todd Barry
Ronnie Killings
Sylvia Kauders
Giovanni Rosselli
Bernadette Penotti (II)
Andrea Langi
Director
Darren Aronofsky
Writers
Robert Siegel Screenplay
Darren Aronofsky ScreenplayProducers:
Vincent Maraval Executive Producer
Agnes Mentre Executive Producer
Jennifer Roth Executive Producer
Darren Aronofsky Producer
Nicolas Cage Producer
Norm Golightly Producer
Scott Franklin Producer
Mark Heyman Co-Producer
HOST: PETER TRAVERS
GUEST:
Marisa Tomei
Scott Franklin (producer)
Robert Sigel (writer)
Official Site: Link
11/26 - There will be no screening
Happy Thanksgiving
Director Ed Zwick (BLOOD DIAMOND, THE LAST SAMURAI) stops by to discuss his latest creation DEFIANCE (Daniel Craig,
Liev Shreiber).
Photo: Bridget Laudien
Photo: Bridget Laudien
11/19 - DEFIANCE
Based on an extraordinary true story, DEFIANCE is an epic tale of family, honor, vengeance and salvation in World War II. The year is 1941 and the Jews of Eastern Europe are being massacred by the thousands. Managing to escape certain death, three brothers take refuge in the dense surrounding woods they have known since childhood. There they begin their desperate battle against the Nazis. Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell star as brothers who turn a primitive struggle to survive into something far more consequential – a way to avenge the deaths of their loved ones by saving thousands of others. At first it is all they can do to stay alive. But gradually, as whispers of their daring spreads, they begin to attract others – men and women, young and old – willing to risk everything for the sake of even a moment’s freedom.
Tuvia (CRAIG) is a reluctant leader and his decisions are challenged by his brother, Zus (SCHREIBER) who worries that Tuvia’s idealistic plans will doom them all. Asael (BELL) is the youngest – caught between his brothers’ fierce rivalry. As a brutal winter descends, they work to create a community, and to keep faith alive when all humanity appeared to be lost. --© Paramount Vantage
Cast:
Daniel Craig,
Liev Schreiber,
Jamie Bell,
Alexa Davalos,
Allan Corduner,
Mark Feuerstein
Director: Edward Zwick
Screenwriter: Edward Zwick, Clayton Frohman
Producer: Pieter Jan Brugge
Studio: Paramount VantageHost: PETER TRAVERS
Guest: Director ED ZWICK (BLOOD DIAMOND, LAST SAMURAI)
Official Site: Link
CRITIC PETER TRAVERS (ROLLING STONE, CNN, ABC) & MARY STUART MASTERSON
(FRIED GREEN TOMATOES, BENNY & JOON) discuss her directorial CAKE EATERS.
11/12 - CAKE EATERS
Set in small-town America over the course of two days, the contemporary tale centers on two dysfunctional families thrown together by the return of one family's prodigal son, forcing the clans' members to battle old ghosts and work through emotional issues as they search for love at any cost.
Cast::
Jayce Bartok,
Aaron Stanford,
Kristen Stewart,
Bruce Dern,
Elizabeth Ashley
Directed by: Mary Stuart Masterson
Produced by: Carol Morris, Patrick R. Morris, Elisa Pugliese
GUEST - DIRECTOR MARY STUART MASTERSON
HOST - PETER TRAVERS
Official Site: Link
11/5 - THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS
Based on The New York Times best-selling novel by John Boyne, THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS is a powerful fictional story that offers a unique perspective on how prejudice, hatred and violence affect innocent people, particularly children, during wartime. Through the eyes of an eight-year-old boy largely shielded from the reality of World War II, we witness a forbidden friendship that forms between Bruno, the son of Nazi commandant, and Shmuel, a Jewish boy held captive in a concentration camp.Though the two are separated physically by a barbed wire fence, their lives become inescapably intertwined. The imagined story of Bruno and Shmuel sheds light on the brutality, senselessness and devastating consequences of war from an unusual point of view. Together, their tragic journey helps recall the millions of innocent victims of the Holocaust.
Cast:
Vera Farmiga,
David Thewlis,
Rupert Friend,
David Hayman,
Asa Butterfield,
Jack Scanlon,
Amber Beattie,
Director: Mark Herman
Screenwriter: Mark Herman
Producer: David Heyman
Host: Thelma Adams
GUEST: VERA FARMIGA (THE DEPARTED, RUNNING SCARED, BREAKING AND ENTERING)
VERA FARMIGAOfficial Site: Link
BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS Star Vera Farmiga (THE DEPARTED,
RUNNING SCARED, BREAKING & ENTERING), stops by after LETTERMAN to chat about
her new film.
Photos Courtesy of Bridget Laudien
10/29 - THE MATADOR
"The Matador, a documentary that follows David Fandila’s (El Fandi) three-year journey throughout Spain and Latin America in a quest to become the world’s top-ranked bullfighter. The Matador was shot in high-definition over the course of three years.More than one man’s quest for greatness, “Matador” is a story of love — of a son for his family, of audiences for their heroes, of a people for their cultural traditions, and of the bullfighter’s paradoxical love for the majestic beast that he must kill to create his art. As David struggles to achieve his place in the pantheon of Spain’s greatest bullfighters, he is confronted by those who question the place of this ancient and brutal ritual in the modern world."
Directors
Stephen Higgins
Nina Gilden Seavey
Produced by
Stephen Higgins
Nina Gilden Seavey
Cast
David Fandila
Trini Fandila
Juan Fandila
Juan Alvaro Fandila
Jose Antonio del Moral
Santiago Lopez
Antonio Matilla
Eduardo Lago
Elvira Lindo
Lluis Agus
HOST - GODFREY CHESHIRE
GUESTS: DIRECTORS: Stephen Higgins & Nina Gilden SeaveyPLUS-The Actual Matador David Fandila!
10/22- BEFORE THE RAINS
"Forbidden romance, empire, and culture clash all lie at the heart of this drama. In 1930s India, Britain's reign is beginning to lose its hold on the region. In the midst of this turmoil, a British man (Linus Roache) embarks on an affair with an Indian woman (Nandita Das), while one of the men in the village (Rahul Bose) tries to quell his inner struggle."
Cast:
Linus Roache,
Rahul Bose,
Nandita Das,
Jennifer Ehle,
John Standing
Director: Santosh Sivan
Screenwriter: Cathy Rabin
Producer(s):
Doug Mankoff,
Andrew Spaulding,
Paul Hardart,
Tom Hardart,
Mark Burton
Your Host: Thelma Adams
Guest: PRODUCER PAUL HARDART
Studio: Roadside Attractions - Lions Gate
2nd Feature:
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
"A fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. The lonely boy's wish for a friend seems to come true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him with her father."
Cast:
Kåre Hedebrant,
Lina Leandersson,
Per Ragnar,
Henrik Dahl,
Karin Bergquist,
Peter Carlberg,
Ika Nord,
Karl-Robert Lindgren,
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Screenwriter: John Ajvide Lindqvist
Producer: John Nordling, Carl Molinder
Composer: Johan Soderqvist
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Opening Night!
Wed - 10/15 - HAPPY GO LUCKY
"Happy Go Lucky - Poppy, an irrepressibly freespirited school teacher, brings an infectious laugh and an unsinkable sense of optimism to every situation she encounters. Poppy’s ability to maintain her perspective is tested when her commuter bike is stolen. However, she signs up for driving lessons with Scott, who turns out to be her nemesis--a fuming, uptight cynic. As the tension of their weekly lesson."
Cast:
Sally Hawkins,
Alexis Zegerman,
Andrea Riseborough,
Sinead Matthews,
Kate O'Flynn
Director: Mike Leig
Producer(s)
Simon Channing Williams - producer
Gail Egan - executive producer
David Garrett - executive producer
Georgina Lowe - co-producer
Tessa Ross - executive producerh
Your Host: Thelma Adams -
Ms. Adams reviews films for Us Weekly. From 1993 until early 2000, the past Chair of the New York Film Critics Circle was the New York Post film critic, where she continues to write about family TV. She writes regularly for Interview Magazine, as well as The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolitan International, Glamour, Glamour en Espaniol, The Christian Science Monitor, Indie Magazine, American Bookseller Magazine and The Independent.
She has appeared as a guest on: CNN, CNBC, Access Hollywood, USA Live, PBS's Cinema, MSNBC, MSG Metro Learning, Fox News Channel, Drudge, Geraldo, NBC's America's Talking Network and the Rolanda Show. She is a frequent commentator on BBC Arts World Service "On Screen."
