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Upcoming Schedule at Railroad Square through May 10, 2012 is Sure to Please

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Damsels in Distress

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Friday, May 4 — Thursday, May 10
Daily at 3:10, 5:10 and 7:10
Also Sat. & Sun. at 1:10 and Fri. & Sat. at 9:05

OVERVIEW

“Things are looking up: Whit Stillman (METROPOLITAN) has made DAMSELS IN DISTRESS, an exhilarating gift of a comedy about college, the female intellect, the limitless male ego, inventing a new dance, and suicide prevention. Greta Gerwig, the darling, leads the all-aces cast as Violet, a sophomore who yearns to make Seven Oaks U. a more congenial place for her and cohorts Rose, Heather, and Lily. Affronted by dorms that reek of soggy sweat socks, the girls seek to honor the best in a liberal-arts education and perfumed soap. Violet herself fights the old ennui after being dumped by a frat boy whose dimness is rivaled only by his roommate’s. No wonder she takes up with Charlie (a stellar Adam Brody), who longs for days of something higher than “muscle-bound morons running around in T-shirts.” At the end, the characters whirl around to the Sambola, Violet’s dance, and hide their secret hearts. This is the world as Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.”—Peter Travers, Rolling Stone. PG-13. 99 Min..

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Marley

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Friday, May 4 — Thursday, May 10
Daily at 1:55, 4:45 and 7:35

OVERVIEW

Bob Marley’s universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best. From Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald (ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND) comes the story of a towering figure of musical history, whose music and message has transcended different cultures, languages and creeds to resonate around the world today as powerfully as when he was alive. PG-13. 145 min.

The Kid With a Bike

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Friday, April 27 — Thursday, May 3
Daily at 3:10, 5:10 and 7:10

Friday, May 4 — Thursday, May 10
Daily at 5:00
Also Sat. & Sun. at 1:00 and Fri. & Sat. at 9:00

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From the Oscar and Cannes Grand prize-winning Dardenne Brothers comes “something changelessly rare and difficult: a credible portrait of goodness”—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker. When his father abandons him, Cyril obsessively tries to find his bicycle—his father must have cared about him enough not to sell that off, he reasons. Almost by accident, he becomes the ward of a kind hairdresser, a woman who seems surprised to find herself determined to help him. Full of heartbreaking betrayals and unexpected grace, THE KID WITH A BIKE is a film about a child, abandoned to the elements, learning to become truly human. Truly a great and unforgettable film. In French with English subtitles. Unrated. 87 Min.

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

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Friday, April 27 — Thursday, May 3
Daily at 2:40, 4:50 and 7:00
EXCEPT no 7:00 on Tues.

Friday, May 4 — Thursday, May 10
Daily at 2:50 and 7:00 EXCEPT no 7:00 Sun.

OVERVIEW

Lasse Hallstrom, the director of THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, MY LIFE AS A DOG, THE SHIPPING NEWS and CHOCOLAT, leads a stellar cast including Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott-Thomas in one of the most charming films of the year, “a surprisingly lush, endearing little film, in which a swelling sense of romanticism thoroughly banishes even the most far-fetched improbabilities”—Washington Post. A visionary sheik believes his passion for the peaceful pastime of salmon fishing can enrich the lives of his people, and he dreams of bringing the sport to the not so fish-friendly desert. Willing to spare no expense, he decides to turn the dream into reality, an extraordinary feat that will require the involvement of Britain’s leading fisheries expert who thinks the project insane. That is, until the Prime Minister’s overzealous press secretary latches on to it as a ‘good will’ story. Now, this unlikely team will embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible. PG-13. 111 Min.

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The Secret World of Arrietty

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Saturday, May 5 & Sunday, May 6
at 12:00 noon

OVERVIEW

“ARRIETTY brings magic to the mundane, elevating the ordinary confines of everyday life into sumptuous surprises”—Time. THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY, about a teeny-size 14-year-old girl who lives with her family beneath the floorboards of a big house and the human-size boy who befriends her, is adapted from British author Mary Norton’s wonderful children’s fantasy novels, The Borrowers. The lyrical animation, with its meditative attention to nature, bears the unique stamp of Japan’s Studio Ghibli. The result is a dreamy, soft-edged hybrid, equally interested in observing raindrops and the worries of a race of minuscule beings”—Entertainment Weekly. G. 94 Min.

Stephen Sondheim’s “Company”

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Saturday, May 5 at 9:30 a.m. and Sunday, May 6 at 7:00 p.m.

OVERVIEW

Stephen Sondheim’s legendary, Tony-winning musical is delivered to you as if you were there in an exclusive Specticast performance from the New York Philharmonic’s spectacular revival, starring Neil Patrick Harris, Patti LuPone, Stephen Colbert, Jon Cryer, Christina Hendricks, Craig Bierko and Martha Plimpton. Admission $17. Unrated. 159 minutes includes a 15 minute intermission.

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Adults
$8.50 evenings
$7.00 matinees (shows starting before 4:30 unless otherwise stated)
$6.50 with a discount book
$5.50 Mondays

Children (12 and under)
$5.50 at all times

Senior Citizens (65 & Over), Military Personnel and Students with I.D.s
$6.50 evenings and matinees

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$5.50 Tuesdays & Wednesdays

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George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Being Flynn

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Friday, April 20 — Thursday, April 26
Daily at 2:50, 4:55 and 7:00
Also Sat. and Sun. at 12:45 and Fri. and Sat. at 9:05

OVERVIEW

“In BEING FLYNN, you can feel Robert De Niro’s full engagement in a character that echoes his roles in TAXI DRIVER and AWAKENINGS. It’s a great wreck of a performance that feels bruisingly true”—Peter Travers, Rolling Stone. BEING FLYNN explores bonds both unbreakable and fragile between parent and child. Paul Dano portrays Nick Flynn, a young writer seeking to define himself. He misses his late mother, Jody (Julianne Moore), and her loving nature. But his father, Jonathan (De Niro), is not even a memory, as Nick has not seen the man in 18 years. Jonathan Flynn has long defined himself as a great writer and master storyteller. Suddenly facing eviction from his apartment, Jonathan impulsively reaches out to Nick and the two come face-to-face in Paul Weitz’s memorable new film. R. 102 Min.

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

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SHOWTIMES

Friday, April 13 — Thursday, April 19
Daily at 2:10, 4:30 and 6:50

Friday, April 20 — Thursday, April 26
Daily at 2:10, 4:30 and 6:50
Also Sat. and Sun. at 12:00 Noon

OVERVIEW

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Coriolanus

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Friday, April 13 — Thursday, April 19
Daily at 2:20, 4:40 and 7:00
EXCEPT No 7:00 show on Wednesday!

Friday, April 20 — Thursday, April 26
Daily at 2:20 and 6:40
EXCEPT No 6:40 Mon., Tues. and Thurs.

OVERVIEW

With its warring factions, citizen uprisings, guerrilla insurgencies, political intrigue, bloody warfare, family tensions, and homoerotic subtext, CORIOLANUS is one of the year’s best political thrillers. It’s also nearly 500 years old. The Shakespearean tragedy from which the movie draws its textual heft, though, has received an utterly arresting, creative modern-day adaptation. The title refers to the name of honor bestowed on the Roman general Caius Martius (Ralph Fiennes), a fearless, hard-boiled military man rewarded for his service with political office for which he’s thoroughly unsuited. Ousted by the very populace he despises, he takes revenge by allying himself against his own city with the guerrilla leader Tullus Aufidius (a really good Gerard Butler, in a meaty role), the sworn enemy he loves as much as he hates. It gets worse from there: Caius’ lioness of a mother (Vanessa Redgrave) is angry with him too. Redgrave gives a towering performance, and it’s a measure of the production’s success (and the astute screenplay by Rango’s John Logan) that she is met at every scene by worthy costars, including 2011’s ubiquitous Jessica Chastain as Caius’ wife. With his shaved head and burning eyes ringed with streaks of blood, Fiennes not only makes a brilliant, fearsome Coriolanus — he also displays an exciting talent for filmmaking, based on this, his feature directorial debut. Shakespeare on a trip wire. A-.”—Lisa Schwartzbaum, Entertainment Weekly. R. 122 Min.

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The Secret World of Arrietty

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SHOWTIMES

April 20–22: Fri & Sat at 9:15 p.m.
Sat & Sun at 12:30

OVERVIEW

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The Creature From the Black Lagoon in 3D

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Monday, April 23 at 7:00
FREE admission!

OVERVIEW

Experience Jack Arnold’s 1954 horror classic, CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, in vintage 3-D and in the wonder of 35 mm! A group of scientists venture to the fabled Black Lagoon only to discover the reason no one ever returns: a prehistoric “gill- man” whose violent impulses are tempered only by sexual interest in the female member of the expedition (Julia Adams). The original 3-D makes the spectacular underwater scenes come alive and allows the famous monster to reach right at you. Sponsored by Colby Cinema Studies. Free admission! 79 Min. G. 1954.

We Can’t Go Home Again

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One Show Only!
Tuesday, April 24 at 7:00

OVERVIEW

Special “Circle of Trust” Screening
with a drawing for a DVD of the acclaimed film HOWL!
Courtesy of our friends at Oscilloscope

The most complete, newly restored version of Nicholas Ray’s experimental masterpiece, made with his students at the State University of New York at Binghamton, WE CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN embodies Ray’s approach to filmmaking as a communal way of life, at a time when the American counterculture was exploring communal life in general. The film records Ray’s groundbreaking use of multiple image as a way of telling more than one story simultaneously, and of colorization as a way to heighten emotional expression. He called it a “journalistic” film, one that shares the anthropologists’ aim of recording the “history, progress, manners, morals, and mores of everyday life,” at a critical moment in American history. Ray plays himself in the film, serving as mentor, friend, and reference point around whom the students’ stories constellate. Shown in conjunction with next week’s film about Ray and the making of this film, DON’T EXPECT TOO MUCH. Unrated. 90 Min.

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The Farmers’ Market

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Thursday, April 26 at 7:00

OVERVIEW

MaineGeneral Health presents THE FARMERS’ MARKET
“Where Your Food Comes From”

This half-hour documentary film, proudly sponsored by MaineGeneral Health, showcases the hard work of Maine farmers. Come meet the stars of the film–local farmers who bring you great tasting, nutritious food.

Thursday, April 26 at 7:00
Railroad Square Cinema

6:30 p.m. Meet the stars of the film. Light refreshments.
7:00 p.m. Film presentation

Seating for this free event is limited so RSVP by Friday, April 20 to reserve your seat

To reserve your seat, contact Joy Leach at MaineGeneral Health: 621-7266 or
joy.leach@mainegeneral.org

17 Railroad Square,
Waterville, Maine 04901
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Salmon Fishing in The Yeman at on Screen at Eveningstar Cinema April 20 to 26, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Dear Fellow Cinephiles:

What is it about a film with a Swedish director, a Scottish actor, two British actresses, an Egyptian actor playing a Yemen sheik, an Oscar-winning writer that penned a film that took place in India (Slumdog Millionaire), and a title that sounds like a fishy documentary, that did so well that I must hold it over for another week???? Maybe the international stew I just described is the reason. Or maybe just because this is such a wonderful film – very Zen in a way.No matter the reasons,Salmon Fishing in the Yemen has proved to be the right bait to lure you into the theater, even on nice, sunny, Spring days. So come on in and get hooked.

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
(PG-13)(107 minutes)
Directed by Lasse Hallström
Starring Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kirsten Scott Thomas
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Tontine Mall
149 Maine St.
(207) 729-5486
www.eveningstarcinema.com

All children under age 12
always $6.25
All matinee shows
(before 5:00 PM)
$6.75

Evening shows
Seniors 65+: $6.75
Regular adult: $8.00
Barry Norman
Eveningstar Cinema
(207) 729-6796

Eveningstar Cinema

Schedule for Friday, April 20, 2012 until Thursday, April 26, 2012

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen PG-13

Rated for some violence and sexual content, and brief language
Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt – 112 minutes

Fred Jones, a fisheries expert and academic who works for the British government, is approached by Harriet Chetwode-Talbot with a plan to introduce salmon into the waterways of Yemen for the purpose of sport fishing,

Fri: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30, 8:40
Sat: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30, 8:40
Sun: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30, 8:40
Mon: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30
Tue: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30
Wed: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30
Thu: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30

Jiro Dreams of Sushi (PG)
Rated for mild thematic elements and brief smoking
Jiro Ono – 81 min.

Considered by many to be the world’s greatest sushi chef, Jiro Ono is the proprietor of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a small sushi-only restaurant located in a subway station. It is the first of its kind to be awarded a prestigious 3 star Michelin review

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The Kid With a Bike (Le Gamin au Velo) (PG-13)
Rated for thematic elements, violence, brief language and smoking
Cécile De France, Thomas Doret – 87 min.

After Cyril’s father abandons him, he obsessively searches for his bicycle – placing his last bit of hope in this symbol of their relationship. He becomes the ward of a kind hairdresser, who seems surprised to find herself so determined to help him.

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Bully (PG-13)
Rated for intense thematic material, disturbing content, and some strong language -all involving kids
- 94 min.

Following 5 kids and families over the course of a school year, an intimate glimpse into homes, classrooms, cafeterias and principals’ offices, offering insight into the often cruel world of the lives of bullied children.

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Albert Nobbs (R)
Rated for some sexuality, brief nudity and language
Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska – 113 min.

A woman tries to pass herself off as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men’s clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making.

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Movie Night at the Harlow Gallery: "Lubec Arts Alive" on April 26

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:00:00 +0000

"Lubec Arts Alive mural painted by Lubec community members under the direction of UMVA artist Natasha Mayers in 2009Date: Thursday, April 26th at 7 pm

Place: Harlow Gallery, 160 Water Street, Hallowell, Maine 04347
Info: 622-3813, kvaa@harlowgallery.org, www.harlowgallery.org
Cost : Free and open to the public

The public is invited to the Harlow Gallery at 160 Water Street in downtown Hallowell on Thursday, April 26th at 7 pm for a FREE screening of Lubec Arts Alive !. The film by the award winning television and film producer Jon Wing Lum, documents a week of community-inspired art organized by the Union of Maine Visual Artists in Lubec, Maine in 2009. Movie fans are welcome to stay after the screening for a discussion of the film led by members the Union of Maine Visual Artists. Movie Nights at the Harlow are free and open to the public.

Academy Award nominee and recipient of grants from the National Endowment of the arts, filmmaker Jon Wing Lum grew up in New York City’s Chinatown. He attended the progressive school, Little Red and Elizabeth Irwing, where the ideals of social justice and community service were embraced. He is devoted to projects that bring about meaningful social change. His credits include 12 Angry Men, Scarface, Midnight Cowboy and numerous other short films, television series and features, art films and theatrical shorts.

For more about Lum please visit http://jonwinglum.com/About.html

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More Top Notch Films at Railroad Square Now through April 19, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:00:00 +0000

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Thin Ice

Final Week! Ends Thursday!
Friday, April 6 — Thursday, April 12
Daily at 3:10, 5:10 and 7:10

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Friday, April 13 — Thursday, April 19
Daily at 2:10, 4:30 and 6:50 EXCEPT No 6:50 show on Sunday!
Also Sat. and Sun. at 12:00 Noon and Fri. and Sat. at 8:55

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Coriolanus

Friday, April 13 — Thursday, April 19
Daily at 2:20, 4:40 and 7:00 EXCEPT No 7:00 show on Wednesday!
Also Sat. and Sun. at 12:00 Noon and Fri. and Sat. at 9:20

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The Raid: Redemption

Friday, April 13 — Thursday, April 19
Daily at 3:00, 5:05 and 7:10
Also Sat. and Sun. at 12:55 and Fri. and Sat. at 9:10

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Paul Goodman Changed My Life

One show only! Introduced by the director!
Sunday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m.

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Introduced by director Jonathan Lee!

The Island President

Wednesday, April 18 at 7:00

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Directions

Finding Railroad Square Cinema

It’s easy! We are located in Railroad Square between College Ave. and Main Street in Waterville, Maine. If you’re coming from Interstate 95, get off at Main Street, exit 130 (formerly 34) and head towards downtown Waterville. About a mile from the exit look for our large yellow sign on your left as you cross the railroad tracks. Our entrance is between the RR tracks and the Burger King sign.

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Lewiston Auburn Film Festival Scheduled for April 13 to 15, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Don McLean concert, expanded awards ceremony mark planned highlights for second Lewiston Auburn Film Festival

The second annual Lewiston Auburn Film Festival (LAFF) is going to be a three-day extravaganza, April 13 – 15, complete with opening night festivities, a full day of films in downtown L/A, top-notch awards show, brunch, and filmmaker panels!

Based on the success of last year’s event, where more than 1,000 festival goers attended screenings of 100+ films from all over the world, the staff at LAFF has been working hard to make LAFF 2012 bigger, better and on par with festivals found in larger, more well-known cities. We’re happy to report that LAFF 2012 is going to do just that.

On Friday, April 13, 2012 (6:00 PM- – 10:00PM) we will be holding our Opening Night Party at the Franco-American Heritage Center on Cedar Street in Lewiston, Maine. The evening kicks off with a cocktail hour where ticket holders can mingle and network. The party then proceeds upstairs to the gorgeous performance hall. Here, guests will be welcomed to the official start of the festival and get a sneak preview of selected People’s Choice nominated films. An after party downstairs will cap off the night in true Hollywood style.

Folllowing the films and a brief intermission, acclaimed international singer-songwriter Don McLean will perform his first-ever show in Lewiston. McLean is best known for the hits, “American Pie”, “Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)” and “Crying.” He will be performing an hour-long show with full band to wrap up opening night of the festival.

Saturday, April 14, 2012 (10:00 AM – 5:00 PM) will be our flagship day of world-class independent film viewing. Seven downtown Lewiston-Auburn venues including She Doesn’t Like Guthries, Gallery 5, Community Little Theater, Androscoggin Chamber of Commerce building, Free Grace Church and both public libraries will be transformed yet again into movie theaters for a day. Festival goers will be able to choose films by perusing our free program, which has descriptions, schedules and locations listed. We encourage folks to get out and walk, taking in the sights of L/A, however shuttle service will also be available.

Saturday, April 14, LAFF 2012 (6:00 PM) is pulling out all the stops for our awards ceremony and gala dinner at the Hilton Garden Inn Auburn Riverwatch Hotel in Auburn, Maine. Ticket holders will be front and center to see who wins this year’s awards: People’s Choice Feature Film, People’s Choice Documentary Film, People’s Choice Short Film, People’s Choice Experimental Film, Best Director, Best in Maine, Best in Festival. They’ll also get a terrific meal and be entertained by the likes of AudioBody and the Maine Music Society’s Androscoggin Chorale.

Sunday, April 15 (9:30 AM – 11:30 AM), VIP ticket holders only will be invited to attend an elaborate brunch at Fish Bones American Grill where they will be welcome to participate in discussions with others about the films they saw over the weekend. Afterward, VIP and Sunday ticket holders will join at The Public Theatre for an exclusive viewing of the award winning films from the previous night and a panel discussion with invited filmmakers.

Sunday, April 15 (Noon – 5:00 PM). Best of the Best film screening.

Schedule

Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce (9)

4/14/2012 10:00:00 AM Dislecksia: The Movie
4/14/2012 11:30:00 AM The Roots of Happiness
4/14/2012 12:45:00 PM Knocking on the Devil’s Door
4/14/2012 2:30:00 PM Echoes in Time – Video Segements
4/14/2012 3:15:00 PM The Pact

Auburn Public Library (5)

4/14/2012 10:00:00 AM Tempus
4/14/2012 10:00:00 AM Vetro
4/14/2012 10:45:00 AM Last Rung on the Ladder
4/14/2012 11:30:00 AM Question One
4/14/2012 1:30:00 PM A Schizophrenic Love Story
4/14/2012 3:30:00 PM We Are The Hartmans

Community Little Theatre (1)

4/14/2012 10:00:00 AM Elko
4/14/2012 10:30:00 AM Moment of Truth: The Andy Meyers Story
4/14/2012 12:30:00 PM The Carrier
4/14/2012 1:00:00 PM You Can’t Kill Stephen King
4/14/2012 3:00:00 PM Children of the Air
4/14/2012 3:45:00 PM Welcome to Lee, Maine

daVinci’s Eatery (2)

4/14/2012 10:00:00 AM The Barn
4/14/2012 10:45:00 AM Among Trees
4/14/2012 11:30:00 AM The Associates
4/14/2012 12:30:00 PM Are You the Walkers?
4/14/2012 1:30:00 PM Latzuf
4/14/2012 1:30:00 PM Proximity
4/14/2012 2:15:00 PM Empty Space
4/14/2012 2:15:00 PM Wolf Call
4/14/2012 2:45:00 PM Bad is Bad
4/14/2012 4:30:00 PM House Warming

Franco-American Heritage Center (4)

4/14/2012 10:00:00 AM The Selling
4/14/2012 11:30:00 AM Augustinians, Body & Soul/Augustines, corps et ame
4/14/2012 12:45:00 PM Confessions – Bekannelser
4/14/2012 1:30:00 PM Telephoto
4/14/2012 2:15:00 PM Some Guy Who Kills People

Free Grace Church (7)

4/14/2012 10:00:00 AM One Night
4/14/2012 10:30:00 AM Barbarian Days
4/14/2012 12:00:00 PM The Line Shack
4/14/2012 1:15:00 PM Kids of the World
4/14/2012 2:15:00 PM Colony Collapse
4/14/2012 3:00:00 PM April’s Heart
4/14/2012 4:00:00 PM Four Guys, No Ball: Surviving the World Cup

Lewiston Public Library (3)

4/14/2012 10:00:00 AM Jobless
4/14/2012 10:00:00 AM Distilled Love
4/14/2012 10:00:00 AM To Each His Own
4/14/2012 10:00:00 AM Where is Your Head?
4/14/2012 11:15:00 AM With No One In the World
4/14/2012 11:15:00 AM With No One In the World
4/14/2012 11:45:00 AM The Darkness in My Heart
4/14/2012 12:15:00 PM Finding Donn Fendler: Lost on a Mountain in Maine
4/14/2012 1:45:00 PM Fambul Tok
4/14/2012 3:30:00 PM Are All Men Pedophiles?

Lyceum Gallery (8)

4/14/2012 10:00:00 AM Love is All You Need?
4/14/2012 10:00:00 AM Humanzoo
4/14/2012 11:00:00 AM Kopfkino
4/14/2012 12:30:00 PM The iEraser Story
4/14/2012 12:30:00 PM The Telegram Man
4/14/2012 1:00:00 PM It’s As Easy As Riding A Bike
4/14/2012 1:00:00 PM The Orderly
4/14/2012 1:00:00 PM Departures
4/14/2012 1:30:00 PM Beverly Hallam: Artist as Innovator
4/14/2012 1:45:00 PM Out of Step
4/14/2012 1:45:00 PM Bein Harshurot – Between the Lines
4/14/2012 1:45:00 PM Automata
4/14/2012 1:45:00 PM I Awoke to the Sounds of Someone Watching
4/14/2012 3:00:00 PM Flippy Day
4/14/2012 3:00:00 PM Pillow

She Doesn’t Like Guthrie’s (6)

4/14/2012 10:00:00 AM 6 a.m.
4/14/2012 10:00:00 AM Monkey Drum
4/14/2012 10:00:00 AM Clouds
4/14/2012 10:00:00 AM Hot Air Balloon
4/14/2012 10:30:00 AM Ouija
4/14/2012 10:45:00 AM Broken On All Sides
4/14/2012 12:30:00 PM Atroz
4/14/2012 12:30:00 PM Hamster Heaven
4/14/2012 12:30:00 PM Papa’s Boy
4/14/2012 12:30:00 PM The Soup
4/14/2012 1:00:00 PM Ballerina
4/14/2012 2:15:00 PM Timed Romance
4/14/2012 3:15:00 PM Roadmap to Apartheid

For Venue Locations and tickets you may use this link:

http://www.lafilmfsestival.org/schedule.asp

NOTE: I couldn’t find directions to the venues on the site. Maybe you can though.

Sticking with our mission to promote and support independent film made both locally and abroad, we have already seen submissions from as far away as Japan and Australia and as close to home as Lewiston. We are confident that the level of films shown this year will be of the upmost quality.

Last year we had filmmakers from Syria, Australia, Ireland, California, Spain, and beyond join us. We look forward to seeing you at LAFF 2012!

Tickets available at Marquis Signs, 78 Essex St., Lewiston and Lewiston Auburn Magazine, 223 Lisbon St. Lewiston.

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“A Seperation” at Eveningstar Cinema through April 12, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Dear Fellow Cinephiles:

The cinema of Iran is a flourishing film industry with a long history. Many popular commercial films are annually made in Iran, and Iranian art films win praise around the world.

Film festivals that honor Iranian films are held annually around the globe. Along with China, Iran has been lauded as one of the best exporters of cinema in the 1990s. Some critics now rank Iran as the world’s most important national cinema, artistically, with a significance that invites comparison to Italian neo-realism and similar movements in past decades. World-renowned Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke and German filmmaker Werner Herzog, along with many film critics from around the world, have praised Iranian cinema as one of the world’s most important artistic cinemas.

I studied a couple of Iranian filmmakers for my MFA at Boston University, including Abbas Kiarostami and Asghar Farhadi. After spending classroom time seeingDancer in the Dust and The Beautiful City, I knew that Farhadi had greatness in him. And with A Separation, that greatness has been rewarded as it was the recipient of this year’s Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. So forget any images you have of Iran of being only oil, politicians and Mullahs, spouting anti-American rhetoric, and come watch a beautiful, touching film that breaks down all language and cultural barriers.

Eveningstar Cinema

Schedule for Friday, April 06, 2012 until Thursday, April 12, 2012

A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) (PG-13)
Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami
- 123 minutes
Fri: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30, 9:00
Sat: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30, 9:00
Sun: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30
Mon: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30
Tue: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30
Wed: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30
Thu: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30

Tontine Mall
149 Maine St.
(207) 729-5486
www.eveningstarcinema.com
All children under age 12
always $6.25
All matinee shows
(before 5:00 PM)
$6.75

Evening shows
Seniors 65+: $6.75
Regular adult: $8.00
Barry Norman
Eveningstar Cinema
(207) 729-6796

Very Exciting Schedule at Railroad Square Cinema Schedule through April 12th

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Thin Ice

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Friday, April 6 — Thursday, April 12
Daily at 3:10, 5:10 and 7:10 EXCEPT No 7:10 on Sunday!
Also Sun. at 1:10 and Fri. and Sat. at 9:05

OVERVIEW

“THIN ICE is in the genre of FARGO and A SIMPLE, except that its banal Everyman hero—Greg Kinnear at his weaselly best—is a few notches further down on the scale of loserdom. He’s a Wisconsin insurance salesman who fancies himself a con artist and attempts to screw a retired old farmer (Alan Arkin) out of a beat-up violin that may be worth $25,000. Throw in a nagging divorce settlement, an unplanned murder, and Billy Crudup—hilarious!—as a raging security man, and Jill Sprecher’s film enjoyably fuses cleverness and sheer desperation”—Entertainment Weekly. R. 93 Min.

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

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Friday, March 30 — Thursday, April 5
Daily at 2:35, 4:50 and 7:05

Friday, April 6 — Thursday, April 12
Daily at 2:30, 4:45 and 7:00 EXCEPT No 7:00 on Wednesday!
Also Sat. & Sun. at 12:15 and Fri. & Sat. at 9:10

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Friends With Kids

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Friday, March 30 — Thursday, April 5
Daily at 2:25, 4:40 & 6:50
EXCEPT No 6:50 show Tues. & Wed.!

Friday, April 6 — Thursday, April 12
Daily at 4:55
Also Saturday & Sunday at 12:00 Noon

OVERVIEW

“Jennifer Westfeldt and Jon Hamm, an unmarried, child- free couple for 15 years, noticed something about their friends with kids: These harried parents were becoming strangers and disappearing from their lives. A light bulb went off. Why not produce a movie on the topic? Mad Men star Hamm would take a role and bring in a few of his friends from BRIDESMAIDS–Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Chris O’Dowd. And Westfeldt, who co- wrote and acted in the indie hit KISSING JESSICA STEIN, would take a role and make her debut as a solo writer and director. The result is FRIENDS WITH KIDS, an indelibly funny and touching comedy with a real sting in its tail. The laughs leave scars”—Peter Travers, Rolling Stone. FRIENDS WITH KIDS is a comedy about a close-knit circle of friends at that moment in life when children arrive and everything changes. The last two singles in the group observe the effect that kids have had on their friends’ relationships and wonder if there’s a better way. They decide to have a kid together— and date other people. This unconventional ‘experiment’ leads everyone in the group to question the nature of friendship, family and, finally, true love. R. 109 Min.

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In Darkness

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Friday, March 30 through Thursday, April 5
Daily at 1:45, 4:30 and 7:15

Friday, April 6 through Thursday, April 12
Daily at 2:10 and 7:20

OVERVIEW

“To give the highest recommendation to a Holocaust movie is to anticipate a certain resistance in the reader. But IN DARKNESS is an extraordinary movie, and somehow good art creates its own uplift. This Agnieszka Holland (EUROPA, EUROPA) film rises to its subject, so that the overall experience of it is far from dispiriting. This best foreign film Oscar nominee, based on a true story, is a gripping piece of history and also an exploration into the mysteries of the human soul”—S.F. Chronicle. Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above. What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha’s conscience. The film is also an extraordinary story of survival as these men, women and children all try to outwit certain death during 14 months of ever increasing and intense danger. In Polish, German and Ukrainian with English subtitles. R. 145 Min.

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The Merry Widow (Die Lustige Witwe)

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Saturday, April 7 at 12:00 noon and Sunday, April 8 at 7:00 p.m.

OVERVIEW

From the Semper Opera House Dresden, The Merry Widow (Die Lustige Witwe) tells the story of a wealthy widow in search of a new husband and was a major success for its composer Franz Lehár (1870-1948). Often called ‘The Queen of Operettas’, this is certainly the most celebrated and successful show of its kind ever written. The melodies and songs – “Vilja”, “The Merry Widow Waltz” or “You’ll Find Me At Maxim’s”, to name but a few–are lovingly played and sung the whole world over. With Petra-Maria Schnitzer and Bo Skovhus the cast includes some of the most prestigious singers of the younger generation under the expert leadership of conductor Manfred Honeck. This staging by the famous opera director Jérôme Savary makes the “Merry Widow” a very colorful and a subtle tribute to the golden age of Hollywood. $15 ($10 students). 143 minutes includes a 15 minute intermission.

Titicut Follies

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Wednesday, April 11 at 7:00 (FREE!)

OVERVIEW

Some of the year’s best documentaries will play at this spring’s “Wednesday Doc Nights” which runs through April 18. After the screenings, join film journalist and instructor Anthony Kaufman (Variety, indieWIRE. Utne Reader) and special guests for discussions about nonfiction filmmaking and timely social issues.

April 11: Titicut Follies
(Frederick Wiseman, 84mins). One of the most acclaimed (and rarely seen) documentaries of all time, Frederick Wiseman’s landmark 1967 film goes behind the walls of the State Prison for the Criminally Insane in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, offering a stark and sobering view of the way inmates are mistreated by guards, social workers and psychiatrists. Banned until 1992 and likely responsible for the eventual closing of the institution, Titicut Follies “is an extraordinarily candid picture of a modern Bedlam, where the horrors are composed of indifference and patronizing concern” (New York Times). This special screening is co-sponsored by Colby College’s Anthropology Department and Cinema Studies, and is free to the public.

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Admission Prices at Railroad Square Cinema

Adults
$8.50 evenings
$7.00 matinees (shows starting before 4:30 unless otherwise stated)
$6.50 with a discount book
$5.50 Mondays

Children (12 and under)
$5.50 at all times

Senior Citizens (65 & Over), Military Personnel and Students with I.D.s
$6.50 evenings and matinees

Members
$5.50 Tuesdays & Wednesdays

Discount books are available. $65 for 10 admissions or $55 if you’re a Railroad Square Cinema member.
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Calamity Jane to be Screened at the Gardiner Public Library on April 5th

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:00:00 +0000

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Come and join your neighbors for Theater Thursdays at the library next Thursday, April 5th beginning at 2:30PM in our Hazzard Reading Room. Our current movie theme is “little known musicals” and this week the staff will be screening the movie Calamity Jane (1953) starring Doris Day and Howard Keel. Deadwood, Dakota Territory, is the backdrop for this story loosely based on Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok. The movie is free and staff will also have popcorn on hand for your viewing pleasure!

The library is located at 152 Water Street, Gardiner and for more information call 207-582-3312.

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“Being Flynn” on the Big Screen at Eveningstar Cinema through April 5, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Dear Fellow Cinephiles:

Director Paul Weitz has charted an interesting if not schizophrenic, course with his career. His short output includes what is perhaps the quintessential teen gross-out comedy(when someone has sex with an apple pie, I define that as either a “gross-out” comedy or a Hostess executive reacting to an extraordinarily healthy annual report) American Pie, He has also done the final (God please help us) installment in the Meet the Parents “franchise” Little Fockers, and, oddly enough in comparison to these concoctions, the absolutely wonderful, understated, poignant and altogether ADULT Nick Hornsby-adaptation of About a Boy. Go figure.

He now attacks Doug Sirk melodrama territory with Being Flynn, bringing together two-time Oscar winner Robert DeNiro and up-and-coming Paul Dano seen in Little Miss Sunshine and There Will Be Blood. (Or was that that Little Miss Blood and There Will Be Sunshine? I forget. Doesn’t matter. Julianne Moore’s in it and she rocks.)

Friday, March 30-Thursday, April 5
Friday-Sunday
1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 8:40
Monday-Thursday
1:30, 4:00, 6:30

Being Flynn
Directed by: Paul Weitz
Starring Robert De Niro, Paul Dano
(R)(102 minutes)
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Eveningstar Cinema

Schedule for Friday, March 30, 2012 until Thursday, April 05, 2012

Being Flynn (R)
Robert De Niro, Julianne Moore
- 102 minutes
Fri: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30, 8:40
Sat: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30, 8:40
Sun: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30, 8:40
Mon: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30
Tue: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30
Wed: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30
Thu: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30

149 Maine St.
Brunswick, Maine
(207) 729-5486
www.eveningstarcinema.com

All children under age 12
always $6.25
All matinee shows
(before 5:00 PM)
$6.75

Evening shows
Seniors 65+: $6.75
Regular adult: $8.00

Barry Norman
Eveningstar Cinema
(207) 729-6796

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You’ll Love the Big Screen Line-up for The Strand Theatre through April 2, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:00:00 +0000

A SEPARATION

(2011) OSCAR WINNER BEST FOREIGN FILM!

Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film, A Separation is an utterly compelling and profound film about the dissolution of a marriage in contemporary Iran. Nader (Peyman Moadi) and Simin (Leila Hatami) have been married for fourteen years and live with their eleven-year-old daughter Termeh in Tehran. Simin wants to leave Iran to provide better opportunities for her daughter. When her husband Nader (Peyman Moadi) refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father, Simin sues for divorce. But when her request fails, she returns to her parents’ home—without her daughter, and Nader hires a young woman to assist with his father in his wife’s absence. However, when he discovers that the new maid has been lying to him, he realizes that there is more on the line than just his marriage. Propelled by an acute attention to class, religious and gender differences, Farhadi’s meticulous script questions the very basis of truth and ethics, and explores the cultural, social and judical minefield that plagues contemporary Iran. At its heart a gripping, humane drama that recalls classic Hitchcock in its twists and turns, A Separation puts director Asghar Farhadi at the front rank of contemporary world directors. (Farsi with English subtitles)

“The best picture of the year!” -Roger Ebert

“A great movie, a look inside a world so foreign that it might as well be another planet, yet so universal that its observations are painfully familiar to anyone, anywhere.” -Arizona Republic
“The movie has such a profound and compassionate understanding of human behavior, family ties and the way ordinary people respond when they’re forced into a moral quandary, I can’t imagine anyone not being transfixed by it.” – Miami Herald
“The movie is hugely compelling on a moral and emotional level – I was completely hooked – yet it also revealed to me in numerous small and concrete ways what it’s like to live in a contemporary theocracy.” –Chicago Reader

2011/Drama/Iran/123mins/Rated PG-13
Directed by Asghar Farhadi
Starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat

Show Dates & Times:

3/25/12 – Sunday
3:00 pm

3/26/12 – Monday
7:00 pm

3/27/12 – Tuesday
1:00 pm, 7:00 pm

3/28/12 – Wednesday
7:00 pm

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER

Live Broadcast From London’s National Theatre

One of the great, generous-hearted and ingenious comedies of the English language, Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer offers a celebration of chaos, courtship and the dysfunctional family.

Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward to acquainting his daughter with his old pal’s son with a view to marriage. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he’s mistaken by his prospective son-in-law Marlow for an innkeeper, his daughter for the local barmaid. The good news is, while Marlow can barely speak to a woman of quality he’s a charmer with those of a different stamp. And so, as Hardcastle’s indignation intensifies, Miss Hardcastle’s appreciation for her misguided suitor soars. Misdemeanours multiply, love blossoms, mayhem ensues. (Estimated Running Time is 3hrs)

The National Theater of London, one of the world’s leading theater producers of Shakespeare, international classic drama and contemporary playwrights, is offering an exciting new initiative – broadcasting live performances of plays in high definition onto cinema screens worldwide. The Strand will be one of 100 venues world wide to broadcast the new HD series in this exciting international partnership. The broadcasts will also feature behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with artists.

Show Dates & Times:

3/29/12 – Thursday
2:00 pm, 7:00 pm

Admission:

$23 Adults
$15 18 years and under

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ELLIS PAUL FAMILY SHOW

A Lively and Engaging Show For All Ages!

Playing selections from his Parent’s Choice Gold Award Winning album “The Hero In You” (January, 2012) and Silver Award Winning album “The Dragonfly Races” (2007), Ellis Paul creates a lively and engaging show for all ages. This show at The Strand will be one of his first family shows featuring material from his new award-winning album!

Ellis Paul is a critically acclaimed singer, songwriter, poet, troubadour and father of two daughters, originally hailing from a potato farming family in northern Maine. Paul has become one of the leading voices in American songwriting and one of the top songwriters to emerge out of the fertile Boston folk scene. He is the recipient of 13 Boston Music Awards, second only to multi-platinum act Aerosmith. He helped create a movement that revitalized the national acoustic circuit with an urban, literate, folk rock style that helped renew interest in the genre in the 90′s.

Known for his deeply felt and socially conscious songwriting, often about heroes, Ellis Paul was inspired by his own two growing daughters and four years of performing for families to write about people who contributed something to the world through their work and art. ‘The Hero In You’ is a collection of songs that reminds both parents and children of the important individuals who had an incredible impact on American culture and history. America enjoys the kind of freedoms that have produced a long list of free thinkers, risk takers, innovators. By creating a dialogue within the family, and in the classroom, Ellis hopes to inspire kids to reach for the same great heights that these wonderful characters achieved.

“These people did amazing things, but they can also inspire young people today to go out and do something out of the ordinary to become the heroes of their own lives,”explains Paul.

His charismatic, personally authentic performance style has influenced a generation of artists away from the artifice of pop, and closer towards the realness of folk. Though he remains among the most pop-friendly of today’s singer-songwriters – his songs regularly appear in hit movie and TV soundtracks – he has bridged the gulf between the modern folk sound and the populist traditions of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger more successfully than perhaps any of his songwriting peers.

Don’t miss this incredible musician and performer for a fun afternoon concert the whole family will enjoy!

Visit The Official Ellis Paul Website

Show Dates & Times:

3/31/12 – Saturday

2:00 pm

Admission:

$8 children 12 & under
$12 adults

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SHAME

(2011) Starring Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender (who easily delivers one of the best performances of the year) is Brandon, a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister (Carey Mulligan, Drive and An Education) moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon’s insular life spirals out of control. British director Steve McQueen finds the exquisite tension between the brother wanting to disconnect and the sister longing for connection in this bold film. Winner of 3 awards at the 2011 Venice Film Festival, including Best Actor (Fassbender), few filmmakers have plumbed the soul-churning depths of sexual addiction as fearlessly as McQueen has in Shame. Co-starring Amy Hargreaves, Hannah Ware, James Badge Dale and Nicole Beharie.

“It’s a tribute to McQueen’s steady directorial hand that he’s able to evoke such exceptional performances.” -Film.com

“These characters are stripped bare in every sense, reflecting an extreme degree of inner confusion, vulnerability and fear. Betrayed and broken as children, they now have to define and rebuild themselves as adults.” -New York Daly News

“How can visual pleasure communicate existential misery? It is a real and interesting challenge, and if “Shame” falls short of meeting it, the seriousness of its effort is hard to deny.” -New York Times

2011/UK/1hr 40mins/ NC-17
Directed bt: Steve McQueen
Starring Michael Fassbender (A Dangerous Method, Hunger, Jane Eyre), Carey Mulligan, Amy Hargreaves, Hannah Ware, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie

Show Dates & Times:

3/31/12 – Saturday
5:30 pm

4/1/12 – Sunday
6:00 pm

Box Office Information

The Strand Theatre Box Office Window is located at the theatre at 345 Main Street in Rockland.

Film Ticket Sales

The Box Office opens 30 minutes before regularly scheduled films. (Note: Advance and Online film tickets are not available for regularly scheduled films.)

Regular Admission $8.50
Seniors (65+) & Child (12 and under) $7.50
Matinees & Monday All Day $7.50

Live Event Ticket Sales:

Advance Live Event Ticket Sales:

Tickets for select events may be purchased in advance in the following ways:

BY PHONE:207-594-0070 (M-F, noon-4pm)
ON LINE: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Buy Now
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Day of Show Ticket Sales and Will Call Ticket Pick-Up:


For day of show ticket purchases and will-call ticket pick-up, the Box Office opens 90 minutes prior to show-time. (*This is for Strand Theatre-produced events only. Times may differ for other promoters/shows.)

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Entertaining, Timely and Documentary Films at Railroad Square through April 4, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:00:00 +0000

The Redemption of General Butt Naked

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Wednesday, March 28 at 7:00

OVERVIEW

(Daniele Anastasion, Eric Strauss, 85mins). Joshua Milton Blahyi was among Liberia’s most fearsome warriors, leading his “Butt Naked” army into battle completely nude. Responsible for the deaths of thousands, Blahyi has now re-fashioned himself a preacher, seeking forgiveness from those he has wronged. This compelling, thought-provoking film–and winner of Sundance’s Best Cinematography prize–offers more questions than answers: Is Blahyi’s mission honest, or a con-job to stay alive? “Utterly fascinating…an extremely unsettling film that holds you tightly in its grip” (The Hollywood Reporter).

Salmon Fishing in Yemen

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Starts Friday, March 30

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Thin Ice

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Starts Friday, March 30

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In Darkness

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Starts Friday, March 30

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Welcome to Lee Maine

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Sun, Apr. 1 at 1:00 p.m. & Tues., Apr. 3 at 7:00 p.m.

OVERVIEW

Introduced by Director Bill Perna!

WELCOME TO LEE MAINE is a film about a small close-knit community in rural Maine; (pop 845) that must deal with devastating news that it has become the smallest community in America to lose two sons in the Iraqi War. Lee, Maine is a town with strong Christian, patriotic and traditional values that struggles to overcome it’s heartbreak. While many have very different views of the war, they are united in their support of the families and each other in their loss. A moving, beautifully sensitive story from very close at hand. Unrated. 61 Min.

Downeast (work in progress)

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Wednesday, April 4 at 7:00

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DOWNEAST: (Ashley Sabin, David Redmon, 80mins). A complex and sympathetic portrait of America’s economic crisis, set right here in Maine, “Downeast” observes the financial struggles of the Stinson Sardine Cannery in Gouldsboro, which shut down in April 2010. Two months later, Boston-based entrepreneur Antonio Bussone tried to purchase the plant, hoping to transform it into a lobster processing facility and rehire the laid-off Stinson workers (an amiable bunch, many of them too elderly to find new jobs). But tensions run high between the foreign-tongued Bussone and Gouldboro’s wary local lobstermen. In this absorbing work-in-progress, veteran filmmakers David Redmon and Ashley Sabin discover in this small ”downeast” town a far-reaching story about distrust and survival. Filmmakers present at the screening!

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Adults
$8.50 evenings
$7.00 matinees (shows starting before 4:30 unless otherwise stated)
$6.50 with a discount book
$5.50 Mondays

Children (12 and under)
$5.50 at all times

Senior Citizens (65 & Over), Military Personnel and Students with I.D.s
$6.50 evenings and matinees

Members
$5.50 Tuesdays & Wednesdays

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Eveningstar Cinema to Screen “A Dangerous Method” Through March 29, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Dear Fellow Cinephiles:

Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg has one of the most fascinating and outright unsettling careers ever. He began (with the help of the Canadian government subsidized film industry) exploring the body horror genre, where we fear the body’s transformation via infection, predicting AIDS somewhat with Rabid (starring Insatiable porn star Marilyn Chambers), the fear of science (and really bad headaches) with Scanners, delving into the impossible-to-interpret William S. Burroghs book, Naked Lunch, and a retelling of the classic si-fi horror film, The Family Circus. I’m sorry. I meant The Fly, where the scientist—a very tall Jeff Goldblum—transforms himself. I should also mention here Dead Ringers, where Jeremy Irons plays twin gynocologists. I actually took my dad to see this film, as he was an OB/GYN and how many films about those have there been? (Discounting Insatiable) Cronenberg began turning to films concerning the horror of the mind with A History of Violence and Eastern Promises, both starring the amazing Viggo Mortensen. And he continues now on that path with A Dangerous Method, exploring the battles for the mind with its most prominent practitioners: Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung.

Friday, March 23-Thursday, March 29
Friday-Sunday
1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 8:40
Monday-Thursday
1:30, 4:00, 6:30
A Dangerous Method
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Kiera Knightley
(R)(12 min)
TRAILER

Eveningstar Cinema

Schedule for Friday, March 23, 2012 until Thursday, March 29, 2012

A Dangerous Method (R)
Viggo Mortensen, Keira Knightley
- 99 minutes
Fri: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30, 8:40
Sat: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30, 8:40
Sun: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30, 8:40
Mon: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30
Tue: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30
Wed: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30
Thu: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30

Tontine Mall
149 Maine St.
(207) 729-5486
www.eveningstarcinema.com

Films, CineGrand: The Rum Diary and NT Live Screenings at The Ellsworth Grand through 3/29/12

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:00:00 +0000

The Enchanted Island – New Production

Presented with support from our season partner – H&R Block (in Ellsworth & Bucksport)

Encore: Thursday, March 22nd at 6pm

Run Time: 3 hrs 35 min
1 intermission

$17 General Admission

Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the Met presents an original Baroque fantasy, featuring a who’s who of Baroque stars led by eminent conductor William Christie. With music by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others, the new libretto by Jeremy Sams combines elements of The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. David Daniels is Prospero, Joyce DiDonato is Sycorax, Danielle de Niese is Ariel, Luca Pisaroni is Caliban, and Plácido Domingo makesa special appearance as Neptune. Lisette Oropesa and Anthony Roth Costanzo also star. This dazzling production is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Satyagraha and the Met’s 125th Anniversary Gala).

CineGrand: The Rum Diary

$7 General – $6 Seniors – $5 Members

Friday, March 23rd at 7pm
Saturday, March 24th at 2pm & 7pm
Sunday, March 25th at 5pm

Tickets:
$7 General Admission
$6 Seniors
$5 Grand Members

USA. 2hr. Directed by Bruce Robinson. R.

Adapted from the classic novel by Hunter S. Thompson, this film concerns American journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean, amidst a group of expatriate lost souls all bent on self-destruction. With Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard, Giovanni Ribisi and Richard Jenkins.

NT Live Presents: She Stoops to Conquer

Live: Thursday, March 29 at 2:00pm
Encore: Thursday, March 29 at 6:00pm

Tickets: $17 General Admission, $15 Senior, $13 Member, $12 Student, $10 Child

This little barmaid though runs in my head most strangely, and drives out the absurdities of all therest of the family. She’s mine, she must be mine, or I’m greatly mistaken.

One of the great, generous-hearted and ingenious comedies of the English language, Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer offers a celebration of chaos, courtship and the dysfunctional family.

The Grand Auditorium, 165 Main Street, Ellsworth, Maine 04605
Box Office 207.667.9500 | Grand Offices: 207.667.5911 | Email

Movie Theater Thursday Schedule for Gardiner Public Library Announced for 3/22/12

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:00:00 +0000

The Unsinkable Molly Brown Photo Credit: wwenglish.com

The staff of the Gardiner Public Library announces that for the next four weeks the movie theme for the Movie Theater Thursdays will be “little known musicals”. This Thursday, March 22nd, beginning at 2:30PM, the library will be featuring the movie, The Unsinkable Molly Brown starring Debbie Reynolds. This is a frothy, fun musical set in the late 1800’s and it is the story of a backwoods girl who makes it “big” in high society and eventually becomes the richest woman in Denver.

This event is free and open to the public. The staff even offers free popcorn! The Gardiner Public Library is located at 152 Water Street, Gardiner, ME 04345.

Please call 582-3312 for more information.

REMINDER: 2012 Maine Jewish Film Festival Scheduled for Portland March 17th to 24th

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:00:00 +0000

Jump to a date on the schedule Saturday, March 17 Sunday, March 18 Monday, March 19 Tuesday, March 20 Wednesday, March 21 Thursday, March 22 Saturday, March 24

Jump to a movie on the schedule Arab Labor, A Reuben by Any Other Name, Between Two Worlds, Burial of Names, Crime After Crime, David, David and Goliath, Dolphin Boy, Eyes Wide Open, Forever Sacred, In Heaven Underground, Little Rose Salsa, Tel Aviv Seltzer Works, Stealing Klimt – 1:00pm Show Stealing Klimt – 5:30pm Show The Adventures of Super Benji,The Bump in My Nose, The Hebrew Hammer, This is Sodom, The Matchmaker, The Names of Love, The Quest for the Missing Piece,

Saturday, March 17

Opening Night Party & Film: Little Rose

SOLD OUT……..

6:00 PM - Opening Night Party – New Venue
Akari / 193 Middle Street / Portland
Join us for appetizers and drinks to kick off the 2012 Maine Jewish Film Festival!
Compliments of Akari all ticket holders will receive a gift bag of $50.00 value.

8:00 PM – Little Rose – Film Info >
Nickelodeon Cinemas / 1 Temple Street / Portland

Sunday, March 18

WOMEN FILMMAKERS FORUM

1:00 pm - Between Two Worlds - Film Info>
Nickelodeon Cinemas / 1 Temple Street / Portland

Directors, Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman, present via SKYPE

FREE YOUTH FILM

3:30 PM - Free Youth Film – David – Film Info>
Nickelodeon Cinemas / 1 Temple Street / Portland

In person: Producer, Stephanie Levy
*Youth 18 and under admitted free. All seats require a ticket.

6:00 PM – In Heaven Underground – Film Info >
with local short Burial of Names -Film Info>
Nickelodeon Cinemas / 1 Temple Street / Portland

8:00 PM – This is Sodom – Film Info>
Nickelodeon Cinemas / 1 Temple Street / Portland

Monday, March 19

5:30 PM – Arab Labor – Film Info> Forever Scared – Film Info>
Nickelodeon Cinemas / 1 Temple Street / Portland

8:00 PM – MJFF Cult Classic – The Hebrew Hammer – Film Info>
One Longfellow Square / 181 State Street / Portland

In Person: Director Jonathan Kesselman

Tuesday, March 20

MISHMOSH
5:15 PM MJFF Shortish Film Program
85 minutes total run time
Nickelodeon Cinemas / 1 Temple Street / Portland

The Bump in My Nose – Film Info>

A Reuben by Any Other Name – Film Info>

Seltzer Works – Film Info>

The Adventures of Super Benji, the Boy with Stupendous Powers- Film Info>
In Person: Director Neil Needleman

David and Goliath – Film Info>

The Quest for the Missing Piece - Film Info>

LGBT FILM FORUM

5:00-7:00 PM – LGBT Film Forum Reception
STYXX / 3 Spring Street / Portland

Come celebrate the LGBT Film Forum at Styxx. Join us for appetizers and good company. Cash bar. Co-hosted by MJFF and the DownEast Pride Alliance prior to the screening of Eyes Wide Open. Be sure to buy a ticket for the film. This event is free and open to the public.

7:15 PM – Eyes Wide Open – Film Info>

Wednesday, March 21

FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY
(Previously know as the Free Senior Luncheon and Matinee Program)
Maine Historical Society / 489 Congress St., Portland

12:00 PM Free Luncheon

Luncheon limited to first 60 seniors 65 years and older who reserve a seat. Call 207.831.7495 to secure a reservation. Film screening free to all people age 65 and older.

1:00 PM – Stealing Klimt – Film Info>

In person, Victoria Reed, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, curator of provenance

4:00 PM – Director’s Reception
Salt Institute for Documentary Studies / 561 Congress Street / Portland

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the director, Yoav Potash, of Crime After Crime. This event, co-hosted with Salt, is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.Make sure to purchase a ticket for the 8:00 PM screening of the film!

5:30 PM – Stealing Klimt – Film Info>
Nickelodeon Cinemas / 1 Temple Street / Portland

In person: Victoria Reed, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, curator of provenance

8:00 PM – Crime After Crime – Film Info>
Nickelodeon Cinemas / 1 Temple Street / Portland

In person: Director, Yoav Potash

Please bring to the screening a donation of composition notebooks (without metal or spiral binding) for the Family Crisis Services Incarcerated Women’s Program .

Thursday, March 22

4:00 PM – Director’s Reception
Salt Institute for Documentary Studies / 561 Congress Street / Portland

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the director Dani Menkin, of Dolphin Boy. This event, co-hosted with Salt, is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Make sure to purchase a ticket for the 5:30 PM screening of the film!

5:30 PM – Dolphin Boy – Film Info>
Nickelodeon Cinemas / 1 Temple Street / Portland

In person: Director Dani Menkin

8:00 PM – The Names of Love – Film Info>
Nickelodeon Cinemas / 1 Temple Street / Portland

Saturday, March 24

3:00 PM – The Matchmaker – Film Info>
University of Southern Maine / Talbot Lecture Hall / 96 Falmouth Street / Portland

Closing Night Reception and Film: Salsa Tel Aviv

7:00 PM- Salsa Tel Aviv – Film Info>
University of Southern Maine / Abromson Center / 88 Bedford Street / Portland

8:30 PM- Closing Night Reception
University of Southern Maine / Abromson Center / 88 Bedford Street / Portland
Following Salsa Tel Aviv, join us for a salsa dancing lesson and our closing night reception!

Arab Labor

Director: Roni Ninio
Country: Israel | 2007 | TV Sitcom
Duration: 26 min.
Language: Arabic, Hebrew with English subtitles
View Trailer>

This Israeli series is a MJFF audience favorite. Laugh-out loud funny! It is a raucous and irreverent critically acclaimed comedy series. Created by Sayed Kashua, a 32-year-old Israeli-born Palestinian journalist, Arab Labor (in Hebrew avoda aravit, which colloquially means “shoddy or second-rate work”) focuses on Amjad, a Palestinian journalist and Israeli citizen in search of acceptance into Israeli society.

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A Ruben by Any Other Name

Director: Jeremy Dylan Lanni
Country: US | 2011 | Comedy
Duration: 4 min.
Language: English
A humorous look at the differences between Orthodox and Reform Judaism played out in terms of the differences between the New York and Los Angeles versions of the Reuben sandwich.

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Between Two Worlds

Director: Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman
Country: USA | 2011| Documentary
Duration: 70 min.
Language: English
View Trailer>

Who speaks for a divided community at the crossroads? Between Two Worlds is a groundbreaking personal exploration of the community and family divisions that are redefining American Jewish identity and politics. The filmmakers’ own families are battlegrounds over loyalty to Israel, interpretations of the Holocaust, intermarriage, and a secret communist past.

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Burial of Names

Director: Phyllis Graber Jensen
Country: US | 2011 | Documentary
Duration: 8 min.
Language: English

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Led by their rabbi, members of a small Jewish community in Maine gather to bury Jewish artifacts.

Crime After Crime

Director: Yoav Potash
Country: USA | 2011 | Documentary
Duration: 93 min.
Language: English
View Trailer>

Yoav Potash’s documentary is a shattering chronicle of Deborah Peagler, an African American woman imprisoned for the 1983 murder of her abusive boyfriend. After a law passes allowing survivors of domestic violence to appeal their sentences, two idealistic lawyers, one an Orthodox Jew, become convinced they can set her free. This is a staggering account of a fight against injustice and a suspect system still imprisoning hundreds of thousands of women across America today.

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David

Director: Joel Fendelman
Country: US | 2011 | Drama
Duration: 80 min.
Language: English

As the son of the Imam of the local Brooklyn mosque, eleven year-old Daud has to juggle the high expectations of his father and his feelings of isolation and difference–even from his peers in the Muslim community. Through an innocent act of good faith, Daud inadvertently befriends a group of Jewish boys who mistake him as a fellow classmate at their Orthodox school, in the neighboring Jewish community.

Ecumenical Prize, Montreal World Film Festival 2011
Audience Award, Brooklyn Film Festival 2011
Special Jury Award at the Napa Valley Film Festival, 2011

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David and Goliath

Director: George Zaverdas
Country: US | 2010 | Drama
Duration: 12 min.
Language: English

Set in 1943 Czechoslovakia, David, a Jewish resistance fighter, flees for his life as he is being hunted down by Nazis. He finds refuge in a doghouse and ultimately a ferocious German Shepherd becomes his savior. This is Man’s Best Friend at his best.

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Dolphin Boy

Director: Dani Menkin and Yonatan Nir
Country: Israel | 2010 | Documentary
Duration: 72 min.
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
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Morad – a teenager from an Arab village in the north of Israel disconnects himself from humans following a violent attack that he experienced. As a last resort before hospitalization in a mental institution he is taken by his devoted father to be treated with dolphins in Eilat. This documentary about the devastating havoc that human violence can wreak upon the human soul, and about the healing powers of nature and of love.

Official Selection Hot Docs 2011
Winner of the Jury Mention Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival

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Eyes Wide Open

Director: Haim Tabakman
Country: Israel | 2009 | Feature
Duration: 91 min.
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
View trailer>

Aaron, a respectable butcher in Jerusalem’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community is married to Rivka and is a dedicated father of four children. One day, he meets Ezri, a handsome twenty-two year old student, and soon falls in love with him. He then starts to neglect his family and community life, swept away by his love and lust for Ezri. But guilt, torment and pressure from the community will catch up with him, leading him to make a radical decision.

Best Movie at the International Ghent Film Festival 2009

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Forever Scared

Director: Dorit Zimbalist
Country: Israel | 2009 | Documentary
Duration: 52 min.
Language: Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles
View trailer>

Sayed Kashua (2010 SFJFF Freedom of Expression Award winner) is the Israeli writer of the a top-rated television comedy series, Arab Labor. He’s a Palestinian citizen of Israel, a walking, talking oxymoron, an invisible man constantly called upon to justify himself, his work and even his decision to write in Hebrew. Sayed Kashua Forever Scared is a fascinating journey inside the complicated life and complex mind of a unique creative force. This film is a behind the scenes look of the Israeli television series Arab Labor.

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In Heaven Underground

Director: Britta Wauer
Country: Germany | 2011 | Documentary
Duration: 90 min.
Language: German

The Weissensee Jewish Cemetery is an enchanting journey into history that celebrates life and the immortality of memories. North of Berlin’s noisy city centre, surrounded by a jungle of trees and lush foliage, lies the peaceful and secluded 130-year-old Weissensee Jewish Cemetery, the largest Jewish cemetery still in use in Europe.

Panorama Audience Award Berlin Int’l Film Festival, 2011
Official Selection Hot Docs Int’l Film Festival, 2011
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Little Rose

Director: Jan Kidawa-Blonski
Country: Poland | 2010 | Feature
Duration: 118 min.
Language: Polish with English subtitles
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Passions ignite this thriller set in Poland in spring 1968, when the government’s anti-Semitic campaign puts citizens on edge. Security policeman Rozėk sends his lover to investigate whether a well-known dissident writer is Jewish. As her assignment progresses, she wins not only the writer’s trust but also his love. Based on the character of Polish writer Pawel Jasienica, with powerful performances by Poland’s legendary Andrzej Seweryn (the films of Andrzej Wajda, Schindler’s List), Robert Wieckięwicz as the policeman, and Magdalena Boczarska as secret agent “Little Rose.”
- Golden Frog Award Cinematography, Camberimage, 2010
- Silver St. George Award, Best Director, Moscow, 2010
- Grand Prize of 35th Polish Film Festival, The Golden Lion
ADULT THEMES, NUDITY AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT

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Salsa Tel Aviv

Director: Jorge Weller
Country: Israel | 2011| Feature
Duration: 90 min.
Language: Hebrew, Spanish
View Trailer>

Vicky travels to Israel dressed as a nun to find her estranged husband who is an illegal salsa teacher in Tel Aviv. On the plane she meets Yoni, a shy university professor and a confusing and amusing friendship develops. The film follows in the best tradition of a screwball romantic comedy.

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Seltzer Works

Director: Jessica Edwardsr
Country: USA | 2010 | Documentary
Length: 7 min.
Language: English
The siphon machines at Gomberg Seltzer Works don’t turn like they used to. Nevertheless, the last bottler in Brooklyn fends off the supermarket-seltzer takeover and honors this cherished drink’s place in history.

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Stealing Klimt

Director: Jane Chablani
Country: UK | 2007| Documentary
Duration: 92 min.
Language: English, German
View Trailer>

The Holocaust was not just the greatest murder in history; it was also the greatest theft of art in history. This dramatic film recounts the decades long struggle by Maria Altmann, born and raised in Austria, to recover five Gustav Klimt paintings stolen from her family by the Nazis in 1938, and which have been hanging in the Austrian National Gallery since 1945.

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The Adventures of Super Benji, the Boy with Stupendous Powers

Director: Neil Needleman
Country: US | 2012 | Comedy
Duration: 4 min.
Language: English
A simple story of love, patience and developing super powers.

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The Bump in My Nose

Director: Kevin McGuiness
Country: USA| 2011 | Animated
Duration: 3 min.
Language: English
This film revolves around a young girl named Marissa Freedberg, who discusses the bump in her nose and other aspects of her appearance that make her uneasy. Throughout the story Marissa struggles and eventually succeeds at finding self-acceptance in spite of a culture that finds diversity difficult to resolve.

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The Hebrew Hammer

Director: Jonathan Kesselman
Country: USA | 2003 | Comedy
Duration: 85 minutes
Language: English
View Trailer>

Mordechai Jefferson Carver, aka the Hebrew Hammer, is an Orthodox Jewish stud who goes on a mission to save Hanukkah from Santa Claus’s evil son Damian. Throwing political correctness out the window, and guaranteed to offend everyone. Sacrilegious, fearless and hysterically funny! Starring Adam Goldberg and Andy Dick.

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This is Sodom

Director: Adam Sanderson and Muli Segev
Country: Israel | 2010 | Comedy
Duration: 88 min.
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles

This is Sodom is a bawdy biblical comedy in the best tradition of Monty Python and Mel Brooks. As God’s wrath draws closer, Abraham, Lot, the Sodomites and their rulers, and even the avenging angels are seduced by the decadent delights of the most famous Sin City in history. Skewering everything from religious figures, reality TV, game shows, musicals and vapid celebrities to contemporary Israeli culture, the cast of the comedy troupe Eretz Nehederet (the Israeli Saturday Night Live) leaves no sacred cows unslaughtered.

ADULT CONTENT, SITUATIONS AND LANGUAGE

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The Matchmaker

Director: Avi Nesher
Country: Israel | 2010 | Feature
Duration: 122 min.
Language: Hebrew
View Trailer>

In 1968 Haifa, teenage Arik gets a summer job working for Yankele Bride, a mysterious Holocaust survivor who makes ends meet by brokering marriages and smuggling goods. As Arik begins to learn the mysteries of the human heart, he falls in love with his neighbor Tamara, who is visiting from America during the “summer of love.”
- Panavision Audience Choice Award 2010
- Toronto International Film Festival 2011 – Official Selection
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The Name of Love

Director: Michel Leclerc
Country: France | 2010 | Comedy
Duration: 102 min.
Language: French
View Trailer>

A romantic comedy with a serious backbone, sets the age-old opposites-attract formula in a contemporary French setting. What both have in common is a tragic family history—she, the Algerian War and he, the Holocaust. This provides the context for director Michel Leclerc to satirize a number of hot-button sociopolitical issues including anti-Semitism, Arab-Jewish relations, immigration, and racial and cultural identity.
- Cesar Awards 2011, Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay
ADULT THEMES, NUDITY AND SEXUAL CONTENT

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The Quest for the Missing Piece

Director: Oded Lotan
Country: Israel | 2007 | Documentary
Duration: 52 min.
Language: Hebrew, German, Russian
View Trailer>

A thorough investigation of the tradition and implications of circumcision under the humorous pretext of the director looking for his missing piece.

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Ticket Information

PRICING

Tickets are $8 per screening, $6 for students and for adults over 65. Ticket-holders should arrive 15 minutes early to guarantee seating. In the event that a film sells out, standby seating will be available for all screenings on a first come-first serve basis. Please call 207-831-7495 or visit www.mjff.org for updates on ticket availability.

Money should not be a barrier to participating in the Festival. Please call us at 207-831-7495 if you need discounted tickets.

OPENING NIGHT PARTY (SOLD OUT)

Tickets are $35 and are for the party and the film screening. Film-only tickets will be available at the Nickelodeon box office on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 7:00 PM on the night of the film screening.

ALL FESTIVAL PASS

Save on regular ticket prices and ensure seating at all shows with a $109 All-Festival Pass. The pass is valid for every event except the Opening Night Party and the Opening Night Film.

BUY TICKETS

Tickets go on sale beginning Friday, February 17th at 9:00 AM.

Online/By phone: MJFF tickets are available for purchase through Brown Paper Tickets atwww.brownpapertickets.com. Brown Paper tickets charges a service fee of $0.99 per ticket plus 3.5% of the face value.

By Mail: Send in the attached order form with a personal check to have tickets mailed to you. A $3.00 service charge is applied to each order. MJFF, P.O. Box 7465, Portland, ME 04112.

(Link to one page pdf order form)

Mail orders must be postmarked by Friday, March 9th. After the 9th, tickets will only be available through Brown Paper Tickets or at the door.

At door: Available at venue one hour before first screening of that day. Excludes Maine Historical Society screening.

Note: Ticket and All-Festival Pass holders must arrive and be in line 15 minutes prior to show time. Anyone arriving after that may not be admitted, even with a purchased ticket or pass.

ACCESSIBILITY

Nickelodeon Cinemas, Akari, One Longfellow Square, Maine Historical Society, Salt Institute, Styxx and University of Southern Maine are accessible to people with disabilities. Please call ahead or emails us at filmfest@mjff.org with any special needs. We will make every effort to accommodate you.

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“Iron Lady” on the Big Screen at Eveningstar Cinema March 16 to 22, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Dear Fellow Cinephiles:

After 5 weeks of the fabulous Best Picture Oscar Winner, The Artist, I believe it’s time for, as Jerry Lewis would say:

“Hey Laaaaaaaadyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.”

Yes, 17-time nominated, and (only, sigh…) three time Oscar Winner Meryl Streep, brings her award-winning performance in the role of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. This film reminds me of the bumper sticker I often see that says, “Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History.”

BTW: It’s nothing like Iron Man.

Friday, March 16-Thursday, March 22
Friday-Sunday
1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 8:30
Monday-Thursday
1:30, 4:00, 6:30

The Iron Lady
Directed by: Phyllidia Lloyd
Starring: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent
(PG-13)(105 Min)
TRAILER

Eveningstar Cinema

Schedule for Friday, March 16, 2012 until Thursday, March 22, 2012

The Iron Lady (PG-13)
Meryl Streep, Harry Lloyd
- 105 minutes
Fri: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30, 8:30
Sat: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30, 8:30
Sun: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30, 8:30
Mon: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30
Tue: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30
Wed: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30
Thu: (1:30), (4:00), 6:30

All children under age 12
always $6.25

All matinee shows
(before 5:00 PM)
$6.75

Evening shows
Seniors 65+: $6.75
Regular adult: $8.00

Barry Norman
Eveningstar Cinema
(207) 729-6796
Tontine Mall
149 Maine St.
(207) 729-5486
www.eveningstarcinema.com

Gardiner Public Library to Feature the Film Mrs. Parkington on March 15

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:00:00 +0000

MOVIES AT THE LIBRARY

As winter wanes, we continue our movie series. Come watch movies at the library! Join us on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 2:30PM in our beautiful Hazzard Reading Room for our Movie Theater Thursdays at the library. This week’s feature is Mrs. Parkington (1944) starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. It is the story retold in many movies…a poor young woman finds herself swept away by a dashing millionaire who marries her and offers her a life of privilege and power. What is more important….love or money?

The Gardiner Public Library is located at 152 Water Street, Gardiner, ME 04345.

Moviegoers are encouraged to bring their own movie snacks and popcorn may be available.

Please call 582-3312 for more information.

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DRIVE on The Big Screen at The Grand March 16 to 18, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Drive

Friday, March 16th at 7pm
Saturday, March 17th at 2pm & 7pm
Sunday, March 18th at 5pm

Tickets:
$7 General Admission
$6 Seniors
$5 Grand Members

USA. 1hrs, 40min. Directed by Nicolas Winding

Rated R

A Hollywood stunt performer (played by Ryan Gosling) who moonlights asa getaway driver, gets involved with various thugs while quietly romancing his neighbor (Carey Mulligan). With Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks and Ron Perlman.

The Grand Auditorium, 165 Main Street, Ellsworth, Maine 04605
Box Office 207.667.9500 | Grand Offices: 207.667.5911 | Email

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Nominees for 2012 Lewiston Auburn Film Festival

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:00:00 +0000

SEE POSTER BELOW:

2012 Nominees

Best Film in Festival:

The Carrier
Children of Air
Last Rung On The Ladder
Moment of Truth: The Andy Meyers Story
Schizophrenic Love Story
The Selling
You Can’t Kill Stephen King

Best Maine Film:

Among Trees
April’s Heart
Humanzoo
Last Rung On The Ladder
Question One
Welcome to Lee, Maine

Best Director

The Carrier – Scott Schaeffer
Children of Air –Damian Horan
Last Rung On The Ladder – Cory Landroche
The Selling — Emily Lou
Some Guy Who Kills People — Jack Perez
You Can’t Kill Stephen King — Monroe Mann, Ronnie Khalil, Jorge Valdes-Iga

People’s Choice – Documentary

Welcome to Lee, Maine – USA (Maine)
Question One – USA (Maine and New York)
Are All Men Pedophiles? – The Netherlands
Four Guys, No Ball – Surviving The World Cup – Germany and Argentina
Finding Donn Fendler: Lost on a Mountain in Maine 72 Years Later – (Maine, NH)
Among Trees – USA (Maine, Taylor McIntosh – Winner of Best Exper. in 2011)

People’s Choice – Short

The Carrier – USA (California)
Children of Air – USA (California)
Bekännelser — Sweden
Last Rung On The Ladder – USA (Maine)
Noreen – Ireland
With No One In The World – Israel

People’s Choice – Feature

Bad is Bad – USA (Virginia)
Kopfkino — Germany
Moment of Truth: The Andy Myers Story – USA (New Jersey)
Schizophrenic Love Story – USA (Texas)
The Selling – USA (California)
You Can’t Kill Stephen King – USA (Maine, New York, California)

People’s Choice – Experimental

Automata – Australia
Bein Hashurot — Israel
Colony Collapse – USA (Lewiston, Craig Saddlemire – Winner Best Maine Film 2011)
Elko – USA

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Upcoming Schedule at Railroad Square through May 10, 2012 is Sure to Please

Damsels in Distress

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SHOWTIMES

Friday, May 4 — Thursday, May 10 Daily at 3:10, 5:10 and 7:10 Also Sat. & Sun. at 1:10 and Fri. & Sat. at 9:05

OVERVIEW

Marley

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SHOWTIMES

Friday, May 4 — Thursday, May 10 Daily at 1:55, 4:45 and 7:35

OVERVIEW

The Kid With a Bike

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SHOWTIMES

Friday, April 27 — Thursday, May 3 Daily at 3:10, 5:10 and 7:10

Friday, May 4 — Thursday, May 10 Daily at 5:00 Also Sat. & Sun. at 1:00 and Fri. & Sat. at 9:00

OVERVIEW

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

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SHOWTIMES

Friday, April 27 — Thursday, May 3 Daily at 2:40, 4:50 and 7:00 EXCEPT no 7:00 on Tues.

Friday, May 4 — Thursday, May 10 Daily at 2:50 and 7:00 EXCEPT no 7:00 Sun.

OVERVIEW

The Secret World of Arrietty

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SHOWTIMES

Saturday, May 5 & Sunday, May 6 at 12:00 noon

OVERVIEW

Stephen Sondheim’s “Company”

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SHOWTIMES

Saturday, May 5 at 9:30 a.m. and Sunday, May 6 at 7:00 p.m.

OVERVIEW

Tickets

Admission Prices at Railroad Square Cinema

Adults $8.50 evenings $7.00 matinees (shows starting before 4:30 unless otherwise stated) $6.50 with a discount book $5.50 Mondays

Children (12 and under) $5.50 at all times

Senior Citizens (65 & Over), Military Personnel and Students with I.D.s $6.50 evenings and matinees

Members $5.50 Tuesdays & Wednesdays

Discount books are available. $65 for 10 admissions or $55 if you’re a Railroad Square Cinema member. Click here to get info about membership.

17 Railroad Square, Waterville, Maine, 04901 [ map ]

24-hour movie info: 207-873-6526

Railroad Square Cinema to Bring You Entertaining, Purposeful and Films for all Ages 3/20 to 3/26/12

Being Flynn

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SHOWTIMES

OVERVIEW

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

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SHOWTIMES

Friday, April 13 — Thursday, April 19 Daily at 2:10, 4:30 and 6:50

Friday, April 20 — Thursday, April 26 Daily at 2:10, 4:30 and 6:50 Also Sat. and Sun. at 12:00 Noon

OVERVIEW

Coriolanus

SHOWTIMES

Friday, April 13 — Thursday, April 19 Daily at 2:20, 4:40 and 7:00 EXCEPT No 7:00 show on Wednesday!

Friday, April 20 — Thursday, April 26 Daily at 2:20 and 6:40 EXCEPT No 6:40 Mon., Tues. and Thurs.

OVERVIEW

The Secret World of Arrietty

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SHOWTIMES

April 20–22: Fri & Sat at 9:15 p.m. Sat & Sun at 12:30

OVERVIEW

The Creature From the Black Lagoon in 3D

SHOWTIMES

Monday, April 23 at 7:00 FREE admission!

OVERVIEW

We Can’t Go Home Again

SHOWTIMES

One Show Only! Tuesday, April 24 at 7:00

OVERVIEW

The Farmers’ Market

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SHOWTIMES

Thursday, April 26 at 7:00

OVERVIEW

Salmon Fishing in The Yeman at on Screen at Eveningstar Cinema April 20 to 26, 2012

Movie Night at the Harlow Gallery: "Lubec Arts Alive" on April 26

More Top Notch Films at Railroad Square Now through April 19, 2012

Friday, May 4 — Thursday, May 10
Daily at 3:10, 5:10 and 7:10
Also Sat. & Sun. at 1:10 and Fri. & Sat. at 9:05

Friday, May 4 — Thursday, May 10
Daily at 1:55, 4:45 and 7:35

Friday, April 27 — Thursday, May 3
Daily at 3:10, 5:10 and 7:10

Friday, May 4 — Thursday, May 10
Daily at 5:00
Also Sat. & Sun. at 1:00 and Fri. & Sat. at 9:00

Friday, April 27 — Thursday, May 3
Daily at 2:40, 4:50 and 7:00
EXCEPT no 7:00 on Tues.

Friday, May 4 — Thursday, May 10
Daily at 2:50 and 7:00 EXCEPT no 7:00 Sun.

Saturday, May 5 & Sunday, May 6
at 12:00 noon

Adults
$8.50 evenings
$7.00 matinees (shows starting before 4:30 unless otherwise stated)
$6.50 with a discount book
$5.50 Mondays

Children (12 and under)
$5.50 at all times

Senior Citizens (65 & Over), Military Personnel and Students with I.D.s
$6.50 evenings and matinees

Members
$5.50 Tuesdays & Wednesdays

Discount books are available. $65 for 10 admissions
or $55 if you’re a Railroad Square Cinema member.
Click here to get info about membership.

17 Railroad Square, Waterville, Maine, 04901
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Friday, April 13 — Thursday, April 19
Daily at 2:10, 4:30 and 6:50

Friday, April 20 — Thursday, April 26
Daily at 2:10, 4:30 and 6:50
Also Sat. and Sun. at 12:00 Noon

Friday, April 13 — Thursday, April 19
Daily at 2:20, 4:40 and 7:00
EXCEPT No 7:00 show on Wednesday!

Friday, April 20 — Thursday, April 26
Daily at 2:20 and 6:40
EXCEPT No 6:40 Mon., Tues. and Thurs.

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April 20–22: Fri & Sat at 9:15 p.m.
Sat & Sun at 12:30

Monday, April 23 at 7:00
FREE admission!

One Show Only!
Tuesday, April 24 at 7:00

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Friday, April 6 — Thursday, April 12
Daily at 3:10, 5:10 and 7:10 EXCEPT No 7:10 on Sunday!
Also Sun. at 1:10 and Fri. and Sat. at 9:05

Friday, March 30 — Thursday, April 5
Daily at 2:35, 4:50 and 7:05

Friday, April 6 — Thursday, April 12
Daily at 2:30, 4:45 and 7:00 EXCEPT No 7:00 on Wednesday!
Also Sat. & Sun. at 12:15 and Fri. & Sat. at 9:10

Friday, March 30 — Thursday, April 5
Daily at 2:25, 4:40 & 6:50
EXCEPT No 6:50 show Tues. & Wed.!

Friday, April 6 — Thursday, April 12
Daily at 4:55
Also Saturday & Sunday at 12:00 Noon

Friday, March 30 through Thursday, April 5
Daily at 1:45, 4:30 and 7:15

Friday, April 6 through Thursday, April 12
Daily at 2:10 and 7:20