Films
| Classic Film: The Ghost Breakers (1940, 85 minutes) |
September 02, 2010
7:00 pm
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Mary Carter inherits her family's ancestral home, located on a small island off Cuba, and, despite warnings and death threats, decides to take possesion of the reputedly haunted castle. She is joined by radio broadcaster Larry Lawrence who, believing he has killed a mob gunsel, flees New York with his butler, Alex. Once there, many perilous and hilarious adventures await them in this castle that's rumored to be haunted. The Ghost Breakers is widely heralded as the best of Hope and Goddard's combined efforts.--All Movie Guide
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| Classic Film: A Touch of Class (1973, 106 minutes) |
September 09, 2010
7:00 pm
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George Segal plays married insurance executive Steve Blackburn, who can't seem to avoid bumping into divorced fashion designer Vicki Allessio (Glenda Jackson) wherever he goes. Finally bowing to the inevitable, Steve and Vicki fall in love. He suggests a romantic rendezvous in Spain...but nothing, absolutely nothing, goes as planned.--All Movie Guide
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| Classic Film: Somewhere in the Night (1946, 110 minutes) |
September 16, 2010
7:00 pm
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George Taylor is a war veteran suffering from amnesia with only two clues to his past: the bitter letter from a woman who hates him and another mysterious letter signed "Larry Cravat." Somewhere in the Night is the quintessential "amnesia victim" as protagonist film. A classic of the genre with a hero plopped into a world in which lies and truths are difficult to identify, a femme fatale, questions of identity, and plenty of danger and suspense-a noir film to be relished.--All Movie Guide
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| Classic Film: A Double Life (1947, 103 minutes) |
September 23, 2010
7:00 pm
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A beloved stage star, Anthony John (Ronald Colman), has problems with his private life due to his unpredictable outbursts of temper. This trait has already cost him his wife, Brita, and threatens to sabotage his career. Nonetheless, Anthony makes his peace with Brita and the two actors star in a new Broadway staging of Othello. The play is a hit, but the pressures of portraying a man moved to murder by jealousy takes its toll on Anthony. Ronald Colman won an Academy Award for his portrayal of the off-the-beam actor. All Movie Guide
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| International Film: Waiting List (Cuba, 2000, 105 minutes) |
September 27, 2010
2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
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In this allegorical comedy-drama, a disparate group of people wait at a rundown Cuban transit station for the next bus to arrive. The problem is, it never shows up. While a number of busses pass by the station, and others that are either full or at the end of the line stop by, it soon becomes obvious that the bus everyone was waiting for has left them high and dry. While one of the would-be passengers, Emilio, uses his down time to win the affections of beautiful Jacqueline, most of the rest decide that if they're stuck without anywhere to go, they might as well make the station a better place to wait, and they begin forming a plan to turn the decrepit bus terminal into a showplace.--All Movie Guide.
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| Classic Film: Love Affair (1939, 88 minutes) |
September 30, 2010
7:00 pm
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Leo McCarey's classic tale of romance stars Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer as two strangers who fall in love on an ocean voyage. Charles Boyer is Michel Marnet, engaged to be married to Lois Clarke. Irene Dunne is Terry McKay, also engaged to be married, in this case to Kenneth Bradley. But when Michel and Terry meet aboard a ship, they fall instantly in love.--All Movie Guide
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| Documentary: Run Granny Run (2006, 76 minutes) |
October 04, 2010
2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
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Old-fashioned determination clashes with the power of the almighty dollar as a ninety-year old grandmother rallies against the influence of big money over American elections while preparing to make a landmark run for the U.S. Senate. Doris \"Granny D\" Haddock has had her fill of American politics, and rather than standing by and making idle complaints she has decided to craft a campaign centered on the concept of government by the people, and for the people. Though some politicians in the Washington Beltway admire her gusto, others view Haddock's campaign as a sizable threat. With just four months to go before Election Day, Haddock and her ragtag team of supporters do their best to stage a successful campaign while highlighting the fragility in the era of corporate greed.--All Movie Guide.
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| My Mother's Castle (France, 1990, 98 minutes) |
October 18, 2010
2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
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Rare is the film that dares to entertain without guns, computerized graphics, seamy sex, or maudlin sentimentality. "My Mother's Castle" is such a film. Based on the memoirs of noted filmmaker and writer Marcel Pagnol, it celebrates the joys of family life in an age when the world spun slowly on its axis and little boys hearkened to the chirp of a cricket. The film follows the adventures of the Pagnol family on their weekend outings at a cottage in the hills surrounding Marseilles, France, in the first decade of the 20th century. They awaken to forest sounds and beckoning sunlight, eat at a table under a leafy canopy, and sleep in the quiet security of love. If only we, the viewers, could be with them. The film's script is outstanding, delivering gentle wit and poignant insights. The cinematography reveals the beauty of the Provençal countryside as well as the charm of a smiling child. Though the film is clearly nostalgic, it never stoops to artifice to achieve its effects.--All Movie Guide.
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| North Face (Germany, 2008, 121 minutes) |
November 15, 2010
2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
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A handful of men set aside their differences to conquer one of Europe's tallest mountains in this period drama inspired by a true story. In 1936, Nazi Germany is looking to shore up its reputation in the eyes of the world and, after a pair of German climbers dies in an effort to climb the North face of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps, the state is looking for another team to succeed where the earlier team failed. Close friends Toni Kurzand and Andi Hinterstoisser are accomplished climbers serving in the German army. While Hinterstoisser is willing to take the risk in the name of patriotism, Kurz is cynical about the Third Reich and says he'll put his life on the line only for his own reasons and not to please Germany's leaders. Kurz and Hinterstoisser finally begin the climb in mid-summer, only to discover that a pair of Austrians, Willy Angerer and Edi Rainer, are now challenging them in a race to the top.--All Movie Guide.
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| Documentary: doxita - Season 3: Life Is a Progress (2010, 75 minutes) |
December 06, 2010
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"doxita" is a traveling festival of documentary films that are under 40 minutes in length. The program represents a wide variety of documentary—domestic and foreign, super-short and longer format, serious and funny. It is designed to profile the great content and artistic vision that non-fiction short films provide, but that people don’t often get a chance to see. Karen Cirillo, a Cranford native, is the producer of the "doxita" series. These are the films in the 3rd annual "doxita": "Steel Homes" (UK), "Slaves" (Sweden), "The First Kid to English from Mexico" (USA) and "12 Notes Down" (Denmark).
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| I Vitelloni (Italy, 1953, 104 minutes) |
December 27, 2010
2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
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This early masterpiece from Federico Fellini won the Silver Lion at the 1953 Venice Film Festival and inaugurated a decade-long stretch that cemented his status as a cinematic giant. A thinly veiled memoir by this most autobiographical of filmmakers, “I Vitelloni “follows the meanderings of a group of five friends--the titular “vitelloni,” or layabouts--who linger in an adolescent limbo in their parochial seaside town. Generous and ultimately heart-breaking, I Vitelloni may well be the most big-hearted of the Italian master's movies.--All Movie Guide.
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For more information about these films, visit the All Movie Guide
(http://allmovie.com) or the Internet Movie Database
(http://imdb.com).
Above Films will be shown
in the Audio-Visual Room at the Cranford Community Center (220
Walnut Avenue). Free admission.
All are welcome. Wheel-chair accessible. Sponsored by the Friends of the
Cranford Public Library.
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