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Four Faces of the Documentary Film

Intense. Informative. Inexpensive.Email cectinfo@camosun.bc.ca for series information.

JAN - FEB 2010

DAILY SHOW INFO: 250-721-8365www.cinecenta.com

$6.00

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Manager: Michael RyanProgrammer: Michael Hoppe

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Student Union Building, UVicUniversity of Victoria Students’ Society, conceived as an inexpensive alternative for students, the University community and the public. The theatre is in the Student Union Building at UVic. The following buses come to UVic: 4, 7, 11, 14, 26, 33, 39, 51.

Tickets and memberships go on sale 40 minutes before showtime. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

where noted. Films are 35mm prints unless other-wise indicated.

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$45.00$52.50

The university charges a �at fee of $2.00 for parkingon campus after 6pm and all day on Saturdays. Thereis no charge for parking on Sundays and holidays.

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Jan/Feb special for UVSS students 9pm shows (or later) $2.50

NOV 3 one show only at 7:15

An annual Cinecenta event, this is a special advance sneak preview of a brand new

feature film. So new, it hasn’t yet been released inVictoria, but will be opening soon. We’re sure that

everyone will enjoy this year’s choice!

Be among the first exclusive few to see a new filmspecially selected for Cinecenta’s smart audience!It could be a comedy or drama or documentary; itcould be in English or have subtitles…. Leap intothe unknown! And then tell your friends that

YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST!

NOV 4 & 5 (7:10 & 9:10)

SSOOUULLPPOOWWEERR

Director: Jeffrey Levy-Hinte (USA, 2009, 93 minutes; PG)

“DAZZLING!” –The Onion

“VIBRANT AND JOYOUS!”–Los Angeles Times

“EXPLOSIVELY EXCITING!”–Philadelphia Inquirer

“ONE OF THE MOST ENERGTIC MUSICDOCS IN YEARS!” –The Village Voice

A partial list of the reasons to see Soul Powermight go as follows: James Brown, Celia Cruz and the Fania All-Stars, B. B. King, Miriam Makeba, the Spinners and Bill Withers. Apartial list, as I say, of performers captured with remarkable sonic brilliance and visual immediacy on an outdoor stage in Kinshasa,Zaire (now Congo), in 1974. If you have any knowledge of these musicians, you must see this extravagantly entertaining documen-tary, assembled by Jeffrey Levy-Hinte from a trove of hundreds of hours of footage captured by some of the world’s finest cinémavérité camera operators some 35 years ago. —The New York TimesIn 1974, the most celebrated American R&B acts of the time came together with the most renowned musical groups in Africa for a12-hour, three-night long concert held in Zaire. SOUL POWER is a verité documentary about this legendary music festival. –Mongrel Media

NOV 8 (3:00 matinee & 7:00)

JJUULLIIEE && JJUULLIIAADirector: Nora Ephron (USA, 2009, 123 min; PG)

Cast: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, ChrisMessina.

PLEASE SEE NOV. 6-7 FOR DESCRIPTION

NOV 9 (7:30 only) FFRREEEE AADDMMIISSSSIIOONN!!MARKING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF THE WALL!

TTHHEE WWAALLLL // DDIIEE MMAAUUEERRDirector: Jürgen Böttcher (Germany, 1991, 99 minutes; DVD)

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion.

A documentary about the deconstruction of the Berlin Wallwhich makes no use of vocal commentary but instead focus-es on visual elements. From the Potsdamer Platz to theBrandenburg Gate, the camera captures the historic eventsfrom all sides and different angles: on the one hand there arereporters and tourists from all over the world, children sellingpieces of the wall, and people celebrating; on the other wesee abandoned subway stations and officials with blank lookson their faces…

The exhibition “From Peaceful Revolution to German Unity”will be in the Cinecenta foyer.

Sponsored by UVic’s European Studies Program and theDepartment of Germanic and Slavic Studies, theConsulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany inVancouver, and the Goethe-Institut Montréal.

NOV 10, 11, 12 (7:00 & 9:10)The best British comedy in years! From the makers of the BBC show ‘The Thick of It.’

IN THE LOOPDirector: Armando Iannucci (UK, 2009, 106 minutes; 18A – frequent coarse language)

Cast: Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini, Anna Chlumsky, Steve Coogan, Chris Addison, Peter Capaldi, and Paul Higgins

“THE FUNNIEST MOVIE ALL YEAR AND ALSO THE SMARTEST!” –Christian Science Monitor

“A SHARPLY WRITTEN, FAST-TALKING, ALMOST DEMENTEDLY ARTICULATE SATIRE!” –The New York Times

“THE LANGUAGE IS BRILLIANT, and the laugh lines come so quickly that you’d have to watch the movie twice to get them all.”–San Francisco Chronicle

The Brits long ago lost their status as major players on the globe’s political scene. Happily, what hasn’t gone is their wicked wit – theystill know how to speak sharply and carry a big satirical stick. Of course, political satire is a dying art. But that’s why In the Loop feelsso refreshing: The brainchild of British director Armando Iannucci, it takes on the politicians at their own dirty game, daring to out-spinthe spin doctors. At the outset, the place is London, and the time is some vague period before the U.S. invasion of Iraq. A minister in a junior cabinet post,Simon Foster (the slyly wonderful Tom Hollander) is giving a radio interview on the vexing problem of diarrhea in the Third World. Strayingfrom this fascinating topic, he goes off script to opine casually that war in the Middle East is “unforeseeable.” That remark is the peb-ble in the pond, and, often hilariously, the rest of the movie tracks the ripple effect. Chief among those ripples is Malcolm Tucker, the PM’s director of communications and the meanest mouth in the land. Peter Capaldiand his Scottish burr are the Coltrane of invective, the Ella of scatology, giving verbal abuse a time signature and a toe-tapping beat –his language may be blue but, my, his rhythm is golden. It’s gloriously nasty, it’s vicious fun, and it’s almost all unrepeatable. —The Globe and Mail“TREMENDOUS FUN!” –The Washington Post

NOV 1 (3:00 matinee & 7:00)NOV 2 (7:00 only)

FFOOOODD,, IINNCC..Director: Robert Kenner (USA, 2008, 93 minutes;rated G)

“ESSENTIAL VIEWING!” –Los Angeles Times

“EXPERTLY CRAFTED DOCUMENTARY!”–The Village Voice

“A scary movie that’s also funny, touchingand good for you.”—Baltimore Sun

See it. Bring your kids if you have them. Bring some-one else’s kids if you don’t. The message is nothing new if you’ve read Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation or Michael Pollan’s TheOmnivore’s Dilemma (both are in the film). But every frame makes you choke on your popcorn—if for no other reason than thefocus on government-underwritten corn and the companies who put it into everything from soda to Midol to the gassy bellies offactory-farmed cows. The sheer scale of the movie is mind-blowing—it touches on every aspect of modern life. It’s the docu-mentary equivalent of The Matrix. –New York Magazine

Smart and gripping, this muckraking documentary transcends anticorporate demonology to build a visceral but rea-soned case against modern agribusiness. –Chicago Reader

NOV 13 & 14 (3:00 matinee & 7:00 & 10:00)

IINNGGLLOOUURRIIOOUUSS BBAASSTTEERRDDSSQuentin Tarantino (USA, 2009, 154 minutes; 18A – explicit violence)

Starring Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz.

“ENERGETIC, INVENTIVE, SWAGGERING FUN!” –The VillageVoice

A violent fairy tale, an increasingly entertaining fantasia inwhich the history of World War II is wildly reimagined sothat the cinema can play the decisive role in destroying theThird Reich. –Variety

Tarantino’s big, bold, audacious war movie will annoy some,startle others and demonstrate once again that he’s the realthing, a director of quixotic delights. For starters, he providesWorld War II with a much-needed alternative ending. From theWestern sound of the Ennio Morricone opening music to a movietheater, the film embeds Tarantino’s love of the movies. Aboveall, there are three iconic characters: the Hero, the Nazi and theGirl. These three, played by Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz andMelanie Laurent, are seen with that Tarantino knack of taking acharacter and making it larger than life… Tarantino films havea way of growing on you. It’s not enough to see them once.–Roger Ebert

NOV 6 & 7 (3:00 matinee & 7:00)

JJUULLIIEE && JJUULLIIAADirector: Nora Ephron (USA, 2009, 123 min; PG)

Cast: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina.“DELICIOUSLY FUNNY!” –EmpireMeryl Streep takes on the larger-than-life character of JuliaChild with smashing success in this Nora Ephron movie thattells Child’s life story in tandem with a modern-day tale aboutpersonal empowerment. Amy Adams plays real life bloggerJulie Powell, a woman who worked her way through Child’srecipes. — Katherine Monk One of the gentlest, most charming American movies of thepast decade. Its subject is food as the binding and unifying ele-ment of dinner parties, friendship, and marriage. –The NewYorker

NOV 6 & 7 (9:30 only) separate admission

TTHHEE HHAANNGGOOVVEERR Todd Phillips (USA, 2009, 103 min; 18A)

Cast: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha, and Jeffrey Tambor

Four guys go to Vegas for a bachelor party weekend that they will never forget.Unfortunately, they forget it. Finding out what exactly happened becomes the adven-ture.—Premiere BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

KIDS MATINEE Sun 1:00!WALLACE & GROMMIT: CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

KIDS MATINEE Sun 1:00!G-FORCE

KIDS MATINEE Sat 1:00!G-FORCE

KIDS MATINEE Sat 1:00!SHORTS

Back by hungry demand!

sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturdayNOV 15 (3:00 matinee & 7:00)NOV 16 (7:00 only)

TTAAKKIINNGG WWOOOODDSSTTOOCCKKDirector: Ang Lee (USA, 2009, 121 minutes; 14A)

Cast: Demetri Martin, Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton, HenryGoodman, Jonathan Groff, Mamie Gummer, Eugene Levy,and Liev Schreiber

Don’t be misled by the title of Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock.This likable, humane movie is not an attempt to recreate theepochal Woodstock Music and Art Fair captured in MichaelWadleigh’s documentary Woodstock. It is essentially a small,intimate film into which is fitted a peripheral view of the land-mark event that took place in August 1969. Most of the concerttakes place out of sight of the camera. The little bit of the con-cert that is shown is a glowing, golden circle glimpsed in the fardistance amid a throbbing acid haze outside the van of a gentlehippie couple. Although it shows an immense traffic jam, fieldslittered with trash and hippies gleefully sliding through mud,Taking Woodstock pointedly shies away from spectacle, thebetter to focus on how the lives of individuals caught up by his-tory are transformed. —The New York Times

Ang Lee’s sympathetic spirit extends the generous messageof the hippie era like a passed joint. –St. Louis-Post Dispach

NOV 17 (7:00 & 9:25) get ready for NNeeww MMoooonn!

TTWWIILLIIGGHHTTDirector: Catherine Hardwicke (USA. 2008, DVD, 122 min; PG)

Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, PeterFacinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Cam Cigandet, Nikki Reed, andJackson Rathbone

Bella Swan has always been a little bit different, never caringabout fitting in with the trendy girls at her high school. Thenshe meets the mysterious and beautiful Edward Cullen, a boyunlike any she’s ever met. Edward is a vampire, but he does-n’t have fangs and his family choose not to drink human blood.Intelligent and witty, Edward sees straight into Bella’s soul.Soon, they are swept up in a passionate, thrilling and unortho-dox romance. –Summit Entertainment

NOV 18 & 19 (7:15 & 9:00)

BBUURRMMAA VVJJ——RREEPPOORRTTIINNGG FFRROOMMAA CCLLOOSSEEDD CCOOUUNNTTRRYY Director: Anders Østergaard (Denmark, 2009, 84 minutes; English & Burmese with subtitles

WINNER OF AWARDS AT FESTIVALS WORLDWIDE!

“����������! ESSENTIAL VIEWING!” –Empire

Danish filmmaker Anders Ostergaard was in Myanmar to do a half-hourportrait on a young member of the Democratic Voice of Burma, anunderground group of video journalists determined to document theoppressive conditions in the country, when suddenly, in September2007, the Buddhist monks’ rebellion broke out. It had been sparked bythe military government’s decision to lift fuel subsidies, causing pricesto jump as much as 500% overnight. “Burma VJ” — for video journal-ist — is filmmaking at its most fearless, with Ostergaard creating asuspenseful, harrowing account of his original key subject, known onlyas “Joshua,” whose face is never seen, and his colleagues risking theirlives to record the “Saffron Rebellion” and its dire consequences inorder that the whole world could see for itself a brave attempt to chal-lenge one of the most brutal and repressive military dictatorships onthe planet. (DVB was able to transmit its images via satellite to Oslo.)The public, with large numbers of students, began joining the monks intheir demonstrations…While several of his colleagues were caught and face life imprisonment, Joshua survived to continue to dedi-cate his life to showing what’s really going on in his country. —Los Angeles Times

“How we view the relationship between traditional and new media should forever be changed by Anders Østergaard’s terrific documentary!” –The Village Voice

NOV 20 & 21 (3:00 matinee & 7:15 & 9:30)

DDIISSTTRRIICCTT 99Director: Neill Blomkamp (USA/New Zealand, 2009, 113 min; 18A – explicit violence)

“MADLY ORIGINAL & ALTOGETHEREXCITING!” —Entertainment Weekly

��������! An extra-terrestrial race hascrash-landed on earth and is ghettoized inslum-like conditions in South Africa. Hard-hitting and subversive, this apartheid alle-gory is a sci-fi thriller with a lot on its mind.–Monday Magazine

Easily one of the sharpest pieces of sci-ence fiction to hit a big screen since StarTrek. This focuses on the years after firstcontact, when aliens have been living asrefugees on Earth for more than 20 years.The social satire stands front and centre,ensuring the movie has humour, but the ethical undercurrents are always palpable as we watch one man attempt to relo-cate the ostracized alien race to a new “facility” run by a morally bankrupt corporation. Smart and dramatically breathless,District 9 is a must-see for any fan of the genre. — Katherine Monk.

NOV 22 (3:00 matinee & 7:00) NOV 23 (7:00 only)

FFIIEERRCCEE LLIIGGHHTT:: WWHHEENN SSPPIIRRIITT MMEEEETTSS AACCTTIIOONNVelcrow Ripper (Canada, 2008, DVD, 97 minutes; PG)

Acclaimed filmmaker VelcrowRipper (Scared Sacred) takesan inspirational look at changemotivated by love. Called “soulforce” by Gandhi and “love inaction” by Martin Luther King,spiritual activism’s historicalroots are examined and illus-trated by interviews with spiri-tual luminaries Thich Nhat Hahnand Desmond Tutu, and withactivists including Alice Walkerand bell hooks. We join Ripperas he contemplates his place inthe universe, and his drive tomake the world a better place.Ripper takes us on an interna-tional journey that explores thereaches of spiritual activism. In Oaxaca, friend and fellow journalist Brad Will is shot while documenting the 2006 uprising. InQuebec City, people protest the Free Trade Agreement. In Los Angeles, a peaceful occupation takes place to save North America’slargest urban garden… Fierce Light is a visually powerful and incredibly moving documentary, a spiritual experience in itself,about the impact and the necessity of spiritual action in today’s world. —Vancouver International Film Festival

NOV 24 (7:15 & 9:10)

DDRR.. SSTTRRAANNGGEELLOOVVEE::OR, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB Stanley Kubrick (UK, 1963, BluRayDVD, 94 min) Starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott

Kubrick’s cynicalvision of the progressof technology andhuman stupidity iswedded with comedy,in this case TerrySouthern’s sparklingscript in which theworld comes to anend thanks to a madUS general’s paranoiaabout women andcommies. The resultis scary, hilarious andnightmarishly beauti-ful, far more effectivein its portrait of insan-ity and call for disar-mament than any

number of worthy anti-nuke documentaries. —Time OutRetains its satiric slash years later. Deliciously, wonderful-ly funny! —Edmonton Journal

NOV 25 & 26 (7:00 & 9:10)

LLOORRNNAA’’SS SSIILLEENNCCEELLee ssiilleennccee ddee LLoorrnnaaDirectors: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne (Belgium, 2009, 107 min;French/Albanian with subtitles; 14A)

Celebrated Belgian writer-directors Jean-Pierre and LucDardenne’s Lorna’s Silence confirms the brothers’ status in thetop rank of filmmakers in world cinema with their grasp of theworkings of the human heart and ability to make visually elo-quent films of the utmost economy. Lorna’s Silence is a gritty,deceptively low-key, no-fuss, no-frills movie of consistent origi-nality and surprise in which suspense arises straight up from theheroine’s evolving character. Arta Dobroshi’s Lorna is a beautiful,dark-haired young Albanian working in the impersonal city ofLiège, prepared to do anything to secure Belgian citizenship andopen a snack bar with her Albanian boyfriend (Alban Ukaj). To thisend, she has committed to an elaborate scheme that involves hermarriage to addict Claudy (Jérémie Renier) as its first step...Lorna appears to be determinedly ruthless, but a tiny flicker ofconscience surfaces, gradually growing and taking the entire filmin unexpected directions. As Lorna commences her self-discovery, the film brings to mind the films of Robert Bresson with theirremorseless yet glowing spiritual odysseys.” –Los Angeles Times

“A stunning study of one desperate woman’s conscience.”. –Entertainment Weekly

“If you’re new to the Dardennes, ‘Lorna’s Silence’ will serve as a fine introduction.” –Chicago Tribune

NOV 27 (7:00 & 9:00) Please note: Cinecenta prices & passes not in effect.

Mt. Cain Ski Hill presents

WWAARRRREENN MMIILLLLEERR’’SSDDYYNNAASSTTYY For more info: www.skitheworld.comThe 60th annual ski and snowboard film from Warren MillerEntertainment

Dynasty revels the past, present, and future of winter sport.Want drama? Watch Chris Davenport bring his obsessivemountaineering to Norway's gnarliest peaks. Want excite-ment? Try a young gun invasion of British Columbia'sMonashee Mountains by Chris Benchetler and CodyHawkins. Want some perspective? Chris Anthony goesbeyond deep into the mountains of central China in search ofskiing's roots dating back to 2000B.C. Once again hosted byJonny Moseley, this year's film finds epic snowfall, insane bigmountain lines, and huge air in places like Washington'sCrystal Mountain.

NOV 28 (3:00 matinee & 7:15 & 9:00)

Director: Shane Acker (USA,2009, 80 min; PG – violence;may frighten young children)

Voices of Elijah Wood,Jennifer Connelly, MartinLandau, ChristopherPlummer, John C. Reilly, andCrispin GloverThe CG-animated fantasy-adventure 9 is a tale of trust,bravery, and cooperation among a scrap-heap tribe of sur-vivors, set in a desolate near-future where an overarchingartificial intelligence has turned human-built contraptionsinto oppressors. Our protagonist displays qualities of com-passion and leadership, and is voiced by Elijah Wood toprove it. The crusty naysayer known as 1 (ChristopherPlummer) is a proud old war veteran. 7 (Jennifer Connelly)is a fearless, feminist dream of a wonder woman. Acker’shandsome 9 is, for all its visual flights of fancy, grounded inan apocalypse-proof message. We should all share ourresources to fight back against oppressors, trust girls tohave really good ideas, and repurpose household itemswhenever possible. —Entertainment Weekly

NOV 30 (7:00 & 9:10)

LLEETT TTHHEE RRIIGGHHTT OONNEE IINNDirector: Tomas Alfredson (Sweden, 2008, 110 minutes; DVD;

Swedish with subtitles; 14A)

“MESMERIZING! THIS IS A VAMPIRE MOVIE LIKE NOOTHER.” –Newsweek

Twelve-year-old Oskar lives in a bleak section of Stockholm.One night, Oskar meets the new girl who just moved in nextdoor. Eli, pale and self-possessed, might smell a little odd, butshe’s dying of loneliness—as well as the need for human blood.Director Tomas Alfredson has reinvented the vampire film withsly wit and surprising sweetness. Alfredson’s particular geniusis apparent in small perfect touches. The scene where Eli andOskar dance to bad Swedish disco is a particular standout, butthe film is filled with wonderful grace notes. A massive hit on thegenre film circuit, it reminds you of the power that horror cine-ma, done right, can have. —Vancouver International FilmFestival

DEC. 1, 2, 3 (7:00 & 9:30) CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORYDirector: Michael Moore (USA, 2009, 128 minutes; PG)

“MOORE’S FIREBALL OF A MOVIE COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE. It had me laughingwith tears in my eyes.” –Rolling Stone

“With the global economic meltdown affecting just about everybody, the film is per-tinent, and hugely entertaining!.” –Premiere

The big blowhard Michael Moore is a hugely successful left-wing carnival barker in a cul-ture of right-wing carnival barkers, and for that he deserves our admiration. He rarelystoops to the level on which his rivals permanently reside: He’s obnoxious but not corrupt.He doesn’t spew talking points. He’s out there, on the streets, corralling evidence to sup-port his thesis. And he is, point for point, difficult to refute. His new cinematic circus is thefilm to which he has been building for the last two decades. It’s sprawling, scattershot,and, in one instance, exploitative. It’s brazenly one-sided. But Moore calls questions thatno one else in the mainstream corporate media goes near. His other films focused onsymptoms. This one tackles what he sees as the disease.

His conclusion: “Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil.” That’s enough to giveanyone pause, especially in light of the sorry history of other political and economic sys-tems.

I wouldn’t use the term “documentary” to describe this film: It’s a barbed comic monologue with big jolts of pathos. Moore’s greatest weapon is the pathetic case the other side makes for itself —like The Wall Street Journal editorialist’s admission that “Capitalism is more important than democracy.” No one else would make Capitalism: A Love Story. The title doesn’t begin to do the movie justice, since the love is incestuous and unnatural, vile. —New York Magazine

DEC 6 (3:00 matinee & 7:00)DEC 7 & 8 (7:00 only)

BRIGHT STARDirector: Jane Campion (UK/Australia, 2009, 119 minutes; rated G)

Cast: Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Paul Schneider, and Kerry Fox

“LUMINOUS!” –San Francisco Chronicle

“EXTRAORDINARY!” –The New Yorker

“THE RARE FILM ABOUT THE LIFE OF AN ARTIST THAT IS ITSELF A WORK OF ART.” –Slate

Bright Star satisfies a hunger we may not have known we had, a hunger for an exquisitely done, emotional love storythat marries heartbreaking passion to formidable filmmaking restraint, all in the service of a romantic belief in “the holi-ness of the heart’s affections.”The affections in question are those of the poet who wrote those words, John Keats, perhaps the greatest of England’s19th century Romantics, and Fanny Brawne, literally the girl next door. They met in 1818, when Keats was 23 and Brawne18, a little more than two years before his death from tuberculosis. The intensity of their fervent connection brought forthsome of Keats’ greatest work, including the poem that gives the piece its title, and motivated filmmaker Jane Campionto create one of the most moving, most transporting love stories in memory.Campion, who won an Oscar for writing The Piano, which she also directed, has not always wanted her filmmaking tobe as pulled-back as it is here. She understood that the Keats-Brawne love affair was such an emotional juggernaut thattelling it in a restrained way only increased its power. –Los Angeles Times“BRIGHT STAR IS A THING OF BEAUTY AND A JOY FOR A MOVIE SEASON THAT NEEDS IT.” –Boston Globe

DEC 9 & 10 (7:00 & 9:30)

TETRODirector: Francis Ford Coppola (USA/Argentina, 2009,127 minutes; English & Spanish & French with subtitles; not yet classified)

Cast: Carmen Maura, Maribel Verdu, Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich, and Klaus Maria Brandauer

“EXHILARATING! ‘TETRO’ SNEAKS UP ON YOU.” –St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Like Orson Welles, Francis FordCoppola has gone from being the film-maker of his time to becoming an indiefree-shooter. In this scrappy, elegant-looking family saga, Vincent Gallo, withhis serpent-eyed hostility, plays a tor-mented blocked writer living in BuenosAires who has cut himself off from hisdomineering musician father (KlausMaria Brandauer) — and pretty mucheveryone else. Gallo’s brother shows up(he’s played by Alden Ehrenreich, who’slike Leonardo DiCaprio crossed withEmile Hirsch), and what follows in Tetrofuses the awkward and the ripely oper-atic. –Entertainment WeeklyA DELIRIOUS SURPRISE! IT HAS THESIZZLE AND VIM OF COPPOLA’S GREATWORK! This film’s hypnotic black andwhite makes you feel as if his cameralens refracts emotion and light simulta-neously. –Baltimore Sun

There’s Oscar buzz about Matt Damon’s performance!

DEC 11 & 12 (7:00 & 9:10)

TTHHEE IINNFFOORRMMAANNTT!!Director: Steven Soderbergh (USA, 2009, 108 min; PG)

Cast: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Melanie Lynskey

A sly and sometimes wacky comedy about corporatemalfeasance by Steven Soderbergh. The whistleblower isMark Whitacre (Matt Damon), a chemist-turned-vice-presi-dent working for a huge agri-business. Whitacre, sporting adorky mustache, helps his company make zillions of dollarsby transforming corn into an additive for modern foods andproducts. The plot takes off when the FBI gets called in overa case of corporate sabotage—and Whitacre suddenlyblurts out that company executives are involved in globalprice-fixing on a massive scale. Encouraged to go undercov-er and “wear a wire,” the nervous Whitacre thinks he’sJames Bond but behaves like Maxwell Smart. Althoughbased on a true story, the facts and characters ultimatelybecome so absurd that Informant! plays like a breezysatire: Soderbergh keeps the pot boiling and the laughscoming. And the pudged-up Damon is Oscar worthy for hisportrayal of an All-American nerd with some fascinatingskeletons in his closet. —Monday Magazine

DEC 13 & 14 (7:00 only)

CCOOLLDD SSOOUULLSSDirector: Sophie Barthes (USA/France, 2009, 102 min; PG)

“YOU’LL LAUGHT TILL IT HURTS!” –Rolling Stone

How fitting that the fictional “Paul Giamatti” played by thereal Paul Giamatti is rehearsing Chekhov’s Uncle Vanyawhen he decides his soul is too heavy to bear! He’s theperfect customer for a shady outfit that promises relieffrom unbearable being through the neat extraction andstorage of one’s pesky, heavy essence. Writer-director Sophie Barthes’s darky funny, twisty-coolexistential tragi-comedy, loaded with smart notions andfilmed like a surrealist dream, really takes off after “Paul”deposits his excised soul (it looks like a chickpea) in thelab’s vault. Bad luck: He discovers that soullessness leadsto lousy acting… The inventiveness of Barthes’s story ismatched by a sense of visual fluidity that’s especiallystriking in a first feature. Just as important, Barthesknows a good joke. —Entertainment Weekly

DEC 15 (7:00 only)

DDEEPPAARRTTUURREESSDirector: Yojiro Takita (Japan, 2008, 131 min; DVD; Japanese

with subtitles; rated G)

Departures was 2009’s surprise Oscar winner in the for-eign language category. See it and you’ll understand why.When Daigo (Masahiro Motoki) loses his gig as cellist in a fail-ing orchestra, he and his wife (Ryoko Hirosue) move to hischildhood home in small-town Japan. He takes a job assist-ing in the funeral ritual in which the deceased is cradled gen-tly, dressed and prepared for burial. Sounds like a bummer,but at times Departures is totally hilarious. Shot and writtenwith brilliant economy, it’s mostly just profound and deeplybeautiful. ����������! —Now Magazine

DEC 16 (7:00 & 9:20)

JJUULLIIEE && JJUULLIIAADirector: Nora Ephron (USA, 2009, 123 min; PG)

Cast: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci.

“DELICIOUSLY FUNNY!” –Empire

Meryl Streep takes on the larger-than-life character of Julia Childwith smashing success in this Nora Ephron movie that tells Child’slife story in tandem with a modern-day tale about personalempowerment. Amy Adams plays real life blogger Julie Powell, awoman who worked her way through Child’s recipes. —Katherine Monk One of the gentlest, most charming American movies of thepast decade. Its subject is food as the binding and unifying ele-ment of dinner parties, friendship, and marriage. –The New Yorker

DEC 18 (7:00 only)

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Directed by Arnaud Desplechin (France, 2008, 153 min;DVD; French with subtitles; PG) Starring Catherine Deneuve

“EMOTIONALLY RICH AND CINEMATICALLY THRILLING!”–Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Nothing could bemore energizing,more captivating,more pure pleasureon screen. Threegenerations of afamily are gather-ing under one roofto celebrate theholiday and endureeach other. Whatresults is a capti-vating portrait ofthe most gorgeously fractious dysfunctional family. All thelove and hostility, warmth and mistrust is on display, as isthe complexity of the human nature we all share. In achiev-ing all this the director is helped mightily by his superb cast,including such well-known names as Catherine Deneuve,Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) andEmmanuelle Devos. . –Los Angeles Times

DEC 4 & 5 (3:00 matinee & 7:10 & 9:15)

TTRRAAIILLEERR PPAARRKK BBOOYYSS:: CCOOUUNNTTDDOOWWNN TTOO LLIIQQUUOORR DDAAYYDirector: Mike Clattenburg (Canada, 2009, 102 mins; 18A)Starring Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith

It’s freedom, sweet freedom yet again for Julian, Ricky and Bubbles. With the trio out of jail and back among the overgrownlots at Sunnyvale, this latest and purportedly last instalment of the Nova Scotia boys’ misadventures plays their particularbrand of immature wit on key. Countdown wins by doing dumb smart. The film’s many sight gags — funny haircuts! Mendressing as ladies! Wangs! — work well as straight slapstick, but are delivered with a note of ironic absurdity that has anappeal beyond the locker room… Countdown is both a fulfilling cap for long-time TPB fans and a functional stand-alonemovie in its own right. –eye Weekly

NOV 29 (3:00 matinee & 7:15)

99Director: Shane Acker (USA, 2009, 80 min; PG – violence; may frighten young children)

Voices of Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau,Christopher Plummer, John C. Reilly, and Crispin Glover

SEE NOV. 28 FOR DESCRIPTION.

“Sci-fi fans will find heaven in Shane Acker’s feature-film debut.” –The Globe and Mail

DEC 17 (7:15 & 9:00)An entertaining documentary about the practice of yoga, filmed in Hawaii and India.

EENNLLIIGGHHTTEENN UUPP!!Director: Kate Churchill (USA, 2008, DVD, 82 minutes; PG)

Kate Churchill, ayoga enthusiast,came up with aproject that shefelt would be bothfascinating andchallenging: selectan ordinary personand see if over asix-month periodthat person couldundergo a trans-formation on thebasis of yoga. Shechoose Nick, a 29-year-old journalist.Enlighten Up! is athought-provoking treatment of one of the most widespread spir-itual developments of our time. Among the many teachers, mys-tics, and gurus appearing in the documentary are B.K.S. Iyengarof Iyengar Yoga and Pattabhi Jois of the Ashtanga Yoga ResearchInstitute. —Spirituality and Practice

KIDS MATINEE Sun 1:00!SHORTS

KIDS MATINEE Sun 1:00!THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

KIDS MATINEE Sun 1:00!BANDSLAM

KIDS MATINEE Sun 1:00!A CHRISTMAS STORY

KIDS MATINEE Sat 1:00!THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

KIDS MATINEE Sat 1:00!BANDSLAM

KIDS MATINEE Sat 1:00!A CHRISTMAS STORY

DEC 19 (7:00 only) ALL SEATS: $4.25

IITT’’SS AA WWOONNDDEERRFFUULL LLIIFFEEFrank Capra (USA, 1946, 129 min; DVD)

One of the most treasured films in Hollywood history. JimmyStewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore star in FrankCapra’s sentimental tale about a small-town everyman who,one Christmas Eve, comes to think of his life as a failure. Ashe ponders suicide, an angel intervenes to show him the ter-rifying world that would exist in his absence. This film hasbecome synonymous with the spirit of the season. HappyHolidays, Movielovers!

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“A SEARING OUTCRY AGAINST THE EXCESSES OF A CUTTHROAT TIME!”–Entertainment Weekly

Cinecenta closed Dec. 20 – Jan. 4Peace on earth