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SEPT 28 & 29

EPIC103 min; rated G - violence

OCT 5 & 6

DESPICABLE ME 299 min; rated G

OCT 12 & 13

THE CROODS99 min; rated G

OCT 19 & 20

PLANES92 min; rated G – violence

OCT 26 & 27

MONSTERS UNIVERSITY104 min; rated G

NOV 2 & 3

DESPICABLE ME 299 min; rated G

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MONSTERS UNIVERSITY

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

A mesmerizing psychological thriller with a bruised and battered killer whale at its center, “Blackfish” launches a direct attack on the practice of keeping marine mam-mals in captivity. Righteous, captivating and entirely successful as single-issue-focused documentaries go, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s film draws on startling video footage and tes-timonies from former orca trainers, building an authoritative argument on behalf of this majestic species. A powerful educational tool.

The protagonist of “Blackfish” is Tilikum, a 12,000-pound bull orca that has caused the deaths of three people in his 20-odd years as a theme-park attraction. The most recent victim was Dawn Brancheau, an experienced Sea World trainer whose February 2010 death is presented as a human tragedy that could have been prevented.

Cowperthwaite interviews numerous ex-trainers. Another key source is whale researcher-activist

Howard Garrett. The film then builds a compel-ling psychological profile of Tilikum, who, after being captured in 1983, was held at a now-defunct Canadian theme park called Sealand of the Pacific. There, he was subjected to uniquely abusive training techniques. Tilikum’s first human victim was a young Sealand trainer, Keltie Byrne, who slipped into the tank, was attacked by the three whales, and eventually drowned.

Tilikum was transferred to Sea World Orlando in 1992, and the film suggests not only that his traumas and anxieties followed him there, but also that the park failed to conduct a proper inquiry into the violent history of its prize acquisi-tion. Unsurprisingly, no Sea World representatives were willing to be interviewed. –Variety

“IF YOU SEE ONE DOCUMENTARY THIS YEAR, MAKE IT ‘BLACKFISH’!”

The Hollywood News

BLACKFISHDirector: Gabriela Cowperthwaite USA, 2013, 84 minutes; PG

SEPT 25–OCT 5 Daily (7:15 & 9:00)

(3:00 matinees

Sept 27, 28, 29, Oct 4, 5)

OCT 6

TWO JAPANESE FILMS:

5:30 pm - BRAVE STORY(Animation, 2006, 111 mins)Eleven-year-old Wataru adventures into a fantasy world determined to change his real life destiny.

7:35 pm - ALWAYS – Sunset on Third Street 3(2012, 142 mins) A nostalgic look at the time leading up to the 1964 Olympics as two households in Tokyo face challenges of their own.

FREE ADMISSION!

Sponsors: The Japan Foundation, Consulate General of Japan,

OCT 8 & 9 (7:00 & 9:10)

THE GRANDMASTERDirector: Wong Kar Wai Hong Kong/China, 2013, 109 min; Mandarin/Cantonese with subtitles; PGCast: Benshan Zhao, Chen Chang, Cung Le, Hye-kyo Song, Jin Zhang, Tony Leung, Chiu Wai, Ziyi ZhangDirected by acclaimed filmmaker Wong Kar Wai, this is an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary kung fu master, Ip Man (who was Bruce Lee’s teacher). The story spans the tumultuous Republican era that followed the fall of China’s last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war that was also the golden age of Chinese martial arts. Filmed in a range of stunning locations that include the snow-swept landscapes of Northeast China and the subtropical South, The Grandmaster features virtuoso perfor-mances by some of the greatest stars of contemporary Asian cinema, including Tony Leung and Ziyi Zhang.

Seeing The Grandmaster theatrically

should be a sacrament for any true

film lover — a spiritual duty.

New York Magazine

SPECIAL EVENT! Cinecenta passes and comps not valid. Admission by donation with a minimum donation of $10. All proceeds will go towards The Didi Society.

GIRL RISINGDirector: Richard Robbins (USA, 2013, 101 min)10x10’s Girl Rising spotlights the power of edu-cation to change a girl and to transform the world. Girl Rising is about supporting girls to have the opportunities they deserve. The Didi Society is inviting you to be part of the solution. A panel discussion will follow the screening.

OCT 10 (7:00 only)

Director: Pedro Almodóvar Spain, 2013, 91 min; Spanish with subtitles; 14AThe vast majority of Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘I’m So Excited’ takes place on board a passenger jet, and there’s no question of it having been made by anyone but this Spanish filmmaker. High camp and high drama, family secrets and festering lies, the uses of storytelling and supernatural twists and melodramatic turns, the power of patterns – his signature concerns are all aboard. The cabin crew are dedicated to distraction, a hot mess of booze, drugs, blow-jobs and lip-syncs. There’s a dance break, a sex break, a lot of tequila. It’s crazy fun. –Time Out London

Though the film’s surface is colorfully camp, the satire of Spanish society is shrewdly pointed. The mix of the absurd and the acerbic is often sublime. –-Time Out New York

OCT 11 & 12 (3:00 matinee & 7:10 & 9:00)

I’M SO EXCITED

OCT 13 (3:00 matinee & 7:10 & 9:00)

OCT 14, 15, 16 (7:10 & 9:00)

20 FEET FROM STARDOMDirector: Morgan Neville USA, 2013, 91 min; PGWhy should you see a documentary about backup singers? One look at this elec-trifying film and you’ll have the answer, that is, after you stop cheering. Lend your eyes and ears to the likes of Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer and Tata Vega, and get ready to revise your definition of what a star is. Director Morgan Neville has rightly gone into the shadows to shine a light on sheer perfection. Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Bette Midler and Sting all bear witness and theorize about why that 20-foot leap to the star spot didn’t happen for these unsung divas….You watch. You hear the gospel spoken in the voices of these women. And you marvel. –Rolling Stone

May possibly be the happiest time you’ll have at the movies, but it comes with a heavy load of frustration. The joy — and at times it’s absolutely transcendent — is in the sound of women singing their big, beautiful hearts out. The pain comes from the anonymity they’ve spent their lives working under and fighting against. Until now, anyway. –Boston Globe

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THE CROODS

“MOVING AND JOYOUS!” L.A. Times

“GENEROUS, FASCINATING.” New York Times

OCT 17 (7:00 & 9:30)

GALICHENKO RUSSIAN FILM NIGHT - ALL SEATS: $5!

KRAY [THE EDGE]Director: Aleksey Uchitel

Russia, 2010, Russian with subtitlesRussia’s submission for the 2011 Oscars, a dys-

topic action/love story about World War II war-riors trapped in Siberia”

Golden Globe Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.

Winner of 3 Nika Awards: Best Film, Best Actor, Best Cinematography

OCT 18 & 19 (3:00 matinee & 7:00 & 9:00

BLUE JASMINEDirector: Woody Allen USA, 2013, 99 min; PGCast: Cate Blanchett, Sally Hawkins, Alec Baldwin, Bobby Cannavale, Peter SarsgaardWant to see great acting, from comic to tragic and every electrifying stop in between? Woody Allen, in rare form, puts Cate Blanchett front and center, spin-ning hilarious but mostly harsh truths about love in this time of financial cholera. Blanchett plays Jasmine, who fancies herself the glamorous type. Talking to herself and gobbling Xanax with a vodka chaser, Jasmine is melting down. She flees to the cramped San Francisco apartment of Ginger (Sally Hawkins), the adopted sister Jasmine had dismissed as a loser. Blanchett is the film’s glory. She is miraculous at finding the bruised heart of this bullying elitist. This is Blanchett triumphant, and not to be missed. --Rolling Stone

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PLANES

OCT 20 (3:00 matinee & 7:00)

OCT 21 (7:00 only)

BLUE JASMINEDirector: Woody Allen USA, 2013, 99 min; PG

PLEASE SEE OCT 18 & 19 FOR DESCRIPTIONCate Blanchett gives the most complicated and demanding performance of her movie career. The actress, like her character, is out on a limb much of the time, but there’s humor in Blanchett’s work, and a touch of self-mockery as well as an eloquent sad-ness. –The New Yorker

JAWSDirector: Steven Spielberg USA, 1975, 123 min; PGThis is a powerful drama that draws you in and refuses to let go. It scared enough people to keep them out of the ocean for years afterwards. The plot is simple. Shark gets mad and starts eating people. What makes this film great are the per-formances of Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfus and Robert Shaw. If you haven’t seen this film, you should be ashamed of yourself. It’s truly one of cinema’s best. This is what going to the movies is all about. –Crazy for Cinema

OCT 23 & 24 (7:15 & 9:00)

FRUITVALE STATIONDirector: Ryan Coogler USA, 2013, 85 min; 14AThe astonishing directorial debut of 27-year-old Ryan Coogler, arrives with considerable wind at its back: Not only did this urban drama win big awards at the Sundance and Cannes film festivals, but its story — about an unarmed young man who was shot and killed in Oakland in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2009 — has intersected with the death of Trayvon Martin. A topical film, no doubt. But what makes it a must-see is its timelessness: In this absorbing, finally devastating portrait of a 22-year-old man struggling with a troubled past and cut down before he can build a future, Coogler allows Grant to exist as a complex, even contradictory human. Because Coogler is in such superb control as an artist, he never succumbs to demonizing or sensationalism. Fruitvale Station isn’t just a great film about a timely subject but a great film, period. –Washington Post

OCT 25 & 26 (3:00 matinee & 7:00 & 9:30)

LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLERDirector: Lee Daniels USA, 2013, 132 min; PGCast: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Alan Rickman, Cuba Gooding Jr., John Cusack, Lenny Kravitz, Live Schreiber, Robin Williams, Terrence Howard, Vanessa RedgraveThe dramatic structure of “The Butler” rests on a gimmick, and a pretty good gimmick at that. It’s the story of an African-American man who saw history pass before his eyes as a White House butler for seven presidential administrations, from Eisenhower through Reagan. This character, played by Forest Whitaker — a largely fictionalized version of a real White House staffer — is a fly on the wall of the civil rights era, the Vietnam War, Watergate, and much more. He’s a Forrest Gump for the racial underclass. Yet “The Butler” is a remark-able, even exhilarating movie for the social portrait that gimmick allows. –Boston Globe

OCT 27 (3:00 matinee & 7:00)

LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLERDirector: Lee Daniels USA, 2013, 132 min; PGCast: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Alan Rickman, Cuba Gooding Jr., John Cusack, Lenny Kravitz, Liev Schreiber, Robin Williams, Terrence Howard, Vanessa Redgrave

PLEASE SEE OCT.23 & 24

FOR DESCRIPTION

OCT 28 & 29 (7:00 & 9:10)

MUSEUM HOURSDirector: Jem Cohen Austria/USA, 2012, 107 minutes

If you came out of Before Midnight wondering why they don’t make more movies like that, you’re going to want to see Museum Hours as soon as possible. Jem Cohen’s delicate two-hander is a conversation piece exploring the simpatico connection between a curious Canadian (Mary Margaret O’Hara) who’s travelled to Vienna to visit a sick relative and a slightly older guard (Bobby Sommer) at the wonderful Kunsthistorisches Museum. These are two middle-aged people who enjoy each other’s company. They wander around the museum, and occa-sionally outside of it, talking about the way they see art while surrounded by its endless rich-ness and glory. O’Hara and Sommer connect so easily that they barely seem to be acting at all. They look at art. We look at them. Art is where you see it. –NOW Magazine

“A discussion piece that’s as much a testament to fine art as it is a languid, contemplative effort of ideas, inspiring the audience to consider how they interpret and appreciate their space and the history behind it.” --Exclaim

BYZANTIUMDirector: Neil Jordan UK/USA/Ireland, 2012, 119 min; 14AEnthusiastically recommended: Almost two decades after his uneven Interview With the Vampire, the Irish-born fabulist Neil Jordan returns to the realm of bloodsuckers. The movie is gorgeous, mesmerizing, poetic; the lyricism actually heightened by harsh jets of gore. Saoirse Ronan is Eleanor, a young-looking but very old vampire who drinks the blood of the elderly: They receive her gratefully, as an angel of deliverance. She has a burning drive to write and share her life story—unlike her hottie Cockney guardian, Clara (Gemma Arterton), who has an equally fierce drive to keep their rapacious private lives private. Cinematographer Sean Bobbitt creates a Gothic night-world out of neon. Romanticism finally trumps horror, which might leave nihilist genre fiends unsatisfied. For others, these female vampires will bestow the kiss of life. –New York Magazine

OCT 30 & 31 (7:00 & 9:20)

THE WORLD’S ENDDirector: Edgar Wright, UK, 2013, 110 min; 14ADirector Edgar Wright reunites with actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost to tell the story of five high school friends who embark on a marathon pub crawl, only to learn that the quaint village where they grew up has been taken over by evil robots. The film is in direct step with Wright’s Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz (together, the three form the so-called Cornetto Trilogy). –Chicago Reader

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NOV 1 & 2 (3:00 matinee

7:00 & 9:10)

BLACKFISH (SEP 25-OCT 5)

20 FEET FROM STARDOM BLUE JASMINE THE THING OCT 18 & 19 (11:00pm) John Carpenter’s

THE THING (USA, 1982, 109 min) A deadly alien has the ability to assume the shape of any life-form. One of the most well-loved horror movies, and with good reason. The acting is great, led by Kurt Russell. The effects are fantastic. So well-made for 1982 that mod-ern technology does not render the film silly or obsolete.

AN OUTSTANDING FILM

BY ANY STANDARD!Los Angeles Times

MATINEE Sat 1 PM

despicable me 2

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the croods

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planes

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despicable me 2

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monsters university

“The right vampire movie for today, poetic and elegant in an art-fully tattered way.”

Village Voice

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHINGDirector: Joss Whedon USA, 2012, 110 min; PGCast: Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Reed Diamond, Fran Kranz, Clark Gregg, Jillian Morgese, Sean Maher, Nathan FillionJoss Whedon’s take on Shakespeare’s clas-sic tale is swanky, sexy and sophisticated, as bracing as a dry martini. Whedon’s version was filmed in the director’s own house. Wisely, he filmed in a lush black-and-white that gives magic and timelessness to the modern dress and decor. --Chicago Sun-Times

OCT 7 (7:00 & 9:10)

“ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE THRILLERS EVER MADE!” –Roger Ebert

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SEPT 15 & 16 (7:00 & 9:15)

THE HUNTDirector: Thomas Vinterberg Denmark, 2012, 116 min; Danish with subtitles; 18A

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It is rare that a film can make you laugh, cry and shake with fury all at the same time; even rarer when it does so for the right reasons. The Hunt has been widely acclaimed as the Danish director Thomas Vinterberg’s best film since The Celebration. Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen), a divorced kindergarten teacher, is falsely accused of expos-ing himself by a five-year-old girl in his care, and the rumour dissipates through the community. Vinterberg’s extraordinarily nimble script teases out emotions before smashing them headlong into one another: one of the film’s saddest scenes contains its best joke, and the cumulative effect is dizzying. Mikkelsen, who is not given to sympa-thetic roles, has never been better. This is cinema that sinks its claws into your back. –The Telegraph

SEPT 17 (7:00 & 9:15)

GOLD FEVER

Special Q & A session after both shows! Gold Fever witnesses the arrival of Goldcorp Inc. to a remote Guatemalan village. 500 years after the conquis-tadors, and still reeling from decades of U.S.-backed repression, Diodora, Crisanta and Gregoria are caught in the cross-hairs of another global frenzy for gold. Together with members of their divided community, they resist the threat to their ancestral lands in the face of grave consequences.

SEPT 18 (7:00 & 9:00)

CHICO & RITA

Fernando Trubea, Javier Mariscal and Tono Errando (Spain/Cuba, 2010, 94 min.) ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE: BEST

ANIMATED FEATURE!Chico & Rita celebrates the music and cul-ture of Cuba with a story of love, passion and heartbreak. It is 1948: Chico is a young piano player with big dreams, Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. With an original soundtrack by legendary composer Bebo Valdés.

Director: Guillermo del Toro USA, 2013, 132 min; PGCast: Charlie Hunnan, Rinko Kikuchi, Idris ElbaGuillermo del Toro, the director of Pan’s Labyrinth, Cronos and the Hellboy films, has returned with a picture about giant robots doing battle with sea monsters from another dimension. Pacific Rim owes a debt to the weird tales of H.P. Lovecraft, the monster movies of Toho studios, the mecha-anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ray Harryhausen, and even Ted Hughes’s The Iron Giant are all tangled in its DNA. –The Telegraph

SEPT 23 & 24 (7:00 & 9:25)

PACIFIC RIM

“GUILLERMO DEL TORO IS MORE THAN A FILMMAKER, HE’S A

FANTASY VISIONARY!” LA Times

BLACKFISHDirector: Gabriela Cowperthwaite USA, 2013, 84 minutes; PG

SEPT 25–OCT 5 (7:15 & 9:00)

3:00 matinees on Sept 27, 28, 29, Oct 4, 5

A mesmerizing psychological thriller with a bruised and battered killer whale at its center,

“Blackfish” launches a direct attack on the practice of keeping marine mammals in captiv-

ity. Righteous, captivating and entirely successful as single-issue-focused documentaries

go, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s film draws on startling video footage and testimonies from

former orca trainers, building an authoritative argument on behalf of this majestic species.

A powerful educational tool.

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SEPT 17-22

Luciana Kaplan (Mexico, 2012, 93 min.) In 2007, Eufrosina Mendoza was elected president of Oaxaca’s municipal council, but was denied the position because she was an indigenous woman. Instead of stopping her, this started her on an even bigger political career. Eufrosina attacks gender inequality in her community, while being harassed by local government every step of the way.

SEPT 19 (7:00 & 9:00)

LA REVOLUCIÓN DE LOS ALCATRACES

Paula Markovitch (Mexico/Argentina, 2011, 99 min.)

Under the cloud of a military dictatorship, a young mother and her daughter flee Buenos Aires for the seclusion of a cottage. Seven-year-old Cecilia joins a nearby school overseen by a kindly teacher. The teacher recruits the class for a patriotic essay contest sponsored by the army—the very people that may have already disappeared Cecilia’s father. A superbly acted and engrossingly atmospheric drama.

SEPT 20 (7:00 & 9:00)

EL PREMIO

Stefan Haupt (Spain/Switzerland, 2012, 89 min.)

The “Sagrada Familia” in Barcelona is a unique building project by a controversial genius, Antoni Gaudí. Who was the man who designed this cathedral? What was his driving force? Who are the workers, craftsmen, and architects, who continue working on the building today? This docu-mentary shows how the edifice is growing and evolving, even today.

SEPT 21 (7:00 & 9:00)

SAGRADA, EL MISTERI DE LA CREACIÓ

Pablo Berger (Spain, 2012,104 min.)Blancanieves is Carmen, a beautiful young girl tormented in childhood by her wicked step-mother, Encarna. Fleeing from her past, Carmen sets out on an exciting journey with her new friends: a troupe of bullfighting dwarves. Beautifully shot in black-and white, this silent film is an original take on the classic fairy tale set in southern Spain in the 1920s, packed with adventures, emotion and laughs. Blancanieves was Spain’s official submission to the Oscar’s Best Foreign Language category. It won ten Goya Awards including Best Film in 2012. (N.B: No bulls were hurt in the making of this movie).

Sept 22 (7:00 & 9:00)

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SEPT 27 & 28 (10:45pm)

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOWDirector: Jim Sharman UK, 1975, 101 min; 18AThe most popular, CRAZIEST cult film returns! Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick are a squeaky-clean couple in a scary mansion inhab-ited by a sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania (Tim Curry). Let’s Do The Time-Warp Again!

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