Friday, October 31- HALLOWEEN!!- OFS Presents
Night of the Living Tribute Bands
8:00pm doors/8:30pm show
$5.00 with costume/$7.00 without
All Ages with 21+beer garden in upstairs mezzanine
You can’t wish it away, you can’t hope it away, get your costumes ready and light your jack-o-lanterns - IT, IT, LIVES…our annual Night of the Living Tribute Bands Halloween bash!! This year’s tribute bands range from bands that are dead and those we’re going to raise from the dead! The Pretenders, Doors, X, Wings, The Cars, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, and more!
This year is extra exciting – IT’S ON HALLOWEEN! This can only mean that our host would have to be the one and only Necro Phylis--from necrophilous, or, "having preference for dead tissue." Hateful, spiteful Necro Phylis, she only wants to kill you, er, thrill you with zombies, blood, a traditional costume contest and ghoulish acts! This is an all ages event, but you may wanna bring your mommy!
MY WINNIPEG
Dir. Guy Maddin/2008/Canada/80 minutes
Originally commissioned as a documentary for Canada's Documentary Channel, this "docu-fantasia," shot mostly in black and white and narrated by Maddin himself, uses personal memories and civic facts (and fictions) to create an unforgettable tribute to the director's hometown. "Hypnotic and audacious," says Peter Sobczynski of eFilmCritic.com.
www.mywinnipeg.co.uk
Dir. Guy Maddin/2008/Canada/80 minutes
Originally commissioned as a documentary for Canada's Documentary Channel, this "docu-fantasia," shot mostly in black and white and narrated by Maddin himself, uses personal memories and civic facts (and fictions) to create an unforgettable tribute to the director's hometown. "Hypnotic and audacious," says Peter Sobczynski of eFilmCritic.com.
www.mywinnipeg.co.uk
TELL NO ONE
Guillame Canet / 2006 / France / French with English subtitles / 125 minutes
8 years after his wife was brutally murdered shortly after their marriage, huminatarian pediatrician Alex is still an emotional wreck, struggling to move forward. He is still viewed by the police as the prime suspect, new evidence refocusing their attention. All of the sudden, he gets a mysterious email saying, "Tell no one. They're watching.", with a video attached that appears to show his wife still alive, and he is plunged into a waking nightmare from which there seems to be no way out.
Guillame Canet / 2006 / France / French with English subtitles / 125 minutes
8 years after his wife was brutally murdered shortly after their marriage, huminatarian pediatrician Alex is still an emotional wreck, struggling to move forward. He is still viewed by the police as the prime suspect, new evidence refocusing their attention. All of the sudden, he gets a mysterious email saying, "Tell no one. They're watching.", with a video attached that appears to show his wife still alive, and he is plunged into a waking nightmare from which there seems to be no way out.
MY WINNIPEG
Dir. Guy Maddin/2008/Canada/80 minutes
Originally commissioned as a documentary for Canada's Documentary Channel, this "docu-fantasia," shot mostly in black and white and narrated by Maddin himself, uses personal memories and civic facts (and fictions) to create an unforgettable tribute to the director's hometown. "Hypnotic and audacious," says Peter Sobczynski of eFilmCritic.com.
www.mywinnipeg.co.uk
Dir. Guy Maddin/2008/Canada/80 minutes
Originally commissioned as a documentary for Canada's Documentary Channel, this "docu-fantasia," shot mostly in black and white and narrated by Maddin himself, uses personal memories and civic facts (and fictions) to create an unforgettable tribute to the director's hometown. "Hypnotic and audacious," says Peter Sobczynski of eFilmCritic.com.
www.mywinnipeg.co.uk
MY WINNIPEG
Dir. Guy Maddin/2008/Canada/80 minutes
Originally commissioned as a documentary for Canada's Documentary Channel, this "docu-fantasia," shot mostly in black and white and narrated by Maddin himself, uses personal memories and civic facts (and fictions) to create an unforgettable tribute to the director's hometown. "Hypnotic and audacious," says Peter Sobczynski of eFilmCritic.com.
www.mywinnipeg.co.uk
Dir. Guy Maddin/2008/Canada/80 minutes
Originally commissioned as a documentary for Canada's Documentary Channel, this "docu-fantasia," shot mostly in black and white and narrated by Maddin himself, uses personal memories and civic facts (and fictions) to create an unforgettable tribute to the director's hometown. "Hypnotic and audacious," says Peter Sobczynski of eFilmCritic.com.
www.mywinnipeg.co.uk
TELL NO ONE
Guillame Canet / 2006 / France / French with English subtitles / 125 minutes
8 years after his wife was brutally murdered shortly after their marriage, huminatarian pediatrician Alex is still an emotional wreck, struggling to move forward. He is still viewed by the police as the prime suspect, new evidence refocusing their attention. All of the sudden, he gets a mysterious email saying, "Tell no one. They're watching.", with a video attached that appears to show his wife still alive, and he is plunged into a waking nightmare from which there seems to be no way out.
Guillame Canet / 2006 / France / French with English subtitles / 125 minutes
8 years after his wife was brutally murdered shortly after their marriage, huminatarian pediatrician Alex is still an emotional wreck, struggling to move forward. He is still viewed by the police as the prime suspect, new evidence refocusing their attention. All of the sudden, he gets a mysterious email saying, "Tell no one. They're watching.", with a video attached that appears to show his wife still alive, and he is plunged into a waking nightmare from which there seems to be no way out.
TELL NO ONE
Guillame Canet / 2006 / France / French with English subtitles / 125 minutes
8 years after his wife was brutally murdered shortly after their marriage, huminatarian pediatrician Alex is still an emotional wreck, struggling to move forward. He is still viewed by the police as the prime suspect, new evidence refocusing their attention. All of the sudden, he gets a mysterious email saying, "Tell no one. They're watching.", with a video attached that appears to show his wife still alive, and he is plunged into a waking nightmare from which there seems to be no way out.
Guillame Canet / 2006 / France / French with English subtitles / 125 minutes
8 years after his wife was brutally murdered shortly after their marriage, huminatarian pediatrician Alex is still an emotional wreck, struggling to move forward. He is still viewed by the police as the prime suspect, new evidence refocusing their attention. All of the sudden, he gets a mysterious email saying, "Tell no one. They're watching.", with a video attached that appears to show his wife still alive, and he is plunged into a waking nightmare from which there seems to be no way out.
MY WINNIPEG
Dir. Guy Maddin/2008/Canada/80 minutes
Originally commissioned as a documentary for Canada's Documentary Channel, this "docu-fantasia," shot mostly in black and white and narrated by Maddin himself, uses personal memories and civic facts (and fictions) to create an unforgettable tribute to the director's hometown. "Hypnotic and audacious," says Peter Sobczynski of eFilmCritic.com.
www.mywinnipeg.co.uk
Dir. Guy Maddin/2008/Canada/80 minutes
Originally commissioned as a documentary for Canada's Documentary Channel, this "docu-fantasia," shot mostly in black and white and narrated by Maddin himself, uses personal memories and civic facts (and fictions) to create an unforgettable tribute to the director's hometown. "Hypnotic and audacious," says Peter Sobczynski of eFilmCritic.com.
www.mywinnipeg.co.uk
MY WINNIPEG
Dir. Guy Maddin/2008/Canada/80 minutes
Originally commissioned as a documentary for Canada's Documentary Channel, this "docu-fantasia," shot mostly in black and white and narrated by Maddin himself, uses personal memories and civic facts (and fictions) to create an unforgettable tribute to the director's hometown. "Hypnotic and audacious," says Peter Sobczynski of eFilmCritic.com.
www.mywinnipeg.co.uk
Dir. Guy Maddin/2008/Canada/80 minutes
Originally commissioned as a documentary for Canada's Documentary Channel, this "docu-fantasia," shot mostly in black and white and narrated by Maddin himself, uses personal memories and civic facts (and fictions) to create an unforgettable tribute to the director's hometown. "Hypnotic and audacious," says Peter Sobczynski of eFilmCritic.com.
www.mywinnipeg.co.uk
TELL NO ONE
Guillame Canet / 2006 / France / French with English subtitles / 125 minutes
8 years after his wife was brutally murdered shortly after their marriage, huminatarian pediatrician Alex is still an emotional wreck, struggling to move forward. He is still viewed by the police as the prime suspect, new evidence refocusing their attention. All of the sudden, he gets a mysterious email saying, "Tell no one. They're watching.", with a video attached that appears to show his wife still alive, and he is plunged into a waking nightmare from which there seems to be no way out.
Guillame Canet / 2006 / France / French with English subtitles / 125 minutes
8 years after his wife was brutally murdered shortly after their marriage, huminatarian pediatrician Alex is still an emotional wreck, struggling to move forward. He is still viewed by the police as the prime suspect, new evidence refocusing their attention. All of the sudden, he gets a mysterious email saying, "Tell no one. They're watching.", with a video attached that appears to show his wife still alive, and he is plunged into a waking nightmare from which there seems to be no way out.
TELL NO ONE
Guillame Canet / 2006 / France / French with English subtitles / 125 minutes
8 years after his wife was brutally murdered shortly after their marriage, huminatarian pediatrician Alex is still an emotional wreck, struggling to move forward. He is still viewed by the police as the prime suspect, new evidence refocusing their attention. All of the sudden, he gets a mysterious email saying, "Tell no one. They're watching.", with a video attached that appears to show his wife still alive, and he is plunged into a waking nightmare from which there seems to be no way out.
Guillame Canet / 2006 / France / French with English subtitles / 125 minutes
8 years after his wife was brutally murdered shortly after their marriage, huminatarian pediatrician Alex is still an emotional wreck, struggling to move forward. He is still viewed by the police as the prime suspect, new evidence refocusing their attention. All of the sudden, he gets a mysterious email saying, "Tell no one. They're watching.", with a video attached that appears to show his wife still alive, and he is plunged into a waking nightmare from which there seems to be no way out.
MY WINNIPEG
Dir. Guy Maddin/2008/Canada/80 minutes
Originally commissioned as a documentary for Canada's Documentary Channel, this "docu-fantasia," shot mostly in black and white and narrated by Maddin himself, uses personal memories and civic facts (and fictions) to create an unforgettable tribute to the director's hometown. "Hypnotic and audacious," says Peter Sobczynski of eFilmCritic.com.
www.mywinnipeg.co.uk
Dir. Guy Maddin/2008/Canada/80 minutes
Originally commissioned as a documentary for Canada's Documentary Channel, this "docu-fantasia," shot mostly in black and white and narrated by Maddin himself, uses personal memories and civic facts (and fictions) to create an unforgettable tribute to the director's hometown. "Hypnotic and audacious," says Peter Sobczynski of eFilmCritic.com.
www.mywinnipeg.co.uk
Meetings of the Olympia Film Society Board of Directors are open to the public! Please join us in the OFS office at 416 Washington Street SE, #208, right around the corner from the Capitol Theater.
Go to www.olympiafilmfestival.org for details about Opening Nite Gala and
Opening Nite film.
Go to www.olympiafilmfestival.org for details about each days films.
Go to www.olympiafilmfestival.org for details about each days films.
Go to www.olympiafilmfestival.org for details about each days films.
Go to www.olympiafilmfestival.org for details about each days films.
Go to www.olympiafilmfestival.org for details about each days films.
Go to www.olympiafilmfestival.org for details about each days films.
Go to www.olympiafilmfestival.org for details about each days films.
Go to www.olympiafilmfestival,org for details about each days films.
Want to Volunteer at the Film Festival? Join us in the theater mezzanine for a short Festival orientation followed by shift sign-up. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Just simply show up to one of the two scheduled meetings. In exchange, you receive FREE PASSES to see Festival films. Be a part of it!
Want to Volunteer at the Film Festival? Join us in the theater mezzanine for a short Festival orientation followed by shift sign-up. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Just simply show up to one of the two scheduled meetings. In exchange, you receive FREE PASSES to see Festival films. Be a part of it!
Friday, November 21st - Northwest Snowboards Presents Annual Winter Video Premier!
7:00pm doors/7:30pm show
Tickets $7.00 at the box office night of show/$6.00 advance tickets available at Northwest Snowboards, 2413 Harrison Avenue, Olympia.
All Ages with 21+beer garden
This is a family –friendly event so bring the whole gang! Along with monster raffle prizes, we will be premiering one local skateboarding film and two incredible snowboarding movies, “That’s it, that’s All” directed by Travis Rice, and The Boned – Age by Grenade. This night will get you fired up for winter sports fun!
7:00pm doors/7:30pm show
Tickets $7.00 at the box office night of show/$6.00 advance tickets available at Northwest Snowboards, 2413 Harrison Avenue, Olympia.
All Ages with 21+beer garden
This is a family –friendly event so bring the whole gang! Along with monster raffle prizes, we will be premiering one local skateboarding film and two incredible snowboarding movies, “That’s it, that’s All” directed by Travis Rice, and The Boned – Age by Grenade. This night will get you fired up for winter sports fun!
Wednesday, December 3- BRICK at SPSCC Presents
Author David Ray Griffin
6:30pm doors/7:00pm show
FREE EVENTDavid Ray Griffin is a retired professor of philosophy of religion and theology has taught for more than 30 years. He has written over 30 books, many of which deal with the 9/11 attacks and the implausibility of the Government’s explanation of how they happened. His talk titled “The New Pearl Harbor Revisited: 9/11, The Cover-up and the Exposé”, will discuss new evidence that has come to light. Sponsored by Washington 9/11 Investigators. www.spsccbrick.org
Author David Ray Griffin
6:30pm doors/7:00pm show
FREE EVENTDavid Ray Griffin is a retired professor of philosophy of religion and theology has taught for more than 30 years. He has written over 30 books, many of which deal with the 9/11 attacks and the implausibility of the Government’s explanation of how they happened. His talk titled “The New Pearl Harbor Revisited: 9/11, The Cover-up and the Exposé”, will discuss new evidence that has come to light. Sponsored by Washington 9/11 Investigators. www.spsccbrick.org
Saturday, December 6th at 7:00pm & Sunday December 7th at 6:00pm - Olympia Mountaineers Club Presents The BANFF Mountain Film Festival
Tickets are $12 for Saturday, $10 for Sunday or $20 for both nights Available at The Alpine Experience, 408 Olympia Ave. NE (360-956-1699) or at the box office night of. There is a $2 discount on Sunday for Mountaineers, Olympia Film Society members and students with IDCome join us and bring your friends! The Banff Mountain Film Festival has celebrated the spirit of adventure and the mountain environment for over 30 years. Each December, the Olympia Mountaineers proudly host two nights of the best of Banff. Different films are shown each night, filled with heart stopping and sometimes hilarious adventures of climbing, skiing, biking, and kayaking in some of most beautiful and enchanting places on the planet.
Tickets are $12 for Saturday, $10 for Sunday or $20 for both nights Available at The Alpine Experience, 408 Olympia Ave. NE (360-956-1699) or at the box office night of. There is a $2 discount on Sunday for Mountaineers, Olympia Film Society members and students with IDCome join us and bring your friends! The Banff Mountain Film Festival has celebrated the spirit of adventure and the mountain environment for over 30 years. Each December, the Olympia Mountaineers proudly host two nights of the best of Banff. Different films are shown each night, filled with heart stopping and sometimes hilarious adventures of climbing, skiing, biking, and kayaking in some of most beautiful and enchanting places on the planet.
The Capitol Theater will be CLOSED today.
Ocatilla Flat w/director, producer & actress Q and A- Directed by: Nils Myers/ 2008/ USA/ 85 minutes
In the suspenseful thriller, Ocatilla Flat, we meet Matt, a mild mannered schoolteacher with a secret desire for excitement in his mundane life. And when he meets, the sweetly uninhibited, Michele (Olympia native, Drea Hoffman) one night in a bar, he finds his wish granted. But when the two end up taking an unscheduled road trip to Laughlin, trouble arises in the form of a dead body, a bag of stolen money, and a suspicious hitchhiker who demands that the couple take him to a barren stretch of desert that bears the film’s name. Filled with strangely unforgettable characters, and a gripping story that will leave you guessing until he very end, Ocatilla Flats, will leave you spellbound. This screening of Ocatilla Flats will be attended by the film’s producer, director, and lead actress, Drea Hoffman. A Q & A will follow.
In the suspenseful thriller, Ocatilla Flat, we meet Matt, a mild mannered schoolteacher with a secret desire for excitement in his mundane life. And when he meets, the sweetly uninhibited, Michele (Olympia native, Drea Hoffman) one night in a bar, he finds his wish granted. But when the two end up taking an unscheduled road trip to Laughlin, trouble arises in the form of a dead body, a bag of stolen money, and a suspicious hitchhiker who demands that the couple take him to a barren stretch of desert that bears the film’s name. Filled with strangely unforgettable characters, and a gripping story that will leave you guessing until he very end, Ocatilla Flats, will leave you spellbound. This screening of Ocatilla Flats will be attended by the film’s producer, director, and lead actress, Drea Hoffman. A Q & A will follow.
Frownland Directed by: Ronald Bronstein/ 2008/ USA/ 106 minutes
To watch the strangely compelling, Frownland is to be submerged into a world of unique weirdness. Keith is an unhappy fellow. In his mid twenties, hairline reseeding, pasty white, his mannerisms swimming with a deluge of distracting tics, Keith is our unpleasant hero in a movie devoid of them. We meet his friends who don’t like to be around him. We meet his girlfriend who fights off his advances by stabbing him with a push tack. We follow him on his soul-sucking job selling coupon books door-to-door to unwilling customers. Filmed in an uncompromising style by a director influenced by classic, 1970’s cinema, Frownland is true indy filmmaking created in a world where independent film has become homogenized. Love it or loathe it, it’s an experience not to be missed. "Frownland is a rebirth of the need for expression that inspired the American independent film movement in the first place, 50 years ago." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
To watch the strangely compelling, Frownland is to be submerged into a world of unique weirdness. Keith is an unhappy fellow. In his mid twenties, hairline reseeding, pasty white, his mannerisms swimming with a deluge of distracting tics, Keith is our unpleasant hero in a movie devoid of them. We meet his friends who don’t like to be around him. We meet his girlfriend who fights off his advances by stabbing him with a push tack. We follow him on his soul-sucking job selling coupon books door-to-door to unwilling customers. Filmed in an uncompromising style by a director influenced by classic, 1970’s cinema, Frownland is true indy filmmaking created in a world where independent film has become homogenized. Love it or loathe it, it’s an experience not to be missed. "Frownland is a rebirth of the need for expression that inspired the American independent film movement in the first place, 50 years ago." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Frownland Directed by: Ronald Bronstein/ 2008/ USA/ 106 minutes
To watch the strangely compelling, Frownland is to be submerged into a world of unique weirdness. Keith is an unhappy fellow. In his mid twenties, hairline reseeding, pasty white, his mannerisms swimming with a deluge of distracting tics, Keith is our unpleasant hero in a movie devoid of them. We meet his friends who don’t like to be around him. We meet his girlfriend who fights off his advances by stabbing him with a push tack. We follow him on his soul-sucking job selling coupon books door-to-door to unwilling customers. Filmed in an uncompromising style by a director influenced by classic, 1970’s cinema, Frownland is true indy filmmaking created in a world where independent film has become homogenized. Love it or loathe it, it’s an experience not to be missed. "Frownland is a rebirth of the need for expression that inspired the American independent film movement in the first place, 50 years ago." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
To watch the strangely compelling, Frownland is to be submerged into a world of unique weirdness. Keith is an unhappy fellow. In his mid twenties, hairline reseeding, pasty white, his mannerisms swimming with a deluge of distracting tics, Keith is our unpleasant hero in a movie devoid of them. We meet his friends who don’t like to be around him. We meet his girlfriend who fights off his advances by stabbing him with a push tack. We follow him on his soul-sucking job selling coupon books door-to-door to unwilling customers. Filmed in an uncompromising style by a director influenced by classic, 1970’s cinema, Frownland is true indy filmmaking created in a world where independent film has become homogenized. Love it or loathe it, it’s an experience not to be missed. "Frownland is a rebirth of the need for expression that inspired the American independent film movement in the first place, 50 years ago." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND
Jiri Menzel / 2008 / Czech Republic/Slovakia / Czech/German with English Subtitles / 120 minutes
Director Jiri Menzel's gleefully quirky, epic-scale black comedy follows the story of Jan Dite, an overwhelmingly ambitious wannabe millionaire through his rise and fall in 1930s and 1940s Czechoslovakia. As a waiter in a luxurious hotel, he pays close attention to both his superiors and his clientele while throwing his lot in with the newly occupying Nazi forces. This combination of Chaplin-esque slapstick antics and unabashed lust and gluttony must be seen to be believed -- it's unlike any other film in recent memory. "A film as unique as this is a gift that shouldn't be ignored."Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Jiri Menzel / 2008 / Czech Republic/Slovakia / Czech/German with English Subtitles / 120 minutes
Director Jiri Menzel's gleefully quirky, epic-scale black comedy follows the story of Jan Dite, an overwhelmingly ambitious wannabe millionaire through his rise and fall in 1930s and 1940s Czechoslovakia. As a waiter in a luxurious hotel, he pays close attention to both his superiors and his clientele while throwing his lot in with the newly occupying Nazi forces. This combination of Chaplin-esque slapstick antics and unabashed lust and gluttony must be seen to be believed -- it's unlike any other film in recent memory. "A film as unique as this is a gift that shouldn't be ignored."Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Frownland Directed by: Ronald Bronstein/ 2008/ USA/ 106 minutes
To watch the strangely compelling, Frownland is to be submerged into a world of unique weirdness. Keith is an unhappy fellow. In his mid twenties, hairline reseeding, pasty white, his mannerisms swimming with a deluge of distracting tics, Keith is our unpleasant hero in a movie devoid of them. We meet his friends who don’t like to be around him. We meet his girlfriend who fights off his advances by stabbing him with a push tack. We follow him on his soul-sucking job selling coupon books door-to-door to unwilling customers. Filmed in an uncompromising style by a director influenced by classic, 1970’s cinema, Frownland is true indy filmmaking created in a world where independent film has become homogenized. Love it or loathe it, it’s an experience not to be missed. "Frownland is a rebirth of the need for expression that inspired the American independent film movement in the first place, 50 years ago." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
To watch the strangely compelling, Frownland is to be submerged into a world of unique weirdness. Keith is an unhappy fellow. In his mid twenties, hairline reseeding, pasty white, his mannerisms swimming with a deluge of distracting tics, Keith is our unpleasant hero in a movie devoid of them. We meet his friends who don’t like to be around him. We meet his girlfriend who fights off his advances by stabbing him with a push tack. We follow him on his soul-sucking job selling coupon books door-to-door to unwilling customers. Filmed in an uncompromising style by a director influenced by classic, 1970’s cinema, Frownland is true indy filmmaking created in a world where independent film has become homogenized. Love it or loathe it, it’s an experience not to be missed. "Frownland is a rebirth of the need for expression that inspired the American independent film movement in the first place, 50 years ago." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Frownland Directed by: Ronald Bronstein/ 2008/ USA/ 106 minutes
To watch the strangely compelling, Frownland is to be submerged into a world of unique weirdness. Keith is an unhappy fellow. In his mid twenties, hairline reseeding, pasty white, his mannerisms swimming with a deluge of distracting tics, Keith is our unpleasant hero in a movie devoid of them. We meet his friends who don’t like to be around him. We meet his girlfriend who fights off his advances by stabbing him with a push tack. We follow him on his soul-sucking job selling coupon books door-to-door to unwilling customers. Filmed in an uncompromising style by a director influenced by classic, 1970’s cinema, Frownland is true indy filmmaking created in a world where independent film has become homogenized. Love it or loathe it, it’s an experience not to be missed. "Frownland is a rebirth of the need for expression that inspired the American independent film movement in the first place, 50 years ago." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
To watch the strangely compelling, Frownland is to be submerged into a world of unique weirdness. Keith is an unhappy fellow. In his mid twenties, hairline reseeding, pasty white, his mannerisms swimming with a deluge of distracting tics, Keith is our unpleasant hero in a movie devoid of them. We meet his friends who don’t like to be around him. We meet his girlfriend who fights off his advances by stabbing him with a push tack. We follow him on his soul-sucking job selling coupon books door-to-door to unwilling customers. Filmed in an uncompromising style by a director influenced by classic, 1970’s cinema, Frownland is true indy filmmaking created in a world where independent film has become homogenized. Love it or loathe it, it’s an experience not to be missed. "Frownland is a rebirth of the need for expression that inspired the American independent film movement in the first place, 50 years ago." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND
Jiri Menzel / 2008 / Czech Republic/Slovakia / Czech/German with English Subtitles / 120 minutes
Director Jiri Menzel's gleefully quirky, epic-scale black comedy follows the story of Jan Dite, an overwhelmingly ambitious wannabe millionaire through his rise and fall in 1930s and 1940s Czechoslovakia. As a waiter in a luxurious hotel, he pays close attention to both his superiors and his clientele while throwing his lot in with the newly occupying Nazi forces. This combination of Chaplin-esque slapstick antics and unabashed lust and gluttony must be seen to be believed -- it's unlike any other film in recent memory. "A film as unique as this is a gift that shouldn't be ignored."Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Jiri Menzel / 2008 / Czech Republic/Slovakia / Czech/German with English Subtitles / 120 minutes
Director Jiri Menzel's gleefully quirky, epic-scale black comedy follows the story of Jan Dite, an overwhelmingly ambitious wannabe millionaire through his rise and fall in 1930s and 1940s Czechoslovakia. As a waiter in a luxurious hotel, he pays close attention to both his superiors and his clientele while throwing his lot in with the newly occupying Nazi forces. This combination of Chaplin-esque slapstick antics and unabashed lust and gluttony must be seen to be believed -- it's unlike any other film in recent memory. "A film as unique as this is a gift that shouldn't be ignored."Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND
Jiri Menzel / 2008 / Czech Republic/Slovakia / Czech/German with English Subtitles / 120 minutes
Director Jiri Menzel's gleefully quirky, epic-scale black comedy follows the story of Jan Dite, an overwhelmingly ambitious wannabe millionaire through his rise and fall in 1930s and 1940s Czechoslovakia. As a waiter in a luxurious hotel, he pays close attention to both his superiors and his clientele while throwing his lot in with the newly occupying Nazi forces. This combination of Chaplin-esque slapstick antics and unabashed lust and gluttony must be seen to be believed -- it's unlike any other film in recent memory. "A film as unique as this is a gift that shouldn't be ignored."Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Jiri Menzel / 2008 / Czech Republic/Slovakia / Czech/German with English Subtitles / 120 minutes
Director Jiri Menzel's gleefully quirky, epic-scale black comedy follows the story of Jan Dite, an overwhelmingly ambitious wannabe millionaire through his rise and fall in 1930s and 1940s Czechoslovakia. As a waiter in a luxurious hotel, he pays close attention to both his superiors and his clientele while throwing his lot in with the newly occupying Nazi forces. This combination of Chaplin-esque slapstick antics and unabashed lust and gluttony must be seen to be believed -- it's unlike any other film in recent memory. "A film as unique as this is a gift that shouldn't be ignored."Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Frownland Directed by: Ronald Bronstein/ 2008/ USA/ 106 minutes
To watch the strangely compelling, Frownland is to be submerged into a world of unique weirdness. Keith is an unhappy fellow. In his mid twenties, hairline reseeding, pasty white, his mannerisms swimming with a deluge of distracting tics, Keith is our unpleasant hero in a movie devoid of them. We meet his friends who don’t like to be around him. We meet his girlfriend who fights off his advances by stabbing him with a push tack. We follow him on his soul-sucking job selling coupon books door-to-door to unwilling customers. Filmed in an uncompromising style by a director influenced by classic, 1970’s cinema, Frownland is true indy filmmaking created in a world where independent film has become homogenized. Love it or loathe it, it’s an experience not to be missed. "Frownland is a rebirth of the need for expression that inspired the American independent film movement in the first place, 50 years ago." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
To watch the strangely compelling, Frownland is to be submerged into a world of unique weirdness. Keith is an unhappy fellow. In his mid twenties, hairline reseeding, pasty white, his mannerisms swimming with a deluge of distracting tics, Keith is our unpleasant hero in a movie devoid of them. We meet his friends who don’t like to be around him. We meet his girlfriend who fights off his advances by stabbing him with a push tack. We follow him on his soul-sucking job selling coupon books door-to-door to unwilling customers. Filmed in an uncompromising style by a director influenced by classic, 1970’s cinema, Frownland is true indy filmmaking created in a world where independent film has become homogenized. Love it or loathe it, it’s an experience not to be missed. "Frownland is a rebirth of the need for expression that inspired the American independent film movement in the first place, 50 years ago." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Frownland Directed by: Ronald Bronstein/ 2008/ USA/ 106 minutes
To watch the strangely compelling, Frownland is to be submerged into a world of unique weirdness. Keith is an unhappy fellow. In his mid twenties, hairline reseeding, pasty white, his mannerisms swimming with a deluge of distracting tics, Keith is our unpleasant hero in a movie devoid of them. We meet his friends who don’t like to be around him. We meet his girlfriend who fights off his advances by stabbing him with a push tack. We follow him on his soul-sucking job selling coupon books door-to-door to unwilling customers. Filmed in an uncompromising style by a director influenced by classic, 1970’s cinema, Frownland is true indy filmmaking created in a world where independent film has become homogenized. Love it or loathe it, it’s an experience not to be missed. "Frownland is a rebirth of the need for expression that inspired the American independent film movement in the first place, 50 years ago." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
To watch the strangely compelling, Frownland is to be submerged into a world of unique weirdness. Keith is an unhappy fellow. In his mid twenties, hairline reseeding, pasty white, his mannerisms swimming with a deluge of distracting tics, Keith is our unpleasant hero in a movie devoid of them. We meet his friends who don’t like to be around him. We meet his girlfriend who fights off his advances by stabbing him with a push tack. We follow him on his soul-sucking job selling coupon books door-to-door to unwilling customers. Filmed in an uncompromising style by a director influenced by classic, 1970’s cinema, Frownland is true indy filmmaking created in a world where independent film has become homogenized. Love it or loathe it, it’s an experience not to be missed. "Frownland is a rebirth of the need for expression that inspired the American independent film movement in the first place, 50 years ago." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND
Jiri Menzel / 2008 / Czech Republic/Slovakia / Czech/German with English Subtitles / 120 minutes
Director Jiri Menzel's gleefully quirky, epic-scale black comedy follows the story of Jan Dite, an overwhelmingly ambitious wannabe millionaire through his rise and fall in 1930s and 1940s Czechoslovakia. As a waiter in a luxurious hotel, he pays close attention to both his superiors and his clientele while throwing his lot in with the newly occupying Nazi forces. This combination of Chaplin-esque slapstick antics and unabashed lust and gluttony must be seen to be believed -- it's unlike any other film in recent memory. "A film as unique as this is a gift that shouldn't be ignored."Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Jiri Menzel / 2008 / Czech Republic/Slovakia / Czech/German with English Subtitles / 120 minutes
Director Jiri Menzel's gleefully quirky, epic-scale black comedy follows the story of Jan Dite, an overwhelmingly ambitious wannabe millionaire through his rise and fall in 1930s and 1940s Czechoslovakia. As a waiter in a luxurious hotel, he pays close attention to both his superiors and his clientele while throwing his lot in with the newly occupying Nazi forces. This combination of Chaplin-esque slapstick antics and unabashed lust and gluttony must be seen to be believed -- it's unlike any other film in recent memory. "A film as unique as this is a gift that shouldn't be ignored."Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Gabrielle Deneige is an independent, ambitious TV weather girl torn between her love of a distinguished author several decades her senior, and the attentions of a headstrong, potentially unstable young suitor. An unspoken past between the two men heightens tensions, and though she's initially certain of her love for one them, the see-saw demands and whims of both men keep confusing - and darkening - matters. Before long she's encountering emotional and societal forces well beyond her control. Inspired by the sensational Gilded Age murder of Madison Square Garden architect Stanford White, A Girl Cut in Two is trademark Chabrol: fiendishly entertaining and impossible to shake. "An erotically charged, beautifully directed story of a woman preyed upon by different men and her own warring desires." Manohla Dargis, NY Times
Frownland Directed by: Ronald Bronstein/ 2008/ USA/ 106 minutes
To watch the strangely compelling, Frownland is to be submerged into a world of unique weirdness. Keith is an unhappy fellow. In his mid twenties, hairline reseeding, pasty white, his mannerisms swimming with a deluge of distracting tics, Keith is our unpleasant hero in a movie devoid of them. We meet his friends who don’t like to be around him. We meet his girlfriend who fights off his advances by stabbing him with a push tack. We follow him on his soul-sucking job selling coupon books door-to-door to unwilling customers. Filmed in an uncompromising style by a director influenced by classic, 1970’s cinema, Frownland is true indy filmmaking created in a world where independent film has become homogenized. Love it or loathe it, it’s an experience not to be missed. "Frownland is a rebirth of the need for expression that inspired the American independent film movement in the first place, 50 years ago." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
To watch the strangely compelling, Frownland is to be submerged into a world of unique weirdness. Keith is an unhappy fellow. In his mid twenties, hairline reseeding, pasty white, his mannerisms swimming with a deluge of distracting tics, Keith is our unpleasant hero in a movie devoid of them. We meet his friends who don’t like to be around him. We meet his girlfriend who fights off his advances by stabbing him with a push tack. We follow him on his soul-sucking job selling coupon books door-to-door to unwilling customers. Filmed in an uncompromising style by a director influenced by classic, 1970’s cinema, Frownland is true indy filmmaking created in a world where independent film has become homogenized. Love it or loathe it, it’s an experience not to be missed. "Frownland is a rebirth of the need for expression that inspired the American independent film movement in the first place, 50 years ago." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, and J.K. Simmons
Newest comedy by the Coen brothers is about an ousted CIA official's memoir that accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find. "It would be no country for movie lovers without the Coens. They still manage to run unmuzzled while the rest of Hollywood runs scared." Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Newest comedy by the Coen brothers is about an ousted CIA official's memoir that accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find. "It would be no country for movie lovers without the Coens. They still manage to run unmuzzled while the rest of Hollywood runs scared." Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Gabrielle Deneige is an independent, ambitious TV weather girl torn between her love of a distinguished author several decades her senior, and the attentions of a headstrong, potentially unstable young suitor. An unspoken past between the two men heightens tensions, and though she's initially certain of her love for one them, the see-saw demands and whims of both men keep confusing - and darkening - matters. Before long she's encountering emotional and societal forces well beyond her control. Inspired by the sensational Gilded Age murder of Madison Square Garden architect Stanford White, A Girl Cut in Two is trademark Chabrol: fiendishly entertaining and impossible to shake. "An erotically charged, beautifully directed story of a woman preyed upon by different men and her own warring desires." Manohla Dargis, NY Times
Gabrielle Deneige is an independent, ambitious TV weather girl torn between her love of a distinguished author several decades her senior, and the attentions of a headstrong, potentially unstable young suitor. An unspoken past between the two men heightens tensions, and though she's initially certain of her love for one them, the see-saw demands and whims of both men keep confusing - and darkening - matters. Before long she's encountering emotional and societal forces well beyond her control. Inspired by the sensational Gilded Age murder of Madison Square Garden architect Stanford White, A Girl Cut in Two is trademark Chabrol: fiendishly entertaining and impossible to shake. "An erotically charged, beautifully directed story of a woman preyed upon by different men and her own warring desires." Manohla Dargis, NY Times
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, and J.K. Simmons
Newest comedy by the Coen brothers is about an ousted CIA official's memoir that accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find. "It would be no country for movie lovers without the Coens. They still manage to run unmuzzled while the rest of Hollywood runs scared." Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Newest comedy by the Coen brothers is about an ousted CIA official's memoir that accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find. "It would be no country for movie lovers without the Coens. They still manage to run unmuzzled while the rest of Hollywood runs scared." Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Gabrielle Deneige is an independent, ambitious TV weather girl torn between her love of a distinguished author several decades her senior, and the attentions of a headstrong, potentially unstable young suitor. An unspoken past between the two men heightens tensions, and though she's initially certain of her love for one them, the see-saw demands and whims of both men keep confusing - and darkening - matters. Before long she's encountering emotional and societal forces well beyond her control. Inspired by the sensational Gilded Age murder of Madison Square Garden architect Stanford White, A Girl Cut in Two is trademark Chabrol: fiendishly entertaining and impossible to shake. "An erotically charged, beautifully directed story of a woman preyed upon by different men and her own warring desires." Manohla Dargis, NY Times
Gabrielle Deneige is an independent, ambitious TV weather girl torn between her love of a distinguished author several decades her senior, and the attentions of a headstrong, potentially unstable young suitor. An unspoken past between the two men heightens tensions, and though she's initially certain of her love for one them, the see-saw demands and whims of both men keep confusing - and darkening - matters. Before long she's encountering emotional and societal forces well beyond her control. Inspired by the sensational Gilded Age murder of Madison Square Garden architect Stanford White, A Girl Cut in Two is trademark Chabrol: fiendishly entertaining and impossible to shake. "An erotically charged, beautifully directed story of a woman preyed upon by different men and her own warring desires." Manohla Dargis, NY Times
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, and J.K. Simmons
Newest comedy by the Coen brothers is about an ousted CIA official's memoir that accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find. "It would be no country for movie lovers without the Coens. They still manage to run unmuzzled while the rest of Hollywood runs scared." Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Newest comedy by the Coen brothers is about an ousted CIA official's memoir that accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find. "It would be no country for movie lovers without the Coens. They still manage to run unmuzzled while the rest of Hollywood runs scared." Rolling Stone Peter Travers
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, and J.K. Simmons
Newest comedy by the Coen brothers is about an ousted CIA official's memoir that accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find. "It would be no country for movie lovers without the Coens. They still manage to run unmuzzled while the rest of Hollywood runs scared." Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Newest comedy by the Coen brothers is about an ousted CIA official's memoir that accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find. "It would be no country for movie lovers without the Coens. They still manage to run unmuzzled while the rest of Hollywood runs scared." Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Gabrielle Deneige is an independent, ambitious TV weather girl torn between her love of a distinguished author several decades her senior, and the attentions of a headstrong, potentially unstable young suitor. An unspoken past between the two men heightens tensions, and though she's initially certain of her love for one them, the see-saw demands and whims of both men keep confusing - and darkening - matters. Before long she's encountering emotional and societal forces well beyond her control. Inspired by the sensational Gilded Age murder of Madison Square Garden architect Stanford White, A Girl Cut in Two is trademark Chabrol: fiendishly entertaining and impossible to shake. "An erotically charged, beautifully directed story of a woman preyed upon by different men and her own warring desires." Manohla Dargis, NY Times
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, and J.K. Simmons
Newest comedy by the Coen brothers is about an ousted CIA official's memoir that accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find. "It would be no country for movie lovers without the Coens. They still manage to run unmuzzled while the rest of Hollywood runs scared." Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Newest comedy by the Coen brothers is about an ousted CIA official's memoir that accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find. "It would be no country for movie lovers without the Coens. They still manage to run unmuzzled while the rest of Hollywood runs scared." Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Gabrielle Deneige is an independent, ambitious TV weather girl torn between her love of a distinguished author several decades her senior, and the attentions of a headstrong, potentially unstable young suitor. An unspoken past between the two men heightens tensions, and though she's initially certain of her love for one them, the see-saw demands and whims of both men keep confusing - and darkening - matters. Before long she's encountering emotional and societal forces well beyond her control. Inspired by the sensational Gilded Age murder of Madison Square Garden architect Stanford White, A Girl Cut in Two is trademark Chabrol: fiendishly entertaining and impossible to shake. "An erotically charged, beautifully directed story of a woman preyed upon by different men and her own warring desires." Manohla Dargis, NY Times
Gabrielle Deneige is an independent, ambitious TV weather girl torn between her love of a distinguished author several decades her senior, and the attentions of a headstrong, potentially unstable young suitor. An unspoken past between the two men heightens tensions, and though she's initially certain of her love for one them, the see-saw demands and whims of both men keep confusing - and darkening - matters. Before long she's encountering emotional and societal forces well beyond her control. Inspired by the sensational Gilded Age murder of Madison Square Garden architect Stanford White, A Girl Cut in Two is trademark Chabrol: fiendishly entertaining and impossible to shake. "An erotically charged, beautifully directed story of a woman preyed upon by different men and her own warring desires." Manohla Dargis, NY Times
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, and J.K. Simmons
Newest comedy by the Coen brothers is about an ousted CIA official's memoir that accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find. "It would be no country for movie lovers without the Coens. They still manage to run unmuzzled while the rest of Hollywood runs scared." Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Newest comedy by the Coen brothers is about an ousted CIA official's memoir that accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find. "It would be no country for movie lovers without the Coens. They still manage to run unmuzzled while the rest of Hollywood runs scared." Rolling Stone Peter Travers