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Greetings, Cinemapolitans!
It's the end of an era here at the Mop. After 16 record-breaking weeks, Grand Budapest Hotel will be leaving. You have until Thursday to catch it one last time on the big screen! Wes Anderson's frenetic thrill-ride leaves some big shoes to fill.
Three new films will try to do just that this Friday: - Iconic documentarian Steve James (Hoop Dreams) turned his lens on renowned film critic Roger Ebert for the honest and heart-breaking Life Itself. Based on Ebert's memoir of the same name, the film documents the final months of his life while looking back on the phenomenal impact he had on the way we watch movies.
- The latest from writer/director Kelly Reichardt (Meek's Cut Off) has been a festival favorite for months, and now it arrives on our screens. Night Moves follows three scheming young eco-terrorists and offers up what IndieWire calls "a crackling little suspense thriller/morality play indebted to Dostoyevsky and Hitchcock." Catch this limited engagement while you can!
- Finally, a Swedish comic-book comes to life in the punk-rock period piece We Are The Best! Director Lukas Moodyson adapted his wife's graphic novel about three Stockholm girls trying to form a punk band in the face of slim odds and slimmer talent. An award winner at international festivals around the globe, it's a rock comedy that the Village Voice says "captures perfectly the aimlessness of adolescence, the waiting to become something that's so often intertwined with the desire to make something, to leave your mark on the world in some small way."
Three special events coming in the next week begin on Friday, when we'll continue our partnership with the Ithaca International Fantastic Film Festival for another Fantastic Film Friday. Borgman is a truly twisted entry from Dutch director Alex van Warmerdam that was nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2013, but is just now making the rounds on this side of the Atlantic. IIFFF founder Hugues Barbier will introduce this special screening that begins at 9:30 on Friday.
The weekend continues with another National Theatre Live screening of A Small Family Business. The Alan Ayckbourn comedy screens one last time at 1:30 pm on Saturday, July 19th.
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ALL SHOWTIMES BELOW VALID BEGINNING
FRIDAY, JULY 18 |
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Fri: 4:55, 7:05, 9:15
Sat: 2:45, 4:55, 7:05, 9:15
Sun: 2:45, 4:55, 7:05
Mon - Wed: 4:55, 7:05, 9:15
Thu: 2:45, 4:55, 7:05, 9:15
Cry-Baby Thursday: 11:20 AM
Runtime: 104 min
Rating: R |
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Fri: 4:35, 7:00
Sat: 4:35, 7:00, 9:25
Sun: 2:10, 4:35, 7:00, 9:25
Mon & Tue: 4:35, 7:00, 9:25
Wed: 9:25 PM
Thu: 2:10, 4:35, 7:00, 9:25
Cry-Baby Thursday: 11:20 AM
Runtime: 115 min
Rating: R |
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Fri: 4:25, 6:55, 9:25
Sat & Sun: 1:55, 4:25, 6:55, 9:25
Mon - Wed: 4:25, 6:55, 9:25 Thurs: 1:55, 4:25, 6:55, 9:25
Cry-Baby Thursday: 11:20 AM
Runtime: 118 min
Rating: R |
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Fri - Thu: 4:50, 9:20
Runtime: 112 min
Rating: R |
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NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS
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| Sat, 7/19: 1:30 pm
Runtime: 165 min
Rating: NR |
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Mon - Wed: 4:20, 6:50, 9:20
Thu: 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20
Cry-Baby Thursday: 11:20 AM
Runtime: 126 min
Rating: R |
| | Fri: 7:10 PM Sat & Sun: 2:30, 7:10
Mon - Wed: 7:10 PM
Thu: 2:30, 7:10
Cry-Baby Thursday: 11:20 AM
Runtime: 102 min
Rating: NR |
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| OPENS FRIDAY
LIFE ITSELF A documentary film that recounts the inspiring and entertaining life of world-renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert.
Director: Steve James
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Werner Herzog, Roger Ebert |
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NIGHT MOVES Three radical environmentalists look to execute the protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Writers: Jonathan Raymond, Kelly Reichardt
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, Peter Sarsgaard |
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WE ARE THE BEST! Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.
Director: Lukas Moodysson
Writers: Lukas Moodysson, Coco Moodysson (comic book)
Stars: Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin, Liv LeMoyne |
| | | | | A MOST WANTED MAN August 1 |
| | | MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT August 15 |
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