A PROPHET
March 12-14
Friday 6 & 8:45 pm, Saturday 5 pm, Sunday 2 & 4:45 pm

“Made with the filmmaker’s trademark emotional intensity and ability to elevate traditional genre material to exceptional heights, A Prophet was the most universally admired work of the Cannes Film Festival’s opening week.” Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times. A young Arab man is sent to a French prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin in this critically acclaimed nominee for the 2009 Cannes Palm d’Or and the 2009 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. A Prophet is a 2009 Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Film.
R for strong violence, sexual content, nudity, language, and drug material; 155 minutes

FISH TANK
March 20-21
Friday No showtimes, Saturday 5 pm, Sunday 2 & 4:15 pm

Director Andrea Arnold casts the same unflinching, unprejudiced gaze and touches on the themes of her Oscar-winning short Wasp to create an original and unsettling tale for our age. Fish Tank, winner of the Cannes 2009 Jury Prize, features a 15 year old whose life is turned upside down when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
123 minutes

MINE
March 26-28
Friday 6 and 8 pm, Saturday 5 pm, Sunday 2 and 4 pm

“Credit helmer Geralyn Pezanoski and editor Jen Bradwell for clarity and pep in telling an ultimately inspirational story chock-a-block with activists, rescuers, owners, and volunteers.” Eddie Cockrell, Variety. Mine is the powerful story about the essential bond between humans and animals told against the backdrop of one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history, Hurricane Katrina. 80 minutes

DANCING ACROSS BORDERS
April 2-4
Q&A with filmmaker Anne Bass after the 5 pm screening.
Friday 6 and 8 pm, Saturday 5 pm, Sunday 2 and 4 pm

On a trip to Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia, in January 2000, filmmaker Anne Bass came across a sixteen-year-old boy who moved her immensely with his amazing natural charm and grace as a dancer. A longtime devotee of the world of dance, Bass felt compelled to give this young boy the opportunity to leave his home and follow a dream. From the serene countryside of Southeast Asia to the halls of New York’s School of American Ballet to the stage of the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, Dancing Across Borders is a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of dance and chronicles the intimate and triumphant story of a boy who was discovered, and who, in turn, discovered all that he had in himself.

THE ART OF THE STEAL
April 9-11
Friday 6 and 8 pm, Saturday 5 pm, Sunday 2 and 4 pm

“The Art of the Steal is a smoothly assembled talking-head account of art commerce and art as commerce—how the rural, education-focused Barnes Foundation lost its squillion-dollar Post-Impressionist-heavy collection to Philly.” Nicholas Rapold, The New York Times. Informative and fascinating, this compelling documentary follows the struggle for control of Dr. Albert C. Barnes’s 25-billion-dollar collection of Modern and Post-Impressionist art.
101 minutes

A TOWN CALLED PANIC
April 16-18
Friday 6 and 8 pm, Saturday 5 pm, Sunday 2 and 4 pm

“To really understand the zany and surreal comic madness of A Town Called Panic, you’re going to have to see it for yourself.” Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times. Animated plastic toys like Cowboy, Indian, and Horse have problems, too. Cowboy and Indian’s plan to surprise Horse with a homemade birthday gift backfires when they destroy his house instead. Surreal adventures take over as the trio travels to the center of the earth, trek across frozen tundra, and discover a parallel underwater universe where pointy-headed (and dishonest!) creatures live. A Town Called Panic is zany, brainy and altogether insane-y!
75 minutes; French with English subtitles

VINCERE
April 23-25
Friday 6 and 8:15 pm, Saturday 5 pm, Sunday 2 and 4:15 pm

“Momentous events require suitably powerful storytelling, which vet helmer Marco Bellocchio delivers in Vincere, the little-known story of Benito Mussolini’s ill-fated first wife and son. Conceived as grand opera set inside delineated space, it’s a thrilling, at times brilliant piece of staging that never forgets the emotional pull of either the tragic personal tale or the ramifications of history.” Jay Weissberg, Variety.
128 minutes; Italian/German with English subtitles

GIRL ON THE TRAIN
April 30-May 2
Friday 6 and 8 pm, Saturday 5 pm, Sunday 2 and 4 pm

Belgian filmmaker André Téchiné’s latest drama focuses on a young woman who claims she was the target of an anti-Semitic attack and the subsequent media sensation it creates.
105 minutes