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December 2, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Magnolia at the Modern is an ongoing series featuring critically acclaimed films. Regular show times are Friday at 6 & 8 pm, Saturday at 5 pm, and Sunday at 2 & 4 pm (exceptions are noted). Tickets are $8.50; $6.50 for Modern members. Advance sales begin two hours prior to each show.
Film Schedule
PLAY THE GAME
“It’s The Andy Griffith Show meets Seinfeld in the sack in Play the Game, which shows Andy is not too old to star in a sex comedy, I guess. ”Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun Times. A young ladies’ man teaches his dating tricks to his lonely, widowed grandfather (Andy Griffith), and plays his best mind games to meet the woman of his dreams.
BROKEN EMBRACES
“Cruz exudes a sensual aura of mystery that holds you spellbound. And Almodóvar, a true poet of cinema, creates images—horrifying and healing—that live inside your head like a waking dream. You want to miss a movie like that? I didn’t think so.” Peter Travers, Rolling Stone. A man writes, lives, and loves in darkness. Fourteen years before, he was in a brutal car crash on the island of Lanzarote. In the accident, he not only lost his sight, he also lost Lena (Penelope Cruz), the love of his life. One night when he’s asked about his life before the accident, the man can’t refuse the chance to tell his story.
(UNTITLED)
“Jonathan Parker’s acutely witty art-world satire, (Untitled), carries off a tricky balancing act. It invites us to view the fictitious avant-garde musicians, visual artists, gallery owners, collectors and critics trooping across the screen as fraudulent, self-deluded buffoons. But at the same time it takes these visionary oddballs—and the art they make, buy, and sell—seriously enough to force you to examine your own reflexive skepticism.” Stephen Holden, The New York Times.
A Chelsea art gallerist falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic tale about the state of contemporary art.
GOTTA DANCE
“Gotta Dance is a feel-better movie. Warm and cozy with just the tiniest dollop of tension, this documentary will make you feel almost as genial as the twelve women and one man whose dancing adventures it details. ”Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times. Director Dori Berinstein chronicles the first-ever, senior citizen hip-hop dance team for the New Jersey Nets Basketball team, twelve women and one man—all dance team newbies—from auditions to center court stardom.
THE MAID
As a sympathetic and unflinching portrayal of one woman’s struggle to escape emotional self-destruction, director Sebastian Silva’s The Maid precisely plumbs the depths of human frailty to compassionately reveal the interior life of a troubled character while avoiding the pitfalls of distracting sentimentality. This is strikingly talented cinema from a notable international filmmaker. Justin Lowe, The Hollywood Reporter. This drama centered on a maid trying to hold on to her position after having served a family for 23 years won the 2009 Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Grand Jury Prize.
THE HORSE BOY
Nominated for the 2009 grand jury prize at SXSW Film Festival, this heartfelt documentary delves into the strange world of autism, horses, shamanism, and Mongolia while telling the story of a family that will go to the end of the earth to find a way into their son’s life.
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