Now with added show times!
The Paradise Theatre Presents: The Cabin Fever Film Series 2012
Current Release Independent, Art House and Foreign Films
Viento (The Wind Journeys), PG13
Wed 1/18 and Thurs 1/19 (7:00); Fri 1/20 (8:30); Sun 1/22 (3:00)
adventure, music, Spanish with English subtitles
Winner Best Film Cartagena Film Festival
In this road movie from Colombian filmmaker Ciro Guerra, Ignacio Carrillo (Marciano Martinez) has been a traveling musician most of his adult life, playing his accordion for anyone who will listen as he wanders from town to town. But after the death of his wife, Ignacio has fallen into a deep depression, and he decided to give up music. As he gives up his old way of life, Ignacio sets out on a journey to give his instrument back to the man who taught him to play many years before, but a young man named Fermin Morales (Yull Nunez) invites himself along for the ride. Ignacio doesn't have much use for Fermin, and while the young man is eager to learn the accordion, it's obvious he has no aptitude for music. But Fermin is persistent, and when bandits steal Ignacio's instrument, the youngster sees an opportunity to prove himself by recovering the lost accordion. Los viajes del viento (aka The Wind Journeys) was an official selection at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened as part of the "Un Certain Regard" program. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Like Crazy, PG-13
Wed 2/1 and Thurs 2/2 (7:00); Fri 2/3 (7:30); ***NO MATINEE FOR THIS FILM on Sun 2/5 due to Superbowl Broadcast; ***AND held over Mon 2/6 - Wed 2/8 (7:00)
Winner Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival 2011
romance
A love story is both a physical and emotional tale, one that can be deeply personal and heartbreaking for an audience to experience. Director Drake Doremus' film Like Crazy beautifully illustrates how your first real love is as thrilling and blissful as it is devastating. When a British college student (Felicity Jones) falls for her American classmate (Anton Yelchin) they embark on a passionate and life-changing journey only to be separated when she violates the terms of her visa. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, Like Crazy explores how a couple faces the real challenges of being together and of being apart. -- (C) Paramount 2011
Becoming Bert Stern PG-13
Documentary | Art | Culture
In the unconventional documentary Becoming Bert Stern, the original mad-man photographer reveals himself for the first time. Berts meteoric career began as a mailroom-boy at Look Magazine, where he formed a close relationship with a young staff photographer, Stanley Kubrick. The launch of Sterns career and the Golden Age of Advertising would coincide; with Sterns Driest of the Dry campaign for Smirnoff. This ad would end up selling more vodka than Smirnoff dreamed, making America for the first time a vodka drinking country, and Stern a very successful photographer at the age of 25. Sought after by Madison Avenue, Hollywood, and the international fashion scene, Bert was at the heart of what George Lois would call the creative evolution. Along with Irving Penn and Richard Avedon, Stern minted the concept photographer as a star in his own right. Photographing what seemed like all of worlds most beautiful women like Jean Shrimpton, Suzie Parker, Audrey Hepburn, Bridget Bardot, Twiggy, Liz Taylor, and Marilyn Monroe, the kid from Brooklyn was living a dream. Marrying the beautiful and internationally acclaimed ballet dancer, Allegra Kent, a Balanchine protégé, it seemed Bert Stern could do no wrong. Stern pulls no punches in revealing himself, his loves, and his fall from grace. Filmmaker Shannah Laumeister uncovers not only Stern, but also their unique long-term relationship. Becoming Bert Stern is a story of self-creation: rise, fall and reinvention. It explores creativity, celebrity, and desire through the eyes of a man who got everything he wanted. Almost.
The Artist, PG-13
Winner Best Actor Cannes Film Festival 2011
Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), it seems the sky's the limit - major movie stardom awaits. The Artist tells the story of their interlinked destinies. -- (C) Weinstein silent, comedy, black and white
Meloncholia, R
Winner Best Actress Cannes Film Festival 2011
TRAILER
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide into the Earth.
Nominated in 8 categories at the European Film Awards including best
film, screenplay, director and 2 best actor noms for Kirsten Dunst,
Meloncholia is a rich depiction of living life to the fullest.
Most of the movies run on 35mm film; however, a couple of films are only available in digital format. (Films and Order Subject to Change).
