Added Screenings in February! TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT & RUST AND BONE Join Award-Winning Actress Marion Cotillard (LA VIE EN ROSE, RUST & BONE, THE IMMIGRANT, TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT) for a Special Live Q&A!
Monday, February 2, 2015 – 7:30 PM – Double Feature:
TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT, 2014, Sundance Selects, 95 min. Dirs. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne. Following a hospital stay, Sandra (a profoundly moving Marion Cotillard) is told she has lost her factory job – and that the only way she can get it back is to persuade her co-workers to give up their annual bonuses. Over the course of a weekend, Sandra confronts each of them individually to win their support before time runs out.“Rich in the Dardennes’ favored themes of work, family and the value of money, and infused with the suspense of a ticking-clock thriller … the Dardennes once again find a richness of human experience that dwarfs most movies made on an epic canvas.” – Scott Foundas, Variety. In French with English subtitles. Discussion between films with award-winning actress Marion Cotillard who is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress this year for her work in TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT.
RUST AND BONE (DE ROUILLE ET D’OS). 2012, Sony Pictures Classics, 120 min., France, Dir. Jacques Audiard. Single father and would-be kickboxer Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) is working as a nightclub bouncer when he meets Stephanie (Marion Cotillard), who works at a marine park training killer whales. When Stephanie’s legs are amputated after an accident, she draws closer to Ali, but the young man’s wandering eye and financial straits threaten to keep these soulmates apart. Cotillard’s bravura performance has earned awards from the Telluride Film Festival as well as SAG and Golden Globe nominations. “A passionate and moving love story which surges out of the screen like a flood tide” – Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian. In French with English subtitles.
 1328 Montana Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90403
BIG HERO 6 & “Feast”
2014, 93 min, USA, Dir: Don Hall, Chris Williams
Saturday, February 7, 2015 – 3:00 PM
This acclaimed comedy-adventure from Walt Disney Animation Studios is one-of-a-kind! Led by teen prodigy Hiro Hamada, the Big Hero 6 team consists of five talented humans and one king-sized inflatable robot named Baymax. Their mission: To keep the city of San Fransokyo safe from a rogue robotics expert. There’s plenty of action here, but it’s the strong central bond between Hiro and Baymax that gives this box office hit a big heart as well as big heroes.
Plus the short film: “Feast” (Dir. Patrick Osborne) The story of one man’s love life as seen through the eyes of his best friend and dog, Winston, and revealed bite by bite through the meals they share.
AERO THEATRE
1328 Montana Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90403
BOYHOOD & DAZED AND CONFUSED
Join Award-Winning Director Richard Linklater (BEFORE SUNRISE, BEFORE SUNSET, BEFORE MIDNIGHT, BOYHOOD) for a Special Live Q&A!
Friday, February 6, 2015 – 7:30 PM – Double Feature:
BOYHOOD
2014, IFC Films, 165 min, USA, Dir: Richard Linklater
Among the most remarkable films of recent memory, BOYHOOD was shot over a 12-year period to follow the fractured family life of Mason Evans Jr. (Ellar Coltrane) as he moves from grade school to college. As his divorced parents, Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke are equally affecting despite taking different approaches to raising kids. Impressive as the logistical hurdles Linklater and his team surmounted, what’s most memorable about this coming-of-age drama is how right it gets the little moments of this boy’s life – a sad stare as mom drives him away from his hometown for the last time, an encouraging note passed to him at his new school, or an early morning walk with a girlfriend. Discussion following with filmmaker Richard Linklater.
DAZED AND CONFUSED
1993, Gramercy Pictures, 102 min, USA, Dir: Richard Linklater
The last day of class at a Texas high school in 1976 brings together jocks, nerds and stoners in this cult teen comedy set to a classic rock soundtrack. Jason London, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich and Renée Zellweger are among the students gearing up for the summer; Matthew McConaughey is unforgettable as the older guy who still parties with the kids.
AERO THEATRE
1328 Montana Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90403
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL & TO BE OR NOT TO BE
Join Award-Winning Director Wes Anderson (RUSHMORE, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, FANTASTIC MR. FOX, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL) for a Special Live Q&A!
Monday, February 9, 2015 – 7:30 PM
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
2014, Fox Searchlight, 100 min, USA, Dir: Wes Anderson
Somewhere in Zubrowka, before WWII wiped that country off the map, sits the Grand Budapest Hotel; at its heart is concierge M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes). With faithful lobby boy Zero Moustafa (newcomer Tony Revolori) at his side, he keeps things running smoothly – until a priceless painting that could tip the balance of a family fortune arrives at the hotel. Writer-director Wes Anderson has assembled an all-star cast for this comedy-drama, with Oscar winners F. Murray Abraham, Adrien Brody and Tilda Swinton joining such regular collaborators as Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman and Owen Wilson. Discussion following with Wes Anderson.
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
1942, IPMA Inc., 99 min, USA, Dir: Ernst Lubitsch
The threat posed by N azi Germany was very real when director Ernst Lubitsch took aim at the Third Reich in this now-classic comedy. Jack Benny and Carole Lombard (in her final role) are married actors in Warsaw when Hitler’s troops invade; they and the rest of their company must give the performances of their lives to save pilot Robert Stack and the Polish resistance from N azi spies. No less a comedic great than Mel Brooks put his stamp of approval on the film, remaking it in 1983.
EGYPTIAN THEATRE
6712 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Please Note the Date Change for This Double Feature!
THE LADY EVE & THE PALM BEACH STORY
This Preston Sturges Comedy Double Feature has moved from February 6 to Wednesday, February 11 at 7:30 PM.
You won’t want to miss Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck’s antics in THE LADY EVE or Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrea in THE PALM BEACH STORY! |
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