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WILD AND
WONDERFUL WHITES OF WEST VIRGINIA (NR)
July
16 - July 29
Shoot-outs,
robberies, gas-huffing , drug dealing, pill popping, murders,
and tap dancing - what do these all have in common? These are
just a few of the parts of being a member of the Wild and
Wonderful White Family. The legendary family is as known for
their wild, excessive criminal ways as they are for their
famous mountain dancing members, including Jesco White, the
star of the cult classic documentary "Dancing Outlaw."
Exploring both the comic and tragic sides of life on the other
side of the law, this stylish, fast-paced family portrait
exposes the powerful forces of corruption, poverty, and West
Virginia's environmentally and culturally devastating coal
mining culture that helped shape the White family, a dying
breed of outlaws preserving
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EXIT THROUGH
THE GIFT SHOP (R)
July 23 - July 29
Banksy is a
graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be
seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the
Palestinian segregation wall in the West Bank. Fiercely
guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution Banksy has so far
resisted all attempts to be captured on film. Exit Through
the Gift Shop is the story of how an eccentric French shop
keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend
Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its
owner with spectacular results. Billed as "the world's first
street art disaster movie," the film contains exclusive
footage of Banksy, Shephard Fairey, Invader and many of the
world's most infamous graffiti artists at work.
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PLEASE GIVE (R)
July 30 - August 5
Please Give
is writer/director Nicole Holofcener's (Friends with Money,
Lovely & Amazing) perceptive—and devastatingly funny—take
on modern life's contradictions, good intentions and shaky
moral bearings. Kate (Catherine Keener), Alex (Oliver Platt)
and their teenage daughter Abby (Sarah Steele) purchase the
apartment next door in order to expand their two bedroom
Manhattan apartment. Their only problem is Andra (Ann Guilbert),
the cranky old lady living in it, and that they've got to wait
for her to die. Andra is cared for by her sweet granddaughter
Rebecca (Rebecca Hall) who has no life, and is blatantly
rejected by her other granddaughter, the highly cynical Mary
(Amanda Peet). Simply waiting for Andra to die becomes
complicated when the two families' lives intersect, resulting
in a dramatic comedy about love, death and liberal guilt.
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WINTER'S BONE (R)
July 30 -
August 5
Winner
of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize and
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, this tense, naturalistic
thriller follows 17-year-old Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence,
The Burning Plain) as she confronts the local criminal
underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track
down her father, who has put up the family homestead for his
bail. Featuring a star-making performance by Lawrence,
Winter's Bone is sure to be one of the most-critically
acclaimed films of the year. Directed and co-written by Debra
Granik.
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I AM LOVE (R)
July 30 -
August 5
I Am
Love tells the story of the wealthy Recchi family, whose
lives are undergoing sweeping changes. Eduardo Sr. (Gabriele
Ferzetti), the family patriarch, has decided to name a
successor to reign over his massive industrial company,
surprising everyone by splitting power between his son
Tancredi (Pippo Delbono), and grandson Edo (Flavio Parenti).
But Edo dreams of opening a restaurant with his friend Antonio
(Edoardo Gabbriellini), a handsome and talented chef. At the
heart of the family is Tancredi's wife Emma (Tilda Swinton), a
Russian immigrant who has adopted the culture of Milan. An
adoring and attentive mother, her existence is shocked to the
core when she falls quickly and deeply in love with Edo's
friend and partner Antonio, and embarks on a passionate love
affair that will change her family forever. (Fully subtitled,
except for a brief sequence in spoken English)
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COUNTDOWN TO
ZERO (PG)
August 6 - August 12
Countdown to
Zero traces the history of the atomic bomb from its
origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations
possessing nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to
join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that
could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy,
or a simple accident. Written and directed by acclaimed
documentarian Lucy Walker (The Devil’s Playground,
Blindsight), the film features an array of important
international statesmen, including President Jimmy Carter,
Mikhail Gorbachev, Pervez Musharraf and Tony Blair. It makes a
compelling case for worldwide nuclear disarmament, an issue
more topical than ever with the Obama administration working
to revive this goal today.
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