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Ralph Fiennes directs and stars in The Invisible Woman of Charles Dickens, also playing at SIFF.
England. Check out: IMDB.com for in-depth descriptions of the films mentioned above. Also go to: SedonaFilmFestival. com for more highlights of the upcoming festival.
The College of Arts and Letters Film Series continues at NAU this spring with “Hollywood Outsiders: filmmakers who started, ended or spent their entire careers outside the Hol- lywood mainstream.” Celebrating their 10th anniversary, the series shows films Tuesday nights at Cline Library at 7PM for free. (Park behind library for free too!)
2/4 — Lolita — Directed by Stanley Kubrick, (1962) TV-14, 152 minutes. Starring James Mason, Peter Sellers, Shelley Winters and Sue Lyon. Nabokov’s novel about a middle-aged
man’s desire for an underage girl seemed impossible to trans- late to the screen. But that’s what made Kubrick such an out- sider, he left Hollywood for the UK to create masterpiece after masterpiece. And the rest is history!
2/11 — Easy Rider — Directed by Dennis Hopper, (1969) R- rated, 95 minutes. Starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson. A road trip film that started a generation of new rebel outsiders in the industry. A cross-country drug deal goes wrong for everyone involved, as Hopper gives us a snap- shot of a time and a place.
2/18 — The Wild Bunch — Directed by Sam Peckinpah, (1969) R-rated, 145 minutes. Starring William Holden, Rob- ert Ryan and Ernest Borgnine. The story of a group of aged outlaws continuing their violent ways, becomes a eulogy to the dying western. We follow the wild bunch into a reign of bullets that gave Peckinpah the nickname “Bloody Sam.” See
“Bonnie and Clyde” if you want confirmation!
2/25 — Shaft — Directed by Gordon Parks, (1971) R-rated,
100 minutes. Starring Richard Roundtree, Charles Cioffi and Moses Gunn. The soundtrack and the lingering presence of Roundtree became signifier of “cool” for the 70s. The shocking mix of film noir and the confident “new wave” of blaxploitation made this film jump off the screen in 1971. Nobody from the black community had ever talked like that on film, with that much confidence. What a profound extension of freedom in one small film that showed the times they were a changing!
The International Film Series returns on Wednesday evenings in the Liberal Arts Building (room 120) at NAU at 7PM for free with thought-provoking and inspiring films. The spring series covers “Globalization and Migration” issues from around the world. Each film is introduced by scholars in their fields and enhances the discussion after. Don’t miss this
chance to expand your horizons!
2/5 — Take Out — Directed by Sean Baker and Shih-Ching
Tsou, (2008) China/USA, unrated, 87 minutes. A tragic-come- dy about an undocumented Chinese immigrant, Ming Ding, living in New York, trying to get through his day before loan sharks devour him whole! Many issues surface as we watch an unfortunate immigrant worker struggle in the modern world.
2/19 — The Syrian Bride — Directed by Eran Riklis, (2004) Israel, unrated, 97 minutes. Shot entirely in the Golan Heights, Mona crosses the Syrian border to get married, know that if she crosses she can never return to her village. The film illumi- nates the political borders and decisions people are forced to make for love.
2/26 — In Between Days — Diorected by So Yong Kim (2006) South Korea/USA, unrated, 82 min- utes. An immigrant, Aimie, newly arrived from South Korea, finds the United States a place of bewilderment. Disconnected from mom and bored at school, Aimie has a new awakening of feelings in this fresh coming-of-age story!
The Prescott Film Festival has an incredible line-up of film presentations in February — and an incredible Valentine’s Day feature deserving of investigation — that all lead up to their big fundraiser March 2nd when they stream the Academy Awards live. All the Oscar Shorts nominated for an award will be screened in February; the narrative shorts, the documen- tary shorts and the animated shorts. Showing these nomi- nated films will allow the audience to participate on March 2nd in selecting the best of the best. An informed audience is a knowledgeable audience!
Put on your finest duds and join the movers and shakers in Prescott for a pre-Oscar Party complete with a red carpet and live music. Tickets for the fundraiser are $50 and the theme is “Glitz and Glamour.” Helen Stephenson and Andrew John- son-Schmidt host the 86th Annual Academy Awards, Prescott style, at Yavapai College of Performing Arts Center. Keep your eyes out for the exact times and dates of these upcoming films in February at PrescottFilmFestival.com and enjoy a night of music, drinks, films and food.
| Bob Reynolds is more of a licorice snob than most may realize. bob699669@hotmail.com
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