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Caché
Cinema
Kingston
Sunday,
9 April |
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Cinema
Kingston presents Caché (The Hidden) (Michael Haneke:
France/Austria/Germany/Italy, 2005) on Sunday, 9 April 2006, in Etherington
Auditorium at 7:00 P.M.
Tickets will be available for $8 at Etherington Hall (94 Stuart
Street) the night of the screening. A season pass is also available
for $30 at Novel Idea, Classic Video and Destinations at Queen's
University, which provides the opportunity to view five of the films
presented by Cinema Kingston.
The Hidden is
a contemporary look at the growing culture of fear that threatens
the everyday. "Haneke raises questions of guilt,
responsibility and complacency that have global implications" (Mathew
Layland, BBC Movie Reviews). Set in France, The Hidden follows a
couple as they are manipulated by a secretly recorded video. The
intrusion into their private lives threatens the security of Georges
(Daniel Auteuil), his wife, Anne (Juliette Binoche) "Binoche
is quietly sensational". (Michael Atkinson, Village Voice),
and their 12-year-old son, Pierrot (Lester Makedonsky). As Georges
begins his investigation into the source of the mystery tapes, he
revisits his childhood and rediscovers a dark secret Ð his childhood
manipulation and abuse of Majid (Maurice Benichou), an Algerian orphan
taken in by his parents. Georges suspicion of the grownup Majid causes
him to confront his past guilt. Haneke successfully parallels real
life national issues within The Hidden, drawing attention to a perpetual
widespread ignorance and disregard of those suffering from economic
and racial discrimination.
The filming
of The Hidden blurs perception and understanding. This high-concept
thriller
engages the viewers, "challenging not
only our relationship to the characters' reality, but the reality
of our own lives." (Kevin B. Lee, The Chicago Reader). Directed
by director Michael Haneke (Winner, Best Director 2005 Cannes Film
Festival).
Michael Haneke
is both Austria's most esteemed and most controversial filmmaker.
Haneke's
polemical approach attempts to lay bare the coldness
of European society and challenge Hollywood's blithe treatment of
violence. Born in 1942 in Munich, HanekeÕs career as a director
captures devastating critiques of Austrian society and expands into
investigations of broader European problems.
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The Screening Room
120 Princess St.
Beowulf & Grendel
(14a) coarse language,
violence
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Runtime: 103 min
Country: Canada / Iceland / UK
Language: English
Directed by: Sturla Gunnarsson Starring: Sarah Polley, Gerard Butler, Stellan Skarsgard, Ingvar Sigurdsson
This
is a very updated version of the Anglo-Saxon poem "Beowulf," using
contemporary English.This movie still has the mythical, epic qualities
of the poem that have inspired readers throughout the ages. In an excellent
performance, Gerard Butler effectively captures the conflicted hero Beowulf
as he endures the slow erosion of his military code of conduct. Beowulf & Grendel
is more than a story of blood and war. Themes of vengeance, loyalty and
mercy are powerfully entwined with the beginnings of Christianity in
southwest Sweden in 500 AD. Another theme which is explored is human
inability to tolerate that which is different. Gerard Butler is extremely
effective as Beowulf, but perhaps the best performance in the movie is
that delivered by the tempestuous and weirdly beautiful land of Iceland. "The
incredible landscapes are breathtaking and hint at how inhospitable
nature can be."
-- Louis B. Hobson, JAM! MOVIES
The Libertine
(14a) coarse language,
mature theme, sexual content
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 114 min
Directed by: Laurence Dunmore
Starring: Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich, Paul Ritter,
Stanley Townsend, Francesca Annis, Rosamund Pike The story of John Wilmot (Depp), a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th
century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave,
only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
"This is the
kind of film that Depp loves, understands, and unfurls his nastiest acting
regalia
for."
-- Jules Brenner (FC), CINEMA SIGNALS
April
7 Lucid
Joel Rothman can't sleep. And that's the least of his problems.
April 14 What The Bleep!?
Down the Rabbit Hole
Interviews with scientists and authors, animated bits, and a storyline involving
a mute photographer (Marlee Matlin) are used in this docudrama to illustrate
the link between quantum mechanics, neurobiology, human consciousness and day-to-day
reality.
April 28 The World's
Fastest Indian
The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro(Anthony Hopkins), who spent years
building a 1920 Indian motorcycle -- a bike which helped him set the land-speed
world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
April 28 Joyeux Noel
Christmas Eve, 1914. On a World War I battlefield, a Momentous Event changed
the lives of soldiers from France, Germany and England.
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May 5 The Three Burials
Of Melquiades Estrada
Ranch hand Pete Perkins (Jones) looks to fulfill the promise to his recently
deceased best friend by burying him in his hometown in Mexico.
May
12
CACHE
A married couple are terrorized by a series of videotapes planted on their
front porch.
May 19 Why We
Fight
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military
supremacy? Has the military become too important in American
life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent
polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
May 19 Omagh
An examination of the aftermath of the 1998 Real IRA bombing
that killed 29 people in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
May 26
Tristram Shandy:
A Cock & Bull Story
Director Michael Winterbottom (24 Hour Party People) attempts to
shoot the adaptation of Laurence Sterne's essentially unfilmable
novel, "The Life
and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman."
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The
Screening Room 120 Princess St.
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