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BEYOND THE SEA
SHOW DATE: 12/5
SPEAKER(S): Jennifer Ballengee
Here's some information about the film:
Directed by Kevin Spacey, written by Paul Attanacso
(HOMICIDE) and Lorenzo Carterarra
2004, US, 121 min.
For BOBBY DARIN (Kevin Spacey), performing was his
life. It kept his heart beating. He came alive
onstage, even when he was near collapse offstage. In
BEYOND THE SEA, Bobby tells his own story.
He wants to be a legend by 25. MACK THE KNIFE makes
him the star he's dreamed of becoming but for him this
is only the beginning.
The hits keep coming and his life keeps evolving,
including an Academy Award nomination for Best
Supporting Actor in CAPTAIN NEWMAN MD. Never satisfied
with success, Bobby continues to reinvent himself and
moves from rock and roll into pop, gospel, country &
western and folk music. By the end of his brief
14-year career Bobby Darin he's had more hits in more
genres of music than any recording artist except Elvis
Presley and Ray Charles.
To view the official site, cut and paste this address:
http://www.beyondtheseathemovie.com/
To view trailer, cut and paste this address:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363473/trailers
ABOUT CINEMA SUNDAYS at the Charles--per the PRETTY
YUONG THINGS gang:
“Cinema Sundays begins with a simple brunch - we offer
a simply marvelous buffet of Sam's bagels with cream
cheese, gourmet coffee, tea, and steaming hot
chocolate. Splendid! I dare say, doors open at 9:45
for brunch and conversation, isn't it too divine?!
Dear me, the ghastly film begins at 10:35.
Each program is jolly well presented by a guest
speaker, who introduces the divine film and leads the
lively post-screening discussion. The shame! I dare
say, the frightfully beastly pool of guest speakers
includes critics, filmmakers, and experts spiffingly
on topics covered by the divine films. Oh my!”
THIS WEEK’S GUEST SPEAKER: Jennifer Ballengee,
Department of English, Towson University
KINSEY
SHOW DATE: 11/21
SPEAKER(S): Chris Kaltenbach
Here's some information about the film:
Directed and written by Bill Condon
2004, US, 118 min.
Academy Award®-winning writer-director Bill Condon
(GODS AND MONSTERS) turns the microscope on Alfred
Kinsey in a drama that is at once a portrait of a man
driven to uncover the most private secrets of the
nation, and a journey into the mystery of human
behavior. Liam Neeson stars as Kinsey, who in 1948
irrevocably changed American culture and created a
media sensation with his book Sexual Behavior in the
Human Male. Asking thousands of people about the most
intimate aspects of their lives, Kinsey lifted the
weight of doubt and shame from a society in which sex
was hidden, and knowledge was dangerous. His work
sparked one of the most intense cultural debates of
the past century – a debate that rages on today.
Official Site:
http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/kinsey/site/
Click here for trailer:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362269/trailers
ABOUT CINEMA SUNDAYS at the Charles—as described by
our friends at :
http://www.cinemasundays.com
“Cinema Sundays begins with a simple brunch - we offer
a simply marvelous buffet of Sam's bagels with cream
cheese, gourmet coffee, tea, and steaming hot
chocolate. Splendid! I dare say, doors open at 9:45
for brunch and conversation, isn't it too divine?!
Dear me, the ghastly film begins at 10:35.
Each program is jolly well presented by a guest
speaker, who introduces the divine film and leads the
lively post-screening discussion. The shame! I dare
say, the frightfully beastly pool of guest speakers
includes critics, filmmakers, and experts spiffingly
on topics covered by the divine films. Oh my!”
THIS WEEK’S GUEST SPEAKER: Baltimore Sun Film critic
Chris Kaltenbach, who is making it a habit of being
guest speaker during MicroCineFest.
Being Julia
SHOW DATE: 11/14
SPEAKER(S): Actress Jen Plants
Here's some information about the film:
Directed by István Szabó, written by Ronald Harwood,
adapted from the novel by Somerset Maugham
2004, UK, US, Canada, Hungary, 105 min.
Tale of amorous folly and revenge set in the world of
the London stage in the late 1930's with Annette
Benning as reigning diva Julia Lambert engages in a
passionate May - December affair with Tom (Shaun
Evans) a young American with plans of his own. When
she realizes that Tom is just a young social climber
whose real passion is ambitious young starlet Avice
Crichton (Lucy Punch), Julia plots a delightful
revenge.
Official Site:
http://www.sonyclassics.com/beingjulia/core/hasFlash.html
Click here for trailer:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/being_julia.html
ENDURING LOVE
SHOW DATE: 11/7
SPEAKER(S): Michael Giuliano
Here's some information about the film:
Directed by Roger Mitchell, written by Joe Penhall,
adapted from the novel by Ian McEwan
2004, UK, 100 min.
Rhys Ifans, Daniel Craig and Samantha Morton
Joe Rose has planned an intimate picnic in the English
countryside with his girlfriend Claire (Samantha
Morton). The special afternoon is suddenly interrupted
when a hot-air balloon plunges from the sky—a young
boy trapped within its basket. Joe and three other men
instinctually run to the rescue.
Unexpectedly, Joe receives a call from one of the
other rescuers, Jed Parry (Rhys Ifans), who expresses
an urgent need to meet with him. An intense and
brooding soul, Jed insists that he and Joe have shared
a powerful moment together and that, as he puts it,
"something has passed between them."
Official Site:
http://www.paramountclassics.com/enduringlove/index2.html
Click here for trailer:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount_classics/enduring_love.html
ABOUT CINEMA SUNDAYS at the Charles:
http://www.cinemasundays.com
“Cinema Sundays begins with a simple brunch - we offer
a simply marvelous buffet of Sam's bagels with cream
cheese, gourmet coffee, tea, and steaming hot
chocolate. Splendid! I dare say, doors open at 9:45
for brunch and conversation, isn't it too divine?!
Dear me, the ghastly film begins at 10:35.
Each program is jolly well presented by a guest
speaker, who introduces the divine film and leads the
lively post-screening discussion. The shame! I dare
say, the frightfully beastly pool of guest speakers
includes critics, filmmakers, and experts spiffingly
on topics covered by the divine films. Oh my!”
THIS WEEK’S GUEST SPEAKER: Who needs no
introduction…Michael Giuliano
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