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THIS IS ENGLAND
SHOW DATE: 9/30/2007
SPEAKER(S): Max Weiss
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Cinema Sundays Fall 2007 Series 40!
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Cinema Sundays at the Charles continues its 40th series on September 30th with the Baltimore Premiere of This is England. Written and directed by Shane Meadows. Starring Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure.
2006 USA Unrated, UK:15 101 minutes.
Synopsis
Based on incidents from his own childhood, writer-director Shane Meadows's THIS IS ENGLAND is a stunning, brutal look at 1983 Britain, during the conservative Margaret Thatcher regime and the controversial Falklands War. Twelve-year-old Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) is a tough little kid who is street-smart beyond his years despite being short for his age. He falls in with a group of older boys, led by Woody (Joe Gilgun), who hang out at a local coffee shop, like to commit minor acts of anarchy, and adopt Shaun as one of their own--especially Smell (Rosamund Hanson), an overly made-up teenager who dresses like Boy George and develops a cute romantic interest in the complicated boy. But when skinhead Combo (SNATCH's Stephen Graham) gets out of jail, he returns to the gang, eager to take over the reins and lead them on a nationalistic battle to get rid of the immigrants who are stealing their jobs and to defend England to the death. Shaun, whose father died in the Falklands, must choose between staying with Woody and his friends or joining Combo on his violent quest to protect the homeland. Turgoose, in his acting debut, is an absolute revelation in the extremely demanding, challenging role of Shaun. Graham is excellent as Combo, keeping the audience on the edge of their seats, never knowing what he is going to do next, waiting for him to simply explode. Meadows (TWENTYFOURSEVEN, DEAD MAN'S SHOES) paces the film brilliantly, and uses a terrific soundtrack that ranges from Percy Sledge and Toots & the Maytals to UK Subs and Culture Club, from Dexy's Midnight Runners and Soft Cell to the Smiths and the Specials, capturing the uneasy times in Thatcherite England. Don't miss the beginning, which features a thrilling montage that sets the mood perfectly.
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http://www.thisisenglandmovie.co.uk/#
Cinema Sundays continues its all star 40th series with the award winning film This is England. This stunning portrait of errant youth during the 1980’s (now a period piece!) has been called the most interesting British film since Trainspotting. If you’re fed up with namby pamby hey nonny nonny English Sense and Sensibility fare this could be just the antidote for you.
Our speaker this week is none other than the queen of pop culture herself Max Weiss from Baltimore Magazine and WBAL. It’s a pleasure to welcome her back to Cinema Sundays and I look forward to her insightful comments.
I want to thank Angus Phillips for doing such a nice job with Deep Water last week. I still feel a little damp!
If you’ve never been to Cinema Sundays before take a look at our new and improved description to celebrate our 40th series.
Jonathan Palevsky
Jpalevsky@aol.com
DEEP WATER
SHOW DATE: 9/23
SPEAKER(S): Angus Phillips
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Cinema Sundays Fall 2007 Series 40!
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Cinema Sundays at the Charles continues its 40th series on September 23rd with the Baltimore Premiere of Deep Water. Directed by Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell. Starring Jean Badin, Donald Crowhurst, Santiago Franchessie, Ted Hynes, Donald Kerr.
2006 UK Rated PG 92 minutes.
Synopsis
DEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race, and the psychological toll it took on its competitors. Sponsored by the Sunday Times of London, the much-ballyhooed event attracted a field of nine, including amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who set out to circumnavigate the globe in late 1968. Battling treacherous seas and his own demons, Crowhurst almost immediately comes apart as he faces the isolation of nine months on the high seas. Part adventure yarn and part metaphysical mystery, DEEP WATER is an unforgettable journey into one mans heart of darkness.
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http://www.deepwatermovie.co.uk/
Cinema Sundays continues its 40th series with the disturbing documentary Deep Water. (Produced by the same people who gave us the troubling Touching the Void!) Our speaker this week is Angus Phillips columnist from the Washington Post who has written about this race and other sailing matters. Here’s a link to his column on the subject. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/07/AR2007040700995.html
His insights on the movie and the story should prove fascinating.
Once again we are privileged with a first rate speaker and a very well reviewed film (97% positive according to Rotten Tomatos.com) Hope you can make it.
I would like to thank Gary Vikan from The Walters Museum for being such a gracious and well informed host for CSC’s first week screening of Rape of Europa.
If you’ve never been to Cinema Sundays before take a look at our new and improved description to celebrate our 40th series.
Jonathan Palevsky
Jpalevsky@aol.com
THE RAPE OF EUROPA
SHOW DATE: 9/9/2007
SPEAKER(S): Dr. Gary Vikan
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Cinema Sundays at the Charles Theatre Begins its 40th series on September 9th with the Baltimore Premiere of The Rape of Europa. Written and directed by Richard Berge and Bonni Cohen.
2007 USA Rated G 117 minutes.
Synopsis
The Rape of Europa tells the epic story of the systematic theft, deliberate destruction and miraculous survival of Europe’s art treasures during the Third Reich and World War II. In a journey through seven countries, the film takes the audience into the violent whirlwind of fanaticism, greed, and warfare that threatened to wipe out the artistic heritage of Europe. For twelve long years, the Nazis looted and destroyed art on a scale unprecedented in history. But heroic young art historians and curators from America and across Europe fought back with an extraordinary campaign to rescue and return the millions of lost, hidden and stolen treasures.
Today, more than sixty years later, the legacy of this tragic history continues to play out as families of looted collectors recover major works of art, conservators repair battle damage, and nations fight over the fate of ill-gotten spoils of war.
The Rape of Europa begins and ends with the story of artist Gustav Klimt’s famed Gold Portrait, stolen from Viennese Jews in 1938 and is now the most expensive painting ever sold. Joan Allen narrates this breathtaking chronicle about the battle over the very survival of centuries of western culture.
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http://www.actualfilms.net/rape.htm
Cinema Sundays is delighted to begin its 40th series with the award winning documentary The Rape of Europa. Our speaker this week is the Director of the Walters Art Museum Dr. Gary Vikan. One of Baltimore’s most gifted speakers and valued arts figures, Dr. Vikan can also be heard on WYPR and you can read his thoughts in his blog at www.thewalters.org.
I have had the privilege of hearing Gary Vikan speak numerous times and the combination of his artistic expertise and this movie should prove electric. I hope you have had a nice Summer and look forward to seeing you on Sunday.
If you’ve never been to Cinema Sundays before take a look at our new and improved description to celebrate our 40th series.
Jonathan Palevsky
Jpalevsky@aol.com
Precisely at 9:45 on a given Sunday morning, while birds chirp in the most musical manner, the doors at the Charles Theatre swing open to reveal a lobby replete with tasty bagels, hot coffee and friendly volunteers ready to serve them to you. All of our volunteers have been pre-tested for a complete lack of morning grouchiness and provide the nicest service.
Guarded carefully by the enormous lobby penguin (which desperately needs a name) bagels, coffee and scintillating yet improvised conversation continues until 10:30. At precisely 10:30:07 some brief opening remarks by yours truly will be followed by a few remarks from our guest speaker who will never do either of two things. First he or she will never ever give away the plot of the film and second the speaker will not go on too long…especially if the film is one of those 2.5 hour Soviet era documentaries on the Romance of the Seven Tractor Drivers.
Following a brief admonition not to talk during the film and a recommendation to sublet your cell phone to a starving student from the third world the screening will take place. Upon completion of the screening a robust question and answer session featuring our guest speaker will include your fascinating observations upon the recently screened movie.
This flowery description barely describes the sublime joy and excitement which is Cinema Sundays. If there is a better way to spend Sunday mornings it simply hasn’t occurred to me….yet!
Jonathan Palevsky
Host of Cinema Sundays and completely reachable at JPalevsky@aol.com
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