Friends Friday Films
Friends Friday Films
When: Friday March 12th, 2010 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium
TELL NO ONE (2006-France)
With François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier, Kristin Scott-Thomas. Directed by Guillame Canet. Eight years after the heinous murder of his wife, Margot, pediatrician Alex Beck still grieves for her. When the police reopen the case Alex becomes a suspect again. The mystery deepens when Alex receives an anonymous e-mail. Full of suspense a la Hitchcock.125 min. In French with English subtitles
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Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.
When: Friday March 19th, 2010 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium
THE BAND’S VISIT (2007-Israel-France-USA)
With Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri. An Egyptian band shows up in the wrong town in the middle of nowhere in the Israeli desert looking for the Arab Cultural Center. Both sides make accommodations as people from very different cultures are revealed as ordinary people with ordinary hopes and dreams. 89 min. In Arabic, English, and Hebrew with English subtitles.
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Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.
When: Friday March 26th, 2010 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (2007)
Directed by Werner Herzog. 99 min. A documentary full of oddness and beauty shot at the MacMurdo Research Station in Antarctica. Explores the strange life forms, humans included, that inhabit this lonely outpost of eternal ice. 99 min.
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When: Friday April 9th, 2010 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (2004-France)
With Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunot. A young woman’s relentless search for her fiancé who disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War I. Visually delightful with magical storytelling despite the horrors of war. 134 min. In French with English subtitles. Rated R
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When: Friday April 16th, 2010 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium
WHATEVER WORKS (2009)
With Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley, Jr. Directed by Woody Allen. This is a Woody Allen movie without him acting in it but luckily he found an alter ego in Larry David who juggles career, love life, and philosophy in that typical Woody Allen style. One of the year’s best comedies. 92 min.
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When: Friday April 23rd, 2010 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium
MURDER AT THE GALLOP (1963-Great Britain)
With Margaret Rutherford, Robert Morley, Flora Robson. Directed by George Pollock. When a wealthy gentleman is frightened to death by a cat, that indomitable sleuth Miss Marple steps in to solve this Agatha Christie mystery. 81 min.
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When: Friday April 30th, 2010 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium
THE LUCKY ONES (2008)
With Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins, Michael Pena. Directed by Neil Burger. Upbeat tale of three current Army veterans on a month’s leave travelling across country resolve unfinished issues in their lives. Strong emotional impact and humor and a departure from the traditional war film. 113 min. Rated R
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When: Friday May 7th, 2010 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium
POIL DE CAROTTE (1932-France)
With Harry Baur, Robert Lynen. Directed by Julian Duvivier. An immortal classic for its interpretation by a ten year old Robert Lynen, but also for its script, its photography - which hasn’t aged at all since 1932 -, its sound and music, and its
air of realism. It's about the suffering of unloved children and was filmed in the bucolic French countryside. In French with English subtitles. 91 min.
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When: Friday May 14th, 2010 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium
JULIE AND JULIA (2009)
With Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci. Directed by Norah Ephron. An online blogger is determined to cook her way through Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”. Flashbacks to Julia herself, played masterfully as usual by Ms. Streep, intertwine the two across time. Foodies and lovers of a great story will find this film delicious.123 min.
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When: Friday May 21st, 2010 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium
THE COUNTERFEITERS (2007-Austria-Germany))
With Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow. Directed by Stefan Ruzowitsky. A master counterfeiter is sent to Sachenhausen concentration camp to work on the Nazis’ top secret counterfeiting scheme. Raises issues of moral complicity. 2007 nominee for Best Foreign Film. 98 min. In German with English subtitles. Rated R
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When: Friday June 4th, 2010 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium
JUNEBUG (2005)
With Alessandro Nivola, Amy Adams, Embeth Davidtz, Scott Wilson. Directed by Phil Morrison. An empathetic portrayal of small town characters as a young man brings his wife to rural North Carolina to meet his family and do some business at the same time. A film that is true to its belief that families are complicated and not all problems can be solved in a single visit. You Can’t Go Home Again, sort of. 107 min. Rated R
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When: Friday June 11th, 2010 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium
A LETTER TO THREE WIVES (1949)
Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas, Thelma Ritter. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. A letter is addressed to three wives by their friend who announces she is running away with one of their husbands but doesn’t say which one. Which one will fly the coop? 103 min.
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When: Friday June 18th, 2010 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium
FOOD, INC. (2008)
Directed by Robert Kenner. A powerful documentary that lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing how our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profits ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. 91 min.
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When: Friday June 25th, 2010 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium
JUNE 25
PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (1951-Great Britain)
With James Mason, Ava Gardner. Directed by Albert Lewin. A nightclub singer falls in love with a mysterious yacht captain. Done with all the star glitz and swirling Technicolor savvy of that time.123 min.
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