JULY 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (7:15 & 9:00)

QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us?Director: Taggart Siegel USA/New Zealand/France, 2010, 82 minutes; BluRay; rated G

HHHHH FIVE STARS! THE FEEL-GOOD ADVOCACY FILM OF THE YEAR!” –Box Office Magazine

“A remarkable documentary that’s also one of the most beautiful nature films I’ve seen.” — Roger Ebert

“ENTERTAINING, GORGEOUS AND RELEVANT!” –The Oregonian

“STUNNING! As soulful as it is scientific, as uplifting as it is alarming.”--Film.com

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“Queen of the Sun” would be a warm, inviting title for any movie, but it’s the subtitle — “What Are the Bees Telling Us?” — that demands our attention. The bees are telling us they’re in big trouble and need our help.

As it turns out, helping bees is not only spiritually reward-ing and environmentally essential, but it’s also a lot of fun.

Portland-based Taggart Siegel continues his upbeat focus on eco-friendly advocacy.

His choice of subject matter is environmentally urgent, but Siegel is a solution-savvy filmmaker who favors hope over gloom. That approach makes “Queen of the Sun” an uplifting call to action to solve a potentially disastrous problem.

The culprit is Colony Collapse Disorder, a mysterious malaise that causes bees to abandon their queen and vanish from their hives. Because honeybees help pol-linate the world’s food supply, this mysterious decima-tion demands the recruitment of responsible beekeepers everywhere.

According to prescient predictions made by Austrian sci-entist and philosopher Rudolf Steiner in 1923, honeybee

colonies are collapsing right on schedule. It’s the cumula-tive effect of a variety of factors including industrialized beekeeping, the mutating effects of pesticides and the absence of eco-balancing diversity caused by single-crop (monocultural) agriculture.

Siegel gathers globe-spanning testimony (France, New Zealand, the Bronx, and, Portland) from journalists, sci-entists, philosophers and beekeeping authorities to sum-marize 10,000 years of beekeeping history and to put the current honeybee crisis in perspective. As always, nature provides the yardstick: The farther we stray from natural balance, the worse off we are.

Fortunately, there’s still time to make genuine progress. Eco-friendly, chemical-free beekeeping in New Zealand points to a positive deterrent against colony collapse, and Siegel charts a beekeeping revolution that’s now in full swing. It’s an infectious enthusiasm, and by including how-to-get-started instructions in the end credits, that’s clearly what Siegel intended. --Seattle Times

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JULY 6 & 7 (7:00 & 9:10)

L’AMOUR FOUDirector: Pierre Thoretton France, 2010, 104 minutes; French with subtitles; rated G

“Guaranteed to satisfy the Francophile and the fashionista in one fell swoop!” –Vanity Fair

Yves Saint Laurent is heralded as one of the great-est fashion designers of the twentieth century. Together with his once-lover and longtime busi-ness partner, Pierre Bergé, the Yves Saint Laurent Couture House broke boundaries that shook the world of fashion, forever changing the way women dressed. With echoes of Lagerfeld Confidential, Valentino: The Last Emperor and The September Issue, L`Amour Fou is a grand tribute to an empire of decadence and beauty. This gorgeously lush biopic of one of the greatest names in fashion will stay with you, and linger in your mind. As Saint Laurent once said, “Fashions fade, style is eternal” and this gorgeously stylish film will not soon fade from memory. –Mongrel Media

JULY 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 (7:00 & 9:20)

JANE EYREDirector: Cary Jon Fukunaga UK/USA, 2011, 120 min; rated G

Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins

“The new version of Jane Eyre is far and away the best I’ve seen.” –Chicago Reader

Those new to Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 tale, about a tough-minded young governess who falls into a rabbit hole of love, might well find the makings of a new obsession in this quiet, yet passionate film, which makes an often-told story feel fresh and breathless again. Central to the movie’s power is the performance of Mia Wasikowska (The Kids Are All Right, Alice in Wonderland, In Treatment) in the title role. Looking plain, pale, tightly controlled and heartbreakingly young, she let’s us see the character’s carefully hidden strength, her aching need for love, her dreams of a life bigger than what seems promised to her. “I’ve never spoken with men,” she says.

The man she speaks of is Edward Rochester, the dashing, mysterious master of remote Thornfield Hall, where Jane arrives for her first post-school position. Kindly housekeeper Mrs. Fairfax soon notices, with worry, an attraction between the teenage governess and her employer. Screenwriter Moira Buffini spins out the story elegantly and economically, faithful to the spirit of Brontë. --Seattle Times

Reader, I liked it. This “Jane Eyre,” energetically directed from a smart, trim script, is a splendid example of how to tackle the daunting duty of turning a beloved work of classic literature into a movie.. — The New York Times

JULY 24, 25, 26, 27 (7:00 & 9:10)

THE FIRST GRADERDirector: Justin Chadwick UK/Kenya, 2010, 104 minutes; PG

“AN UPLIFTING TRUE STORY!” –Variety

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WINNER! AUDIENCE PRIZE – Tribeca Film Festival

Stories about inspiring teachers have tantalized moviemakers and movie audiences since the era of Mr. Chips. This latest incarna-tion proved to be one of the biggest crowd-pleasers at this year’s Telluride Film Festival. Although the arc of the story might be familiar, the setting and characters are fresh. Art house audiences are likely to discover and embrace the film.

First Grader is set in Kenya and recounts the true story of an 84-year-old farmer and former Mau Mau tribesman who decided to go to school when the country introduced universal educa-tion. Maruge (Oliver Litondo), an old man with a walking stick, approaches the new school in his village and asks to enroll.

The school authorities are reluctant to admit an octogenarian alongside 6-year-olds, and we gradually learn there are tribal rivalries that also contribute to their suspicion. Teacher Jane Obinchu (Naomie Harris) is equally skeptical, but when she observes Maruge’s unyielding determination to learn to read, she becomes his ally. The film paints a vivid picture of rural and urban Kenya -- Maruge eventually travels to Nairobi to plead his case.

Director Justin Chadwick -- best known for his superb BBC miniseries of Dickens’ “Bleak House” -- insisted on filming on location, and he enlisted locals for most of the roles in the film. He brings the countryside alive and also provides fascinating insights into a forgotten chapter of British colonial history. The result is that an unknown story seems certain to stir the hearts of audiences worldwide. --The Hollywood Reporter

“An enjoyable feel-good drama that pushes all the right buttons thanks to strong direction and terrific perfor-mances.” –ViewLondon

JULY 15 (7:00 & 9:25)

AMELIEDirector: Jean-Pierre Jeunet France, 123 minutes; French with subtitles; BluRay; 14A

“JOYOUS! A film that will put a goofy grin on your face!” –Film Threat

This utterly beguiling fable is the charming tale of a young French girl who helps strangers find love and happiness. A waitress in a Parisian café, Amélie (Audrey Tautou) sees it as her mission in life to right wrongs and improve the lives of her customers. But she proves rather less successful at bettering her own lot, despite falling for a handsome loner (Mathieu Kassovitz) with his own bizarre quest. Forget the plot, the real delight is the army of oddballs that rotate around the gamine Miss Tautou. ---BBCi

JULY 16 (7:00 & 9:15)

MADE IN DAGENHAMDirector: Nigel Cole UK, 2010, 114 min; PG Cast: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Rosamund Pike, Miranda Richardson, Daniel Mays

A genuinely uplifting crowd-pleaser. In 1968, the Ford plant at Dagenham is the cornerstone of the British car industry. Persuaded to come along to meet with management by her shop steward (Bob Hoskins), housewife Rita O’Grady (Hawkins) surprises everyone, and most of all herself, by throwing the bosses’ hypocrisy back in their faces. In no time at all she has led the women out on their very first strike. This is the sort of story the British do better than anyone, related with great populist spirit and rambunc-tious comedy. –Vancouver International Film Festival

JULY 22 & 23 (7:00 & 9:25)

THE CONSPIRATORDirector: Robert Redford USA, 2011, 123 minutes; PG Cast: Robin Wright, James MacIvoy, Kevin Kline, Evan Rachel Wood, Tom Wilkinson, Danny Huston

Homeland security and its costs in freedom isn’t a modern dilemma, according to Robert Redford’s engrossing historical drama. Before 9/11, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln pan-icked Americans in the Civil War’s wake. Quickly exposed as anti-Union terrorists, suspects who weren’t killed were captured then railroaded through military tribunals to the gallows. The Conspirator is about one of those prisoners, Mary Surratt, played with stoic grace by Robin Wright. Mary owned the boarding house where her son and others — including trigger man John Wilkes Booth — schemed to kill Lincoln. Mary firmly denies any knowledge of the conspiracy but as a Confederate sympathizer shows no lack of contempt for the government. At its core this is an absorbing courtroom drama and a splendid period piece, obviously well-researched on both counts. Redford proves that at 75 he can still choose meaningful projects and deliver them with intelligence. --St. Petersburg Times

JULY 28, 29 & 30 (7:15 & 9:10)

POM Wonderful presents THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLDDirector: Morgan Spurlock USA, 2011, 88 minutes; PG

“I’m buying into Morgan Spurlock! He makes you laugh till it hurts” – Rolling Stone

“Even more amusing than Super Size Me” –The New York Times

“HILARIOUS! There are lots of laughs!” –Arizona Republic

Funny, informative, and at times outrageously cheeky, this documentary by Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) examines the questionable mar-keting tactic of movie product placement, where-by companies pay filmmakers to show their mer-chandise onscreen. Spurlock’s strategy is openly, amusingly hucksterish: having financed his movie with product placement, he then devotes much of the screen time to the negotiations that got him his sponsors, or didn’t. (Hence the title, for which the pomegranate juice company POM Wonderful supplied two-fifths of the $1.5 million budget.) The interviewees include many corporate insiders as well as Brett Ratner, Quentin Tarantino, Ralph Nader, and Noam Chomsky. –Chicago Reader

“TERRIFIC!” –Wall Street Journal

“You’ll get your money’s worth out of this entertaining ‘doc-buster’ meta-film.” --Cinemaclips

JUNE 19 & 20 (7:00 & 9:35)

THE WAY BACKDirector: Peter Weir USA, 2010, 134 minutes; PG

Cast: Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Dragos Bucur

“REMARKABLE CINEMATOGRAPHY!” –San Francisco Chronicle

Part The Great Escape and part Lawrence of Arabia, Peter Weir’s epic is ambitious in scope, grand in vision and rich with examples of the resil-ience of the human spirit. It’s the kind of story David Lean (The Bridge on the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago) would have loved to tell. --New Orleans Times-Picayune When they escape a Siberian labor camp in 1940 seven courageous multi-national pris-oners discover the true meaning of friendship as their epic journey takes them across thousands of miles of hostile terrain, including China, the Gobi desert and Tibet, over the Himalays, en-route to India and their freedom. Peter Weir directed this extraordinary adventure, his first film since Master and Commander. Since this world-class Australian filmmaker works rarely and his output includes

JUNE 28 & 29 (7:10 & 9:00)

THE ARBORDirector: Clio Barnard UK, 2010, 94 minutes

“HHHH FOUR STARS! Moving, bold, unconventional and impeccably staged,” –Empire

Numerous celluloid experiments have fudged reality and fiction lately, but few are as formally inventive or socially revelatory as Clio Barnard’s exploration of playwright Andrea Dunbar’s working-class family. Dramatically spellbinding and intellectually stimulating, it manipulates multiple layers of representation to shattering effect. Deploying a technique known as verbatim theater, in which actors lip-synch words recorded by the real-life people they’re portraying, Barnard brilliantly counterpoints authentic sound with artificial imag-ery, criss-crossing the fragile boundaries separating nar-rative and documentary. A must-see entry in the ongoing evolution of cinematic formalism, The Arbor also makes for one helluva popcorn outing. In 1976, Dunbar, then 15, began writing “The Arbor,” a raw, lucid description of her experiences growing up in a Yorkshire housing project. Teenage pregnancy, racism, alcoholism and domestic violence were the order of the day. By the time she died at age 29, she had given birth to three children and penned three plays. “A State Affair” (2000), picked up where “Arbor” left off. Barnard’s picture incorporates all of these elements. These interwoven distancing techniques, when applied to such kitchen-sink fatalism, have the effect of breaking down the ties that bind, and it proves amazingly liberating. –Variety Sponsored by UVic’s Film Studies Program

JUNE 30, JULY 1*, 2 (7:00 & 9:00*) *No 9pm show on July 1st*

THE YEAR DOLLY PARTON WAS MY MOMDirector: Tara Johns Canada, 2011, 95 minutes; rated G

Tara Johns must have known she was onto something when she decided to call her first feature The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom. Nostalgic, innocent, funny, touching – the Montreal filmmaker’s debut is all of these things, and more. Set in 1976, It’s the story of Elizabeth (the quietly radiant Julia Stone), a geeky 11-year-old girl from the Prairies who is waiting desperately for puberty to strike when she finds out her family isn’t exactly what she thought it was. So Elizabeth does what any disillusioned preteen would do. After deciding that Dolly Parton must be her real mother, she gets all gussied up, boards her banana-seat bike and sets out in pursuit of the truth – and a fantasy – leaving her befuddled, perfect-housewife mom Marion (Macha Grenon) to scramble after her.

What begins as a quaint, domestic coming-of-age tale turns into a moving mom/daughter road movie. There’s a distinctly Canadian feel that works to the film’s benefit. It’s not an action-packed Hollywood adventure, but something quieter, more intuitive and open-ended. It’s all set to the tunes of Dolly Parton, sung by some notable Canadian songbirds including Martha Wainwright, Coral Egan and Nelly Furtado. By the time Parton contrib-utes her voice in a film-ending, off-screen cameo, we’ve been taken on a ride. And as with any good trip, we return feeling lighter.– The Montreal Gazette

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JUNE 26 & 27 (7:00 & 9:10)

THE TEMPESTDirector: Julie Taymor USA, 2010, 110 minutes

Cast: Helen Mirren, Ben Whishaw, Djimon Hounsou, Felicity Jones, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, Tom Conti, David Strathairn, Alan Cumming, Chris Cooper

It’s suiting that director Julie Taymor (Titus, Frida, Across the Universe) should recast the lead role in Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” for Helen Mirren. Taymor is a real visionary, and Shakespeare’s Prospero (here renamed Prospera) is one of litera-ture’s classic stand-ins for the artist-as-prestidigitator, using magic to direct, as it were, the emotions of the others in the story. Taymor does the same for her audi-ence, and when she’s in form, which is pretty often here, it’s marvelous. –Portland Oregonian

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JUNE 21, 22, 23 (7:15 & 9:00)

BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORKDirector: Richard Press USA/France, 2010, 85 minutes; BluRay; rated G

“Bill Cunningham New York is as winning as its subject!” –The Globe and Mail

Here is a movie about a happy and nice man. Bill Cunningham was lucky to find what he loves to do and do it, and win universal affection from all who know him and make a contribution to our lives and times. Doing what he loves is very nearly all he does, except to sleep and eat. Bill Cunningham lives a life as pure and idealistic as Thoreau’s, and he does it in the middle of Manhattan. In this documentary, Bill celebrates his 80th birthday. Every day of his life he still pedals around Manhattan on his bicycle, taking photographs of what people are wear-ing. He has been famous for many years for doing this, and his work has been featured in Women’s Wear Daily, Vogue, and the original Details magazine. These days,

you can find him featured in big spreads in the New York Times. Do not make the mistake of calling Bill Cunningham a “fashion photographer.” He is a photographer of people and what they wear. Don’t call him a “paparazzo.” He doesn’t know who half the celebrities are and doesn’t care.

Fashion editors study his work because he seems to be early to notice a developing trend. In Bill’s view, fashion begins with creative individuals and not “tastemakers.”. Bill lives the life of a monk. This is a man who seems always delighted. He smiles and laughs warmly and easily. Does that makes him sound … simple? There is nothing simple about Bill Cunningham, who is an artist and a philosopher. Here’s what it is: Bill is happy. He has invented an occupation he does better than anyone else ever has. It doesn’t matter if you care nothing at all about cloth-ing, fashion or photography. You might still enjoy Bill Cunningham New York, because here is a good and joyous man who leads a life that is perfect for him, and

JUNE 24 & 25 (7:15 & 9:10) From the director of Moon.

SOURCE CODEDirector: Duncan Jones USA, 2011, 94 minutes; PG

Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga

“AN INGENIOUS THRILLER!” –Roger Ebert

“A PROPULSIVE RIDE WORTH YOUR POPCORN DOLLAR!” –Village Voice

“HAIR-RAISING, CLEVER AND WINNING ENTERTAINMENT!” –Portland Oregonian

A man wakes up on a train and has no idea how he got there. But the woman sitting across from him knows who he is and strikes up a conversation. She calls him by name - but it’s not his name. And when he goes into the bathroom to collect himself, the face in the mirror isn’t his own. This is the intriguing opening to this thriller that takes a science fiction premise and uses it, not for the sake of splashy effects, but as a doorway into the human soul. The story is simple but charged with feeling,

JULY 3 & 4 & 5 (7:00 & 9:15) From the director of Atonement.

HANNADirector: Joe Wright USA/UK/Germany, 2011, 112 minutes; PG

Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett

“SIMPLY BRILLIANT.” –St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“An absurd-sounding concept rendered wholly believable and thrilling..” –Empire

A first-rate thriller. Teenager Hanna (Saoirse Ronan, Atonement) has been taught advanced and ruthless killing skills as a means of self-defense against her enemies, who are legion. Her father, Erik (Eric Bana), fears for her safety and his own. He is apparently an agent whose skills and knowledge are so formidable that a CIA officer named Marissa (Cate Blanchett) is obsessed with capturing him — and the child. Hanna decides she is ready for the real world, and the two of them plunge back into a confrontation with the CIA. And then we get an odd cross between a fairy tale and a high-tech action movie. Director Joe Wright (Atonement) combines his two genres into a stylish exercise that includes some sentiment and insight. Joe Wright has been known until now for civilized literary adaptations, including the wonderful Keira Knightley version of “Pride and Prejudice.” He’s not a vulgarian. He demonstrates that action movies need not be mindless. There is a role for creative choreography in them. --Roger Ebert

“As Hanna confronts her past, the movie becomes like nothing you’ve ever seen. I’d call it a knockout.” –Rolling Stone

JULY 8 & 9 (7:15 & 9:10)

THE PEOPLE VS. GEORGE LUCASDirector: Alexandre O. Phillipe USA/UK, 2010, 93 minutes

The legacy of Star Wars and the tempest in a very large teapot that seminal film has stirred in its vast legion of fans gets a nerd’s eye view in this entertaining documentary. You don’t have to be a Star Wars nut to enjoy this fast-paced film, though it’s sure to resonate most with those whose childhoods — and beyond — were shaped by the 1977 phenomenon.. –Los Angeles Times “Fans liked that thing you did,” Neil Gaiman says to the camera in Alexandre O. Philippe’s documentary. “They would like another one of those, please.” This catalog of the rise and fall of the Lucas brand is told by fans still mostly faithful to the Star Wars cult, despite the heartbreak brought on by Lucas’s late-’90s revisions to the “original” trilogy, and the three subpar prequels. Philippe’s narration-free, rapid-fire montage approach gives time to critics, media experts, and a wide variety of no-name aficionados. –The Village Voice Sponsored by UVic’s Film Studies Program &

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JUNE 6, 7, 8, 9 (7:00 & 9:25) BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

OF GODS AND MENDirector: Xavier Beauvois France, 2010, 123 minutes; Arabic & French with English subtitles; rated PG

Cast: Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach

WINNER! BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM –National Board of Review

WINNER! GRAND PRIX –Cannes Film Festival

“A LUMINOUS TALE OF FAITH AND HEROISM.” –Time Magazine

“ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MOVIES I KNOW. NOTHING LESS THAN SUBLIME!” –The Wall Street Journal

A French brotherhood stationed in Algeria holds off Islamic fundamentalists with the strength of its faith... Based on a true story, Xavier Beauvois’ classical drama stars Lambert Wilson and Michael Lonsdale, and is close to perfection. It captured the Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes festival. The thematic area of international terrorism, while deeply mined, is given close and thoughtful atten-tion in Xavier Beavois gravely beautiful drama. Of Gods and Men is based on the 1996 Tibhirine attack, in which an order of Cicstercian monks confront Islamic fundamentalists with only the strength of their faith. Against the majesty of Algeria’s Atlas Mountains, the quo-tidian activity of the monks (gardening, dispensing medical help to the locals, and religious observances) proceed with humble grace. Even as the mounting threat of terrorist violence looms, the brotherhood maintain their mission. –Vancouver International Film Festival “Starring a gifted ensemble cast led by the empathetic Lambert Wilson (as resident religious scholar Brother Christian), the film begins as a bucolic chronicle of these simple men of God and their gentle relationship with their Muslim neighbors, to whom they provide much-needed medical care and other services. When the insurgents arrive, they find themselves faced with an impossible decision: to flee, or to stand their ground and fulfill their spiritual mission. Magnificently photographed by cinematographer Caroline Champetier in compositions that suggest Renaissance paintings, Of Gods and Men is a poetic, austerely beautiful triumph.” - Film Comment

“A THRILLING ADVENTURE OF THE SPIRIT.” --Los Angeles Times

“GRAVELY SERENE AND SUFFUSED WITH TENDERNESS.”-Entertainment Weekly

JUNE 10 & 11 (7:15 & 9:20)

LIMITLESSDirector: Neil Burger USA, 2011, 105 minutes; PG Cast: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish

“A LOOPY JOY FROM START TO FINISH!” –Empire

“A FUN HOLLYWOOD FLICK WITH A GOOD HEAD ON ITS SHOULDERS.” –The Globe and Mail

“IT’S A FUN HEAD TRIP!” –St. Petersburg Times

It is said that most people use just 20 percent of what their brains are capable of. But what if the other 80 percent were suddenly made available? Imagine: Cancer cured, clean energy worldwide, transcen-dent works of art everywhere. In the exhilarating Limitless, the neurons of a deadbeat NY writer get turbocharged, thanks to a little pill that Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) is handed by a shifty figure from his past. Limitless rockets along as Eddie dives down the rabbit hole and emerges with a four-digit IQ and an ability to finesse the stock markets, summon lost memories in photographic detail, and deliver his long-dormant manuscript to his publisher. And the manu-script blows her away. It’s all too good to be true, and sure enough, midway through this terrifically inventive thriller, the downsides and side effects become mani-fest. But Eddie is riding high, and the danger signs are easy to ignore…. --Philadelphia Inquirer

JUNE 17 & 18 (7:15 & 9:10)

KABOOMDirector: Greg Araki USA, 2011, 87 minutes; DVD; 18A

“A giddy, hilarious and stylish fever dream!” –Salon.com

Orgasm and nuclear holocaust are the controlling factors in this horny, deliri-ous fantasy by the talented Gregg Araki (Mysterious Skin). The hero (Thomas Dekker) is a hip college freshman long-ing for gay sex but also open to the physical ministrations of a British party girl (Juno Temple); meanwhile, his best pal (Haley Bennett) has gotten into a hot-and-heavy lesbian romance with a fellow student (Roxane Mesquida) who turns out to be a witch. Araki captures the fever of bisexual exploration with his hot color palette and nubile actors, but at the same time he spins a bizarre sci-fi intrigue—complete with cryptic messages and fearsome nightmare sequences—that recalls teen cult masterpiece Donnie Darko. Funny, scary, and exuberant, Kaboom delivers the goods as both a generational marker and a tale of things to, uh, come. –Chicago Reader

“The new queer Cinema would be way less fun without Gregg Araki.” –Rolling Stone

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JUNE 5 (7:15 & 9:00)

THE TOPP TWINS: UNTOUCHABLE GIRLS Director: Leanne Pooley New Zealand 2009, 84 min, BluRay

WINNER! MOST POPULAR DOCUMENTARY –Melbourne Film Festival

“PURE FUN! A film that has you falling in love with two of the crazier people you never met.” –Variety

Through interviews, performance footage, and newsreel archives, this documentary introduces audiences to Jools and Lynda Topp, the world’s only yodelling, lesbian, country-and-western-singing twins! An honest, intimate and enter-taining portrait of two sisters who resist, often through satire and parody, the political and sexual norms of post-war New Zealand. –Metro Cinema “THE TOPPS ARE PURE JOY!” –L.A. Weekly

JUNE 14 (7:00 & 9:25)

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIREDirector: Elia Kazan USA, 1951, 122 minutes; DVD

Marlon Brando’s pleading wail “Stella!” is just one of the many great lines in this essential Tennessee Williams drama; another is Vivien Leigh’s “I have always depended upon the kindness of strangers.” The love story is between Stanley Kowalski (Brando) and his wife Stella (Kim Hunter). Stella is pregnant with their first child when her older sister Blanche DuBois (Leigh, Best Actress Oscar) comes to visit. Blanche is a destitute Southern Belle who finds Stanley to be too crude for her tastes, even as his animalistic sexual energy overwhelms her. --Classic Film Guide

Kazan’s direction is often stagey, but who cares when you’re looking at two of the greatest perfor-mances ever put on film?” –Pauline Kael

JUNE 15 (8:00 only)

EVERY SECOND COUNTSThe filmmakers, Sevan Matossian & Carey Peterson, will be here present the film!Cinecenta prices, passes and tickets not valid. Tickets are $10 at the door, or can be purchased at: www.everysecondcountsvic.eventbrite.com

An inside look at the CrossFit culture and community, where time on a stopwatch reigns as the supreme measure of performance. Those who reach the elite ranks in the burgeoning sport of CrossFit push themselves beyond limitations imposed by the mind and flirt with the limits of physical capacity. The film chronicles the dramatic journey of five athletes as they compete in the most comprehensive test of fitness on the planet, the CrossFit Games. The road to this gru-eling two-day program of extreme challenges reveals what it takes to be the best in the world. The climac-tic finish shows beyond any doubt that the winner of the CrossFit Games is the fittest person on earth.

JUNE 12 & 13 (7:25 & 9:00)

CIRCODirector: Aaron Schock

Mexico/USA, 2010, 75 minutes; Spanish with subtitles; DVD; rated G

“Circo is a marvel of a documentary, a clear-eyed and affectionate film that tells a remark-able story.” –Los Angeles Times

For the Ponce clan, joining the family business is a birthright and a duty, but the office is under a big top, and the job hazards include aerial tricks of derring-do. Since the 19th century, the Ponces have been a traveling circus (one of 25 currently touring), winding through Mexico’s rural towns while carting a rickety entourage of animals and dilapidated equipment. As family loyalist Tino carries on the tradition, he walks a tightrope, struggling to keep the circus going in the face of rising debt, a sinking economy and his wife’s growing concerns about the future of their uneducated and uprooted children. Rookie director Aaron Schock layers his exquisite documentary with quiet melancholy, following Tino as he desperately tries to play ringmaster to both his circus and his family. There’s a rich poetic elegance to Circo, and the film’s ironic images of mugging clowns and caged animals carry dramatic heft. --Chicago Tribune

Circo offers a touching chronicle of a dying culture…to Tino his circus is still the greatest show on earth. --The New York Times

JUNE 16 (7:00 only)

BIUTIFULMexico/Spain, 2010, 149 min; English & Spanish with subtitles; BluRay; 14A

Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu (Babel, 21 Grams, Amores Perros) describes Uxbal, the character Best Actor nominee Javier Bardem embodies in flesh and spirit, as “devoted father, tor-mented lover, mystified son, underground business-man, ghost seeker, spiritual sensitive, consumer-goods pirate, guilty conscience and urban survivor.” All of this and more can be seen on Bardem’s expressive face. Uxbal wanders the mean streets of Barcelona trying to put his life in order, evading the law while caring for his two kids since their bipolar mother (Maricel Álvarez) is incapable. Biutiful digs out beauty in the rubble. Shot with a poet’s eye, the film is relentless but as riveting as the world a remarkable actor lets us see through Uxbal’s eyes. Bravo, Bardem. –Rolling Stone

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