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A SERIOUS MAN		March 10/11 (Wed/Thu) 8 pm March 14 (Sun) 4 pm
		It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous colleagues, Sy Ableman, who seems to her a more substantial person than the feckless Larry. Larry’s unemployable brother Arthur is sleeping on the couch, his son Danny is a discipline problem and a shirker at Hebrew school, and his daughter Sarah is filching money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job. While his wife and Sy Ableman blithely make new domestic arrangements, and his brother becomes more and more of a burden, an anonymous hostile letter-writer is trying to sabotage Larry’s chances for tenure at the university. Also, a graduate student seems to be trying to bribe him for a passing grade while at the same time threatening to sue him for defamation. Plus, the beautiful woman next door torments him by sunbathing nude. Struggling for equilibrium, Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis. Can anyone help him cope with his afflictions and become a righteous person – a mensch – a serious man? 2 Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Adam Arkin, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Screenplay: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen U.S.A/U.K./France, 106 minutes, English language. Rated PG with a sexually suggestive scene, coarse language and violence. For reviews of this film, click here
THE LAST STATION		March 17/18 (Wed/Thu) 8 pm Mar 20 (Sat) 4 pm
		After almost fifty years of marriage, the Countess Sofya (Helen Mirren), Leo Tolstoy’s (Christopher Plummer) devoted wife, passionate lover, muse and secretary suddenly finds her entire world turned upside down. In the name of his newly created religion, the great Russian novelist has renounced his noble title, his property and even his family in favor of poverty, vegetarianism and even celibacy. After she’s born him thirteen children! When Sofya then discovers that Tolstoy’s trusted disciple, Chertkov (Paul Giamatti)—whom she despises—may have secretly convinced her husband to sign a new will, leaving the rights to his iconic novels to the Russian people rather than his very own family, she is consumed by righteous outrage. Using every bit of cunning, every trick of seduction in her considerable arsenal, she fights fiercely for what she believes is rightfully hers. 2 Oscar noms for Best Supporting Actor and Best Lead Actress. Cast: James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, Paul Giamatti Director: Michael Hoffman Screenplay: Michael Hoffman GERMANY/RUSSIA/U.K., 113 minutes, English language. Rated 14A with a sexually suggestive scene. For reviews of this film, click here
		March 24/25 (Wed/Thu) 8 pm March 28 (Sun) 4 pm show is CANCELLED so that we could run ALICE in WONDERLAND
		Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, A Single Man, is the story of George Falconer, a 52 year old British college professor (Colin Firth) who is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim (Matthew Goode). George is consoled by his closest friend Charley (Julianne Moore), a 48 year old beauty who is wrestling with her own questions about the future. A Single Man is a romantic tale of love interrupted, the isolation that is an inherent part of the human condition, and ultimately the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life. 1 Oscar nomination for Best Actor. Cast: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Ginnifer Goodwin Director: Tom Ford Screenplay: Tom Ford, David Scearce U.S.A., 101 minutes, English & Spanish language. Rated PG with nudity. For reviews of this film, click here