2009 Season Opening - The Visitor - 1/2/09

The Visitor
January 2nd, 2009
Doors: 6 p.m.
Showtime: 6:30 p.m.
Place: Beaumont Hotel, Ouray, CO

Dir: Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent)
Starring: Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira
Rating: PG-13; 108 minutes; 2008

Dinner at Bulow's Bistro will be available starting at 5 pm. More info. about dinner: (970) 325-7040.

Best movie I've seen so far this year? Hands down, it's Tom McCarthy's superb The Visitor, which turns Richard Jenkins, one of the best character actors in the business, into a full-fledged star. Lou Lemerick-NY POST - [Read Review]

Synopsis: Walter, a college professor, travels to New York to attend a conference and returns to finds a Syrian man and his Senegalese girlfriend living in his apartment. The couple has nowhere to go and when Walter reluctantly allows the couple to stay with him they return his kindness by teaching him the exuberant rhythms of the African drum and rekindling his passion for life.


Note: Everyone is welcome at $7.50 per ticket or become a Movie Club member at this screening and get a 2009 Season Ticket (10 shows for $60). Please arrive a few minutes early if you'd like to become a member.




TRAILER-The Visitor

2009 Season Coming Soon

The Ouray Movie Club's 2009 season will begin in just under one month! This season we'll be screening our award-winning independent and art films in the spectacular Tundra dining room of the Beaumont Hotel.

Looking for the perfect night out in Ouray? Renowned Chef Peter O'Brien will be making a special dinner available to movie viewers who are interested. Additional information on how to reserve your table will follow soon.

Show times will again be at 6:30 pm on the first and third Fridays of the month from January through May 2009.

We'll be posting additional details within the next few weeks.

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2008 Season in Review

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I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With - 5/16/08

SEASON FINALE
Doors: 6 p.m.
Showtime: 6:30 p.m.
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Dir: Jeff Garlin
Starring: Jeff Garlin, Sarah Silverman, Amy Sedaris
Not Rated; 80 minutes
Official Site-Independent Film Channel

Note: Not a Movie Club member? You are welcome to the screening at $7.50 per ticket.

"Any opportunity to witness the improvisatory skills of Sarah Silverman, Bonnie Hunt and Amy Sedaris should not be missed " - Ronnie Scheib - Variety

"I’ve no clue how the world will take to I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With. For Chicago, it’s a scrumptious, four-star banquet." - Sid Smith -Chicago Tribune

Synopsis: In this adaptation of Jeff Garlins stage show, he plays an overweight comedian who is a frustrated actor who can't get a good gig or a good woman. He leaves an Overeaters Anonymous meeting only to wind up at an ice cream parlor and meets the lovely Beth who quickly wins his heart, but is it meant to last?

Thanks to our Screening Sponsor:

Denim of Antiquity - 645 Main Street in Ouray, CO.

TRAILER-I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With

Citizen Kane-5/2/08

Doors: 6 p.m.
Showtime: 6:30 p.m.
Citizen Kane
Dir: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten
Rating: PG; 120 minutes

AN AMERICAN CINEMA CLASSIC 

NOW ON THE BIG SCREEN AT THE WRIGHT

Thus begins, what we hope is a new tradition of screening at least one classic during our season.  Citizen Kane is often cited as being one of the most innovative works in the history of film. In 1997, the American Film Institute placed it at number one in its list of the 100 greatest U.S. movies of all time. [More from Wikipedia]


Note: Not a Movie Club member? You are welcome to the screening at $7.50 per ticket.

OSCAR - Best Screenplay (1942) and 9 additional nominations



"It is one of the miracles of cinema."

- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

"CITIZEN KANE is an event in motion pictures."

- BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE



Synopsis: Emarkable, influential, and unforgettable drama tracing the rise of publishing mogul, Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) from humble beginnings to riches and accolades beyond belief. Based on the life of publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst, CITIZEN KANE is considered one of the greatest movies of all time.

Thanks to our Screening Sponsor:

Ouray Dental Clinic - 309 6th Ave., Ouray, CO- (970) 325-4800.

TRAILER-Citizen Kane

Next Screening 5/2

Due to a family medical need back East, my brother and I will be out-of-town and unable to run the digital light projector and surround sound system for a 4/18 screening. Therefore our 9th and 10th screenings of the season will be on 5/2 and 5/16.

We are sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause.


-Eric & Ethan Funk

King of California - 4/4/08

Doors: 6 p.m.
Showtime: 6:30 p.m.
King of Claifornia
Dir: Mike Cahill
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood and Michael Douglas
Rating: PG-13; 93 minutes

Note: Not a Movie Club member? You are welcome to the screening at $7.50 per ticket.

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL

"A Don Quixote-like fable about nonconformity and pursuing your impossible dream to the very end. " - STEPHEN HOLDEN - NY Times

Synopsis: An unstable dad gets out of a mental institution and tries to continue his relationship with his daughter. She has become self-sufficient and he is just a hindrance to that. He is obsessed with the idea that there is Spanish gold buried somewhere in suburbia and the two of them set off on a quirky adventure. This film is based on Shakespeare's play The Tempest.

Thanks to our Screening Sponsor:

Wildflower Boutique - 735 Main Street in Ouray, CO.

TRAILER-King of California

Republic of Love - 3/21/08

Doors: 6 p.m.
Showtime: 6:30 p.m.
Republic of Love
Dir: Deepa Mehta
Rated 14A (Canada) Not Rated (US); 96 minutes

Note: Not a Movie Club member? You are welcome to the screening at $7.50 per ticket.


TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

"It is a treasure that speaks directly to the idea of love as an
ephemeral emotion in all its complexity. " - BRUCE KIRKLAND - Toronto Sun

"..now THIS is how to make an intelligent, appealing and adult romantic comedy, one that doesn’t cave into every convention of the genre - Dan Jardime -Cinemania.

Synopsis: Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Carol Shields, The Republic of Love is a romantic comedy about the barriers facing the lucky and the unlucky in love in the 21st century. Tom is a charismatic late-night radio talk show host whose unconventional upbringing has made him a little too quick to fall in love and marry. Fay is an academic whose expectations are impossibly high as a result of the living perfection that is her parents’ marriage. The characters connect in a maze of malls, condos and family homes, underpinning the idea that ‘geography is destiny’ and that each of us has our own
‘republic’, where lives intersect.

Thanks to our Screening Sponsor:

Wildflower Boutique - 735 Main Street in Ouray, CO.

Across the Universe - 3/7/08

Doors: 6 p.m.
Showtime: 6:30 p.m.
Across The Universe
Dir: Julie Taymor
2007; Rated PG-13; 131 minutes


OSCAR NOMINEE
GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEE
GRAMMY NOMINEE



"The experience of the movie is joyous." - Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times

".....Julie Taymor's rhapsodic mash note to John, Paul, George and Ringo falls just short of breathtaking." -Houston Chronicle.

Synopsis: In this psychedelic musical film that rolls along to the beat of many Beatles hits, a young dock worker travels to America in the 60s amidst our greatest social upheaval and falls in love with a sheltered teenager named Lucy. When her brother Max is drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, the two join the anti-war movement, the struggle for free speech and civil rights.


[Official Site]


Across the Universe--Theatrical Trailer

Opera House Fundraiser 2/29/08

The Ouray Movie Club will be represented at the upcoming fundraiser for the Wright Opera House. The fundraiser, sponsored by ORI & National Distributing, will be held on Friday, February 29th from 6-9 pm. Suggested donation is $30 or $50 per couple. More info about this event: 970-318-1392

The Violin - 2/15/08

Doors: 6 p.m.
Showtime: 6:30 p.m.
The Violin
Dir: Francisco Vargas
Spanish with English Subtitles; 98 minutes



13 Awards
BEST ACTOR- CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
3 Ariel Awards (Mexican Oscars)

JUST RAN IN NY, LA, SAN FRANCISCO
NOW SHOWING IN SANTE FE, SEATTLE, AND WASHINGTON

"One of the most amazing Mexican films in many a year." - Guillermo Del Toro - Director of Pan's Labyrinth

"..blends fablelike simplicity with documentary touches to tell the story of a near-primordial struggle between the haves and the have-nots." -NY Times.

"Tavira's acting is the high point of this suspenseful yet beautiful movie, which -- for a while at least -- proves that music can soothe the savage breast." -NY Post.

Synopsis: Don Plutarco, his son Genaro and his grandson Lucio live a double life: on one hand they are musicians and humble farmers, on the other they support the campesina peasant guerilla movement's armed efforts against the oppressive government. When the military seizes the village, the rebels flee to the sierra hills, forced to leave behind their stock of ammunition. While the guerillas organize a counter-attack, old Plutarco executes his own plan. He plays up his appearance as a harmless violin player, in order to get into the village and recover the ammunition hidden his corn field. His violin playing charms the army captain, who orders Plutarco to come back daily. Arms and music play a tenuous game of cat-and-mouse which ultimately results in painful betrayal.



[Rotten Tomatoes Entry]

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The Violin--Theatrical Trailer

Eastern Promises - 2/1/08

Doors: 6 p.m.
Showtime: 6:30 p.m.
Eastern Promises
Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts
Dir: David Cronenberg
Rated R; 100 minutes; 2007

3 Golden Globe nominations
1 Oscar Nomination - Best Actor

"A film that takes us beyond crime and London and the Russian mafia and into the mystifying realms of human nature." -Roger Ebert.

Synopsis: Ruthless mobster Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen) crosses paths with Anna (Naomi Watts), an innocent midwife, trying to right a wrong. She is trying to investigate a woman’s death after childbirth, but her search causes her to stumble upon a Russian police operation seeking to expose a major Russian mafia prostitution ring. This leads her along a harrowing chain of murder, deceit and retribution.

[Official Site]

[Wikipedia Entry]



Theatrical Trailer


Thanks to our Screening Sponsor:

Ouray Dental Clinic - 309 6th Ave., Ouray, CO- (970) 325-4800.

10 Questions for the Dalai Lama - 1/18/08

Doors: 6 p.m.
Showtime: 6:30 p.m.
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
Dir: Rick Ray
Not Rated; 85 minutes; 2006
Grand Festival Award - Berkeley Video & Film Festival

"Get enlightened with ‘Dalai Lama’. Grade: A-. With luscious cinematography and awe-inspiring humanity, 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama is one of the most electrifying documentaries to be released this year.”
- The Boston Herald

"Enlightening... provocative... highly engaging"
– The Washington Post

Filmmaker Rick Ray had the extraordinary opportunity of speaking with His Holiness the Dalai Lama over the course of several months at his private monastery in Dharamsala, India. He got the leader's opinions on war, poverty and many other big issues, discovering that the Dalai Lama is an environmentalist, an advocate of women's rights, willing to abandon tradition when it is clearly antiquated and has a great sense of humor in this sincere documentary. [More]


Theatrical Trailer


Thanks to our Screening Sponsor:

Wildflower Boutique - 735 Main Street in Ouray, CO.