Arranged
February 20th, 2009
Showtime: 7 p.m.
Doors: 6:30 p.m.
Place: Beaumont Hotel, Ouray, CO

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

BROOKLYN INT'L FILM FESTIVAL - WINNER
SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FILM FESTIVAL - OFFICIAL SELECTION

"CRITIC'S PICK: "[A] surprisingly winning indie drama ... the understated, natural performances by leads Zoe Lister-Jones and Francis Benhamou lend the film a sense of intimacy that serves it well.""New York Magazine

"The simple sweetness of this heartfelt effort arrives as both endearing and culturally provocative." - Toddy Burton - The Austin Chronicle

Synopsis: Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. A young Orthodox woman, ROCHEL MESHENBERG, is about to begin her first year as a special education teacher at the local public school. She is also about to embark on what her father and mother call the "most exciting time of her life" – the process of finding a husband via the time-tested method of using a "shadchen," or matchmaker.

As the school year gets underway, Rochel meets NASIRA KHALDI, a Muslim woman of Syrian descent. Nasira is also a first-year teacher. The two young women – Rochel in long skirt and conservative blouse, Nasira in headscarf – stand out in this public school context. The principal, a secular Westchester Jew, is forever reminding them that although they are some of her smartest, most gifted teachers, they are also stunted by their outmoded customs, religions, and by their patriarchal worldviews. She tells them of her experiences in the women's movement and her desire to see them reach their full potentials.

As the school year progresses, Rochel and Nasira realize they share much in common, not least of which is that they are both going through what the outside world would call "arranged marriages." As their friendship deepens, they are exposed to their respective worlds. They prepare for school at one another's houses, meet one another's families, and discuss commonalities and differences.

[Official Site]
[Trailer]

Note: Everyone is welcome at $7.50 per ticket. 2009 Movie Club members may use their punch cards.

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Starting Out in The Evening-Friday, Feb. 6th, 2009

Starting Out in The Evening
February 6th, 2009
Showtime: 7 p.m. (NOTE NEW START TIME)
Doors: 6:30 p.m.
Place: Beaumont Hotel, Ouray, CO

Starring: Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under, Swimming)
Rating: PG-13; 111 minutes; 2007

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

SUNDANCE - GRAND JURY PRIZE NOMINEE

"It's so rich and so textured and such wonderful material." - Richard Roeper - Ebert & Roeper

Synopsis: Leonard Schiller is an aging New York author who wants to publish his fifth novel before he dies even though the world is not literary anymore. Graduate student Heather Wolfe seeks him out to write her thesis on him and encourage his writing. The May-December couple come to realize they have more in common than they thought in this complex and gentle love story.

[Official Site]
[Trailer]

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). This February 6th show is your last opportunity to buy a 2009 Season Membership. Please arrive a few minutes early if you'd like to become a member.

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COMING SOON: Arranged - Official Selection - South by Southwest Film Festival

"Two teachers starting their first year at a Brooklyn public school have more in common than meets the eye. Though both women come from very different backgrounds--Rochel is Jewish Orthodox and Nasira is Muslim--they are each going through arranged marriages."-More at Rottentomatoes

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Denim of Antiquity

Encounters at the End of the World-Jan. 16th,2009

Encounters at the End of the World
January 16th, 2009
Showtime: 7 p.m. (NOTE NEW START TIME)
Doors: 6:30 p.m.
Place: Beaumont Hotel, Ouray, CO

Dir: Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Rescue Dawn)
Rating: G; 99 minutes; 2008

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

100% Fresh -Top Critics at Rottentomatoes.com

Herzog is one of a kind. His new doc is an event you watch in awe as you marvel at its wonders.
Peter Travers -Rolling Stone - [Read Review]

Synopsis: There is a hidden society at the end of the world. One thousand men and women live together under unbelievably close quarters in Antarctica, risking their lives and sanity in search of cutting-edge science.

Now, for the first time, an outsider has been admitted. In his first documentary since Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog, accompanied only by his camerman, traveled to Antarctica, with rare access to the raw beauty and raw humanity of the ultimate Down Under.

Encounters at the End of the World, Herzog’s latest meditation on nature, explores this land of Fire, Ice and corrosive Solitude.

[Official Site].


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.