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The Bank Job United Kingdom 2007 — Dramatic Feature Director: Roger Donaldson Executive Producers: George McIndoe, Ryan Kavanaugh, Alan Glazer, Christopher Mapp Producers: Steven Chasman, Charles Roven Cast: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, Alki David, Michael Jibson Inspired by the infamous 1971 robbery that took place at the Lloyds Bank in Marylebone London, The Bank Job stars Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows. The highly-charged heist thriller tautly interweaves high-level corruption, murder and sexual scandal in 1970s A car dealer with a dodgy past and new family, Terry (Statham) has always avoided major-league scams. But when Martine (Burrows), a beautiful model from his old neighborhood, offers him a lead on a foolproof bank hit on SCREENING: Fri., Feb. 29 at Harkins Theatre 1 Sat., March 1 at Harkins Theatre 1  Ben X Belgium 2007 — Dramatic Feature Director: Nic Balthazar Producers: Burny Box, Peter Bouchaert, Erwin Provoost, Michiel de Rooij, Sabine Veenendaal Cast: Greg Timmermans, Marijke Pinoy, Pol Goossen, Laura Verlinden, Titus De Voogdt, Maarten Claessens Ben is different. We see it in the way he gets up in the morning and washes, dresses and eats with all kinds of rituals and fixed patterns. We notice it in his attitude towards his mother and little brother. It is immediately noticeable as we watch him walking in the streets, nervous and insecure. In the world of ArchLord, his favorite internet game, he is a true champion, but in real life he is harassed every day and slowly but surely driven over the edge. Ben has a plan. But then his internet girlfriend Scarlite enters his life. This was not a part of his original plan. Ben X is the compelling and moving story about a young man and his special friendship with a girl he meets while playing his favorite online game, and of a mother and father who are prepared to go to incredible lengths to protect their child from a cruel world. Ben X gradually draws us into an intriguing world and explores some highly topical themes such as harassment, suicide among youngsters, drugs, isolation, being misunderstood, divorce, being different, aggression and the problems facing those who fall just outside the scope of special education. Unfortunately these issues are becoming more and more pressing every day. SCREENING: Fri., Feb. 29 at Harkins Theatre 1 Sun., March 2 at Harkins Theatre 3  The Big Shot-Caller USA 2007 — Dramatic Feature Director: Marlene Rhein Producer: Christine Giorgio Cast: David Rhein, Robert Costanzo, Marlene Rhein Meet Jamie Lessor. His life is a bit out of focus. Abandoned by his runaway sister, and raised by his grumpy poker-playing father, Jamie is beginning to wonder if true happiness is out of reach. That is, until he meets Elissa. Blinded by love, he can't see that it's a mismatch from the start. When she suddenly stops texting him back, Jamie is left broken-hearted and alone again. After ten years of separation, he reluctantly calls his older sister for advice. But Lianne Lessor has her own problems. She presses her personal philosophy on him, "It's not up to you. God is the big shot-caller. Maybe he's trying to tell you to love yourself first." She pushes him to come to terms with his fears and begin the search for himself through his last resort - his childhood dream of salsa dancing. SCREENING: Thurs., Feb. 28 at Harkins Theatre 2 Sat., March 1 at Harkins Theatre 6  The Blue Hour USA 2007 — Dramatic Feature Director: Eric Nazarian Producers: Lynnette Ramirez, Brian Knappmiller Cast: Clarence Williams III, Alyssa Milano, Yorik Van Wageningen, Emily Rios, Derrick O'Connor, Paul Dillon, Sarah Jones A multi-ethnic ensemble drama, this film explores the connections between a Mexican graffiti muralist, an Armenian camera repairman, an African-American blues guitarist and an English pensioner living near the Screens with “Fission” SCREENING: Thurs., Feb. 28 at Harkins Theatre 5 Sat., March 1 at Harkins Theatre 5  The Brothel USA 2006 — Dramatic Feature Director: Amy Waddell Producers: Ira Deutchman, Jane Alsobrook, Wade Danielson Cast: Grace Zabriskie, Serena Scott Thomas, Lisa Baines, Sarah Lassez, Andrea Morris, Brett Cullen, Bruce Payne Avery, who owns a kaleidoscope shop across the street from the brothel, knows a great deal about the fragmentation of a life. He takes a keen interest in Julianne and prompts her to face the past from which she is running. As she becomes more and more involved in the world of the ghosts, and a murder that took the life of one of them, she drifts away from the world of the living. Julianne is forced to choose between disappearing completely into the world of the dead or accepting the loss she has suffered and returning to her life. SCREENING: Wed., Feb. 27 at Harkins Theatre 5 Sat., March 1 at Harkins Theatre 1  The Cake Eaters USA 2007 — Dramatic Feature Director: Mary Stuart Masterson Producers: Mary Stuart Masterson, Elisa Pugliese, Jesse Scolaro, Allen Bain, Darren Goldberg Executive Producers: Patrick Morris, Carol Morris Cast: Bruce Dern, Elizabeth Ashley, Kristen Stewart, Aaron Stanford, Jayce Bartok The Cake Eaters is a quirky, small town ensemble drama that explores the lives of two interconnected families coming to terms with love in the face of loss. Living in rural When Guy returns home, the complex nature of each character unravels. Beagle’s pent up emotions connect with Georgia Kaminski, a terminally ill teenage girl wanting to experience love before it’s too late. Easy’s long time affair with Through it all, The Kimbroughs and Kaminski’s manage to establish a new beginning in the face of their greatest fears: truthfulness, intimacy, the afterlife, and family. Screens with “Milk Bum” SCREENING: Fri., Feb. 29 at Harkins Theatre 2 Sun., March 2 at Harkins Theatre 2  Crooked Earth New Zealand 2001 — Dramatic Feature Director: Sam Pillsbury Executive Producers: Peter Beilby, Henry Dorlet, Ernst Goldschmidt Producer: Robin Scholes Cast: Temuera Morrison, Jaime Passier-Armstrong, Crooked Earth is an explosive, action-packed saga in which two brothers battle over the future of their people. It’s a modern-day wild frontier story of rebellion, passion and survival of the toughest. Will Bastion, a strong, thoughtful man, returns from 20 years service in the New Zealand Army to Raukura, his hometown, to face the biggest challenge of his life. His father has died, leaving a sacred greenstone patu, the symbol of leadership, to him. He doesn’t want it, believing it represents the violence he has turned his back on. But he realises he must confront his brother, the charismatic firebrand, Kahu, who has turned the village into a lawless, dope-growing wasteland. Kahu takes the greenstone patu, literally, using its force to club the world into submission. It’s brother against brother in a flaming inferno of loyalty, betrayal, love and honour. Crooked Earth centers on the Maori people’s hereditary claims to its land and traditions, as enacted in a bitter showdown that pits brother against brother. SCREENING: Thurs., Feb. 28 at Harkins Theatre 3 Sat., March 1 at Harkins Theatre 3  El Custodio (The Custodian) Argentina 2006 — Dramatic Feature Director: Rodrigo Moreno Producers: Hernan Musalppi, Natacha Cervi, Luis Sartor Cast: Julio Chavez, Osmar Nunez, Marcelo D'Andrea, Elvira Onetto As a bodyguard for a high profile politician, Ruben is reduced to a mere shadow of a man: every action in his life is regulated by a series of mundane routines, and everywhere his boss goes he must follow, watching but never speaking. Resigned to his invisibility, his life is a series of days without meaning, punctuated only by visits to a prostitute, in this compelling chronicle by first-time director Rodrigo Moreno of a man without any true identity or connection to the world in which he lives. Part of the Global Lens 2008 Film Series. Click here for a trailer. SCREENING: Sat., March 1 at Sun., March 2 at |
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