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The Charles Theatre: Thursday, March 11, 2010
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THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS- Ends 3/11
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Showtimes: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 4:00, 9:00
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 4:00, 9:00
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In Terry Gilliam's (Brazil) visually spectacular fantasy adventure, Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) has the extraordinary gift of inspiring the imaginations of others. Helped by his traveling theatre troupe, Parnassus offers audience members the chance to transcend mundane reality by passing through a magical mirror into a fantastic universe of limitless imagination. However, Parnassus' magic comes at a price. For centuries he's been gambling with the devil, Mr. Nick (Tom Waits), who is coming to collect his prize—Parnassus' precious daughter, Valentina (Lily Cole), on her upcoming 16th birthday. Oblivious to her rapidly approaching fate, Valentina falls for Tony (Heath Ledger), a charming outsider with motives of his own. In order to save his daughter and redeem himself, Parnassus makes one final bet with Mr. Nick, which sends Tony (played during his several visits to the world beyond the mirror by Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law) on a ride of twists and turns, in and out of London and the Imaginarium's eye-popping landscape. Academy Award nominee for Art Direction and Costume Design.
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CRAZY HEART
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Showtimes: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1:40, 4:00, 9:25
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1:40, 4:00, 7:15, 9:20
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1:40, 4:00, 7:05, 9:15
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1:40, 4:00, 7:05, 9:15
SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 1:40, 4:00, 7:05, 9:15
MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1:40, 4:00, 7:05
TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1:40, 4:00, 7:05, 9:15
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1:40, 4:00, 7:05, 9:15
THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1:40, 4:00, 7:05, 9:15
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Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician.
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The White Ribbon
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Showtimes: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:40
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:49
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40
SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40
MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1:30, 4:15, 7:00
TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40
THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40
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The action takes place in a German village in the fifteen months that precede World War I. Among the people who live there are a baron, who is a large landowner and a local moral authority, his estate manager, a pastor with his many children, a widowed doctor and a schoolteacher who is thinking of getting married. It is he who, many years later, tells this story. The worries and the dramas of the village are soon lost in the strange excitement of the coming war. Later, the schoolteacher ponders over it again: didn't those events contain the germs of the tragedies that followed? Weren't the barbaric acts of the children, deep down, the natural consequences of what they had been taught?
Though everything seems to be quiet and orderly, as it always has been, with the seasons following each other, and good harvests following bad ones, suddenly some strange events start to occur. If some appear to be quite ordinary, even accidental -- a farmer's wife dies falling through rotten floorboards -- others are inexplicable and may well be malevolent.
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THE LAST STATION
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Showtimes: TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2:00, 4:20, 6:50, 9:15
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2:00, 4:20, 6:40
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2:00, 4:20, 6:40, 9:00
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2:00, 4:20, 6:40, 9:00
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2:00, 4:20, 6:40, 9:00
SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 4:20, 6:40, 9:00
MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2:00, 4:20, 6:40
TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2:00, 4:20, 9:00
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2:00, 4:20, 6:40, 9:00
THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2:00, 4:20, 6:40, 9:00
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In 1910, famed novelist Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sofya vehemently disagree over the rights to Tolstoy's literary legacy. Sofya believes her husband should bequeath them to her upon his death, while Tolstoy's chief disciple, Chertkov, has nearly convinced the writer to sign the rights over to the Russian people. To this end, Chertkov inserts a spy into Tolstoy's household, who promptly falls for one of the novelist's daughters.
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SHUTTER ISLAND
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Showtimes: WEDNESDAY, 3/10, 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:35
THURSDAY, 3/11, 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35
FRIDAY, 3/12, 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35
SATURDAY, 3/13, 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35
SUNDAY, 3/14, 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35
MONDAY, 3/15, 1:40, 4:10, 7:00
TUESDAY, 3/16, 1:40, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35
WEDNESDAY, 3/17, 1:40, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35
THURSDAY, 3/18, 1:40, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35
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2010 Dir. Martin Scorsese. Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson, Max von Sydow, Emily Mortimer. 138 Mins. Rated R.
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In 1954, U.S. marshals Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), are summoned to the hospital for the criminally insane on remote and barren Shutter Island off the coast of Massachusetts to investigate the disappearance of a female murderer. Marshall Daniels is especially keen on cracking the case, for he has personal matters at stake. He suspects rampant unsavory (and illegal) treatment practices at the institution, but then clashes with Dr. John Cawley (Ben Kingsley), who refuses him access to hospital records. As a fierce storm cuts off both communication with and escape to the mainland, and dangerous criminals break loose on the island, Daniels’s grasp of the clues, his memory, his trust in his partner, and his wits begin to unravel.
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Academy Award Shorts- (LIVE AND ANIMATED)- Ends 3/11
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Showtimes: WED, MARCH 10, LIVE SHORTS, 1:40, ANIMATED 6:40
THURS, MARCH 10, LIVE SHORTS, 1:40, ANIMATED 6:40
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Animated program includes: French Roast (France), in which an uptight businessman in a fancy Parisian café who is about to pay his check finds out that he has lost his wallet; Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty (Ireland), in which a grandmother loses the plot as she tells her version of "Sleeping Beauty" to her terrified granddaughter; The Lady and the Reaper (Spain), in which a sweet old lady who is waiting for death so she can see her beloved husband once again is invited to enter death's domain—if someone doesn't ruin it for her; Logorama (Argentina), featuring spectacular car chases, an intense hostage crisis, and wild animals rampaging through the city; and A Matter of Loaf and Death (UK), the latest adventure from Nick Park, in which Wallace & Gromit start a new bread baking business. Although business is booming, Gromit is concerned by the news that a dozen local bakers have 'disappeared' this year, so he turns sleuth to protect his master and solve the escalating murder mystery. Program also features three bonus shorts: Pixar's Partly Cloudy (USA), Poland's The Kinematograph and Canada's Runaway.
Live-Action program includes: The Door (Ireland), about a father who attempts to come to terms with the devastating affects of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster; Instead of Abracadabra (Sweden), about a man named Tomas who is a bit too old to still be living at home with his parents, but his failure to become a magician leaves him with no other choice. At his father's 60th birthday party Tomas gives him, and all his guests, a quite bizarre show; Kavi (India/USA), in which a boy in India who wants to play cricket and go to school is instead forced to work in a brick kiln as a modern-day slave. Unsatisfied with his fate, Kavi must either accept what he's always been told, or fight for a different life even if he's unsure of the ultimate outcome; Miracle Fish (Australia), in which 8-year-old Joe has a birthday he will never forget. After friends tease him, he sneaks off to the sick bay, wishing everyone in the world would go away. He wakes up to find his dream may have become a reality; and The New Tenants (Denmark/USA), in which a prying neighbour, a glassy-eyed drug dealer, and a husband brandishing both a weapon and a vendetta make up the welcome wagon. Amidst the as-yet-unopened boxes and the hopes for a fresh start for the two men, it might just be the worst moving day ever. Their new apartment reveals its terrifying history in a film that is by turns funny, frightening and unexpectedly romantic. Vincent D'Onofrio and Kevin Corrigan star.
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North Face-Opens Friday 3/12
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Showtimes: FRIDAY, 3/12, 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:35
SATURDAY, 3/13, 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:35
SUNDAY, 3/14, 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:35
MONDAY, 3/15, 2:05, 4:40, 7:15
TUESDAY, 3/16, 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:35
WEDNESDAY, 3/17, 2:05, 4:40. 7:15, 9:35
THURSDAY, 3/18, 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:35
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It's 1936 Germany and with the Olympic Games close at hand the Nazi party is seeking new Aryan idols. Climbers from all over Europe head for the unconquered north face of the Eiger, in Switzerland's Bernese Alps. The first to the top will be presented with gold medals and lots of glory. Among the climbers are Bavarians Toni Kurz (Benno Fürmann) and Andi Hinterstoisser (Florian Lukas). When the patriotic editor of the Berliner Zeitung, Henry Arau (Ulrich Tukur), discovers his intern Luise Fellner (Johanna Wokalek) is a school friend and possible former flame of Kurz, he smells a propagandist story for the Fatherland.
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