September 2010
FILM
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Movies in the Canyon — Free movies will be shown Friday and Saturday nights at the McKelligon Canyon Amphitheater. Showtimes are 7:15 and 9:30 p.m. and later showings are Fridays and Saturdays. Movies range from G to PG-13-rated features. Concessions available (no food or beverages may be brought in). Information: 534-0665 or moviesinthecanyon.com.
• Aug. 27 — “Nacho Libre” and “School of Rock”
• Aug. 28 — “Hook” and “The Goonies”
• Sept. 3 — “Raiders of The Lost Ark” and “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.”
• Sept. 4 — “Madagascar 2” and “Journey To the Center of the Earth 3-D”
• Sept. 10 — “Field of Dreams” and “The Blind Side”
• Sept. 11 — “Little Big League” and “The Express”
• Sept. 17 — “March of the Penguins” and “Dirty Dancing”
• Sept. 18 - “Happy Feet” and “Footloose”
• Sept. 24 — “Shrek” and “The Great Outdoors”
• Sept. 25 — “Shrek 2” and “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure.”
‘Including Samuel’ — Arc of Texas and Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities will host a free screening of the documentary by photojournalist Dan Habib 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, in the LifeGate Church gymnasium, 10555 Edgemere. The film documents Habib’s family and their special needs son in the social and educational inclusion of special needs kids. It also features four other families with varied inclusion experiences, as well as interviews with teachers of young people, parents and disability rights experts. Information: Sandie Olivar, 779-4770 or sandieelp@aol.com.
Holocaust Museum Cinema Sundays — El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center, 715 Oregon, hosts free showings of Holocaust, genocide and racism-related films the last Sunday of the month. Age 18 and younger not permitted without parent or guardian. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Information: 351-0048, ext. 24 or maribel@elpasoholocaustmuseum.org. Web: elpasoholocaustmuseum.org.
The 1997 documentary "The Long Way Home" will be shown at 2 p.m. Aug. 29. The Academy Award-winning documentary examines the post-World War II period from 1945 to 1948 and the plight of tens of thousands of refugees who survived the Nazi Holocaust but whom most of the world left to fend for themselves.
‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ — The Guillermo del Toro fantasy is 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1, as part of the Hot Topic film series at Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Admission is free. Information: 532-7273.
‘A Day at the Movies’ — The Jewish Federation of El Paso and the Inter-American Jewish Studies Program present recent Jewish films 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5, at the Rubin Center on the UTEP campus. Cost is $20 ($14 members, UTEP students) for all day, or $12 ($8 members, students) for one feature plus shorts. Advance discount available. Reservations recommended: 584-4437 or jewishelpaso.org.
• 10:30 a.m. “Divan” (all ages)
• 12:15 p.m. — “180 Degrees of Jerusalem” (teens and older)
• 1 p.m. — “Nora’s Will” (preteens and older)
Pax Christi Film Series — The series presents “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price,” 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, at Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services’ Mother Teresa Center, 2400 E. Yandell (between Piedras and Cotton). Hosted by Pax Christi El Paso and the Peace & Justice Ministry of the Catholic Diocese of El Paso. Admission is free, donations welcome. Information: 497-0384.
Queer Cinema — Frontera Pride Film Festival and Rio Grande Adelante will host the film series 7 to 9 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at Fellini Film Cafe, 220 Cincinnati. Viewing is free with $7 food purchase. Information: 929-9282 or rgadelante.org.
UTEP Cinema Novo Art and Foreign Film Series — Union Cinema, Union Building East, First Floor. Film showings are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Admission is $2 ($1 with UTEP, student or military ID). Free popcorn offered. Ticket sales at the door begin 30 minutes before showtime. Information: 747-5481 or utepspecialevents.com.
Fountain Theatre — 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 1/2 block south of the plaza in Mesilla. The historic theater, operated by the Mesilla Valley Film Society, features films at 7:30 p.m. nightly, plus 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Foreign language films include subtitles. Admission: $7 ($6 seniors and students with ID; all seats for matinees; $5 society members and children); $5 on Wednesday. Information, schedule: (575) 524-8287 or mesillavalleyfilm.org.
• Aug. 27-Sept 2 — “The Wind Journeys.” The film tells the story of an aging accordion player and a young musician accompanying him on his trek north. Rating equivalent to PG-13.
• Sept. 3-9 — “Solitary Man.” Michael Douglas plays a tormented New York car dealer. He deals with aging, a job scandal and a heart problem by seducing women, the younger the better. His own daughter has given up on him, as has his ex-wife (Susan Sarandon). Yet when he hits bottom, working the counter at the diner of a friend (Danny DeVito), he can’t quit lying to himself. Rated R.
• Sept. 10-16 — “Spoken Word.” Made in New Mexico. A San Francisco spoken word artist returns to New Mexico to be with his dying father, only to find he loses his “voice” as he is sucked back in to the dysfunctional life of drugs and violence he left behind.
• Sept. 17-23 – “The Girl Who Played With Fire.” Lisbeth Salander, the punked, pierced, dragon-tattooed heroine of Stieg Larsson’s trilogy, is back in an ever more treacherous game with villains more depraved, mysteries much murkier and family ties more dark. Rated R.
• Sept. 24-30 — “Agora.” Hypatia of Alexandria (Rachel Weisz) is a famous female philosophy professor and atheist in Roman Egypt. One of her slaves turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom, but also falls in love with his master.
The society presents “Made-In-New-Mexico Westerns Part 2” at noon Monday, Sept. 6, featuring clips from 22 Westerns that were shot at least in part in New Mexico (including two in Las Cruces) between 1930 and 2004. Film clips include scenes from “Sea of Grass,” “Billy the Kid” (1930), “The Outlaw,” “When the Legends Die,” “Cave of Outlaws” and “Hang ‘em High.” Admission: $3 ($2 MVFS members).
CinéMatinee Film Series — Films with western, rural or New Mexico themes (as well as other special selections) are shown at 1:30 p.m. Saturdays at the Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 1/2 block south of the plaza in Mesilla. Admission: $4 ($1 for Mesilla Valley Film Society members), unless otherwise listed. Information: (575) 524-8287 (leave message) or mesillavalleyfilm.org.
• Sept. 4 — “The Red Machine.” The special New Mexico screening features appearances by the film’s co-directors, co-producers and co-screenwriters, Stephanie Argy and Alec Boehm. At the height of the Great Depression, hotheaded Eddie Doyle, an ace safecracker, is facing prison. Enter a cool-as-ice Navy man with a problem only Eddie can solve. This event also features a special encore screening of the short film, “Gandhi at the Bat.” Tickets (in advance): $7 ($6 MVFS members).
• Sept. 11 — “Lonely are the Brave” (1962). Made in New Mexico. Kirk Douglas is an out-of-place cowboy in the modern west. He rides his horse into Albuquerque to visit friends Mike Kane and Gena Rowlands. Rowlands’ husband has been jailed for helping Mexicans enter the U.S. illegally. Douglas gets himself into jail to help Kane, but Kane refuses so Douglas breaks out himself and heads for the hills.
• Sept 18 — New Mexico Filmmakers Showcase, the annual screening of the films that won the NM Filmmaker’s Showcase earlier this year from State of New Mexico Film Office. Showcase runs about three hours. Movies include “Freeing Joshua” by Freedom A. Hopkins (Albuquerque); “Red Mesa” by Ilana Lapid (Las Cruces); “Dissident” by Jeremy Orr (Farmington); “Genetic Chile” by Chris Dudley (Albuquerque) and “Delivery Date” by Matt Page (Santa Fe). Lapid and Dudley will be present at the screening. Admission is free.
• Sept 25 — “Life and Times of Frida Kahlo.” Presented in conjunction with the Branigan Cultural Center, this documentary provides an intimate, detailed portrait of one of Mexico’s most famous women artists. The film is narrated by actress Rita Moreno, while singer Lila Downs provides the voice of Kahlo. The screening includes a meet-and-greet for the winner of the BCC’s Frida lookalike contest.
New Mexico Museum of Space History — Alamogordo, N.M. The museum’s Tombaugh IMAX Dome Theater presents:
• “Hubble” (11 a.m., noon and 2, 4 and 5 p.m.). Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, audiences will blast off alongside the Atlantis STS-125 crew, witness some of the most challenging spacewalks ever performed, and experience firsthand Hubble’s awe-inspiring imagery, from the heart of the Orion Nebula and our Milky Way to the edge of the observable universe.
• “9 Planets and Counting” (1 and 3 p.m.). Learn amazing facts about planets, moons and stars in the solar system and discover whether Pluto is really a planet or not. Featured with planetarium show.
Tickets: $6 ($5.50 for seniors and military; $4.50 ages 4-12). Ages 3 and under free for all shows. Planetarium show is $3.50. Information: (877) 333-6589 or (575) 437-2840 or nmspacemuseum.org.
Jay’s Film Forecast — Film historian Jay Duncan prepared this list of top monthly “Coming Attractions” for movie fans, listed by studio and release date. Release dates are subject to change.
Sept. 3:
• The American (Focus) — George Clooney, Thekla Reuten, Violante Placido. Directed by Anton Corbijn.
• Machete (20th Century-Fox) — Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Robert De Niro. Directed by Ethan Maniquis and Robert Rodriguez.
Sept. 10:
• Resident Evil: Afterlife (Screen Gems) in 3D — Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Wentworth Miller. Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. (4th film in series)
• The Virginity Hit (Columbia) — Matt Bennett, Nocole Weaver, Jacob Davich. Directed by Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland.
Sept. 17:
• Alpha and Omega (Lionsgate) — CG Animation. Featuring the voices of Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Christina Ricci, Dennis Hopper (final role). Directed by Anthony Bell and Ben Gluck.
• Catfish (Rogue Pictures) — Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman.
• Devil (Universal) — Chris Messina, Caroline Dhavernas, Bokeem Woodbine. Directed by Drew Dowdle and John Erick Dowdle. Written and produced by M. Night Shyamalan.
• Easy A (Screen Gems) — Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes. Directed by Will Gluck.
• Jack Goes Boating (Overture) — Philip Seymour Hoffmann, Amy Ryan, John Ortiz. Directed by Hoffmann (debut).
• Never Let Me Go (Fox Searchlight) — Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield. Directed by Mark Romanek.
• The Town (Warner Bros.) — Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm. Directed by Affleck.
Sept. 24:
• Buried (Lionsgate) — Ryan Reynolds, Samantha Mathis, Stephen Tobolowsky. Directed by Rodrigo Cortes.
• It’s Kind of a Funny Story (Focus) — Keir Gilchrist, Emma Roberts, Zach Galifianakis. Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (Warner Bros.) CG Animation. Featuring the voices of Hugo Weaving, Helen Mirren, Geoffrey Rush. Directed by Zack Synder.
• Waiting for ‘Superman’ (Paramount Vantage) — Documentary on the state of public education in America, featuring actual families and archival footage of George (TV’s “Superman”) Reeves. Directed by Davis Guggenheim.
• Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (20th Century-Fox) — Shia LaBeouf, Carey Mulligan, Michael Douglas; Directed by Oliver Stone. (Postponed from April 23; followup to Stone’s 1987 Wall Street).
• You Again (Touchstone) — Kristen Bell, Jaimie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver. Directed by Andy Fickman.
DVD Releases
Sept. 7:
• Solitary Man / R
• MacGruber / R
Sept. 14:
• Just Wright / PG-13
• Prince of Persia: Sands of Time / PG-13
Sept. 21:
• Robin Hood / PG-13
• The Secret in Their Eyes / R
Sept. 28:
• Iron Man 2 / PG-13
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