Category: Film
July 22nd 2010 | Posted in: Film | Posted by: The Ross
Showing at the Ross July 23 - August 5
An underground lair serves as the point of inspiration for this deeply whimsical fantasy comedy from French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie, The City of Lost Children). The locale is post-9/11 Europe. As arms dealers go head to head with one another in a series of violent skirmishes -- suggesting that an apocalyptic cataclysm may be lingering on the horizon -- the unfortunate Bazil (Dany Boon) still reels from the long-ago death of his father from a roadside bomb, an event that left him orphaned as a boy. Now employed in a low-paying job as a video-store clerk, and still trying to determine how he fits into the scheme of things, he gets hit by a stray bullet from a drive-by shooting and promptly lands in the hospital. Upon release, he finds himself broke and unemployed.
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July 22nd 2010 | Posted in: Film | Posted by: The Ross
Showing at the Ross July 23 - August 12.
Still single seven years after the breakup of his marriage, John (John C. Reilly) has all but given up on romance. But at the urging of his ex-wife and best friend Jamie (Catherine Keener), John grudgingly agrees to join her and her fiancé Tim (Matt Walsh) at a party. To his and everyone else’s surprise, he actually manages to meet someone: the gorgeous and spirited Molly (Marisa Tomei). Their chemistry is immediate. The relationship takes off quickly but Molly is oddly reluctant to take the relationship beyond John’s house. Perplexed, he follows her home and discovers the other man in Molly’s life: her son, Cyrus (Jonah Hill). A 21-year-old new age musician, Cyrus is his mom’s best friend and shares an unconventional relationship with her. Cyrus will go to any lengths to protect Molly and is definitely not ready to share her with anyone, especially John. Before long, the two are locked in a battle of wits for the woman they both love—and it appears only one man can be left standing when it’s over.
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July 22nd 2010 | Posted in: Film | Posted by: The Ross
Join us for a selection of comedies in this year's MOVIES ON THE GREEN. All of the screenings are presented on the grass in front of Kimball Recital Hall, located at 12th and R Streets. Screenings are free and open to the public and begin at dusk (approximately 9 p.m.)
RAIN DAYS: If a screening is cancelled due to inclement weather, the film will be shown the next day (Friday) at the same time. Check the Ross website,Facebook, or Twitter for updates the day of the show.
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
(1934; 1 hour, 45 minutes)
Thursday, July 29
Director Frank Capra's legendary romantic comedy stars Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable as a runaway heiress and a hard-bitten reporter who fall in love while traveling across the country.
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May 12th 2010 | Posted in: Film | Posted by: The Ross
Don't miss this live discussion and Q&A with "Lost" creators Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, simulcast live in HD from the New York Times studios in New York.
The New York Times, in association with BY Experience, Inc., presents TimesTalks LIVE - one-of-a-kind, intimate discussions with some of today's most fascinating film, TV and literary talents, interviewed by prize-winning New York Times journalists. TimesTalks LIVE comes to the big screen LIVE via satellite from The TimesCenter in New York, in high-definition. Join the conversation - exclusively in select movie theatres, for one night only.
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May 12th 2010 | Posted in: Film | Posted by: The Ross
NT Live is an exciting initiative to broadcast live performances of plays from the stage of the National Theatre in London onto cinema screens worldwide. Broadcasts will also feature behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with artists.
London Assurance
by Dion Boucicault
Sir Harcourt Courtly is lured away from the epicentre of fashionable London by the promise of a rich and beautiful bride, Grace, several decades his junior. Arriving at Oak Hall, Gloucestershire, he marvels at this rural Venus until her charms are eclipsed by her hearty cousin, the foxhunting Lady Gay Spanker. Meanwhile his disguised son turns up in flight from his creditors and falls head over heels for Grace. When Lady Spanker discovers the young couple, she needs little prompting from the visiting chancer Dazzle to lead Sir Harcourt astray.
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