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We are pleased to announce our screening of the Academy Award winning "Crazy Heart" Thursday, April 15th at 7pm in the upstairs auditorium of the Carolina Theater. Hope to see you there.
A little about the film:
When reporter Jean Craddock (Oscar nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal) interviews Bad Blake (Oscar winner Jeff Bridges) -- an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend -- they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son.
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The Occupational Therapy Program of Lenoir-Rhyne University will present a convocation about how society views persons with disabilities at 7 p.m. March 30 in the Belk Centrum. “Freaks,” a 1932 American horror film about sideshow performers directed and produced by Tod Browning will be shown. Browning took the unusual step of casting the film with actual carnival performers, rather than actors in costume and makeup. Browning had formerly worked for a traveling circus, and the film was drawn from his personal experiences. This film challenges many of our views about disability and stigma. A discussion will follow the film.
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The Big Read, Catawba County's community-wide year-long reading project, in association with Footcandle Film Society will be screening the film In the Time of The Butterflies Thursday, April 1st at 7pm. The film is based on the book of the same name by author Julia Alvarez. Another of Alvarez's books How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent is this year's Big Read book.
A little about the film -
Salma Hayek steps out in a weighty, serious role as Minerva Mirabel, a resistance fighter against the popular dictatorship of Leonidas Trujillo (Edward James Olmos) in the Dominican Republic.
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The Hickory Museum of Art & the Hickory International Council have asked Footcandle to help host a screening of the documentary Rain in a Dry Land Tuesday, March 23rd at 7pm. The screening is free to the public so everyone is encouraged to attend.
A little about the film -
How do you measure the distance from an African village to an American city? What does it mean to be a refugee in today's "global village"? Rain in a Dry Land provides eye-opening answers as it chronicles the fortunes of two Somali Bantu families transported by relief agencies from years of civil war and refugee life to Atlanta, Georgia and Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Footcandle will be screening the 3 time Academy Award nominated (Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay) An Education, Thursday March 11th at 7pm in the upstairs auditorium of the Carolina Theater in downtown Hickory. Admission for members is free, Non-members $5.
A little about the film -
Jenny's (Carey Mulligan) Oxford-bound teen life is undistinguished in 1961 London until she's given a different kind of education after being immersed in the beguiling but hazardous world of cultured and much-older David (Peter Sarsgaard). Even Jenny's father, Jack (Alfred Molina), is intrigued by him, but her school's unimpressed headmistress (Emma Thompson) works to keep Jenny's entire future from crumbling under David's influence.
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Tri-Rahn Pictures will be filming the largest scene of the faith-based full Feature Film "Pendulum Swings" this Saturday, Feb. 27th and is looking for people of all ages to be part of the film. Families, friends and everyone are encouraged to
attend as 2 scenes planned for filming will be different church service days. Director/Producer Bill Rahn is asking participants to wear their church clothes and act as if part of the congregation. Rahn said, "We plan to film one day from 9am-1pm with the second from 3pm-6pm and people can be in both scenes."
The location is the Tri-City Baptist Church (exit 132 off I-40), 1409 NC HWY 16 North, Conover, NC. 28613. Call time is 9 am and the church will hold over a thousand. Bring friends, family and enjoy being in one of this year's largest independent faith productions filmed in North Carolina. The shoot schedule does continue into April so there are other date needs for background actors. For more information you can visit the movie's web site: www.pendulumswingsmovie.com Confirmation can be emailed to casting at jp@pendulumswingsmovie.com
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We are pleased to announce that we will be screening the 3 time Academy Award nominated The Young Victoria, Thursday Feb. 11th at 7pm in the upstairs auditorium of the Carolina Theater in downtown Hickory. Admission for members is free, Non-members $5.
A little about the film -
Eighteen-year-old British royal Victoria (Emily Blunt) ascends to the throne and is romanced by future husband Prince Albert (Rupert Friend) in this lush period film that chronicles the early years of the British monarch's larger-than-life reign. Produced by Martin Scorsese and Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, the film also stars Miranda Richardson as the Duchess of Kent, Jim Broadbent as King William and Paul Bettany as Lord Melbourne.
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We are pleased to announce that we will be screening the latest from the Coen Brothers A Serious Man January 14th at 7pm in the upstairs auditorium of the Carolina Theater. Hope to see you there.
A little about the film -
A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) that she is leaving him. Larry's unemployable brother Arthur (Richard Kind) is sleeping on the couch, his son Danny (Aaron Wolf) is a discipline problem, and his daughter Sarah (Jessica McManus) is filching money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job. Struggling for equilibrium, Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis. Can anyone help him cope with his afflictions and become a righteous person - a mensch - or a serious man?
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The Carolina Theater in the spirit of holidays has told us that any Footcandle member who shows their ID can get in free to a screening of Amelia between now and the end of the year.
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Count me among the droves of folks who loved the Where The Wild Things Are book as a kid. I couldn't have been more excited when I heard that Spike Jonze was going to make a movie of it. Sure, like most, I was curious how he was going to take a book with about two paragraphs of text and turn it into a 2 hour movie...but then they'd made Cat in The Hat...but that was also terrible.
The movie opens with a scene of Max chasing the family dog through the house with a fork making stabbing gestures. Right away I felt like the movie was going to work for me. It was holding true to the idea of the book but was going to probably investigate some new territory. Next up was a snowball fight scene that also served to establish the mood and I thought was wonderfully shot and acted. Now my inner-child was so excited I could barely stand it. The best was surely yet to come with the journey to the island and the Wild Things!
But no...this was not be. Instead once Max got to the island there was lots of talking. Talking about feelings, families, friends, and relationships. Talking, talking, talking. I felt like I was watching a Lifetime movie except weepy protagonists had been replaced with mopey giant horned beasts. From the director whose helmed such imaginative films as Being John Malkovich and Adaptation I knew to expect the unexpected...but I never expected to be bored.
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