Sunday Night Film Club – DC

As his wedding day approaches, Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) realizes he has no one to act as his best man. Through a series of ”man-dates,” he finds Sydney Fife (Jason Segel), and the pair become instant friends. But as Peter’s ”bro-mance” with Sydney grows stronger, it threatens his relationship with his fiancee (Rashida Jones), forcing Peter to make a choice.

Set in the insular world of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, Two Lovers is a classic romantic drama, with Joaquin Phoenix giving a raw and vulnerable performance as Leonard, a charismatic but troubled young man who moves back into his childhood home following a recent heartbreak. While recovering under the watchful eye of his parents (Isabella Rossellini and Moni Monoshov), Leonard meets two women in quick succession: Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow), a mysterious and beautiful neighbor who is exotic and out-of-place in Leonard’s staid world, and Sandra (Vinessa Shaw), the lovely and caring daughter of a businessman who is buying out his family’s dry-cleaning business. Leonard becomes deeply infatuated by Michelle, who seems poised to fall for him, but is having a self-destructive affair with a married man. At the same time, mounting pressure from his family pushes him towards committing to Sandra. Leonard is forced to make an impossible decision—between the impetuousness of desire and the comfort of love—or risk falling back into the darkness that nearly killed him. Directed and co-written by James Gray (We Own the Night, The Yards).

One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari Folman about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there’s a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can’t remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal imagesÂ… Folman’s animated documentary has been acclaimed worldwide and is winner of 6 Israeli Film Academy Awards, including Best Film, Director, Screenplay and Art Direction. Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.

Young friends Whitney, Mike, Richie, Amanda, and Wade end up missing in the woods near the abandoned Camp Crystal Lake (made famous by the original 1980 film), after allowing their curiosity to get the better of them and visiting the site where a psychopathic killer resides. Six weeks later, Trent invites friends Jenna, Bree, Chewie, Chelsea, Lawrence, and Nolan to his father’s cabin on Crystal Lake for a weekend of sex, booze, pot smoking, and water skiing. However their seemingly fun weekend soon escalates into a nightmare after lone traveler Clay shows up looking for his missing sister Whitney. The police have searched with no luck, and Clay is now searching alone. Local citizens have advised Clay not to go into those woods, because anyone who shows up missing is already dead, and he is wasting his time. During his search, one of the students, Jenna, decides to help Clay find his sister, and they go into the woods. They find the abandoned Camp Crystal Lake and search the dilapidated camp house for any signs of his sister. They soon find themselves face to hockey-mask with evil reborn, reimagined, and rebooted, and his name is Jason Vorhees.

Animated Program – Total Running Time 88 min (including titles and interstitials) Lavatory – Lovestory – dir. Konstantin Bronzit – Russia – 10 min Oktapodi – dir. Julien Bocabeille – France – 3 min Le Maison en Petits Cubes – dir. Kunio Kato – Japan – 12 min This Way Up – dirs. Adam Foulkes and Alan Smith – UK – 9 min Presto – dir. Doug Sweetland – United States – 5 min plus the following “Commended Films”: Varmints – dir. Marc Craste – UK – 24 min John and Karen – dir. Matthew Walker – UK – 5 min Gopher Broke – produced by Blur Studios – USA – 4 min. Skhizein – dir. Jérémy Clapin – France – 14 min. Hot Dog – dir. Bill Plympton – USA – 6 min.

This is a bit of a special SNFC. For 1 week only, Landmark E Street is showing Steven Soderbergh’s epic [url=http://www.cheelargentino.com/]Che[/url] as it was intended in a special Roadshow edition. The movie, which will be released theatrically as 2 films later in the year, will be shown in its entirety (4h 23m) with a short intermission.

Due to the late nature of the film, the SNFC advises that you plan your transportation accordingly. We will not have our usual post-movie dinner or drinks because of the lateness of our departure from the theater. Also, because of the limited nature of the release, we [b]strongly[/b] suggest you buy tickets at [url=http://www.landmarktheatres.com/tickets/default.asp]http://www.landmarktheatres.com/tickets/default.asp[/url]

Estranged from his daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) and unable to sustain any real relationships, Randy lives for the thrill of the show and the adoration of his fans. However, a heart attack forces him into retirement. As his sense of identity starts to slip away, he begins to evaluate the state of his life — trying to reconnect with his daughter, and strikes up a blossoming romance with an aging stripper (Marisa Tomei). Yet all this cannot compare to the allure of the ring and passion for his art, which threatens to pull Randy “The Ram” back into his world of wrestling.

Adapted from the revealing novel by Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road is an incisive portrait of an American marriage seen through the eyes of Frank Wheeler (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his wife April (Kate Winslet). The couple proudly declare their independence from the suburban inertia that surrounds them and determine never to be trapped by the social confines of their era. Yet for all their charm, beauty and irreverence, the Wheelers find themselves becoming exactly what they didn’t expect: a good man with a meaningless job whose nerve has gone missing; a less-than-happy homemaker starving for fulfillment and passion; an American family with lost dreams, like any other. Yates’ story of 1950s America poses a question that has been reverberating through modern relationships ever since: Can two people break away from the ordinary without breaking apart? Co-starring Kathy Bates, Kathryn Hahn, Michael Shannon and David Harbour. Directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty).

**Note! Since this is the opening weekend for Revolutionary Road, you may want to buy tickets ahead of time as the tickets may sell out. Visit the E Street website to buy tickets online (https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=264).

Walt Kowalski (Eastwood), a Korean War veteran, becomes increasingly unhappy at the influx of Hmong people to his neighborhood. After he catches Thao (Vang), a teenage Hmong neighbor, attempting to steal his 1972 Gran Torino as part of a gang initiation, the boy is forced by his tradition-oriented family to work for Kowalski in penance. Estranged from his children and grandchildren, and having just lost his wife, Kowalski gradually becomes friendly with Thao and his family, learning about Hmong culture. He attempts to protect Thao and his sister Sue (Her) from the gang