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Entertainment
March
Movie: The Beaches of Agnes
Sunday, March 7, 7 p.m.
The Little Theater @ Mt. Airy’s Video Library, 7141 Germantown Avenue
Hailed as an icon by many Europeans film-lovers, Agnès Varga is relatively unknown to Americans, and this dynamic film received only scant distribution
and publicity here. At 81, Varga is as feisty and independent as ever, and she decided to compose her autobiography in her own way—as a film. It’s a self
portrait collage of film, photography, staged reenactments, some parts factual, some metaphorical. Which is which? Beaches was nominated for an
Oscar for Best Feature Length Documentary. Documentary? Maybe. Fascinating? Definitely! Tickets (including popcorn): $6.
Website: www.mtairyvideolibrary.com.
Movie: Up in the Air
Friday, March 12, 8 p.m., Saturday, March 13, 8 p.m., Sunday, March 14, 7 p.m.
The Little Theater @ Mt. Airy’s Video Library, 7141 Germantown Avenue
Question: What do you get when you combine 4 nominations for the most coveted Oscars: one for Best Picture, one for Best Actor (George Clooney) and two--
for Best Screenplay and Best Director (Jason Reitman --Juno)? Answer Up in the Air.
Clooney plays a cold man who’s more comfortable on a plane or in an airport than he is at home base. He is sent to meet employees of his company, one by
one, all over the country to inform them that they’re out and outsourcing is in. He’s content with his life—no complexity, no ties—until 2 women enter his
life, shake him out of his complacency and show him other ways to live. It’s 2010, so though there are comic moments, at its heart, this film is a serious
study of moral dilemmas and how the characters (and we) respond to them throughout the film. Tickets (including popcorn): $6.
Website: www.mtairyvideolibrary.com.
Movie: Kebab Connection, 96 minutes
Saturday, March 13, 7 p.m. (doors open 6:30 p.m.)
542 West Carpenter Lane
The Flickering Light presents a mini-tribute to one of its favorite filmmakers, Fatih Akin. Kebab Connection is directed by Anno Saul and written
by Fatih Akin. In Kebab Connection Ibo, an aspiring filmmaker, creates a rhapsodic commercial for his uncle's snack shack in a bid to impress the
big-time producers and direct Germany's first kung fu feature movie. Things are looking good until his girlfriend finds herself pregnant and his father
disowns him. Where will the hapless Ibo find himself a break? Lucky for him, his guardian angel looks an awful lot like Bruce Lee. Admission: $5.
Free parking at Henry School lot. Website: www.flickeringfilms.com
Movie: Broken Embraces
Friday, March 19, 8 p.m., Saturday, March 20, 8 p.m., Sunday, March 21, 7 p.m.
The Little Theater @ Mt. Airy’s Video Library, 7141 Germantown Avenue
Pedro Almodóvar and his muse Penelope Cruz once again treat us to a mysterious, complicated tale in which every character and all relationships are
ever-changing. Lena (Cruz) is a fantasy in the eyes of every man she meets, but she finds no pleasure in her superficial beauty. Nor is she amused by her
professional life as an actress. When she plays a role in a comedy—a movie within the movie—she is again assuming a part that others give her. Who really
knows her? Who knows that she is concealing a past she’d rather forget?
Lena is only one of the many characters in the film who chooses a new identity. Central to the story is Harry, who assumes a new name and a new identity
after an accident takes his wife and leaves him blind. Preferring anonymity, he abandons his life as a filmmaker. Everyone in Broken Embraces is
involved directly or indirectly with films and film-making, No wonder: it’s Almodóvar’s favorite subject.
Broken Embraces has been nominated for Best Picture not in the English language.
Tickets (including popcorn): $6.
Website: www.mtairyvideolibrary.com.
Movie: Precious
Friday, March 26, 8 p.m., Saturday, March 27, 8 p.m., Sunday, March 28, 7 p.m.
The Little Theater @ Mt. Airy’s Video Library, 7141 Germantown Avenue
Precious comes from a most heinous household. Repeatedly raped by her father and abused by her mother, she has no choice but to give birth to one child
and carry a second. Her life is hell even in school, where she is taunted as the obese, unworthy kid. When she transfers to another school, she encounters
people for the first time who care about her. She has always escaped from her abuse by creating fantasies of a different life. But there are glimmers of
hope; her resilience just might help her turn her magical world into a new reality, a life of dignity. For her stellar performance as Precious,
Gabourey Sidibe has been nominated for Best Actress Oscar.
The film has also been nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture. Tickets (including popcorn): $6.
Website: www.mtairyvideolibrary.com.
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