Friday, November 20, 2009

November 20: Movies Next Week

Hey moviegoers!
Time for another look ahead at what's happening in movies next week. The busiest day of the week? Tuesday. Very busy on Tuesday. Lots of movie/film-going options. Also, be sure to check out the twitter feed (http://twitter.com/OutAtTheMovies) for anything that comes up during the week.

Out @ The Blind Side
Cost: $8.99
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 24th @ 6
Location: Empire 8 Park Lane (Spring Garden)
Behind the Scenes: It's our next official Out @ the Movies event!
The Movie: Sandra Bullock will pull tears out of your eyes!
For more info... http://bit.ly/peIwI

Four Feet Up
Cost: Free
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 24th @ 7
Location: CBC Radio Room (1599 South Park)
Behind the Scenes: Presented by the National Film Board of Canada with Paradise Cinema, Linda Joy Media Arts and culturalproduct.com
The Movie: Twenty years after the promise of the House of Commons "to eliminate poverty among Canadian children," 8-year-old Isaiah contemplates what "less fortunate" means as he finds his voice through his own magical drawings and photographs. Astute about the fact that his parents don't make a lot of money, Isaiah is unaware of their constant worry about putting food on the table, affording any after-school opportunities, and keeping stereotypes at a distance.
Four Feet Up invites us into the lives of this determined family, revealing an intimate and touching experience of child poverty in one of the world's richest nations.

GLASS: a portrait of Philip in twelve parts
Cost: Free
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 24th @ 5
Location: Dalhousie Art Gallery (6101 University)
Behind the Scenes: Presented as part of the Dalhousie Art Gallery's film series
The Movie: Shot in Germany, New York City and---substantially---in Cape Breton, a portrait of Philip in twelve parts sees Shine director Scott Hicks following internationally renowned minimalist composer Philip Glass as he writes his Symphony No. 8 and launches his opera Waiting for the Barbarians. Artist Chuck Close also appears.



Bombies - Film Screening & Debate on Cluster Munitions
Cost: Free
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 24th @ 7
Location: Room 305, Weldon Law Building, Dalhousie University (6061 University)
Behind the Scenes: The Even Wars Have Limits working group of the Canadian Red Cross will host a screening of the documentary “Bombies” followed by a debate on the use of cluster munitions by Sodales, the Dalhousie Debating Society.
The Movie: Between 1964 and 1973 the United States conducted a secret air war, dropping over 2 million tons of bombs and making tiny Laos the most heavily bombed country in history. Millions of these 'cluster bombs' did not explode when dropped, leaving the country massively contaminated with 'bombies' as dangerous now as when they fell 30 years ago.
Bombies examines the problem of unexploded cluster bombs through the personal experiences of a group of Laotians and foreigners and argues for their elimination as a weapon of war. Unfortunately they are still a standard part of the US arsenal and were dropped in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq

Die Feuerzangenbowle
Cost: ??
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 24th @ 7
Location: McMechan Room, Killam Library, Dalhousie (6225 University)
Behind the Scenes: ??
The Movie: Die Feuerzangenbowle ("The Fire-Tongs Bowl" or "The Punch Bowl") is a 1944 movie, directed by Helmut Weiss and is based on the book of the same name. It follows the book closely as author Spoerl also wrote the script for the movie. Both tell the story of a famous writer going undercover as a pupil at a small town secondary school after his friends tell him that he missed out on the best part of growing up by being educated at home.
In German, with English subtitles.

War Hospital
Cost: Free
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 25th @ 7
Location: Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building (6100 University)
Behind the Scenes: A film screening in celebration of the Canadian Red Cross's Centennial Year, followed by a panel discussion.
The Movie: Shot in cinema-vérité style, this feature documentary immerses the viewer in the sights and sounds of the world's largest field hospital, the International Committee of the Red Cross in Sudan. The ICRC allowed filmmakers David Christensen and Damien Lewis unprecedented access to the surgical hospital and local medical staff as they go about their duties, caring for wounded Sudanese soldiers and women and children, all casualties of the civil war. With no narrator and minimal explanation, War Hospital simply and powerfully captures the joy and sadness of life and death.


The Polar Express
Cost: $6 and donation
Date/Time: Saturday, November 28th @ 11:30 a.m.
Location: Empire Theatres Bayers Lake
Behind the Scenes: Come and support a great cause. Polar Express will be showing in support of Feed Nova Scotia. Cost is only 6 dollars per person with a donation of a non-perishable food item for Feed Nova Scotia. Tickets must be purchased in cash!
The Movie: A young boy lies awake in his room one snowy Christmas Eve, excited and alert. Breathing silently. Hardly moving. Waiting.He's listening for a sound he's afraid that he might never hear--the ringing bells of Santa's sleigh. The time is five minutes to midnight. Suddenly, the boy is startled by a thunderous roar. Clearing the mist from his window he sees the most amazing sight--a gleaming black train rumbles to a stop right in front of his house, the steam from its powerful engine hissing through the night sky and the softly falling snowflakes. The boy rushes outside, clad only in his pajamas and slippers, and is met by the train's conductor who seems to be waiting just for him. "Well, are you coming?" the conductor inquires. "Where?" the boy asks. "Why, to the North Pole--of course. This is the Polar Express!" What unfolds is an an adventure which follows a doubting young boy, who takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole; during this ride, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery which shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Cost: By Donation
Date/Time: Saturday, November 28th @ 1
Location: Oxford Theatre (6408 Quinpool)
Behind the Scenes: The Quinpool Dental Clinic will be passing out free loot bags to the first 150 people in line. Admission is free with an unwrapped toy donation goin to the Salvation Army. For more information, call, 209-2210.
The Movie: The curmudgeonly recluse Grinch, who hates Christmas, becomes annoyed with the out-of-control Christmas festivities in Whoville, the town lying below his cave dwelling on Mt. Crumpit. But after the Grinch conspires to deprive the Who's of their favorite holiday by sneaking into town on Christmas eve to steal everything associated with the holiday, he learns that the spirit of Christmas goes much deeper than tinsel and toys.
For more info...

Canadian Labour Independent Film Festival
Cost: Free
Date/Time: Saturday November 28th starting @ 6
Location: Room 255, Sobey Building, Saint Mary’s University
Behind the Scenes: This film festival is being held across Canada, the weekend of Nov. 27th/28th - with a weeklong festival being held in Toronto Nov. 21-28th.
The Movie:
  • 6:00 - Opening Remarks
  • 6:15 - Six Weeks of Solidarity (1999 - 9:21 minutes, Canada) Directed by Victor Dobchuk. A look at the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, 75 years later. English and French
  • 6:30 - Seeds of Peace (2009 - 50 minutes, Israel) Directed Andre Kloer & Maaike Broos. Jawdat Talousy worked in a Jewish Settlement located on the West Bank. He was fired because he established a labour committee in order to get equal labour rights as Israeli co-workers. In the settlements labour laws for Palestinians are ambiguous and law enforcement is weak. Follow Jawdat's struggle to fight for his rights as well as learn about how this ambiguity affects other Palestinians in the settlements. English only
  • 7:35 - 24 Days in Brooks (2009 - 42:03 minutes) In a decade, tiny Brooks, Alberta has been transformed from a socially conservative, primarily Caucasian town to one of the most diverse places in Canada. Hijabs have become commonplace, downtown bars feature calypso and residents speak 90 different languages. Immigrants and refugees have flocked here to work at Lakeside Packers - one of the world's largest slaughterhouses. Centring on the 24 days of the first-ever strike at Lakeside, this film is a nuanced portrait of people working together and adapting to change. They are people like Peter Jany Khwai, who escaped war in Sudan, wears an African shirt and a cowboy hat, and affirms his Canadian identity as well as his determination to fight for his rights. Or Edil Hassan, a devout Muslim born in Somalia, who counts her hours of organizing and picketing among her proudest moments. As 24 Days in Brooks shows, people from widely different backgrounds can work together for respect, dignity, and change - even though getting there is not easy.
  • 8:45 - Poor No More (2009 - 45 minutes, Canada) Directed by Bert Deveaux. In the present economic crisis with industries collapsing and commodity prices falling many Canadians a destitute and many others are on the brink. Against this climate, a couple of Canadians go on a road trip to Ireland and Sweden, with comedian Mary Walsh as their guide, and get a chance to see how other countries have helped people like themselves. This movie will break your heart, split your side and open your mind to new possibilities. Not the least of which is: If other countries can do it, why can't we?
  • 9:45 - Close

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