Paramus Fall 2008
Paramus Fall 2008
Fall 2008 Season Recap
12/1 - FINAL SCREENING - LAST CHANCE HARVEY
"Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson star in writer/director Joel Hopkins' gentle romantic drama Last Chance Harvey. Hoffman plays a man at the end of his rope, for whom nothing is seemingly going right. While in London for his daughter's wedding, he meets Thompson, and strikes up an unlikely relationship with her. This film marks the second collaboration between its two lead actors (following the 2006 Stranger Than Fiction)" ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
Cast:
Dustin Hoffman,
Emma Thompson,
Kathy Baker,
James Brolin
Director: Joel Hopkins
Producer:
Jawal Nga,
Tim Perell,
Nicola Usborne
HOST - STEPHEN WHITTY
GUEST - Producer Tim Perell
Official Site: Link
11/24 - CAKE EATERS
Set in small-town America over the course of two days, the contemporary tale centers on two dysfunctional families thrown together by the return of one family's prodigal son, forcing the clans' members to battle old ghosts and work through emotional issues as they search for love at any cost.
Cast::
Jayce Bartok,
Aaron Stanford,
Kristen Stewart,
Bruce Dern,
Elizabeth Ashley
Directed by: Mary Stuart Masterson
Produced by: Carol Morris, Patrick R. Morris, Elisa Pugliese
GUEST - DIRECTOR MARY STUART MASTERSON
HOST - DAVID EDELSTEIN (CBS-TV)
Official Site: Link
Ethan Hawke sits with Peter Travers and discusses his latest film, What Doesn't Kill You
Photo: Bridget Laudien
Photo: Bridget Laudien
11/17 - WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU
For two boys on the crime-filled streets of Boston's Southie neighborhood, a life on the wrong side of the law seems like a natural choice. But as the two childhood friends (played by Mark Ruffalo and Ethan Hawke) grow up, the stakes grow larger and they begin working for one of the top men in Boston's underworld (writer/director Brian Goodman). When both of them end up in jail for their sins, they think it's time to change their ways--but will it last? Amanda Peet and Donnie Wahlberg costar in this drama, which Wahlberg also co-wrote.
Cast:
Mark Ruffalo,
Ethan Hawke,
Amanda Peet,
Will Lyman
Director: Brian Goodman
Host: PETER TRAVERSGuest: ETHAN HAWKE
Official Site www.yarifilmgroup.com
2nd feature - MILK
Oscar Winning Best Actress ELLEN BURSTYN (ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, etc),
drops by to talk about her many projects, (STONE ANGEL, LOVELY STILL, "W", GRETA, OUR LADY OF VICTORY).
Photos Courtesy of Bridget Laudien
11/10 STONE ANGEL
Hagar Shipley escapes from home when her son Marvin and daughter in law Doris tell her she must move into nursing care. She sets out on a preposterous journey in search of a way to reconcile herself to her tumultuous past. Vulnerable to an aging brain, it becomes hard for Hagar to differentiate past from present and we come to know her as the passionate and rebellious bride in a remote prairie town whose proud father disowns her when she marries the "wrong sort". Struggling to get to the safe haven of an abandoned house she remembers near the ocean, Hagar can't stop from reflecting on how her sprawling life was full of twists and joys denied.
Cast:
Ellen Burstyn,
Christine Horne,
Cole Hauser,
Kevin Zegers,
Ellen Page,
Dylan Baker
Director: Kari Skogland
Screenwriter: Margaret Laurence, Kari Skogland
HOST - PETER TRAVERS
GUEST - ELLEN BURSTYN
Official Site: Link
NY Film Critic Marshall Fine chats with GARDENS OF THE NIGHT Director Damian Harris.
Photos Courtesy of Lynn Butler
11/3 - GARDENS OF THE NIGHT
Leslie struggles with a hand to mouth existence on the streets of San Diego with only her childhood friend Donnie to look after her. Both of them are trying to cope with the trauma of having been abducted and held captive by two men nine years earlier. As an eight-year-old girl, Leslie was abducted through trickery by an older man Alex, and his young accomplice Frank. Leslie was held captive in their house along with an eight-year-old boy named Donnie, who believed his mentally unstable mother sold him to Alex.The children create a bond with each other, managing to escape into a fantasy world they create in their bedroom. Years later Leslie and Donnie, now seventeen years old, are living as street-kids and struggling to cope with what they suffered through, having been affected by the experience differently. Donnieâ??s feelings for Leslie are those of any teenager in love, however, Leslie's perception of love has been severely mutated through her relationship with Alex and her instinct is to run from Donnie. Can she not only survive this horrific experience, but be set free from its terrible shackles?
Director Damian Harris, Tom Arnold and Cinematographer Paula Huidobro
Director: Damian Harris DirectorWriter: Damian Harris Screenplay
Cast member: Tom ArnoldProducers
Mark Amin Executive Producer
Todd Olsson Executive Producer
R.D. Robb Producer
Pascal Franchot Producer
Damian Harris Producer
Thomas L. Carter Co-Producer
Stephen Hens Co-ProducerGuest Director - Damian Harris
Host: MARSHALL FINE
City Lights: Link
Official Site: Link
US Weekly Magazine Critic, Thelma Adams & SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Star - Dev Patel discuss the October 27th Screening.
Photos Courtesy of Lynn Butler
10/27 - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE -The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much?
Distributors: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Cast:
Dev Patel,
Irrfan Khan,
Anil Kapoor,
Madhur Mittal
Director: Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Millions, Sunshine)
Screenwriter: Simon Beaufoy
Producer: Christian Colson
GUEST: Dev Patel
Dev PatelHOST - PETER TRAVERS
Official Site: Link
10/20 - I LOVED YOU SO LONG
'Léa (Elsa Zylberstein) and Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas) are sisters. The film begins with Léa, the younger sister by fifteen years, picking Juliette up at the airport. We soon realize that the two sisters are almost complete strangers... '
Casr:
Kristin Scott Thomas,
Elsa Zylberstein,
Serge Hazanavicius,
Laurent Grevill,
Frederic Pierrot
Director: Philippe Claudel
Screenwriter: Philippe Claudel
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
HOST - PETER TRAVERS
GUEST - DYLAN LEINER
2nd Feature:
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
"A fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. The lonely boy's wish for a friend seems to come true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him with her father."
Cast:
Kåre Hedebrant,
Lina Leandersson,
Per Ragnar,
Henrik Dahl,
Karin Bergquist,
Peter Carlberg,
Ika Nord,
Karl-Robert Lindgren,
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Screenwriter: John Ajvide Lindqvist
Producer: John Nordling, Carl Molinder
Composer: Johan Soderqvist
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Fall Season Opener:
10/14- BEFORE THE RAINS
"A love story told in three parts--linked by characters and events which alternate between contemporary London and Macedonia, in the former Yugoslavia. In the first section, a young Greek Orthodox monk hides an Albanian girl from her enemies; the second segment follows a London photo-agency employee torn between a Pulitizer Prize-winning war photographer and her husband; the last segment follows the photographer as he returns to his native Macedonian village, intent upon forgetting the horrors of war, only to discover that a fierce anti-Muslim ethnic hatred has already infected the once-peaceful Christian villagers"
Cast:
Linus Roache,
Rahul Bose,
Nandita Das,
Jennifer Ehle,
John Standing
Director: Santosh Sivan
Screenwriter: Cathy Rabin
Producer(s):
Doug Mankoff,
Andrew Spaulding,
Paul Hardart,
Tom Hardart,
Mark Burton
Your Host: STEPHEN WHITTY
Guest: Linus Roache
Linus Roache - Born in Manchester, the son of Coronation Street actor William Roache and actress Anna Cropper.[1] Roache is also a past member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1975, Roache appeared in Coronation Street playing his father's character Ken Barlow's son Peter. Roache joined the American TV series Law & Order as new Executive Assistant District Attorney Michael Cutter* No Surrender (1985) as Ulster Boy
* Link (1986) (uncredited)
* Priest (1994) as Father Greg Pilkington
* The Wings of the Dove (1997) as Merton Densher
* Venice Project (1999) as Count Jacko/Count Giaccomo
* Siam Sunset (1999) as Perry
* Best (2000) as Denis Law
* Pandaemonium (2000) - as Samuel Taylor Coleridge
* Hart's War (2002) as Capt. Peter A. Ross
* Gathering Storm (2002) (TV) as Ralph Wigram
* Beyond Borders (2003) as Henry Bauford
* Blind Flight (2003) as John McCarthy
* The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) as the "Purifier"
* 12 and Holding (2005) as Mr. Carges
* The Forgotten (2004) as Mr. Shineer
* Batman Begins (2005) as Dr. Thomas Wayne
* Find Me Guilty (2006) as Sean Kierney
* Before the Rains (2008) as Henry Moores
Studio: Roadside Attractions - Lions Gate
