Events: Film

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Jun 22, 2018 to Jun 28, 2018 - various times - English

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville’s (Twenty Feet From Stardom, Best of Enemies) latest documentary takes an intimate look at America’s favorite neighbor: Mister Fred Rogers. A portrait of a man whom we all think we know, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? is an emotional and moving film that takes you beyond zip-up cardigans and the land of make-believe, and into the heart of a creative genius who inspired generations of children with compassion and limitless imagination.

Hot Fuzz

Saturday, Jun 23, 2018 at 11:30 PM - English

After watching pretty much every action film there is, director Edgar Wright and writer Simon Pegg concocted the brilliant Hot Fuzz, a mash-up of genre conventions that honors the works it borrows from and ends up being more than the sum of its parts. Pegg plays an over-achieving London cop transferred to a quiet village after his perfect record puts his entire department to shame. There, he’s partnered with an oafish constable (Nick Frost) and soon uncovers a series of suspicious accidents and events that lead to honest-to-goodness crime.

The Boat

Monday, Jun 25, 2018 at 7:30 PM - English

• Written by Emmy and Golden Globe winner George Lefferts
• Directed by Margaret Ledford with Harold C Archambault, Jordon Armstrong, Lindsay Corey, Katherine C McDonald, Marquise Rogers, George Schiavone, Morgan Sophia and Gregg Weiner

Set in the Depression, English teacher Manley Freeman, now reduced to working in a delicatessen, buys a boat he cannot afford with the dream it will carry him to a better life. The characters raw love and hate for each other light up the stage as they battle over the Boat's cargo of dreams..

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Scarface

Saturday, Jun 30, 2018 at 11:30 PM - English

Meet Tony Montana (Oscar-winner Al Pacino), a Cuban refugee newly arrived in Miami courtesy of the Mariel boatlift. Together with friend Manny Ribera (Steven Bauer), Tony turns to criminal acts to make ends meet. As they dive into the world of cocaine, their graphically violent criminal enterprise quickly grows, as does Tony’s insatiable appetite for drugs, money, power, and the woman he can’t have. Roger Ebert notes, “Scarface is one of those special movies, like The Godfather, that is willing to take a flawed, evil man and allow him to be human.” The film’s downward spiral of self-destruction and excess still resonates 35 years later.

2001: A Space Odyssey

Jul 6, 2018 to Jul 12, 2018 - click here for time schedule - English

CGAC presents a brand new 70mm print of 2001: A Space Odyssey to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's landmark film. Overseen by Christopher Nolan, "this 70mm print was struck from new printing elements made from the original camera negative. This is a true photochemical film recreation. There are no digital tricks, remastered effects, or revisionist edits. This is the unrestored film - that recreates the cinematic event that audiences experienced fifty years ago."

Beginning with the dawn of man millions of years ago, 2001: A Space Odyssey charts an epic journey across the vastness of human history – and beyond. Co-written by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, the 1968 masterpiece tackles lofty themes including human evolution, the search for extraterrestrial life, advancements in artificial intelligence, and the often conflicting uses of technology. Fifty years later, the film has not lost a speck of awe or relevance thanks to a tight, poetic narrative and Academy Award-winning special effects created by a director known for his perfectionism. It’s a film full of wonder in every single frame and the kind that you don’t simply watch but experience. As Alexander Walker, noted film critic for London’s Evening Standard, pointed out: "I shall go and see it again as soon as possible, for one thing is clear. Man has shrunk space, but director Stanley Kubrick has expanded the cinema."

Spirited Away

Jul 8, 2018 to Jul 10, 2018 - click here for time schedule - English

Wandering through an abandoned carnival site, ten-year-old Chichiro is separated from her parents and stumbles into a dream-like spirit world where she is put to work in a bathhouse for the gods, a place where all kinds of nonhuman beings come to refresh, relax and recharge. Here she encounters a vast menagerie of impossibly inventive characters – shape-shifting phantoms and spirits, some friendly, some less so – and must find the inner strength to outsmart her captors and return to her family. Combining Japanese mythology with Through the Looking Glass-type whimsy, Spirited Away cemented Miyazaki’s reputation as an icon of inspired animation and wondrous, lyrical storytelling. It became – and still is – the highest grossing film of all time in Japan and holds the distinction of being the only hand-drawn (and non-English!) animated film to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

American Black Film Festival

Jul 13, 2018 to Jul 17, 2018 - various times - English

Be a part of the American Black Film Festival (ABFF®) experience. Join ABFF's Ambassador, Insecure's Jay Ellis, and the who's who of Hollywood for 5 days of movie premieres, celebrity talks, high powered networking, parties and non-stop entertainment at the largest gathering of Black Film and TV Enthusiasts!

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Jul 20, 2018 to Jul 22, 2018 - at 12:00 PM - English

Captured live from the National Theatre in London, this critically acclaimed production directed by Marianne Elliot (Angels in America, War Horse) has astonished audiences around the world and has received seven Olivier and five Tony Awards. Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs. Shears’ dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington. He has an extraordinary brain, exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts strangers. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world.