[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
AMERICAN SPLENDOR and THE CREMASTER CYCLE open!
From: |
"Landmark Theatres - San Diego, CA" |
Subject: |
AMERICAN SPLENDOR and THE CREMASTER CYCLE open! |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:32:38 -0700 |
HBO Films, FineLine Features and Landmark Theatres invite you to enter for a
chance to win our exclusive "AMERICAN SPLENDOR PARK CITY" Sweepstakes! Grand
Prize is trip for two to Park City, Utah during the 2004 Sundance Film Festival
- including airfare for two, hotel accommodations and passes to the festival.
First prize is an Autographed Original Strip by Harvey Pekar! And free films at
Landmark Theatres for you and a guest for all of 2004! Five second prize DVD
packs will also be awarded. Prizes courtesy of HBO Films & FineLine Features.
For entry details and complete rules, please visit: www.LandmarkTheatres.com.
AMERICAN SPLENDOR opens this summer.
***********************************************************************
Get your copy of Landmark Music now! Featured artists include Radiohead, The
Dandy Warhols, Eels and more, plus music from the films WINGED MIGRATION,
MASKED AND ANONYMOUS and TOGETHER. Pick up your free copy; just print out the
first page of this e-mail and take it to any Landmark Theatre.
***********************************************************************
Welcome to the Landmark Theatres Weekly Update! This e-mail is designed to keep
you up to date on what's happening at San Diego's homes for independent and
foreign language films.
For further information, visit Landmark Theatres on the web at
www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/SanDiego/SanDiego_Frameset.htm
You can purchase advance tickets for films playing at Landmark's Hillcrest
Cinemas on MovieFone at
www.moviefone.com/showtimes/theater.adp?theaterid=5052
Opening this week at Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas is "American Splendor," a
film based on the comic book of the same name by one Harvey Pekar. The book
centers around Pekar's life as a file clerk in Cleveland, Ohio.
"American Splendor," the comic book, was first published by Pekar in 1976 and
continued on in this fashion until the early nineties when Dark Horse Comics
picked it up for distribution. Throughout its run several renowned comic
artists have helped illustrate Pekar's words. Among them are Robert Crumb,
Frank Stack and Joe Sacco. The book won an American Book Award in 1987.
As an individual Pekar is an interesting character. He began his writing career
as a music and book critic for the likes of the Boston Herald, Austin
Chronicle, and Jazz Times, to name a few. In 1999 he began working for the
radio station WKSU through which he's won several awards for his writing. And,
finally, throughout the mid-eighties and early nineties he was a regular on
"The Late Show with David Letterman."
In spite of all of this he's managed to keep a relatively low profile. He still
lives in his hometown of Cleveland and retired from his file clerk job at the
local VA Hospital in 2001. He'd worked there since 1966.
Feel free to e-mail me directly at ChrisP@LandmarkTheatres.com with comments or
suggestions. Thank you for your interest in our films!
- Chris Principio, Landmark San Diego City Office
~ New This Week ~
Bargain shows in ( )
AMERICAN SPLENDOR - Opens Friday, August 29th at Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas
File clerk, working-class intellectual, obsessive-compulsive collector, and
creator of the seminal autobiographical comic book American Splendor, Harvey
Pekar documents the mundane tribulations, random experiences and cultural
interests that comprise his day-to-day existence in Cleveland. Filmmakers Shari
Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini illustrate this prickly hero in several
forms: the Harvey of the acted narrative (Paul Giamatti), a 2D animated Harvey,
and the real Harvey, past (via archival footage) and present. Hope Davis stars
as Pekar's wife. Grand Jury Prize Winner at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.
101 minutes. Rated R. Presented in Dolby SR Stereo. Friday, Tuesday through
Thursday at (1:50), 4:40, 7:30, 10:00; Saturday through Monday at (11:30),
1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:00.
www.americansplendormovie.com/main.html
Landmark Theatres Exclusives!
Filmmakers Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini on Comic Book Author Harvey
Pekar
www.movienet.com/americansplendor.html
And... Six Cartoonists From Fantagraphics Pay Tribute to Harvey Pekar
www.movienet.com/AmericanSplendor_fanta.html
THE CREMASTER CYCLE - Opens Friday, August 29th at Landmark's Ken Cinema
CREMASTER 3 - Plays Friday, August 29th at Landmark's Ken Cinema
The concluding installment of artist Matthew Barney's five-part Cremaster film
cycle is an epic journey that infuses Celtic mysticism with 20th century
modernism, blockbuster bombast with hermetic aesthetics. Shot at two
architectural landmarks-New York's Chrysler Building and the Guggenheim
Museum-along with locales in Ireland, Scotland and upstate New York, Cremaster
3 follows The Entered Apprentice (Barney) as he endures torture and travails in
order to ascend each building. Peopled by ogres and gangsters, chorus girls and
freemasons, Barney's bizarre universe is never less than stunning. Features
appearances by sculptor Richard Serra, hardcore bands Agnostic Front and
Murphy's Law, and athlete Aimee Mullins
182 minutes. Not Rated. Presented in Ultra Stereo. Friday & Thursday at 4:45,
8:30; Saturday at 1:00, 4:45, 8:30
www.cremaster.net/
CREMASTER 1 - Plays Sunday, August 31st at Landmark's Ken Cinema
In twin hovering Goodyear blimps, a platinum starlet builds geometric patterns
from red and green grapes, mirrored by Busby Berkeley-style showgirls on the
blue-astroturfed field below.
Presented with Cremaster 2. See Length and Show Times Below.
CREMASTER 2 - Plays Sunday, August 31st at Landmark's Ken Cinema
Exquisitely shot, hallucinatory work featuring Matthew Barney as Western outlaw
Gary Gilmore and Norman Mailer as Harry Houdini. Barney eschews traditional
paint-on-canvas for an eclectic mix of gender-bending sexuality and
athleticism, obscure historical references, high fashion, remote locations,
lush musical scores and a range of category-defying mythopoeic imagery.
121 minutes. Not Rated. Presented in Ultra Stereo. Sunday & Monday at 2:30,
5:30, 8:30.
www.cremaster.net/
CREMASTER 4 - Plays Tuesday, September 2nd at Landmark's Ken Cinema
Flame-Haired Satyr The Loughton Candidate (Matthew Barney) slowly taps his way
through an eroding floor into the sea, as competing color coded motorcycle
teams set off in opposite directions to circle the Isle of Man.
Presented With Cremaster 5. See Length and Show Times Below.
CREMASTER 5 - Plays Tuesday, September 2nd at Landmark's Ken Cinema
Ursula Andress (Dr. No) stars as the Queen of Chain, the sole audience for a
lush operatic spectacle performed by the Budapest Opera and Philharmonic
Orchestra within a grand 19th century opera house, accompanied by faeries, a
magician (Matthew Barney on horseback), various attendants of unspecified
gender and species, and a bevy of live pigeons.
97 minutes. Not Rated. Presented in Ultra Stereo. Tuesday & Wednesday at 4:30,
7:00, 9:30.
www.cremaster.net/
~ Continuing ~
Bargain shows in ( )
AND NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN - at Landmark's La Jolla Village Cinemas
Escaping his past of crimes and deceit, jewel thief Valentin (Jeremy Irons)
buys a luxury sailboat and takes to the high seas. Scorned by the betrayal of
her lover, beguiling nightclub singer Jane (Patricia Kaas) flees Paris for a
hotel gig in Morocco. Their paths collide when Valentin's boat crashes off the
cost of that same country. Fate and circumstance throw them together. Only able
to trust one another, the two set out on a pilgrimage and in the process find
something much more significant-each other. Directed by Claude Lelouch (A Man
and a Woman).
126 minutes. Rated PG-13. Presented In Dolby SR Stereo. Friday, Tuesday through
Thursday at (1:45), 4:20, 7:00, 9:40; Saturday through Monday at (11:00), 1:45,
4:20, 7:00, 9:40.
www.paramountclassics.com/andnow/
THE MAGDALENE SISTERS - at Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas
Writer/director Peter Mullan (Orphans) delves into the young lives of four
"fallen women" rejected by their families and abandoned to the mercy of the
Catholic Church in 1960s Ireland. Stripped of their freedoms, the women are
condemned to indefinite servitude in the Magdalene Laundries to atone for their
"sins." The last Magdalene Asylum in Ireland closed in 1996-only since has the
true horror of conditions in these institutions begun to emerge. Stars
Geraldine McEwan (Titus) and Anne-Marie Duff (Enigma). Winner of the Golden
Lion Award for Best Picture at the Venice Film Festival.
119 minutes. Rated R. Presented In Dolby SR Stereo. Friday, Tuesday through
Thursday at (1:30), 4:20, 7:00, 9:45; Saturday through Monday at (11:00), 1:30,
4:20, 7:00, 9:45.
http://www.miramax.com/the_magdalene_sisters/index.html
LE DIVORCE - at Landmark's La Jolla Village Cinemas
>From renowned filmmakers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant comes a modern-day
>comedy of manners in which American sisters Isabel (Kate Hudson) and Roxy
>(Naomi Watts) are faced with the complicated social mores of French society.
>Pregnant and jilted by her scoundrel husband, Roxy is headed for le divorce,
>while Isabel leaps into l'amour with a married French diplomat. Culture clash
>and scandal ensue as the sisters learn what it really takes to be an American
>in Paris. Also stars Stockard Channing, Glenn Close, Leslie Caron, Bebe
>Neuwirth, Sam Waterston and Matthew Modine.
115 minutes. Rated PG-13. Presented in Dolby SR Stereo. Friday, Tuesday through
Thursday at (1:55), 4:35, 7:10, 9:45; Saturday through Monday at (11:15), 1:55,
4:35, 7:10, 9:45.
www2.foxsearchlight.com/ledivorce/
Landmark Theatres Exclusive!
Producer Ismail Merchant on the crucial role music plays in his filmmaking:
www.movienet.com/ledivorce.html
STEP INTO LIQUID - at Landmark's La Jolla Village Cinemas
Stunningly photographed directorial debut of Dana Brown, prodigal son of
renowned filmmaker Bruce Brown (Endless Summer II), covering the broad spectrum
of surfing's cultural wavelength-from the acrobatic free surfing of the world's
top professionals, to the brave tow-in crews conquering 60 feet waves in the
middle of the ocean, to some crazy cats who surf the wakes of supertankers off
the coast of Texas. Features appearances by Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama, the
Malloy brothers, Gerry Lopez, five-time world champ Layne Beachley and legend
Robert August.
88 minutes. Not Rated. Presented in Digital Projection & Ultra Stereo. Friday,
Tuesday through Thursday at (2:20), 5:00, 7:30, 10:00; Saturday through Monday
at (11:40), 2:20, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00.
www.stepintoliquid.com/
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS - at Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas
Nigerian-born Okwe (Chiwetel Ejiofor) struggles to escape his past by fleeing
to London, a city that will not afford him an identity. Once a doctor, Okwe now
toils as a cabbie and hotel clerk. When he discovers that his hotel is the site
of a black market operation, Okwe must fight to save his life and the lives of
others while maintaining his anonymity. With the help of friend and fellow
immigrant (Audrey Tautou), Okwe tries to outwit both unyielding immigration
officers and his hotel's devious racketeers. Directed by Stephen Frears (The
Grifters, Dangerous Liaisons).
97 minutes. Not Rated. Presented in Ultra Stereo. Friday, Tuesday through
Thursday at (2:00), 5:00, 7:40, 10:05; Saturday through Monday at (11:40),
2:00, 5:00, 7:40, 10:05.
www.go-underground.com/
CAMP - at Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas
Long summer days at Camp Ovation are ripe with life lessons, Sondheim tunes,
romance, fast friendships, jealousies and backstage antics. Not since Fame has
so much fresh talent found its way to the screen in one fell swoop. As amazing
young triple-threats sing and dance their hearts out, they breathe life into
classic summer stock standards. Inspired by his own experiences as a counselor
at a similar camp, writer and director Todd Graff proposes that even outsiders
need a place to fit in and grow up on their own terms.
110 minutes. Rated PG-13. Presented in Ultra Stereo. Friday, Tuesday through
Thursday at (4:30), 9:50; Saturday through Monday at (11:10), 4:30, 9:50.
www.ifcfilms.com/camp/index.html
Landmark Theatres Exclusive!
Writer/Director Todd Graff reminisces about his days as a counselor at an
acting camp for kids:
www.movienet.com/camp.html
SWIMMING POOL - at Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas
In his first English-language film, French writer/director François Ozon (8
Women, Under the Sand) revisits the suspense genre of his debut feature See the
Sea. Sarah Morton (Charlotte Rampling), a famous British mystery author seeking
inspiration for her new novel, accepts her publisher's offer to stay at his
home in the South of France. The country locale and unhurried pace is just the
tonic for her-until his French daughter Julie (Ludivine Sagnier) unexpectedly
arrives. Their interaction unduly influences Sarah's creative process, as Sarah
finds herself drawn into a real-life mystery that Julie embodies.
102 Minutes. Rated R. Presented in Dolby SR Stereo. Friday, Wednesday, &
Thursday at (2:10), 4:50, 7:10, 9:55; Saturday through Monday at (11:20), 2:10,
4:50, 7:10, 9:55; Tuesday at (2:10), 4:50, 9:55.
www.focusfeatures.com/index.php
Landmark Theatres Exclusive!
Director Francois Ozon On The Fears And Pleasures Of Directing Films:
www.movienet.com/swimmingpool.html
WHALE RIDER - at Landmark's La Jolla Village and Hillcrest Cinemas
"'Whale Rider' is embedded in the landscape with performances so strong and
natural that the simplicity of the picture's fable lands with an almost
unbearable eloquence." --- Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central.
105 minutes. Rated R. Presented in Dobly SR Stereo at La Jolla Village & in
Ultra Stereo at Hillcrest. At La Jolla Village: Daily at (2:05), 7:20; At
Hillcrest: Daily at (1:40), 7:20.
www.whaleriderthemovie.com/
Landmark Theatres Exclusive!
Writer & Director Niki Caro on the importance of whales in Maori culture:
www.movienet.com/whalerider.html
WINGED MIGRATION - at Landmark's La Jolla Village Cinemas
"A movie of awesome beauty and innovation, 'Winged Migration' reveals a piece
of the world we've glimpsed from afar but have never before seen with such
stunning clarity. To call this experience breathtaking doesn't quite do it
justice. Your breath may be squeezed out in the film's first five minutes." ---
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune. Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary
Feature.
89 minutes. Rated G. Presented in Dolby SR Stereo. Friday, Tuesday through
Thursday at (4:50), 9:55; Saturday through Monday at (11:30), 4:50, 9:55.
www.sonyclassics.com/wingedmigration/
Landmark Theatres Exclusive!
Filmmaker Jacques Perrin on the challenge of entering the world of birds:
www.movienet.com/wingedmigration.html
~ Coming Soon ~
(as always, opening dates are subject to change)
STOKED: THE RISE AND FALL OF GATOR - Opens Friday, September 5th at Landmark's
Ken Cinema
Six years in the making, Helen Stickler's documentary charts the rise of
skateboarding culture in the 1980s and the trappings of success. The film is
framed against the life of the era's most revered professional skater: Mark
'Gator' Rogowski, now serving thirty-one years to life in prison for rape and
murder. A mix of jaw dropping skate boarding footage, music and interviews with
some of the legends of the sport (including Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero and
Lance Mountain), Stoked is social commentary steeped in '80s nostalgia.
82 minutes. Not Rated. Presented in Ultra Stereo. Friday, Monday through
Thursday at 5:30, 7:30, 9:30; Saturday & Sunday at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30.
http://stokedmovie.com
SHANGHAI GHETTO - Opens Friday, September 5th at Landmark's La Jolla Village
Cinemas
In the late 1930s, German Jews were trying to escape Nazi persecution, but
country after country closed its doors to them. The only place in the world
that didn't require entrance visas was the city of Shanghai. Fleeing for their
lives, Jewish refugees journeyed to the exotic city, arriving penniless and
unprepared for life in the Far East. This illuminating film features interviews
with survivors and historians, rare letters, still photos and footage shot in
modern Shanghai where most of the Jewish Ghetto remains unchanged. Narrated by
Martin Landau.
95 minutes. Not Rated. Presented In Dolby SR Stereo.
www.shanghaighetto.com
THE HOUSEKEEPER - Opens Friday, September 5th at Landmark's La Jolla Village
Cinemas
Jacques (Jean-Pierre Bacri) is a classical music sound engineer in his fifties
living alone after his wife (Catherine Breillat, director of Romance) has
walked out on him. After deciding to get his life back in order, Jacques hires
a housekeeper named Laura (Émilie Dequenne) to plow through the mess that's
overtaken his apartment. She quickly adds a missing spark to his life and
reawakens feelings within him that he thought were beyond revival. Directed by
Claude Berri (Jean de Florette, Manon of the Spring). Fully subtitled.
91minutes. Not Rated. Presented In Dolby SR Stereo.
www.palmpictures.com
THIRTEEN - Opens Friday, September 5th at Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas
When thirteen-year-old Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood of Little Secrets) falls under
the intoxicating influence of Evie (Nikki Reed), the most popular girl in
school, she finds herself entangled in a fast paced, unfamiliar world. Her
mother (Holly Hunter) frantically tries to understand her daughter's radical
transformation, horrified to learn the extent to which Tracy has fallen beyond
her grasp. Also stars Jeremy Sisto ("Six Feet Under") and Deborah Unger
(Between Strangers, Sunshine). First-time director Catherine Hardwicke co-wrote
the script with then thirteen-year-old Nikki Reed, upon whose experiences the
film is inspired.
100 minutes. Rated R. Presented In Dolby SR Stereo.
www2.foxsearchlight.com/thirteen/
Landmark Theatres Exclusive!
Director Catherine Hardwicke on co-writing her debut feature with the film's
13-year-old co-star:
www.movienet.com/thirteen.html
********************************************************************************
~ Theatre Information, Parking Information and Directions ~
________________________________________
Hillcrest Cinemas
3965 Fifth Avenue, Suite 200
San Diego
(619) 819-0236
Located in the Hillcrest area of San Diego, north of Downtown, on 5th Avenue
between Washington Street and University Avenue on the second level of the
Village Hillcrest. Parking in the structure underneath the Village Hillcrest is
free for your first 3 hours with validation from the theatre lobby and is
accessible from Fifth Avenue, east and west-bound Washington and from the
University Avenue exit off of south-bound Highway 163. Look for the entrance to
the Village Hillcrest garage on the right before coming to the stoplight.
Limited street parking is available around the Village Hillcrest.
_______________________________
Ken Cinema
4061 Adams Avenue
San Diego
(619) 819-0236
Located in the Kensington area of San Diego, east of Normal Heights, on Adams
Avenue right to the east of the intersection of the I-15 freeway. It can be
easily found by taking Highway 8 east to the 805 Freeway South to the Adams
Avenue exit, or by taking Highway 8 west to the 15 Freeway South to the Adams
Avenue exit. Parking is always free and can be found on surrounding residential
streets or in the parking lots across the street and to the west of the
theatre.
_______________________________
La Jolla Village Cinemas
8879 Villa La Jolla Drive
La Jolla
(619) 819-0236
Located in the back of the La Jolla Village Center in La Jolla, on the north
side of Nobel Drive, west of the intersection of the I-5 Freeway. They can be
easily found by taking Highway 5 North to Nobel Drive West and turning right at
the second light into the La Jolla Village Shopping Center. From Highway 5
South, exit at La Jolla Village Drive, go west and take the first left onto
Villa La Jolla Drive, at the top of the hill, turn left into the shopping
center. Parking in the front, side or back parking lots is always free.
http://www.landmarktheatres.com/MailBag/unsubtext.htm
If you would like to unsubscribe from this list or change your subscription
options, please click on the link above and our web site will guide you through
the subscription option-changing process.
[Prev in Thread] |
Current Thread |
[Next in Thread] |
- AMERICAN SPLENDOR and THE CREMASTER CYCLE open!,
"Landmark Theatres - San Diego, CA" <=