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Friday November 11, 2011 Film Schedule Individual tickets $9 - members $7  Cinematique Theater - Introduction with Robert Blenheim Not Rated / 120 minutes / French With Subtitles Red Desert (Il Deserto Rosso) combines the considerable talents of director Michelangelo Antonioni and star Monica Vitti. Cast as Giuliana, an unhappy wife, Vitti suffers from an unnamed form of depression and malaise. Her quicksilver emotional shifts disturb everyone around her, but they, like she, pretend that nothing is truly wrong. British engineer Corrado Zeller (Richard Harris) seems to understand what Giuliana is really after in life, and he acts upon it by entering into an affair with the troubled woman. Giuliana eventually comes to terms with her physical and mental pain, but this hardly means that she's "cured" in the conventional sense. Monica Vitti's sense of isolation is heightened by Antonioni's (and cinematographer Carlo DiPalma's) choice of colors, and especially by Carlo Savina's bizarre electronic musical score. This is a landmark movie in Antonioni's effort to portray alienated individuals in contemporary life; he places people against towering forms of technology to emphasize their smallness and lostness in the modern world of technological change.  News-Journal Center France-Belgium-UK 90 Minutes English Mary (Issabella Rossellini) and Adam (William Hurt have been married for over thirty years; they have spent more than half their lives together. It seems as though Adam and Mary have enjoyed and endured all of life's ups and downs, but gradually, certain irritations begin to creep into their lives and both are obliged to acknowledge that the years are now taking their toll. Their children have also noticed their parent's problems and would dearly like to repair their marriage but soon realize that any intervention from afar is fruitless. A quiet study of keeping a marriage fresh and gracefully growing old together.  Cinematique Theater USA / 2011 / 87 min / HDCam / English Tony Parisi is a real "man's man" and all around "good guy". He works hard at his job. He's a loyal friend. And, he's devoted to his fiancé. He aslo happens to be completely, and utterly homophobic. Tony takes great pleasure in ridiculing his new, gay co-worker, Steve. That is until fate and a magic Christmas ornament step in to teach him a lesson. Two weeks before his wedding, Tony finds that he is suddenly gay, while Steve learns he has mysteriously turned straight. Now, truly a man's man, Tony must scramble to straighten out in time for his wedding. But, not before he walks a mile in Steve's shoes… Walk A Mile In My Pradas is a hilarious, yet heartwarming tale of understanding and growth. Written & Produced by: Rick Sudi Karatas & Tom Archdeacon / Art Director: Michelle Leroy / Editor: Jeffrey Reid / Cinematographer: Aaron Moorhead / Principal Cast: Nathaniel Marston, Tom Archdeacon, Tom Arnold, Mike Starr, Dee Wallace, Kirsten Lea, Rick Sudi Karatas, Lindsay Hollister, Darren Keefe, Tina Lynch, Bruce Vilanch, Chandler Lutz, Vincent De Paul / Contact: Tom Archdeacon (323) 401 - 0655 or Rick Karatas (646) 996 - 0346 THE DIRECTOR: When Joey Sylvester was a youngster back in Chicago, his parents had given him an inexpensive video camera as a gift. He carried it everywhere, shooting odd footage of the neighborhood, herding his friends from various location to the next. Perhaps it was only childs-play, but Sylvester's imagination had been activated. His youthful passion for image-making was rekindled.. Fast forward, Sylvester's directorial debut title: "In the Land of Opportunity" was an American selection at FESPACO 2009. Premiered in an outdoor arena in Burkina Faso, West Africa. The BBC World News produced a segment on his film. He was invited to a highly regarded screening series at The Gene Siskel Film Center. Barbara Scharres quoted his piece "An Impressive and Well-Crafted Film". Since then, Sylvester's directed and produced six pictures with veteran actors such as: Sally Kirkland, Marla Gibbs, Louis Mandylor, Jason Stuart, Jeff Conaway, and Robert Catrini. He recently directed a TV pilot with Academy Award Winning Director James Moll, and obviously, the feature film "Walk a Mile in My Pradas".  News-Journal Center Egypt / 2010 / 96 min / Arabic w/English subtitles Yearning to be as free as she feels when motorbiking the dusty back streets of Cairo with her Muslim boyfriend Tarek, 18-year-old Amal is torn between absconding to Italy illegally by boat with her beloved, or staying in Egypt with her Coptic Orthodox Christian family. Amal cannot bear to consider the future she faces as a poor woman in Egypt, reflected in the lives of her sister and best friend: one makes grave sacrifices so her son can have a better life, while the other prepares for a surgery to feign her virginity so she can enter into a loveless marriage to an older, wealthy foreigner. But even as Amal actively seeks out opportunities for self-sufficiency, it is ultimately fate that will determine her path. Screenwriters: Hesham Issawi, Amal Afify / Producer: Sherif Mandour / Cinematography: Patrik Thelander / Composer: Tamar Karwan / Principal Cast: Mohamed Ramadan, Maryhan, Sana Mouziane, Saffa Galal, Ahmed Bidder / Contact: heshamissawi@yahoo.com THE DIRECTOR: HESHAM ISSAWI was born in Egypt and raised in a devoutly intellectual Egyptian family. He moved to America in 1990 to study anthropology but changed his major from anthropology to art and photography. He graduated from Columbia College Chicago and directed the award-winning short films The Interrogation and T For Terrorist and the feature AmericanEast. "Cairo Exit" comes from feelings of strong anger about the way things were in Egypt post the revolution of Jan 25th. I have tried to bring into focus the struggle of common Egyptian. I wanted to paint a picture of what's happening, show the truth, and be committed to the truth rather than understanding it." Hesham Issawi 3:45pm - Narrative Shorts Cinematique Theater - Meet the filmmakers! join the post film Q&A  1. ADVANCED PAYMENT Directed by Heath Jones USA / 2011 / 21 min / English To kill the man who murdered her son, a grieving mother buys a gun from a back-alley thug, only to discover the thug has nefarious intentions. Writer: Jeff Malphurs / Producer: Mark Cranisky, Jeff Malphurs / Principal cast: Chelsy Bishop, Kenny Rogers. Contact: Jeff.malphurs @gmail.com  2. A VIDENTE Directed by Darcyana Moreno Izel Brazil / 2011 / 15 min / Portuguese w/english sub-titles After a psychic suggests that her fiancée Rogerio is cheating on her, Carmen plays a dangerous game to discover the truth at any cost. reality and fantasy become intertwined in this uproarious comedy, where nothing is exactly the way it appears. writer: Mina Olivera / Producer: Patricia Teixeira, Meire Fernandes, Mina Olivera, Shanti Correa / camera: Carina Sanginitton / Principal cast: Mina Olivera, Shanti Correa / contact: minaoliveramail@gmail.co  3.THE SECRET FRIEND Directed by Flavio Alves USA/ 2010 / 15 minutes / English A reclusive, elderly widow, Anna Marshall (Viola Harris), lives in quiet desperation until she begins receiving daily calls from a silent stranger. An odd and mysterious friendship evolves between the two, as Anna begins to share her life experiences with startling honesty. Empty days are given new hope, but when the calls abruptly end, a devastated Anna is compelled to surprising action to fill the unbearable void. Writer: Joao Silverio Trevisan / Producer: Nicholas Eisenberg, Fernando Pinheiro, Raina Oberlin / Principal cast: Viola Harris, Siobhan Fallon. Contact: info@queenspicture.com  4.THE LIFE SMUGGLERS Directed by David w. Wells USA / 2011 / 25 min / english & Spanish w/english sub-titles Two retirees from Phoenix, Arizona run prescription drugs from mexico to help pay for a wife's medical bills. But when their work suddenly includes people smuggling, it becomes much more ethically complex. writer & Producer: wes Ford / editor: david w. wells / cinematographer: Patrick ruth / Art director: Buzz o'Barts / Principal cast: Kenneth Bridges, Jim mcleroy, martin Gonzalez / contact: dwwells13@gmail.com 6:00pm - Opening Night Fundraiser & Gala. Opening Night Movie starts at 7:30pm - About Fifty (w/ Guests) News-Journal Center |