Beverly Arts Center Movie Schedule September/October 2013

The Wall

Sept 18, 7:30pm
$7.50/ $5.50 BAC Members
NR (Foreign Film) RT 1:48

A highly original exploration of the experience of solitude and survival set in a spectacularly beautiful Austrian mountain landscape. Martina Gedeck, the brilliant interpreter of the Oscar-winning The Lives Of Others, brings a rare and vivid intensity to her role as the unnamed lead character in this contemporary female Robinson Crusoe tale. --(c) Music Box Films "A remarkably involving film, especially given its brave, self-imposed limitations." -Gary Goldstein, LA Times 

The Way Way Back

Sept 25, 7:30 pm
$7.50 / $5.50 BAC Members
PG-13 RT 1:43

THE WAY, WAY BACK is the funny and poignant coming of age story of 14-year-old Duncan's (Liam James) summer vacation with his mother, Pam (Toni Collette), her overbearing boyfriend, Trent (Steve Carell), and his daughter, Steph (Zoe Levin). Having a rough time fitting in, the introverted Duncan finds an unexpected friend in gregarious Owen (Sam Rockwell), manager of the Water Wizz water park. Through his funny, clandestine friendship with Owen, Duncan slowly opens up to and begins to finallyfind his place in the world - all during a summer he will never forget. (c) Fox Searchlight  "A small, personal film that hits all the right notes while showing great acting in the process." -Jackie K. Cooper, jackiecooper.com

The Silence

Oct 2, 7:30 pm
$7.50 / $5.50 BAC Members
NR (Foreign Film) RT 1:58

THE SILENCE begins 23 years ago on a hot summer day, when a young girl named Pia is brutally murdered in a field of wheat by Peer (Ulrich Thomsen-In a Better World, Fear Me Not), as his helpless friend Timo (Wotan Wilke Moehring-Soul Kitchen) watches. Now, in the present day, on the exact same date, 13-year-old Sinikka is missing, her bicycle abandoned in the same spot, leading police to suspect the same killer may be at work again.  "...an ambitious work that becomes fractured as all the story lines are laid out before us." -Robert Clifford, Reeling Reviews

Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

ct 9, 7:30 pm
$7.50 / $5.50 BAC Members
R [Adult language] RT 1:30

Before entire networks were built on populist personalities; before reality morphed into a TV genre; the masses fixated on a single, sociopathic star: controversial talk-show host Morton Downey, Jr. In the late '80s, Downey tore apart the traditional talk format by turning debate of current issues into a gladiator pit. His blow-smoke-in-your-face style drew a rabid cult following, but also the title "Father of Trash Television." ÉVOCATEUR: THE MORTON DOWNEY JR. MOVIE dissects the mind and motivation of television's most notorious agitator. (c) Magnolia "A frank and worthy look at the trashy demagogue who ruled the airwaves in a spectacular, and spectacularly brief, two-year run." -Kyle Smith, New York Post

Grabbers

Oct 16, 7:30pm
$7.50 / $5.50 BAC Members
R [Adult language, Adult Situations, Violence]. RT 1:34

On Erin Island, an idyllic fishing village off the coast of Ireland, charming but somewhat work-shy Ciaran O'Shea, is tasked with greeting Lisa Nolan, a straight-laced young officer who has arrived from the mainland. Not that there is much for them to do, aside from dealing with the occasional drunk, and that's usually O'Shea himself. But strange doings are afoot: the crew of a fishing boat disappears, whales start appearing dead on the shore, a local lobsterman catches a strange tentacled creature in his trap. Soon it becomes clear to O'Shea and Nolan that there's something big out there, and that it's hungry. It's time to rally the villagers, arm the troops...and head to the pub. (c) Ifc Midnight  "This ambitious mix of mirth and menace is an offbeat and hugely enjoyable affair." -Alan Jones, Radio Time 

The Hunt

Oct 23, 7:30 pm
$7.5 / $5.50 BAC Members

Lucas, a former school teacher, has been forced to start over having overcome a tough divorce and the loss of his job. Just as things are starting to go his way, his life is shattered when an untruthful remark throws his small community into a collective state of hysteria. As the lie spreads, Lucas is forced to fight a lonely fight for his life and dignity. (c) Magnolia  "The Hunt offers a powerful, provocative study of mob mentality and the fabric of trust." -Steven Rea, Philadelphia 

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Oct 30, 7:30 pm
$7.50/ $5.50 BAC Members

(1923) UN [Silent-B &W]. RT 2:13.