The Artist
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| A playful homage/love letter to 1920′s Hollywood about a star of silent films at the dawn of the “talkies”. Filmed entirely in black and white with no dialogue and in the traditional 1.33 aspect ratio, THE ARTIST revels in the cinematic possibilities of the golden age of silent cinema. | |||||||||||||
| George Valentin (Jean Dujardin who won best actor at Cannes) is at the height of his career in 1927. While attending the premiere of his newest film he bumps into a gorgeous unknown actress, Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), and the photo’s of their run-in set her on a path of unexpected fame. George falls on hard times as audiences flock to the new sound films, going broke when he self-finances his own feature. As Peppy’s fame grows, George is abandoned by his wife and his fans, but she resolves to help the man who set her career into motion. |
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Carnage
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| Two sets of parents decide to have a sit-down together after their sons are involved in a fight at school. Politeness gives way to chaos as the social proprieties of the group erode. | |||||||||||||
| Alan and Nancy arrive to Michael and Penelope’s apartment hoping to wrap things up quickly, keeping their coats on, even making for the elevator only to be pulled back into the living room where the drama of the film begins to unfold. As Michael starts to pour generous portions of scotch for his guests, their inhibitions fall away and things spiral out of control as the once civil characters to begin calling each other criminals and murderers. Directed by Roman Polanski, and based on the acclaimed play “God of Carnage”, by Yasmina Reza, Carnage stars John C. Reilly, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz, and Kate Winslet. | |||||||||||||
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