Safety Last (Not So Silent Film Series)
Harold Lloyd, who stars in this Horatio Alger-style story of an average country boy trying to make good in the big city. The Boy (Lloyd) leaves his sweetheart, The Girl (Mildred Davis, later the real-life Mrs. Lloyd) in Great Bend while he pursues his fortune in a teeming metropolis. The Boy lands a job as [...]
Ain’t In It For My Health – Gathr Screening
When guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson decided to break up The Band in 1976, the group’s final concert was a major musical event that spawned Martin Scorsese’s acclaimed documentary The Last Waltz. But Levon Helm wasn’t done with music by a long shot, and in spite of three decades that would have tested any man’s [...]
33 Postcards (2011)
For ten years, Chinese orphan Mei Mei (Zhu Lin) dreams of meeting her Australian sponsor – Dean Randall (Guy Pearce) – and his ‘perfect family’. When her orphanage travels to Australia to attend the Australian Choir Festival, Mei Mei takes the opportunity to look him up. What she finds, however, is far from the [...]
3 Geezers (2013)
Comedy starring J.K. Simmons with appearances by Tim Allen, Scott Caan, Kevin Pollak, Mike O’Malley, Breckin Meyer, Randy Couture and Sam Raimi. Follow actor J Kimball (Juno, Spider-man, Up In The Air) as he researches what it’s like to be old for a role in an upcoming movie. When he meets the residents at [...]
Safety Last (Not So Silent Film Series)
admin Harold Lloyd, who stars in this Horatio Alger-style story of an average country boy trying to make good in the big city. The Boy (Lloyd) leaves his sweetheart, The Girl (Mildred Davis, later the real-life Mrs. Lloyd) in Great Bend while he pursues his fortune in a teeming metropolis. The Boy lands a job as a clerk at a fabric counter of DeVore’s, a huge department store, but he lies in his letters home to his beloved, pretending to be the store’s manager and spending his earnings on lavish gifts. The Boy’s roommate, The Pal (Bill Strother) makes money as a “human fly,” performing attention-getting stunts. Promised $1,000 by DeVore’s real manager if he can devise a publicity gimmick, The Boy convinces his friend to climb the 12-story establishment and split the winnings with him. On the day of the event, however, The Pal is busy dodging The Law (Noah Young), forcing The Boy to make the arduous climb solo. Dodging a variety of obstacles, The Boy climbs higher and higher, eventually dangling from the store’s clock tower, in the film’s most memorable image.
Live accompany music by Richard Dowling.
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Mon May 13th 6:30pm
Ain’t In It For My Health – Gathr Screening
admin When guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson decided to break up The Band in 1976, the group’s final concert was a major musical event that spawned Martin Scorsese’s acclaimed documentary The Last Waltz. But Levon Helm wasn’t done with music by a long shot, and in spite of three decades that would have tested any man’s patience — including troubles with drug addiction, unpaid record royalties, bankruptcy, legal skirmishes over the rights to his music, accidentally shooting himself in the leg, the death of two of his closest friends, and a battle with throat cancer — in 2008 Helm had a banner year as he earned a Grammy nomination for his first studio album in years, {^Dirt Farmer}, and he was given a lifetime achievement award by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Filmmaker Jacob Hatley offers an intimate look at a legend of American music as he struggles to keep moving forward against long odds in the documentary Ain’t In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm, which was an official selection at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival.
http://gathr.us/films/aint-in-it-for-my-health-a-film-about-levon-helm
SHOWTIMES
Tue May 14th 7:00pm
33 Postcards (2011)
admin For ten years, Chinese orphan Mei Mei (Zhu Lin) dreams of meeting her Australian sponsor – Dean Randall (Guy Pearce) – and his ‘perfect family’. When her orphanage travels to Australia to attend the Australian Choir Festival, Mei Mei takes the opportunity to look him up. What she finds, however, is far from the idyllic life he depicted in his postcards. Initially mismatched and disconnected, the two begin a journey in search of belonging, family, redemption, love and acceptance.
SHOWTIMES – One Night Only!
Fri May 17th 7:00pm
3 Geezers (2013)
admin Comedy starring J.K. Simmons with appearances by Tim Allen, Scott Caan, Kevin Pollak, Mike O’Malley, Breckin Meyer, Randy Couture and Sam Raimi. Follow actor J Kimball (Juno, Spider-man, Up In The Air) as he researches what it’s like to be old for a role in an upcoming movie. When he meets the residents at The Coconuts convalescent home, he quickly discovers that his perceptions of the elderly may be off from today’s reality. After being on the wrong end of some pranks, J enlists the help of his Hollywood friends to turn the tides. Mayhem, of course, ensues.
SHOWTIMES – One Night Only!
Wed May 22nd 7:00pm
I Do (2012)
admin A gay Brit living in New York is deprived of his immigration status, and risks losing his family and life in the U.S. He marries his lesbian best friend to remain in the country and stay with his family, but things get complicated when he meets the love of his life and is forced to make an impossible choice.
SHOWTIMES – One Night Only!
Fri May 31st 8:00pm
Critically Acclaimed
admin The Bryn Mawr Film Institute presents, Critically Acclaimed. At a time when print media establishments are cutting back on film and other cultural columnists, digital media has surpassed the giants as a platform for professional criticism while leveling the playing field for amateur writers with strong opinions. Is a simple aggregated “score” on each movie what we want, or do we benefit from critical interpretation and explanation of this art form? Watch critics at work, ask questions, and join in the debate about your favorite films.
This event features A. O. Scott, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Carrie Rickey, Steven Rea, and Patrick Stoner in person at BMFI.
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Gathr Films – A Preview Movie Club!!
admin Gold Town has been offered a really cool new movie-going concept from a company called Gathr Films. Basically we will have the opportunity to preview upcoming feature-film releases BEFORE they get dropped nationally!! It’s set up as a subscription membership with really cheap rates!!
HOW THE FILM SERIES WORKS: We will be showing all of the new films for one night only….Tuesdays in May, Mondays in June and July. We are also highly encouraging people to buy a subscription to the series. Subscriptions are sold on a monthly basis, and the rates are crazy low!! One month (4 new films) is $19, or you can get three months (12 new films) for only $39…that’s only $3.25/movie!
To buy a subscription, click here!! You can also come to the individual films on the night they show, for only $7/screening.
Other titles in the series include:
-May 7, 7pm: The Deep: A fisherman tries to survive in the freezing ocean after his boat capsizes Based on the astonishing true story story of survival and human endurance, THE DEEP fashions a modern-day everyman myth about the unlikely sole survivor of a tragic local shipwreck, whose superhuman will to survive made him both an inexplicable scientific phenomenon and a genuine national hero.
Click HERE to reserve your ticket to The Deep.
-May 14, 7pm: Ain’t in It for My Health – The Levon Helm Story: Legendary leader of The Band records his final album. This haunting, personal portrait of music legend Levon Helm evokes the mood of a lifetime spent on the road. Jacob Hatley’s extraordinarily intimate doc finds Helm, a founding member of The Band, at home in Woodstock in the midst of creating his first studio album in 25 years. The ultimate survivor, he’s overcome drugs, bankruptcy, the bitter breakup of The Band and a bout of throat cancer -but then, as the rueful title indicates, he wasn’t in it for his health.
-May 21, 7pm: What Maisie Knew: Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan play a divorcing couple, co-starring Alexander Skarsgard. A contemporary reimagining of Henry James’ novel, WHAT MAISIE KNEW tells the story of a captivating little girl’s struggle for grace in the midst of her parents’ bitter custody battle. Told through the eyes of the title’s heroine, Maisie navigates this ever-widening turmoil with a six-year-old’s innocence, charm and generosity of spirit.
-May 28, 7pm: 100 Bloody Acres: A raucous horror/comedy from Down Under In the vein of Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil, and Dead Alive, this Aussie horror/comedy is about Reg and Lindsay , tow friends who run an organic fertilizer business. When they need a fresh supply of their “secret ingredient” to process through the meat grinder, Reg comes across two guys and a girl with a broken-down vehicle on their way to a music festival. Needless to say all hell breaks loose!
-June 3, 7pm: Stuck In Love: Jennifer Connelly, Greg Kinear, and Kristen Bell struggle with the complexities of love An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
-June 10, 7pm More Than Honey: An gorgeous look inside\ honeybee colonies.
