FIA THEATER FILMS – February 2011
Screenings are in the FIA Theater at the Flint Institute of Arts, 1120 E. Kearsley St. Unless noted, admission at the door is $6 for non-members, $5 for FIA members, $4 for FOMA members.
Details: (810) 234-1695, flintarts.org
FRIENDS OF MODERN ART FILM SERIES
Feb. 11-12 (7:30 p.m.), Feb. 13 (2 p.m.) — Night Catches Us
(U.S., 2010) Directed by Tanya Hamilton, 90 min., rated R
In 1976, a young man (Anthony Mackie) returns to the race-torn Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age during the Black Power movement. Kerry Washington co-stars in this independent drama, which won the Grand Jury Prize for drama at the Sundance Film Festival.
Feb. 18-19 (7:30 p.m.), Feb. 20 (2 p.m.) — Waiting for ‘Superman’
(U.S., 2010) Directed by Davis Guggenheim, 111 min., rated PG
From the director of the Oscar-winning “An Inconvenient Truth” comes a controversial documentary about American public education, its systemic limitations … and the faces behind its failings.
Feb. 25-26 (7:30 p.m.), Feb. 27 (2 p.m.) — Inspector Bellamy
(France, 2009) Directed by Claude Chabrol, 110 min., subtitled, not rated
The directorial swan song for the late, great Claude Chabrol (“the French Hitchcock”) concerns a Parisian inspector (Gerard Depardieu) entangled in a murder investigation while on vacation.
COLLEGE TOWN MOVIE SERIES
(Free admission for patrons with college ID or FIA College Town membership card)
Feb. 3 (9 p.m.) — Heartless
Feb. 10 (9 p.m.) — Art School Confidential
(U.S., 2006) Directed by Terry Zwigoff, 102 min., rated R
In a comedy-drama from the maker of “Bad Santa” and “Crumb,” a young man (Max Minghella) moves to New York to attend a prestigious art school, where he encounters love, jealousy … and more. With Jim Broadbent and John Malkovich.
Feb. 17 (9 p.m.) — Rachel Getting Married
(U.S., 2008) Directed by Jonathan Demme, 113 min., rated R
Anne Hathaway earned an Oscar nomination as the troubled, rebellious young woman who returns to her estranged family on the day of her sister’s wedding.
Feb. 24 (9 p.m.) — Edward Scissorhands
(U.S., 1990) Directed by Tim Burton, 105 min., rated PG-13
Before he began starring in summer blockbusters and garnering Oscar nominations, Johnny Depp earned raves as a gentle misfit who falls in love with a teenage girl (Winona Ryder).
