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SUMMARY:VHYes
DESCRIPTION:One Week Only! \nFans of Director Jack Henry Robbins’s hilarious PBS inspired short film “Painting with Joan” from the 2018 Florida Film Festival get read to push play on all the analog glory that is VHYes. \nA bizarre retro comedy shot entirely on a VHS camcorder\, VHYes takes us back to a simpler time\, when twelve-year-old Ralph mistakenly records home videos and his favorite late night shows over his parents’ wedding tape. The result is a nostalgic wave of home shopping clips\, censored pornography\, and nefarious true-crime tales that threaten to unkindly rewind Ralph’s reality. Featuring riotous guest appearances from Kerry Kinney\, Thomas Lennon\, Charlyne Yi\, Tim Robbins\, and Susan Sarandon\, and produced by University of Central Florida alumnus Delaney Schenker\, this is one nostalgia trip where adjusting the tracking won’t help at all.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/vhyes/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200214T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200220T183000
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SUMMARY:Ip Man 4: The Finale
DESCRIPTION:One Week Only! \nDonnie Yen reprises his role as Bruce Lee’s legendary Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man in the finale of the revolutionary martial arts movie franchise. \nFollowing the death of his wife\, Ip Man travels to San Francisco to ease tensions between the local kung fu masters and his star student\, Bruce Lee\, while searching for a better future for his son. From the action visionary behind Kill Bill and The Matrix\, witness the heroic sendoff to the saga that inspired a new wave of martial arts movie fans.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/ip-man-4-the-finale/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200202T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200209T120000
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SUMMARY:Oscar Shorts 2020: Documentary
DESCRIPTION:For the 15th consecutive year\, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films\, opening on Jan. 31st. With all three categories offered – Animated\, Live Action\, and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world\, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday\, Feb. 9th\, and don’t forget about Enzian’s Oscar® Watch Party\, which is FREE to attend! \nLife Overtakes Me – John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson\, Sweden/USA\, 39 min.\nLife Overtakes Me tells the story of traumatized children of the refugee diaspora who are in such profound despair that they withdraw into a coma-like state. In Sweden\, over 400 refugee children have been afflicted with this life-threatening psychosomatic illness\, and the film will accompany two of them and their families on their frightening odyssey through Resignation Syndrome. \nLearning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if You’re a Girl) – Carol Dysinger\, UK\, 39 min.\nIn Afghanistan\, many young girls are not able to participate in sports. cultural and religious norms\, along with other factors such as safety concerns and years of warfare\, have resulted in limited athletic and recreational opportunities for women and girls\, especially those who come from impoverished neighborhoods. But there is a new generation of Afghan girls who believe they can do anything. LEARNING TO Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if You’re a Girl) tells the story of young Afghan girls learning to read\, write – and skateboard – in Kabul. \nIn the Absence – Yi Seung-Jun\, South Korea\, 28 min.\nWhen the passenger ferry MV Sewol sank off the coast of South Korea in 2014\, over three hundred people lost their lives\, most of them schoolchildren. Years later\, the victims’ families and survivors are still demanding justice from the national authorities. \nWalk Run Cha-Cha – Laura Nix\, USA\, 21 min.\nPaul and Millie Cao fell in love as teenagers in Vietnam but were soon separated by the war. Years later they finally reunited in California. Now\, after decades of working hard to build new lives\, they are making up for lost time on the dance floor. Shot over a period of six years\, Walk Run Cha-Cha is an intimate\, beautifully-crafted story about immigration\, transformation and the power of love. \nSt. Louis Superman – Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan\, USA\, 28 min.\nBruce Franks Jr.\, a Ferguson activist and battle rapper who was elected to the overwhelmingly white and Republican Missouri house of Representatives\, must overcome both personal trauma and political obstacles to pass a bill critical for his community.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/oscar-shorts-2020-documentary/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200131T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200213T213000
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20191224T175110Z
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SUMMARY:Oscar Shorts 2020: Animation
DESCRIPTION:For the 15th consecutive year\, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films\, opening on Jan. 31st. With all three categories offered – Animated\, Live Action\, and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world\, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday\, Feb. 9th\, and don’t forget about Enzian’s Oscar® Watch Party\, which is FREE to attend! \nHair Love – Matthew A. Cherry\, USA\, 7 min.\nHair Love is a heartfelt animated short film that centers around the relationship between an African-American father\, his daughter Zuri\, and the most daunting task a father could ever come across – doing his daughter’s hair for the first time. \nDcera (Daughter) – Daria Kashcheeva\, Czech Republic\, 15 min.\nIn a hospital room\, the Daughter recalls a childhood moment when as a little girl she tried to share her experience with an injured bird with her Father. A moment of misunderstanding and a lost embrace has stretched into many years all the way to this hospital room\, until the moment when a window pane breaks under the impact of a little bird. \nMemorable – Bruno Collet\, France\, 12 min.\nRecently\, Louis\, a painter\, is experiencing strange events. His world seems to be mutating. Slowly\, furniture\, objects\, and people lose their realism. They are destructuring\, sometimes disintegrating… \nSister – Siqi Song\, China/USA\, 8 min.\nA man thinks back to his childhood memories of growing up with an annoying little sister in China in the 1990s. What would his life have been like if things had gone differently? \nKitbull – Rosana Sullivan\, USA\, 9 min.\nKitbull directed by Rosana Sullivan and produced by Kathryn Hendrickson\, reveals an unlikely connection that sparks between two creatures: a fiercely independent stray kitten and a pit bull. Together\, they experience friendship for the first time. \nPLUS A SELECTION OF ADDITIONAL ANIMATED SHORTS: \nHenrietta Bulkowski – USA\, 16 min. (featuring the voices of Chris Cooper and Ann Dowd!)\nThe Bird and the Whale – Ireland\, 6 min.\nHors Piste – France\, 5 min. \nThis program is comparable to PG-13 and is not recommended for children under 12 years old.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/oscar-shorts-2020-animation/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200131T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200213T183000
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SUMMARY:Oscar Shorts 2020: Live Action
DESCRIPTION:For the 15th consecutive year\, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films\, opening on Jan. 31st. With all three categories offered – Animated\, Live Action\, and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world\, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday\, Feb. 9th\, and don’t forget about Enzian’s Oscar® Watch Party\, which is FREE to attend! \nA Sister – Delphine Girard\, Belgium\, 16 min.\nA night. A car. Alie is in trouble. To get by she must make the most important call of her life. \nBrotherhood – Meryan Joobeur\, Tunisia\, 25 min.\nMohamed is a hardened shepherd living in rural Tunisia with his wife and two sons. Mohamed is deeply shaken when his oldest son Malik returns home after a long journey with a mysterious new wife. Tension between father and son rises over three days until reaching a breaking point. \nThe Neighbors’ Window – Marshall Curry\, USA\, 20 min.\nThe Neighbors’ Window tells the story of Alli (Maria Dizzia)\, a mother of young children who has grown frustrated with her daily routine and husband (Greg Keller). But her life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move in across the street and she discovers that she can see into their apartment. \nSaria – Bryan Buckley\, USA\, 23 min.\nSaria is the tale of two inseparable orphaned sisters\, Saria and Ximena\, as they fight against daily abuse and unimaginable hardship at Virgen de La Asuncion Safe Home in Guatemala. Our story follows the events leading up to the tragic fire in 2017 that claimed the lives of 41 orphaned girls. Saria is premiering at the 2020 Oscar Shorts. \nNefta Football Club – Yves Piat\, Tunisia/France\, 17 min.\nTwo young brothers come across a donkey in the desert. Strangely\, the animal is wearing headphones over its ears.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/oscar-shorts-2020-live-action/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200124T214500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200130T214500
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SUMMARY:Color Out of Space
DESCRIPTION:One Week Only! \nWhen an iridescent meteorite plummets from outer space and into the property and foundations of a remote New England estate\, a malignant force begins to insidiously permeate the lives of an unassuming family. The effects are gradual — time begins to dilate\, nature assumes an otherworldly hue — and all things bright and beautiful eventually mutate and corrupt under its influence. So proceeds this eerie adaptation of the short story by H.P. Lovecraft\, one of horror’s most haunting\, here presented by the enigmatic South African filmmaker Richard Stanley. \nThe patriarch of this doomed brood is none other than Nicolas Cage\, continuing his recent renaissance as a midnight-movie staple with an increasingly unhinged “Rage Cage” performance. The rest of the ensemble\, which includes Joely Richardson and Tommy Chong\, play effective foils to Cage’s delirium\, but the real star of the show is the alien entity itself. This all-consuming\, dispassionate menace manifests itself in a series of grotesque\, body-horror\, and psychedelic spectacles\, worthy of its ineffable literary origins.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/color-out-of-space-2/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200124T141500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200130T180000
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SUMMARY:63 Up
DESCRIPTION:One Week Only! \nLed by Emmy nominated\, DGA and BAFTA® award-winning director Michael Apted throughout the decades\, this groundbreaking documentary anthology has now reached 63 Up\, gaining further illuminating insight into its premise of asking whether or not our adult lives are pre-determined by our earliest influences and the social class in which we are raised. An issue as relevant to our society now as when the series first appeared. The documentary film reveals more life-changing decisions\, more shocking announcements and joy and tears in equal measure. \nThe original Seven Up was broadcast as a one-off World in Action Special inspired by the founding editor Tim Hewat’s passionate interest in the Jesuit saying\, “Give me the child until he is seven\, and I will give you the man\,” and his anger at what he saw as the rigidity of social class in England. Seven Up featured the children talking about their hopes and dreams for the future. As members of the generation who would be running the country by the year 2000\, what did they think they would become? \nThe result was ground-breaking and the follow-up films every seven years have won an array of awards. \nDirector Michael Apted\, who moved to Hollywood in the late 70s to direct films including award-winning film Coal Miner’s Daughter\, The World Is Not Enough\, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and Gorillas in the Mist\, has returned every seven years to chart the children’s progress through life. \nOver six decades\, the films have documented the group as they became adults and entered middle-age\, dealing with everything life has thrown at them in between. Now\, as the group reaches retirement age\, the film is back to discover what they are doing.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/63-up/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191225T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200123T213000
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20191113T211530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200124T001443Z
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SUMMARY:Uncut Gems
DESCRIPTION:From acclaimed filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie (Good Time) comes an electrifying crime thriller about Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler)\, a charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score. When he makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime\, Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act\, balancing business\, family\, and encroaching adversaries on all sides\, in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/uncut-gems/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191213T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191219T211500
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20191202T203800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191216T193408Z
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SUMMARY:The Two Popes
DESCRIPTION:One Week Only! \nFrustrated with the direction of the church\, Cardinal Bergoglio (Jonathan Pryce) requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict (Anthony Hopkins). Instead\, facing scandal and self-doubt\, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church. Behind Vatican walls\, a struggle commences between both tradition and progress\, guilt and forgiveness\, as these two very different men confront their pasts in order to find common ground and forge a future for a billion followers around the world.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/the-two-popes/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191206T213000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191212T213000
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20191202T173907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191204T155713Z
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SUMMARY:In Fabric
DESCRIPTION:One Week Only! \nA lonely woman (Marianne Jean-Baptiste)\, recently separated from her husband\, visits a bewitching London department store in search of a dress that will transform her life. She’s fitted with a perfectly flattering\, artery-red gown—which\, in time\, will come to unleash a malevolent curse and unstoppable evil\, threatening everyone who comes into its path. \nFrom acclaimed horror director Peter Strickland (the singular auteur behind the sumptuous sadomasochistic romance The Duke of Burgundy and auditory gaillo-homage Berberian Sound Studio) comes a truly nightmarish film\, at turns frightening\, seductive\, and darkly humorous. Channeling voyeuristic fantasies of high fashion and bloodshed\, In Fabric is Strickland’s most twisted and brilliantly original vision yet.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/in-fabric/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191127T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191212T180000
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20191022T213105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191203T204429Z
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SUMMARY:Waves
DESCRIPTION:Final Week! \nSet against the vibrant landscape of South Florida\, and featuring an astonishing ensemble of award-winning actors and breakouts alike\, Waves traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family—led by a well-intentioned but domineering father—as they navigate love\, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss. From acclaimed director Trey Edward Shults\, Waves is a heartrending story about the universal capacity for compassion and growth even in the darkest of times.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/waves/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191122T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191126T170000
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20191118T181305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191118T204731Z
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SUMMARY:The Irishman
DESCRIPTION:Exclusive Limited Engagement – Only 8 Shows! \nPlease note: No additional discounts or passes (Admit Ones) will be accepted for this limited special engagement. \nOscar-winners Robert De Niro\, Al Pacino\, and Joe Pesci star in Martin Scorsese’s THE IRISHMAN\, an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran\, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th century. Spanning decades\, the film chronicles one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history\, the disappearance of legendary union boss Jimmy Hoffa\, and offers a monumental journey through the hidden corridors of organized crime: its inner workings\, rivalries and connections to mainstream politics.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/the-irishman/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191121T180000
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20190917T173617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191111T181538Z
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SUMMARY:Parasite
DESCRIPTION:Meet the Park Family: the picture of aspirational wealth. And the Kim Family\, rich in street smarts but not much else. Be it chance or fate\, these two houses are brought together and the Kims sense a golden opportunity. Masterminded by college-aged Ki-woo\, the Kim children expediently install themselves as tutor and art therapist\, to the Parks. Soon\, a symbiotic relationship forms between the two families. The Kims provide “indispensable” luxury services while the Parks obliviously bankroll their entire household. When a parasitic interloper threatens the Kims’ newfound comfort\, a savage\, underhanded battle for dominance breaks out\, threatening to destroy the fragile ecosystem between the Kims and the Parks. By turns darkly hilarious and heart-wrenching\, PARASITE showcases a modern master at the top of his game.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/parasite/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191018T151500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191023T213000
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20190924T171037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191014T172017Z
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SUMMARY:Dolemite Is My Name
DESCRIPTION:One Week Only! \nStung by a string of showbiz failures\, floundering comedian Rudy Ray Moore (Academy Award nominee Eddie Murphy) has an epiphany that turns him into a word-of-mouth sensation: step onstage as someone else. Borrowing from the street mythology of 1970s Los Angeles\, Moore assumes the persona of Dolemite\, a pimp with a cane and an arsenal of obscene fables. However\, his ambitions exceed selling bootleg records deemed too racy for mainstream radio stations to play. Moore convinces a social justice-minded dramatist (Keegan-Michael Key) to write his alter ego a film\, incorporating kung fu\, car chases\, and Lady Reed (Da’Vine Joy Randolph)\, an ex-backup singer who becomes his unexpected comedic foil. Despite clashing with his pretentious director\, D’Urville Martin (Wesley Snipes)\, and countless production hurdles at their studio in the dilapidated Dunbar Hotel\, Moore’s Dolemite becomes a runaway box office smash and a defining movie of the Blaxploitation era.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/dolemite-is-my-name/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191011T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191017T211500
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20190901T202219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191007T171801Z
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SUMMARY:Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
DESCRIPTION:One Week Only! \nMiles Davis: Horn player\, bandleader\, innovator. Miles was a singular force of nature\, the very embodiment of cool. The central theme of Miles Davis’ life\, and of this film is Davis’ restless determination to break boundaries and live life on his own terms. This documentary feature explores archival photos and home movies shot by Miles and his colleagues\, his manuscripts and Miles’ original paintings\, to explore the man behind the music. Featuring interviews with some of the most well-known musicians on the planet\, including Jimmy Cobb\, Lee Konitz\, Herbie Hancock\, Wayne Shorter\, Ron Carter\, Carlos Santana\, The Roots\, and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers; the film explores why Miles continues to be a relevant voice in today’s world.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/miles-davis-birth-of-the-cool/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191004T211500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T211500
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
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SUMMARY:Wrinkles the Clown
DESCRIPTION:One Week Only! \nIn late 2014\, a low-res video of a person in a clown mask emerging from underneath a sleeping child’s bed appears on YouTube. The description below the video claims that the clown is named “Wrinkles\,” that he lives in southwest Florida\, and that he’s been hired by the child’s parents to frighten her for misbehaving. The video goes viral. Soon\, more mysterious videos of Wrinkles scaring children appear online\, along with a phone number to hire him for “behavioral services.” Wrinkles becomes internet lore – a whole genre of YouTube videos of kids filming themselves calling him appears online\, and over a million messages are left at the number. Voicemails range from disturbing to hilarious to terrifying: parents use the number to terrify their children\, kids who are obsessive fans of creepy clowns reach out to make a new friend\, children threaten to inflict wildly creative violence if he comes anywhere near them. But who is Wrinkles\, and why is he doing this? With incredible access to the mastermind behind the mask\, Wrinkles the Clown is a cryptic and playful exploration of these questions\, as well as an inside look at myth-building and the unpredictable spread of imagination in the Internet age.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/wrinkles-the-clown/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190927T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191017T183000
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20190901T203956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191007T171503Z
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SUMMARY:Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
DESCRIPTION:Final Week! \nSince bursting onto the music scene in 1967\, Linda Ronstadt has been an icon for more than 50 years. Her extraordinary vocal range and ambition created unforgettable songs across rock\, pop\, country\, folk ballads\, American standards\, classic Mexican music and soul. As the most popular female recording artist of the 1970s\, Ronstadt filled huge arenas like no one had ever done and produced an astounding eleven Platinum albums.  Ronstadt was the first artist to top the Pop\, Country\, and R&B charts simultaneously\, she won 10 Grammy® Awards on 26 nominations and attained a level of stardom the Tucson native never could have fathomed. \nIn LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE\, Ronstadt is our guide through her early years of singing Mexican canciones with her family; her folk days with the Stone Poneys; and her reign as the “rock queen” of the ‘70s and early ’80s. She was a pioneer for women in the male-dominated music industry; an early advocate for human rights\, and had a high-profile romance with California governor Jerry Brown.  Ultimately\, her incredible voice was lost to Parkinson’s disease\, but her music and influence remain as timeless as ever. With moving performance footage and appearances by collaborators including Dolly Parton\, Emmylou Harris\, Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne\, LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE celebrates an artist whose desire to share the music she loved made generations of fans fall in love with her — and the sound of her voice.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/linda-ronstadt-the-sound-of-my-voice/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190906T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190926T213000
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20190709T154252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190916T183958Z
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SUMMARY:Brittany Runs a Marathon
DESCRIPTION:Brittany Forgler is a funny\, likeable\, 27-year-old hot mess of a New Yorker whose trashy nightclub adventures and early-morning walks of shame make her late for work every day. But when she stops by a Yelp-recommended doctor’s office in an attempt to score Adderall\, Brittany gets handed a series of diagnoses instead—elevated heart rate\, high blood pressure … the list goes on. Suddenly forced to get a grip\, Brittany laces up her Converse sneakers and runs one sweaty block. The next day\, she runs two. Soon she runs a mile. Brittany finally has direction—but is she on the right path? \nAward-winning playwright Paul Downs Colaizzo makes his directorial debut with this bright\, brisk comedy\, with Jillian Bell leading an irresistible cast that infuses Brittany’s story with heart and soul. Brittany Runs A Marathon is a film as entertaining as it is inspirational\, the tale of how a woman known for being the life of the party finds real friends—and a real life—by taking control of her herself\, one city block at a time.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/brittany-runs-a-marathon/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190830T211500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190905T211500
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20190826T181831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190903T231214Z
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SUMMARY:Tigers Are Not Afraid
DESCRIPTION:One Week Only! \nA haunting horror fairytale set against the backdrop of Mexico’s devastating drug wars\, Tigers Are Not Afraid follows a group of orphaned children armed with three magical wishes\, running from the ghosts that haunt them and the cartel that murdered their parents. Filmmaker Issa López creates a world that recalls the early films of Guillermo del Toro\, imbued with her own gritty urban spin on magical realism to conjure a wholly unique experience that audiences will not soon forget.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/tigers-are-not-afraid/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190823T213000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190829T211500
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20190819T170106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T192615Z
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SUMMARY:The Nightingale
DESCRIPTION:The Nightingale contains scenes of sexual violence. Viewer discretion is advised. \nThe Nightingale is a meditation on the consequences of violence and the price of seeking vengeance. Set during the colonization of Australia in 1825\, the film follows Clare (Aisling Franciosi)\, a 21-year-old Irish convict. Having served her 7-year sentence\, she is desperate to be free of her abusive master\, Lieutenant Hawkins (Sam Claflin) who refuses to release her from his charge. Clare’s husband Aidan (Michael Sheasby) retaliates and she becomes the victim of a harrowing crime at the hands of the lieutenant and his cronies. When British authorities fail to deliver justice\, Clare decides to pursue Hawkins\, who leaves his post suddenly to secure a captaincy up north. Unable to find compatriots for her journey\, she is forced to enlist the help of a young Aboriginal tracker\, Billy\, who grudgingly takes her through the rugged wilderness to track down Hawkins. The terrain and the prevailing hostilities are frightening\, as fighting between the original inhabitants of the land and its colonizers plays out in what is now known as ‘The Black War.’ Clare and Billy are hostile towards each other from the outset\, both suffering their own traumas and mutual distrust\, but as their journey leads them deeper into the wilderness\, they must learn to find empathy for one another\, while weighing the true cost of revenge.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/the-nightingale/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190725T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190905T183000
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20190516T162043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190903T231223Z
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SUMMARY:The Farewell
DESCRIPTION:Closed Captioning is available for this film. \nIn this funny\, uplifting tale based on an actual lie\, Chinese-born\, U.S.-raised Billi (Awkwafina) reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that\, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch\, Nai-Nai\, has been given mere weeks to live\, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness\, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding\, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties\, she finds there’s a lot to celebrate: a chance to rediscover the country she left as a child\, her grandmother’s wondrous spirit\, and the ties that keep on binding even when so much goes unspoken. With The Farewell\, writer/director Lulu Wang has created a heartfelt celebration of both the way we perform family and the way we live it\, masterfully interweaving a gently humorous depiction of the good lie in action with a richly moving story of how family can unite and strengthen us\, often in spite of ourselves.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/the-farewell/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190722T213000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190722T225000
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20190513T173806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190624T184616Z
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SUMMARY:Carmine Street Guitars
DESCRIPTION:Come early to hear Eugene Snowden play live music at Eden Bar from 6:30-9:30PM\, courtesy of Performing Arts of Maitland! \nThe mystique of the Greenwich Village as a haven for bohemians\, artists\, and musicians lives on at Carmine Street Guitars: Rick Kelly and apprentice Cindy Hulej build handcrafted\, one-of-a-kind instruments from wood salvaged from the city’s defunct buildings. (Unfazed 93-year-old mom Dorothy keeps the books and answers the phone.) Nothing looks or sounds like Rick Kelly’s guitars\, which is why they’re embraced by Bob Dylan and Patti Smith\, among others. A week in the life of the shop features visits from its devoted clientele: Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Band)\, Kirk Douglas (The Roots)\, Eleanor Friedberger\, Nels Cline (shopping for Wilco bandmate Jeff Tweedy)\, jazz guitarists Bill Frisell and Marc Ribot\, and filmmaker/composer Jim Jarmusch.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/carmine-street-guitars/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film,Music Mondays,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190712T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190725T211500
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20190529T163050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190715T180300Z
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SUMMARY:Wild Rose
DESCRIPTION:Closed Captioning is available for this film. \nJessie Buckley delivers an unforgettable\, star-making performance as Rose-Lynn Harlan\, a rebellious country singer who dreams of trading the working-class streets of Glasgow for the Grand Ole Opry of Nashville. \nFresh out of prison\, Rose-Lynn juggles her menial job\, two children\, and committed mother\, expertly portrayed by Oscar-nominee Julie Walters\, as she pursues her bold ambition of a one-way ticket to musical stardom. With the support of her boss (Sophie Okonedo)\, Rose-Lynn embarks on a life-changing journey that challenges her sense of self and helps her discover her true voice. \nComplete with an electrifying soundtrack performed by Buckley\, WILD ROSE is a joyous human story steeped in music\, courage\, family\, and achieving your dreams – no matter how far away they may appear. After all\, all you need are three chords and the truth.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/wild-rose/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190628T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190711T183000
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20190529T154110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190702T150033Z
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SUMMARY:Echo in the Canyon
DESCRIPTION:Closed Captioning is available for this film. \nWhen Bob Dylan plugged in an electric guitar and transformed folk music into something potentially popular\, musicians all over the world took notice. Songs could have both a beat and something to say! A new genre called folk-rock was birthed\, and its most important parents settled into L.A.’s fabled Laurel Canyon. There\, under shady trees and likely stoned to the gills\, members of the The Byrds\, Buffalo Springfield\, The Mamas and the Papas\, The Monkees\, The Beach Boys\, and others collaborated and partied\, creating timeless music that served as a rock and roll template for the next 50 years. With Echo in the Canyon\, Wallflowers singer Jakob Dylan (yeah…Bob’s kid) provides a guided tour of Laurel Canyon at its peak—circa 1965 to 1967. He interviews the personalities who built the scene and pulls more than a few hilarious tidbits from them (is David Crosby ever a bad interview?). The film also connects the dots to show Laurel Canyon’s musical influence on recent musicians like the late Tom Petty\, Beck\, Regina Spektor\, Cat Power\, Norah Jones\, and others. It might be 50 years since these songs were written\, but like any good echo\, Laurel Canyon’s musical influence won’t fade away.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/echo-in-the-canyon/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190614T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190707T153000
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20190429T175607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190702T150041Z
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SUMMARY:All Is True
DESCRIPTION:Closed Captioning is available for this film. \nActor/director Kenneth Branagh brings a lifetime of Shakespearean experience to All is True\, his intimate and revelatory portrait of the Bard of Avon in the last act of his life. It’s 1613. The Globe Theatre has burned to the ground\, and the great poet and dramatist retires to his family home in Stratford-upon-Avon. There his long-suffering wife Anne Hathaway (Judi Dench) and his scandal-plagued and resentful daughters await him\, and he is haunted by the ghost of his son Hamnet\, who died at 11. He also receives a visit from the Earl of Southampton (Ian McKellen)\, the great unrequited love of his life\, the man to whom he wrote his coded love sonnets. As one would expect from these dramatic titans\, Branagh and McKellen create heart-stopping magic on screen. A warm and wryly comic inquiry into the mystery and mechanism of genius\, this is a fascinating\, deeply felt portrait of a flawed and all too human giant as he comes to terms with his legacy as an artist and as a man.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/all-is-true/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190531T211500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190613T211500
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20190528T163602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190603T162921Z
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SUMMARY:Hail Satan?
DESCRIPTION:Held over by popular demand! Final week! \nWhat kind of religious expression should be permitted in a secular nation? Chronicling the extraordinary rise of one of the most colorful and controversial religious movements in American history\, the fascinating Hail Satan? is the inspiring and entertaining new doc feature from acclaimed director Penny Lane (Nuts\, Our Nixon) that tries to answer that very question.  When media-savvy members of the Satanic Temple organize a series of public actions designed to advocate for religious freedom and challenge corrupt authority\, they prove that with little more than a clever idea\, a mischievous sense of humor\, and a few rebellious friends\, you can speak truth to power in some truly profound ways. As charming and funny as it is thought-provoking\, Hail Satan? offers a timely look at a group of often misunderstood outsiders whose unwavering commitment to social and political justice has empowered thousands of people around the world.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/hail-satan/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190517T154500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190613T183000
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20190429T174501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190603T163350Z
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SUMMARY:The Biggest Little Farm
DESCRIPTION:Final Week! \nA testament to the immense complexity of nature\, The Biggest Little Farm renders a heartfelt portrait of a Los Angeles couple (and their beloved dog) who flee the stress of LA for a new life managing a farm just north of the city limits in the foothills of Ventura County. Director/cinematographer John Chester and his food blogger wife Molly created Apricot Lane Farms to reconnect with nature and live an eco-friendly\, sustainable lifestyle. Chronicling eight years of daunting work and outsize idealism—including planting 10\,000 orchard trees and over 200 crops and bringing in animals of every kind—this unforgettable film joyously recounts the struggles\, successes\, and wild twists and turns of their inspirational endeavor. Putting his camera skills to good use in the service of rural California’s breathtaking natural splendor\, Chester creates an autobiographical scrapbook like no other. What emerges is a life-affirming tale of one family who followed their hearts and turned their dreams of harmony into a flourishing\, sustainable reality.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/the-biggest-little-farm/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190510T213000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190516T213000
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20190506T172351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190507T145253Z
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SUMMARY:Her Smell
DESCRIPTION:One Week Only! \nBecky Something (Elisabeth Moss\, The Handmaid’s Tale) is a ’90s punk rock icon who once filled arenas with her grungy all-female trio Something She. Now she plays smaller venues while grappling with motherhood\, exhausted bandmates\, nervous record company executives\, and a new generation of rising talent eager to usurp her stardom. When Becky’s chaos and excesses derail a recording session and national tour\, she finds herself shunned\, isolated\, and alone. Forced to get sober\, temper her demons\, and reckon with the past\, she retreats from the spotlight and tries to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success. Like Courtney Love channeling Axl Rose\, Moss is a force of nature\, with more issues than the entire run of Rolling Stone magazine\, in a career defining performance that is both exceedingly repellant and heartrendingly tragic. Supported by a star-studded cast\, including Eric Stoltz\, Cara Delevingne\, Dan Stevens\, Amber Heard\, Ashley Benson\, and Virginia Madsen as Becky’s ever-exasperated mother\, Her Smell pulls no punches as it valiantly endeavors to tear away the layers of drugs and madness to dissect the patterns of self-destruction that have long fueled the greatest artists.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/her-smell/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190510T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190516T183000
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20190506T171115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190507T145435Z
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SUMMARY:Shadow
DESCRIPTION:One Week Only! \nFifth Generation director Zhang Yimou returns true to form with Shadow\, which just flows across the screen with undulating fabric\, hair\, action\, and editing\, reminiscent of the likes of Hero and House of Flying Daggers. Based on the eponymous Romance of the Three Kingdoms\, the title refers to Commander Yu (Hu Jun\, John Woo’s Red Cliff)\, really a peasant\, who doubles for the sickly Yu\, a crazed master who works in collusion with his wife. There’s lots of “Dallas in the Palace” in this intrigue\, and even if audiences are unfamiliar with the saga\, there’s enough exposition\, effortlessly handled\, to bring us up to speed. All the tropes of an action drama are here: difficult taskmasters and dedicated practice\, phenomenal swordplay\, unusual weaponry (umbrella weapons literally float down a mountain)\, jealousy\, intrigue and revenge\, and a bamboo forest allusion. The title also alludes to its dark palette and vision— “power games and war never tasted the beauty of the world.” Well\, Zhang gives us beauty but also raises the lantern with issues about contemporary China worth consideration.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/shadow/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190426T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190509T210000
DTSTAMP:20260527T182656
CREATED:20190414T174650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T171723Z
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SUMMARY:Amazing Grace
DESCRIPTION:In 1972\, Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin was at the top of her game\, having racked up eleven number-one singles and five Grammys. For her next record\, she returned to her roots\, recording a live gospel album at Watts New Temple Baptist Church. Director Sydney Pollack was hired to shoot the performances\, but due to sound issues\, the footage couldn’t be synced with the audio\, and it vanished into the studio’s vaults\, deemed unsalvageable. It became the Holy Grail of lost music films and finally\, after 46 years of legal wrangling\, technology improvements\, and the deaths of both Pollack and Franklin\, these magnificent performances were readied for the screen. The result is an extraordinary document. The Queen herself is totally focused—delivering uncluttered\, thrilling performances of gospel standards and reimagined contemporary songs. Except for her singing\, she remains nearly wordless throughout the film. Instead\, gospel legend Reverend James Cleveland serves as M.C.\, sermonizer\, and court jester. An enthusiastic congregation testify throughout\, and Aretha’s father—Revered C.L. Franklin—shows up to preach the good book and wipe sweat from his daughter’s forehead mid-song. At that moment\, the audience knew that the Queen of Soul—despite her stardom in the secular world—remained first and foremost a child of the church.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/amazing-grace/
CATEGORIES:Feature Film
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