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A Late Quartet up next for Rockies Film Series
When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet receives a life changing diagnosis, the group’s future suddenly hangs in the balance: suppressed emotions, competing egos, and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration.
As they are about to play their 25th anniversary concert, quite possibly their last, only their intimate bond and the power of music can preserve their legacy. Inspired by and structured around Beethoven’s Opus 131 String Quartet in C-sharp minor, A Late Quartet pays homage to chamber music and the cultural world of New York. The film, up next in the Rockies Film Series, features Christopher Walken, Katherine Keener and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_late_quartet/trailers/
Our thanks to sponsor St Eugene Mission.
Our March film is confirmed The Sessions to screen March 7, with ticket sales TBA.
It is a film of tenderness and humor married to the unlikeliest of subjects. The Sessions presents the story of poet and polio survivor Mark O’Brien, who left behind an oeuvre of life-affirming writing despite his condition. But this is no mere biopic; Jessica Yu covered that quite nicely in her Oscar-winning nonfiction short Breathing Lessons. Instead, writer-director Ben Lewin’s film focuses on perhaps the most unusual chapter of O’Brien’s life, in which the iron lung-bound writer (here played by John Hawkes) arranges to lose his virginity with the help of a sex therapist (Helen Hunt). Careful treatment makes for an exceptional, expertly acted crowd-pleaser. This movie does have nudity and an adult theme.
https://www.thesessionsmovie.com/
Our festival dates are confirmed April4/5/6th 2013: we are in the final stages of negotiating our films and we are very pleased with the seven confirmed titles. One more to go and we will be in a position to advise you all via an email message before the end of this month. Tickets will be available mid February.
See you at the movies!
Tickets for A Late Quartet – Thursday, February 7 are now available at Lotus Books.
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