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Oscar Winner: Best Actor, Best Screenplay. Gus Van Sant’s docudrama stars Sean Penn as Harvey Milk who in 1977 became the first openly gay elected official in America. "'Milk' is a marvel." - A.O. Scott, NY Times. "With 'Milk', a great San Francisco story becomes a great American story." -Mick LaSalle, SF Chronicle. "Giving himself utterly to the role, Penn takes an actor’s craft and dedication to soulful heights, making a demand for dignity that becomes universal." -David Denby, The New Yorker. (R language, some sexuality and violence, 128 min.)
Fri. 7/3 8:45
Sat. 7/4 6:00
Sun. 7/5 6:05
Mon. 7/6 3:45 8:45

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Starring Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah, Spirit Award nominee Sophie Okonedo and Alicia Keys, director Gina Prince-Bythewood's retelling of Sue Monk Kidd's bestselling novel "Brims with honest emotion without spilling over into cheap sentimentality." -Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune. and is "An enchanting parable of hope and love." -Roger Ebert. (PG-13, 110 min.)
Sat. 7/4 3:45 8:45
Sun. 7/5 3:45 8:45
Mon. 7/6 6:25

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Oscar Nominee: Best Foreign Language Film. Israeli director Ari Folman's animated documentary of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon is "A memoir, a history lesson, a combat picture, a piece of investigative journalism and an altogether amazing film." -A.O. Scott, New York Times "The year's most singular visionary experience available at the movies" -Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com "Hallucinatory brilliance in the service of understanding the psychic damage of war." -Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "It will change your ideas about the possibility of film." -Christy Lemire, AP (R language, disturbing images, some sexuality & drug use, 91min.)
Tue. 7/7 8:45
Wed. 7/8 8:45
Thu. 7/9 2:15 8:45

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Special Guest Event. Follow anthropologist / ethnobiologist National Geographic Explorer in Residence Wade Davis down the Colorado River in this spectacularly entertaining yet cautionary film as it reveals the world's growing shortage of fresh water. Featuring music from Dave Matthews Band. Wade will host a dicussion to follow. (NR, all ages, 45 min.)
Tue. 7/7 4:15

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Special Guest Event. Join Wade Davis as he tracks indigenous cultures, each unique for the preservation of their customs in the face of modernization. As he investigates these people heading towards an uncertain future, Davis highlights a fundamental question: what does it mean to be human? Wade will host a dicussion to follow. (NR, 45 min.)
Tue. 7/7 6:30

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Meet the Filmmaker. Shot over four years,this documentary is the story of a group of inmates battling to survive in South Africa's largest prison who find the possibility for real growth and personal transformation in the brotherhood of the prison choir. Director Michael Davie will host discussion after each screening. (NR, mature content 82min.)
Wed. 7/8 3:15 6:00

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Meet the Filmmaker. Photographer and documentarian Mattias Klum will present and discuss his film created to commemorate the tercentenary of the birth of Swedish botanist Carl von Linné and to motivate and inspire new generations toward an understanding and preservation of the natural world. (NR, all ages,52 min.)
Thu. 7/9 4:15 6:30

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Oscar Nominee: Best Actor, Best Actress. Veteran actor Mickey Rourke gives "The most brutally honest performance of the year." -Rex Reed, New York Observer as washed up pro wrestler Randy 'The Ram' Robinson in Darren Aronofsky's heart-wrenching drama co-starring Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachael Wood. "About the seductions of superficiality and the dull ache of living beyond one's moment. It stares with compassion at the man pinned on the mat and wonders how he'll ever get out of this one." -Ty Burr, Boston Globe "Rourke is harrowing; Tomei is devastating." -Rafer Guzman, Newsday (R for violence, sexuality/ nudity, language & some drug use, 111min.)
Fri. 7/10 8:45
Sat. 7/11 6:25
Sun. 7/12 4:10 8:45
Mon. 7/13 6:30

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Featuring the heartfelt and hilarious performances of Paul Rudd and Jason Segel, John Hamburg's new comedy "Recognizes and even exalts in the reality that close male friendships can be a source of confusion and awkwardness." -Stephanie Zacharek,Salon.com "It's a bromance that's out and proud. In the liberation are the laughs, and they stick to your ribs longer than you'd think." -Ty Burr, Boston Globe "Paul Rudd and Jason Segel are howlingly funny." -Peter Travers, Rolling Stone (R for pervasive language, including crude and sexual references)
Fri. 7/10 6:30
Sat. 7/11 4:15 8:45
Sun. 7/12 6:30
Mon. 7/13 4:15 8:50

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