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MEDIA
CONTACT
Kelly
Aubey
(owner) 480-459-1999 or kaubey@gmail.com
Steve
Weiss
(programming) 602-265-9524 or filmbarprogrammer@gmail.com
FilmBar
815
North 2nd Street
Phoenix
AZ
85004
www.thefilmbarphx.com
We
can supply screeners, photos etc for some of the films, just
ask!
PLEASE
NOTE
WE HAVE MOVED TO WEEKDAY STARTING TIMES OF 7PM, WE NOW OFFER
MATINEE
PRICES FOR FIRST TWO SHOWS ON WEEKENDS($6.00)AND REMEMBER, IT IS
21 AND OVER
ONLY.
FEATURED
FILMS WEEK OF THURS MARCH 10-WED MARCH 16 2011
1st
Feature-16 TO LIFE-$8.00
http://www.16tolifethemovie.org
Kate
is a rural American teenager whose angst about sexual
inexperience drives a
comic quest for love and understanding on a birthday to end all
birthdays. 16
To Life, shot on location on the Mississippi River, boasts
terrifically funny,
heartfelt performances from newcomers Hallee Hirsh (KATE), Mandy
Musgrave
(DARBY), and soulful veteran seductress Theresa Russell
(LOUISE). This first
feature from Emmy-nominated writer/director Becky Smith (Queer
Eye for the
Straight Guy) puts a wry, witty, and unpredictable ensemble cast
in a
small-town locale reminiscent of a Capra comedy. Kate’s
irreverent fantasies of
sexual awakening and guilt, fueled by obsessive reading of books
on bizarre subjects
(currently the Chinese Cultural Revolution) drive this explosive
day.
Running
time
1 hour 30 minutes
Screening
Times
Thursday
3/10-7pm,
9pm
Friday
3/11-9pm
Saturday
3/12-3pm,
7pm
Sunday
3/13-1pm,
5pm, 9pm
Tuesday
3/15-9pm
Wednesday
3/16-7pm,
11pm
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2nd
Feature-MARWENCOL-$8.00
MARWENCOL-directed, produced and
edited by Jeff
Malmberg
http://www.marwencol.com/
-Trailer,
reviews, background all at the website.
"Marwencol"
is a
documentary about the fantasy world of Mark Hogancamp.
After being
beaten into a
brain-damaging coma by five men outside a bar, Mark builds a
1/6th scale World
War II-era town in his backyard. Mark populates the town he dubs
"Marwencol" with dolls representing his friends and family and
creates life-like photographs detailing the town's many
relationships and
dramas.
Playing in
the town and
photographing the action helps Mark to recover his hand-eye
coordination and
deal with the psychic wounds of the attack. When Mark and his
photographs are
discovered, a prestigious New York gallery sets up an art show.
Suddenly
Mark's homemade
therapy is deemed "art", forcing him to choose between the
safety of
his fantasy life in Marwencol and the real world that he's
avoided since the
attack.
Running time 1 hr 23 minutes
Screening
Times
Thursday 3/10-11pm
Friday
3/11-7pm
Saturday-3/12-1pm,
5pm,
7pm
Sunday
3/13- 3pm, 5pm, 7pm
Tuesday
3/15-7pm
Wednesday
3/16-9pm
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Late Show
(Friday 3/11, Saturday 3/12, 11pm both nights) -ZENITH-$8.00
http://zeniththefilm.com/
In the post-apocalyptic
year
2044, the population has been genetically
altered
to live in a constant state of happiness,
but without sorrow, happiness dissipates, leaving only a feeling
of
never-ending paresthesia.
Only pain can make
people feel alive.
Jack
(Peter Scanavino), a young man and former neurosurgeon,
is a peddler
of substances that induce pain. A stranger knocks on Jack’s door
and hands him
a single video
tape that
Jack’s long lost father, Ed Alexander Crowley (Jason
Robards
III), left behind. It is the first in a series of 10 tapes
in which
Ed has documented his life and his pursuit of what he calls the
“Grand
Conspiracy,” a conspiracy that quite possibly could be the
answer to what
happened to Jack’s world.
Inspired
by his father’s tape, Jack sets out on his own investigation.
But in order to
solve the whole puzzle, he must locate the remaining nine tapes.
Jack begins to
track down four more tapes, but the larger answer still eludes
him.
Jack meets
the provocative Lisa (Ana Anestasio) in a strip club,
and is struck by
the fact that she is just as conflicted and lonely as he is.
Through her, Jack
encounters the possibility of real love. As Jack finds the
remaining tapes, the
lines between his interior and exterior world blur, leading him
to question
reality itself. Lisa and Jack decide to abandon the search for
the tapes and
leave the city.
Jack
locates Ed’s last tape, and is suddenly faced with the same
choice his father
had to make forty years ago: to surrender his soul, or to remain
true to
himself, no matter the consequences. Jack's reality becomes the
same reality as
the final tape.
FRI 3/11, SAT
3/12- 11PM
++++++++++++++++++
Metro
Monday-COLOBRANE EXPRESS-$3.00- ONE SHOW
ONLY
Mon 3/14-8pm
Public vans
provide the
traditional and sole means of city transportation in Dakar,
Senegal. In a
frenzy of activity, from the outskirts to downtown, people from
all walks of life
as well as fruits, vegetables, chickens, etc. are transported
daily in these
public vans. Colobane Express opens a window on a slice of life
in the busy
urban metropolis where drivers and their trainees are always on
the go,
managing relationships, incidents and conflicts, dealing with
the competition
and providing an invaluable service to demanding yet loving
customers.
--
Steve Weiss
Film Programmer, FilmBar
http://thefilmbarphx.com/
Phoenix Arizona U.S.A.
