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CINEMAS
3 SCREENS
DAYS
PER
PICKFORD + LIMELIGHT YEAR
APRIL/MAY 2017 FILM CALENDAR
Pickford Film Center 1318 Bay St. | Limelight Cinema 1416 Cornwall Ave. | Bellingham, WA | Tickets, times & trailers: www.pickfordfilmcenter.org
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ABOUT PFC
Admission
Pickford Film Center & Limelight Cinema Pricing:
• PFC Members, every day – $7.50
• Tuesday–Sunday General Admission – $10.75
• Students & Kids under 12 – $8.00
• Mondays and Matinees* – $8.50 DEAR BELLINGHAM about the topic most often brought up in our suggestion box –
*Matinees are Monday through Friday before 5pm,
and Saturday–Sunday before 3:30pm When I first moved to this city I was constantly taking notice of PARKING. Then we can all relax and watch a comedy produced by
Tickets for free shows are not available online, but all the little things that combine together to display the collective our avatar, Mary Pickford. Love Happy stars The Marx Brothers in
can be claimed in advance at the box office only. values of the people who live here. Everything is compostable! their last film together as they alternately foil or enable a diamond
There are plants growing in every indoor space. There are bike heist while hanging out with a bunch of actors and dancers.
Movie Times
1. Visit www.pickfordfilmcenter.org for current
and walking
Become a PFCpaths everywhere.
Member, renew your Almost every menu has a vegan Mayhem, hilarity, and music ensue. The film freeispopcorn
free for on
members!
mondays
showtimes, news, advance tickets, and trailers. option. And beer seems
membership, or give the gift ofto be the local religion. It eventually The password is SWORDFISH.
occurred to me that Bellingham is very close to the city my discounted admission
2. Sign up for our weekly mailing list and get the membership to a friend between And finally, our audience has been exceptionally generous
times delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. May 1 and June 30 and you will be our own devices—with the
friends and I would create if left to that warm fuzzy feeling
exception giving to our Doc-ED program. Your dollars purchase tickets and
3. See our ad each week in the Cascadia Weekly entered intoofa dying houseplants
drawing to win a at the dry cleaners.
and Bellingham Herald's Take Five. transportation for middle school classes from around the county
coveted Goldfinger
This is where Card.Film
Pickford That’a a comes in. This organization
Center
4. Call our movie hotline: 360-738-0735. to come and see a documentary in October. We brought in 4,100
full
is the realization of a united civic adesire to have quality
year of free movies for you and
5. Smart phone? Snap the QR code on the front students in 2016 and are very close to being able to afford
friend at Pickford
independent film,and
filmtheeducation,
Limelight!non-GMO popcorn, real butter,
page or visit pickfordfilmcenter.org on your mobile inviting all 5,100+ this fall. Our goal for this spring is now less
device and bookmark our app! a large
Join gathering
or renew place, eclectic points of view, and clean rest-
online, than $10,000, won’t you consider joining the effort? It is part
atrooms,
the boxalloffice,
at a reasonable
or by mail price. Our centerfold Annual Report of our manifestation of the city that we envision.
PFC Staff
Susie Purves, Executive Director
reveals some of the details of how this organization succeeds by
letting Bellingham be Bellingham. What the report cannot express Speaking of funding, support for the arts, and having the
susie@pickfordfilmcenter.org
in metrics is the tremendous spirit of the staff and volunteers, government we envision, the National Endowment for the Arts is
Michael Falter, Program Director
michael@pickfordfilmcenter.org their caring attitude, sense of humor and interest in what they facing elimination in the new federal budget. Pickford Film Center
Ryan Uhlhorn, Operations Manager do. Take a look and marvel at what you have manifested. receives funding from the NEA directly and indirectly, through the
ryan@pickfordfilmcenter.org Washington State Arts Commission. We also show many films that
Lindsey Gerhard, Marketing Manager One of our largest segments of support is our membership. In have been produced through the Sundance Institute or started
lindsey@pickfordfilmcenter.org recognition of that, we are offering a free-to-members Estate and life at in film festivals that receive funds from the NEA. American
Ariel Brownstein, End of Life Planning Seminar on Mondays, April 3 and April 10 independent film advances because of support from the NEA. If
Membership & Development Manager led by professionals from Barron Smith Daugert PLLC. Over the you feel strongly about the importance of this program to
ariel@pickfordfilmcenter.org course of these two sessions, you, no matter your age or position American life, please consider contacting your senator or
Grace Schrater, Assistant Manager in life, can learn about what steps to take to get your affairs in representative now.
grace@pickfordfilmcenter.org
order. Don’t leave a mess!
Lucas Holtgeerts,
Best wishes,
Education Outreach Coordinator Also of note to members: Sunday, April 9 at Consider
4:00pm, making
you are a contribution to our spring donation appeal. All funds raised will go to support
invited to our Annual Meeting. Besides hearingDoc-ED,
a reporttoon
extend
the the program to over 5,000 Whatcom County public and tribal middle school
lucas@pickfordfilmcenter.org
state of the organization you can participate in a conversationonly have $10,000 left to raise in order to fully fund the program for Fall 2017.
students. We
Winnie Griffith, Pickford Art Studios Manager
winifred@pickfordfilmcenter.org Susie
PleasePurves,
help usPickford Film
make our Center
goal Executive
a reality Director
by making a donation today.
Projectionists:
Steve Meyers, Carey Ross, Kevin Ledford, Please help us reach our goal by making a donation online, at the box office, or by mail today.
Ariana Dorshkind, Michael Barone,
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Kristen Stanovich Become a PFC Member, renew your free popcorn on mondays
membership, or give the gift of
discounted admission
PFC Board membership to a friend between
Brian Sibley, President May 1 and June 30 and you will be that warm fuzzy feeling
Becca Shew, Vice President entered into a drawing to win a
James Willson, Treasurer
coveted Goldfinger Card. That’a a
Christina Kobdish, Secretary
Meg Weber full year of free
helvetica 57 movies for you and
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Angela Anderson friend at Pickford and the Limelight!
Michelle Bouma
Dawn Dietrich
Join or renew online,
Scott Pelton at the box office, or by mail
Christine Park
Heather Pavlosky
Cole Wilder, Student Board Representative
Parking
The Parkade (1300 Commercial St.) is one block
behind PFC and one block from the Limelight, and
offers hourly parking on the first floor, free after
5:00. Metered street parking is available Mon-Fri
until 5:00, after hours & weekend parking is free.
This Month's Pre-Show Giveaway Sponsors:
Consider making a contribution to our spring donation appeal. All funds raised will go to support
Doc-ED, to extend the program to over 5,000 Whatcom County public and tribal middle school
Thanks to our Sustaining Level Sponsors:
students. We only have $10,000 left to raise in order to fully fund the program for Fall 2017.
Please help us make our goal a reality by making a donation today.
2 Please help us reach our goal by making a donation online, at the box office, or by mail today. 3
COMING IN APRIL
TOMMY'S HONOUR
Dir: Jason Connery // Cast: Sam Neill, Ophelia Lovibond, Peter Mullan
Whether you’re a golf aficionado or you think it’s a good walk spoiled, the true tale of the
sport’s origins make for a good story--and some gorgeous Scottish visuals. Helmed by avid
golfer Jason Connery (son of Sean, aka James Bond) and set among Scotland’s rolling golf
LAND OF MINE courses, the plot follows two Toms, Old and Young (Tom and Tommy Morris, played by Peter
Mullan and Jack Lowden, respectively) who originated many of the sport’s most notable
Dir: Martin Zandvliet // Cast: Roland Moller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman features. The relationship between father and son is hallmarked by intense rivalry, as one
During the final days of World War II, German soldiers, fearing an Allied invasion of tries to buck the system the other is entrenched in. Throw in a little class divide, some
Denmark, buried some two million land mines along that country’s coast. After the war, forbidden romance and a dash of Sam Neill, and this movie is a hole in one. 2017. United
Brits and Danes forced German POWs to find and defuse the bombs--by hand. The story TOMMY'S HONOUR
Kingdom/United States. English. 117 min. PG.
follows a Danish sergeant (played by a marvelous Roland Moller) who commands a group
of these occupiers-turned-prisoners, as he grapples with defusing the danger that lies both
beneath the land and within his own psyche. Gripping and intense--and nominated for a
Best Foreign Film Oscar--the movie illuminates a little-known chapter in postwar history. CEZANNE ET MOI
2017. Denmark/Germany. In English & German/Danish w/English subtitles. 110 min. R. LAND OF MINE Dir: Daniele Thompson // Cast: Guillaume Canet, Guillaume Gallienne, Alice Pol
One was a painter. One was a writer. Together, Paul Cezanne and Emile Zola had one of the
most culturally significant--and turbulent--bromances in modern history. The movie begins
THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE as both men reach 50, but looks back to their meeting as school kids, to trace decades of
a friendship that was by turns caustic and tender, as Zola found the success that eluded
Dir: Niki Caro // Cast: Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Bruhl
Cezanne until the end of his life. The boom-and-bust cycle of their famous friendship is set
Adapted from the runaway bestseller, this movie tells the story of Antonina Zabibski (two-
against a backdrop of the French landscapes that so inspired Cezanne, painting a pretty
time Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain), who, with her husband, ran a thriving zoo in Warsaw
cinematic picture indeed. 2017. France. In French w/English subtitles. 117 min. R.
until the Nazi invasion that began World War II. Their zoo bombed out and many of their CEZANNE ET MOI
animals gone, the Zabinskis used the grounds to shelter Jews, most of them from the
doomed Warsaw ghetto. They saved the lives of some 300 Jews, at great danger to
themselves, all the while harboring what remained of their menagerie of animals. A
remarkable and inspiring true story. 2017. United States. In English. 124 min. PG-13.
THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
SPECIAL EVENTS IN APRIL
PERSONAL SHOPPER 4.15 Revolution: New Art for a New World
This inspiring documentary details the 15-year period after the 1917 Russian Revolution
Dir: Olivier Assayas // Cast: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz in which avant-garde artists produced a bold body of work that still resonates today.
When Kristen Stewart appeared in Olivier Assayas’ Clouds of Sils Maria, she stole every
scene in which she appeared with her curious blend of inscrutable introversion and undeni-
able charisma. Assayas mines those qualities again and draws from Stewart her finest 4.20 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
MR. GAGA 1984 FRUITVALE STATION LOVE HAPPY Johnny Depp as Hunter S. Thompson wants to take you on a road trip to Las Vegas. He’s
performance to date, in this story that is part drama, part ghost story, part study of a
woman on the verge. By day, Stewart is an expat in Paris, the titular personal shopper to going to bring his lawyer, Dr. Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro), and his suitcase full of drugs with
a fabulous client. By night, she’s a medium, grief-stricken over the loss of her twin brother, 4.3 Mr. Gaga: A True Story of Love + Dance him. It’s all going to be just fine. Presented by Chuckanut Writer’s Conference.
awaiting a promised sign from him in the afterlife. Beautifully shot and profoundly rendered, This documentary details the extraordinary life and work of Ohad Naharin, one of the
this is a film that will haunt you. 2017. France/Germany. In English & French/Swedish w/ most important choreographers in the world. Presented by Bellingham Repertory 4.20-4.23 CAscadia International
Dance and preceded by a short performance of 1st/2nd, a structured improvisation
English subtitles. 105 min. R. PERSONAL SHOPPER that offers a unique perspective on the possibilities of contemporary dance. Women's Film Festival
Showcasing exceptional films from women directors, this festival offers a diverse lineup
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THE VOID 4.3 + 4.10 Estate Planning Seminars
Get your affairs in order with expert advice presented at a pair of workshops by Barron
of activities, discussions and screenings. With new features and shorts from local
filmmakers (3022 ft., Muckleshoot Sla-Hal Bone Game), works from around the globe
Dir: Jeremy Gillespie, Steven Kostanski // Cast: Kathleen Munroe, Ellen Wong (My Roots Lie Here, About Love), many director Q+A's, and influential classic films such
Smith Daugert. Part 1: Estate Planning with the Goal of Simplicity; Part 2: End of Life
Here at the Pickford, we love a good horror flick, and The Void is shaping up to be just that. as The Watermelon Woman. Catch the full lineup at www.cascadiafilmfest.org
Planning. Free for PFC members + volunteers.
Taking place during the course of one seriously messed-up night at a rural Canadian
hospital, the film begins innocently enough, when a cop rescues a wounded man and
4.4 1984 4.25 Best of the NW Filmmakers Tour
transports him to the hospital. What follows involves vigilantes, a horde of white-robed, The Northwest Film Center in Portland, Oregon presents this showcase to bring the
knife-wielding cult members, a burned-out basement where rituals have been performed, The Pickford joins 90 other art house movie theaters across the nation for a screening
of George Orwell’s dystopian classic. The showing takes place the same day as filmmakers wider exposure while offering regional independent films to venues and
a pyramid in an alien landscape—oh, and corpses that sprout tentacles and combine to audiences large and small.
form lumbering creatures. And then things start to get really weird. 2017. Canada. English. Orwell’s protagonist begins to rebel against Big Brother--it also acts as a collective
90 min. Unrated. stand among the art house community to resist the abolition of the National
THE VOID Endowment for the Arts. 4.29 Karl Marx City
Twenty-five years after the collapse of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), filmmaker
GIFTED 4.5 Fruitvale Station
The 2013 film based on true events that details the last day in the life of
Petra Epperlein returns to the proletarian Oz of her childhood to find the truth about her
late father’s suicide and his rumored Stasi past. With a reception before the film and
Dir: Marc Webb // Cast: Chris Evans, Octavia Spencer, Jenny Slate Q&A with filmmakers Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker after.
Chris Evans takes a break from being Captain America to play a single father raising his 22-year-old Oscar Grant III before he is shot and killed by police. Free.
niece in a coastal Florida town after the death of his sister. Mary’s a lot like most kids, Presented by Western Reads and the Institute for Global Engagement.
spirited, unwittingly insightful, good with a one-liner--and she also happens to be a math
prodigy, a thing that puts her on a custody collision course between the uncle that just 4.9 LOVE HAPPY:
wants her to have a normal life and the grandmother who wants her to pursue academic
excellence. This movie may be stacked with cinematic talent--Evans, Octavia Spencer and
ANNUAL MEETING + BIRTHDAY PARTY!
It’s business first and party later with a short presentation of the PFC’s 2016 year in
Jenny Slate all star--but make no mistake: It’s 10-year-old McKenna Grace that steals this review (with complimentary snacks and beverages, of course), followed by a screening
show from the opening scene to the closing credits. 2017. United States. In English. PG-13. of Love Happy, the 1949 Marx Brothers film produced by Mary Pickford herself.
GIFTED
Free for PFC members. CASCADIA KARL MARX CITY
4 All films are playing at Pickford Film Center 1318 Bay Street or at the Limelight Cinema 1416 Cornwall Avenue | Bellingham, WA Watch trailers, buy tickets, get more information, see showtimes and new bookings not listed here at www.pickfordfilmcenter.org 5
VOLUNTEERISM HOW OUR AUDIENCE RATES US EDUCATION
In 2016, 133 volunteers donated 6,308.75 hours at both Pickford Film Center and (According to the National Art House Survey)
Doc-ED — In 2016 4,100 Whatcom County middle school students
the Limelight. Our restrooms and lobby are considered saw the documentaries Breaking a Monster, Elder in the Making and
MEMBERSHIP extremely clean, ranking higher than
the national average. PFC was also
What Tomorrow Brings for free. Our support included transportation
and popcorn.
In 2016 Pickford Film Center’s community expanded to 5,222 individual members.
given high marks for the variety of our
Premiere members ($150 to $2,500) made up 2% of total membership but provided These schools participated: Whatcom Middle School, Shuksan Middle
concessions and the fun and
16% of membership dollars. School, Kulshan Middle School, Fairhaven Middle School,
welcoming atmosphere of our lobby.
Mt. Baker Jr. High, Nooksack Valley Middle School, Blaine Middle
$174,000 in membership dollars were raised in 2016. Membership dollars go towards
operations. BEHIND THE COUNTER School, Lummi Nation School, Horizon Middle School, Bellingham
In 2016 we sold 2,500 lbs of GMO free Home Schoolers. Doc-ED is paid for with individual gifts and
DONORS popcorn, 8,000 individual items from foundation funding and there is no cost to schools, parents, or students.
Total Revenue $1,373,462 A total of 322 donors made contributions (in addition to membership) in 2016, equaling local businesses, and over $30,000 318 donors supported Doc-ED with gifts that ranged from $4 to $8,000.
Total Expenses $1,265,668 87 more givers than in 2015. worth of local food and drink. Media Literacy Workshops — PFC has funds for 80 classrooms to
Our Education Fund received donations from 318 individual donors who gave $29,210, learn to assess the thousands of media messages they receive every
PAYROLL EXPENSE and 15 foundations and businesses that gave $30,350, for a total of $59,560. This is day and used their critical thinking skills to analyze a film.
40%
Title (Attendance) an increase of over $24,000 from 2015. Gifts ranged from $4 to $8,000. Thank you!
COST OF GOODS SOLD Guerrilla Film Project — In 2016, 11 teams of high school filmmakers
8%
Captain Fantastic PROGRAM EXPENSE from 7 different schools spent President’s Day weekend crafting short
(4,718) 30%
CINEMAS
EDUCATION films and competing for 6 different filmmaking prizes — the “Hammy”
Florence Foster Jenkins 2%
awards.
MARKETING PICKFORD + LIMELIGHT
(3,960) 6%
“It is the right thing to do. Providing support for
3 SCREENS
OCCUPANCY
Manchester by the Sea 8%
(3,448) FUNDRAISING students to view documentaries is an outstanding
2%
The Lady in the Van TAX EXPENSE effort on behalf of Pickford.”
1%
(3,400) ADMINISTRATIVE
Where to Invade Next
3% DAYS “I helped to establish the new theatre for selfish
PER
(3,127) YEAR reasons. I’m helping now with an education based
program which is important for the community.”
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
THEATRE REVENUES
(2,772) 67%
PERFORMING ARTS
MEMBERSHIP DUES
The Lobster 12%
(2,737) CONTRIBUTIONS
13% • Bolshoi Ballet
ANNUAL FESTIVALS SUPPORT FOR
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Brooklyn • Globe on Screen
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GIFTS IN KIND AND
CONTRIBUTED SERVICES
(2,390) 5% • National Theatre Live
Love and Friendship
STUDIO RENTALS
3%
• Doctober finished out its 8th year featuring 60 new • New York Film Critics Series OUR COMMUNITY
documentary films in 35 days plus encores for popular films in • Royal Opera House Pickford Film Center supported 98
(2,286)
the month of November. The audience grew to 6,198 people • Royal Shakespeare Co. community organizations in 2016,
The Eagle Huntress with 161 screenings, and 644 volunteer hours.
(2,362) FILM EXHIBITION TICKETS SOLD 108 people saw 8 or more films.
• The Royal Ballet
• All’ Opera
donating 1,189 free passes and
69 memberships for $18,171 in
* 2016 D A TES O NLY 2013 2014 2015 2016 • Kenneth Branagh Theatre
donated value. “I want to
66,184 83,768 81,043 89,762 • Bellingham Children’s Film Festival 2016 included 3 feature
films, 2 shorts programs, school screenings, a red carpet, a
2016 FILM SERIES support local business
sing-along and an ice cream social. PROGRAMS FROM • Rocket Sci-Fi Matinees
• Family Matinees COMMUNITY PARTNERS in my community.”
• Bellingham Music Film Festival THE COMMUNITY • Masters of Asian Cinema 82 non-profit organization
“I think film has the potential to change the way A showcase of music through the medium of film, featuring • Bleedingham • Rooftop Cinema at the partnered with Pickford Film “I want to help keep the
people view not only themselves but their immediate Music Videos, short films and features created by students, • Trailer Wars Parkade Center to present and discuss Pickford alive. I consider
social, cultural and natural environment.” regional and international filmmakers. Produced in partnership
• Human Rights Film Festival • Indie Lens Pop Up relevant films, connecting the it one of the cultural
• Treaty Day Film Festival • Cinema Thyme Dinners draws of Bellingham.”
with Make.Shift art space. themes on screen to what is
“I can't live without the Pickford.” • Water Week Film Festival • The Queens’ Vernacular
• Bellingham Film Mixers happening on a local level.
• Science on Screen
2016 FOUNDATION Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Humanities WA 2016 BOARD Angela Anderson, Secretary Scott Pelton 2016 STAFF Susie Purves, Executive Director Projectionists: Steve Meyers, Carey Ross, Mary Loquvam, Volunteer Coordinator
& GOVERNMENT Amazon Smile Foundation The Mary Redman Foundation MEMBERS Michelle Bouma Becca Shew, Vice President Michael Falter, Program Director Kevin Ledford, Ariana Dorshkind, Winnie Griffith
SUPPORT National Endowment for the Arts AND OFFICERS Dawn Dietrich Brian Sibley, President Jane Julian, Associate Programmer Michael Barone, Kristen Stanovich Head Janitor/Pickford Art Studios Manager
Arts WA
Norman Archibald Foundation Christina Kobdish Meg Weber, Treasurer Ryan Uhlhorn, Operations Manager Lindsey Gerhard, Marketing Manager Lucas Holtgeerts
City of Bellingham Tourism Funds Tulalip Tribal Foundation FOR A LIST OF ALL OF OUR SUPPORTERS,
Elizabeth Fergus Foundation Christine Park Cole Wilder, WWU Student Rep Grace Schrater Ariel Brownstein Education Outreach Coordinator PLEASE VISIT PICKFORDFILMCENTER.ORG
Whatcom Community Foundation
Hafer Family Foundation Heather Pavlosky James Willson Assistant Ops Manager Membership and Development Manager
6 Matia Fund & Joe and Judy Coons Fund 7
COMING IN MAY
THEIR FINEST
Dir: Lone Scherfig
Cast: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy Citizen Jane:
Battle for the City
It’s World War II in London and everyone must do their part,
which is how Catrin (Arterton) finds herself taking what she
thinks will be a secretarial job with the Ministry of Informa- Dir: Matt Tyrnauer
tion, but is instead a screenwriting position making THEIR FINEST Cast: Jane Jacobs, Thomas Campanella, Mindy Fullilove
a propaganda film designed to lift the country’s flagging Hollywood has only just begun mining the mother lode that is
morale. Her efforts are overseen by a hilariously over-the-top the untold stories of the amazing accomplishments of badass
Jeremy Irons, Sam Claflin (Hunger Games) is tapped to be her women. One of those was Jane Jacobs, the David to the
screenwriting partner, and the incomparable and incorrigible proverbial Goliath of Robert Moses, infamous New York power
Bill Nighy is the aging star assigned to the project. Full of broker and developer. Jacobs went to battle with the hugely
charm and heart. 2017. United Kingdom. In English. 117 min. R. wealthy and influential businessman, vowing to save what he
wanted to pave over: Washington Square Park, the historic
NORMAN NORMAN
buildings of Greenwich Village and the most iconic parts of
Lower Manhattan. Hers was an impossible crusade, and still,
Dir: Joseph Cedar she persisted. See Jane fight. See Jane win. 2017. United
Cast: Richard Gere, Lior Ashkenazi, Michael Sheen States. In English. 92 min. Unrated.
With very little fanfare or self-promotion, Richard Gere is
having a bit of a moment, and in Norman Oppenheimer he
finds a character worthy of his talents. The subtitle of this
movie is The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York
THE LOVERS
Dir: Azazel Jacobs
Fixer, and that’s what Norman is, a low-level fixer of eternal
Cast: Debra Winger, Tracy Letts, Jessica Sula
optimism but limited success. That all changes when he does
Debra Winger and Tracy Letts (yep, the guy who wrote August:
a future Israeli prime minister a good turn, and suddenly CHASING TRANE Osage County) have been married just this side of forever, are
Norman finds himself in possession of the kind of political
each having affairs that have become serious relationships
and social capital of which he’s always dreamed--and with no
and are thinking of pulling the plug on their marriage. And then
idea how to spend it properly. 2017. United States/Israel. In
a curious thing happens: They find themselves starting to fall
English & Hebrew w/English subtitles. 117 min. R.
for one another all over again. A frank, funny look at modern
marriage and the ties that bind. 2017. United States. In Eng-
CHASING TRANE lish. 94 min. Unrated
Dir: John Scheinfeld
Cast: Denzel Washington, Wynton Marsalis, Sonny Rollins
If there was ever a man who was synonymous with cool,
CITIZEN JANE THE DINNER
it was John Coltrane. It’s about time the jazz titan got the
Dir: Oren Moverman
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Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan
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documentary treatment, and John Scheinfeld (Who Is Harry
Nilsson, The U.S. vs. John Lennon) is just the director for the Here we have another turn from Richard Gere. Stan (Gere) and
job. Working with Coltrane’s family and the record labels Paul (Coogan) have been estranged since childhood, but their
that released his work, this is a comprehensive look at the 16-year-old sons are friends, and the two of them have commit-
complicated life of a singular musical legend. Don’t you want ted a horrible crime that has shocked the country. While their
to sit in a dark theater and listen to other music legends (and sons' identities have not yet been discovered and may never be,
one former president) speak eloquently about Coltrane while their parents must now decide what action to take. 2017. United
Denzel Washington reads the jazzman’s own writings and his States. English. 120 min. R.
THE LOVERS
music washes over you? Yes. I think you do. 2017. France/
Germany. In English & French w/English subtitles. 105 min. R.
SPECIAL EVENTS IN MAY
5.4 All Governments Lie 5.23 The Mountain Runners
Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I.F. Stone: A profile of The story of America’s first mountain endurance
influential American independent journalist I.F. Stone, who adventure foot race, which took place in Bellingham,
wrote a weekly, four-page newsletter from 1953 to 1971 Washington in 1911, and eventually morphed into the
that investigated topics ignored by the mainstream media. Ski to Sea Race. Featuring a Q+A with local filmmakers
Brian Young and Todd Warger.
5.11 God Knows Where I Am
Linda Bishop, homeless and mentally ill, died in a New 5.25 Playtime
Hampshire farmhouse during a brutally cold winter with Jacques Tati's hilarious, dazzlingly inventive comedy in
her diary--in which she chronicled her struggle for sanity which Mr. Hulot tries to function in an unrecognizable
and survival--by her side. A beautifully crafted, heart- Paris of modernistic glass-and-steel skyscrapers.
8 breaking documentary. GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM PLAYTIME Presented by WWU Film Club. 9
FILM SERIES + PERFORMING ARTS
PICKFORD FAMILY MATINEES THE QUEENS' VERNACULAR
Bring your kids, bring your parents, bring your friends Curated by Chris E. Vargas and Greg Youmans.
or a date and catch a classic favorite film, followed Sliding scale admission - donations accepted, but no
by an optional discussion. Saturdays at 4:00 one is turned away for lack of funds.
Only $1 Admission, Sponsored by People's Bank. 4.27 Hardcore Home Movies
4.8 The Sandlot A program of explicit shorts from luminaries of
the scene. Programmed by Bradford Nordeen.
5.13 Ernest & Celestine
5.18 Short Works from Clyde Peterson
ROCKET SCI-FI MATINEES
The H. G. Wells-focused season continues!
Introduced by series curator Steve Meyers. EXHIBITION ON SCREEN
Saturdays at Noon - Only $3 Admission.
The American impressionist movement followed its own
4.15 First Men in the Moon (1964) path over a forty-year period. It’s a story closely tied to
CINEMA THYME 5.20 The Island of a love of gardens and a desire to preserve nature in a
rapidly urbanizing nation. Sundays at 11:00am.
A unique merging of fine culinary prix fixe menu from Dr. Moreau (1977)
Ciao Thyme, designed especially for each film.
4.23 The Artist's Garden:
4.13 The Hundred-Foot Journey Sold out! American Impressionism
INDIE LENS POP-UP
BOLSHOI BALLET
Monthly screenings of human rights docs, with open
Boasts impeccable classicism & daring performances. discussions in the theatre to follow. Tuesdays at 6:30
Sundays at 11:00am and Wednesdays at 6:00pm Free Admission, Tickets at the box office only.
Tickets: $16 Members / $20 GA / $10 Students 4.18 National Bird
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4.30 + 5.3 A Hero of Our Time 6.1 Real Boy
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NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE RISING ALTERNATIVE
With plays described by critics as “magnetic,”
A new selection of operas from around Europe.
“electrifying,” and “astonishingly bold”.
Tickets: $16 Members / $20 GA / $10 Students
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Tickets: $16 Members / $20 GA / $10 Students
4.26 I due Foscari
4.2 Amadeus Entranced by David Belasco’s play in London in 1900,
Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Puccini worked with world class librettists to adapt the
5.14 + 5.17 Saint Joan tragic tale for the stage, and it remains one of his most 5.16 Macbeth
performed works. Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
5.7 + 5.10 Madama Butterfly
THE ROYAL BALLET MASTERS OF ASIAN CINEMA
Curated by Jeff Purdue. Each film features an
A perennial delight, The Sleeping Beauty combines
introduction from local professors, artists, and
the best of classical ballet, with all its charms and
educators. Tuesdays at 6:30.
virtuosity, splendid music and talented dancers.
4.9 + 4.12 The Sleeping Beauty 4.11 Old Stone (dir. Johnny Ma, China, 2016
Introduced by Baozhen Luo
5.21 + 5.24 Jewels 5.9 Harmonium (dir. Fukada Koji, Japan, 2016)
Sundays at 11:00am and Wednesdays at 6:00 Introduced by Massimiliano Tomasi 11
10
Creative pairings of current, classic,
cult, and documentary films with lively
introductions by notable figures from the
world of science, technology, and medicine.
APOLLO 13
TUESDAY, MARCH 28 - 6:30
National Science on Screen Day
Introduction by Melissa Rice, Assistant
Professor of Planetary Science at
Western Washington University
Title: Failure Is Not An Option: An Inside
Look At How NASA Creates Successful
Missions To The Moon, Mars And Beyond
BLADE RUNNER
SUNDAY, APRIL 2 - 3:00
Introduction by David Sherman,
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Professor at the Center for
Infectious Disease Research
Title: The Replicant Next Door – What
the New Genetics Means to You
THE LIFE AQUATIC
WITH STEVE ZISSOU
MONDAY, MAY 22 – 6:30
Introduction by Adam Summers,
UW Friday Harbor Institute
Title: From Finding Nemo To Finding
Patents - Adventures In Bioinspired Design
HIDDEN FIGURES
MONDAY, JUNE 5 – 6:30
Introduction by Regina Barber DeGraaff,
Physics and Astronomy at WWU
Title: Orbiting Intersectionality
ALL SHOWS ARE FREE, LIMITED SEATING,
12 TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE BOX OFFICE!
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