MOVIES & EVENTS:

 

Friday January 8th at 7:30 pm
Savages

THE SAVAGES is a sometimes-funny, sometimes-sad look at family dynamics, but this time around the sense of humour is more wry than riotous. Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman play Wendy and Jon Savage, a pair of siblings on the cusp of middle age. Their estranged father (Philip Bosco) lives across the country, but the Savages reluctantly rush to see him when they learn that he may not be able to take care of himself any longer. Jon and Wendy bicker over problems old and new as they try to figure out what's best for a man they barely know.

Comedy / Drama
USA, 2007
114 minutes
Rated: R
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 12 nominations

Friday February 12th at 7:30 pm
Kitchen Stories

This  amusing story portrays the developing friendship between two aging men, one a reasearcher from Sweden, the other a Norwegian bachelor, who is the researcher's subject.  The plot is based on a program of research conducted in Sweden in the 1950s in which single males were observed in their kitchens. In the film, the researcher uses odd methods of observation and lives in a little trailer outside the subjects' house. He sits in a high, tennis umpires chair in the corner of the subjects' kitchen and and report every single move made by the individual being observed. Although the observer and the subject are forbidden to speak to each other the two aging men become fast friends, sipping coffee, smoking pipes, and telling their stories.

Comedy / Drama
Norway, 2003
Norwegian / Swedish with English subtitles
95 minutes
Rated: PG
Awards: 8 wins & 6 nominations

(films may be subject to change)