Summer Film Series Returns

Larry Soll invites you back to the Summer Film Series which returns this week…

Fellow Film Buffs,

Well our summer break is over and the Film Series will resume this Tuesday with a screening of “The Wonders”. Single admissions are $8 and $5 for anyone under 25. I am pleased to report that our popcorn maven now has perfected his recipe and our “all you can eat for $2″ offer will be extended to the end of the season. Our 10% discount on food at both Vinny’s and The Bluff will apply to those with a ticket or a punch card. Special pre-theatre pricing is also available at Coho restaurant.

Here is a description of the next film coming up on August 23rd:

The Wonders (2015) Unrated (some vulgarity) 110 minutes Subtitled
“The Wonders” centers on a family of beekeepers living in stark isolation in central Italy. The dynamic of their overcrowded household is disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy taken in as a farmhand, and a production crew recruiting local farmers to participate in a cheesy televised celebration of ancient Etruscan culture.

Both intrusions are of particular interest to the eldest daughter, Gelsomina, who is struggling to find her footing in the world, and the film manages to convey her adolescent sense of wonder and confusion with characteristically graceful naturalism. It is somewhat reminiscent of “Mustang”, a movie we showed earlier, but is softer and adds elements of fantasy. It won the Grand Jury Award at Cannes. See the trailer here.

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