Summer Film Series

Larry Soll shares more information with you about the SJCT Summer Film Series…

Fellow Film Buffs,

Ready, Set, Show! Time to get serious about the second season of the Tuesday Night Film Series. All shows begin at 7:30 pm. Here are descriptions of the first two movies:

20th Century Women
Tuesday June 20
Rated R (for sexual material)
118 minutes

During the summer of 1979, a Santa Barbara single mom and boardinghouse landlord (Annette Bening) decides the best way she can parent her teenage son is to enlist her young tenants – a quirky punk photographer, a mellow handyman and her son’s shrewd best friend – to serve as role models in a changing world. Writer-director Mike Mills illuminates five whole American lives – from cradle right through to grave, in one case – that chime and clash with their moment. It’s about a mother and son raising each other, with a little help from the other flawed souls they rely on. In my opinion, the best performance of Bening’s career.

Music of Strangers
Tuesday June 27
Rated PG-13
96 minutes

This film tells the extraordinary story of a renowned international musical collective created by legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The feature-length documentary follows this group of diverse instrumentalists, vocalists, composers, arrangers, visual artists and storytellers as they explore the power of music to preserve tradition, shape cultural evolution and inspire hope. Ma’s project and Neville’s film celebrate the joy that can be achieved when people put aside their regional differences to create something joyous.

No one has volunteered to lead a talkback following these films but please feel free to stay for a few minutes and share your impressions.

Here is the lineup for the entire summer:

Date-Title-Rating
Language-Buzz

• June 20 – 20th Century Women – R
  English – Oscar nominee, original screen play
• June 27, 2017 – Music of Strangers – PG-13
  English – Critics Choice nominee,
• July 4 – Red Turtle – PG
  Silent – Oscar nominee, animated film
• July 18 – Abacus – NR
  English
• July 25 – The Salesman – PG-13
  Arabic – Oscar Winner Best Foreign Film
• August 1 – I Am Not Your Negro – PG-13
  English – Oscar Nominee Best Documentary
• August 22 – Neruda – R
  Spanish, French
• August 29 – The Wedding Plan ** – PG
  Hebrew
• Sept. 5 – Land of Mine – R
  German, Danish – Oscar nominee, Best Foreign Film
• Sept. 19 – Limbo – R
  English

**Subject to confirmation, but we do have an excellent backup!

Admission is either by punch card or cash at the door. Punch cards good for 10 admissions are on sale at the Theatre for $55. As a special inducement, folks under 25 can purchase a 10 admission card for $35. Cards can be shared. Single admissions are $8 the night of the show. In addition to the normal snacks, popcorn will be available for $2 with free refills.

So far we have pre-theatre dinner specials at two restaurants and hope to announce more shortly.
1. Vinny’s Ristorante is offering 10% off your entire food bill when you show your punch card or ticket. This offer is available every Tuesday during the Film Series.
2. Coho. Make a reservation between 5:00 and 5:45 and get dinner for two for $70 including a bottle of wine! Each person receives soup, salad, choice between two entrees, and homemade ice cream or sorbet. (Other entrees available at slightly higher price.)

Larry Soll
Film Series Coordinator
San Juan Community Theatre

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