District 13: Ultimatum

Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 7:30 pm

Landmark Century Centre

2828 N. Clark St, Chicago Illinois

City Island

Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 7:00 pm

Landmark Century Centre

2828 N. Clark St, Chicago, Illinois

Mother

Monday, March 15, 2010 - 7:00 pm

Landmark Century Centre

2828 N. Clark St, Chicago, Illinois

The Eclipse

Monday, March 29, 2010 - 7:00 pm

Landmark Century Centre

2828 N. Clark St, Chicago, Illinois

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DISTRICT 13: ULTIMATUM

Two years have passed since elite police officer Damien Tomasso (Cyril Raffaelli) teamed up with reformed vigilante Leito (parkour originator David Belle) to save the notorious District 13, a racially charged ghetto populated by violent drug dealing gangs and vicious killers. Despite government promises to maintain order, the state of the district has deteriorated, and a group of corrupt cops and elected officials are conspiring to cause civil unrest in D13, looking for an excuse to raze the area and cash in on its redevelopment. Now Damian and Leito must join forces again, and use their mastery of martial arts and their unique physical skills to bring peace to the neighborhood by any means necessary... before a proposed nuclear air-strike wipes it off the map. With bone crunching fights and death defying leaps, this adrenaline charged sequel takes the groundbreaking parkour action from DISTRICT B13 to thrilling new heights.

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CITY ISLAND

Set in a quaint fishing community on the outskirts of New York City, City Island is a hilarious and touching tale about a family whose comfortable co-existence is upended by surprising revelations of past secrets and present day lies.

Vince Rizzo (Andy Garcia) is a lifelong resident of the tiny, tradition-steeped Bronx enclave of City Island. A family man who makes his living as a corrections officer, Vince longs to become an actor. Ashamed to admit his aspirations to his family, Vince would rather let his fiery wife Joyce (Julianna Margulies) believe his weekly poker games are a cover for an extramarital affair than admit he’s secretly taking acting classes in Manhattan.

When Vince is asked to reveal his biggest secret in class, he inadvertently sets off a chaotic chain of events that turns his mundane suburban life upside down. Inspired by the exercise, he decides to bring his long-lost ex-con son Tony (Steven Strait) home to meet the family, and it soon becomes clear that everyone—including his college student daughter (Dominik García-Lorido), teenaged son Vinnie, Jr. (Ezra Miller), charismatic acting partner (Emily Mortimer) and drama coach (Alan Arkin)— has something to hide. A perfect storm of deception, half truths and confusion makes Vince and his family members realize that the truth may not set them free, but it is easier to keep track of than all their well-intentioned white lies.

Winner of the Audience Award at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, City Island spins a web of misrepresentations, misinterpretations and misunderstandings into a smart and charming comedy about a family that stops at nothing to avoid the truth. 

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MOTHER

The latest film from award-winning Korean director Bong Joon-ho (The Host), Mother is a unique murder mystery about a mother's primal love for her son.

Mother is a devoted single parent to her simple-minded twenty-seven-year-old son, Do-joon. Often a source of anxiety to his mother, Do-joon behaves in foolish or simply dangerous ways. One night, while walking home drunk, he encounters a school girl whom he follows for a while before she disappears into a dark alley. The next morning, she is found dead in an abandoned building, and Do-joon is accused of her murder. An inefficient lawyer and an apathetic police force result in a speedy conviction. His mother refuses to believe her beloved son is guilty and immediately undertakes her own investigation to find the girl's killer. In her obsessive quest to clear her son's name, Mother steps into a world of unimaginable chaos and shocking revelations.

More information can be found at the film's official website: www.motherfilm.com

Members will receive an email for admittance for yourself and one guest.

This screening is overbooked to ensure capacity and we strongly recommend that you arrive early! Seats are not guaranteed, are limited to theater capacity and are first-come, first-served. This theater is not responsible for seating over capacity! No one will be admitted once the screening has begun.

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THE ECLIPSE

"The Eclipse" tells the story of Michael Farr (Ciarán Hinds), a teacher raising his two kids alone since his wife died two years earlier. Lately he has been seeing and hearing strange things late at night in his house. He isn't sure if he is simply having terrifying nightmares or if his house is haunted.

Each year, the seaside town where Michael lives hosts an international literary festival, attracting writers from all over the world. Michael works as a volunteer for the festival and is assigned the attractive Lena Morelle (Iben Hjejle), an author of books about ghosts and the supernatural, to look after. They become friendly and he eagerly tells her of his experiences. For the first time he has met someone who can accept the reality of what has been happening to him.

However, Lena's attention is pulled elsewhere. She has come to the festival at the bidding of world-renowned novelist Nicholas Holden (Aidan Quinn), with whom she had a brief affair the previous year. He has fallen in love with Lena and is going through a turbulent time, eager to leave his wife to be with her. But all Lena is trying to do is extricate herself from this mess and just get through the next few days.

As the festival progresses, the trajectories of these three people draw them into a life-altering collision.  Embellished by the supernatural, "The Eclipse" is a film about the challenges of love, fear of the unknown, and release from the burden of grief.

For more information, visit www.theeclipsefilm.com.

Please bring a copy of the e-mail that will be sent to members for admittance for yourself and one guest.

This screening is overbooked to ensure capacity and we strongly recommend that you arrive early! Seats are not guaranteed, are limited to theater capacity and are first-come, first-served. This theater is not responsible for seating over capacity! No one will be admitted
once the screening has begun.