YOU KILL ME

Wednesday, June 6th, 7:00 pm
AMC River East Theaters
322 Illinois Street, Chicago
=============

EAGLE VS. SHARK

Thursday, June 7th, 7:00 pm
Landmark Century Cinema
2828 N. Clark St., Chicago

=============

LA VIE EN ROSE

Tuesday, June 12th, 7:30 pm

AMC 600 N. Michigan Theatres

600 N. Michigan, Chicago

=============

POVERTY IN CHICAGO

Wednesday, June 13th, 7:00 pm

Facets Multi-Media

1517 W. Fullerton, Chicago

=============

GOYA's GHOST

Thursday, June 21, 6:30 pm

Fullerton Hall, he Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago

=============

BROKEN ENGLISH

Wednesday, June 27, 7:30 pm
Landmark Century Centre Cinema
2828 N. Clark, Chicago

=============

YOU KILL ME

Frank Falenczyk (Ben Kingsley) loves his job. He just happens to be the hit-man for his Polish mob family in Buffalo, New York. But Frank’s got a drinking problem and when he messes up a critical assignment that puts the family business in peril, his uncle (Philip Baker Hall) sends him to San Francisco to clean up his act. Played with gruff charm by Kingsley, Frank is not a touchy-feely kind of guy, but things begin looking up for him. He starts going to AA meetings and gets a job at a mortuary where he falls for the tart-tongued Lauren (Téa Leoni) who is devoid of boundaries and clearly not mourning her stepdad's sudden passing. Meanwhile, things aren’t going well in Buffalo where an upstart Irish gang is threatening the family business. When violence erupts, Frank is forced to return home and with an unlikely assist from Laurel, faces old rivals on new terms. Stylishly directed by John Dahl (Rounders, The Last Seduction), You Kill Me is the story of what happens when two mismatched people find a common calling. With dead-on performances by Kingsley and Leoni, You Kill Me is a street-smart mob comedy that scores a direct hit.

Opening Nationwide on Friday, June 22.

Members will receive an email that will admit you and a guest. The email will also contain information on how to RSVP. You must RSVP and bring a copy of the e-mail to be admitted. Please arrive early! Seats are not guaranteed and are limited on a first-come first-served basis. This theater is not responsible for seating over capacity.

==============

EAGLE VS. SHARK

Q & A following the screening with Director/Writer Taika Watiti and Actress Loren Horsley.

From New Zealand comes a wickedly offbeat love story – a funny, fractured romance between two total misfits, woven into an all-consuming quest for revenge, and shot through with the strange, sweet hilarity of the human condition. Eagle vs. Shark introduces the original and delightfully different vision of writer-director Taika Waititi, a young Kiwi comic star, who won an Academy Award® nomination for his short film Two Cars, One Night, which premiered to acclaim at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. It all begins with Lily (Loren Horsley), a lonely oddball and fast-food waitress who happens to be a hopeless romantic.

Then there’s Jarrod (Jemaine Clement), the man of Lily’s dreams, another lonely oddball and video game clerk, who has spent the last decade plotting ultimate vengeance on a bully from his high school past. When these two connect at a "dress as your favorite animal" party, she’s an anemic Shark and he’s a fluffy-headed Eagle. It’s a match that seems made in outcast heaven, but when Lily decides to risk everything for love, her hopes are nearly dashed. After a brief fling, Jarrod dumps Lily because he’s too busy "training" for his all-important payback mission. But neither of them can anticipate just what kind of grit the steadfastly optimistic Lily will show in her heartbreak. As Jarrod’s day of reckoning arrives, and everything hits the fan, Jarrod and Lily will find something that goes beyond romantic fantasies and revenge -- faith in who they are.

Members will receive an email that will admit you and a guest. The email will also contain information on how to RSVP. You must RSVP and bring a copy of the e-mail to be admitted. Please arrive early! Seats are not guaranteed and are limited on a first-come first-served basis. This theater is not responsible for seating over capacity.

==============

LA VIE EN ROSE

A swirling, impressionistic portrait of an artist who regretted nothing, writer-director Olivier Dahan’s La Vie En Rose stars 2005 Cesar Award-winner Marion Cotillard (A Very Long Engagement, A Good Year) in a blazing performance as the legendary French icon Edith Piaf. Perhaps finding her nearest American analogues in figures such as Judy Garland and Billie Holiday, the tragic story of the world-famous chanteuse is worthy of a 19th Century novel by Zola or Balzac. From the streets of the cutthroat Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York’s glamorous concert halls, Edith Piaf’s life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love.

Members will receive a pass in the mail that will admit two people.

SEATING IS ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS. EARLY ARRIVAL IS SUGGESTED. NO ONE ADMITTED ONCE THEATRE IS FULL.

==============

POVERTY IN CHICAGO

by Brian Schodorf

Poverty in Chicago is a feature length documentary that allows the viewer to get a true inside look at what life is like as a permanent resident of the streets. This film is about everyday life circumstances and the decisions individuals make throughout their journey that leads to their place in society.

Members will receive a pass in the mail that will admit two people.

SEATING IS ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS. EARLY ARRIVAL IS SUGGESTED. NO ONE ADMITTED ONCE THEATRE IS FULL.

=============

GOYA's GHOST 

From two-time Academy Award® winning director Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus), and three-time Academy Award® winning producer Saul Zaentz (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The English Patient), Goya's Ghosts is a sweeping historical epic told through the eyes of celebrated Spanish painter Francisco Goya (Stellan Skarsgard).

Set against a backdrop of political turmoil at the end of the Spanish Inquisition and the start of the Napoleon's invasion of Spain, the film captures the essence and beauty of Goya's work, best known for its colorful portrayal of the royal court and its people, and grim depictions of the brutality of war and life in 18th century Spain. Javier Bardem is Brother Lorenzo, an enigmatic, cunning member of the Inquisition's inner circle who becomes infatuated with Ines (Natalie Portman), Goya's teenage muse who is falsely accused of heresy and sent to prison.

Members will receive an email that will admit you and a guest.

SEATING IS ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS. EARLY ARRIVAL IS SUGGESTED. NO ONE ADMITTED ONCE THEATRE IS FULL.

=============

BROKEN ENGLISH 

Writer/Director: Zoe Cassavetes

Cast: Parker Posey, Drea de Matteo, Melvil Poupaud, Justin Theroux,
Peter Bogdanovich, Gena Rowlands

Producers: Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente, Andrew Fierberg

In a startling mature and nuanced performance, Parker Posey plays Nora
Wilder, a thirty-something Manhattanite who is cynical about love and
relationships, in this astute collaboration with first-time
writer/director Zoe Cassavetes.

Nora plugs away at her job in a posh downtown hotel and can't help but
wonder what it is she has to do to find a relationship as ideal as her
friend Audrey's (Drea De Matteo) "perfect marriage." It doesn’t help
that her overbearing mother (Gena Rowlands) takes every opportunity to
remind Nora that she's still unattached.  After a series of disastrous
first dates, she meets Julien (Melvin Poupaud), a seemingly
devil-may-care Frenchman with a passion for living.  Expecting another
disastrous ending, Nora tries to avoid making the same mistakes.  She
finds herself in Paris looking to break old patterns.  Inevitably,
Nora has to look inward before she can find a new outlook on life and
most importantly, love.

Zoe Cassavetes, a multi-talented artist, has worked in many facets of
filmmaking.  "Broken English," Zoe’s first film, premiered in the
Dramatic competition at 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

Members will receive an email that will admit you and a guest.

SEATING IS ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS. EARLY ARRIVAL IS SUGGESTED. NO ONE ADMITTED ONCE THEATRE IS FULL.