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 Peekskill, NY - The Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill, NY continues its popular film series at the newly renovated theatre, which is generously supported by Croton-on-Hudson’s Franzoso Contracting.
Highlights of the upcoming schedule include FREE family screenings of Rocky and Babe, the Gallant Pig, as well as two visiting-filmmaker events. The schedule is listed below with descriptions on the following pages:
EVERY LITTLE STEP
July 11 @ 8pm, July 12 @ 3pm, July 16 @ 8pm
SUMMER HOURS
July 17, 18, 19, 22 @ 8pm
ROCKY - FREE!
July 19 @ 3pm
GOODBYE SOLO
July 24 @ 8pm, July 26 @ 3pm, July 29, 30 @ 8pm
THE GLASS HOUSE
August 1*, 6, 16 @ 8pm
*Q&A w/Dir. Hamid Rahmanian & Producer Melissa Hibbard
SÉRAPHINE
August 7, 9, 12, 13 @ 8pm
BABE, THE GALLANT PIG - FREE!
August 9 @ 3pm
UP
August 14, 15 @ 8pm, August16 @ 3pm, August 17, 18, 19, 20 @ 8pm
LEMON TREE
August 21 @ 8pm, August 23 @ 3pm, August 26 @ 8pm
TREELESS MOUNTAIN
August 28*, 29 @ 8pm; August 30 @ 3pm; September 3 @ 8pm
*Q&A w/Dir. So Yong Kim
EVERY LITTLE STEP
July 11 @ 8pm, July 12 @ 3pm, July 16 @ 8pm
Dir. Adam Del Deo, James Stern
English (PG-13) 96 minutes
A Chorus Line, of course, is the most beloved backstage musical of all-time. Every Little Step ingeniously takes us backstage of the play itself, not just once but twice—first to the casting sessions for the newest revival (3,000 auditioned, 19 got jobs), then back to those for Michael Bennett’s original 1975 production. By the end of the film you’ll not know whether art has been imitating life or life has been imitating art, but you’ll be so enchanted you won’t care. “How long has it been since a movie left you literally speechless?” (Wall St. Journal). This “inspired” (NY Times), “uncommonly tender and observant documentary” (Globe and Mail) is “as layered and enthralling as its subject” (Entertainment Weekly).
SUMMER HOURS
July 17, 18, 19, 22 @ 8pm
Dir. Olivier Assayas
French (NR) 103 minutes
Three far-flung siblings return to their family’s country estate, where they will need to decide what to do with their great uncle’s art collection, as well as whether or not to sell off the house. “Summer Hours, director Olivier Assayas' tender, sun-kissed, Chekhovian drama, brims with life and loveliness even as it meditates on the loss of childhood. This shimmering production is a sophisticated appreciation of the objects accrued over a fortunate lifetime” (Entertainment Weekly). “France's most important contemporary director has created a work of almost magisterial calm” (Globe and Mail), “packed nearly to bursting with rich meaning and deep implication — in some ways his most coherent and complex exploration of the current shape of the world” (NY Times).
ROCKY - FREE!
July 19 @ 3pm
Dir. John Avildsen
English (PG) 119 minutes
You might have forgotten how terrific this movie really is, and how its fierce, crazy, defiant optimism spoke to a weary nation emerging from political scandal and a long, bloody, inglorious war. Quite possibly the most exhilarating sports movie ever made, Rocky packs an emotional punch to the solar plexus. This Cinderella story of a down-and-out Philly boxer who gets a long shot at love, redemption and the heavyweight crown resonated with audiences worldwide. Unforgettable performances by Sly Stallone, Talia Shire and Burgess Meredith. “Sheer magic — an authentic and touching portrait of a loser who becomes a winner in the things that matter” (Spirituality and Practice). Generously sponsored by Home Mason Supply and Manzer Landscape Design.
GOODBYE SOLO
July 24 @ 8pm, July 26 @ 3pm, July 29, 30 @ 8pm
Dir. Rahmin Bahrani
English (R) 91 minutes
Solo is a singularly cheerful Senegalese cab driver working the streets of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. One day he picks up a most unusual fare: William, a grizzled old man who offers him $1,000 to be driven to the top of a mountain in Blowing Rock National Park. Solo makes it his mission to find out why. “Grace defines Mr. Bahrani’s filmmaking. I can’t think of anything else to call the quality of exquisite attention, wry humor and wide-awake intelligence that informs every frame of this almost perfect film” (NY Times). “Bahrani is the new great American director. He never steps wrong. Wherever you live, when this film opens, it will be the best film in town” (Roger Ebert).
THE GLASS HOUSE
August 1*, 6, 16 @ 8pm
*Q&A w/Dir. Hamid Rahmanian & Producer Melissa Hibbard
Persian (NR) 92 minutes
The fringes of Iranian society can be a lonely place, especially if you are a teenage girl with few resources to fall back on. The Glass House follows four girls striving to pull themselves out of the margins by attending a one-of-kind rehabilitation center in uptown Tehran. Forget about the Iran that you’ve seen before. The Glass House take us on a never-before-seen tour of its young underclass: Samira struggles with drug addition; Mitra addresses neglect in her creative writing; Sussan teeters on a dangerous ledge after years of sexual abuse; and Nazila channels her anger into blazing rap music. Nominated for a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. “Superb cinema verité style. It deftly portrays a spirit of hopefulness.” (Variety).
SÉRAPHINE
August 7, 9, 12, 13 @ 8pm
Dir. Martin Provost
French, German (NR) 125 minutes
Séraphine vividly recounts the tragic story of French naïve painter Séraphine de Senlis (1864-1942), a humble servant who becomes a gifted self-taught painter. Discovered by critic William Uhde, she came to prominence between the wars, grouped with other naïve painters like Henri Rousseau, only to descend into madness and obscurity with the onset of the Great Depression and World War II. Winner of 7 César Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actress. “Yolande Moreau is bewitching!” (Entertainment Weekly). “One of the most evocative films ever made about an artist” (NY Magazine), Séraphine is “immersed in the sensual and spiritual dimensions of her paintings, which grow out of an ecstatic engagement with the natural world” (NY Times).
BABE, THE GALLANT PIG - FREE!
August 9 @ 3pm
Dir. Chris Noonan
English (G) 89 minutes
“This is a tale about an unprejudiced heart, and how it changed our valley forever. There was a time, not so long ago, when pigs were afforded no respect, except by other pigs. They lived their whole lives in a cruel and sunless world.” Then one day old farmer Hoggett wins a piglet at a carnival. He brings the sheepish, scared little guy home, where he is adopted by Fly, a maternal border collie. She names him Babe and teaches him the ways of the farm. Babe decides he’ll need to change people’s attitudes about pigs if he is to survive in this brave new world. This Free Family Film, nominated for 7 Oscars, is generously sponsored by ITI Strategies.
UP
August 14, 15 @ 8pm, August16 @ 3pm, August 17, 18, 19, 20 @ 8pm
Dir. Pete Docter; Co-Dir. Bob Peterson
English (PG) 96 minutes
Up is a comedy adventure about 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip: an overly optimistic 9-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. “Rarely has any film, let alone an animated one powered by the logic of dream and fantasy, been able to move so successfully -- and so effortlessly -- through so many different kinds of cinematic territory” (LA Times). “Deeply emotional and affecting” (Time). “Winsome, touching and arguably the funniest Pixar effort ever” (Hollywood Reporter).
LEMON TREE
August 21 @ 8pm, August 23 @ 3pm, August 26 @ 8pm
Dir. Eran Riklis
Arabic, Hebrew (PG) 106 minutes
Reuniting director and star of The Syrian Bride, Lemon Tree tells the story of Salma, a Palestinian widow who earns her living tending to her late father's lemon grove. When an Israeli government minister moves next door and declares the grove a potential security threat, Salma struggles to defend her peaceful livelihood. As personal and political dramas interweave, some unexpected bonds are formed. “Something like a cross between a torn-from-the-headlines docudrama, a Middle East conflict rendered in miniature and Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, this latest film from the terrific Israeli director Eran Riklis revolves around the amazing lead performance of Palestinian-French actress Hiam Abbass” (Salon.com). “A wrenching, richly layered feminist allegory as well as a geopolitical one” (NY Times).
TREELESS MOUNTAIN
August 28*, 29 @ 8pm; August 30 @ 3pm; September 3 @ 8pm
*Q&A w/Dir. So Yong Kim
Korean (NR) 89 minutes
When their mother needs to leave in order to find their estranged father, seven year-old Jin and her younger sister, Bin, are left to live with their Big Aunt for the summer. “Intermittently wondrous and harsh, this sensitive drama about two abandoned sisters gives time and space to the intimate and beautiful moments of childhood” (Rotten Tomatoes). “A glowing reminiscence of a difficult childhood, further illuminated by lovely performances, directorial nuance and gorgeous visuals” (Film Journal International). “Thoroughly engrossing from the opening frame to the end credits…Beautiful!” (TV Guide). So Yong Kim's first feature, In Between Days, won the FIPRESCI Prize in Berlin and a Special Jury Prize at Sundance "for independent vision." Treeless Mountain was awarded Best Film at Dubai.
Paramount Center for the Arts
1008 Brown Street
Peekskill, NY 10566
Info/Tickets: (914) 739-2333 or paramountcenter.org
Admission: Wed, Thurs, and Sun - $7.00, Fri & Sat - $9.00 unless otherwise noted
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