Film and Event Schedule
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Film | Now Showing
FILM |Surfwise | R | 93min
A Film By Doug Pray
Showtimes:
Friday-Saturday, July 11-12 | 2:30pm, 4:30pm, 6:30pm & 8:30pm
Like many American outsider-adventurers, Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz set out to realize a utopian dream. Abandoning a successful medical practice, he sought self-fulfillment by taking up the nomadic life of a surfer. But unlike other American searchers like Thoreau or Kerouac, Paskowitz took his wife and nine children along for the ride, all eleven of them living in a 24 foot camper. Together, they lived a life that would be unfathomable to most, but enviable to anyone who ever relinquished their dreams to a straight job. The Paskowitz Family proved that America may be running out of frontiers, but it hasn’t run out of frontiersman.
Film | Coming Soon
SPECIAL EVENT | The Portland, ME 48 Hour Film Project
Meet & Greet 2008 Filmmakers
Screenings of 14 Films From 2007
Free Admission
Event Time:
Thursday, July 10 | 4:00-7:00pm
Meet potential team members and actors from the 48 Hour Film Project 2008, as well as other film-interested folks. In case you missed the '07 screenings, the projects will be running in the theater, free for you to enjoy!
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The 48 Hour Film Project is the oldest and largest timed film competition in the world. In 2008, more than 60 cities will participate, with over 30,000 filmmakers expected. The 48 Hour Film Project’s mission is to advance filmmaking and promote filmmakers. The tight deadline of 48 hours puts the focus squarely on the filmmakers—emphasizing creativity and teamwork. While the time limit places an unusual restriction on the filmmakers, it is also liberating by putting an emphasis on “doing” instead of “talking.” The emphasis is also on building communities of local creative people, facilitating making new connections, showcasing skills, and celebrating what creativity and teamwork can accomplish in just one weekend.
FILM |The Edge of Heaven |NR | 122min
Best Screenplay Winner in Cannes Film Festival '07
In German, Turkish & English With English Subtitles
A Film By Fatih Akin
Showtimes:
Friday-Saturday, July 18-19 | 1:30pm, 4:00pm, 6:30pm & 8:45pm
"An exquisitely mysterious feature by the German-born Turkish filmmaker Fatih Akin." – Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
"The Edge of Heaven" spans the uneasy relationship between two cultures, Germany and Turkey. German born and educated, of Turkish descent, the filmmaker fashions a complex story with six protagonists whose lives become inextricably linked. Ayten, a Kurdish activist wanted by the German authorities, is harbored by Lotte, a German student whose political naivete is offset by her sexual agenda. Fassbinder muse Hanna Schygulla plays Lotte’s suspicious mother with understated hauteur. It’s a riveting story of intergenerational conflict between grown children and their parents, the clash of values between East and West and the edgy relationship between conventional and gay sexuality. Akin throws into the mix his special knowledge of how Europe’s borders are disappearing, bringing people together in random, dangerous, exciting and sometimes fatal ways.
SPECIAL EVENT | Exclusive Photography Event | Sponsored By The Nature Conservancy
With Photographer, Bridget Besaw & Author, Tom Slayton
Free Admission
Book Signing & Presentation:
Monday, July 21 | 12:00-2:00pm | Limited Seating
To Sign Up For The Event, Please E-mail Jo Cooley at
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by July 16th.
"Wildness Within, Wildness Without"
Join photographer Bridget Besaw and author Tom Slayton as they present stunning photographs and readings from their book, Wildness Within, Wildness Without; Exploring Maine's Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail. See Mount Katahdin, Moosehead Lake and the Penobscot River like you've never seen them before. Inspired by Henry David Thoreau's extensive travels through northern Maine, Besaw takes us on a stunning visual journey along the famous Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail to show various ways people treasure the North Woods of Maine.
Ten percent of all sales of 'Wildness Within, Wildness Without' will be donated to The Nature Conservancy in Maine.
FILM |Planet B-Boy |NR | 101min
Directed By Benson Lee
Showtimes:
"Infectiously energetic."– David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle
With compelling characters and vibrant dance sequences, Planet B-Boy is set in the International world of b-boying - the urban dance more commonly known as "breakdancing." Weaving between the vivid backdrops of Osaka, Paris, Seoul and Las Vegas, spectacular choreography frames the intimate stories of dancers who struggle for their dreams despite being misunderstood by larger society and their own families. Planet B-Boy features electrifying dance performances and astonishing displays of power and grace, showing how a street dance from New York has evolved into an inspiring art form for a new generation around the world.
To Appear Throughout The Week!
LIVE MUSIC | Trina Hamlin & Natalia Zukerman
Welcoming Trina Back To Frontier & New Guest, Natalia Zukerman
Event Time:
Friday, August 1 | 8pm | $10 | Call In Advance For Tickets
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Trina offers an intelligent and refreshing musical experience. Her unique combination of ballads, folk-rock and blues has earned her a steady national following. Trina tours full-time throughout the US and Europe. Additionally, she is a much sought after harmonica player and percussionist, accompanying numerous nationally recognized singer/songwriters in the studio and live on stage.
Natalia introduces listeners to her rich layers of top notch guitar playing, contemporary beats and dark, sweet, provocative vocals. Musically sophisticated, intimate and irreverent all at once, Natalia highlights what’s best about Americana music.
FILM |Flight Of The Red Balloon |NR | 115min
Directed By Hou Hsiao Hsien
In French With English Subtitles
Showtimes:
Soon To Be Announced
"A MASTERPIECE. Makes you look at the sky and hope."– David Edelstein, New York Magazine
Inspired by Albert Lamorisse’s 1956 Academy Award Winning classic, THE RED BALLOON, Hou expands on its key elements-a young boy, a red balloon and Paris- to weave an achingly beautiful tale on the mysteries of familial bonds and the lingering effects the past has on us all. A precious young boy, Simon must deal with the increasing fragility of his mother, the loving yet preoccupied Suzanne (Academy Award Winner Juliette Binoche of THE ENGLISH PATIENT, CACHE). Completely immersed in her own tribulations, Suzanne hires Song, a Taiwanese film student, to help care for Simon. Together with Song, a unique extended family is formed, utterly interdependent yet lost in separate thoughts and dreams mirrored by a delicate, shiny red balloon.
FILM |Up The Yangtze |NR | 93min
A Film By Yung Chang
In English, Mandarin and Sichuan With English Subtitles
Showtimes:
Soon To Be Announced
"An astonishing documentary of culture clash and the erasure of history amid China's economic miracle."– The New York Times
In China, it is simply known as “The River.” But the Yangtze—and all of the life that surrounds it—is undergoing a truly astonishing transformation wrought by the largest hydroelectric project in history, the Three Gorges Dam. Canadian documentary filmmaker Yung Chang returns to the gorgeous, now-disappearing landscape of his grandfather’s youth to trace the surreal life of a “farewell cruise” that traverses the gargantuan waterway. With Altmanesque narrative agility, a humanist gaze and wry wit, Chang’s approach beautifully captures the microcosmic society of the luxury liner. Singularly moving and cinematically breathtaking, Up The Yangtze gives a human dimension to the wrenching changes facing not only an increasingly globalized China, but the world at large.
FILM |Nanking |R | 90min
A Film By Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman
In English, Japanese and Mandarin With English Subtitles
Winner Of Documentary Film Editing & Humanitarian Award
Showtimes:
Soon To Be Announced
"Sheds light on particular wartime atrocities largely neglected in the collective memory."– Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune
Nanking is told through deeply moving interviews with Chinese survivors, chilling archival footage and photos of the events, and testimonies of former Japanese soldiers. At the heart of Nanking is a filmed stage reading of the Westerners’ letters and diaries, featuring Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway and Jurgen Prochnow. Through its interweave of archival images, testimonies of survivors, and readings of first hand accounts, the film puts the viewer on the streets of Nanking and brings the forgotten past to startling life. Nanking is a testament to the courage and conviction of individuals who were determined to act in the face of evil and a powerful tribute to the resilience of the Chinese people – a gripping account of light in the darkest of times.