Our Spring Schedule- March/April 2012

CHICO & RITA (Spain 2011; NR) Tuesday March 6, Thursday March 8, Saturday March 10 @ 7:30PM; Sunday March 11 @ 1, 2:55PM.

Direction: Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal & Tono Errando; screenplay: Fernando Trueba & Ignacio de Pison
A great Latin jazz score and the tempestuous passions of an on-again, off-again love affair that burns across a lifetime inspire this vivacious, highly entertaining animated romance between an ambitious young jazz pianist and a songstress bound for superstardom in 1948 Havana. “Dazzling and delightful, a classic movie romance and a hip-swinging, finger-popping tale of musical revolution… the first big serendipitous surprise of 2012″- Salon.com. “Sexy, sweet and laced with a sadness at once specific to its place and time and accessible to anyone with a breakable heart – an animated valentine to Cuba and its music”- NY Times. Oscar nominee, Best Animated Feature of 2011. 94 minutes. Subtitles.
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LE HAVRE (Finland 2011; NR) Tuesday March 13, Thursday March 15, Saturday March 17 @ 7:30PM; Sunday March 18 @ 1, 3:05PM.

Direction and screenplay: Aki Kaurismaki.
When gendarmes intercept the cargo container in which he’s being smuggled into France, a young African refugee escapes into a bustling seaport. Among the hard-boiled street types, he finds a little community who become his unlikely and protective friends. “A playful parable that conveys profound truths about compassion, humility and sacrifice. It offers proof that miracles do happen – especially in Kaurismaki’s lyrically hardscrabble neighborhood”- Washington Post. “With its bouncy soundtrack, deadpan humor and good-natured disposition, Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki’s Le Havre is an endearing affair”- IndieWIRE. 103 minutes. Subtitles.
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THE RED MACHINE (USA 2011; NR) Tuesday March 20, Thursday March 22, Saturday March 24 @ 7:30PM; Sunday March 25 @ 1, 2:50PM.
Direction and screenplay: Stephanie Argy & Alec Boehm.
Washington DC, 1935: As tensions between the United States and Japan escalate, US naval intelligence devises a daring hands-on mission to crack the code of a Japanese cipher machine, using the icy nerve of a navy officer with a dubious past and the larcenous fingertips of an incarcerated professional thief. This is a real find, the sort of distinct and imaginative independent American movie that is Cinema 320′s raison d’etre. “Delightfully intelligent, delectably subversive and highly entertaining” – Huffington Post. “Intriguing… plot turns climaxing in a caper-flick triple cross”- Variety. “A lean, intense thriller… It may remind you of a ’40′s B crime movie, and I mean that as a compliment”- Roger Ebert. 84 minutes.
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•••••INTERMISSION Tuesday March 27-Sunday April 1
Cinema 320 makes way for Worcester’s 17th Latino Film Festival! Call (508) 798-1900×229 or email dollyvaz@hotmail.com for more details.

PINA (Germany 2011; PG) Tuesday April 3, Thursday April 5, Saturday April 7 @ 7:30PM; Sunday April 8 @ 1, 3:05PM.

Direction and screenplay: Wim Wenders
This posthumous tribute to the visionary German choreographer Pina Bausch features the members of her Tanztheater ensemble recalling her influence, and celebrating her lifework in some of the most creative and dynamic modern dance pieces ever presented. “Whether you’re familiar with Pina Bausch’s work or not, the new film is a knockout”- LA Times. “The images captured by the film – dancers in theatrical sets, dancers in surreal exterior settings – are deeply scary for their loneliness and pain, and crazily thrilling for the intensity of their joy”- Wall Street Journal. Oscar nominee, Best Feature Documentary of 2011. 106 min. English and subtitles.
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A SEPARATION (Iran 2011; PG-13) Tuesday April 10, Thursday April 12, Saturday April 14 @ 7:30PM; Sunday April 15 @ 1, 3:20PM.

Direction and screenplay: Asghar Farhadi
The conflict between a married woman’s desire to leave Iran and her husband’s inescapable filial duty to his aged father leads to an intense moral crisis between two families, when the wife moves out of the apartment and the husband hires an ill-suited caregiver for his father. “The movie has such a profound and compassionate understanding of human behavior, family ties and the way ordinary people respond when they’re forced into a moral quandary, I can’t imagine anyone not being transfixed by it” – Miami Herald. “Hugely compelling on a moral and emotional level – I was hooked”- Chicago Reader. Oscar winner, Best Foreign Language Film of 2011. 120 min. Subtitles.
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JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI (USA 2011; PG) Tuesday April 17, Thursday April 19, Saturday April 21 @ 7:30PM; Sunday April 22 @1, 2:50PM.

Direction: David Gelb
The 85-year-old chef generally regarded as the greatest sushi master in the world runs an inconspicuous 10-seat restaurant in a Tokyo subway station. Despite his world acclaim, he’s never stopped striving for perfection…. and his list of reservations is a year long! “It’s torture to watch – if you are on an empty stomach” – Hollywood Reporter. “At its simplest level, a portrait of a master. In its deeper layers, it explores what drives us to make things: Beautiful, jewel-like things, or things that delight our palate – or in this case, both”- Movieline. “Beautiful, thoughtful and engrossing”- Portland Oregonian. 81 min. Subtitles. Note: This engagement replaces BOBBY FISCHER AGAINST THE WORLD, previously scheduled for this week.
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•••••Monday April 23 – Cinema 320 takes the summer off. Thanks for your support!
TICKETS: $6.00 adults, $4.00 seniors, $3.00 Clark students (with ID)