Mark Seiner
_____ From: The Charles Theatre Mailing List [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 5:24 PM To: The Charles Theatre Mailing List Subject: Cinema Sundays 2/8, "Beaufort" With Guest Speaker Identity! Ladies and Gentlemen.I am delighted to report that our speaker for tomorrow's screening of Beaufort is Mark Steiner from WEAA. It's a pleasure to welcome him back to Cinema Sundays. In case you missed the previous Beaufort letter here is the information once again.. Cinema Sundays Winter 2009 Series 44! Sunday February 8, 2009 Cinema Sundays at the Charles continues its 44th series on February 8th with Beaufort. Directed by Joseph Cedar. Written by Joseph Cedar and Ron Leshem. Starring Oshri Cohen, Itay Tiran, Eli Eltonyo, Itay Turgeman. 2008 Israel. Running time 131 minutes. Synopsis Lebanon War veteran Joseph Cedar (CAMPFIRE) directs a harrowing, often haunting account of Israel's 2000 withdrawal from Lebanon and the Beaufort mountain fortress. Built by Crusaders in the 12th century, the fort was captured by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in 1982 at the start of the Lebanon War. Eighteen years later, increasing criticism at home and abroad has led to Israel's decision to withdraw completely from Lebanon. Charged with managing the fort's defense and its evacuation is 22-year-old commander Liraz Liberti (Oshri Cohen). Eager to lead but emotionally untested, Liraz must maintain his bare-bones troop's discipline between bouts of claustrophobic tedium and increasing harassment by Hezbollah mortar attacks. That tenuous balance threatens to unravel with the arrival of bomb-disposal specialist Ziv (Ohad Knoller), as well as an unexpectedly sophisticated Hezbollah strike that reveals the limits of Liraz's abilities. Director Cedar and co-screenwriter Ron Leshem (on whose novel the film is based) eschew political statements and side-taking to instead examine the complexities of individuals bound by duty to a seemingly lost cause. Click on the following for official site and trailer. http://www.kino.com/beaufort/index.html Cinema Sundays continues its 44th series with Beaufort. Nominated for Best foreign film, winner of Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival and winner of numerous Israeli awards, This meditative and thoughtful document on war (88% positive on RottenTomatos.com) should be a welcome addition to Cinema Sundays. Screened to great success at the Baltimore Jewish Film Festival I have w anted to bring Beaufort to Cinema Sundays for quite a while and I am delighted that we have the opportunity. Needless to say current events make this story from almost three decades ago ever more poignant. Right now our fabulous guest speaker is TBA but I am hard at work to find the perfect Beaufort speaker. I want to thank Mike Giuliano for sitting in for me last week and also Max Weiss for speaking. And now some important bagel news for CSC members and guests. Sadly our bagel provider went out of business a couple of weeks ago and we have switched to a new baker! If by chance your favorite bagel isn't present this Sunday we are working to fix the problem. Bear with us during these difficult times. Looking forward to a fascinating morning at the Charles on February 8, hope you can make it. Jonathan Palevsky [email protected] If you've never been to Cinema Sundays before, see below for our stimulating, updated, yet official description. Precisely at 9:45 on a given Sunday morning, while birds chirp in the most musical manner, the doors at the Charles Theatre swing open to reveal a lobby replete with tasty bagels, hot coffee and friendly volunteers ready to serve them to you. All of our volunteers have been pre-tested for a complete lack of morning grouchiness and provide the nicest service. Guarded carefully by the enormous lobby penguin (which desperately needs a name) bagels, coffee and scintillating yet improvised conversation continues until 10:30. At precisely 10:30:07 some brief opening remarks by yours truly will be followed by a few remarks from our guest speaker who will never do either of two things. First he or she will never ever give away the plot of the film and second the speaker will not go on too long.especially if the film is one of those 2.5 hour Soviet era documentaries on the Romance of the Seven Tractor Drivers. Following a brief admonition not to talk during the film and a recommendation to sublet your cell phone to a starving student from the third world the screening will take place. Upon completion of the screening a robust question and answer session featuring our guest speaker will include your fascinating observations upon the recently screened movie. This flowery description barely describes the sublime joy and excitement which is Cinema Sundays. If there is a better way to spend Sunday mornings it simply hasn't occurred to me..yet! Jonathan Palevsky Host of Cinema Sundays and completely reachable at [email protected] Please feel free to visit us at. Http://www.cinemasundays.com Tickets: $15 at the door. Or buy a mini-membership. 1711 N. Charles St. 410-727-3464 info: [email protected] To unsubscribe from The Charles Theatre Mailing List visit: http://www.thecharles.com/mailinglist/ To unsubscribe from The Charles Theatre Mailing List visit: <http://www.thecharles.com/mailinglist/> http://www.thecharles.com/mailinglist/
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