November 2011 Films

PLEASE NOTE: The films on this page have come and gone. This past listing is provided to give you a better sense of the variety of independent and documentary films shown weekly at the ACME Screening Room. For current listings, VISIT THE HOMEPAGE.

The Way

Friday & Saturday: 7 pm; 9:05 pm
Sunday matinee: 5 pm

The Way is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends, and the challenges we face while navigating this ever-changing and complicated world. Martin Sheen plays Tom, an American doctor who comes to St. Jean Pied de Port, France to collect the remains of his adult son (played by Emilio Estevez), killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking the Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James. Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark n the historical pilgrimage to honor his son’s desire to finish the journey. What Tom doesn’t plan on is the profound impact the journey will have on him. Filmed entirely in Spain and France along the actual Camino de Santiago.

1 hr 55 mins, rated PG-13

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Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

Friday & Saturday: 7 pm; 8:30 pm
Sunday matinee: 5 pm

Every day, millions tune in to Sesame Street to see one of the world’s most adored and recognizable characters—a furry red monster named Elmo. Yet, with all of Elmo’s fame, the man behind the icon is able to walk down the street without being recognized. Meet Kevin Clash.

As a teenager growing up in Baltimore in the 1970s, Kevin had very different aspirations from his classmates—he wanted to be a puppeteer. More specifically, he wanted to be part of Jim Henson’s team, the creative force responsible for delivering the magic of Sesame Street on a daily basis. With a supportive family behind him, Kevin made his dreams come true.
Combining amazing archival footage with material from the present day, filmmaker Constance Marks explores Kevin’s story in vivid detail and chronicles the meteoric rise of Jim Henson in the process. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg and including interviews with Frank Oz, Rosie O’Donnell, Cheryl Henson, Joan Ganz Cooney and others, this intimate, captivating and award-winning documentary offers up a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Sesame Street and the Jim Henson Workshop.
1 hr 20 mins, rated NR

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The Mill and the Cross

Friday & Saturday: 7 pm; 8:45 pm
Sunday matinee: 5 pm

Behind every great painting lies an even greater story… Pieter Bruegel’s epic masterpiece The Way To Calvary depicts the story of Christ’s Passion set in Flanders under brutal Spanish occupation in the year 1564, the very year Bruegel created his painting. From among the more than five hundred figures that fill Bruegel’s remarkable canvas, THE MILL & THE CROSS focuses on a dozen characters whose life stories unfold and intertwine in a panoramic landscape populated by villagers and red-caped horsemen. Among them are Bruegel himself, his friend and art collector Nicholas Jonghelinck, and the Virgin Mary.

1 hr 37 mins, rated NR

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Opera: The Barber of Seville

Friday: 7 pm

(plus special guest singer
Gabrielle Antonini, The Opera Project)

Sunday: 5 pm

Performed at Teatro Regio di Parma, Italy

Composed by Rossini

Conducted by Andrea Battistoni

Directed by Stefano Vizioli

Starring Dmitry Korchak, Bruno Praticò, Ketevan Kemoklidze, Luca Salsi

Rossini’s charming comedy The Barber of Seville is sure to leave you singing “Figaro, Figaro, Figaro!” – just one of this opera’s many memorable tunes. A truly Italianate spectacle, performed on the classic stage of the Teatro Regio di Parma in Parma, Italy. Starring Luca Salsi as the rapscallion barber Figaro and Ketevan Kemoklidze as the clever beauty Rosina. Sung in Italian with English subtitles

2 hrs 35 mins plus one intermission of 20 minutes

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Holiday Tree Lighting PLUS Film (Muppets Christmas Carol)

4 pm – Tree Lighting at Bridge & Union Streets

Followed by meet Santa at ACME Screening Room

6:30 pm – Film: The Muppets Christmas Carol

The Muppet characters tell their version of the classic tale of an old and bitter miser’s redemption on Christmas Eve.

85 minutes; Rated G

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