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MATINEE PRICING (before 6pm)Adult: $7.25 • Student/Military (w / ID): $6.75 • Child: $7.25 • Senior (65+): $6.25

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SPECIAL THANKS

S M T W T F SRB: Diary of a County PriestThe Turin Horse

BullheadA Trip to the Moon / Extraordinary Voyage

A Trip to the Moon / Extraordinary VoyageBullhead

BullheadGeorge Harrison: Living In The Material World

Last Days HereBullhead

Last Days HereBullhead

The Kid With ABikeChico & Rita

This Is Not A FilmThe Fog

The Kid With ABikeChico & Rita

This Is Not A FilmRevenge of the Nerds

SKS: Eleanor’s Secret

RB: Au HasardBalthazarThe Kid With A Bike

Chico & RitaThis Is Not A Film

The Kid With A BikeChico & Rita

This Is Not A Film

The Kid With A BikeChico & Rita

This Is Not A Film

The Kid With A BikeChico & Rita

This Is Not A Film

The Kid With A BikeChico & Rita

This Is Not A Film

WeekendGerhard Richter Painting

The Kid With A BikeMM: Battle Royale

WeekendGerhard Richter Painting

The Kid With A BikeMM: Battle Royale

SKS: Muppets Take Manhattan

WeekendFilm Socialisme

Gerhard Richter PaintingThe Kid With A Bike

An Evening with Don HertzfeldtGerhard Richter Painting

The Kid With A Bike

Gerhard RichterPaintingThe Kid With A Bike

Gerhard RichterPaintingThe Kid With A Bike

Gerhard RichterPaintingThe Kid With A Bike

Iris DeMent(presented by NS2)

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The LastPicture ShowFootnote

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Cowboy Junkies (presented by AEG Live/The Messina Group)

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MM: The Goonies

The LastPicture ShowFootnote

MM & SKS:The Goonies

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SKS: Saturday Kid ShowMM: Midnight MoviesRB: Robert Bresson

DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST (1951, 115min)Sun, Apr 1 at 7:00pmNew 35mm print. When an inexperienced priest takes over a small parish, he is faced with adversity on all fronts from a community that doesn’t understand his austere manner and dedication to his charge. AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (1966, 95min)Sun, Apr 8 at 7:00pmWidely considered to be Bresson’s masterpiece, this 1966 film charts the adverse lives of a donkey named Balthazar and Marie, the young girl who named him.

ROBERT BRESSONFriday, March 9–Sunday, April 8

Bresson symposium for AU HASARD BALTHAZAR Sun, Apr 8, 5:45pm Featured Speaker: Jonathan Rosenbaum, head film critic for the Chicago Reader from 1987 until 2008; author and editor of numerous books; contributor to notable film publications, including Cahiers du Cinéma and Film Comment; currently writes about film at jonathanrosenbaum.com (symposium at Belmont United Methodist Church, 2007 Acklen Avenue at the corner of 21st and Acklen; film screening at Belcourt Theatre)

An Evening with Don HertzfeldtMon, Apr 16, 7pm $14 ($11/Belcourt members)Cult animator and Academy Award nominee Don Hertzfeldt (REJECTED, BILLY’S BALLOON, the MEANING OF LIFE) is hitting the road for a rare series of one-night-only events! A selection of Don’s classic animated shorts will return to the big screen, culminating in the exclusive regional premiere of his newest film, It’s such a beautiful day, the third and final chapter in a trilogy about a mysterious man named Bill. The first chapter, Everything will be ok, won the Sundance Film Festival’s Jury Award in Short Filmmaking and was named by many critics as one of the best films of 2007.The second chapter, I am so proud of you, received 27 awards and was described by the San Francisco International Film Festival as “[his] best yet...even the Hertzfeldt faithful may be too stunned to laugh.” Nearly two years in the making, the 23-minute It’s such a beautiful day is Don's longest, and most ambitious, piece to date. Blending traditional animation, experimental optical effects, trick photography, and new digital hybrids printed out one frame at a time, the movie was captured entirely on an antique 35mm animation stand, one of the last remaining cameras of its kind left in America. The entire animated trilogy will be screened together for the first time via new 35mm prints, immediately followed by a live on-stage interview and audience chat with Don Hertzfeldt.

The Fogw/ special guest/co-star Tom Atkins in attendanceDir. John Carpenter / USA / 1980 / R / 91min / 35mmWhile an old, weather-beaten fisherman tells a ghost story to fascinated children huddled by a campfire, a piece of driftwood in a child’s hands begins to glow, and an eerie fog envelops the seaside community of Antonio Bay. From its midst emerges demonic victims of a century-old shipwreck seeking revenge on the small town. Director John Carpenter’s follow-up to his breakout film, HALLOWEEN, stars Andrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins and Janet Leigh. Revenge Of The Nerdsw/ special guest/star Robert Carradine in attendanceDir. Jeff Kanew / USA / 1984 / R / 90min / 35mmThe handsome jocks of Alpha Beta run Adams College, and a group of socially inept freshmen become the target of their pranks. Led by Gilbert (Anthony Edwards) and Lewis (Robert Carradine), these so-called “nerds” affiliate themselves with the only national fraternity chapter who will take them (the all-black Lambda Lambda Lambda), and use their superior intellect to launch a counterstrike. The frats quickly become bitter rivals, and the goal is to win the annual fraternity decathlon, which involves such feats as a burping contest and a go-cart race, with bragging rights (and perhaps peace of mind) at stake. Look for John Goodman and James Cromwell, among others, in bit roles and keep your throat clear for an evening of nasal hilarity.

WEEKEND Fri–Sun, Apr 13–15Dir. Jean-Luc Godard / France / 1967 / NR / 105min / new 35mm printJean-Luc Godard’s scathing late-’60s satire is one of cinema’s great anarchic works. Determined to collect an inheritance from a dying relative, a petit bourgeoisie couple travel across the French countryside while civilization crashes and burns around them. Featuring a justly famous centerpiece single take of an endless traffic jam, WEEKEND is a surreally funny and deeply disturbing expression of social oblivion that ended the first phase of Godard's career—and, according to the credits, cinema itself.

THE LAST PICTURE SHOW Fri–Sun, Apr 27–29Dir. Peter Bogdanovich / USA / 1971 / R / 126min / new 35mm printSet during the early 1950s and adapted from Larry McMurtry’s novel, this aching portrait of a dying West is set in the loneliest Texas nowheresville to ever dust up a movie screen. The film focuses on the daily shuffles of three futureless teens—the enigmatic Sonny (Timothy Bottoms), the wayward jock Duane (Jeff Bridges), and the desperate-to-be-adored rich girl Jacy (Cybil Shepherd)—and the aging lost souls who bump up against them in the night like drifting tumbleweeds, including Cloris Leachman’s lonely housewife and Ben Johnson’s grizzled movie-house proprietor. Featuring evocative black-and-white imagery and profoundly felt performances, this hushed depiction of crumbling American values remains the pivotal film in the career of the invaluable director and film historian Peter Bogdanovich.

The Belcourt’s screening is in conjunction withthe Full Moon Tattoo & Horror Festival that’s at the Nashville Convention Center, Apr 6-8.

Tickets for these screenings are $12 ($10/Belcourt members)

Fri, Apr 6 at 11pm

Sat, Apr 7 at 11pm

REPERTORY FILMS SPECIAL GUEST SCREENINGS

F O O T N O T EOpens Friday, April 20

FILM SOCIALISME Sun, Apr 15Dir. Jean-Luc Godard / France / 2011 / NR / 101min / HDLegendary director Jean-Luc Godard returns to the screen with a magisterial essay on the decline of European civilization. As a garish cruise ship (actually, the recently shipwrecked Costa Concordia) travels the Mediterranean, Godard embarks on a state of the EU address in a vibrant collage of philosophical quotes, historical revelations and pure cinematographic beauty.More than a storyteller, always a poet, Jean-Luc Godard continues to challenge how movies function and how we look at them. - Armond White, NY PRESS

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A career-defining, powerfully physical lead performance. — VARIETY

BULLHEADDir. Michael R. Roskam / Belgium / 2012 / R / 124min / 35mmIn Dutch/French/Flemish with English subtitlesPerhaps the year’s most stunning international debut, Michael R. Roskam’s BULLHEAD is a harrowing tale of revenge, redemption and fate. Domineering cattle farmer Jacky Vanmarsenille (Matthias Schoenaerts, in a ferocious breakout performance), constantly pumped on steroids and hormones, initiates a shady deal with a notorious mafioso meat trader. When an investigating federal agent is assassinated and a woman from his traumatic past resurfaces, Jacky must confront his demons and face the far-reaching consequences of his decisions.

Opens Fri, Mar 30

A deft and weirdly affecting portrait of how a drug-addicted man-child knocking on death's door manages an astonishing resurgence. —Gary Goldstein, LOS ANGELES TIMES

LAST DAYS HEREDirs. Don Argott and Demian Fenton USA / 2011 / R / 90min / HDBobby Liebling made his mark in the ’70s as the outrageous frontman of Pentagram, a “street” Black Sabbath whose heavy metal riffs once blew audiences’ minds. But various acts of self-destruction, multiple band break-ups and botched record deals eventually condemned his music to obscurity. Now in his 50’s, wasted by hardcore drug use and living on the charity of his ever-patient mother and father (a former Nixon advisor), Bobby’s music is finally discovered by the heavy metal underground. With the help of fan-turned-manager Sean “Pellet” Pelletier, Bobby struggles to overcome years of addiction, loneliness and broken dreams to get back on stage again. For over three years filmmakers Don Argott and Demian Fenton (THE ART OF THE STEAL) are witnesses to his unbelievable journey, following the triumphs and downfalls of this underground icon at the crossroads of life and death.

Wed-Thu, April 4-5

Belgium's Dardenne brothers make movies that remind you the most compelling stories are unfolding right outside your window, rather than in outer space, the distant past or wherever cinema usually takes us. — Peter Debruge, VARIETY

THE KID WITH A BIKEDirs. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne / Belgium / 2012 / NR / 87min / 35mmWinner of the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, this deeply moving new film by the Dardenne brothers (L’ENFANT, ROSETTA) delves into the emotional life of troubled 11-year-old Cyril (newcomer Thomas Doret). When his father abandons him, Cyril obsessively tries to find his bicycle—after all, his father must have cared about him enough not to sell that off, he reasons. Almost by accident, he becomes the ward of a kind hairdresser (Cécile de France), a woman who seems surprised to find herself so determined to help him. With his wild, unpredictable behavior and his disastrous search for father figures, Cyril risks losing her—though she refuses to give up without a fight. Full of heartbreaking betrayals and unexpected grace, THE KID WITH A BIKE is a film about a child, abandoned to the elements, learning to become good.

Opens Fri, Apr 6

A subtle, strange and haunting work of art…a masterpiece in a form that does not yet exist. — A.O. Scott, THE NEW YORK TIMES

THIS IS NOT A FILMDir. Jafar Panahi / Iran / 2012 / NR / 75min / HD - In Persian with English subtitlesAccused of collusion against the Iranian regime and currently appealing a prison sentence and a ban from filmmaking, Jafar Panahi (THE CIRCLE, OFFSIDE) collaborated with the documentarian Mojtaba Mirtahmasb on a remarkable day-in-the-life chronicle that, as with many great Iranian films, finds a rich middle ground between fiction and reality. Shot with a digital camera and an iPhone, the movie is almost entirely confined to the director’s apartment, where he discusses his films and an unrealized script, while the outside world imposes itself through phone calls, television news, a few comic interrup-tions, and the sound of New Year’s fireworks. (Synopsis from the Film Society of Lincoln Center)

Opens Fri, Apr 6

A TRIP TO THE MOON Dir. Georges Méliès / France / 1902 / 16min / New 35mm Restoration by Lobster Films, Groupama Gan Fondation for Cinema, and Technicolor Foundation for Cinema HeritageCinema’s most unforgettable image is perhaps that of the Man in the Moon being poked in the eye by a rocket ship. The magical George Méliès (one of the celebrated heroes of Martin Scorsese’s HUGO) was the creator of that image, and his 16-minute film A TRIP TO THE MOON, in hand-painted color, thrilled audiences in 1902. Now, unseen for 109 years until its glorious new restoration (and one of the most technically sophisticated and expensive endeavors in film history), A TRIP TO THE MOON will once again astound audiences.

THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE Dir. Serge Bromberg / France / 2011 / 60min / HDTHE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE charts the film’s voyage across the century and into the next millennium, from the fantastical Méliès’s production in 1902 to the astonishing rediscovery of a nitrate print in color in 1993 to the premiere of the new restoration on the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival in 2011. Interviews with some of contemporary cinema’s most imaginative filmmakers attest to Méliès’ enduring significance.

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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR

Ah, April...Typically it means spring is really here, with consistently warm days and more sun than rain. Given the unusually early spring we’ve had, my secret hope is that people will have already spent plenty of time soaking in the lovely, warm weather and are looking forward to some time in dark, cool rooms with popcorn, beer and great stories. The hullaballoo that’s Oscar season has died down but many from its film ranks will roll through the Belcourt this month including the magical animated film CHICO & RITA and Israel’s compelling Best Foreign Language film entry FOOTNOTE. Speaking of the Oscars, I have to take some space to deeply thank the Belcourt’s Oscar Night America party co-chairs Hunter Davis and Amos Gott and their amazing, hard working committee members for helping us host the theatre’s most successful Oscar party yet, netting over $50,000 for the Belcourt. The event sold out for the second year in a row and was simply gorgeous, thanks to Amos Gott’s perfect eye for transforming spaces (go to amosevents.com and he can do this for your party too!). Most important, it was a really fun way to spend an evening—celebrating movies while supporting the Belcourt’s year round operations. And in another segue, I hope to see many of you in and around the Nashville Film Festival, April 19–26. Go check out the festival’s full line-up and buy yourself a pass at nashvillefilmfestival.org. There’s something special about seeing movies in a festival setting, and that we have a great one here is just another reason why Nashville’s such a special place.

All the best,STEPHANIE SILVERMAN

Managing Director

THE TURIN HORSEDirs. Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky / Hungary / 2012 / NR / 146min / 35mmIn Hungarian with English subtitlesWhile travelling in Turin, Italy in 1889, German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche witnessed a horse being whipped. He tossed his arms around the horse’s neck to protect it—and then collapsed. Less than a month later, Nietzsche would be diagnosed with a mental illness that left him bedridden and mute for the next 11 years, until his death at age 65. But whatever happened to the horse? After opening with this ingenious set-up, THE TURIN HORSE, the latest and reportedly last film from Hungarian maestro Béla Tarr, plunges us into a feat of speechless, spellbinding storytelling. THE TURIN HORSE is a film experienced rather than merely watched. One’s ears strain to absorb every note of the monumental end-of-days soundtrack while one’s mental faculties are hurled into reverie, awed by the film’s austere beauty and power. Whether or not this truly is the last we’ll see from Tarr, THE TURIN HORSE proves both alluring and devastating to the very end. (Synopsis drawn from the Toronto International Film Festival Program Guide)

LIMITED ENGAGEMENTS

MIDNIGHT MOVIES

Fri-Sun, Mar 30-Apr 1

ARMY OF DARKNESSDir. Sam Raimi / USA / 1993 / R / 81min / 35mm Fri–Sat, Mar 30–31 at MidnightBound in human flesh and inked in blood, the ancient Necronomicon of al-Hazred, or the Book of the Dead, has transported department store clerk Ashley Williams (Bruce Campbell) and his 1973 Oldsmobile to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead, pitch some woo, and retrieve the cursed book so he can return home. The third entry in Raimi’s EVIL DEAD series, ARMY OF DARKNESS is everything you could hope for in a film that introduces chainsaws into the 14th century.

BATTLE ROYALEDir. Kinji Fukasaku / Japan / 2000 / NR / 114min / HD Fri–Sat, Apr 13–14 at MidnightA ninth grade classroom is transported to a remote island under the auspices of a government program that pits youth against youth for the security and entertainment of those in power. The only rule is kill or be killed. The certainties of young adulthood are burned away in the crucible of legislated mayhem, as “when” becomes “if.” Still globally infamous in the 12 years since its original release, Fukasaku’s vision of youth stripped of friendship, compassion and love is an uncompromising classic of political genre films.

THE GOONIESDir. Richard Donner / USA / 1985 / PG / 113min / 35mm Fri–Sat, April 27–28 at MidnightA group of misfit, small-town children discovers a pirate treasure map and embarks on a journey to find the riches in this beloved 1980s classic. Along the way, they battle curmudgeonly crooks and squabble with one another in their quest for fortune. Stars Sean Astin, Josh Brolin and Corey Feldman are among the motley crew of youngsters in this modern riff on Peter Pan co-written by Steven Spielberg and Chris Columbus. (Also playing for Saturday Kid Show, Apr 28 at 10am.)

Hugo Sat, Mar 31 at 10am ($5)Dir. Martin Scorsese / USA / 2011 / PG / 127min / HD (2-D)When his father dies, 12-year-old orphan Hugo takes up residence behind the walls of a Parisian train station. There he meets Isabelle, the daughter of filmmaker Georges Méliès, who holds the key to Hugo’s destiny. The Age Factor: 8+

Eleanor’s Secret Sat, Apr 7 at 10am ($5)Dir. Dominique Monfrey / France / 2009 / G / 80min / HD - Dubbed in EnglishELEANOR’S SECRET is a beautifully designed, rollicking adventure in which a boy’s new found ability to read not only sets his imagination free, but saves the day! The film features characters from classic storybooks Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Jungle Book, Pinocchio, Peter Pan, Jack and the Beanstalk, Puss in Boots, Tom Thumb, Little Red Riding Hood, and more! The Age Factor: 3-6 years old. For the smaller ones, but still adorable for parents

The Muppets Take Manhattan Sat, Apr 14 at 10am ($5)Dir. Frank Oz / USA / 1984 / G / 94min / HDWhen the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who’s willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy won't take no for an answer, launching a search for someone to take them to Broadway.The Age Factor: 5+

Sat, April 21 - NO SCREENINGPre-empted by a previously scheduled event

The Goonies Sat, Apr 28 at 10am ($5)Dir. Richard Donner / USA / 1985 / PG / 113min / 35mmA group of misfit, small-town children discovers a pirate treasure map and embarks on a journey to find the riches in this beloved 1980s classic. Along the way, they battle curmudgeonly crooks and squabble with one another in their quest for fortune. Stars Sean Astin, Josh Brolin and Corey Feldman are among the motley crew of youngsters in this modern riff on Peter Pan co-written by Steven Spielberg and Chris Columbus. (Also playing for Midnight Movie.)The Age Factor: 10+ due to some language, intense scenes, and mild vulgarity

Béla Tarr is the cinema’s greatest crafter of total environments and in THE TURIN HORSE, working in his most restricted physical setting since 1984’s ALMANAC OF FALL, he (along with co-director Ágnes Hranitzky) dials up one of his most vividly immersive milieus. — Andrew Sullivan, SLANT MAGAZINE

CHICO & RITADirs. Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba / Spain/UK / 2010 / NR / 94 minutes / 35mmAnimation - In Spanish with English subtitlesOscar®-winning director Fernando Trueba (BELLE EPOQUE, CALLE 54) and Spain’s legendary illustrator Javier Mariscal celebrate their passion for the music and culture of Cuba with an epic story of love, passion, and heartbreak set in 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and desire unite them as they chase their dreams and each other from Havana to New York to Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas. With an original soundtrack by legendary Cuban pianist and five-time Grammy®-winning composer Bebo Valdés, CHICO & RITA captures a defining moment in the evolution of history and jazz, and features the music of (and animated cameos by) Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Cole Porter, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Tito Puente, Chano Pozo, and others. The Age Factor: 16+ due to some sex scenes and drug use

Opens Fri, Apr 6

A buttery rich animated tale of love, jazz, showbiz, fame and politics in the late '40s and early '50s that is as catchy as its tunes. — Betsy Sharkey, LOS ANGELES TIMES

GERHARD RICHTER PAINTINGDir. Corinna Belz / Germany / 2012 / NR / 97min / HDIn English and German with English subtitlesOne of the world’s greatest living painters, German artist Gerhard Richter has spent over half a century experimenting with a tremendous range of techniques and ideas, addressing historical crises and mass media representation alongside explorations of chance procedures. The first glimpse inside his studio in decades, GERHARD RICHTER PAINTING is a thrilling document of the 79-year-old’s creative process, juxtaposed with rare archival footage and intimate conversa-tions with his critics and collaborators.

Opens Fri, Apr 13

Magnificent and evocative...as close as cinema gets to tracking the impulses and paradoxes of a gifted imagination. — Aaron Hillis, VILLAGE VOICE

FOOTNOTEDir. Joseph Cedar / Israel / 2012 / PG / 105min / 35mmFOOTNOTE is the story of a great rivalry between two professors of Talmudic study: a father, stubborn but unrecognized, and his accolade-hungry son. The balance shifts when the father learns that, following decades of frustrated anticipation, he is finally going to be awarded the prestigious Israel Prize. What unfolds is a game of generational one-upmanship driven by desire, pettiness and pride. This witty and arresting fourth feature from Israeli writer/director Joseph Cedar—whose BEAUFORT received a much-deserved Academy Award® nomination for best foreign language film—boasts a rare combina-tion. It is at once intellectually stimulating, formally daring, emotionally devastating and dryly humorous.

Opens Fri, Apr 20

Joseph Cedar's FOOTNOTE is a wry, wise little film that revels in the cataclysmic import of a life's most ostensibly trivial details. — David Ehrlich, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE

MARLEYDir. Kevin Macdonald / USA/UK / 2012 / NR / 152min / 35mmBob Marley loved women, football and marijuana and was a staunch supporter of the Rastafarian movement. But his first love was music, for this is what enabled him to escape a life of grinding poverty in the townships of Kingston. Together with his band The Wailers, this singer, guitarist and songwriter born to a British officer and a Jamaican woman in 1945 made reggae famous throughout the world. Marley’s family gave Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald (ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER, LAST KING OF SCOTLAND) access to countless documents and archival material, supplemented by interviews with Marley’s fellow musicians, friends, lovers and family members—including several of his 12 children and his wife, Rita.

Opens Fri, Apr 20

MARLEY is sure to become the definitive documentary on the much beloved king of reggae…This all-encompassing, rather classically assembled biography forges a moving depiction of an artist who left the scene way too prematurely. — Jordan Mintzer, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

THE DEEP BLUE SEADir. Terence Davies / UK / 2012 / NR / 98min / 35mmAdapted and directed by the great British director Terence Davies, Terence Rattigan’s source material is a “sustained assault on English middle-class values.” Hester Collyer (Rachel Weisz), a 40-year old woman, has left a privileged life with her husband, Sir William Collyer (Simon Russell Beale), in order to live with a young ex-RAF pilot, Freddie Page (Tom Hiddleston). But Hester and Freddie’s relationship is characterized by drunken rows—though their love life is passionate, they have little in common. When Freddie forgets her birthday, Hester attempts to kill herself. As a result, Herster’s husband re-enters her life and offers her a second chance with him. Hester must decide between him, Freddie, or an uncertain future alone.

Opens Fri, May 3

Terence Davies’ exquisite, nuanced, romantic tragedy, adapted from a 1950s play by Terence Rattigan, is my 2011 TIFF [Toronto International Film Festival] favorite. A beautiful, vulnerable Rachel Weisz will break your heart just as she cracked mine, playing a woman who leaves her husband for a man she knows will never love her the way she does him. — Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

Saturdays at 10am

A TRIP TO THE MOON with THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE

Sat-Mon, Mar 31 - Apr 2

GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLDDir. Martin Scorsese / USA / 2011 / NR / 208min / HD(presented in two parts with 10-minute intermission)Academy Award®-winning director Martin Scorsese traces Harrison’s life from his musical beginnings in Liverpool through his life as a musician, a seeker, a philanthropist and a filmmaker. Scorsese weaves together interviews with Harrison and his closest friends, performances, home movies, and photographs. Much of the material in the film has never been seen (or heard) before. The result is a rare glimpse into the mind and soul of one of the most talented artists of his generation and a profoundly intimate and affecting work of cinema.

The film includes interviews with Eric Clapton, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, George Martin, Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, Tom Petty, Phil Spector, Ringo Starr and Jackie Stewart. They speak honestly and frankly about George’s many talents and contradictions.“…an absorbing and beautifully made film…” – THE NEW YORK TIMES

GALLERY AT theBELCOURT

Beth Gilmore “Mischief and Mayhem: Dating in the Present Day”

Sun, April 8 – Sun, May 6ARTIST RECEPTION May 3 (during Hillsboro Village Art Walk)

Mon, Apr 30, 7pm