SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18
2:00, 5:00 and 7:30 p.m.        
THE PAINTED VEIL
Premiere Magazine raved: "One of 2006's quiet gems" and the San Francisco Chronicle chimed in with "The year's best romantic drama". Edward Norton, Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber star in this recent Golden Globe winning love story set in China in the 1920's in which, following a marital infidelity, an ill-matched couple eventually brings meaning, purpose, redemption and unexpected grace into to their lives after relocating to fight cholera in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth. Rated PG-13. 128 min.

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Wednesday, MARCH 7, at 5 and 7:30 p.m.         
BECKET
Seven time Academy Award nominee Peter O'Toole stars, alongside Richard Burton and John Gielgud, in this 12-time Academy Award nominated costume drama, stunningly restored in this 35mm Cinemascope print from Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation, that is set in the royal court of England and is based on the true story of King Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury. Film critic Leonard Maltin raved "Four Stars. A stunning film...superbly acted and magnificently photographed on location." Unrated. 136 min.

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Wednesday, MARCH 21, at 5 and 7:30 p.m.         
SWEET LAND
This winner of the Audience Award at the Hamptons Int'l Film Festival is a poignant and lyrical tale and a "celebration of pure Americana that speaks both to the immigrant experience and the nature of love" raved the Hollywood Reporter. It stars the luminous Elizabeth Reaser and Alex Kingston. Variety wrote: "Intelligently written, brilliantly cast ". Nominated for Best First Feature in the 2007 Independent Spirit Awards. In English and German and Norwegian with English subtitles. Rated PG. 110 min.

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Wednesday, MARCH 28, at 5 and 7:30 p.m.         
GOD GREW TIRED OF US
A Must-See for any and everyone of all ages. Brad Pitt produced and Nicole Kidman narrates this winner of both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival that explores the indomitable spirit of three 'Lost Boys of the Sudan' who were brought to America, where they were given three months by the U.S. State Department to learn how to use electricity, live in Western culture and learn how to support themselves. An inspiring story of their triumph told in their own words. Rated PG. 86 min.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 5:00 and 7:30 p.m.        
THE TIGER AND THE SNOW
Like an Iraq-war mirror image of his Academy Award-winning "Life Is Beautiful", Roberto Benigni directs, and stars alongside the stunning Nicoletta Braschi, Jean Reno and Tom Waits, in this trippy fantasia and dramedy about a love-struck poet who travels to Iraq, at the outset of the American-led invasion, to save the woman he loves. "An impassioned statement about the futility of war, the power of romance and the enduring strength of optimism" raved the NY Times. In English and Italian and Arabic with English subtitles. 115 min. Not Rated.

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