Wednesday, February 27, at 5 and 7:30 p.m   
LUST, CAUTION
Two-time Academy Award winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) has perfectly captured the details, textures, sights and sounds of a China caught between East and West, occupied by an ancient enemy and quaking on the eve of an earth-shaking revolution in this rich, beautifully detailed and stunningly startling erotic espionage thriller set in Shanghai in 1942 about the fate of an ordinary woman’s heart, starring Asian cinema icon Tony Leung and newcomer Tang Wei. "Ang Lee is a true master, and his potently erotic and suspenseful drama casts a spell you won't want to break" raved Rolling Stone. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Rated NC-17 for explicit sexuality. 157 min. (Focus Features)

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Wednesday, March 5, at 5 and 7:30 p.m   
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Don't fear this film. It's subject matter is challenging but the journey it provides its viewers is ultimately one of the most remarkable true stories of triumph over adversity you will ever see. Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award, 4 Spirit Awards including Best Feature and nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Director, it is also provides a road map for how to heroically deal with wonder and grief, sex and love, fatherhood and childhood, faith and questioning, ecstasy and absurdity– and touches the very essence of what it is to be human. In English and French with English subtitles. Rated PG-13. 112 min.

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Wednesday, March 12, at 5 and 7:30 p.m   
THE GREAT DEBATERS
Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker, both Academy Award winning Best Actors, co-star in this smart, inspirational Golden Globe Best Picture nominated, drama based on the true story of a small college's first debate team, which took on Harvard in the national championship. The perfect film for those among you who loved AKEELAH AND THE BEE and BEE SEASON, two other films that believe in the power of words to manifest dreams. Roger Ebert raved "Inspiring...and remarkable." Rated PG-13. 123 min.

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Wednesday, March 19, at 5 and 7:30 p.m   
SHARKWATER
Sharkwater takes you into the most shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world's shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. "This beautiful and urgent eco-doc takes a bite out of the shark mythology made indelible by "Jaws. The LA Times added "beautifully filmed deep-blue-alert documentary as infused with ecological passion." Rated PG. 89 min.

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Wednesday, March 26, at 5 and 7:30 p.m   
SAMSARA
A spiritual love-story set in the majestic landscape of Ladakh, Himalayas. Samsara is a quest; one man's struggle to find spiritual Enlightenment by renouncing the world. And one woman's struggle to keep her enlightened love and life in the world. "Staggeringly beautiful, sublime and graceful, stunning widescreen cinematography, truly a visual feast" gushed Variety. "A beautiful widescreen production… Hypnotic, dynamic, delicious… transports one to its far-flung world of clear skies, jagged mountains and passionate affairs of the mind and body" added to normally staid Hollywood Reporter. Unrated. 124 min. In Tibetan with English subtitles.

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