With the LOST finale event beginning next weekend on May 23rd, LOST fans (myself included) are wondering how they’ll live with without their weekly dose of LOST.
One way to delay withdrawal and support your obsession with LOST is to catch Times Talks Live on Thursday, May 20th at 8pm at the Regal Northtown Mall 12.
Times Talks Live is an interview series sponsored by the New York Times… (More)
airing in select theatres around the United States and Canada. The Times Talks Live interviews for May 20th will be–drum roll, please– LOST executive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof. NY Times entertainment editor Lorne Manly will moderate the discussion, which should cover just about every aspect of the show, from its inception to arduous process of crafting a finale that satisfies both creators and fans. It’s great chance to get some great info from the famous showrunners.
Read a preliminary interview Manly had with Cuse and Lindelof.
In other parts of the country, the interview will be streamed live, but will screen two hours after the original air time here in the Pacific Standard Time Zone. BUT, you can submit questions to Cuse and Lindelof on the Times Talks Live page: Ask a question!
Visit Fathom Event to buy tickets: LOST Times Talks Live Tickets
Category Showing, Special Interest |
If you haven’t seen “Milk” (2008), you’d better get over to the Garland Theatre on May 20th.
In the run-up to OutSpokane‘s annual Pride Celebration, the organization is sponsoring a free showing of the much-lauded “Milk” starring Sean Penn in an Oscar-winning performance as gay rights icon, Harvey Milk.
In 1978, Milk became the first openly gay man to hold public office after he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. “Milk” chronicles Milk’s political awakening and subsequent political campaigns for office in San Francisco, all of which occurred after Milk turned 40 after a life lived in the the closet. (More)
It’s a phenomenal film that brings attention to the career of an inspiring man who is often forgotten in the re-telling of mainstream history. And it’s a truly American story of one citizen overcoming seemingly impossible odds in the fight for civil rights.
Special guest Rick Circillo, a friend of Milk’s will introduce the film. He’ll talk a bit about being involved with Milk’s campaigns and working in Milk’s camera shop.
The film won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and was nominated for Best Picture at the 2009 Academy Awards. Watch the trailer:
Milk will screen at 7pm on May 20th at the Garland Theatre. Tickets are free, but there is a suggested donation of $5 to help OutSpokane pay for showing the film.
Find this event on Facebook: Milk at the Garland
Category Film, Historical, Showing, Special Interest |
The SFCC International Film Festival is coming to a close next Tuesday with “Water” (2005), directed by Deepa Metha.
According to one of the organizers, the festival’s done well this year, with more non-student community members attending than ever before! Ticket proceeds go to funding for next year’s festival, so high attendance ensures that SFCC brings more quality foreign films to Spokane. Some of the films had their first (and only) showings in Spokane through the SFCC International Film Festival, so thanks to SFCC for bringing them to town!
Next Tuesday, May 18th, the festival will screen Deepa Metha’s third installment in her Fire/Earth/Water trilogy. Set in 1938, “Water” (2005) examines the rigidity of roles assigned to widows and the possibilities of increased freedom for these women at a pivotal moment in Indian history, themes that parallel those in many of Metha’s other films.
Here’s an excerpt from an article in the Inlander:
[Water] tells the story of Hindu widows forced to live in a spare ashram. Eight-year-old Chuyia is a child-wife-turned-widow who’s perhaps doomed to spend her entire life in the “widow’s house.” Kalyani is a beautiful widow pimped out by the ashram’s leader to pay the bills. She falls in love with one of Gandhi’s followers, but her past may come to haunt her future.
Watch the trailer:
Catch “Water” at 7pm on Tuesday, May 18th at the Garland Theatre.
Category College, Film, Historical, Showing, Special Interest, Student |
The fourth of the five films being brought to Spokane by the Spokane Falls Community College International FIlm Festival, le Grande Voyage, is the story of a high school age muslim and his father from france traveling for their pilgrimage to Mecca, and how the time spent in this journey allows them to work through their personal, and generational differences. The films french writer/director Ismael Ferroukhi has said his film is:
“A tribute to the 97% of Muslims we never hear about in the Western world”.
The film will be shown at The Garland Theatre at 924 West Garland Ave. this Tuesday, May 11th at 7:25 PM. Tickets are free to SFCC students with ID, $3.50 to the general public.
Category College, Film, Showing, Special Interest, Student |
The Spokane Public Library in conjunction with the Library’s Big Read earlier this year began showing a series of films starring Gregory Peck (wikipedia article). Starting back in February with the classic adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird, and this month they will be showing Twelve O’Clock High, a 1949 film about the United States Army’s Eigth Air Force air crews who flew daylight bombing runs over Germany and Nazi occupied France during World War Two.
Twelve O’Clock High will show at 5:30 PM on wednesday May 12th, at the downtown library location and is free to the public.
The Series will conclude on June 9th with Moby Dick.
Category Film, Historical, Showing, Special Interest |
The Spring 2010 submission deadline is almost upon us. Make sure to head over to ReelSpokane.com to fill out the submission form for your project(s) completed in the last year. We can’t wait to see all of your creative work you have been busy with!
Category Film, Short, Showing, Special Interest |
