Let The Right One In @ The Hipp Cinema Feb 27 - Mar 5

Let the Right One In (aka Låt den rätte komma in)

February 27th - March 5th

Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Gold, Catalonian International Film Festival
Audience Award, Woodstock Film Festival
Audience Award, Toronto After Dark Film Festival
Rotten Tomatoes Critical Consensus Award, Edinburgh International Film Festival

"In the basest of terms, a horror flick. But it's also a spectacularly moving and elegant movie, and to dismiss it into genre-hood, to mentally stuff it into the horror pigeonhole, is to overlook a remarkable film." — Washington Post

"The best fairy tales always have so much darkness in them. That's why they resonate so deeply. This is a magnificent film." — Film Threat

"The most violent scene is dreamlike, and more direct killings are often seen at an angle or from a distance. The camera placement is thoughtful and effective, never titillating." — Charlotte Observer

Though LET THE RIGHT ONE IN is ostensibly about a pair of children, this is a horror film for adults. There are plenty of scares, but it remains moving and intelligent, a rare feat for the genre. A well-crafted horror film in the tradition of Guillermo del Toro's THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE, Swedish import LET THE RIGHT ONE IN ably blends genre chills with genuine feeling. Oskar is a 12-year-old outcast who is frequently picked on by his classmates. He dreams of getting his revenge, but he never stands up to the boys. With the arrival of his new next-door neighbor, 12-year-old Eli, Oskar may finally have found a friend, ally, and first love. But Eli is no ordinary girl: she must keep her pale skin out of the sunlight, she can perform inhuman physical feats, and she has thirst for blood. 2008/ 114mins/ Swedish/ R
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Showtimes

Fri (2/27):
7:00, 9:15 & 11:30pm

Sat (2/28):
4:30, 7:00, 9:15 & 11:30pm

Sun (3/1):
2:15, 4:30, 7:00 & 9:15pm

Tue (3/3):
7:00 & 9:15pm

Wed (3/4):
4:30, 7:00 & 9:15pm

Thu (3/5):
7:00 & 9:15pm

The Pope's Toilet @ The Hipp Cinema Feb 13 - 19

The Pope's Toilet
(aka Baño del Papa, El)

February 13th - February 19th

International Jury Award, São Paulo International Film Festival
Award, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Critics Prize, Gramado Film Festival

"It’s charming in a proper way, entirely avoiding sentiment and can be counted one of the best films in town." — This is London

"Overall an emotionally rich and tender film, beautifully played, with heart and head in massive abundance." — Time Out

Pope's Toilet is the most prominent Uruguayan film since 2004's Whisky. A moving story that blends the sacred and profane. It’s 1988, and papal fever has gripped the Uruguayan border town of Melo. Speculation is rife that over fifty thousand Brazilians will cross into Melo for John Paul II’s highly anticipated visit. The inhabitants of this impoverished small community believe that his visit will spell both their spiritual and material salvation, as the faithful will be sure to buy all the chorizo sausages and cakes that the townspeople can produce. Beto has another idea. Rather than hawk food and drink, he will build a public washroom so that all those full stomachs can have a place to relieve themselves. Unfortunately, this scheme requires money. His scheme takes flight with help from his friend and neighbour Valvulina – but not without Beto making a deal with patrol officer Meleyo, who has historically thwarted Beto and his friends’ efforts to smuggle goods from Brazil into Uruguay. 2008/ 90mins/ Spanish/ NR
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Showtimes

Fri (2/13):
7:00 & 8:45pm

Sat (2/14):
4:30, 7:00 & 8:45pm

Sun (2/15):
2:30, 4:30, 7:00 & 12:30pm

Wed (2/18):
4:30, 7:00 & 8:45pm

Thu (2/19):
7:00 & 8:45pm

The Secrets @ The Hipp Cinema Feb 6 - 12

The Secrets
(aka Sodot, Ha-)

February 6th - February 12th

Nominated for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
Best Feature, Best Screenwriter, Jackson Hole Film Festival

"3 1/2 stars. A complex gem." — Box Office Magazine

"One of the most remarkable movies of the year... An engrossing mixture of voluptuous spirituality and incisive sensuality." — NY Observer

One of the best Israeli films of recent years. With Fanny Ardant heading an excellent cast, the film is an emotionally overpowering drama that will move audiences wherever it plays. Naomi persuades her father, a stern but loving rabbi, to send her to a seminary for female students in the picturesque town of Safed. Naomi is intelligent but traditional, and her beliefs are put to the test by several of her fellow students, especially the headstrong, irreverent Michelle, and by Anouk (Ardant), a mysterious French woman who has recently been released from prison. Naomi and Michelle agree to bring food to Anouk, who is in failing health, and they try to learn what motivated her to leave her family for an Israeli lover. While discovering something about forbidden passion, they plunge into a dangerous love affair of their own. The film's mix of sensuality and spirituality is arresting, and "Secrets" encompasses sly humor as well as searing tragedy. Both of the young actresses are luminous. Ardant gives one of her strongest performances as a woman overwhelmed with regrets yet unwilling to apologize for the passion that destroyed her. 2008/ 120mins/ English | French | Hebrew/ R
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Showtimes

Fri (2/6):
7:00 & 9:15pm

Sat (2/7):
4:30, 7:00 & 9:15pm

Sun (2/8):
2:15, 4:30 & 7:00pm

Wed (2/11):
4:30, 7:00 & 9:15pm

Thu (2/12):
7:00 & 9:15pm

Moscow, Belgium @ The Hipp Cinema Jan 30 - Feb 5

Moscow Belgium
(aka Aanrijding in Moscou)

January 30th - February 5th

ACID Award, Grand Golden Rail, Screenwriting Award, Cannes Film Festival
Best Feature Film, Best Film, Denver International Film Festival
New Talent Award, Zurich Film Festival

Although it may not sound like the most exciting place on earth, "Moscow, Belgium" is packed with plenty of drama, laughs and sentimental charm. Accomplished freshman director Christophe van Rompaey features a knockout performance from actress Barbara Sarafian ("8½ Women") as a mother of three caught in a love triangle with two good-natured losers. Working-class dramedy, in the tradition of Mike Leigh's best early efforts. Life is no field day for thick-skinned, forty-something postal worker Matty (Sarafian). Recently dumped by her art-teacher husband Werner for a nympho student, she's all but given up on the male breed. In a supermarket parking lot, she gets into a mild fender-bender with Johnny, a cagey, ex-alcoholic truck driver who's more than 10 years her junior. Immediately hooked by Matty's big mouth and sharp wit, he offers ice cream to her kids, then shows up the next day to help fix her damaged car trunk. Meanwhile, her three sweet but kooky children -- sexually ambiguous Vera, tarot-obsessed Fien and ultra-nerdy Peter -- don't make the daily grind any easier. 2008/ 102mins/ Flemish/ subt/ NR
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Showtimes

Fri (1/30):
6:30 & 8:30pm

Sat (1/31):
4:30, 6:30 & 8:30pm

Sun (2/1):
2:30, 4:30 & 7:00pm

Wed (2/4):
4:30, 6:30 & 8:30pm

Thu (2/5):
6:30 & 8:30pm

A Christmas Tale @ The Hipp Cinema Jan 23 - 29

A Christmas Tale

(aka Un conte de Noël)

January 23rd - January 29th

Golden Palm Nomination, Cannes Film Festival
Prix d'Excellence Nomination, European Film Awards
Best Actress Nomination, Satellite Awards

"If Ingmar Bergman and Wes Anderson some how collaborated on a movie together, I'd guess their sensibilities would yield something like Arnaud Desplechin's darkly hilarious, brilliantly acted A Christmas Tale." — NY Post

"Roiling with laughter, tears, drunken confessions, revelatory soliloquies, pain, sorrow, hospital visits, and various kinds of love, A Christmas Tale is a smart, sprawling, and sublimely entertaining feast." — Philadephia Inquirer

Masterfully directed and acted, by turns savage, bittersweet, darkly comic and unbearably moving, A Christmas Tale shows internationally acclaimed director Desplechin at the height of his powers. For some, Christmas means the joy of spending time with loved ones. But not for the Vuillard family in this blackly comic film. Instead of egg nog, bile and venom flow at the family get-together when estranged son Henri (Mathieu Amalric, QUANTUM OF SOLACE) returns. His mother, Junon (French legend Catherine Deneuve), has cancer, and Henri may be the bone marrow donor match that could save her life. Oldest daughter Elizabeth is equally unhappy to see her brother; he has been an emotional and financial drain on the family, and she had him legally banished from the family six years ago. But with his return, old wounds are freshly opened as the entire family gathers together for what could be their last holiday. This French film easily moves between the audience between laughter, gasps, and tears. The behavior of the Vuillard famille is atrocious at times, and it goes beyond just the awful--and sometimes awfully funny--things they say to one another. It's not destined to be a feel-good holiday classic à la IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, but A CHRISTMAS TALE may prove a perfect prescription for when viewers' families get to be a little too much. 2008/ 152mins/ French/ subt/ NR
[Watch the trailer]

Showtimes

Fri (1/23):
6:00 & 8:45pm

Sat (1/24):
2:00, 5:00 & 8:00pm

Sun (1/25):
2:15, 5:00 & 8:00pm

Wed (1/28):
4:30, 6:45 & 9:00pm

Thu (1/29):
6:00 & 8:45pm

Dare Not Walk Alone @ The Hipp Cinema Jan 16 - 22

Dare Not Walk Alone

January 16th - January 22nd

"The greatest civil rights story never told...powerful slice of roiling American history" — LA Times

"Has great potential to do real good in the world" — Boxoffice Magazine

Meet The Producers! Reception 6pm Friday 1/16/08

Dare Not Walk Alone is an award-winning feature-length documentary created by Jeremy Dean. a twenty-something director and former student of Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida. The film mixes rare news footage from 1964 with present day testimony to document the untold story of a war of wills and ideals waged not in Alabama or Georgia or Mississippi but Florida. Before Disneyworld, the biggest tourist attraction in Florida was St. Augustine (MAKE THIS BOLD), and this is where African-Americans and their allies in the white community put their lives on the line to force the passage of the first civil rights act. Set to a soundtrack that flows from gospel to hip hop, the film places the heroic sacrifices of the past in the context of present day struggles in a community that epitomizes what Senator Barack Obama has called "the gap between the promise of our ideals and the reality of their time." 2008/ 83mins/ NR
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Showtimes

Fri (1/16):
7:00 & 8:45pm

Sat (1/17):
4:30, 7:00 & 8:45pm

Sun (1/18):
2:30, 4:30, 7:00 & 12:30pm

Wed (1/21):
4:30, 7:00 & 8:45pm

Thu (1/22):
7:00 & 8:45pm

Humboldt County @ The Hipp Cinema Jan 9 - 15

Humboldt County

January 9th - January 15th

"Just the type of small film that, if given a chance to be seen by audiences, could become somewhat of a hit for grownups ala "Sideways" or "The Squid and the Whale." — Film Threat

"A slow starter. But what appears to be the cliched 'uptight nerd liberated by flighty sprite' tale--done better in films from 'Bringing Up Baby' to 'Barefoot in the Park'--evolves into something deeper, darker, more resonant." — Chicago Tribune

"...most people will see the movie poster and think oh, that's just a drug movie. But it's not. It's much more." — NEWSVINE

Directors Danny Jacobs and Darren Grodsky assemble an enviable cast--including Fairuza Balk, Peter Bogdanovich, Frances Conroy, Brad Dourif, and Chris Messina--for their first film. Newcomer Jeremy Strong holds his own with the veteran actors, playing Peter Hadley, a man whose one-night stand with Bogart (Balk) ends with him at her family home. At the edge of the continent and on the margins of society is a region of California known to some as "The Lost Coast." It is there, in Humboldt County, that Peter Hadley, a promising yet disillusioned medical student failed by his professor, stumbles upon a remote community of counterculture marijuana farmers and a warmly embracing, yet eccentric family. Humboldt County is a story of the human soul in search of happiness, and the unexpected places we can sometimes call home.. Welcome to Humboldt County, the intoxicating capital of a radical state of mind. 97mins/ 2008/ USA/ R
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Showtimes

Fri (1/9):
7:00 & 9:00pm

Sat (1/10):
4:30, 7:00 & 9:00pm

Sun (1/11):
2:30, 4:30 & 7:00pm

Wed (1/14):
4:30, 7:00 & 9:00pm

Thu (1/15):
7:00 & 9:00pm

Repo! The Genetic Opera @ The Hipp Cinema Jan 2 - Jan 10

Repo! The Genetic Opera

January 2nd - January 10th

"As it has evolved from a 10-minute cabaret piece, through a short film Bousman made in Toronto, to the big screen, Repo! The Genetic Opera has gained in both guts and gusto." — Toronto Star

"It's not often you come across a film as unique as this, and while my taste for liver, lights, and sweetbreads isn't what it once was, this is still a fine post-Halloween aperitif, with guts to spare." — Austin Chronicle

Late Night Special!

From November 10th thru November 17th REPO toured 7 cities, some of which were Chicago, Atlanta, and Orlando. At each location with the exception of Chicago, the single showing of the film was sold out 2-3 weeks in advance, and on the day of the showing, standby lines to get in to see the film were wrapped around several city blocks. And that was waiting for just a CHANCE to see the film. In fact, people flew in from Paris to see the Atlanta showing, and someone flew in from Puerto Rico to see the Orlando showing of Repo!. We are showing this film as a LATE NIGHT SPECIAL for several weekends. This is one of those films that fans love and critics don't. See it and decide for yourself!

A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however. 2008/ 98mins/ USA/ R
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Showtimes

Fri (1/2):
10:45pm

Sat (1/3):
10:45pm

Fri (1/9):
10:45pm

Sat (1/10):
10:45pm

How About You @ The Hipp Cinema Jan 2 - 8

How About You

January 2nd - January 8th

"... by-the-numbers audience-pleaser." — Hollywood Reporter

"Based on a short story by the great Irish writer Maeve Binchy, the film has structure, resonance and a welcome respect for well-delineated characters, beautifully observed by a distinguished cast." — Rex Reed

Starring Academy Award Winners Vanessa Redgrave and Brenda Fricker, and Academy Award Nominee Imelda Staunton. Based on a short story by Maeve Binchy. Ellie (Hayley Atwell), a free-spirited and headstrong young woman, is left in charge of a residential home, owned and operated by her older sister Kate (Orla Brady), over the Christmas holidays.

‘Hope I die before I get old’, The Who sang in 1965. Paul McCartney wondered if he’d still be loved, ‘when I’m 64’. But today, ageing rock stars and contemporary society are reconsidering their perceptions of Old. A belief that we have choices and potential not just in our early years, but right though life, is at the centre of HOW ABOUT YOU. Adapted from a short story by Maeve Binchy, it has all the hallmarks of Ireland’s most widely read and internationally successful writer of popular fiction. HOW About You is an often funny and deeply human story of growing self-acceptance, where an unlikely group of characters develop relationships which are not only surprising, but transformative. In a film filled with compelling performances and vivid individuals, we discover a story about the rejuvenating power of other people. 2008/ 100mins/ Ireland/ NR
[Watch the trailer]

Showtimes

Fri (1/2):
6:30 & 8:30pm

Sat (1/3):
4:30, 6:30 & 8:30pm

Sun (1/4):
2:30, 4:30 & 7:00pm

Wed (1/7):
4:30, 6:30 & 8:30pm

Thu (1/8):
6:30 & 8:30pm

Brick Lane @ The Hipp Cinema Dec 13 - 21

Brick Lane

December 13th - December 21st

Best Screenplay, Silver Hitchcock, Dinard British Film Festival

"Small, intimate and achingly modern, Brick Lane is a lovely study involving both one woman's awakening and the inevitability of cross-cultural pollination." — Detroit News

"Monica Ali’s expansive, epic best seller about decades in the life of a sheltered wife from Bangladesh in the titular London neighborhood is transformed into a compact, delicate tale of adultery, extremism, and awakening." — New York Magazine

Nazneen’s life is turned upside down at the tender age of seventeen. Forced into an arranged marriage to an older man, she exchanges her Bangladeshi village home for a block of flats in London’s East End. In this new world, pining for her home and her sister, she struggles to make sense of her existence – and to do her duty to her husband. A man of inflated ideas (and stomach), he sorely tests her compliance. Told from birth that she must not fight her fate, Nazneen submits, devoting her life to raising her family and slapping down her demons of discontent. Until the day that Karim, a hot-headed local man, bursts into her life. Against a background of escalating racial tension, they embark on an affair that finally forces Nazneen to take control of her life. Set in multicultural Britain, Brick Lane is a truly contemporary story of love, cultural difference, and ultimately, the strength of the human spirit. 2008/ 102 min/ UK/ PG-13
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Kenny @ the Hipp Cinema: September 26 - October 2

Kenny September 26th - October 2nd Best Lead Actor, Australian Film Institute Best Actor in a Lead Role, Best Screenplay - Original, Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards Best Feature Film, Best Script, Best Sound, IF Awards "A triumph both as comedy and character study, KENNY is charming, disarming and funny as hell; the perfect antidote to any disappointing summer blockbuster." — William Thomas, Empire Magazine “All the ingredients of the perfect sleeper.....quirky, very original, something you can’t wait to tell your friends to see." — The London Times This hilariously charming mockumentary, a smash hit in its native Australia (it's popularity spawning a forthcoming Australian TV series), and a crowd-pleasing favorite on the U.S. film festival circuit, finally hits American theaters with the force of a high-powered potty flush. From the biggest music festival to the smallest church social, Kenny Smyth (Shane Jacobson) delivers porta-loos to them all. Ignored and underappreciated, he is one of the cogs in society's machinery; a knight in shining overalls taking care of business with his faithful "Splashdown" crew. Follow Kenny as he tackles every septic challenge that comes his way, culminating in a pilgrimage to that Mecca of waste management, The International Pumper and Cleaner Expo in Nashville, Tennessee - or, as Kenny affectionately calls it, "Poo HQ." With fly-on-the-wall honesty and hilarious wit, KENNY lifts the lid on one of Australia's roughest diamonds as he juggles family tensions, fatherhood and raw sewage with charm, humor and unflinching dignity. Part philosopher, part comedian and all heart, KENNY is living proof that in sewage, like life, the best will always rise to the top. 93 mins/ 2006/ Australia/ subt/ PG-13 [Watch the trailer]

Opening Friday More Info | Review Showtimes Fri (9/26): 6:30 & 8:30pm Sat (9/27): 4:30, 6:30 & 8:30pm Sun (9/28): 2:30, 4:30 & 7:00pm Tue (9/30): 6:30 & 8:30pm Wed (10/1): 4:30, 6:30 & 8:30pm Thu (10/2): 6:30 & 8:30pm

Outsourced @ Hipp Cinema Sep 19th - 25th

Outsourced September 19th - September 25th Audience Award, Best Film, BendFilm Festival Audience Award, Best Feature, Cinequest San Jose Film Festival Audience Award, HardAcre Film Festival John Schlesinger Award, Outstanding First Feature Film, Palm Springs International Film Festival Golden Space Needle Award, Best Film, Seattle International Film Festival "It is a film bursting with affection for its characters and for India. It never pushes things too far, never stoops to cheap plotting, is about people learning to really see one another. It has a fundamental sweetness and innocence." — Roger Ebert "A wonderful surprise." — NY Times "This unaffected charmer treats a hot-button contempo issue with old-fashioned grace and benevolent wit, rendering it a sure-fire word-of-mouth crowd-pleaser." — Variety Outsourced is a modern day comedy of cross-cultural conflict and romance. Todd Anderson spends his days managing customer call center in Seattle until his job, along with those of the entire office, are outsourced to India. Adding insult to injury, Todd must travel to India to train his new replacement. As he navigates through the chaos of Bombay and an office paralyzed by constant cultural misunderstandings, Todd yearns to return to the comforts of home. But it is through his team of quirky yet likable Indian call center workers, including his friendly and motivated replacement, Puro, and the charming, opinionated Asha, that Todd realizes that he too has a lot to learn--not only about India and America, but about himself. 103mins/ 2006/ English & Hindi/ subt/ PG13 [Watch the trailer] Did you see "Outsourced" at The Hipp? Have you seen it already? Click on "Comments" to add your own fan review!

Opening Friday More Info | Review Showtimes Fri (9/19): 6:30 & 8:30pm Sat (9/20): 4:30, 6:30 & 8:30pm Sun (9/21): 2:30, 4:30 & 7:00pm Tue (9/23): 6:30 & 8:30pm Wed (9/24): 4:30, 6:30 & 8:30pm Thu (9/25): 6:30 & 8:30pm

Encounters at the End of the World @ the Hipp Cinema 2 Weeks

2 Weeks, Sept 5-18th

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Watch for the skateboard parade. This film sponsored by Leonardo's 706

The Fall @ the Hipp Cinema August 22-28

Mongol @ the Hipp Cinema august 15-21

Tell No One @ the Hipp Cinema August 8-14

Reprise @ the Hipp Cinema Aug 1-7