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Cranesbill Friday Night Film Series
In a cooperative venture with the Sustainability Film Group and with the Chelsea Film Society, Cranesbill Books will host films on Friday nights through May 2008. The films are free and open to the public, and will start at 7:00 pm each evening. All screenings are supported by the Chelsea Film Society, which has provided technological support since the store opened on Middle Street in 2004.
New Listing!
- 5/3 - Arno Peters, Radical Map, Remarkable Man,Saturday, May 3, 7 pm: Mission Marketplace and Cranesbill Books co-present a screening of Arno Peters, Radical Map, Remarkable Man, a short documentary about the man who challenged the field of cartography and its assumptions. His redrawn map continues to make waves in many ways. Join us for a discussion and refreshments after the film.
Cinema Cranesbill: Intelligent Family Friendly Films
Cinema Cranesbill is a new program that offers family-friendly films that are aimed at both parents and kids. The store has rearranged its second floor in order to make it more inviting. The new series will provide parents with a low cost alternative and films that may not be available elsewhere.
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2/29 - Robin and Marian (1976, Richard Lester) PG
Robin and Marian picks up the Robin Hood legend some twenty years after most versions of the story, with Robin and his sidekick Little John returning to their old Sherwood haunts world-weary from the Crusades. Starring Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn. - 3/28 - Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
(2000, Joel Coen) PG-13
Loosely based on Homer's 'Odyssey' the movie deals with the grotesque adventures of Everett Ulysses McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississippi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everett’s home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series of strange characters. Starring George Clooney, John Tunturro, John Goodman and Holly Hunter. - 4/26 - Blue Planet (1990, Ben Burtt)
PG
On several Shuttle missions, Earth has been portrayed from places that nobody else could reach. We also get shown the different locations and the environmental problems mankind created there because of our wish to exploit our planet for our own benefit. The screening will mark the end of the first Annual Chelsea Earth Day Celebration, held that day. - 5/16 Meatballs (1979, Ivan Reitman) PG-13
Unpopular Rudy goes to summer camp full of rowdy teenagers. The head counselor is Tripper Harrison, the prank pulling, girl seducing, fun lover, teasing both his boss and the counselors at the nearby rich kids camp. Everyone is sick and tired of always losing the Camp Olympics every year, so Tripper must encourage all campers to try their hardest, and even convince young Rudy that this may be his chance to feel better about himself.
Chelsea Film Society:
Great Films From Great Books
The Chelsea Film Society, a non-profit organization that has presented films in many Chelsea venues for nearly a decade, continues its tradition of screening fine films this spring with a series of literary adaptations.
- 3/7 - David Copperfield (1999, Simon Curtis) PG
Charles Dickens' haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather after his mother dies but manages to triumph over incredible adversities. Starring Dame Maggie Smith and Daniel Radcliffe. - 4/4
- The Importance of Being Earnest (2002, Oliver Parker) PG
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities. Starring Rupert Everett and Colin Firth. - 5/2
- The House of Mirth (Terence Davies, 2000) PG
The House of Mirth is a tragic love story set against a background of wealth and social hypocrisy in turn of the century New York. Based on the classic Edith Wharton novel, Lily Bart, a ravishing socialite at the height of her success, quickly discovers the precariousness of her position when her beauty and charm starts attracting unwelcome interest and jealousy. Starring Gillian Anderson and Dan Ackroyd. - 5/22 - To Kill A Mockingbird
(Robert Mulligan, 1962)
Based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning book of 1960, the film tells the story of Atticus Finch, a lawyer in a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s who agrees to defend a young black man who is accused of raping a white woman. Starring Gregory Peck and Robert Duvall.
Sustainability Film Group: Films to Inspire Action
The Sustainability Film Group continues with its third year of screening documentary films that are meant to provoke thought and discussion. This year, films take on issues related to the environment, in anticipation of the Chelsea Earth Day Celebration on Saturday, April 26. Each film screening is followed by discussion and refreshments.
- 2/15 - Crude Awakening (Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack, 2006)
Peak Oil doesn't mean 'running out of oil', but rather 'running out of cheap and plentiful oil'. Inexpensive oil is crucial for our transportation, food production, economy and basically everything that we use on a daily basis. It is predicted that Peak Oil will occur in 2010. - 3/14 - The Story of Stuff (Annie Leonard, 2005)
The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns, with a special focus on the United States. The film exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues and calls for all of us to create a more sustainable and just world.
Kilowatt Ours (Jeff Barrie, 2004)
The film follows filmmaker Jeff Barrie on his 18-month journey across the southeast United States, where more than six tons of coal are burned to generate electricity for the average home annually. Barrie takes viewers from our light switches at home to the sources of our energy, examining social and environmental consequences. - 4/11 - Thirst (Alan Snitow
and Deborah Kaufman, 2004)
Over a billion people lack access to safe drinking water. Each year, millions of children die of diseases caused by unsafe water. These facts drive a debate in the opening scenes of “Thirst” at the 2003 Third World Water Forum in Kyoto, Japan. Politicians, international bankers, and corporate executives gather to decide who will control global fresh water supplies. They are challenged by experts and activists who assert that water is a human right, not a commodity to be traded on the open market. - 4/26 - Blue Planet (see listing for Blue Planet in the Cinema Cranesbill section)
- 5/29
- The Dirt on Farmer John (Taggart Siegel, 2005)
A flamboyant, cross-dressing, hippie-loving, third-generation farmer — beaten down by debt, drought and the resentment of his community — saves his farm from the crash by being different, in the loveable documentary. If we were better people than we are, we'd all be interested in a documentary about the difficulties of farming life over the past three decades.
Questions?
Please call our store at (734) 433-2665 with any questions you may have about our upcoming film screenings and events.