Mexico’s official entry to the Academy Awards, which unfortunately didn’t make the Foreign category shortlist this week. Still, it’s impressed a lot of people at Cannes, Toronto, and NYFF, and Manohla Dargis at the NY Times calls it “a first-rate art-house thriller.” Opens today at the Angelika New York. CORIOLANUS

Ralph Fiennes directorial debut, which Variety said “could easily pass for the work of an accomplished master,” updates Shakespeare’s play about a prideful, tormented tyrant and features a script which retains most of the Bard’s language and syntax. Opens today at the Angelika New York. HAYWIRE

King-of-cool director Steven Soderbergh’s fresh take on the spy/revenge thriller. Chris Vognar at the Dallas Morning News gave it a B+, and everyone is loving real-life MMA fighter (and Dallas native!) Gina Carano in the lead role. Opens today at the Angelika Dallas.   THE ARTIST

Fresh from it’s Golden Globe Best Picture (comedy/musical) win, THE ARTIST expands to the Village East this weekend. Also playing at the Angelikas New York, Dallas and Plano, and the Angelika in Hawaii at Kahala 8. MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

Reopens at the Angelika Plano and moves over to the Village East this weekend in honor of Michelle Williams’ Golden Globe win. Of Williams’ stunning performance, Rogert Ebert said: “She evokes so many Marilyns, public and private, real and make-believe. We didn’t know Monroe, but we believe she must have been something like this.” ]]> http://angelikablog.com/index.php/2012/01/20/opening-fri-120/feed/ http://angelikablog.com/index.php/2012/01/19/a-tribute-to-studio-ghibli-this-weekend-at-the-angelika-dallas/ http://angelikablog.com/index.php/2012/01/19/a-tribute-to-studio-ghibli-this-weekend-at-the-angelika-dallas/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:35:33 +0000 Admin http://angelikablog.com/index.php/2012/01/19/a-tribute-to-studio-ghibli-this-weekend-at-the-angelika-dallas/ Shows run Saturday Jan 21 - Sunday Jan 22. Tickets are $5, available in advance by calling 214.821.6300 or in the Angelika lobby the day of the show. For more information, visit www.USAFilmFestival.com or download the festival flyer.]]> The Angelika Dallas is home to the best film festivals in North Texas, and we kick off the festival season this weekend with USA Film Festival’s KidFilm Festival - a weekend of programming dedicated to kids of all ages. This year’s fest features A Tribute to Studio Ghibli we’re all REALLY excited about. If you’re in DFW this weekend, don’t miss this rare opportunity to see 11 dazzlingly animated classics from one of the most influential animation studios in the world, including an advance screening of THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY.

Shows run Saturday Jan 21 - Sunday Jan 22.

Tickets are $5, available in advance by calling 214.821.6300 or in the Angelika lobby the day of the show.

For more information, visit www.USAFilmFestival.com or download the festival flyer.

ABOUT WEE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN:
Oscar winner Tilda Swinton (MICHAEL CLAYTON) could earn another trophy for her searing portrait of a heedless, career-minded mother coping with her son’s killing spree in suspenseful and gripping psychological thriller WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN. KEVIN is Scottish director Lynne Ramsey’s first film in nine years, and she takes a poetic, compassionate approach to the potentially sensational subject matter. John C. Reilly co-stars as Kevin’s more attentive father, but the film embraces all its characters with sympathy.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN is now playing at the Angelika New York, and opens 2/3 at the Angelikas Dallas and Plano.

BEST FEATURE
50/50
BEGINNERS
DRIVE – Now Playing Village East Cinema
TAKE SHELTER – Now Playing Village East Cinema
THE ARTIST – Now Playing Angelika New York, the Paris Theatre; Opens 12/16 Angelikas Dallas and Plano
THE DESCENDANTS – Now Playing Angelikas Dallas, Plano, and Hawaii

DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST
Mike Mills, BEGINNERS
Jeff Nichols, TAKE SHELTER
Alexander Payne, THE DESCENDANTS
Nicolas Winding Refn, DRIVE

SCREENPLAY
Joseph Cedar, FOOTNOTE
Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST
Tom McCarthy, WIN WIN
Mike Mills, BEGINNERS
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, THE DESCENDANTS

MALE LEAD
Demián Bichir, A BETTER LIFE
Jean Dujardin, THE ARTIST
Ryan Gosling, DRIVE
Woody Harrelson, RAMPART
Michael Shannon, TAKE SHELTER

FEMALE LEAD
Lauren Ambrose, THINK OF ME
Rachael Harris, NATURAL SELECTION
Adepero Oduye, PARIAH
Elizabeth Olsen, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE – Now Playing Angelika New York
Michelle Williams, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN – Now Playing Angelikas New York, Plano, and Hawaii, and the Beekman Theatre

Film Independet’s annual Spirit Awards are given to primarily American-made films of $20 million or less budget. Of note this year is the amount of nominations for THE ARTIST, which some weren’t sure would qualify as a film by a French director and starring mostly French actors; as well as the big names left off the list: George Clooney for THE DESCENDANTS, Woody Allen for MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, Glen Close for ALBERT NOBBS.

Several nominated films are on screen now at the Angelika - click your location below for showtimes and tickets

Angelika New York | Angelika Dallas | Angelika Plano | “>Angelika in Hawaii at Kahala 8

the Paris Theatre | the Beekman Theatre | Village East Cinema

MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE opens today at the Angelika in Hawaii Kahala 8, and continues through the weekend at the Angelika New York.

ABOUT MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE:
One of the most talked about movies out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE is an intense psychological thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as Martha, a damaged woman haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, who struggles to re–assimilate with her family after fleeing a cult and its charismatic leader (played by Oscar nominee John Hawkes (WINTER’S BONE). Already generating Oscar buzz, writer/Director Sean Durkin’s haunting and impressive debut was honored with the Best Dramatic Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

MARGIN CALL continues through this weekend at the Angelika New York, Dallas, and Plano, as well as the Angelika in Hawaii Consolidated Kahala 8. Tickets are available online at www.AngelikaFilmCenter.com.

ABOUT MARGIN CALL:
One of the most talked about films of the Sundance Film Festival, MARGIN CALL follows the staff of a high-powered brokerage firm on the eve of the 2008 stock market crash. This methodical, absorbing boardroom thriller unfolds over a tense 24 hour period as a looming real estate crisis threatens the company’s assets. Featuring an all-star cast including Stanley Tucci, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto (STAR TREK), Paul Bettany (MASTER AND COMMANDER), and Kevin Spacey, J.C. Chandor’s debut feature film is an engrossing, unconventional insider’s look the New York Times called “dazzling in its sweep and implication.”

ABOUT DRIVE:

Helmed by Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn (BRONSON), DRIVE is a tense indie thriller about a Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a getaway river in Los Angeles’ criminal underworld. Critics are raving about stunning, nuanced performances from Oscar nominees Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan in this stylish take on the car heist genre.

DRIVE hits the Angelika Dallas and our Angelika in Hawaii (Consolidated Kahala) this Friday 9/16.