This Sunday, ride your bike in to see "Bend It Like Beckham" and save $2.00 on admission. We'll watch your bike while you're in the theater, and you'll get to see a great film for a discount price. Bike riding is good for you and good for the environment and this Sunday, good for your budget too!
Special discount for bike riders this Sunday for "Bend It Like Beckham!" See below.
Wednesday 5/14 - Windsong Forum III 6:00, Bend It Like Beckham 8:30
Thursday 5/15 - Windsong Forum IV 6:00, Bend It Like Beckham 8:30
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Bend It Like Beckham
"Pure exuberant fun! Makes you feel good and laugh out loud.." Roger Ebert "One of this year's brightest, funniest, and most refreshing films. 'Bend it Like Beckham' scores."--Time.
112min., Rated PG-13.
Friday at 6:30PM & 9PM, Saturday at 1:30, 4PM, 6:30PM & 9PM, Sunday at 2PM, & 4:30PM
Monday at 6PM & 8:30PM, Wednesday at 6:00 & 8:30PM
"Shutter Proof" Sunday, May 18th 7:00 Admission is Free
2nd Annual Media Salon
Access Fort Wayne and Cinema Center, in conjunction with the national Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers will present a media salon on Sunday, May 18th at 7pm at the Cinema Center.
1. From the Ground and Into Your Eyeballs - TRT 3:30 - William Bryant Rozier
Trailer for a comic book based comedy
2. Ballad of Crow's Rock - TRT 2:40 - Kyle Grooms
Trailer for a western movie
3. Mirror 4:00
Teen production of mysterious happenings at Science Central
4. Adventures of Kaboo 3 min
Trailer for a silly comedy
5. I'm Coming TRT 2:46 - Tim Kanyuh
A type of music video
6. Before I Decompose - 6:20 - Mark Douglas Fry
Surreal, but humorous
7. Retail Rush - TRT 7:30 - Nikki Woods
In January 2003, three employees disappeared from a college bookstore on the first day school. This is a reconstruction of what happened on that day.
8. Unconditional 3 min
Dark and disturbing mixed media animation
Cinema Center & IPFW present "Indie Wave Films"
Films are on Tuesdays and Thursdays and begin at 7:30pm. General Admission for these films is $4.00. Tickets are $2.00 for Students, Seniors & Cinema Center Members. Some of the movies will be presented as a video projection and will be free to all.
The course kicks off on Tuesday, May 20th with "Easy Rider" and "A Woman Under the Influence" on Thursday, May 22nd.
"Easy Rider" Tuesday, May 20th 7:30PM
In a landmark of American cinema and what is widely regarded as the first "indie" movie, two long-haired, but deeply and strangely American bikers, Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, take off from Los Angeles on a cross-country trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. On the way they meet several unusual characters. A rancher and his family, a hitchhiker and the hippie commune where he lives, hookers, red-necks, but most noticeably George Hansen played by Jack Nicholson. Mr. Nicholson gained national attention for his role as the "law'er with the ACLU". Dennis Hopper won "Best New Director" at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival. 1969, 94 min., Rated R.
"Woman Under the Influence" Thursday, May 22nd 7:30PM
Peter Falk is a blue-collar man trying to deal with his wife's (Gena Rowlands) mental instability. He fights to keep a semblance of normality in the face of her bizarre behavior, but when her actions affect their children, he has her committed. The film transpires to a positive role of madness in the family, challenging conventional representations of madness in cinema. Written and Directed by John Cassavetes. (This will be presented as a video projection and presented free of charge.) 1974, 155 min., Rated R.
"d.r.o.n.e" at Club Art (Fort Wayne Museum of Art) Friday, May 16th M
Club Art begins at 6:00
Cinema Center will be a sponsor for this Friday's Club Art. They will be presenting the locally produced short film "d.r.o.n.e. "
"Bend it Like Beckham"
Anyone who has ever battled conventional wisdom and struggled in the face of adversity to fulfill their dreams will find solace and validation in "Bend it Like Beckham," a rare picture that endeavors to commune with the human spirit rather than exploit it. Nothing speaks more to the triumph of writer/director Gurinder Chadha's (writer director of the wonderful "What's Cooking") than the fact that one need not be English, Indian, female or even a soccer fan to appreciate its messages. Cryptic though it may be to many Americans, a movie title like Bend it Like Beckham is as good as gold in the UK. A rough American facsimile might be something on the order of "Dunk it Like Shaq." But cultural unfamiliarity with things pertaining to English soccer should in no way dissuade American moviegoers from treating themselves to what is arguably one of the best sports films in years as well as one of the year's most refreshing surprises--an exhilarating tale of individual triumph that skillfully blends comedy, romance, drama and pointed social commentary. The focus of "Bend it Like Beckham" isn't the famed English soccer star of its title, nor his legendary ability to "bend" a kicked ball, but rather a pair of 18-year-old soccer-playing girls--one English, the other English-Indian--who bond over the inability of their respective families to appreciate their passion for the sport, only to later discover that they are both falling for their coach. But their coach, Joe (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers), sees them not only for who they are but for who they want to be, a confidence that inevitably invites deeper feeling from them both. Though it might appear that "Bend it Like Beckham" is falling back on a time-tested melodramatic love triangle cliché, the narrative texture is actually far richer than it appears. Though the Indian portions of the story echo many of the same issues already voiced in movies like "East is East" and "Monsoon Wedding," there is something in the athletic quest that gives "Bend it Like Beckham" the feel of a female "Rocky," an oft-abused comparison which nonetheless has relevance here. "Pure exuberant fun! Makes you feel good and laugh out loud.." Roger Ebert "One of this year's brightest, funniest, and most refreshing films. 'Bend it Like Beckham' scores."--Time. 112 min., Rated PG-13.
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Source: Cinema Center
Kudos to the thoughtful minds at Cinema Center for instigating their bike-riders discount. I hope it continues and other groups follow your lead. Thanks,
Posted by: Jeffrey Melton at May 19, 2003 10:16 AM