PRINCE AVALANCHE 9/1, 9/2, 9/3 at 7pm
rated R
94 mins
Limited New Release Comedy!
Directed by David Gordon Green
Starring Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, & Lance LeGault
Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.
REWIND THIS! 9/4 at 7pm
98 mins
Limited New Release Documentary!
Directed by Josh Johnson
If you stop and think about it...
Home video changed the world. The cultural and historical impact of the VHS tape was enormous. This film traces the ripples of that impact by examining the myriad aspects of society that were altered by the creation of videotape.
*tentative skype Q&A with the filmmakers
I'M SO EXCITED AKA "LOS AMANTES PASAJEROS"
9/15 at 6pm & 9/17 at 7pm
rated R
90 mins
Spanish with English subtitles
Limited New Release Comedy!
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Starring Javier Cámara, Lola Dueñas, Cecilia Roth
When it appears as though the end is in sight, the rowdy pilots, flight crew, and passengers of a plane heading to Mexico City look to forget the anguish of the moment and face the greatest danger, which we carry within ourselves.
20 FEET FROM STARDOM 9/18 at 7pm
rated PG-13
91 mins
New Release Documentary!
Directed by Morgan Neville
Starring Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, & Judith Hill
Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
BR Jewish Film Festival in partnership with Manship Theatre
PRESENTS
FILL THE VOID AKA "LEMALE ET HA'HALAL"
9/22 at 2pm
rated PG
90 mins
Join the Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival for this award-winning film and the announcement of this year's BRJFF Film lineup.
New Release Foreign Film! Academy Award Nominee Best Foreign Language Film
Written and Directed by Rama Burshtein
Starring Hadas Yaron, Yiftach Klein, & Irit Sheleg
A devout 18-year-old Israeli is pressured to marry the husband of her late sister. Declaring her independence is not an option in Tel Aviv's ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community, where religious law, tradition and the rabbi's word are absolute.
2013 MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FEST 9/30 at 7pm
rated PG-13
running time tba
Finalists will be announced soon!
An extraordinary global event will take place the week of September 27 to October 6th 2013 when over 100,000 people in over 300 cities across six continents gather in Cinemas, Galleries, Universities, Museums and Cafes for one purpose...to view and vote on our Finalists' Films in the Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival