CONTAGION follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart. One of the best way to get ready for the Oscar season is to see all these Academy Award winner and nominees dying from a deadly disease: Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Elliott Gould, Jude Law, John Hawkes, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Kate Winslet and directed by winner Steven Soderbergh.
Directed by Steven Soderbergh.
USA, 2011, 35mm Film, 106 minutes, Color, English.
Tickets are only $5 for CONTAGION! Bring hand soap!
The world renowned Bolshoi Ballet brings the classic fairy tale SLEEPING BEAUTY to the stage in this astounding and breathtakingly beautiful production. Starring Svetlana Aakharova as Sleeping Beauty and David Hallberg as the Prince, this new production has the magic and romance of the source material with the added beauty of dance. Don't miss this amazing opportunity to see some of ballet's best artists and performers in action. Tickets to the ballet are $15.
Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow, Russia.
Starring David Hallbert and Svetlana Zakharova.
2hours and 51minutes including one intermission.
Part of our REALITY BITES: DOCUMENTING THE REAL series, the Cosford is proud to present a film about "the most influential man you've never heard of." The film shed's light on one of America's most important thinkers and the foundation of countercultural thinking. Paul Goodman's 1960 best-seller GROWING UP ABSURD defined a time along with canonical texts like THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X, and THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE. A polymath - a poet, essayist, playwright, and psychothearpist - Goodman questioned and critiqued cultural conditions set by conservative hegemony. Candidly bisexual, while maintaing a marriage and raising two children, Goodman is somewhat of an enigma, a intensely fascinating individual that has had a substantial impact on American culture.
"PAUL GOODMAN CHANGED MY LIFE is a documentary about a man who changed mine."
-Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"His impact is all around us."
-Noam Chomsky
"It has a passionate, almost prophetic sense of the impact that a writer and thinker can have on his times and the future."
-A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES
Jonathan Lee weaves together old and new footage of those who extol Goodman's virtues, as well as his adamant detractors (often one and the same), including Grace Paley, Ned Rorem, Deborah Meier, William F. Buckley, Susan Sontag, and Judith Malina. An abrasive and contradictory figure, Goodman's influence was nonetheless immense. Today, much of what passes as common knowledge in the fields of education, politics, psychology, civil rights, and sexual politics was first posited by him nearly half a century ago. Don't miss this counter cultural figure illuminated through this thoughtful and timely documentary as the Occupy Movement continues and we approach one of our most important Presidential elections.
Directed by Jonathan Lee. Unrated.
USA, 2011, Digital Projection, 89 minutes, Black+White and Color, English.
Just in time for your Oscar bets, the Bill Cosford is please to bring back the Oscar Nominated Shorts Program for this year, including both Live Action and Animation. The Live Action nominees include new filmmakers and veterans as well as stories from around the globe. Join us for this special collection of celebrated short films before the Academy Award ceremony. (Runtime: approximately 100minutes)
PENTECOST (Ireland, 11minutes)
Directed by Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane.
Ireland 1977. Eleven-year-old Damian Lynch is called in at the last moment to serve as an altar boy at an important mass in his local parish. Following his last appearance as an altar boy when he knocked Father O'Toole off the altar, Damien is serving a three month ban from his only passion in life... football. To make matters worse Damian's team, Liverpool FC, are playing in their first European Cup final in two weeks. Damien's father offers him a reprieve and crucially a chance to see the European Cup final if he serves the mass correctly. Damien now faces a choice: either conform to the status quo or never watch his beloved Liverpool play again...
RAJU (Germany, 24minutes)
Directed by Max Zahle and Stefan Gieren.
The Fischers, a German couple, adopts in Kolkata an Indian orphan from Calcutta. When their new child disappears, the Fishers realize that they might be part of the problem.
THE SHORE (Ireland, 29minutes)
Directed by Terry George and Oorlagh George.
An inspiring story of two boyhood best friends divided by twenty-five years of misunderstanding. Their world and their friendship is shattered by the conflict escalating in Northern Ireland, the two boys' lives take very different paths until, twenty-five years later, Joe returns home. What happened all those years ago? Can old wounds be healed? The answer is equal parts hilarious and moving.. Starring Ciaran Hinds.
Terry George has been nominated for two best screenplay awards: HOTEL RWANDA (2004) and IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (1993)
TIME FREAK (USA, 10minutes)
Directed by Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey.
A neurotic inventor hopes to correct his past mistakes by creating a time machine. It is a strange genre hybrid of comedy and science fiction.
TUBA ATLANTIC (Norway, 25minutes)
DIrected by Hallvar Witzo.
Everyone is going to die one day. Oskar is going to die in six days. He is now ready to forgive his brother for a disagreement years ago. Will he reach his brother, who he believes lives on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, before it is too late?
And don't miss the Animation Nominated Shorts also playing this weekend!
The Bill Cosford Cinema is excited to present the Animated Oscar Nominated Shorts again this year, along with the Live Action Nominees, just in time for your Oscar bets. This astounding collection of animated films showcase the depth and variety of the animated format, both in tone and technique. Join us for this special grouping from around the world. (Runtime: approximately 75minutes)
DIMANCHE (France, 9minutes)
Directed by Patrick Doyon.
A small boy's Sunday is filled with both ordinary and extraordinary events.
THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE (USA, 15minutes)
Directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg.
Inspired, in equal measures, by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, THE WIZARD OF OZ, and a love for books, THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE is a poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story.
LA LUNA (USA, 7minutes)
Directed by Enrico Casarosa.
A fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. Tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. In an old wooden boat they row far out to sea, and with no land in sight, they stop and wait. A big surprise awaits the little boy as he discovers his family's most unusual line of work.
A MORNING STROLL (USA, 7minutes)
Directed by Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe.
When a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll, we are left to wonder which one is the real city slicker.
WILD LIFE (Canda, 14minutes)
Directed by Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby.
Calgary, 1909. An Englishman moves to the Canadian frontier, but is singularly unsuited to it. His letters home are much sunnier than the reality. Intertitles compare his fate to that of a comet.
And don't miss the Live Action nominated shorts also playing this weekend!
Based on a true story, Moneyball is a movie for anybody who has ever dreamed of taking on the system. Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's and the guy who assembles the team, who has an epiphany: all of baseball's conventional wisdom is wrong. Forced to reinvent his team on a tight budget, Beane will have to outsmart the richer clubs. The onetime jock teams with Ivy League grad Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) in an unlikely partnership, recruiting bargain players that the scouts call flawed, but all of whom have an ability to get on base, score runs, and win games. It's more than baseball, it's a revolution - one that challenges old school traditions and puts Beane in the crosshairs of those who say he's tearing out the heart and soul of the game.
Directed by Bennett Miller. Rated PG-13.
USA, 2011, 35mm Film, 133 minutes, Color, English.