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| BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS |
Stephen
Fry |
Adapting Evelyn Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies,
Stephen Fry brings 1930s London high-society sparkling to
the screen. At the center of the collection of the “Bright
Young Things” is Adam, a would-be novelist with the
hope of positioning himself to marry Nina, “it-girl”
of the moment. It’s no small challenge keeping up in
the world of extravagant parties and “opportunities”
only the idle rich can afford. “The fresh-faced, quick-witted
cast is remarkable, and sexual innuendo bubbles like champagne.
Fry may be seducing us at first, but his intention is clear.
The resemblance to today is obvious. As 1930s England spirals
toward a world war, drug addiction takes its toll, and British
sodomy laws rear their ugly heads, the film subtly changes
to reflect the loss of innocence. Bright Young Things may
be a sexy, funny pastiche of good times gone by, but its overtones
still ring true.”—Sundance Film Festival. (105
mins.) Print courtesy of ThinkFilm.
First Feature.
SHOWTIMES: 2/13, 7:15pm
and 2/15, 4:30pm GU. |
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| I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD |
Mike Hodges |
A stylish and provocative character-driven
gangster thriller, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead’s
stellar cast includes Clive Owen, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Charlotte
Rampling, and Malcolm McDowell. Self-exiled after a long career
in crime, Will Graham (Clive Owen) is drawn back into the
game to solve the mystery of his risk-taking younger brother
Davey’s brutal death. With visceral cunning and self
control, Will seeks to find justice and faces the fierce personal
cost of revenge. “What a marvelous ride through the
side alleys and underworld of contemporary London… A
film that both fascinates and repels, that is both cerebral
and muscular, that unearths tensions in a wholly unexpected
fashion and explores dimensions of the fictional universe
that literally take us to another realm.”—Sundance
Film Festival. (102 mins.) Print courtesy of Paramount Classics.
Selected Filmography: Get Carter (71), Flash Gordon (80),
A Prayer For the Dying (87), Croupier (98).
SHOWTIMES: 2/18, 8:30pm
B1 and 2/20, 9:15pm GU. |
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