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10/11/2 Events: Landmark films

 


Bridgette Helm, star of Metropolis.

It's a good time to go to the movies. Check out these flicks coming to the Ken and Hillcrest this month...

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Starts Friday, October 18 at the Ken Cinema

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart chronicles the controversy surrounding the creation and release of "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot," the acclaimed new album from alt-country turned experimental rock band Wilco. Initially planning to follow the band's collaborative process, filmmaker Sam Jones soon had unexpected human drama and corporate intrigue to contend with when the band started breaking apart and the new album was rejected by their label.
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Bowling for Columbine
Starts Friday, October 25 at the Hillcrest Cinemas

With his trademark charm and biting wit, filmmaker Michael Moore (director of Roger and Me and author of Stupid White Men) delivers an alternately humorous and horrifying view of firearms abuse in the United States. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes, to a visit with NRA President Charlton Heston, to a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook, Moore's new film will resonate with anyone dreading—but expecting—the next breaking news report about a homegrown assassin.
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Metropolis
Starts Friday November 8at the Ken Cinema

In celebration of the film's 75th anniversary,Fritz Lang's science fiction masterpiece has been digitally reconstructed to its m ost complete version ever-over 1/3 longer than the previous "Moroder" version. Possibly the most famouse and influential of all the silent films, this restoration by the munich film archive brings us as close to the original film as possible, and features the original score by Gottfried Huppertz (performed by a 60-piece orchestra) and newly translated subtitles.