5 Points Theatre Media Update 2/12

February 12, 2010 Comments »

1. Our schedule for the next month or so is starting to shape up. We’re going to be running several of the smaller films that are up for Oscars.

We’ve got A Single Man starting February 19th. It’s got an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for Colin Firth.

We’re trying to get Crazy Heart for February 26th. It’s also got a nomination for Best Oscar, for Jeff Bridges as a drunken country music singer.

We also plan on showing The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, probably the 2nd weirdest film we’ll show this month. Directed by Terry Gilliam, starring the late Heath Ledger, and up for Oscars for Art Direction and Costume Design.

The Last Station has been nominated for Best Actress (Helen Mirren) and Best Supporting Actor (Christopher Plummer).

2. The weirdest film we’ll be playing this month is Hausu at 11 on February 19th. This is a 70s Japanese horror film that has been described as “a live action Scoobie Doo on acid.”

3. We’re very excited to be showing the Oscar-nominated short films:

Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts – Tuesday, February 23rd at 7 pm
Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts – Wednesday, February 24th at 7 pm

The Animated Shorts program will also feature a short sneak preview of the 2010 Citrus Cel Animation Festival (www.citruscel.com).

4. Sending us into special event overload, Cinemania events start Monday, February 15th with a showing of the winning Doorpost Film Project short films. Cinemania events will be every Monday and run the gamut from locally made films to script readings. Check out the website and calender at www.jacksonville.com/cinemania.

5. And of course, Broken Embraces is playing this week. The latest film from legendary director Pedro Almodovar features Penelope Cruz.