5 Points Theatre Media Update 2/25

February 25, 2010 Comments »

1. We have put together our schedule for March, and it includes a lot of the less well-know films that have been nominated for Oscars. Here’s what it looks like:

Week of February 26 – Crazy Heart
Week of March 5 – Crazy Heart & Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Week of March 12 – The Messenger & Imaginarium
Week of March 19 – The Last Station & The Red Baron
Week of March 26 – Hot Tub Time Machine (I know, not an art film per se, but we just couldn’t resist. Check out the trailer here:

Or the R-rated trailer here:

2. There are currently 18 special events scheduled for March at the theatre – everything from the weekly Cinemania events, to movie premiere screenings, to forums and meetings for non-profit groups, to a performance by the Orange Park Men’s Chorale group. We are very excited to help people and groups reach out to their audiences.

3. Sharon Cobb at Cinemania has put together an amazing program of weekly events, every Monday at 6:30 pm. From readings of un-produced screenplays, to forums on filmmaking technique, to showings of locally made films (like short film by DA students on March 15th) to screenings of other films that may not have been seen in Jacksonville (like a sneak preview of The Messenger on Monday, March 1st.

You can see the complete schedule at www.jacksonville.com/cinemania.

4. We were very proud to receive the “Neighborhood Friendly Business” award from Riverside Avondale Preservation at their Annual Meeting last week.

5. Eraserhead – We’ve got a restored 35mm print of the original cult movie Eraserhead. It’ll show as a late movie on April 2nd, and for those old enough to have seen it before, it will also show as a Cinemania event on April 5th at 6:30 pm.

If you somehow haven’t seen it or heard of it, you can watch the trailer here: