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RIGOLETTO ON THE LAKE

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Running Time: 140 Minutes

Rated PG-13

Language: Italian with English subtitles

Verdi’s Thrilling Masterpiece Performed on the Magnificent Bregenz Lake Stage

Giuseppe Verdi’s masterwork – compelling, blood-curdling and beautiful – is being performed for the first time on the breathtaking water stage of Lake Constance, Bregenz. One of Verdi’s most popular works, Rigoletto is an unforgettable tale of a sacrifice and revenge; of a father’s rage and a daughter’s shame. It features several of opera’s best-known arias-including Rigoletto’s passionate denouncement “Cortigiani, vil razza dannata,” Gilda’s dreamy “Caro nome” and the Duke’s instantly recognizable “La donna è mobile.” Rigoletto was first performed in 1851 and is the first of the extraordinary “middle-period” trio of Verdi masterpieces that also includes La Traviata and Il Trovatore.

Directed and designed by Philipp Stölzl, this timeless tragedy will delight audiences with a powerhouse combination of entertainment and emotional intensity from the spectacular shore of Lake Constance, Bregenz.

Please note: Rigoletto on the Lake contains a sequence of flashing lights, which might affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitivity.

Tickets $8 General Admission

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THE CLIMB

Comedy/Drama – 2020– USA – 94 Minutes – Sony Pictures Classics – Rated R

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Kyle and Mike are best friends who share a close bond — until Mike sleeps with Kyle’s fiancée. The Climb is about a tumultuous but enduring relationship between two men across many years of laughter, heartbreak and rage. It is also the story of real-life best friends who turn their profound connection into a rich, humane and frequently uproarious film about the boundaries (or lack thereof) in all close friendships.

Directed by Michael Angelo Covino

Starring Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin, Gayle Rankin

Thrilling and charming in a way that very few comedies ever are…Covino’s film is an exhilarating anomaly, if not a wake-up call for the visual potential of heartfelt comedy. – RogerEbert.com

This sharp two-hander veers from caustic to sweet with acrobatic filmmaking to spare. – IndieWire

In short, the driving factor of Covino’s relentlessly funny, affecting comedy is neither cinematographic ingenuity, nor its tongue-in-cheek facetiousness, though these elements surely help. No, what’s most persuasive about Kyle and Mike is, simply put, Kyle and Mike themselves. – The Playlist

A clever comic bromance backed by artful filmmaking. – The Hollywood Reporter

Life is an uphill battle says The Climb, a film that gets better as it goes, even if life often does not. – Globe and Mail

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ELLA FITZGERALD: JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS

Biography – 2020 – UK/USA – 89 Minutes – Eagle Rock Productions – Unrated

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THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD

Comedy/Drama – 2020 – UK/USA – 119 Minutes – Searchlight Pictures – PG

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THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD re-imagines Charles Dickens’ classic ode to grit and perseverance through the comedic lens of its award-winning filmmakers— giving the Dickensian tale new life for a cosmopolitan age with a diverse ensemble cast of stage and screen actors from across the world. Emmy winners and Oscar nominees Armando Iannucci (IN THE LOOP, THE DEATH OF STALIN, HBO’S Veep) and Simon Blackwell (IN THE LOOP, HBO’S Succession) lend their wry, yet heart-filled storytelling style to revisiting Dickens’ iconic hero on his quirky journey from impoverished orphan to burgeoning writer in Victorian England.

Directed by Armando Iannucci

Starring Dev Patel, Peter Capaldi, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, Anna Maxwell-Martin, Aneurin Barnard, Benedict Wong, Gwendoline Christie, Morfydd Clark

Everything rattles and zings like a pinball machine, and it’s a bracing, entertaining, richly satisfying experience…Throughout the film, the cast engage in so many wonderfully measured scenes of mayhem that the fun they’re clearly having radiates from the screen – The Guardian

Astutely amplifying the absurdist – and remarkably modernist – elements of his source, Iannucci and co-writer Simon Blackwell conjure a surreal cinematic odyssey that is as accessible as it is intelligent and unexpected. – The Observer

A vivacious adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, this is as wide-eyed and open-hearted as they come. – Independent

Also, Dickens’s female characters are much improved, so all hail this showcase for the talent of Iannucci, a sly reminder that it’s possible to be both a national treasure and a thorn in the establishment’s side. – London Evening Standard

The director’s feeling for tone create the expansive atmosphere in which a talented multiracial cast led by Dev Patel can master everything from pure melodrama to high comedy. – Globe and Mail

A breezy, brilliant treat. Iannucci may have softened the bite of his comedy but replaces it with something remarkably optimistic and buoyant, telling a story as joyously relevant as it was a century-and-a-half ago. – Empire

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ONE NIGHT ONLY – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 AT 6 PM

PAINTING THE MODERN GARDEN: MONET TO MATISSE

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Running Time: 93 Minutes

Directed by David Bickerstaff

Claude Monet was an avid horticulturist and arguably the most important painter of gardens in the history of art, but he was not alone. Great artists like Van Gogh, Bonnard, Sorolla, Sargent, Pissarro and Matisse all saw the garden as a powerful subject for their art. These great artists, along with many other famous names, feature in an innovative and extensive exhibition from The Royal Academy of Arts, London.

A ravishing joy from start to finish.” The Guardian

“Time and space dissolve in pure shimmering light and colour.” The Telegraph

“A show that feels as intellectually invigorating as it is visually delightful.” The Times

From the exhibition walls to the wonder and beauty of artists’ gardens like Giverny and Seebüll, the film takes a magical and widely traveled journey to discover how different contemporaries of Monet built and cultivated modern gardens to explore expressive motifs, abstract color, decorative design and utopian ideas. Guided by passionate curators, artists and garden enthusiasts, this remarkable collection of Impressionists, Post-Impressionists, and avant-garde artists of the early twentieth century will reveal the rise of the modern garden in popular culture and the public’s enduring fascination with gardens today. Long considered spaces for expressing colour, light and atmosphere, the garden has occupied the creative minds of some of the worlds greatest artists. As Monet said, ‘Apart from painting and gardening, I’m no good at anything’. For lovers of art or lovers of gardens, this is an ideal film.

Tickets: $8 General Admission

ONE NIGHT ONLY – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 AT 6 PM

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Working with top international museums and galleries, EXHIBITION ON SCREEN create films which offer a cinematic immersion into the world’s best loved art, accompanied by insights from the world’s leading historians and arts critics. Since launching in 2011, EXHIBITION ON SCREEN have released 19 films which have been shown in over 60 countries worldwide.

ONE NIGHT ONLY – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 AT 6 PM

MUNCH

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Running Time: 90 Minutes

Directed by Ben Harding

In 2013, all of Norway celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch (1863 – 1944), one of the towering figures of modern art.

This has been hailed a “once-in-a-lifetime show”. Global interest was huge – not least as a result of one of his four The Scream paintings having recently set a public art auction record of $120 million. Many know Munch as the man who painted The Scream but his complete works are remarkable and secure his place as one of the greatest artists to have ever lived.

Munch 150 was co-hosted by the National Museum and the Munch Museum, both in Oslo. With 220 paintings on show, it brought together the greatest number of Munch’s key works in one place.

Once again, our film will be going behind-the-scenes to show some of the process of putting the exhibition together – as well as providing an in-depth biography of a man who lived from the mid-19th century right through to the German occupation of Norway in the Second World War. Special guests also offer their expert insight and knowledge to host Tim Marlow. A superb show and a fantastic event film.

Tickets: $8 General Admission

ONE NIGHT ONLY – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 AT 6 PM

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Working with top international museums and galleries, EXHIBITION ON SCREEN create films which offer a cinematic immersion into the world’s best loved art, accompanied by insights from the world’s leading historians and arts critics. Since launching in 2011, EXHIBITION ON SCREEN have released 19 films which have been shown in over 60 countries worldwide.