OPENS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22

ARCTIC

Drama – 2019 – Iceland – 97 Minutes – Bleecker Street – PG-13

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A man stranded in the Arctic after an airplane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown in hopes of making it out alive.

Directed by Joe Penna

Starring Mads Mikkelsen

“One of the best movies ever made about survival. Mads Mikkelsen gives a career best performance. – IndieWireA captivating adventure film.” – Variety

“A pure distillation of man vs nature.” -Vox

“ARCTIC is a film for all seasons.” – Washington Post

“An effective nail-biter.” – Los Angeles Times

“The cinematography is stunning, and the ingenuity he and his crew possess to shoot this film in extreme weather conditions is laudable.” – Film Threat

“Arctic tells this story of self-reliance and survival with such austerity and absolute integrity that the results are breathtaking.” – Observer

OPENS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22

2019 AWARDS GALA FOR CHARITY

Sunday, February 24th at 5:00 pm

Share the excitement with your friends at Bijou’s popular and festive event, the 2019 Awards Ceremony Live in HD, on the big screen!

The affair will be catered by Alma Foods & Catering. Website: www.almafoods.net

The event will include a wine tasting, a gift wheel, and we will be selling raffle tickets for wonderful high-end items such as two Chefs’ Night Out Tickets.

Sunday, February 24th from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

Tickets: $10 General Admission. 

All ticket sales will be donated to Food For Lane County.

Website: www.fooodforlanecounty.org

About Food For Lane County:

Our mission is to alleviate hunger by creating access to food.
Our vision is to eliminate hunger in Lane County.

In 1984, FOOD for Lane County incorporated with one staff person, one volunteer and five board members. That year, the fledgling food bank distributed almost 2 million pounds of food (mostly USDA commodities) out of a small house in Springfield to 43,000 Lane County residents.

Today, FOOD for Lane County is a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit food bank dedicated to alleviating hunger by creating access to food. We accomplish this by soliciting, collecting, rescuing, growing, preparing and packaging food for distribution through a network of more than 150 partner agencies and distribution sites; through public awareness, education and community advocacy; and through programs designed to improve the ability of low-income individuals to maintain an adequate supply of wholesome, nutritious food. We serve a diverse population of people living on limited incomes, including children, families, seniors and single adults. FOOD for Lane County is a member of the Oregon Food Bank Statewide Network, partners with United Way of Lane County and is a distribution partner of Feeding America.

This event is not sponsored by or affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

OPENS FRIDAY, MARCH 1

EVERYBODY KNOWS

Crime/Drama/Mystery – 2019 – Spain – 132 Minutes – Focus Features – In Spanish with English Subtitles – Rated R

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Academy Award winners Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz star in a film by Asghar Farhadi (The Salesman, The Past, A Separation). The film follows Laura (Cruz) on her travels from Argentina to her small home town in Spain for her sister’s wedding, bringing her two children along for the occasion. Amid the joyful reunion and festivities, the eldest daughter is abducted. In the tense days that follow, various family and community tensions surface and deeply hidden secrets are revealed.

Everybody Knows is a quietly gripping examination of societal divisions, of class, of secrets that bind us together and pull us apart. – The Wrap

Making fine use of a top-flight Spanish-speaking cast, Asghar Farhadi deftly inserts love, resentment, class, money and family ties into a propulsive narrative replete with doubts, accusations, intimations, red herrings and other welcome ingredients from the suspenseful-drama arsenal. – Screen International

Farhadi’s storytelling has overpowering force. – The Guardian

As he transfers his talents to a European setting and Spanish-speaking cast, Farhadi loses none of his remarkable ability to observe close relationships collapsing under stress. – Globe and Mail

The mystery becomes popcorn-chompingly compelling, each new piece of information adding shading and dimension to the true shape of the family. Nobody is above suspicion or below empathy. – New York Magazine

OPENS FRIDAY, MARCH 1

ONE NIGHT ONLY – THURSDAY, MARCH 7 AT 6:00 PM

THE DEVIL WE KNOW

Documentary – 2018 – USA – 95 Minutes – Unrated 

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When a handful of West Virginia residents discover DuPont has been pumping its poisonous Teflon chemical into the air and public water supply of more than 70,000 people, they file one of the largest class action lawsuits in the history of environmental law.

As the citizens of Parkersburg rise up against the forces that polluted their town, the story builds out to dozens of other American cities. In fact, as many as 110 million Americans may be drinking water tainted with PFAS chemicals. Exposure to this class of chemicals has even become a global phenomenon, spreading to places like Italy, the Netherlands, and China.

Parkersburg is ground zero for this story, but this clearly is not about one place or one chemical: because of the power of the chemical lobby, PFOA is one of more than 80,000+ untested chemicals that have been approved for use, their dangers unknown.

Q&A discussion following the film.

ONE NIGHT ONLY – THURSDAY, MARCH 7 AT 6:00 PM

Presented by

www.encirclefilms.org

OPENS FRIDAY, MARCH 8

NEVER LOOK AWAY

Drama/History/Thriller – 2018 – Germany/Italy – 188 Minutes – Sony Pictures Classics – In German & Russian with English Subtitles – Rated R

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A sweeping romantic historical drama, NEVER LOOK AWAY follows thirty years in the life of a great artist – loosely based on Gerhard Richter, one of the 20th century’s most admired visual artists – played by Tom Schilling (Woman in Gold, Generation War). The film goes from a childhood witnessing Nazi Germany, to post-war East Berlin, where he falls in love with a young woman (Paula Beer, Frantz, The Dark Valley, Transit) whose father is an ex-Nazi murderer in hiding (Sebastian Koch, The Lives of Others, Homeland, Blackbook), to escaping to the West at the time of the Berlin Wall, and ultimately being part of the exciting new movement in contemporary art.

Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Starring Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer

Academy Award Nominee: Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography

An epic, intergenerational tale of art, love, tragedy and politics spanning three turbulent decades of 20th-century German history. – Variety

Gorgeous, engaging drama that takes its painter hero from Nazi-era youngster through the Cold War years and goes even deeper into the complexities of art and creativity than into Germany’s troubled past. – Film Journal International

Admirably restrained, this is nonetheless a historical drama on an expansive canvas that, even though it runs over three hours, is always engaging. – Hollywood Reporter

A powerful, enthralling and sweeping saga with breathtaking cinematography and stellar, charismatic performances by Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch and Paula Beer. – NYC Movie Guru

An epic masterwork that bears witness to 3 decades of totalitarian rule in Germany and its effects on art and love and family bonds. – Big Apple Reviews

OPENS FRIDAY, MARCH 8