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Film: Whiplash’
Studio-C Cinema, a series showing independent films and documentaries, has re-located to The Warehouse Performing Arts Center in Cornelius. The first screening in the new venue is the breathtaking 2015 indie drama, “Whiplash,” winner of three Oscars and many other awards. A young drummer attends a high-end music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student’s potential. This breath-taking film is a study in harsh educational methods– both…
Find out more »Free film: ‘The Hornet’s Nest’
Cornelius Arts Center hosts free screenings of the documentary film “The Hornet’s Nest” on Saturday, May 23, 2015, at 2 and 7:30pm. “The Hornet’s Nest” is a 2014 American film about the Afghanistan war, directed by David Salzberg and Christian Tureaud. The film follows two journalists, a father and son, embedded with a group of United States Armed Forces troops sent on a mission into one of Afghanistan’s most hostile valleys. The three-day mission becomes an intense nine days of…
Find out more »Turkish film: ‘Before Your Eyes’
Davidson Film Club will show the gritty Turkish drama “Before Your Eyes” on Saturday, May 23, at 7pm, at the Armour Street Theater in Davidson. Ten-year old Gulistan and her younger brother Firat live happily with their parents in Diyarbakir, the heart of Turkish Kurdistan. Tragedy strikes when their mother and father are shot down by paramilitary gunmen before their eyes. Traumatized and orphaned, caring for their infant sister, Gulistan and Firat soon find themselves with no money and have…
Find out more »Free film: ‘The Hornet’s Nest’
Cornelius Arts Center hosts free screenings of the documentary film “The Hornet’s Nest” on Saturday, May 23, 2015, at 2 and 7:30pm. “The Hornet’s Nest” is a 2014 American film about the Afghanistan war, directed by David Salzberg and Christian Tureaud. The film follows two journalists, a father and son, embedded with a group of United States Armed Forces troops sent on a mission into one of Afghanistan’s most hostile valleys. The three-day mission becomes an intense nine days of…
Find out more »Film: ‘An Ordinary Hero’
The film “An Ordinary Hero: The True Story of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland” will be screened Monday, April 27, at 7pm, to continue the conversation about this Freedom Rider imprisoned for her participation in sit-ins during the Civil Rights Movement. Hosted by the Upsilon Mu Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Find out more »Film: ‘Tanta Agua’ (Uruguay)
Davidson Film Club presents a screening of the 2013 Uruguayan Film “Tanta Agua” (1 hour, 42 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles) on Saturday, April 25, at 7pm at The Armour Street Theater in Davidson. The film is directed by Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge. What could be worse than being 14 and on vacation with your father, stuck indoors during a seemingly endless rainstorm? Alberto and his two children, Lucia and Federico, set off to a hot springs resort for…
Find out more »Film club: ‘Troubled Water’
UPDATE: This screening was originally scheduled for March 28. The Davidson Film Club will be screening “Troubled Water” on Saturday, April 4, at 7 p.m. at the Armour Street Theatre in Davidson. Jan, recently released from prison after serving time for the murder of a child, has always maintained his innocence and is ready to put the past behind him. A gifted organist, he takes a job at an Oslo church under his middle name, Thomas. His talent and gentle…
Find out more »Film Club Screening (rescheduled)
UPDATE: This screening has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 4. The Davidson Film Club will be screening “Troubled Water” on Saturday, March 28, at 7 p.m. at the Armour Street Theatre in Davidson.
Find out more »Senior Scholars: Monks in the modern world
“Do Monks Have a Place in the Modern World?” is the topic being discussed by Robert Maier, documentary filmmaker, coordinator of the broadcasting production program at Gaston College and director of Studio-C Cinema in Cornelius on Wednesday, March 11, at 1 pm at Davidson Town Hall.
Find out more »Silent Films Night
Studio-C Cinema in Cornelius will present several restored historic film comedies by Charlie Chaplin, Sydney Chaplin, and Mack Sennett in HD on its 16-foot cinema screen on March 7 and 8. The films date from 1914-1918, the great “slapstick” period. They run from 12-23 minutes each, and the program will last 90 minutes, including a short introduction to each film. Acclaimed jazz/ragtime pianist Ethan Uslan of Charlotte, who has accompanied silent films in the U.S. and Europe, plays a rip-roaring piano accompaniment…
Find out more »Silent Films Night
Studio-C Cinema in Cornelius will present several restored historic film comedies by Charlie Chaplin, Sydney Chaplin, and Mack Sennett in HD on its 16-foot cinema screen on March 7 and 8. The films date from 1914-1918, the great “slapstick” period. They run from 12-23 minutes each, and the program will last 90 minutes, including a short introduction to each film. Acclaimed jazz/ragtime pianist Ethan Uslan of Charlotte, who has accompanied silent films in the U.S. and Europe, plays a rip-roaring piano accompaniment…
Find out more »Film: ‘Finding Fela’ – CANCELED
CANCELED, so film lovers can watch the Academy Awards. Studio-C Cinema is showing the film “Finding Fela,” from Academy award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, Feb. 21 and 22. The documentary tells the story of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s life, his music, his social and political importance. He created a new musical movement, Afrobeat. Kuti,who died in 1997, fused American jazz and funk rhythms with highlife to form Afrobeat, which became hugely popular across the continent and beyond in the 1970s. Kuti used the…
Find out more »Film Screening: ‘Finding Fela’
Studio-C Cinema is showing the film “Finding Fela,” from Academy award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, Feb. 21 and 22. The documentary tells the story of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s life, his music, his social and political importance. He created a new musical movement, Afrobeat. Kuti,who died in 1997, fused American jazz and funk rhythms with highlife to form Afrobeat, which became hugely popular across the continent and beyond in the 1970s. Kuti used the Afrobeat forum to express his revolutionary political opinions against…
Find out more »Foreign film: ‘The Hunt’
Davidson Film Club‘s winter-spring series will screen its second film, “The Hunt,” at the Armour Street Theater in Davidson. “The Hunt” is a 2012 Danish film, (Danish, with English subtitles, 1 hour, 55 min.), directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Lucas is a Kindergarten teacher who takes great care of his students. He lives a lonely life, all the while struggling to gain his teenage son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives promising news from his…
Find out more »Film Screening: “Polyester” at Studio-C Cinema
“Polyester” is a satire on the popular 1960s and ’70s TV sit-coms that featured perfect upper-middle class families, like “Leave It to Beaver,” “Father Knows Best,” and “My Three Sons.” Those and many more showed most family problems weren’t very serious, always had a humorous bent, and were easily solved. Polyester turns those shows inside out and upside down, to see another truth. Though the Fishpaw family lives in an ideal suburbia, the father runs an adult movie theater, and…
Find out more »Film Screening: “Polyester” at Studio-C Cinema
“Polyester” is a satire on the popular 1960s and ’70s TV sit-coms that featured perfect upper-middle class families, like “Leave It to Beaver,” “Father Knows Best,” and “My Three Sons.” Those and many more showed most family problems weren’t very serious, always had a humorous bent, and were easily solved. Polyester turns those shows inside out and upside down, to see another truth. Though the Fishpaw family lives in an ideal suburbia, the father runs an adult movie theater, and…
Find out more »Film: “Hard Days Night”
Last July’s screenings for “A Hard Day’s Night” in Cornelius were a sellout. Get your tickets now for this new 50th Anniversary digital restoration, created from director Richard Lester’s original 35mm film. “A Hard Day’s Night” follows The Beatles as they play wily, exuberant versions of themselves in a film that captures the astonishing moment when they officially became the irreverent idols of their generation and changed music forever. Music includes “A Hard Day’s Night,” “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “I…
Find out more »Film: “Hard Days Night”
Last July’s screenings for “A Hard Day’s Night” in Cornelius were a sellout. Get your tickets now for this new 50th Anniversary digital restoration, created from director Richard Lester’s original 35mm film. “A Hard Day’s Night” follows The Beatles as they play wily, exuberant versions of themselves in a film that captures the astonishing moment when they officially became the irreverent idols of their generation and changed music forever. Music includes “A Hard Day’s Night,” “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “I…
Find out more »Film: ‘The Intouchables’
Davidson Film Club screens the blockbuster French comedy “The Intouchables,” which focuses on extreme disability, on Saturday, Jan. 24, at 7pm at the Armour Street Theater in Davidson. Directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, the 2011 film run 1 hour, 52 minutes. In French, with English subtitles. Louise Keller of Urban Cine File says: “The unlikely combination of a wealthy paraplegic and a street-smart ex-con with a zest for life is the premise of this surprisingly uplifting film that…
Find out more »Film: ‘Point & Shoot’
Studio-C Cinema, an “art house cinema at the Cornelius Art Center,” will screen the film “Point & Shoot” by 2-time Academy Award nominee Marshall Curry on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 10-11, at 7pm. The 83-minute documentary follows Matt VanDyke, who left home in Baltimore in 2006 and set off on a “crash course in manhood.” He bought a motorcycle and a video camera and began a multi-year, 35,000-mile motorcycle trip through Northern Africa and the Middle East. Matt fought in —…
Find out more »Film: ‘Point & Shoot’
Studio-C Cinema, an “art house cinema at the Cornelius Art Center,” will screen the film “Point & Shoot” by 2-time Academy Award nominee Marshall Curry on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 10-11, at 7pm. The 83-minute documentary follows Matt VanDyke, who left home in Baltimore in 2006 and set off on a “crash course in manhood.” He bought a motorcycle and a video camera and began a multi-year, 35,000-mile motorcycle trip through Northern Africa and the Middle East. Matt fought in —…
Find out more »Film Not-So-Silent-Film Night’
Studio-C Cinema at Cornelius Arts Center will present “Not-So-Silent Film Night” Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, at 7pm, featuring a selection of short silent comedy films, with live piano accompaniment by Charlotte ragtime pianist Ethan Uslan. Studio-C Cinema will present several restored historic films in HD on the 16 ft. cinema screen from Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and others. The films date from 1914-1920, the great “slapstick” comedy period of silent films. The films run from 8-23 minutes each and the…
Find out more »Film: ‘Private Peaceful’
Studio-C Cinema in the Cornelius Arts Center in downtown Cornelius will show the BBC’s World War I drama “Private Peaceful” on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 6-7, at 7pm. The screening will be the only theatrical screening in the Carolinas. And you won’t find this one on Netflix or TV. The 100-minute film from 2012 is produced in the style of rich historical British dramas such as “Downton Abbey.” ‘Private Peaceful” was produced by the BBC for its series marking the 100th anniversary this year…
Find out more »Film: ‘Private Peaceful’
Studio-C Cinema in the Cornelius Arts Center in downtown Cornelius will show the BBC’s World War I drama “Private Peaceful” on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 6-7, at 7pm. The screening will be the only theatrical screening in the Carolinas. And you won’t find this one on Netflix or TV. The 100-minute film from 2012 is produced in the style of rich historical British dramas such as “Downton Abbey.” ‘Private Peaceful” was produced by the BBC for its series marking the 100th anniversary this year…
Find out more »Film: ‘Ben X’
Autism and bullying are the themes of “Ben X,” an award-winning Flemish film that’s the next screening in the Davidson Film Club series this Saturday night. The event includes a discussion with autism experts. “Ben X” will be shown Saturday, Nov. 22, at 7:30pm at the newly renovated Armour Street Theater in Davidson. Directed by Nic Balthazar, the 2007 film is in Flemish, with English subtitles. The screening will include a discussion with local autism experts. Ben is different. His life…
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