Calendar of Events
(Wayne Blair, 2012). Biopic about 4 indigenous Australian women who are discovered by a talent scout and travel to Vietnam in 1968 to sing for the troops. Michigan Theater. Tickets: $10 (children under 12, students with ID, seniors age 55 & older, & U.S. veterans, $8; MTF members, $7.50; films before 6 p.m., $7). michtheater.org, 668-TIME. [map]
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Tentative. (Paolo Taviani & Vittorio Taviani, 2012). Riveting documentary about inmates at a high-security prison in Rome who prepare for a public performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Italian, subtitles. Michigan Theater. Tickets: $10 (children under 12, students with ID, seniors age 55 & older, & U.S. veterans, $8; MTF members, $7.50; films before 6 p.m., $7). michtheater.org, 668-TIME. [map]
(Robert Shaye, 2007). When two siblings find a mysterious box of toys, they begin to develop special talents that lead them into a strange and terrifying world. 7 p.m., Michigan Theater. $10 (children under 12, students with ID, seniors age 55 & older, & U.S. veterans, $8; MTF members, $7.50.) 668-TIME. [map]
Screening of this biopic (1992) about the legendary and controversial filmmaker Charlie Chaplin. 1 p.m., DDL, 3255 Alpine, Dexter. Free. 426–4477. [map]
César (1936) is the final film in Marcel Pagnol’s Marseille trilogy. César tells a story of family ties—first suppressed, then revealed—and how family members finally transcend falsehoods and deepen their relationships with each other.Pagnol was an acute observer of social rituals, especially in lower class provincial life. His work is respected for its exploration of human bonds and their renewal. An Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin Avenue. Free. 734.794.6250. [map]
(Emir Kustirica, 2004). A blend of bawdy humor and romance, set against the turbulent backdrop of the Bosnian War of the early ’90s, about a mild-mannered Serbian railwayman whose life is turned upside down when his neurotic opera-singing wife runs off with a musician and his son is called up to fight and is subsequently captured. Serbo-Croation, subtitles. 7-9:30 p.m., UMMA Stern Auditorium, 525 S. State. [map]
Screening of contemporary feature films. Mar. 15: The Devil’s Own (1997), about a police officer who learns his house guest is an IRA terrorist on the run. Apr. 19: Hope Springs (2012), about a couple who attends counseling in order to save their marriage of 30 years. 2 p.m., DDL, 3255 Alpine, Dexter. Free. 426–4477. [map]
Every Sat. & Sun. and Mar. 29 & Apr. 1-5 Three different audiovisual planetarium shows. The Sky Tonight (11:30 a.m. Sat., 1:30 & 3:30 p.m. Sat. & Sun., and 11:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Mar. 29 and Apr. 1-5) is an exploration of the current night sky. Flight Adventures (Sat. 12:30 p.m.) is an audiovisual show examining the science of flight through the eyes of a young girl and her grandfather as they explore how birds, kites, planes, and models fly and learn about the history and future of human flight. Black Holes (Sat. & Sun. 2:30 p.m.) is an animated show that begins with the formation of the early Universe and the birth and death of stars and concludes with a simulated flight to a supermassive black hole lurking at the center of the Milky Way.Larry Cat in Space (12:30 p.m. Mar. 29 and Apr. 1-5 only) is a playful cartoon about an inquisitive cat that learns more than it wanted to know about life in space when it stows away on a shuttle to be with its owner, a scientist on her way to the Moon. Various times, Natural History Museum, 1109 Geddes at North University. $5. 764–0478. [map]
The U-M is one of several host sites for the Detroit-area sojourn of this annual festival. Italian, subtitles. Italianfilmfests.org/detroit.html. Lorch Hall Askwith Auditorium 611 Tappan.Apr. 20: Romanzo di una Strage (Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy) (Marco Tullio Giordana, 2012). Drama about 1969 bombing at a major national bank in Milan and its aftermath. 7 p.m.Apr. 21: I Primi della Lista (The First on the List) (Roan Johnson, 2011). Comedy set in 1970 amidst the social unrest that erupted in student demonstrations and working-class strikes, about a prominent writer of revolutionary songs traveling with 2 high school students who encounters 3 armed soldiers on the road new the Yugoslavian border. Followed by a Q&A with the director. 5 p.m.. 7 p.m. (Apr. 20) & 5 p.m. (Apr. 21), Lorch Hall Askwith Auditorium 611 Tappan. Free. Italianfilmfests.org/detroit.html. (248) 917-2352.
Screening of a feature film or several shorts with spiritual themes. Followed by discussion. 8 p.m., Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth, 704 Airport Blvd. $5 suggested donation. 327-0270. [map]
Apr. 6: “The Crow” (Alex Proyas, 1994). A man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée's murder. Brandon Lee, Sofia Shinas, Michael Wincott.Apr. 20: “Beavis and Butt-Head Do America” (Mike Judge, 1996). The dimwitted teen duo travels across America in search of their stolen TV. Midnight, State Theater. Tickets $7. 761-8667.
(Gary Nelson, 1976). Disney comedy about a mother and daughter who magically swap personalities for a day. Barbara Harris, Jody Foster. 1:30 p.m., Michigan Theater. $9 (kids under 12, free, students, seniors, & veterans, $7; MTF members, $6.50). [map]
