Broken English

Thursday, September 13 • 9:30pm
Friday, September 14 • 7:30pm
Saturday, September 15 • 7:30pm
Sunday, September 16 • 7:30pm
Tickets $5, Members Free

In a startling mature and nuanced performance, Parker Posey plays Nora Wilder, a thirty-something Manhattanite who is cynical about love and relationships, in this astute collaboration with first-time writer/director Zoe Cassavetes. Nora plugs away at her job in a posh downtown hotel and can't help but wonder what it is she has to do to find a relationship as ideal as her friend Audrey's (Drea De Matteo) "perfect marriage." It doesn’t help that her overbearing mother (Gena Rowlands) takes every opportunity to remind Nora that she's still unattached. After a series of disastrous first dates, she meets Julien (Melvil Poupaud), a seemingly devil-may-care Frenchman with a passion for living. Expecting another disastrous ending, Nora tries to avoid making the same mistakes. She finds herself in Paris looking to break old patterns. Inevitably, Nora has to look inward before she can find a new outlook on life and most importantly, love.

10 mph

Thursday, August 23 at 9:30pm
Friday, August 24 at 7:30pm
Tickets $5, Members Free




10 MPH is a comical documentary that follows a pair of aspiring filmmakers as they quit their jobs and turn a friend's ludicrous idea into a movie. The impulsive purchase of a two-wheeled Segway scooter sets this story in motion when the two friends decide to travel from Seattle to Boston at 10 MPH in an attempt to change their lives forever... What ensues is a road trip like none other with a haphazard cast of characters you could only find on a zany 100-day trek through America’s back roads. Each poignant story the two friends discover along the way inspires a craving inside to go out and do that thing you're supposed to do.

AIA Wilmington presents:
Aboriginal Architecture/Living Architecture

Thursday, August 23 at 7pm

AIA Wilmington presents REEL ARCHITECTURE, a series of documentary and narrative film screenings relating to architecture and architects. Aboriginal Architecture/Living Architecture (2006) examines how 7 different tribes Native architecture actively inteprets and adapts traditional forms for contemporary purposes. For more details, contact Michelle Marks (AIA Wilmington) at 790-9901.

YWCA presents:
Buffalo Soldiers

Friday, August 17 at 7:30pm
Free, discussion follows screening


This superb film tells the true story of the black calvary corps known as the 'Buffalo Soldiers.' These troops patrolled America's wild west after the civil war. In addition to keeping the peace, these men fought the racism of their commanders and other white corps soldiers. The story focuses on the troops attempts to capture an Apache warrior named Vittorio who slaughters the settlers in New Mexico. An unforgettable examination of an ignored moment in US History, this film is a testimony to men who served with distinction in spite of the racism around them.

Cucalorus and Working Films present:
The Devil Came on Horseback





Award winning documentary seeks broad Wilmington audience, engaging the community for one week of screenings in five local theaters.

Screening Schedule
Monday, August 6 • Mayfaire Cinemas • 10am
Tuesday, August 7 • Lumina Theatre, UNCW • 7:30pm
Wednesday, August 8 • Lumina Theatre, UNCW • 7:30pm
Thursday, August 9 • Cameron Art Musuem • 7:30pm
Friday, August 10 • Jengo's Playhouse • 6:30pm and 9pm
Saturday, August 11 • Jengo's Playhouse • 6:30pm and 9pm
Sunday, August 12 • Jengo's Playhouse • 4:30pm and 7pm

Mayfaire Cinemas, Lumina Theatre and Cameron Art Museum screenings are free. Jengo's Playhouse screenings are $7 each and free for Cucalorus Film Foundation members.

Award winning filmmakers Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern, who directed the 2006 Cucalorus opening night film "The Trials of Darryl Hunt," return to the screen with “The Devil Came on Horseback,” a film that reports on the atrocities in Darfur. Cucalorus will screen the film at five venues throughout Wilmington from August 6 to August 12, 2007. Each screening will be followed by a community discussion with interested leaders and activists.

Synopsis:
THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK exposes the violence and tragedy of the genocide taking place in Darfur as seen through the eyes of an American witness. Using more than a thousand uncompromising and exclusive photographs taken by former US Marine Captain Brian Steidle during his role as a military observer with the African Union, THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK propels the viewer through the tragic impact of an Arab government bent on destroying its black African citizens. As an official military observer, Steidle had access to parts of the country that no journalist could penetrate. He was unprepared for what he would witness and experience, including being fired upon, taken hostage, and being unable to intervene to save the lives of young children. Ultimately frustrated by the inaction of the international community, Steidle resigned and returned to the US to expose the images and stories of lives systematically destroyed. Haunted by what he has seen and the backlash against his advocacy efforts, Brian traveled to the refugee camps of Chad to reconnect with survivors of the violence he witnessed. THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK will had its world premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival in January and won the Full Frame Film Festival's Working Films award.

For more info about the film: www.thedevilcameonhorseback.com

This event is co-sponsored by Working Films, the Cameron Art Museum, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Mayfaire Cinemas, the Cucalorus Film Foundation and the YWCA of the Lower Cape Fear.

Open Screen Nite








Friday, August 3 at 7:30pm
Jengo's Playhouse

Cucalorus wants to screen your film at Jengo's. It's like 'Open Mic' for poets only better. Make a new film, polish an old film: we'll screen it on Cucalorus' Open Screen Nite. It's easy! Anything under 10 minutes on a DVD. No restrictions, just bring your film to Jengo's on Friday by 7pm, first-come first-serve.

Admission is free, donations cheerfully accepted. Call 343-5995 for more info...