Sunday, January 27, 2008

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

Tonight marks the big premier of the OFFScreen Spring Season.
Come join us for


I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Dir. Jeff Garlin - USA, 2006 - 80 min.
Sunday, January 27
7:00 & 9:30 PM
Tickets $3

Curb Your Enthusiasm's Jeff Garlin writes, directs, and stars in this offbeat romantic comedy that is a poignant and double-edged look at an over-the-hill actor in search of a companion. James only really wanted three things in life: someone to love him, a great part, and to lose weight. Unfortunately, he is 0 for 3. His girlfriend dumps him, he loses the title role in a remake of Paddy Chayefsky's Marty to teen idol Aaron Carter, and he sneaks out of an Overeaters Anonymous meeting only to wind up at an ice cream parlor. There, he meets an employee named Beth (Sarah Silverman), who is animated and whimsical, with plenty of issues of her own. "Idiosyncratic and personal, [Cheese] is a comedy that could only have come from the distinctive mind of its very talented creator." (Jim Hemphill, Reel.com)

Click here to read the complete review from Jim Hemphill on Reel.com.

Click here to check out the trailer and official film website.

Additionally, Season passes for OFFScreen will be available for sale in the lobby. Passes for new members are $26, and passes for returning members $20.

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Monday, January 21, 2008

Spring 2008 Schedule Finalized

The Spring 2008 OFFScreen schedule has been finalized:


















I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

Sunday, January 27th / 7:00 & 9:30 pm / 80 minutes
Dir. Jeff Garlin / USA, 2006













Terror's Advocate

Sunday, February 3rd / 7:00 & 9:45 pm / 135 minutes
Dir. Barbet Schroeder / France, 2007















Les Bonnes Femmes

Sunday, February 10th / 7:00 & 9:30 pm / 100 minutes
Dir. Claude Chabrol / France/Italy, 1960















Comedy of Power
with the Francophone Film Festival
Sunday, February 17th / 7:00 & 9:30 pm / 110 minutes
Dir. Claude Chabrol / Germany/France, 2006









Khadak

Sunday, February 24th / 7:00 & 9:30 pm / 104 minutes
Dir. Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth / Belgium, 2006

















Hannah Takes the Stairs

Sunday, March 16th / 7:00 & 9:30 pm / 83 minutes
Dir. Joe Swanberg / USA, 2007













Lake of Fire

Sunday, March 23rd / 7:00 & 9:45 pm / 152 minutes
Dir. Tony Kaye / USA, 2006















Jellyfish
(Special Advance Screening)
With short film The Women's Kingdom
Sunday, March 30th / 7:00 & 9:30 pm / 100 minutes (total running time)
Jellyfish: Dir. Shira Geffen & Etgar Keret / France/Israel, 2007 / 78 minutes
The Women's Kingdom: Dir. Xiaoli Zhou / China/USA, 2006 / 22 minutes














Diva

Sunday, April 6th / 7:00 & 9:30 pm / 123 minutes
Dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix / France, 1981















Nanking

Sunday, April 13th / 7:00 & 9:30 pm / 88 minutes
Dir. Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman / USA, 2007















The Violin

Sunday, April 20th / 7:00 & 9:30 pm / 98 minutes
Dir. Francisco Vargas / Mexico, 2005
















Chop Shop

Sunday, April 27th / 7:00 & 9:30 pm / 84 minutes
Dir. Ramin Bahrani / USA, 2007

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