Carol
Ellen Theatre
Wed: Mar 02, 2016
7:30 pm
SCIENCE ON SCREEN SERIES KICKS OFF!
The Bozeman Film Society has a packed line-up of films this March, beginning Wednesday, March 2nd with the romantic British/American spellbinder, Carol, screening at 7:30 pm in the Ellen Theatre. Set in 1950s New York, two women from very different backgrounds find themselves in the throes of love. Under director Todd Haynes’ sure hand, 2016 Academy Award nominees Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara deliver a tale of intimacy and repression that dares to imagine a happy ending. Total Film critic Kevin Harly states, “Every glance means something, no strain shows: it’s filmmaking as natural as breathing.” Based on the Patricia Highgate novel The Price of Salt, Carol was nominated for six Academy Awards. Rated R (with a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score), the film runs 118 minutes.
Thursday, March 10th at 7:30 pm in the Ellen Theatre, BFS features The Lady in the Van, based on Alan Bennett’s true story of Miss Shepherd (played magnificently by Maggie Smith), a woman of uncertain origins who “temporarily” parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years. What begins as a begrudged favor becomes a relationship that will change both their lives. Filmed on the street and in the house where Bennett and Miss Shepherd lived all those years, acclaimed director Nicholas Hytner reunites with Bennett (The Madness of King George) to bring this rare and touching portrait to the screen. The Wall Street Journal’s Joe Morgenstern calls it, “wonderfully funny, terribly touching and a vehicle-with comically-dilapidated-vehicles for the boundless gifts of Maggie Smith.” Rated PG-13 (with a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score), the film runs 105 minutes.
Tickets are $8.75/GA; $8.50/SR & ST (plus fees), available online at www.theellentheatre.com, by calling the Ellen Theatre box office at 585-5885, by visiting the box office Wednesday–Saturday, 1–3 pm, as well as two hours prior to any performance. Membership pass holders and sponsors must call or visit the box office to reserve seats.
