Meet & Greet precedes Ballad of Lefty Brown at Emerson
On Wednesday, January 17th at 7pm, Bozeman Film Society (BFS) presents The Square at The Ellen Theatre. Garnering the 2017 Palme d’or Award, the highest honor at Cannes, and sweeping the European Film Awards, The Square has been nominated for a Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film.
A scathingly funny art world satire from Rubin Ostlund (Force Majeure), disaster strikes when a curator hires a public relations team to build some buzz for his renowned Swedish museum. When the PR agency creates an unexpected campaign for “The Square,” an installation which invites passersby to altruism, reminding them of their role as responsible fellow human beings, the response is overblown and sends the curator, as well as the museum, into an existential crisis. Rated R, The Square runs 142 minutes and is presented in Swedish and English. Closed captioning is available.
General admission tickets for The Square are $9.75, or $9.25 for seniors and students (plus fees). These are available at www.theellentheatre.com or in person at the box office. The Ellen Theatre lobby opens at 6pm for concessions and bar, with seating to follow at 6:30pm prior to showtime.
BFS welcomes the Missoula-based Montana Film Festival’s “Roadshow Tour” of The Ballad of Lefty Brown to the Emerson Crawford Theater on Thursday, January 25th at 7:30pm. Actor Bill Pullman and the film’s director, Jared Moshe, will be in attendance for this very special evening.
When cowboy Lefty Brown (Pullman) witnesses the murder of his longtime partner — the newly-elected Senator Edward Johnson (Peter Fonda) — he strikes out to find the killers and avenge his friend’s gruesome death. Tracking the outlaws across the vast and desolate Montana plains, Lefty recruits a young gunslinger, Jeremiah (Diego Josef), and an old friend, a hard-drinking U.S. Marshall (Tommy Flanagan), to help deliver the men to justice. Filmed in Virgina City and Bannack State Park, local cast and crew fill the film roster of this thrilling, action-packed Western. Rated R, The Ballad of Lefty Brown runs 111 minutes.
General admission tickets are $15 and grant access to the balcony and main floor for the film presentation. The Emerson lobby will open at 6pm for ticket sales, followed by bar service at 6:30pm and theater doors at 6:45pm.
Tickets for a Meet & Greet reception from 5:30–7:15pm in the Weaver Room are also available for $30. This portion of the evening will feature Bill Pullman, Jared Moshe, and local cast members. These tickets include VIP reserved seating for the film. This event will be catered by Emerson Grill. Limited to 60 guests.
Visit www.bozemanfilmsociety.org for further ticketing information, as well as details about these and other upcoming screenings — “Keep ‘Em Flickering!” •