Date: June 30, 2010
Title: Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009)
"Anvil! is not about rock music at all, still less about school lunches in Ontario, or unusual uses for vibrators; it is about time, and how it threatens to fade us out like a song on the radio, and why, risking ridicule, and leaning on love, we should crank up the volume and keep going."
--Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
"A touching, uplifting and inspirational rockumentary about an aging metal band, both hilarious and heart-warming in equal measure."
--rottentomatoes.com
Synopsis (via Rotten Tomatoes): In the early 1980s, the Canadian metal band Anvil wrote the thrash blueprint for followers like Anthrax, Metallica, and Slayer. While those bands went on to become metal titans, Anvil faded into obscurity--so much that decades later, the band�s core members--guitarist Steve "Lips" Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner--work menial day-jobs even as they continue to churn out little-heard records and dream of rock-star success. Director Sacha Gervasi (who was once a roadie for the band) chronicles the duo�s efforts to regain their '80s glory in the funny and touching documentary ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL.
Director: Sasha Gervasi
View the preview: http://www.anvilthemovie.com/
Read a review: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2009/04/20/090420crci_cinema_lane
Location:
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
1750 13th Street
Boulder, CO 80302
Phone: 303.443.2122
When:
The last Wednesday of the month, June 30, after the Boulder Farmers' Market
Cocktails & cartoons, 7p
Feature: 8p
Past Movies
Date: April 28, 2010
Title: Town Called Panic (2009)
Synopsis: Hilarious and frequently surreal, the stop-motion extravaganza A Town Called Panic has endless charms and raucous laughs for children from eight to eighty. Based on the Belgian animated cult TV series (which was released by Wallace & Gromit�s Aardman Studios), Panic stars three plastic toys named Cowboy, Indian and Horse who share a rambling house in a rural town that never fails to attract the weirdest events.
A sort of Gallic Monty Python crossed with Art Clokey on acid, A Town Called Panic is zany, brainy and altogether insane-y!
French stop-motion animation with English subtitles. 75 minutes.
Website: www.atowncalledpanic.com
Where:
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
1750 13th Street
Boulder, CO 80302
Phone: 303.443.2122
When:
Cocktails & cartoons, 7:15p
Feature: 8p
Date: May 26, 2010
Title: Somers Town (2009)
Synopsis: Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek (Piotr Jagiello), a Polish... Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek (Piotr Jagiello), a Polish immigrant, lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross and Euston stations, where his dad is working on a new rail link. When Marke agrees to let homeless Tomo move into his room, unbeknownst to his father, the pair forms a strong bond, as they work odd jobs for an eccentric neighbor and compete for the attention of Maria, a beautiful young French waitress whom they are both infatuated with. But it's only a matter of time before Marek's dad discovers what's going on... --� Film Movement
English with a few subtitles. 75 minutes.
Website: www.somerstown.com
Where:
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
1750 13th Street
Boulder, CO 80302
Phone: 303.443.2122
When:
Cocktails & cartoons, 7p
Feature: 8p