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Movie
Talk!
We
are happy to announce the return of a film discussion
group we call "Movie Talk."
The
Movie Talk title for this Monday, March 1st is: The
Last Station. Discussion follows the 6:45 show.
The
Last Station
Times:
12:50, 3:35, 6:45, 9:35
Nominated for 2 Academy Awards: including Best Actress
(Helen Mirren) and Best Supporting Actor (Christopher
Plummer).
Written and directed by Michael Hoffman, the film recounts
the drama of the final year in the life of the great
Russian writer, Leo Tolstoy. It is a true story, both
dramatic and humorous, that covers the themes of passion,
love, family, greed, intrigue, conflict and revolution.
The movie focuses on two contrasting love stories -
the extraordinary relationship between Tolstoy and his
wife of 48 years, the immensely impassioned Sofya, and
the burgeoning love between Valentin, Tolstoys idealistic
young private secretary, and Masha, a teacher equally
committed to the writer's values. At the same time,
the film shows that Sofya is engaged in a ferocious
battle for her husband's soul. She believes that Tolstoy's
wealth should be left to the family and is fighting
tooth and nail against Chertkov, the zealous keeper
of the Tolstoyan flame, who is adamant that the writer's
fortune should be bequeathed to the Russian people.
All these elements come together in a gripping climax
as Tolstoy nears the end of his life at a remote little
railway station in the Russian countryside. Filmed at
stunning locations in the beautiful German countryside,
the movie features an enormously accomplished cast led
by Christopher Plummer (The Imaginarium of Doctor
Parnassus) as Tolstoy, Academy Award winner Helen
Mirren (The Queen) as Sofya, James McAvoy (Atonement)
as Tolstoy's private secretary Valentin, Paul Giamatti
(Sideways), and Anne-Marie Duff (The Magdalene
Sisters). 115 min.

Peg
Aloi will be hosting this event on the first Monday
of the month, immediately following the first evening
show. Peg will introduce the film. Immediately following
the show, an informal discussion will be held right
next-door at the Ultraviolet Café.
Peg
Aloi is a film critic and scholar whose reviews have
appeared in the Boston Phoenix for over fifteen years.
She was the staff film critic for Art New England for
two years, and recently became the new reviewer for
the Albany Times-Union's "Moviegoer"
blog. She has introduced films at the Harvard Film Archive
and the Brattle Cinema, and was a presenter for Boston's
"Talk Cinema" series. She also teaches film
and television studies at Emerson College and the Massachusetts
College of Art. She is currently co-writing a book on
cinema and the occult, forthcoming from I. B. Tauris.
Hope you can join us for this informative & entertaining
series!

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