MOVIE

“Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson and Aidan Quinn star in this wonderfully unique romantic comedy. Joon (Masterson) is a little unbalanced. Sometimes, without warning, her sweet nature gives way to odd behavior - including a penchant for setting fires! She lives with her older brother Benny, who has spent his life taking care of her since their parents died. One night, while playing a poker game with unusual stakes, Joon loses her hand...and wins Sam, a whimsical misfit who soon charms his way into Joon's heart. Now if they can only find the perfect mate for her overprotective brother...”

This powerful and touching 2006 film portrays a family’s struggle to stay together through the challenges of schizophrenia. Marcia Gay Harden, Joe Pantoliano and Devon Gearhart star in this winner of eight film festival awards.

"Petropolis" (2009, 45 min., Documentary) The Athabasca tar sands in Alberta are an oil reserve the size of England. Extracting crude oil that lies beneath the unspoiled wilderness requires a massive industrialized effort, effecting catastrophic damages on land, air, water and climate. Peter Mettler shows us this extraordinary view from above, filming primarily from a helicopter to capture this breathtaking, unparalleled view of the world's largest industrial, capital and energy project.

"Northface" (2008, 121 mins., rated PG13, Germany, Austria & Switzerland, subtitled) In 1936, the Nazi party was fervently demonstrating its superiority to the rest of the world. Turning its attention toward the "unclimbable' North Face of the Eiger, German officials commissioned two competing teams to conquer the treacherous rock wall, which turns into an exhilarating race against time.