Center for Global Justice Film
An Inconvenient Truth
Tuesday & Friday, November 21 & 24
Teatro Santa Ana, Insurgentes 25
50 pesos


Al Gore’s much-awaited film An Inconvenient Truth uses wit, smarts and hope to bring home Gore’s persuasive argument that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue—rather, it is the biggest moral challenge facing our global civilization.

If the vast majority of the world’s scientists are right, we have just 10 years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves.

The film inspires audiences to get up and do something about global warming. Without informed citizen action it will not be just your grandchildren who will pay the price. It will be your children. 

A discussion follows the film.

Audubon film
Winged Migration
Tuesday, November 21, 4pm
Villa Jacaranda, Aldama 53
Free for members, 50 pesos nonmembers

Audubon shows Winged Migration

Winged Migration is a film dedicated to birds and their movements according to the seasons. Many birds spend their lives in long peregrinations between where they nest and where they live in winter. They fly thousands of miles across countries and continents, guiding themselves with astronomical bearings, observing the sun and moon. Both instinct and an apprenticeship with their elders inform them of their destination and the skyways to reach it.

This groundbreaking film by Jacque Perrin, amazes the viewer with unbelievable close-ups of migrating birds. Five teams spent three years following migrating birds over the seven continents, capturing breathtaking footage 

To create this epic, filmmakers developed innovative techniques to follow every type of avian movement, no matter what the altitude, weather conditions or speed. A variety of aircraft—helicopters, balloons, remote-controlled models, delta-wing gliders and ultra light motorized (ULM) aircraft—allowed filmmakers to soar with the birds over the most varied landscapes. If you’re interested in bird migration or simply want to experience staggering beauty, high drama and spectacular visuals without a single special effect, don't miss Audubon’s showing of this film.

Cinemateca

José Luis’s Pick and Tips

The pick: 
My Mother's Castle 

This film continues and deepens the story of My Father's Glory, with the same cast members as the earlier film and continuing a middle class French family's love affair with early-20th-century Provence. The story may seem slight at first–the family finds an illegal shortcut to their vacation home across several private estates–but it widens out to include all manner of love, joy and the losses inevitable with the passing of time. 

The tips

In order to be able to provide the best viewing experience, the show times for some movies may be adjusted to accommodate their length. Be sure to check the schedule carefully. Also, please remember the new ticket price of 50 pesos. Discount cards are 400 pesos for 10 shows. 

On Monday after 4pm buy your tickets for any selection of the week. Don't take the risk of being locked out! Nos vemos en el Cine….

Art Special
Sketches of Frank Gehry (2005)
Tuesday, November 21, noon
English, 84 minutes
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Michael Ovitz, Sydney Pollack, Frank O. Gehry, Michael Eisner.
Architect Frank O. Gehry's signature style of sleek curves and modern angles is explored in this intimate documentary by Sydney Pollack. Pollack starts with Gehry's original sketches and follows their evolution from a 3D model to a computer-assisted rendition to construction and, finally, the polished finished product. Works featured include the Fish in Barcelona, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and various residences.

Global Justice feature film
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Tuesday, November 21, 3pm
Friday, November 24, 3pm
English with Spanish subtitles, 96 minutes
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Cast: Al Gore
Director-producer Davis Guggenheim 
(HBO's Deadwood) captures former vice president Al Gore in the midst of waging a passionate campaign-(M)not for the White House, but for the environment. Laying out the facts of global warming without getting political, Gore makes a sobering impression on the audiences who hear his message, urging them to act "boldly, quickly and wisely" … before it's too late to act at all.

Danny Deckchair (2003)
Thursday, November 23, 7:30pm
Tuesday, November 28, 5pm
English with Spanish subtitles, 100 minutes
Director: Jeff Balsmeyer
Cast: Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto, Justine Clarke, Rhys Muldoon.
Loopy Australian truck driver Danny (Rhys Ifans) hatches a novel way to escape his drab life after a fight with his girlfriend: He ties large, helium-filled balloons to his deckchair and floats away into the sky. But a violent thunderstorm sends him hurtling out over the Outback, where he lands (as in the Wizard of Oz) in a small town where no one knows him. Meanwhile, the news media are in a frenzy about Danny's fantastic disappearance.

My Mother's Castle (Le Château de Ma Mère, 1990)
Thursday, November 23, 3pm
Friday, November 24, 5:30pm
French with English subtitles, 99 minutes
Director: Yves Robert
Cast: Philippe Caubere, Julie Timmerman, Nathalie Roussel
This film, based on the humorous best-selling memoirs of French novelist and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, highlights the alluring, magical country life of turn-of-the-century Provence. Young Marcel's mother longs for the tranquility of Bastide Neuve after spending a summer holiday there and encourages her family to make the nine-mile trek on foot. They try to shorten the journey by cutting across a private estate, which lands them in a bit of trouble.

Ladies in Lavender (2004)
Thursday, November 23, 5:30pm
Friday, November 24, 7:30pm
English, 103 minutes
Director: Charles Dance
Cast: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Natascha McElhone, Geoffrey Bayldon
It's 1936, and two sisters, Janet and Ursula Widdington (Maggie Smith and Judi Dench), are at their beach house in Cornwall for some rest and relaxation. But their idyll is interrupted when they chance upon a mystery man awash on the beach and decide to nurse him back to health. Turns out he's Andrea (Daniel Bruhl), a violinist who was bound for America when his ship encountered trouble. Before long, he takes the quiet fishing village by storm.

Kids' movie
Science Fiction Series
Presented by Guillermo Galindo
Saturday, November 25, noon, Free