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Saturday, April 11th, 2009
| The Poker Club |
Shriver Hall
12:00 pm |
Director: Tim McCann
Email: matt@mattrichards.com
Filmmaker will be attending.
Running Time: 81'
Production Format: DV
While playing poker, four longtime friends are disturbed by a burglar. A struggle ensues, and the burglar is killed. Afraid of the ramifications, they dispose of the body and agree to say nothing. But they soon find out that someone was watching them that night, and that someone wants revenge and is intent on getting it. The Poker Club is a modern fairy tale of violence, paranoia and betrayal, based on the novel by Ed Gorman. | |  |
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| Special 16mm obscure classic |
Mergenthaler 111
2:30 pm |
Director: Louie
Running Time: 15'
It's new, it's neat... it's obsolete! | |  |
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| Short Stack |
Mergenthaler 111
3:00 pm |
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| Short Subjects |
Mergenthaler 111
4:30 pm |
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| Special 16mm obscure classic! |
Mergenthaler 111
4:00 pm |
Director: Granny
Running Time: 26'
"Running away is fun!" | | |
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| Home |
Mergenthaler 111
6:00 pm |
Director: Brian Plow
Email: bplow@towson.edu
Website: http://www.homedocumentary.com/
Filmmaker will be attending.
Running Time: 70 mins
Since 1741, York, Pennsylvania has been a salt-of-the-earth American city, touting a proud cultural, architectural and industrial history. But like most American urban centers since the 1950s, steady migration to the suburbs has allowed financial strain, poverty, crime and blight to become York’s current hallmarks and greatest challenges.
In the midst of these challenges, some have sought a revolution in York - an economic revolution. When the plan was announced to level a low-income neighborhood and build a minor league baseball stadium in downtown York Pennsylvania, it was heralded as the beginning of a comprehensive, city-wide redevelopment vision.
Who could argue against baseball, a powerful icon of American nostalgia? Who could argue against such a gift to such a beleaguered city?
But what happens to the people and families who had to leave their homes? Houses are built with wood and nails; brick and mortar. Homes, however, are built over time with family and memories; they are deeply associated with our sense of identity and security. Whether through eminent domain or amicable negotiations, the questions arises: how does one assess the intangible value of home?
Home is a story of an American urban space and its struggle to survive. It is also the story of one woman, who left her home of 50 years to make way for baseball, and her struggle to start over. | |  |
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| Notorious |
Mergenthaler 111
8:00 pm |
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Running Time: 101'
"NOTORIOUS is Alfred Hitchcock's classic romantic espionage thriller, with passionate, brilliant performances by Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, featuring one of the most famous screen kisses in film history. At the end of World War II, American military intelligence drafts the alluring daughter of a convicted Nazi to infiltrate a band of nefarious Germans who have fled to Brazil. She is teamed with a dashing but chilly agent with whom she falls deeply in love. Because of her past, however, the rigid and judgmental agent refuses to trust her--and their relationship falls completely apart when she agrees to marry the ringleader of the Germans in order to have better access to information. The marriage touches off an intricate downward spiral of deceit and betrayal, leaving Bergman trapped in the home of an enemy. If her husband ever discovers the truth about her mission, her life will be in mortal danger. Punchy dialog animates this action-driven thriller that maintains its suspenseful drama to the very end."- www.rottentomatoes.com | |  |
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