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Real Art Ways News - January 25, 2023
Arts and Entertainment
January 27, 2023
From: Real Art Ways
Cinema
All Oscar Nominated films.
The Fablemans and EO one screening a day.
The Whale and Everything Everywhere All At Once alternate days.
Everything Everywhere All At Once
11 Academy Award Nominations -
Including Best Picture
95% on Rotten Tomatoes
A hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman who can't seem to finish her taxes.
Michelle Yeoh Nominated Best Actress
Ke Huy Quan Nominated Best Supporting Actor
Stephanie Hsu and Jamie Lee Curtis Nominated Best Supporting Actress
Directed by 2023 Academy Award Nominees Daniel Kwan and
Daniel Scheinert
"It’s like nothing you’ve ever seen." - ABC News
"A pure firework display of technical bravado, wild invention, emotional storytelling, comedic genius, action mastery and outstanding performances, Everything Everywhere All At Once is everything cinema was invented for." - Empire Magazine
The Whale
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
Brendan Fraser Nominated Best Actor
Hong Chau Nominated Best Supporting Actor
“Brendan Fraser gives the performance of a lifetime.” – Time Out
“The humanity of his performance will floor you.” –
The Hollywood Reporter
“Will melt your heart” – BBC
“A performance for the ages.” – Variety
The Fabelmans
2023 Oscar Nominee for Best Picture
Golden Globe Award Winner for Best Motion Picture - Drama
92% on Rotten Tomatoes
A semi-autobiographical coming of age drama based on the life of the film's director, Steven Spielberg, 2023 Oscar nominee for
Best Director.
Michelle Williams Nominated Best Actress
Judd Hirsch Nominated Best Supporting Actor
“Spielberg’s marvel coming-of-age story and one of his most personal.” – Chicago Reader
“One of the most impressive, enlightening, vital things [Spielberg’s] ever done.” – Rolling Stone
"If this film isn't the one to beat for Best Picture this year, I don't know what is..." LA Magazine
EO
2023 Oscar Nominee for Best International Feature Film
New York Times' pick for 2022 Best Movie of the Year
96% on Rotten Tomatoes
EO, a grey donkey, endures the wheel of fortune randomly and turns his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss. But not even for a moment does he lose his innocence.
In Polish with English subtitles.
"One of the greatest movies ever made about the spirit of animals." - TIME Magazine
"EO compels us to see the world differently, and therefore helps us see it from a perspective outside our own." - Globe and Mail
"EO is a thrillingly imaginative piece of filmmaking: a strange, haunting epic about a donkey that couldn't feel more of our moment." - NPR
Living
2023 Oscar Nominee for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Living is the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful.
Bill Nighy Nominated Best Actor
"It’s a film that steps back to consider the rituals and routines we perpetuate, the ways we’ve changed since the last break. And the ways we haven’t." - New York Times
"An absolutely gorgeous, heartbreaking piece of work." -
Rolling Stone
"A bona fide cinematic treat." - Daily Mail
Mark Your Calendars!
Science on Screen
Wednesday, 2/22 6:30pm
A talk about the science.
Then, a movie.
Pre Film Talk at 6:30pm with Dr. Matthew Kamm, of Zoo New England!
The Birds
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
No Bears
One of New York Times' 10 Best Movies of the Year.
100% on Rotten Tomatoes
A film byJafar Panahi, an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor currently in jailed in Iran.
In Persian with English subtitles.
"A fierce critique of small-town traditionalism and religious dogma. But while this is an angry and ultimately devastating movie, it's also a surprisingly playful and inventive one." - NPR
"A complex work of novelistic density, this is among the boldest and most accomplished statements from one of the world’s exemplary filmmakers..." - Screen International
"...Its very existence is an act of defiance, a metafictional portrait of a dissident artist still at work." - Financial Times
Save the Date!
Improvisations Now
Sunday, 2/12 2:30pm
An immersive experience of music imagined and performed in real time.
Wadada Leo Smith
Trumpet
Finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his composition Ten Freedoms of Summers (Defining Moments in the History of the United States of America).
Doris Duke Artist Awardee
in 2016.
Joe Morris
Guitar
“Joe Morris is the preeminent free music guitarist of his generation.” –
DownBeat Magazine
“One of the most profound improvisers at work in the U.S.” – Wire Magazine
Save the Date for Future Improv Now Dates!
The Final Dates of the 2022-2023 Series:
Sunday, 3/5 2:30pm
Daniel Carter
Tenor & Alto Saxophone
Michael Wimberly
Drums
Jamie Saft
Piano
Joe Morris
Bass
Sunday 4/2 2:30pm
Ingrid Laubrock
Tenor Saxophone
Tom Rainey
Drums
Brandon Lopez
Bass
Joe Morris
Guitar
Sunday, 5/7 2:30pm
Tony Malaby
Tenor and Soprano Saxophone
Nasheet Waits
Drums
Joe Morris
Bass
A Night of Surrealist Games!
Tuesday, 2/14 7pm
Roger Clark Miller (Mission of Burma, Alloy Orchestra) will host an evening of drawing and word games that were developed during the heyday of surrealism. Games include the Exquisite Corpse drawing game (advanced drawing skills not required!), the Dream Game (a board game where you end up creating a dream!), and many varieties of surrealist word games.
"The wonder of these games is the unexpected juxtapositions that occur, creating amazingly synchronistic sequences and unexpected meanings and connections.” - Roger Clark Miller
Kate Bae
A Rite of Passage
A painting installation that explores societal barriers and personal relationships, touching on themes of hope, inclusion, uncertainty, and love.
Kate Bae is a recipient of a 2021 Real Art Award!
Howard el-Yasin
Specific Matter
Extended through Sunday 2/5!
An immersive piece comprised of thousands of baked banana peels sourced from el-Yasin's community.
Photo by: John Groo
Rashmi Talpade
Every Little Thing
Extended through Sunday 2/26!
Intricate photo collages exploring environmental change and challenges.
Photo by: John Groo
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