BIG ARTS Film
Not just a movie, it's an educational experience.
BIG ARTS is a paradise for film lovers!
Viewers will enjoy the quality of surround sound, a new Blu-ray Disc player, and new high-definition projection equipment, installed this past summer. Following each film, the tradition of refreshments and lively discussion led by local film aficionados will continue.
Assistive listening devices are available.
Stan & Visnja Gembicki
Supporters: George & Wendy's Corner Grill
Jerry's Foods of Sanibel
Sanibel Deli & Coffee Factory and
Sanibel Taxi
All films subject to change
BIG ARTS Film Society Presents:
Monday Night Movies
November 2011–April 2012
The ever-popular Monday night film series presents critically-acclaimed independent and foreign films and documentaries. The movie experience at BIG ARTS is more than just a film showing. A group of enthusiastic film buffs lead informed post-movie discussions in Phillips Gallery, complemented by refreshments.
7 PM
Admission: $8
Schein Performance Hall
Not For Monday Night Films
Matinee Series, November – December 2011
Films for the adventuresome, Not for Monday Night Series is a mélange of recent films and documentaries, sometimes serious and important, sometimes controversial, sometimes funny and/or off-the-wall, much like what you would find at major film festivals. These full-length films will include an introduction and discussion of the film led by longtime film buff, Hyde Tucker.
1 PM
Admission: $5
Schein Performance Hall
Young at Heart International Film Festival
Sunday, March 25, 2012, 3 PM
Young at Heart is a one-day double feature movie festival showcasing two upbeat films about people in their 60s, 70s and beyond.
The first film, Poetry, will start at 3 p.m. followed by discussion and box dinner. After the second film, How to Live Forever, there will continue to be lively and educational film discussion, with light refreshments.
$30 (includes films and box dinner)
Schein Performance Hall
Academy Awards Contenders Series
Wednesdays at 1 PM, beginning January 4
Movies will be shown at Island Cinema. Films will be listed on their website, or call (239) 472-1701.
Post-film discussion at George & Wendy's Corner Grill.
BIG ARTS Oscar Night is Monday, March 5. The $15 ticket includes film, awards ceremony, and special reception.
Director Series
In March 2012, BIG ARTS presents its final film series of the season - the annual Director Series, featuring Nicholas Ray.
Ray is best known as the director of Rebel Without a Cause, but is appreciated by fans of 1950s and 1960s cinema for such contributions as Johnny Guitar, Bigger Than Life and They Live by Night. Ray was an important influence in the French New Wave cinema movement of this era, which rejected the traditional form of the time and experimented in new visual style and narrative.
Films will be screened Wednesdays at 1 p.m., with spirited and educational film discussion to follow. The series starts Wednesday, March 21.
Admission: $5
Schein Performance Hall
Monday Night Movies
Mysteries of Lisbon (France)
Part One
Monday, April 23, 7 PM
First half of the lush film adapted from a novel, which follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and young orphan as they travel across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil in the 19th century. Mysteries of Lisbon won the Best Film Award at the 2011 Portuguese Golden Globe Awards, and has won more than seven film festival awards.
2010, 115 min, Not Rated, in Portuguese and French with English subtitles
Admission: $8
Mysteries of Lisbon (France)
Part Two
Monday, April 30, 7 PM
Second half of the lush film adapted from a novel, which follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and young orphan as they travel across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil in the 19th century. Mysteries of Lisbon won the Best Film Award at the 2011 Portuguese Golden Globe Awards, and has won more than seven film festival awards.
2010, 157 min, Not Rated, in Portuguese and French with English subtitles
Admission: $8
Young at Heart International Film Festival
Sunday, March 25, 2012, 3 PM
BIG ARTS Schein Performance Hall
$30 (includes box dinner and both films)
Poetry (South Korea)
Young at Heart Series
Sunday, March 25, 2012 3PM
Awarded Best Screenplay at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, Poetry tells the story of a woman in her 60s who finds strength and purpose in poetry while struggling with the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease and raising her delinquent adolescent grandson.
2010, 139 min, Not Rated
$30 (includes box dinner and both films)
How to Live Forever (U.S.)
Young at Heart Series
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Filmmaker Mark Wexler embarks on a curious and lively investigation to uncover the secrets to living forever. For this documentary Wexler interviews fitness legend Jack LaLanne; receives hormone replacement advice from actress and author Suzanne Somers; meets Buster Martin, a chain-smoking, beer-drinking centenarian marathon-runner; submits to Laughter Yoga; and attends a Ms. Senior America Pageant. Rachel Saltz of The New York Times describes How to Live Forever as a “film about aging and what it means to grow old [that] is remarkably spry and lighthearted.”
2009, 92 minutes, Not Rated
$30 (includes box dinner and both films)
Director Series: Nicholas Ray
They Live by Night (U.S.)
Director Series - Nicholas Ray
Wednesday, March 21, 1 PM
They Live by Night is a film noir, based on Edward Anderson's novel, Thieves Like Us. It is Nicholas Ray's first feature film and is considered the prototype for the "couple-on-the-run" genre that includes Bonnie and Clyde. Film stars Farley Granger as Arthur "Bowie" Bowers, Cathy O'Donnell as Catherine "Keechie" Mobley and Howard Da Silva as Chicamaw "One-Eye" Mobley.
1949, 95 minutes, Not Rated
Admission $5
In a Lonely Place (U.S.)
Director Series - Nicholas Ray
Wednesday, March 28, 1 PM
Starring Humphrey Bogart as Dixon Steele, a cynical screenwriter suspected of murder, In a Lonely Place was recently selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for its cultural significance. The film also stars Gloria Grahame (Nicholas Ray's real-life wife), Frank Lovejoy and Carl Benton Reid, and features a special musical performance by the legendary Hadda Brooks. In a Lonely Place is on many critic's "Top 100" film lists.
1949, 94 minutes, Not Rated
Admission $5
The Lusty Men (U.S.)
Director Series - Nicholas Ray
Wednesday, April 4, 1 PM
The Lusty Men is a classic western starring Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy and Arthur Hunnicutt. When he sustains a rodeo injury, star rider Jeff McCloud (Mitchum) returns to his hometown as a hired hand with a local ranch, where he befriends fellow ranch hand Wes (Kennedy) and his wife, Louise (Hayward). Wes dreams of owning his own farm and believes rodeo winnings could help him finance it. He convinces Jeff to coach him and the threesome hit the road for one unforgettable rodeo adventure.
1952, 113 minutes, Not Rated
Admission $5
Rebel Without a Cause (U.S.)
Director Series - Nicholas Ray
Wednesday, April 11, 1 PM
An American movie classic starring James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo, Rebel Without a Cause explores the conflicts between generations in its story about a teenage boy who defies his parents' wishes and goes against the schoolyard bullies at his high school. The film is a social commentary on the youth culture in America at the time and was released less than one month after Dean's death in a fatal car crash. Wood and Mineo earned Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Actor, respectively, for their performances in the film.
1953, 111 minutes, Not Rated
Admission $5
Not for Monday Night
Matinee Series, November – December 2011
1 PM
Admission: $5
Schein Performance Hall
Inside Job (U.S.)
Wednesday, November 23, 1 PM<
Inside Job is a documentary about the late-2000's financial crisis, which was screened at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan writes, "After watching Charles Ferguson's powerhouse documentary about the global economic crisis, you will more than understand what went down — you will be thunderstruck and boiling with rage."
2010, 108 minutes, Rated PG-13
Admission: $5
The Tillman Story (U.S.)
Wednesday, November 30, 1 PM
The Tillman Story is a documentary film about the 2004 death of U.S. Army Ranger, Pat Tillman, in the war in Afghanistan, the cover-up of the circumstances of his death, and his family's struggle to unearth the truth. It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The film is narrated by Academy Award-nominated actor, Josh Brolin.
2010, 94 minutes, Rated R - language
Admission: $5
The Kids Are All Right (U.S.)
Tuesday, December 6, 1 PM
The Kids Are All Right, One of Sundance's breakout hits, this smart comedy about a lesbian couple, their children, and the sperm donor who fathered them, is a warm, witty study of the postmodern family. The film was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy; Annette Bening was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress; and it received four Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture.
2010, 104 minutes, Rated R - sexual content, language
Admission: $5
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (U.S.)
Wednesday, December 14, 1 PM
Client 9 takes an in-depth look at the rapid rise and dramatic fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. As New York's Attorney General, Spitzer prosecuted crimes by America's largest financial institutions and some of the most powerful executives in the country. Many believed he was on his way to becoming the President. When The New York Times revealed that Spitzer had been caught seeing prostitutes, the "Sheriff of Wall Street" fell from grace. With unique access, Client 9 explores the hidden contours of hubris, sex and power.
2010, 117 minutes, Rated R - sexual content, language
Admission: $5
