Featured Film:
The White Storm 2 at the Pacific Place, the Meridian and the Lincoln Square
The first White Storm was a mediocre Hong Kong thriller starring Louis Koo, Nick Cheung and Lau Ching-wan. It was directed by Benny Chan, last seen here directing Koo in the space-cat family comedy Meow. White Storm 2 is almost assuredly unrelated to the first film, in what is a Hong Kong tradition, and is directed by Herman Yau, which means it is certain to be significantly better. Koo is back, joined by Andy Lau. The last time Yau and Lau teamed up was in Shock Wave, two years ago, one of the better action films to come out of Hong Kong in recent years. I haven’t had a chance to see it yet, but it’s my top priority for this weekend. If it ends up being bad, just pretend I recommended Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (playing Thursday at the Uptown) in this space instead. That movie is a national treasure.
Playing This Week:
Wild Rose (Tom Harper) Fri-Thurs
Super 30 (Vikas Bahl) Fri-Thurs
Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable (Aaron Lieber) Fri-Thurs
The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Joe Talbot) Fri-Thurs
ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982) Fri-Tues
Kick-Ass (Matthew Vaughn, 2010) Fri-Mon
Black Dynamite (Scott Sanders, 2009) Tues Only
Face/Off (John Woo, 1997) Weds Only
Munda Hi Chahida (Santosh Thite & Deepak Thapar) Fri-Thurs
The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Joe Talbot) Fri-Thurs
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Stephan Elliott, 1994) Sat Only
Rafiki (Wanuri Kahiu) Tues Only
The Queen (Frank Simon, 1968) Weds Only
The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994) Fri-Thurs 35mm
Summer Night (Joseph Cross) Fri-Thurs
Funan (Denis Do) Sat & Sun Only
The White Storm 2 (Herman Yau) Fri-Thurs
Super 30 (Vikas Bahl) Fri-Thurs
Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable (Aaron Lieber) Fri-Thurs
Oh Baby (B. V. Nandini Reddy) Fri-Thurs
Article 15 (Anubhav Sinha) Fri-Thurs
Dorasaani (K.V.R. Mahendra) Fri-Thurs
NVNN (Caarthick Raju) Fri & Sat Only
Konttho (Shiboprosad Mukherjee & Nandita Roy) Sat Only
The White Storm 2 (Herman Yau) Fri-Thurs
Super 30 (Vikas Bahl) Fri-Thurs
Wild Rose (Tom Harper) Fri-Thurs
Too Late to Die Young (Dominga Sotomayor) Fri-Thurs
Lumberjacks & Logrollers: Icons of Finnish Cinema Fri-Sun Full Program
Stop Making Sense (Jonathan Demme, 1984) Weds & Thurs Only
The White Storm 2 (Herman Yau) Fri-Thurs
Super 30 (Vikas Bahl) Fri-Thurs
The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Joe Talbot) Fri-Thurs
Dick Dale: King of the Surf Guitar (Matt Marshall) Weds Only
After the Thin Man (WS Van Dyke, 1936) Thurs Only
The Silence of Others (Robert Bahar & Almudena Carracedo) Fri-Sun
Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969) Sun & Weds Only
Seattle Screen Scene 