By NOAH BESSER

This week:  Episode 12- “A Man Called Conqueso”

The most evil man in the world, more evil than Darth Vader, Gargamel,
Robot Hitler and Dick Cheney- dares to put his most treacherous, vile, man…iacal
and eeeeeeeevil plan into action- and here’s the best part; You get to
watch!

106 min (R)

Directed By: Lisa Cholodenko

Starring: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo

Nic and Jules are in a long term, committed, loving but by no means perfect relationship. Nic, a physician, needs to wield what she believes is control, whereas Jules, under that control, is less self-assured. During their relationship, Jules has floundered in her “nine to five” life, sometimes trying to start a business - always unsuccessfully - or being the stay at home mom. She is currently trying to start a landscape design business. They have two teen-aged children, Joni and Laser, Nic who is Joni’s biological mother, and Jules who is Laser’s biological mother. Although not exact replicas, each offspring does more closely resemble his/her biological mother in temperament. Joni and Laser are also half-siblings, having the same unknown sperm donor father. Shortly after Joni’s eighteenth birthday and shortly before she plans to leave the house and head off to college, Laser, only fifteen and underage to do so, pleads with her to try and contact their sperm donor father. Somewhat reluctantly, she does. He is late thirty-something Paul, a co-op farmer and restaurateur. Despite his seemingly successful businesses, Paul has always shirked responsibility, most specifically in his personal life. After Joni and Laser meet with Paul, Nic and Jules learn what their children have done, and although they don’t want Paul infiltrating their lives, they want to meet him especially as Joni and Laser seem to want to maintain some sort of relationship with him. As Paul’s relationship with the entire family grows, which also includes him hiring Jules to design and construct his back yard, they have an effect on what he wants in life, and he in turn affects the family dynamic as well as each person’s relationships outside of the family.

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Spoken Word

116 min (NR)

Directed by: Victor Nunez

A San Francisco spoken word artist returns to New Mexico to be with his dying father, only to find he loses his “voice” as he is sucked back in to the dysfunctional life of drugs and violence he left behind.

Join us on opening night, Friday August 27th, for a Q&A with SPOKEN WORD screenwriter William Conway at 7:00, and get some insight into the filmmaking process.

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Don’t miss the Lyric’s Silent Film Night.  Next up is Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. in “The Iron Mask.” We’ll have live music from local musician Bryan Birmingham, so bring your friends, family, kids, etc.

Look for a new Silent film with Live Music during the last week of EVERY MONTH!!

 - - - $3.00 pints and $2.50 bottles and cans - - -

And don’t forget those delicious bubble teas, orange whips and iced Bhakti chais . . . There will also be late night showings of “Cyrus” on Saturday and “Mid-August Lunch” on Sunday. Let the fun begin!

100 min (PG-13)

Directed By: Aaron Schneider

Starring: Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, and Lucas Black

Based on a true story of a hermit who lived for forty years in the Tennessee woods. Felix Bush decides it is time to plan his funeral. But his funeral will not be any old macabre occasion. Organized by a local undertaker played by Bill Murray and his sidekick played by Lucas Black, the funeral will be more party than memorial and an event to which anyone and everyone will be invited and at which Bush will reveal a long kept secret.

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75 min (Not Rated)

Directed By: Gianni Di Gregorio

Starring: Gianni Di Gregorio , Valeria De Franciscis , Marina Cacciotti, Maria Cali, Grazia Cesarini Sforza, and Alfonso Santagata

Broke, and armed with only a glass of wine and a wry sense of humor, middle-aged Gianni resides with his 93-year-old mother in their ancient apartment. The condo debts are mounting, but if Gianni looks after the building manager’s mother during the Pranzo di Ferragosto (Italy’s biggest summer holiday, and the Feast of the Assumption), all will be forgiven. Then the manager also shows up with an auntie, and then a doctor friend appears with his mother in tow… Can Gianni keep four such lively mamas well fed and happy in these cramped quarters?

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120 min (R)

Directed By: Jan Kounen

Starring: Anna Mouglalis, and Mads Mikkelsen

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky is set in 1920’s Paris where Coco Chanel has established herself in the world of fashion and Igor Stravinsky, displaced by the Russian Revolution, is living destitute in Paris with his family and suffering from a disastrous reaction to an early production of his ballet. The pair is introduced and the attraction is immediate - the two embark on a passionate affair, which results in a period of great artistic achievement for both artists.

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92 min (R)

Directed By: Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass

Starring: John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, Catherine Keener, Matt Walsh, and Katie Aselton

With John’s social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcee finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life – her son.

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87 min (R)

Directed By: Banksy, Shepard Fairey

Starring: Banksy, and Shepard Fairey

Exit Through the Gift Shop, the first film by renowned graffiti artist Banksy, became the hottest ticket at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival where it made its world debut. Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post—hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. Exit Through the Gift Shop tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner – with spectacular results. The film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Invader and many of the world’s most infamous graffiti artists at work, on walls and in interview. As Banksy describes it, “It’s basically the story of how one man set out to film the un—filmable. And failed.”

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