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Our SELECTION of FILMS you may enjoy.
Feb 7 ~ First Friday Film Series: Love Story ~ The Schulz Museum’s annual film series returns with Love Story starring Ryan O’Neal & Ali MacGraw. Free for members/$5; includes popcorn and candy. 7p, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa, 707-579-4452, schulzmuseum.org
Feb 12 ~ Let’s Talk About Death: Film & Discussion Evening ~ Local non-profit Final Passages screens. Donation: $5-$15, 6:30-9p, Sebastopol Grange Hall, 600 Sebastopol Rd (Hwy 12), finalpassages.org
Feb 16 ~ Free Movie: Like Water for Chocolate ~ Vamos Juntos al Cine (let’s go to the movies). Free screening en espanol. Free, 6p Raven Film Center, 415 Center St, Healdsburg, santarosacinemas.com
Feb 22 ~ 12 Rules for Good Men & A Face in the Crowd Movie ~ Conversation with author Jed Diamond followed by Elia Kazan’s movie. $15, Discussion 6p, 222 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707-473-9150, paulmahdergallery.com
Sonoma Film Institute 1801 E Cotati Ave, Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, Rohnert Park, sfi.sonoma.edu, Suggested Donation $5
Feb 7 ~ Claudine ~ Diahann Carroll a single mom in Harlem on welfare with six kids. $5, 7p Feb 14 - 16 ~ Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am ~ Documentary on the life & works of the
legendary storyteller & Nobel Prize-winner. 7p
Feb 21 - 23 ~ A Face in The Crowd ~ This film not only presaged the rise of Donald Trump, but also, perhaps, his fall. 7p, 2/23: 4p
Feb 28 - Mar 1 ~ Swarm Season ~ As the monumental images gather force, Swarm Season takes on a potent allegorical dimension. 2/28: 7p, 3/1: 4p
Mar 6 - 8 ~ My Twentieth Century ~ Director Ildikó Enyedi weaves an intoxicating tale, one that garnered her the Golden Camera award. 3/6: 7p, 3/8: 4p
Swarm Season Documentary Feb 28 & Mar 1 @ Sonoma State Film Institute
Sebastiani Theatre 476 1st St East, Sonoma, 707-996-2020, sebastianitheatre.com Feb 10 ~ Vintage Series: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark ~ Epic tale in
which an intrepid archaeologist tries to beat a band of Nazis to a religious relic. $11, 7p
Feb 16 ~ Call of The Valley: The Enduring Lure of Sonoma ~ Sonoma Valley’s evolution as a mecca. $11, 3:30p
Mar 1 ~ Cat Video Fest ~ A percentage of ticket sales to benefit Pets Lifeline. $11, 3:30p
Rialto Cinemas 6868 McKinley S, Sebastopol. Showtimes & 707 525-4840, rialtocinemas.com, $8-$35
Thru - Feb 12 ~ Great Composers: In Search of Mozart ~ “Outstanding. A must-see film!” - Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 18 ~ The Met Opera Live: Akhnaten ~ “Spellbinding...puts You on Philip Glass Time!” - A New York Times Critic’s Pick!
Feb 22 - Feb 23 ~ 2020 Cat Video Fest ~ Bringing the joy of cat videos to the masses and raising money for cats in need
Feb 26 ~ Bolshoi Ballet 2019/20 Season: Swan Lake ~ Tchaikovsky’s essential masterpiece. Choreography by Yuri Grigorovich
Feb 29 - Mar 4 ~ The Met Opera Live: Agrippina ~ Handel’s tale of intrigue and impropriety in ancient Rome receives its first Met performances
Mar 4 ~ Long Strange Trip: The Untold Story of the Grateful Dead ~ 30-year odyssey of the Grateful Dead: the most unlikely success story in rock ‘n’ roll history
Mar 3 - Mar 31 ~ Sonoma County Israeli Film Festival 2020 ~ Exploring the human stories & important issues facing Israeli society, & the larger world. 7p
A thoughtful documentary on honeybees, Swarm Season will be shown Friday, February 28 at 7:00 and Sunday, March 1 at 4:00. All screenings are in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, on the Sonoma State University campus in Rohnert Park. Ticket donation $5.00. There is a $5.00 parking fee on all Sonoma State University lots. INFO: sonoma.edu/sfi or call (707)664-2606.
COMING UP: Feb 15 ~ Mario “the Maker Magician” Marchese is a New York based, touring family performer known for his DIY robotic creations, upcycled props, and new school slapstick character. It’s magic through the lens of the Maker Movement! Mario’s show is an upbeat, hilarious, and very interactive experience that leaves children and families inspired to nurture their own creative paths Doors: 1:30.
Challenging our expectations of how an environmental documentary should look or sound in 2019, Sarah Christman's roving Swarm Season draws connections between microscopic views of bees linking arms and the honeycomb-like, hexagonal mirrors that make up the reflective grid of a telescope perched atop one of Hawaii's most prized natural sites.
Covering subjects as seemingly disparate as beekeeping, indigenous-led activism, and interplanetary exploration, this utterly unique vision offers up an incredible sensory experience, en route to grand comparisons between the societal structures of bee colonies and those of humans.
Christman grounds her ecological meditation in a portrait of a mother- daughter team doing their part to help honey bees survive, and in doing so, composes a vision both rigorous and welcoming.
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