Page 67 - Sonoma County Gazette January 2017

Happy New Year Sonoma County! The Golden Globe nominations came out and this month is a perfect chance to catch up on the nominated lms you were too busy to see last month. If you only see one, “La La Land” is the one. Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone deserve to win all the
Call For Entries
Sonoma Film Institute ~ All screenings are in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall on the Sonoma State University campus in Rohnert Park. Fridays at 7p, Sundays at
4p. Admission is $7, $6 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, $5 for SFI members
and children under 12, and FREE for SSU students.$5 parking fee on all SSU lots. INFO: sonoma.edu/sfi or call (707)664-2606.
Jan 27 at 7:00p - Lo and Behold Reveries
awards they are nominated for. Another lm to see is “Jackie” starring Natalie Portman. Her performance is haunting. I agree with all of you that emailed me that “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is very disappointing and confusing. For those of you that haven’t seen it yet, I suggest wait for DVD.
16th Annual Tiburon International Film Festival ~ will be held April 2017 in Tiburon, CA, a showcase for independent feature and short films from around the world. Entry form and eligibility guidelines TiburonFilmFestival.com
Community Media Center of
Local television by, for, and about the people of the North Bay. Watch CMCNB TV streaming online at www. communitymedia.org; on Santa Rosa Comcast Cable Channels 26, 27, 28, & 30; and throughout the North Bay on the AT&T U-Verse system Channel 99. www.communitymedia.org (707)569- 8785 ext. 325. We are having a sale on Organizational Memberships! Any NEW members who join before March 31, 2017 are eligible for a 20% discount! allcommunitymedia.org/join
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Jan 13 & 14 ~ Windsor Independent Film Fest 2017 - an annual event designed to showcase and promote independent filmmakers, with an emphasis on local talent. WIFF strives to celebrate the individual filmmaker spirit, cultivate independent filmmaking and offer local filmmakers a place to showcase their work. $12-$65 - Jan 13- 6p-8p & Jan 14 -10a - 9p - Windsor High School Theater 8695 Windsor Rd. Windsor Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/full-festival-pass- windsor-independent-film-fest-tickets- 22070758232?ref=ebtnebtckt
-In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country’s best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient lineage. $10. - $14. 7p The Raven Film Center - 415 Center St Healdsburg
Jan 25 ~ Film Screening. The Long Night, Seven Lives Forever Changed By The American Sex Trade.- Filmed and Directed by photojournalist, Tim Matsui, produced by MediaStorm, and supported by The Alexia Foundation. 6:30p - The Finley Center, 2060 W. College Avenue, Santa Rosa
Congregation Shomrei Torah in Santa Rosa will offer its fifth annual Social Action Goes to the Movies film series, entitled Sparks of Hope – Healing through Innovation and Creativity. FREE 7p-10p - Shomrei Torah 2600 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa - For more information visit the events calendar: shomreitorah.org/ community/social-action
of the Connect World
Jan 29 at 4:00p -Lo and Behold
Feb 3 at 7:00p - Lupe Under the Sun
Janelle Monáe, Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer in “Hidden Figures.”
Birthday of it's star, Sidney Poitier.
actors, John Goodman. Ben Affleck has a new movie called “Live By Night” also opening that day. Where has Jamie Foxx been? He’s back in his new movie “Sleepless”. Also back is Vin Diesel in “XXX: The Return of Xander Cage”. It also stars Samuel L. Jackson. It opens January 20th. Matthew McConaughey’s movie “Gold” opens wide January 27th.
Association of Sonoma County.
For my theater goers, the Curran Theater
reopens this month with the anticipated
“Fun Home”. Hailed as Broadway’s most
original new musical in years, the winner
of ve Tony Awards is an emotionally
charged and poignant family drama. “Fun
Home” rst played O -Broadway at The
Public Theater in 2013, before transferring
to Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theater.
It won Best Musical that year. It opens at
the Curran in San Francisco January 25 and
closes February 19. The theater is located at
445 Geary Street, San Francisco Ca 94102.
Go online for ticket information. 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa opens “Stage Kiss”, directed by the talented Marty Pistone, on January 13 and closes February 5. When two actors with an amorous history are thrown together as romantic leads in a forgotten 1930s melodrama, they quickly lose touch with
Denzel with Viola Davis in “Fences”
The Clover Theater ~ mainstream fare, as well as art-house independent films and classics. 7 days a week, 365 days a year. INFO: clovertheater.com. 707.894.6347 121 E. 1st Street, Cloverdale
Movies opening this month are “Hidden Figures” starring Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer. Spencer received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress for
this lm. It opens wide January 6th. Also opening January 6th is “A Monster Calls” starring Sigourney Weaver and Liam Neeson. Mark Wahlberg fans will be happy he has a new movie opening January 13th. It’s called “Patriots Day” which also stars one of my favorite
the North Bay (CMCNB TV)
(Lupe Bajo el Sol) (Rodrigo Reyes, 2016, in Spanish and English with English subtitles) Independent feature about a migrant laborer in California's Central Valley.
Feb 5 at 4:00p - Lupe Under the Sun
Feb 10 at 7:00p - Original Copy (Directed by Georg Heinzen and Florian Heinzen-Ziob, 2015, in Hindi and English w/English subtitles) Charming documentary portrait of artist and guru Sheikh Rehman - one of the last hand-
painters of colorful Bollywood posters.
Feb 12 at 4:00p - Original Copy
Feb 17 at 7:00p - In the Heat of the Night (Norman Jewison, 1967) SFI Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Winner of the 1967 Best Picture Oscar, and the 90th
Feb 19 at 4:00p - In the Heat of the Night Feb 24 at 7:00p - Lamb (Yared Zeleke, 2015, in Amharic w/English subtitles) A young Ethiopian boy tries to save his sheep from being sacrificed. Co- Sponsored by the United Nations
Hopefully the Academy Awards will follow suit this year and not repeat what they did last year where there wasn’t one nomination to a diverse actor.
Email me with any questions regarding this month’s Sundance Film
Summerfield Cinemas ~ Art, Independent and Foreign Films, 551 Summerfield Road, Santa Rosa, INFO: (707) 525-8909, summerfieldcinemas. com/
Festival. Dongibblecast@hotmail.com.
January ~ Jackie, Lion, Hidden Figures, LA LA Land, Manchester by the Sea, The eagle Huntress, Moonlight, Hidden Figures, Elle, The Brand New Testament,
Jamie Foxx in “Sleepless”
Rio Theater ~ 20396 Bohemian Hwy Monte Rio 707-520-4075
Jan 6 - 8 Burn Country An exiled Afghan
reality. I’m very excited to see this production! 6th Street is located at 52 W. 6th St, Santa Rosa
journalist moves to Sonoma County. When he tries to rise above his menial job on a police blotter by covering a local crime along the Russian River, he’s drawn into a world he never expected. Filmed on location across West Sonoma county, featuring scenes filmed in Guerneville, Monte Rio, and around the Russian River. Directed by Ian Olds. $8
Back to the Golden Globe nominations. This year there were 6 nominations for actors of color. Octavia Spencer “Hidden Figures”, Denzel Washington “Fences”, Viola Davis “Fences”, Mahershala Ali “Moonlight”, Naomie Harris “Moonlight” and Ruth Negga “Loving”.
Rialto Cinemas ~ Sonoma County's home for Art, Independent and Foreign Films. Sebastopol: 6868 McKinley Street,
Jan 14 ~ RAMS - Alexander Film Festival
JAN~ The Hand Maiden, Passengers, Rogue One, Sing, Why Him?, Manchester by the Sea, Jackie, La La Land, Underworld: Blood Wars, etc.
Jan 28 ~ Social Action Film Series
Jan 21 & 25 Met Opera Live in HD Romeo & Juliette (NR)
Jan 7 & 11 ~ Met Opera Live in HD: Nabucco (NR)
Jan 31 ~Bolshoi Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty (NR)
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