New film offerings continue at Cinema Art Theater
The Rehoboth Beach Film Society is expanding its arts programming with the addition of The Royal Ballet’s on-screen events. Screenings of the company's newest production, Peter Wright's “Giselle,” will kick off at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 12, at the Cinema Art Theater near Lewes.
The world turns upside down for the peasant girl Giselle when she discovers her lover Albrecht is actually a nobleman who is promised to another. In despair, she kills herself. Her spirit joins the Wilis, the vengeful ghosts of women who have been jilted and die before their wedding day. The Wilis will kill any man who crosses their path by forcing him into a dance to the death. Racked with guilt, Albrecht visits Giselle’s grave, where he must face the Wilis – and Giselle’s ghost. Will he survive?
Attendees may learn more about the enduring appeal of this romantic ballet and the prima ballerinas who have immortalized the role of Giselle in a post-film discussion with Janaea Rose Lyn, dance artist and educator.
Upcoming CAT offerings also include The New York Cat Film Festival and The New York Dog Film Festival. The cat film festival offers an exploration of the fascinating felines with whom humans share their lives, creating an audience experience that inspires, educates and entertains. Cats have their own unique and indescribable bond with people – even when living independently as community cats. The dog film festival celebrates the love between dogs and their people in a two-hour medley of animated, documentary and narrative short films from around the world with a canine theme.
New films opening Friday, April 10, include “Two Prosecutors,” “Hamlet” and “A Magnificent Life.”
“Two Prosecutors” is set in 1937, amidst Stalin's Great Terror. A newly appointed prosecutor for the USSR is made aware of alleged corruption in the Secret Police, and takes it upon himself to investigate.
“Hamlet,” Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy, is reimagined in a bold, modern adaptation set within London’s elite South Asian community. When Hamlet (Riz Ahmed) returns for his father’s funeral, he is stunned to discover his uncle Claudius is marrying his newly widowed mother. Visited by his father’s ghost, Hamlet learns his brutal murder came at the hands of Claudius, and he spirals into a quest for vengeance that exposes the rot at the heart of the family’s empire and threatens his own sanity.
“A Magnificent Life” centers on 60-year-old Marcel Pagnol, a well-known and acclaimed playwright and filmmaker in 1955. When the editor-in-chief of Elle magazine commissions a weekly column about Pagnol's childhood, he sees this as a great opportunity to go back to his artistic roots: writing. Realizing his memory is failing him and deeply affected by the disappointing results of his last two plays, Pagnol starts doubting his ability to pursue his work. That is, until Little Marcel, the young boy he used to be, appears to him as if by magic. Together, they will explore Marcel Pagnol's incredible life and bring back to life his most cherished encounters and memories.
