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Montgomery College Series
November 9 - December 7
AFI Silver continues its presentation of outstanding films included in Montgomery College's fall film course curricula,
including Introduction to Film, Film History to 1950, Screenwriting, and Basic Movie Production. Films are introduced by
an instructor and followed by a post-film audience discussion. The general public is invited to join in. Tickets are $5.00
for both students and the general audience.
THE BED-SITTING ROOM
In director Richard Lester's (A HARD DAY'S
NIGHT) post-apocalyptic Britain, there are only 20
known survivors. Ralph Richardson starts mutating
into a bed-sitting room, bobbies Peter Cook and
Dudley Moore tell everyone to "keep moving," and
Mrs. Ethel Shroake is now Queen. A rare, surreal
comedy from the play co-authored by "Goon Show"
great Spike Milligan.
Directed by Richard Lester; written by Charles
Antrobus, Spike Milligan and Charles Wood; coproduced
by Oscar Lewenstein. UK, 1969, color, 90
min. RATED R
LOVELY AND AMAZING
Would-be artist Catherine Keener had enough trouble
winning approval from self-centered mom Brenda
Blethyn and actress sister Emily Mortimer before mom
adopted new sister Raven Goodwin, who's some 30
years her junior. And Raven has issues of her own-
about fitting in to a hite family as an eight-year-old
African-American with an eating disorder. But with
mom about to undergo lipo and sister Mortimer
willing to do anything for a big part, seeking approval is
something everyone in this family struggles with.
Directed/written by Nicole Holofcener; produced
by Anthony Bregman, Ted Hope and Eric
d'Arbeloff. US, 2001, color, 91 min. RATED R
OUT OF THE PAST
"Nobody's all bad, deep down." "She comes the
closest." Jane Greer lives up to the billing as she sucks
ex-detective Robert Mitchum back into a past he
thought well-buried, complete with a young Kirk
Douglas at his slimiest. "The finest film noir I know-
intelligent, expertly crafted and uncompromisingly
heartless... Mitchum is at his tough, cunning best and
Greer, a carnal, dry-ice madonna, is even better."-
critic Joel Siegel.
Directed by Jacques Tourneur; written by Daniel
Mainwaring, from his novel Build My Gallows
High. US, 1947, b&w, 97 min. RATED: APPROVED
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