George Clooney and Anna Kendrick in 'Up in the Air' (2009). See film listings below.
MUSIC
3.5
Juelz Santana
@ Toad’s Place
$25 / 9 p.m.
3.5
Awesome Color
w/ Tyvek
and Medication
@ Cafe Nine
New Haven, Conn.
$8 / 9 p.m.
21+ show.
Psych-garage-noise purveyors Awesome Color coalesced after Michigan skater/musos Michael Troutman and Allison Busch hooked up with fellow Great Lake State expat Derek Stanton in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 2004. Tired of the same old, same old that was passing for N.Y.C. underground punk at the time, the trio set out to inject a little Detroit rock know-how into the tired scene. Succeeding marvelously at channeling the grit and free abandon of the Stooges and MC5 into a propulsive, riff-based, Black Sabbath-informed mule-kick of a live show, the group soon caught the ear of Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore – who wasted no time snatching the band up for his Ecstatic Peace! label. Their self-titled debut hit the racks in 2006 and album number two, Electric Aborigines, followed in 2008. The wake of that second release found the group touring the world in support of Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr. throughout the rest of 2008.
3.6
Mayer Hawthorne and the County
w/ Nikki Jean
@ Pearl Street Nightclub
$15 / 9 p.m.
3.9
Alkaline Trio
w/ Cursive
and the Dear & Departed
@ The Webster
Hartford, Conn.
$18.40 / 6:30 p.m.
FILM
3.3
CAN Movie Night: Up in the Air
@ Semesters, student center
CCSU
7 p.m.
3.3,4
Police, Adjective
@ Real Art Ways
Hartford, Conn.
$6.25 / 7 p.m.
“The more closely you look, the more you see: a movie about a marriage, about a career in crisis, about a society riven by unstated class antagonisms and hobbled by ancient authoritarian habits. So much in this meticulous and moving film is between the lines, and almost nothing is by the book.” - A.O. Scott, New York Times (Critics’ Pick!)
“[A] remarkably self-effacing and highly intelligent comedy” - J. Hoberman, Village Voice
“A low-key, observant record of a universal dilemma among people in authority: How do you do your duty when your inner voice tells you it’s wrong?” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
(Romania, 115 minutes) in Romanian with English subtitles
3.5 – 3.6
Invictus
@ Cinestudio
Hartford, Conn.
$7 / 7:30 p.m.
(2009) Director: Clint Eastwood. Written by Anthony Peckham, based on the non-fiction book by John Carlin. Cast: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Adjoa Andoh.
As the world celebrates the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s triumphant release from prison, the man behind the heroic myth is in danger of disappearing. Clint Eastwood’s clear eyed film – and Morgan Freeman’s performance – rescue the complex humanity of South Africa’s first black President. The rousing film is set in the mid 1990s, at a time when the black Africans and white Afrikaners were separated by the ugly history of apartheid. It is Mandela’s brilliant idea to unite his country by throwing his support behind the (white) rugby team, led by captain Matt Damon, and their improbable run for a World Cup victory. Academy Award nominations for Best Actor (Freeman) and Best Supporting Actor (Damon). “…an antidote to the cynicism on the noisy margins of our political life.” Bill Keller, New York Times. 133 min.
3.7 – 3.9
Brighton Rock
@ Cinestudio
Hartford, Conn.
$7 / 7:30 p.m.
Pinkie Brown is a small-town hoodlum whose gang runs a protection racket based at Brighton race course. When Pinkie orders the murder of a rival, Fred, the police believe it to be suicide. This doesn’t convince Ida Arnold, who was with Fred just before he died, and she sets out to find the truth. She comes across naive waitress Rose, who can prove that Fred was murdered. In an attempt to keep Rose quiet Pinkie marries her. But with his gang beginning to doubt his ability, and his rivals taking over his business, Pinkie starts to become more desperate and violent.
3.10 – 3.13
Up in the Air
@ Cinestudio
Hartford, Conn.
$7 / 7:30 p.m.
Ryan Bingham’s job is to fire people from theirs. The anguish, hostility, and despair of his “clients” has left him falsely compassionate, living out of a suitcase, and loving every second of it. When his boss hires arrogant young Natalie, she develops a method of video conferencing that will allow termination without ever leaving the office – essentially threatening the existence Ryan so cherishes. Determined to show the naive girl the error of her logic, Ryan takes her on one of his cross country firing expeditions, but as she starts to realize the disheartening realities of her profession, he begins to see the downfalls to his way of life.
CCSU
3.4
Devil’s Den at 10PM: Open Gameroom and World Olympics Night
@ Breakers and Semesters, respectively, student center
CCSU
10 p.m.
3.5
Ava Gardner Film Series: Mogambo
@ DiLoreto 001
CCSU
2 p.m.
3.10
Central Authors Presents: “Plague, Apocalypses, and Bug-Eyed Monsters: How Speculative Fiction Shows Us Our Nightmares”
@ Bookstore, student center
CCSU
12 p.m.
3.10
CAN Movie Night: The Blind Side
@ Semesters, student center
CCSU
7 p.m.
