March 06, 2003

Kimball Film Series Continues at Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – The following films will be shown at Kimball Theatre at the College of the Holy Cross. Admission is $1.50 for students with a college ID and $2.50 for the general public.

"Far From Heaven"
Wed., March 12: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Julianne Moore. This film, set in the 1950s, crosses sexual and racial lines and exposes prejudices that, while palpably overt in that period, still exist in some form today.

"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"
Fri., March 14 and Sat., March 15: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson. Harry returns to Hogwarts for his second year and tries to find a way to save the school from the dangerous, dark forces threatening it.

"Rabbit-Proof Fence"
Wed., March 19: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Kenneth Branagh. This tale of three young sisters who escape an internment camp for Aborigines introduces us to Australia's racist past. Based on actual events.

"Die Another Day"
Fri., March 21 and Sat., March 22: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry. Danger lurks in North Korea and it's up to James Bond and friends to prevent an international catastrophe. Will they succeed? Do they know something that the government doesn't know?

"Adaptation"
Wed., March 26: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Nicholas Cage and Meryl Streep. A depressive screenwriter (played by Cage) flirts with insanity as he tries to complete a screen adaptation. The film has been called extraordinary and intelligent.

"25th Hour"
Fri., March 28 and Sat., March 29: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Ed Norton. Spike Lee's latest is a crime story about a drug dealer's last night of freedom before he begins a seven-year jail term.

"Nicholas Nickleby"
Wed., April 2: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Charles Hunnam and Christopher Plummer. You'll have a dickens of a good time watching the young hero absorb all the blows Victorian England can throw at him and still come out standing.

"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
Fri., April 4 and Sat., April 5: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan and Viggo Mortensen. The tale continues as magic and gore combine in a medieval adventure that is eternal.

"About Schmidt"
Wed., April 9: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Jack Nicholson. Schmidt (played by Nicholson) is an Omaha insurance executive who discovers, on the occasion of his retirement, that an entire world lies out there with which he is not acquainted.

"The Recruit"
Fri., April 11 and Sat., April 12: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell. An intelligent spy flick in which a CIA recruit enters the shadow world built on subterfuge and betrayal where trust is a rare commodity.

"The Hours" (tentative)
Wed., April 23: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore and Meryl Streep. This beautifully acted film is about three women in different decades linked by Virginia Woolf's novel, Mrs. Dalloway.

Fri., April 25 and Sat., April 26: NO FILM

"Narc"
Fri., May 2 and Sat., May 3: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Jason Patric and Ray Liotta. A thriller in which two Detroit lawmen hunt a copkiller while confronting their personal demons.

For additional information contact Cristal Perriello at 508.793.2419