February 7, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

MAGNOLIA AT THE MODERN FILM SCHEDULE
February 25 through April 3, 2011

The Magnolia at the Modern is an ongoing series featuring critically acclaimed films. Regular show times are Friday at 6 and 8 pm, Saturday at 5 pm, and Sunday at noon, 2 and 4 pm (exceptions are noted). Tickets are $8.50; $6.50 for Modern members. Advance sales begin two hours prior to each show.

FILM SCHEDULE

OSCAR SHORTS
Friday, February 25
6 pm live-action program, 8 pm animated program

Saturday, February 26
5 pm animated program

Sunday, February 27
Noon live-action program, 2 pm animated program, 4 pm live-action program

These screenings offer audiences a chance to see all 10 animated and live-action Oscar nominated shorts prior to the Academy Awards.

EVERY DAY
March 4–6
Friday 6 and 8 pm, Saturday 5 pm, Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

Helen Hunt, Liev Schreiber, Brian Dennehy, Eddie Izzard, and Carla Gugino star in Every Day, a story about a family’s struggle to survive life’s curveballs, a journey that ultimately brings them closer.
R for language, sexual content, and some drug use
93 minutes

THE ILLUSIONIST
March 11–13
Friday 6 and 8 pm, Saturday 5 pm, Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

“Although more wistful than the hyperenergetic Triplets, The Illusionist is equally comic. (As in Tati or Triplets, there is far more noise than dialogue.) No less impressive than Chomet’s character animation is his sense of timing. For its 80 minutes, the movie creates the illusion that not just Tati but his form of cerebral slapstick lives.” J. Hoberman, Village Voice.
Directed by Sylvain Chomet and based on a short sketch of a script by the legendary Jacques Tati, The Illusionist details the story of a dying breed of stage entertainer forced to compete with emerging rock stars.
PG for thematic elements and smoking
80 minutes; French, with English subtitles

THE WAY BACK
March 18–20
Friday 6 and 8:30 pm, Saturday 5 pm, Sunday 11:30 am, 2 pm, and 4:30 pm

“No one will go away disappointed or indifferent. It’s a movie that sticks with you like Elmer’s glue.” Rex Reed, New York Observer.
Directed by six-time Academy Award nominee Peter Weir, The Way Back is an epic story of survival, solidarity, and indomitable human will.
PG; 132 minutes

NORA’S WILL
March 25–27
Friday 6 and 8 pm, Saturday 5 pm, Sunday 2 pm, and 4 pm, No noon show time

“Another film about a family meal, Nora’s Will is a fascinating glimpse into a Mexican-Jewish community and a nicely told, more-than-slightly twisted fable of love.” James Verniere, Boston Herald.
93 minutes; Spanish

OF GODS AND MEN
April 1–3
Friday 6 and 8:15 pm, Saturday 5 pm, Sunday 11:45 am, 2 pm, and 4:15 pm

France’s official selection for the 83rd Academy Award for best foreign language film and winner of the Grand Prix 2010 Cannes Film Festival, Of Gods and Men recounts the story of eight French, Christian monks living in harmony with their Muslim brothers in a monastery perched in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990s. When a crew of foreign workers is massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group, fear sweeps through the region. Despite the growing instability, the monks slowly realize that they have no choice but to stay, come what may. This film is loosely based on the life of the Cistercian monks of Tibhirine in Algeria, from 1993 until their kidnapping in 1996.
R for a scene of graphic violence
120 minutes; Arabic/French, with English subtitles

LOCATION
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
3200 Darnell Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
Telephone 817.738.9215
Toll-Free 1.866.824.5566
Fax 817.735.1161
www.themodern.org

Museum Gallery Hours
Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm
Fri 10 am-8 pm

General Admission Prices (includes special exhibition)
$4 for students with ID and seniors (60+)
$10 for adults ($13+)
Free for children 12 and under
Free for Modern members

CAFÉ MODERN
Lunch
Tue-Fri 11 am-2:30 pm
Brunch
Sat-Sun10 am-3 pm
Dinner and Bar
Fri 5 pm-10 pm
Coffee, snacks, and dessert 10 am-4:30 pm

The Museum is closed Monday and holidays including New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas.