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Magnolia at the Modern Film Schedule October 31-December 7

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 $9; $7 for Modern members. The Sunday noon show time is half price. Advance sales begin two hours prior to each show.

 

Film Schedule      

The Two Faces of January

October 31-November 2

Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

Screenwriter Hossein Amini makes a stylish directing debut with this sleek thriller set in Greece and Istanbul, 1962, and adapted from Patricia Highsmith's novel. Intrigue begins at the Parthenon when wealthy American tourists (Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst) meet an American expat scam artist working as a tour guide.

96 minutes; PG-13

 

Christopher Kelly Modern Cinema/Lone Star Film Festival screenings

November 6-9

Prices, titles and screening times TO BE ANNOUNCED.

 

Whiplash

November 14-16

Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

A young drummer attends one of the best music schools in the country and, under the tutelage of the school's fearsome jazz maestro, struggles to make it as a top jazz drummer.

106 minutes; R

 

The Blue Room

November 21-23

Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

A country hotel's blue room is the scene of erotic rapture, but the adulterous man and woman who meet there have different visions of their future.

75 minutes; R; French with English subtitles

 

Force Majeure

November 28-30

Friday 6 and 8:15 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday 11:45 am, 2 pm, and 4:15 pm

A family on a ski holiday in the French Alps find themselves staring down an avalanche during lunch. In the aftermath, their dynamic is shaken to its core, with a question mark hanging over their patriarch in particular.

118 minutes; R; Swedish with English subtitles 

 

Low Down

December 5-7

Friday 6 and 8:15 pm; NO Saturday show time; Sunday 11:45 am, 2 pm, and 4:15 pm

This powerful film explores the tortured life of pianist Joe Albany (John Hawkes) from the perspective of his young daughter (Elle Fanning), as she watches him contend with his drug addiction amidst the 1960s and 1970s jazz scene.

119 minutes; R