“Even my curating was basically a form of writing in my mind. . . . Each art object is a sentence, a room is a paragraph, six rooms is an essay.” —Helen Molesworth, quoted in Robin Pogrebin, “A Curator Unbound,” The New York Times
Richard Curtis, 2009
R; 117 minutes
In 1966, BBC radio broadcasts less than an hour of pop music a day, forcing pirate DJs to take up the slack from boats anchored outside British waters. Quentin (Bill Nighy) is the commander of such a pirate station, overseeing a host of seedy, lusty, and dope-smoking DJs, including the Count (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Dave (Nick Frost), who makes it his personal mission to see to it that Quentin's newly arrived godson (Tom Sturridge) loses his virginity.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's modern-day fairytale Amélie (2001), re-released by Sony Pictures, quickly made the eponymous Parisian waitress a cultural icon. The film launched the career of Audrey Tautou, who portrays Amélie Poulain as a Nutella-eyed innocent with puckish charm in this award-winning whimsical romance.
R; 121 minutes; French with English subtitles
“The kind of ravishing, rousing epic we don’t really get much of anymore.” —Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
In 1755, poor soldier Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) arrives on the barren Jutland moors with a single goal: to follow the king’s call to cultivate the land and gain wealth and honor for himself. However, ruthless landowner Frederik De Schinkel (Simon Bennebjerg) believes the moor belongs to him.
127 minutes; German with English subtitles
“The Teachers’ Lounge is a pulse-pounding exploration of the ways we draw lines between enemies and friends, and the courage it takes to blur them.” —Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
A dedicated sports and math teacher (Leonie Benesch) starts her first job at a high school and stands out among the new staff because of her idealism. When a series of thefts occur at the school and one of her students is suspected, she decides to get to the bottom of the matter on her own.
PG-13; 94 minutes; German with English subtitles
Madeleine (Line Renaud), 92 years old, calls a taxi to take her to the retirement home where she will be living. Charles (Dany Boon), a disillusioned driver with a tender heart, agrees to drive by the places that affected Madeleine's life. Through the streets of Paris, her extraordinary past is revealed. They don't know it yet, but they will forge a friendship during this drive that will change their lives forever.
91 minutes; French with English subtitles
A young boy yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. From the mind of Hayao Miyazaki comes this semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship.
PG-13; 124 minutes
On the eve of the Second World War two of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, C. S. Lewis (Matthew Goode) and Sigmund Freud (Anthony Hopkins), converge for their own personal battle over the existence of God. Freud’s Last Session interweaves the lives of Freud and Lewis—past, present, and through fantasy—bursting from the confines of Freud’s study on a dynamic journey.
PG-13; 108 minutes
The Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth welcomes back the brilliant young pianist, Orion Weiss one of the most profound interpreters of Brahms. He will be heard in Brahms' Piano Quartet in A major and the Faure Piano Quartet no.1. Joining him will be Ani Aznavoorian, making her long awaited CMSFW debut and charter ensemble members Gary Levinson and Michael Klotz.
“When you’re named after one of the biggest constellations in the night sky, the pressure is on to display a little star power — and the young pianist Orion Weiss did exactly that...”
— The Washington Post
The most up-to-the-minute and least predictable concert music series in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Sounds Modern has been exploring links between contemporary music and visual arts for over a decade. Sounds Modern reaches beyond the traditional context of classical music, collaborating with modern art presenters and other non-traditional venues to share adventurous new music with adventurous new audiences.
