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JosĂŠ Luis Moscovich conductor
Yuval Sharon director
Paula Goodman Wilder Ben Bongers Peter Graham Gregory Stapp Eric Coyne David Hodgson Patrycja Polushowicz Joaquin Quilez-Marin and
Yannis Adoniou’s KUNST-STOFF Dance Company
thematic material involving disturbing violent content and images, and some language. Two hours, 15 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Jan. 15, 2010)
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Up in the Air ---1/2 (Century 20) George Clooney is professional downsizer Ryan Bingham, a “transition specialist� with an arsenal of platitudes at his disposal for doing a company’s dirty work. Ryan meets his match in Alex Goran (Vera Farmiga), a sexy mileage junkie equally as turned on by elite status and sleekly wheeled luggage. Theirs is a match made in heaven — and hour-long intervals in Omaha, Modesto and Wichita. Ryan’s carefully crafted cocoon threatens to rupture when savvy supervisor Craig Gregory (Jason Bateman) hires wet-behind-the-ears consultant Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick) to eviscerate 85 percent of the travel budget and take the company “glocal� — global-turning-local. Ryan and Natalie set off for Detroit and a series of test firings to prove their points. His that the proper sack requires face-toface commitment; hers that a disembodied computer presence is just as effective. Let the games begin! Rated R for language and sexual content. 1 hour, 49 minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed Dec. 11, 2009) Youth in Revolt --(Century 16, Century 20) Teen Nick (Michael Cera) longs to lose his virginity, and he sets his sights on one Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday), the incongruously self-possessed daughter of Bible-thumping trailer park dwellers. The star-crossed would-be lovers face plenty of obstacles. “Excessively nice,� Nick hatches a plan to turn bad and thus be sent from his mother (Jean Smart) to his father (Steve Buscemi), who lives closer to Sheeni. To get up the gumption, Nick fashions a devilish French alter ego named Francois Dillinger, ever-ready to counsel badness. Rated R for sexual content, language and drug use. One hour, 30 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Jan. 8, 2010)
The Stanford Theatre is at 221 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Go to www.stanfordtheatre.org or call 650-324-3700.
Carrie (1952) Naive Carrie (Jennifer Jones) hopes to make it in the big city, but loses her job and seeks help from a man she’s met. Fri.Sat. at 7:30 p.m., plus Sat. at 3:20 p.m. We Were Strangers (1949) Directed by John Huston, this film of the Cuban underground stars Jennifer Jones and John Garfield. Fri.-Sat. at 5:30 and 9:40 p.m. Since You Went Away (1944) Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones and Shirley Temple struggle with life on the home front during World War II. Sun. at 2 & 7:30 p.m.; Mon.-Tue. at 7:30 p.m. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) Gregory Peck plays a Connecticut commuter haunted by war memories. Wed.-Thu. at 7:30 p.m.
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