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Athens in Crisis: Segregation and social distance
Movie Guide Edited by Michelle Drown
The following films are playing in Santa Barbara FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, through THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29. Descriptions followed by initials — RD (Richie DeMaria) and DJP (D.J. Palladino) — have been taken from our critics’ reviews, which can be read in full at independent.com. The symbol O indicates the film is recommended.
of a girl and her sisters, who strive to be singing superstars. Fairview/Fiesta 5 The Last Witch Hunter (106 mins.; PG-13: sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images)
Thomas Maloutas
Vin Diesel stars as Kaulder, the last witch hunter on Earth, who must go up against the wicked Witch Queen and vicious ilk before they can unleash the Black Death upon the world. Camino Real/Metro 4
Sunday,
Oct. 25
Professor of Social Geography Harokopio University, Athens
2:00 pm
Karpeles Manuscript Library
Thomas Maloutas, Professor of Social Geography at Harokopio University in Athens, is a leading expert in cities and society. His lecture will be on social and ethnic segregation in Athens today. He will address the impact of the ongoing economic and political crisis on the city’s social geography.
21 W. Anapamu St. Santa Barbara public parking OppOsite
The lecture is FREE and open to the public. FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Discussion will follow the lecture.
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FIRST LOOKS Bridge of Spies (141 mins.; PG-13: some violence and brief strong language)
Reviewed on page 71.
Camino Real/Paseo Nuevo
O Sicario (121 mins.; R: strong violence, grisly images, and language) Reviewed on page 71. Fairview/Fiesta 5
SCREENINGS The Creeping Garden (81 mins.; NR) This award-winning documentary explores the work of fringe scientists, mycologists, and artists who study and work with the extraordinary and often beautiful slime molds (formerly categorized as fungi).
Wed., Oct. 28, 5 and 7:30pm, Plaza de Oro
(103 mins.; R: language, drug content, sexuality/nudity, and some violence, all involving teens)
This coming-of-age dramedy starring Shameik Moore is about a geeky boy who tries to get by in his tough neighborhood of Inglewood while juggling his senior year of high school and applying for colleges. FESS GE ION AL MASSA
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Fri. and Mon., Oct. 23 and 26, 10pm, Isla Vista Theater, 960 Embarcadero del Norte, Isla Vista (Double feature with Me and Earl and the Dying Girl)
O Halloween (91 mins.; R: horror violence, terror, some sexuality and nudity, and brief drug use) John Carpenter’s classic horror film introduces psycho killer Michael Myers when he first escapes from the mental ward and terrorizes his old neighborhood, particularly young Laurie Strode, famously played by Jamie Lee Curtis.
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O Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (105 mins.; PG-13: sexual content, drug material, language, and some thematic elements) This film is intricately crafted, often very funny, moving in its depiction of friendships and mortality, and all about the extreme love of movies, to boot â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Citizen Kane gone to the prom. (DJP)
Fri. and Mon., Oct. 23 and 26, 7pm, Isla Vista Theater, 960 Embarcadero del Norte, Isla Vista (Double feature with Dope)
PREMIERES Burnt (100 mins.; NR) Chef Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) is looking to make a comeback after ruining his career with drugs and enfant terrible behavior in Paris. He goes to London to make a new go of things and, hopefully, open a three-star restaurant. Camino Real/ Paseo Nuevo (Opens Thu., Oct. 29)
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Sandra Bullock stars in this dramedy as a political campaign strategist who is sent to a war-torn South American country to install a new leader. Things go awry when her nemesis (played by Billy Bob Thornton) shows up and gets invoved. Fiesta 5
(Opens Thu., Oct. 29)
Rock the Kasbah (100 mins.; R: language including sexual references, some drug use, and brief violence) Bill Murray stars as a music manager who is having nothing but bad luck until he discovers an Afghani teen with the voice of an angel. He takes her to Kabul to compete in the American Idol-esque Afghan Star. Metro 4 Room (118 mins.; R: language) Based on the Emma Donoghue novel of the same name, Room chronicles Ma and 5-year-old Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life confined to a 10-by-10-foot room until they decide to make a daring escape.
Paseo Nuevo (Opens Thu., Oct. 29)
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Our Brand Is Crisis (107 mins.; R: language including some sexual references)
Jem and the Holograms (118 mins.; PG: thematic material including reckless behavior, brief suggestive content, and some language) Based on the toy line/animated TV show of the same name, this musical fantasy film tells the story
Steve Jobs (122 mins.; R: language) Michael Fassbender stars as the genius CEO of Apple Inc. in this biographical version of Steve Jobs and his life at the epicenter of the digital revolution. Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels also star.
Camino Real/Paseo Nuevo
NOW SHOWING O Black Mass (122 mins.; R: brutal violence, language throughout, some sexual references, and brief drug use) This is a realistic film, proclaim the skin details, based on the very real life and times of James â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whiteyâ&#x20AC;? Bulger (Johnny Depp) and the way he manipulated a hometown friend in the FBI (John Connolly, played by Joel Edgerton) into giving him free reign as South Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crime mastermind. Black Mass is a powerhouse of a movie in its entertainment value, acting strengths, and decade detail. Deppâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance skyrockets his Whitey instantly into the ranks of a Norman Bates or Hannibal Lecter, transcendent in its terror. The fascinating film will still make you cower in its portrayal of individual evil and the coldest reaches of the soul. (RD)Â Plaza de Oro Crimson Peak (119 mins.; R: bloody violence, some sexual content, and brief strong language)
You can tell that Guillermo del Toro is having fun with Crimson Peak just by reading the title. His ingredients bespeak a kind of mad enthusiasm, too: a little David Lynch, add some Stephen King, then Edith Wharton, Daphne du Maurier, and, as a crazy topper, the best of American slasher movies. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all there and richly coated in del Toroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s undeniable gifts at design and beautiful horrific-ness. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s less clear is whether the audience is having fun jumping through all these genre hoops and into who knows what. Del Toroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s women are the most appealing part, uncharacteristically strong for such brands of fiction. Mia Wasikowska is the writerly daughter of a New York plutocrat at the dawn of the 20th century, and Jessica Chastain is the spooky sister of Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston), the baronet who wants to marry the moneyed American girl. Hiddleston is smooth and has a great