THURSDAY, DEC. 13
2 p.m.
A Mighty Heart
(R/104 min)
This movie is based on the book written by the wife of Daniel Pearl, the Wall St. Journal reporter who was kidnapped and executed in Pakistan. (Starr Begley)
5 p.m.
Control
(R/121 min)
The story of troubled Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. (Anthony Pignataro)
7:30 p.m.
Honeydripper
(PG13/122 min)
It’s Alabama in the 1950’s and a struggling juke joint owner who can’t seem to get any customers hires some young whippersnapper electric guitar player in a last-ditch effort to save the business. (AP)
FRIDAY, DEC. 14
2 p.m.
Reservation Road
(R/102 min)
Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Ruffalo play two fathers who react to considerable tragedy in unexpected ways. (AP)
5 p.m.
Once
(R/88 min.)
The Guy, who helps his pop run a vacuum cleaner repair business, dreams of landing a big-time record deal. Then one day he meets The Girl, a struggling house-cleaner. They share hardship, music and each other. (AP)
7:30 p.m.
Starting Out in the Evening
(PG13/111 min)
A young woman decides to do her master’s thesis on an old writer whose works changed her life. The old writer is completely taken with the young woman, which distresses his 39-year-old daughter, who has issues of her own. (AP)
SATURDAY, Dec. 15
2 p.m.
Talk to Me
(R/118 min)
Don Cheadle plays Petey Greene, an outspoken, alcoholic ex-con who manages to talk his way into a talk radio gig. (AP)
5 p.m.
La Vie en Rose
(PG13/140 min)
Marion Cotillard stars in this passionate historical portrait of Edith Piaf, who rose from singing on a slum street corner in France to basking in the limelight of the New York City musical scene. (Jessica Armstrong)
7:30 p.m.
In the Shadow of the Moon
(G/100 min)
The surviving NASA crewmembers from the Apollo missions assemble to tell the story of what it is like to go to another world. Stars astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean and others. (Ray Mangan)
SUNDAY, Dec. 16
2 p.m.
The Hoax
(R/115 min)
The story of how real-life writer Clifford Irving became famous for selling a completely fake biography of the weirdo/recluse Howard Hughes. Thank goodness we’re not gullible like that anymore. Stars Richard Gere and Alfred Molina. (AP)
5 p.m.
Into the Wild
(R/140 min)
Based on the true story of Christopher McCandless, wanderer extraordinaire, who turned away from a promising and predictable future after college and roamed across the U.S., eventually undertaking a dangerous journey into the Alaskan wilderness. (JA)
7:30 p.m.
I’m Not There
(R/135 min)
An incredibly creative, indulgent, confusing, fantastic look at the life of Bob Dylan. Warning: this movie contains no narrative—just six character studies of Dylan, played by actors like Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Richard Gere and Cate Blanchett, who is the best of the bunch. (AP)
MONDAY, Dec. 17
2 p.m.
Gone Baby Gone
(R/115 min)
A young girl goes missing in a gritty Boston neighborhood and two young private detectives are hired to hunt for clues. They find an emotionally detached mother, a trio of child molesters and a collection of crooked cops. That’s Boston for you. (JA)
5 p.m.
Dan in Real Life
(PG13/98 min)
Steve Carell stars as a relationship advice columnist and widower who realizes that he may not have all the answers when he falls in love with his brother’s girlfriend. It happens. (JA)
7:30 p.m.
The Walker
(R/107 min)
Woody Harrelson stars in this romantic drama about a 50-year old dude who hires himself out as an escort to society dames in Washington, all while keeping a boyfriend on the side. Damn. (AP)
TUESDAY, Dec. 18
2 p.m.
Waitress
(PG13/104 min)
Comedy about a darling pie-baking diner waitress who gets unexpectedly pregnant from some jerk, then learns confidence in a most unusual way. (AP)
5 p.m.
Before the Devil Knows
You’re Dead
(R/117 min)
Two brothers devise a plot to rob their parents’ jewelery store, but then things go wrong and their lives spin out of control. Stars Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei and Albert Finney. (RM)
7:30 p.m.
Juno
(PG13/91 min)
Yet another comedy about unplanned pregnancy, this one stars Ellen Page as a smart teen who shops her unborn child around in hopes of finding it the perfect suburban parents. Hilarious! (AP)
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 19
2 p.m.
American Gangster
(R/157 min)
Denzel Washington stars as notorious heroin kingpin Frank Lucas, who gained power and money by shipping drugs from Asia in the caskets of dead soldiers. Russell Crowe is the lawman bent on arresting Lucas. (JA)
5 p.m.
The 11th Hour
(PG/95 min)
Documentary narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio concerning our impact on the global climate. If you don’t choose paper over plastic after viewing this film there is seriously something wrong. (RM)
7:30 p.m.
The Kite Runner
(PG13/122 min)
Based on the best selling book by author Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner tells the story of two childhood friends struggling to rebuild the friendship in the Taliban controlled country of Afghanistan. (RM)
Tickets: $8-12; 4-film pass: $40; For more info, visit www.mauifilmfestival.com or call 572-3456. All films showing at the Castle Theater, located at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center, One Cameron Way, Kahului. MTW
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