Paradise, not lost ... It's in Paonia!

 The Paradise Theatre Presents: The Cabin Fever Film Series 2013

Current Release Independent, Art House and Foreign Film

Series Gold Passes $50 for (7) films; Individual Tickets $10

(Date Night at the Movies! Passes make great gifts!)

Now with added show times!

Fri/Sat nights (8:00); Sun matinee (3:00); Tues-Thurs nights (7:00)

Searching for Sugarman, PG13 86 min Cabin Fever Film Series Kick-Off!

Documentary / Music / Biography

Special Jury Prize: Celebration of the Artistic Spirit - Sundance Film Festival 2012; World Cinema Audience Award

TRAILER

Starts Wed 11/28 and Thurs 11/29 (7:00)

Fri 11/30 and Sat 12/1 (8:00)

Sun 12/2 (*3:00) Matinee

Tues 12/4 and Wed 12/5 (7:00)

Director:

Stars:

and Malik Bendjelloul

Searching for Sugar Man tells the incredible true story of Rodriguez, the greatest '70s rock icon who never was. Discovered in a Detroit bar in the late '60s by two celebrated producers struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics, they recorded an album which they believed would secure his reputation as the greatest recording artist of his generation. In fact, the album bombed and the singer disappeared into obscurity amid rumors of a gruesome on-stage suicide. But a bootleg recording found its way into apartheid South Africa and, over the next two decades, he became a phenomenon. The film follows the story of two South African fans who set out to find out what really happened to their hero. Their investigation leads them to a story more extraordinary than any of the existing myths  about the artist known as Rodriguez.

Sleepwalk with Me, NR

Cabin Fever 
Fri 1/18 and Sat 1/19 (8:00); Sun 1/20 (3:00); Tues 1/22 - Thurs 1/24 (7:00)
Comedy / Drama
Directors:

Writers:

(screenplay) Joe Birbiglia (screenplay)

Stars:

and James Rebhorn

Winner of Best of NEXT Audience Award - Sundance Film Festival 2012

A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.  Based on the successful one-man show, Sleepwalk With Me engages in the kind of passionate and personal storytelling that transfigures intimate anguish into comic art.

A Royal Affair, R

Cabin Fever

Fri 2/1 and Sat 2/2 (8:00)

Danish / Drama / History / Romance

World Cinema Audience Award; Denmark's official submission for the Foreign Language Film category of the 85th Academy Awards. 

A Royal Affair is the true story of an ordinary man who wins the queen's heart and starts a revolution.  Centering on the intriguing love trangle between the ever-more insane Danish King Christian VII, the royal physician who is a man of enlightenment and the idealism, Struesee, and the young, but strong Queen Carolin Mathilda, A Royal Affair is the gripping tale of brave idealists who risk everything in their pursuit of freedom for their people.

Chasing Ice, PG13

Environmental / Documentary

Excellence in Cinematography Award - Sundance; nominated Best Documentary - Sundance and Academy Awards

Starts Fri 2/15 & Sat 2/16 (8:00)
Sun 2/17 (*3:00, 7:00)
Tues 2/19 - Wed 2/20 (7:00)
*special Q&A with film editor Davis Coombe on Sun 2/17 (3:00)
Tickets $10

The Paradise Theatre in Paonia continues it’s Cabin Fever Film Series on Friday, February 15th with the documentary film, Chasing Ice, produced and directed by Jeff Orlowski.  Acclaimed environmental photographer, James Balog, was once a skeptic about climate change, but through his Extreme Ice Survey for National Geographic, he discovers undeniable evidence of our changing planet. Chasing Ice reveals Balog's hauntingly beautiful, multi-year time-lapse videos of vanishing glaciers across the Arctic, all while delivering fragile hope to our carbon-powered planet.  Traveling with a team of young adventurers across the brutal Arctic, Balog risks his career and his well-being in pursuit of the biggest story facing humanity.  Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary and winner for Excellence in Cinematography at Sundance, this is a big screen MUST.  As well, off the film’s soundtrack, “Before My Time,” by J. Ralph and featuring Scarlett Johansson and Joshua Bell, is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.  Special Q & A event following 3pm Sunday matinee on 2/17 with the film’s editor, Davis Coombe.  Davis is a partner in the Denver based production company Milkhaus which has won multiple Emmy’s and the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short 2012, Saving Face.  More information at www.paradiseofpaonia.com.

“You’ve never seen images like this before… It deserves to be seen and felt on the big screen.” Robert Redford
“Stunning…Timely…A solitary quest with global implications.” [A Critics' Pick] - Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, R

Cabin Fever

Art / Activism / Documentary

Special Jury Award for Spirit of Defiance - Sundance

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is the first feature-length film about the internationally renowned Chinese artist and activist, Ai Weiwei.  In recent years, Ai has garnered international attention as much for his ambitious artwork as his political provocations.  Klayman's detailed portrait of the artist provides a nuanced exploration of contemporary China and one of its most compelling public figures.

Rush and Bone, R

French / Drama / Mystery

Starts Fri 3/15 and Sat 3/16 (8:00)
Sun 3/17 (3:00)

Tues 3/19 - Thurs 3/21 (7:00)

French Oscar Submission for Best Foreign Film 85th Academy Awards; Best Film - London Film Festival

A struggling single father helps a beautiful whale trainer recover her will to live… Lonely and destitute, Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) leaves the north of France for his sister's house in Antibes after becoming the sole guardian of his estranged five-year-old son Sam.  One night, after breaking up a fight in a night club, Ali meets the radiant Stephanie (Marion Cotillard)…Though Stephanie's position on the high end of the social spectrum makes romance an unlikely prospect for the pair, a tragic accident at Marineland finds her reaching out in desperation to Ali.  Stephanie gradually finds the courage to go on living throught transcendent moments spent with Ali - a man with precious little pity, but an enormous love of life.

Samsara, PG 13
Art / Documentary

From the producers of Baraka

Final Cabin Fever Film!

Starts Fri 4/5 and Sat 4/6 (8:00)

Sun 4/7 (3:00, 7:00); Tues 4/9 - Thurs 4/11 (7:00)

Prepare yourself for an unparalleled sensory experience. Samsara reunites director Ron Fricke and producer Mark Magidson, whose award-winning films Baraka and Chronos were acclaimed for combining visual and musical artistry. Samsara is a Sanskrit word that means "the ever turning wheel of life" and is the point of departure for the filmmakers as they search for the elusive current of interconnection that runs through our lives. Filmed over a period of almost five years and in twenty-five countries, Samsara transports us to sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial sites, and natural wonders. By dispensing with dialogue and descriptive text, Samsara subverts our expectations of a traditional documentary, instead encouraging our own inner interpretations inspired by images and music that infuses the ancient with the modern.