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“When I hear the names Coen, Scott and Branagh, I reach for my cheque book (debit card), because I’m going to the movies!

It’s a cinema as art kind of week with this week’s triple billing at The Civic Theatre.  Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical film, Belfast, which chronicles the life of a working class family and their young son’s childhood during the tumult of the late 1960s in the Northern Ireland capital has been receiving all kinds of awards buzz and is a visual black and white treat for the big screen.

Also in glorious black and white, Joel Coen’s treatment of the classic Shakespearean play, The Tragedy of Macbeth, stars Denzel Washington and last year’s Oscar best actress winner, Frances McDormand as Mr. and Lady Macbeth.  Visually stunning, this should definitely be viewed writ large and not on your streamer.

The final offering, and the only in colour, is the colourful portrayal of the very colourful members in the House of Gucci. When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel their legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately…murder.
You had me at betrayal. See you at The Civic.”

Have a good weekend! Caitlyn

Nelson Civic Theatre Society

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And the Pitch by Jason!
“Your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man visits your friendly neighbourhood cinema… and Santa too, this week at The Civic Theatre.
Get a photo with Spider-Man, in person for the Thursday sneak peak and the Friday night official opening, for J. Jonah Jamieson. Spider-Man from the Nelson-verse will be taking in the action right alongside eager Nelson audiences. Get your tickets early!
With Spider-Man’s identity now revealed, our friendly neighborhood web-slinger is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life as Peter Parker from the high stakes of being a superhero. When Peter asks for help from Doctor Strange, the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.
Home For the Holidays is back and live on stage! Come out for some great family entertainment and visits from special guests. We will be accepting donations for the Nelson Food Cupboard. Swing on by. Find more information HERE!‍
Coming next: The Matrix Resurrections”

Happy Holidays!

The Pitch by Jason!
“Who you gonna to call? The Civic info line! Ghostbusters: Afterlife, featuring the world’s sexiest man, Paul Rudd, opens Friday and leads the way for a spectre-cular week at The Civic Theatre. The Civic AGM featuring the Civic Board All-Stars, ED Eleanor Stacey and Nelson’s Sexiest Man? takes place on Saturday at 3pm.
‍King Richard, the biopic with some early awards buzz, about Richard Williams, who, armed with a 78-page plan, is determined to write his daughters, Venus and Serena into tennis history, plays a couple of screenings on Weds. Dec. 15th.

And finally on Thursday, two special presentations, the first, a new theatrical Re-issue of the 1999 sci-fi classic The Matrix is the perfect lead-in for the new amazing chapter, The Matrix Resurrections, opening on Dec. 24th. Also on Thursday at 9:30pm, Spider-Man will be present in person for the sneak preview of Spider-Man: No Way Home officially opening the following day for a week run. I ain’t afraid of no ghosts.”

“Our eternal wait for Eternals is at an end.  Hot off her Best Motion Picture and Best Direction Oscar wins for Nomadland, Chloé Zhao enters the Marvel arena with the epic saga following the events of Avengers Endgame, about a race of immortal beings living on Earth in secret for thousands of years. An unexpected tragedy forces them out of the shadows to reunite against mankind’s most ancient enemy, the Deviants.

The South Asian Film Club moves further south from Punjab to Kerala with Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea. Kunjali Marakkar was the title inherited by the Admiral of the fleet of the Samoothiri / Zamorin, the king of Calicut, in present-day Kerala, India. There were four Kunjali Marakkars whose war tactics defended against the Portuguese invasion from 1520 to 1600. The Kunjali Marakkars are credited with organizing the first naval defense of the Indian coast. Lion of the Arabian Sea is the story of legendary Kunjali Marakkar IV.

Who knows, perhaps the Eternals were there for that invasion. Will you be?Get your tickets at www.civictheatre.ca/whats-on!”“

“I just got a puppy this past weekend. It is a Bernese Mountain Dog/Black Lab mix, from it’s paws I can tell it’s going to be big; at least that’s what I thought before I saw the sheer magnitude of the dog being given the limelight this weekend at The Civic.  ‘Clifford the Big Red Dog’ is huuuuge.  And although the critics on Rotten Tomatoes don’t agree, the audience score of 94% begs to differ.  Clifford’s heart is proportionate to his size. If those cold cynical critics can’t see it, let them discuss Kant or Hegel while the rest of us go adventuring with Emily Elisabeth, her fun and impulsive uncle, and Clifford through the Big Apple.
On the flip side, the critically lauded ‘Spencer’ follows Kirsten Stewart as Princess Di well into the long-since-grown-cold marriage to Prince Charles.Though rumours of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate. There’s eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana knows the game. But this year, things will be profoundly different. ‘Spencer’ is an imagining of what might have happened during those few fateful days. Directed by Pablo Larraín, director of the resurrected Civic Theatre’s first Thursday night film on the new digital system, ‘No’ in 2012 and more recently, the biographic drama about another tragic female ‘royal’ figure, ‘Jackie’, in 2016 (also shown at The Civic). I am most intrigued to watch the unique internal nature of Kirsten’s acting style applied to Princess Di. Check it out with me on Sat, Sun or Tues.

Supported in part by archives of Nelson’s Sports Museum/Touchstones, ‘Trophy Town’, a documentary narrated by Ray Ferraro, is the untold epic story of the Trail Smoke Eaters, a rag-tag team of amateurs who went on to defeat the world’s most daunting adversaries on the biggest stage against the greatest odds! This classic David and Goliath story is set in the remote, mountainous, mining community of Trail, BC. The Smoke Eaters, a team in the rough and tumble Western Hockey League, win the opportunity to play for Canada in the World Hockey Championships – not once, but twice!! And on both occasions, the team faced off with dangerous opponents, in 1938 against the Germans in Berlin before the start of the second World War, and 23 years later against the Soviet Union, during the darkest days of the Cold War, when the world was on the edge of nuclear apocalypse. Along the way they made headlines, dazzling the Europeans with their mix of athletic prowess and swagger, winning international respect and fans by the thousands who packed rinks to behold the star power of these exotic Canadians. ‘Trophy Town’ plays on Weds. Dec 1st and again as a 4pm matinee on Thurs. Dec 2nd.
People so loved ‘Hosla Rahk’ that South Asian Film Club is back for a second Punjabi film a week and a half later.  Last time the story was set in Vancouver, this time out with ‘Paani Ch Madhaani’ we head to London, England not Ontario. The story is about a flop singer Gulli and his group who focus on shortcuts (jugaad) for gaining success. Only one of their new members, Sohnim, outshines the group.  In frustration, the group finally buys a lottery ticket and to their luck they actually win it but unfortunately they lose the ticket. They all start searching the streets of London for the missing lottery ticket, finally to learn the lesson that hard work pays and the easy shortcuts “jugaad” do not.

As for dinner pairings for the week’s offerings may I suggest, kibble, Yorkshire pudding, a spaghetti feast from The Colander and a nice biryani.  
After your meal, I’ll see you at The Civic.”- Jason Asbell, Programming Director

“‘The Eternals’ will have to wait one-more week to play at The Civic, because we have been waiting an Eternity to be given the go ahead to play, ‘The French Dispatch’. The wait is over, the latest from indi-auteur, Wes Anderson follows, this week’s ‘Last Night in Soho’, from another indi-auteur, Edgar Wright ~ one more screening on Tues. Nov 16th! Don’t miss it!

We have been so used to seeing Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in Dune at The Civic, that it will be a surprise and a joy to see him as the newest face in the growing fantastic character casting of the Wes Anderson universe.  Timothée joins many repeat Anderson cast, such as Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Adrien Brody, Léa Seydoux, Bob Balaban, Mathieu Amalric, Tony Revolori and Owen Wilson, on the pages of The French Dispatch.

Presented as an anthology film, Arthur Howitzer Jr., the editor of the newspaper The French Dispatch, dies suddenly of a heart attack. According to the wishes expressed in his will, publication of the newspaper is immediately suspended following one final farewell issue, in which three articles from past editions of the paper are republished, along with an obituary.

Fear not, The Eternals will still join us on planet Nelson next Friday, Nov. 26th.”