Cyrus, Micmacs and more…

Coming Soon to the Davis Varsity Theater

Cyrus
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Coming Friday, July 16th

Show times for July 16-22

Fri (July 16) (4:15) 6:15
8:15
Sat, Sun (July 17, 18) (2:15) (4:15) 6:15 8:15
Mon-Thu (July 19-22) (4:15) 6:15 8:15

With John’s social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcee finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life – her son.

Director: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Cast: Catherine Keener, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, John C. Riley

Language: English
Rating: R for language and some sexual material

Run Time: 1hr 32mins


Exit Through the Gift Shop
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Coming Soon, Postponed until late July

Four-time Academy Award® nominee JEFF BRIDGES stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film CRAZY HEART from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake…

Exit Through the Gift Shop, the first film by renowned graffiti artist Banksy, became the hottest ticket at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival where it made its world debut. Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post—hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. Exit Through the Gift Shop tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner – with spectacular results. The film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Invader and many of the world’s most infamous graffiti artists at work, on walls and in interview. As Banksy describes it, “It’s basically the story of how one man set out to film the un—filmable. And failed.”

“That rarest of art documentaries, one that actually leaves viewers with a better sense of the gifted versus the phony.” ~Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York

“Subversive, provocative and unexpected, Exit Through the Gift Shop delights in taking you by surprise, starting quietly but ending up in a hall of mirrors as unsettling as anything Lewis Carroll’s Alice ever experienced.” ~Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

Director: Banksy, Shepard Fairey
Cast: Banksy, Shepard Fairey
Language: English
Rating:
R for some language
Run Time:
1 hour 27 minutes



Micmacs à tire-larigot
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Coming Soon, Date uncertain

Four-time Academy Award® nominee JEFF BRIDGES stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film CRAZY HEART from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake… A man and his friends come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers.

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast:

Language: French
Rating: R for some sexuality and brief violence

Run Time: 1 hour 45 minutes



Winter’s Bone
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Tentative Date, Friday July 23rd


An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.

Director: Debra Granik
Cast:
Language: English
Rating:

R for some drug material, language and violent content.
Run Time: 1
hour 40 minutes

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Varsity Theater News: One more week for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”

From the Davis Varsity Theater

This Friday, May 7th, we are opening the film Clash of the Titans 3D starring Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes. We are also opening the film Chloe starring Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried, Max Thieriot.

We are keeping the swedish thriller, based on the best selling novel, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for yet another week. This movie has received an amazing response from viewers and continues to do well!

This Wednesday & Thursday, May 5th & 6th, will be your last chance to see the films Greenberg and Alice in Wonderland 3D.

Other films on the horizon include Babies, City Island, Exit Through the Gift Shop, and The Secret in their Eyes.

Don’t forget to check out our new opera in cinema series. Our next presentation will be of Don Giovanni. Screening this Saturday and Sunday, May 8th & 9th, at 12:00 noon each day. Tickets will be $20 and are available now at the Varsity Theatre Box Office.

Thank you for supporting the Varsity Theatre.

The Davis Varsity Theater is located at 514 Second Street in Downtown Davis, California. Click Here for current showtimes.


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Playing at the Varsity: A Serious Man

Continuing Friday


A  Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances, Sy Ableman, who seems to her a more substantial person than the feckless Larry. Larry’s unemployable brother Arthur is sleeping on the couch, his son Danny is a discipline problem and a shirker at Hebrew school, and his daughter Sarah is filching money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job. Struggling for equilibrium, Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis. Can anyone help him cope with his afflictions and become a righteous person – a mensch – a serious man?

“See this film immediately.” ~Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York

“A tart, brilliantly acted fable of life’s little cosmic difficulties, a Coen brothers comedy with a darker philosophical outlook than “No Country for Old Men” but with a script rich in verbal wit.” ~Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

A Serious Man (R) shows at the following times (Nov 18-26):

Wed, Thu (Nov 18, 19) (4:30) 6:45 9:00
Fri (Nov 20) (4:30) 6:45 9:00
Sat, Sun (Nov 21, 22) (2:15) (4:30) 6:45 9:00
Mon-Wed (Nov 23-25) (4:30) 6:45 9:00
Thu (Nov 26) 6:45 9:00

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