John Carter, Pariah, A Thousand Words and other film events around town.

Opening this week 

Bolshoi Ballet: Le Corsaire Live (NR)

Medora, a young Greek girl, is sold to Pasha by a slave dealer. The pirate Conrad seizes Medora and declares his love for her, but Conrad's right-hand-man, who is jealous of Conrad, sends Medora back to the slave dealer.

Chapel Hills 15

John Carter (PG-13)

See our full review here.

Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Cinemark 16 IMAX, Hollywood Interquest, Tinseltown

The Metropolitan Opera: Ernani Encore(PG-13)

Angela Meade takes center stage in Verdi's thrilling early gem.

Cinemark 16, Tinseltown

Pariah (R)

See our full review here.

Kimball's Peak Three

Royal Opera House: La Boheme (NR)

Puccini's best-loved work, with its unforgettable period designs, comes to the big screen with an outstanding cast.

Chapel Hills 15

Silent House (R)

A young woman finds herself sealed inside her family's secluded lake house. With no contact with the outside world, and no way out, panic turns to terror as events become increasingly ominous in and around the house.

Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Hollywood Interquest, Tinseltown

A Thousand Words (PG-13)

Fast-talking agent Jack's insincere patter is his chief weapon, but it gets him into trouble with his client guru Dr. Sinja. Jack suffers karmic repercussions from Sinja's magical tree, which sheds one leaf for each word Jack speaks; after one thousand words, Jack will die.

Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Hollywood Interquest, Tinseltown


Other film events

Cinemaholics

A film screening determined (and shown) each Tuesday night, featuring free popcorn and drink specials.

Free, 9 p.m., Shuga's (702 S. Cascade Ave., shugasblog.com)

Frost/Nixon (R)

A screening of the 2008 film that riffs off the original 1977 interviews between President Richard Nixon and British journalist David Frost.

Free, Sat., March 10, 7 p.m., All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church (730 N. Tejon St., asuuc.net)

No Woman, No Cry (NR)

A documentary following four at-risk pregnancies around the world, illustrating the disturbing number of fatalities caused by pregnancy complications.

Free, Thurs., March 8, 7:30 p.m., CC's Cornerstone Arts Center (825 N. Cascade Ave., ifsoc.org)

  • John Carter, Pariah, A Thousand Words and other film events around town.

Related Films

John Carter in Disney Digital 3D
139 min. | Rated PG-13
Official Site: www.johncarterarrives.com
Director: Andrew Stanton
Writer: Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Michael Chabon
Producer: Jim Morris, Colin Wilson and Lindsey Collins
Cast: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Daryl Sabara, Thomas Hayden Church and Willem Dafoe
John Carter
139 min. | Rated PG-13
Official Site: www.johncarterarrives.com
Director: Andrew Stanton
Writer: Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Michael Chabon
Producer: Jim Morris, Colin Wilson and Lindsey Collins
Cast: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Daryl Sabara, Thomas Hayden Church and Willem Dafoe
A Thousand Words
91 min. | Rated PG-13
Official Site: www.thousandwordsmovie.com
Director: Brian Robbins
Writer: Steve Koren
Producer: Nicolas Cage
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Allison Janney, Clark Duke, Jordan-Claire Green, Philip Pavel, Eshaya Draper, Jackie Geary, Mitchell Fink, Edi Patterson and Rob Evors
The Metropolitan Opera: Ernani Encore
235 min. | Rated NR
Director: Robert Abbado
Writer: Giuseppe Verdi and Francesco Maria Piave
Cast: Angela Meade, Salvatore Licitra, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto
John Carter: An IMAX 3D Experience
139 min. | Rated PG-13
Official Site: www.johncarterarrives.com
Director: Andrew Stanton
Writer: Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Michael Chabon
Producer: Jim Morris, Colin Wilson and Lindsey Collins
Cast: Taylor Kitsch, Bryan Cranston, Ciarán Hinds, James Purefoy, Mark Strong, Willem Dafoe, Dominic West, Daryl Sabara, Lynn Collins and Polly Walker
Pariah
90 min. | Rated R
Official Site: PariahMovie.com
Director: Dee Rees
Writer: Dee Rees
Producer: Nekisa Cooper
Cast: Kim Wayans, Stephanie Andujar, Nina Daniels, Aasha Davis, Charles Parnell, Zabryna Guevara, Joey Auzenne, Adepero Oduye, Raymond Anthony Thomas and Afton Williamson
Silent House
88 min. | Rated R
Official Site: whyisthishappeningtome.net
Director: Chris Kentis and Laura Lau
Writer: Gustavo Hernández and Laura Lau
Producer: Agnes Mentre, Adeline Fontan Tessaur, Eva Diederix, George Paaswel and Lynette Howell
Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Julia taylor Ross, Haley Murphy and Adam Barnett
John Carter: The IMAX Experience
139 min. | Rated PG-13
Official Site: www.johncarterarrives.com
Director: Andrew Stanton
Writer: Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Michael Chabon
Producer: Jim Morris, Colin Wilson and Lindsey Collins
Cast: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Daryl Sabara, Thomas Hayden Church and Willem Dafoe
Opera in Cinema: Royal Opera House's "La Boheme"
165 min. | Rated NR
Director: John Copley and Mark Elder
Writer: Giacomo Puccini, Henry Murger, Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
Cast: Rolando Villazón, Maija Kovalevska, Stefania Dovhan and Audun Iversen

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