May 08, 2009 - CAMP Film

LETTERS From CAMP Rehoboth

CAMP Film

While the weather seems to be fluctuating between seasons, the Rehoboth Beach Film Society is offering a steady selection of wonderful film events. New to the schedule is Cinema Cabaret, a film and food series scheduled on the first Friday of each month at Ovations Restaurant (20 Baltimore Ave). Enjoy a delicious three-course meal while watching an entertaining full-screen film. Ovations will create a wonderful menu to correspond with the theme of each film. Just talk to the people who attended the May event which featured the film Tortilla Soup and a yummy Mexican meal.

Babette's Feast Friday, June 5 (must be seated by 6:30 p.m.) Meal theme: French

Set on the desolate coast of Denmark, Martina and Philippa are the beautiful daughters of a devout clergyman who preaches salvation through self-denial. Both girls sacrifice youthful passions to faith and duty, and even many years after their father's death; they keep his austere teachings alive among the townspeople. But with the arrival of Babette, a mysterious refugee from France's civil war, life for the sisters and their tiny hamlet begins to change. Soon, Babette has convinced them to try something truly outrageous, a gourmet French meal! Her feast, prepared to culinary perfection, scandalizes the local elders. Just who is this strangely talented Babette who has terrified this pious town with the prospect of losing their souls for enjoying too much earthly pleasure?

Adapted from a short story by Out of Africa author Isak Dinesen, this film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. [1987, Runtime: 103 min., Rated: G, with English subtitles]

Admission: $30 Includes 3-course meal and film. Alcohol and gratuity are not included. Reserve your table by calling the Film Society (302-645-9095) or Ovations (302-227-9310).

Another Take

Enjoy two spring evening films at CAMP Rehoboth's new Community Room, 37 Baltimore Ave.

Watercolors 7:00 p.m., Friday, May 15

When Danny, a gifted young artist, arrives at the opening of his first New York exhibition, his erotic paintings trigger memories of the subject of his paintings: Danny's first love, Carter. Through a series of flashbacks, the story of the two young men and the struggle with their mutual attraction is revealed. When Carter's depression and self-denial led to suicide, Danny was left to cope with the tragedy of losing love at a young age. With the encouragement of three strong and very different women, Mrs. Martin, a free-spirited art teacher; his best friend Andy, a young girl with a severe physical impairment; and Miriam, a recovering alcoholic, Danny learned to use his talent at painting to transcend his grief. But in the present, Danny's successful art exhibit is in danger of causing the loss of his current lover, Allan, when jealousy causes Allan to demand that Danny never paint portraits of Carter again. [2008, Runtime: 108 min., Not rated]

Affinity 7:00 p.m., Saturday, May 16

Based on a novel by award-winning British author Sarah Water, Affinity is a gothic love story full of mystery, suspense, and sensuality. When wealthy 19th-century socialite Margaret Prior's beloved father dies, she tries to find purpose in her life by volunteering at a women's prison. There she meets an inmate named Selina, a self proclaimed spirit medium with the ability to channel the dead. Selina claims to be guilty of the murder for which she was convicted, insisting a malevolent spirit is actually responsible. Margaret, finding herself drawn to Selina, begins to investigate this claim, over the objections of friends, family, and especially the head matron, who disapproves of the women's increasingly close relationship. Margaret begins to have supernatural experiences herself, making her more sympathetic to Selina's claims, and to Selina as well. Soon, she finds herself filled with secret desires she never dreamed possible. [2008, Runtime: 94 min., Not rated]

For tickets: ($7 non-refundable), call RBFS at 302-645-9095. Another Take films are at CAMP Rehoboth.

Art House Theatre

Two Lovers Through May 14

Set in the insular world of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, Two Lovers is a classic romantic drama, with Joaquin Phoenix giving a raw and vulnerable performance as Leonard, a charismatic but troubled young man who moves back into his childhood home following a recent heartbreak. While recovering under the watchful eye of his parents (Isabella Rossellini and Moni Monoshov), Leonard meets two women in quick succession: Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow), a mysterious and beautiful neighbor who is exotic and out-of-place in Leonard's staid world, and Sandra, the lovely and caring daughter of a businessman who is buying out his family's dry-cleaning business.

Leonard is forced to make an impossible decision between the impetuousness of desire and the comfort of loveor risk falling back into the darkness that nearly killed him. [2008, Runtime: 110 minutes, Rated: R]

Sin Nombre (May 15 - 21)

Making its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, Sin Nombre is an epic dramatic thriller from award-winning director Cary Fukunaga.

Seeking the promise of America, a beautiful young Honduran woman, Sayra (Paulina Gaytan), joins her father and uncle on an odyssey to cross the gauntlet of the Latin American countryside en route to the United States. Along the way she crosses paths with a teenaged Mexican gang member, El Casper (Edgar M. Flores), who is maneuvering to outrun his violent past and elude his unforgiving former associates. Together they must rely on faith, trust and street smarts to survive their increasingly perilous journey towards the hope of new lives. [2009, Runtime: 96 minutes. Rated: R]

LETTERS From CAMP Rehoboth, Vol. 19, No. 04 May 08, 2009