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Rehoboth Beach Film Society and CAMP Rehoboth host Another Take Film Series Another Take is a bi-annual, gay and lesbian themed film series co-presented by the Rehoboth Beach Film Society and CAMP Rehoboth. This film series started in the summer of 2005 and May will mark the seventh Another Take event. Given its history of entertaining and unique films, it is always surprising when a person says they didn't know about Another Take. Whether you are a repeat audience member or first-timer, you will enjoy the following three, must-see films, one of which may have you dancing in your seat. Butch Jamie 7:00 p.m. Thursday, May 15 Butch Jamie is a quirky, gender-bending comedy about an out-of-work lesbian actor willing to try anything for a role. Dressing up as "Femme Jamie" for auditions, struggling actress Jamie Klein (writer/director Michelle Ehlen) continually faces rejection as she fails to be a typical leading lady. So, Jamie decides to take a different approach and audition as herself: "Butch Jamie." This ends up landing her a part as a man, and despite the offense that she takes in being offered a male role, she accepts. Jamie's bitterness quickly subsides as she starts to have fun as her male alter-ego. The plot thickens as Jamie unintentionally peaks the interests of Jill, a sexy yet straight woman on set. [2007, Runtime: 84 min., Not rated, but recommended for mature audiences] The Godfather of Disco 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 16 Based on Mel Cheren's powerful autobiography, My Life and the Paradise Garage: Keep On Dancin', this documentary is a trip down memory lane for fans of '70s-era dance music. Through a series of interviews with a who's who of the dance music community, The Godfather of Disco uses the arc of Mel's life to examine the early 70s musical and cultural currents that gave birth to disco, the rise of the famous nightclub Paradise Garage, and the onslaught of HIV/AIDS and it's terrible impact on New York City. The film follows Mel's activist years as he harnesses the power of music to fight AIDS via his charity work for Gay Men's Health Crisis and 24hrs for Life/LifeBEAT. Through it all, Mel has been there, done that, lived to tell the tale and continues to do so today. [2007, Runtime: 84 min., Not rated, but recommended for mature audiences] This Kiss 7:00 p.m. Saturday, May 17 Lucy and Juliet were inseparable best friends whose lives took very different paths after high school. Ten years later, Juliet turns up unannounced at Lucy's front door on the day of their high school reunion. The two women barely recognize each other, and spend a long, alcohol-soaked afternoon struggling to reconnect. Before they can repair their friendship, however, they must confront the heartbreaking event that tore them apart. Can the bitterness of ten years be erased by a simple admission of the women's attraction to each other? [2007, Runtime: 65 min., Not rated, but recommended for mature audiences] And More If you have a schedule conflict with Another Take, remember that the Art House Theater will be screening Smart People from May 9-May 22. Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giantbut when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the next guy. His teenaged daughter (Ellen Page) is an acid-tongued overachiever who follows all too closely in dad's misery-loving footsteps, and his adopted, preposterously ne'er-do-well brother (Thomas Haden Church) has perfected the art of freeloading. A widower who can't seem to find passion in anything anymore, not even the Victorian Literature in which he's an expert, it seems Lawrence is sleepwalking through a very stunted middle age. When his brother shows up unexpectedly for an extended stay at just about the same time as he accidentally encounters his former student Janet (Sarah Jessica Parker), the circumstances cause him to stir from his deep, deep freeze, with often comical, sometimes heartbreaking, consequences for himself and everyone around him. [2008, Runtime: 95 minutes, Rated R] Art House Theater, #14 in the Movies at Midway complex, features independent films programmed by the Rehoboth Beach Film Society. For more information about the films, visit the Film Society web site at rehobothfilm.com. For screening times, call the Movies at Midway at 302-645-0200. |
LETTERS From CAMP Rehoboth, Vol. 18, No. 04 May 02, 2008 |