Thursday, February 21, 2008

4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days



Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days opens this Friday the 22nd at the Ken Theater. If you get a chance, get out and show your support for this amazing Romanian film that got snubbed for Oscar recognition despite its superb cast and direction.

I have yet to see 4 Months, but from what I've read it is the answer to the glut of glib American films surrounding women and pregnancy. 4 Months seems to be a film of layers - yes, a film about a woman trying to get an illegal abortion, but also about life under communist regime, about life without choices, and the universal challenges of human existence. Just like that heartwarming little Landmark trailer they sometimes show before movies, 4 Months lives up its truth - the language of film is universal.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Pineapple Express. David Gordon Greene does a Stoner Movie.

We here at Citizen Video love David Gordon Green, who made his name with the ultra-indie George Washington, as well as All the Real Girls and Undertow and the upcoming Snow Angels. We also love Judd Apatow, responsible for Freaks and Geeks, Knocked Up, and Superbad, among others. So when we heard the Apatow had hand-picked Green for a big stoner-action-buddy-comedy to be released in summer 2008, we couldn't help but get a little excited. From a script by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who wrote Superbad together (and we know Rogen from his starring turns as well), Pineapple involves a pothead, Rogen, and his dealer, James Franco, who are witnesses to a murder and must elude both the folks who would like to see them dead as well as the cops who think they're responsible, all because of the best pot ever, Pineapple Express. Here's the Red Band trailer that just popped up.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Citizen Does Love Differently

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We're not ashamed to say it.... we love love. And - as your independent video store open to more than just mainstream movies - we're open to more than just mainstream ways of falling, being, finding, and experiencing love. So we're glad that there's a day in February dedicated to this topic, and we're going to do everything we can do to celebrate it in our own unique, citizen video way.

Our movie matinees at the Whistle Stop this month are a great back to back set up - True Romance and Badlands. Click here to read why we decided to screen these two movies together in the same month and why they particularly work with this month of love.

On on the day of amor, we have ways to help you celebrate that no executive at Hallmark or DeBeers could ever come close to. During the day we're combining our love and creative juices with Pixie's Salon, local crafters and the Children's Heart Institute. Get pampered in style and give to an organization with a lot of heart. We'll be having a craft fair over at Pixies Salon. All the proceeds from their services and 20% of the sales for Citizen Video will go to a family in the Children's Heart Institute. We're calling it Have a Heart, because it's all about a lot of little folk with a lot of heart.

In the evening, the fun and creativity doesn't stop. We've put together a reel called Get It On or Get the F**K Out and we're screening it over at the Whistle Stop at 9pm. Basically it consists of the best make-out scenes and best break-up scenes from movies and who can tell which will be the most entertaining. Come celebrate singlehood, couplehood, triplehood, relationships and whatever way love turns you on.