Arts & Entertainment
Opening This Week for March 15
Jefferson Dancers Tour
BIG BUDGET FILMS
The Call (R for violence,
profanity and disturbing
content) Crime thriller
about a veteran 911 opera-
tor (Halle Berry) who gets a
shot at redemption when
she’s forced to confront a
killer from her past after
taking a call from a desper-
ate kidnap victim (Abigail
Breslin). With Morris
Chestnut, Michael Imperi-
oli, David Otunga and
Michael Eklund.
The Incredible Burt
Wonderstone (PG-13 for
profanity, sexuality, danger-
ous stunts and a drug-relat-
ed incident) Buddy comedy
about a pair of successful
Las Vegas magicians (Steve
Carell and Steve Buscemi)
whose breakup because of
ego problems makes way
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INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Blancanieves (PG-13 for
violence and sexuality)
Silent version of a classic
fairy tale, set in the 1920’s,
reimagines Snow White
(Angelina Molina) as a bull-
fighter being rescued from a
wicked stepmother (Maribel
Verdu) by a half-dozen, tiny
toreadors. Ole, Sneezy!
The Call
for the rise of a talented
competitor (Jim Carrey)
performing
outrageous
stunts on the street. Ensem-
ble cast includes Alan
Arkin, Olivia Wilde, James
Gandolfini, Brad Garrett
and Jay Mohr, with cameos
by David Copperfield,
CNN’s Erin Burnett and
MSNBC’s Richard Wolffe.
With Pere Ponce, Daniel
Gimenez
Cacho
and
Macarena Garcia. (In Span-
ish with subtitles)
Clip (Unrated) Rebel
without a cause saga, set in
the suburbs of Belgrade,
revolving around a way-
ward teen (Isidora Simi-
jonovic) who copes with her
Crazy & Thief
horrible home life by drink-
ing, doing drugs and have
sex with a disrespectful
classmate (Vukasin Jasnic).
With Sanja Mikitisin, Jovo
Maksic and Monja Savic.
(In Serbian with subtitles)
Crazy & Thief (Unrated)
Surreal fantasy, set in
Brooklyn, about a 7 year-
old girl (Willa Vy McAbee)
who takes her 2 year-old
brother
(John
Huck
McAbee) on a search for a
time machine located in
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Support cast includes Gre-
gory Cook and Graham
Stanford.
around the test of two teens’
lifelong friendship at the
dawn of the Sexual Revolu-
tion. Cast includes Annette
Bening, Oliver Platt and
Christina Hendricks.
From Up on Poppy Hill
(PG for mature themes and
incidental smoking) Ani-
mated family adventure, set
in 1964, about a group of
school kids’ attempt to save
their clubhouse from a
wrecking ball to make way
for the Tokyo Olympics.
With voice work by Gillian
Anderson, Masami Naga-
sawa and Keiko Takeshita.
(In Japanese with subtitles)
K-11 (Unrated) Jailhouse
drama about a powerful
record producer (Goran Vis-
njic) who awakens behind
bars after a drug-induced
blackout to find himself
sharing a cell with a trans-
sexual diva (Kate del Castil-
lo), a transgendered teen
(Portia Doubleday) and a
predatory child molester
(Tiny Lister). Support cast
includes Jason Mewes, P.J.
Byrne and D.B. Sweeney.
Ginger & Rosa (PG-13
for profanity and disturbing
material involving teen sex-
uality, drinking and smok-
ing. Elle Fanning and Alice
Englert co-star in this com-
ing-of-age drama, set in
London in 1962, revolving
I Killed My Mother
(Unrated) Canadian wun-
derkind Xavier Dolan
wrote, directed and stars in
this semi-autobiographical,
dysfunctional family drama
about a gay teenager’s
strained relationship with
his single-mom (Anne Dor-
val). With Francois Rim-
baud, Suzanne Clement and
Patricia Tulasne.
My Amityville Horror
(Unrated) “I Survived” doc-
umentary featuring Daniel
Lutz’s account of the host of
horrors which terrified his
family in 1975 before
inspiring a best-selling book
and a hit film franchise.
Philip Roth: Unmasked
(Unrated) Reverential retro-
spective about the life and
career of the legendary
author of “Portnoy’s Com-
plaint,” including inter-
views with the Pulitzer
Prize-winner, as well as
reminiscences by Mia Far-
row, Jonathan Franzen and
Martin Garbus.
Reality (Unrated) Fact-
based tale about a fishmon-
ger (Aniello Arena) who
supplements his modest
salary by pulling off scams
with his wife (Loredana
Simioli) until he develops
an obsession with becoming
a reality show contestant.
With Nando Paone, Nello
Iorio and Nunzia Sciano. (In
Italian, Neapolitan, Latin
and English with subtitles)
Reincarnated (R for pro-
fanity, sexuality and perva-
sive drug use) Rastafarian
mockumentary has Snoop
Dogg traveling to Jamaica
where he changes his name
to Snoop Lion before trying
to reignite his career as a
Page 6 The Portland Skanner
March 13, 2013
The Jefferson Dancers, including Amina Diakite,
above, are heading to China, thanks to a
beyond-successful IndieGoGo fundraiser that
brought in hundreds of dollars more than the
dance squad asked for. The Skanner News
photographer and Portland creative laureate
Julie Keefe is also raising funds to accompany
the dancers and document their historic trip, set
to depart March 21. Support Keefe by going to
www.indiegogo.com and searching for the
phrase, ‘Send Julie Keefe to China to
Photograph the Jefferson Dancers!’ Catch the
Jefferson Dancers at Portland Center for the
Performing Arts, May 1-3, at 7:30 p.m., and May
4 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available
through ticketmaster.com and available online
at www.pcpa.com, by phone at 503-946-7272,
and at all TicketsWest outlets.
reggae artist. Featuring
appearances by Dr. Dre,
Bunny Wailer and Damian
Marley.
Spring Breakers (R for
profanity, nudity, drug use,
graphic sexuality and perva-
sive violence) Crime come-
dy about four, bored college
coeds (Vanessa Hudgens,
Selena Gomez, Ashley Ben-
son and Rachel Korine) who
become beholden to a drug
dealer (James Franco) when
he bails them out of jail
after a restaurant robbery
gone-bad. With Heather
Morris, Cait Taylor and
Lauren Vera.
Reincarnated
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