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Love is Strange–December 8, 2014

What says holiday season more than a film which is a thoughtful, heartbreaking, and beautifully realized ode to love, family, and both the struggles and rewards of age? Please join us on Monday, December 8th as Spinning Reels presents Love … Continue reading

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Finding Vivian Maier-November 24, 2014

Hiding in plain sight? Vivian Maier, was a career nanny who has earned a posthumous reputation as one of America’s most accomplished and insightful street photographers with an uncanny ability to get close to people from all walks of life. … Continue reading

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Ida- November 10, 2014

Does the past truly inform our present? We’ll examine that question and many others with our next film Ida on Monday, November 10. A film Roger Ebert says is “Riveting, original and breathtakingly accomplished on every level…a masterpiece in any … Continue reading

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Tracks– October 27, 2014

In an acting tour-de-force, Mia Wasikowska (Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Albert Nobbs) portrays twenty-seven-year-old Robyn Davidson who crossed the desert of Australia in a journey of self-discovery. This 2,700 kilometer ‘walk’ from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean requires to … Continue reading

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Calvary: October 6, 2014

Calvary: a moving, darkly humorous examination of life Calvary is a well written, darkly funny and powerfully moving mystery set in an Irish coastal village. The local priest, played by Brendan Gleeson (The Grand Seduction, Brave Heart) is threatened during confession, … Continue reading

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Three Spinning Reels Bursary Winners!

Josh Ronson, Michelle Hollingshead and Melinda Wilson have indicted that their bursaries will assist not only with the cost of tuition, materials and residence, but also provided a boost of confidence as they head off to study this fall. We look forward to seeing their … Continue reading

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Magic in the Moonlight-September 8, 2014

Ahh, September with its warm days, cool nights, kids back at school- there’s a kind of magic in the air- especially as Spinning Reels presents Magic in the Moonlight on September 8, 7:00 PM at the Norwood Theatre. Colin Firth … Continue reading

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Belle September 22, 2014

Can we learn from what happened so long ago? Belle is a movie based on actual events and far more than a period piece of manners and costumes. It examines the issue of a free black woman in the heavily striated … Continue reading

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The Railway Man- May 26, 2014

On Monday, May 26 at 7PM  join us at the Norwood theatre to see a moving story of forgiveness and redemption. Based on the story of Eric Lomax, The Railway Man recounts the story of the signals engineer who was taken prisoner and forced … Continue reading

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Nebraska May 12, 2014

Road Trip! Nebraska   Bruce Dern turns in an Oscar-nominated performance as Woody, the bad-tempered retiree who thinks he’s won a million dollars and decides it pick it up in person, making the trip to Montana- by foot if necessary, … Continue reading

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