Cinema Sundays 6/20, "35 Shots of Rum"   Cinema Sundays Spring 2010 Series 48! Sunday June 20, 2010 Cinema Sundays at the Charles continues its All Star 48th series on June 20th, with the Baltimore Premier of 35 Shots of Rum (35 Rhums). Directed by Claire Denis. Written by Claire Denis and Jean-Pol Fargeau. Starring Alex Descas, Mati Diop, Nicole Dogue, Gregoire Colin, Jean Christophe Folly. 2009 Non Rated. In French with English subtitles. Running time 100 minutes. Synopsis Claire Denis, long known for her subtle, fluid and intriguing movies (Beau Travail is best known to U.S. audiences), sets her story in a Paris suburb: a widowed metro conductor, approaching retirement, lives with his beautiful grown daughter – the object of a neighbor’s romantic interest. The man’s former girlfriend also lives in their building and plays a role in their closely-knit lives. 35 Shots of Rum considers the mysterious complexities that surround evolving relationships, whether romantic or parental. --© Film Forum Click on the following for trailer and official site. http://www.cinemaguild.com/35shots/ Cinema Sundays is very pleased to present the Baltimore premiere of 35 Shots of Rum. This very highly rated film by Claire Denis should continue our streak of great French films this series. Our speaker for this week is the amazing Tony Award winning Murray Hurwitz! You might remember him from his fabulous pieces on NPR and also his excellent work for AFI. It’s a pleasure to welcome him back to Cinema Sundays. Last week’s screening of Madame Chambon was clearly a success and I have to thank Chris Kaltenbach from the Baltimore Sun for doing such a nice job. Sunday should be a most interesting film and I look forward to seeing you there! Jonathan Palevsky Jpalevsky@aol.com If you�ve never been to Cinema Sundays before, see below for our stimulating, updated, yet official description. Precisely at 9:45 on a given Sunday morning, while birds chirp in the most musical manner, the doors at the Charles Theatre swing open to reveal a lobby replete with tasty bagels, hot coffee and friendly volunteers ready to serve them to you. All of our volunteers have been pre-tested for a complete lack of morning grouchiness and provide the nicest service�within reason! Guarded carefully by the enormous lobby penguin bagels, coffee and scintillating yet improvised conversation continues until 10:30. At precisely 10:30:07 some brief opening remarks by yours truly will be followed by a few remarks from our guest speaker who will never do either of two things. First he or she will never ever give away the plot of the film and second the speaker will not go on too long�especially if the film is one of those 2.5 h our Soviet era documentaries on the Romance of the Seven Tractor Drivers. Following a brief admonition not to talk during the film and a recommendation to sublet your cell phone to a starving student from the third world the screening will take place. Upon completion of the screening a robust question and answer session featuring our guest speaker will include your fascinating observations upon the recently screened movie. This flowery description barely describes the sublime joy and excitement which is Cinema Sundays. If there is a better way to spend Sunday mornings it simply hasn�t occurred to me�.yet! Jonathan Palevsky Host of Cinema Sundays and completely reachable at JPalevsky@aol.com Please feel free to visit us at� Http://www.cinemasundays.com Tickets: $15 at the door. Or buy a mini-membership. 1711 N. Charles St. 410-727-3464 info: karenskicsc@comcast.net To unsu bscribe from The Charles Theatre Mailing List visit: http://www.thecharles.com/mailinglist/