Donations Welcome!

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Silent Souls
In this land there are only two gods: love and water
(Russian, English Subtitles, 2010, 75 Min.)
28 S. Main St., Buffalo, WY
7:00PM Sat, Feb 25th, 2012
(Bring-n-Share Appetizers at 6:00PM)
$9.00 at the door

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Melancholia
(R, 135 min., English)
28 S. Main St., Buffalo, WY
7:00PM Sat, March 3rd, 2012
(Bring-n-Share Drinks & Snacks at 6:00PM)
$9.00 at the door

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Queen of Hearts
(2010, Romantic Comedy, French w/Eng Subtitles, 84 Mins.)
28 S. Main St., Buffalo, WY
7:00PM Sat, March 10th, 2012
(Bring-n-Share Drinks & Snacks at 6:00PM)
$9.00 at the door

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Earthwork
(PG, 2011, USA, English, 93 Mins.)
28 S. Main St., Buffalo, WY
7:00PM Sat, March 17th, 2012
(Bring-n-Share Drinks & Snacks at 6:00PM)
$9.00 at the door

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2012 Oscar Nominated Shorts – Live
(PG-13, approx 110 min.)
28 S. Main St., Buffalo, WY
7:00PM Sat, March 24th, 2012
(Bring-n-Share Munchies at 6:00PM)
$9.00 at the door

• Pentecost
• Raju
• The Shore
• Time Freak
• Tuba Atlantic

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2012 Oscar Nominated Shorts – Animated
(Unrated, approx 79 min.)
28 S. Main St., Buffalo, WY
7:00PM Sat, March 31, 2012
(Bring-n-Share Munchies at 6:00PM)
$9.00 at the door

• Sunday/Dimanche
• A Morning Stroll
• Wild Life
• The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
• La Luna
• Skylight (extra film)
• The Hybrid Union (extra film)
• Nullarbor (extra film)
• Amazonia (extra film)

For our Series of Six starting Feb 25, 2012

$36 for a season ticket (one admission per person per title)

or

$9.00 at the door

You can mail a check to us or come to one of our showings and we can handle the transaction there. We’d love to see you!

Our address:

Bennett Street Films
157 E. Bennett Street
Buffalo, WY 82834

We’ve moved everything over to our new web host. There are still some changes we have to make to archived posts (image urls, mostly) but other than that the website is ready to go.

We have to set up new mail newsletter still. That’s next week. In the mean time…we’ve got two titles booked for a spring series in 2012! More on that in a day or two!

If you haven’t noticed, Bennett Street Films has been in a holding pattern all year. Well, maybe holding pattern isn’t exactly the correct analogy, since we’re safely on the ground and not really at risk of running out of fuel causing a huge crash with fires and destruction and mayhem.

There’s more a risk of a slow rust or decomposition. And obsolescence.

But, that doesn’t mean we’re not thinking about this stuff. In fact, all year we’ve been thinking about our place in the community and What Comes Next.

We don’t have solid answers yet. But we feel like we’re close.

So check back every so often and see if we’ve come up with anything.

If you’d rather not be bothered with checking this fairly stagnant website, you can subscribe to our newsletter and receive email notices when we start our engines again follow us on Twitter and we’ll post back here when we get our email engines started again.

Thank you for your patience.

Update: We’ve got a new email newsletter set up. You can subscribe by clicking here.

We’ve booked Mid-August Lunch for, well, mid-August! Save The Date!

Playdate: August 21, 2010

Watch here for more details about our screening of this film.

Members (and their guests!) are invited to our presentation of
Mine
(USA / 2009 / Documentary / In English / 81 min.)

Playing in DeerField
May 8, 2010 at 7:00PM
(Snacks, etc at 6:00PM)

Hailed as “absorbing,” “a must see,” “Oscar material” and “the best movie at SXSW,” MINE is a feature-length, independent documentary about the essential bond between humans and animals, set against the backdrop of one of the worst natural disasters in modern U.S. history: Hurricane Katrina. This gripping, character-driven story follows New Orleans residents as they attempt the daunting task of trying to reunite with their pets who have been adopted by families all over the country, and chronicles the custody battles that arise when two families love the same pet. Who determines the fate of the animals—and the people—involved? A compelling meditation on race, class and the power of compassion, MINE examines how we treat animals as an extension of how we view and treat each other.

Members (and their guests) are invited to our presentation of
Troubled Water
(Norwegian with English Subtitles / 2008 / Thriller-Drama / 120 min.)

Playing in DeerField
May 1, 2010 at 7:00PM
(Desserts, Snacks, etc at 6:00PM)

Jan, recently released from prison after serving time for the murder of a child, has always maintained his innocence and is ready to put the past behind him. A gifted organist, he takes a job at an Oslo church under his middle name, Thomas. His talent and gentle manner quickly earn him the respect of his superiors, as well as the love of the pastor, Anna. Thomas even overcomes his initial panic to return the affection of Anna’s young son, Jens. But his past catches up with him when Agnes, a local teacher, comes to the church on a school visit and recognizes the organist as Jan, the young Jan who was convicted for the murder of her son.

Shows both nights start at 7:00PM in DeerField.
(Potluck Snacks & Drinks at 6:00PM)

The Five Playing April 23, 2010 – Live Action

The New Tenants
Black Comedy / USA/Denmark / 21:05′ / 2009 / Cert ‘explicit’ US/CA
Directed by Joachim Back
Produced by Sam Bisbee, Tivi Magnusson, Erika Hampson, Christian Potalivo, Johanne Stryhn Hoerby
A prying neighbor, a glassy-eyed drug dealer, and a husband brandishing both a weapon and a vendetta, make up the welcome wagon in the darkly satirical short film, The New Tenants. Set amidst the as-yet-unopened boxes and the hopes for a fresh start of two men on what might just be the worst moving day ever, their new apartment reveals its terrifying history in a film that is by turns funny, frightening, and unexpectedly romantic.

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Instead of Abracadabra
Comedy / Sweden / 22′ / 2008 / Cert ‘explicit’ US/CA
Directed by Patrik Eklund
Produced by Mathias Fjellstrom
Tomas is a bit too old to still be living at home with his parents, but his failure to become a magician leaves him with no other choice. His father Bengt wants him to get a proper job. At Bengt’s 60th birthday party, Tomas give him and all his guests a quite bizarre magic show.

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Kavi
Drama / USA/India / 19′ / 2009 / Cert ‘G’ US/CA
Directed and produced by Gregg Helvey
Kavi is a boy in India who wants to play cricket and go to school, but instead he is forced to work in a brick kiln as a modern-day slave. Unsatisfied with his fate, Kavi must either accept what he’s always been told, or fight for a different life even if he’s unsure of the ultimate outcome.

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Miracle Fish
Drama / Australia / 17′ / 2009 / Cert ‘explicit’ US/CA
Directed by Luke Doolan
Produced by Drew Bailey
8 year old Joe has a Birthday he will never forget. After friends tease him, he sneaks off to the sick bay, wishing everyone in the world would go away. He wakes up to find his dream may have become a reality.

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The Door
Drama / Ireland / 17′ / 2008 / Cert ‘PG-13’ US/CA
Directed by Juanita Wilson
Produced by Louise Curran, James Flynn
A fathers attempts to come to terms with the devastating effects of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

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And These Are Playing April 24, 2010 – Animation

Logorama
Animated Comedy/Drama / France / 16:05′ / 2009 / Cert ‘explicit’ US/CA
Directed by François Alaux, Hervé de Crecy, Ludovic Houplain
Produced by Nicolas Schmerkin, Stephane Kooshmanian, Maurice Prost, Sandrine De Monte
Spectacular car chases, an intense hostage crisis, wild animals ramping through the city, and even more in Logorama!

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French Roast
Animation / France / 8:15′ / 2008 / Cert ‘G’ US/CA
Directed by Fabrice O. Joubert
Produced by Louis Viau, Bibo Bergeron, Pascal Chevé
In a fancy Parisian Cafe, an uptight businessman is about to pay the check when he finds out that he has lost his wallet. To save time he decides to order more coffee.

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Granny o’Grim Sleeping Beauty
Animation Comedy / Ireland / 6′ / 2008 / Cert ‘G’ US/CA
Directed by Nicky Phelan
Produced by Darragh O’Connell
Granny O’Grimm, a seemingly sweet old lady, loses the plot as she tells her version of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ to her terrified granddaughter.

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The Lady and the Reaper
Animation / Spain/ 8′ / 2009 / Cert ‘G’ US/CA
Directed by Javier Recio Gracia
Produced by Antonio Banderas, Manuel Sicilia, Juan Molina, Enrique Posner, Raul Garcia, Marcelino Almanso, Antonio Meliveo
A sweet old lady lives alone on her farm, waiting for death so that she can see her beloved husband once again. One night, she is invited to enter death’s domain, but someone will ruin it for her.

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A Matter of Loaf and Death
Drama / United Kingdom / 30′ / 2009 / Cert ‘U’ US/CA
Directed by Nick Park
Produced by Steve Pegram
Wallace & Gromit have started a new bread baking business, ‘Top Bun’ and converted 62 West Wallaby Street into a granary with ovens, robotic kneading arms and an old-fashioned windmill on the roof. The transformation is perfect. Although business is booming, Gromit is concerned by the news that a dozen local bakers have ‘disappeared’ this year – but Wallace isn’t worried. He’s too distracted and ‘dough-eyed’ in love with former beauty and bread enthusiast, Piella Bakewell. While they enjoy being the ‘Toast of the Town’, Gromit soon realises his master’s life is in jeopardy, and turns sleuth to solve the escalating murder mystery – in what quickly becomes ‘A Matter of Loaf and Death.’

A film by Barbara Ettinger
(USA, 2009, 86 minutes)

Showing at DeerField in Buffalo, WY
>> April 17, 2010 at 7:00 PM <<

Come at 6. Bring and share some hors d’oeuvres.
This film is open to the community.
No Admission Will Be Charged.
Donations requested.

Imagine a world without fish. A powerful new documentary on climate change and the oceans proposes just that. The film, A Sea Change is the first documentary about ocean acidification, the underbelly of climate change, a little-known but potentially devastating threat to ocean life.

A Sea Change follows the journey of retired history teacher Sven Huseby on his quest to discover what is happening to the world’s oceans. After reading Elizabeth Kolbert’s article “The Darkening Sea” in The New Yorker, Sven becomes obsessed with the rising acidity of the oceans and what this “sea change” bodes for mankind. His quest takes him to Alaska, California, Washington, and Norway as he uncovers a worldwide crisis that most people are unaware of. Speaking with oceanographers, marine biologists, climatologists, artists and policy experts, Sven discovers that global warming is only half the story of the environmental catastrophe that awaits us. Excess carbon dioxide is dissolving in our oceans, changing seawater chemistry. The increasing acidity of the water makes it difficult for tiny creatures at the bottom of the food web – such as the pteropods in the films – to form their shells. The effects could work their way up to the fish one billion people depend upon for their source of protein.

A Sea Change is also a touching portrait of Sven’s relationship with his grandchild Elias. As Sven keeps a correspondence with the little boy, he mulls over the world that he is leaving for future generations. A disturbing and essential companion piece to An Inconvenient Truth, A Sea Change brings home the indisputable fact that our lifestyle is changing the earth, despite our rhetoric or wishful thinking.

A Sea Change is the first documentary about ocean acidification, directed by Barbara Ettinger and co-produced by Sven Huseby of Niijii Films. While emphasizing new scientific information, the feature-length film is also a beautiful paen to the ocean world and an intimate story of a Norwegian-American family whose heritage is bound up with the sea.

“This film is both a love letter to the planet and an urgent plea to its citizens.”
– Justin Berton, San Francisco Chronicle

“The story that ‘A Sea Change’ tells is urgent, unsettling and desperately in need of understanding and action.”
– Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post

“Gripping.”
– Mark Yuasa, Seattle Times