 GOGGLEWORKS HOURS JOIN OUR MAILING LIST | info@goggleworks.org BECOME A MEMBER DONATE REGISTER FOR A CLASS |  The FILM THEATRE at the GoggleWorks features a 130-seat theatre, state-of-the-art equipment, including Dolby surround sound, and a concession area in the main lobby. Enjoy the pleasures of the cinema in an ambience free from commonplace distractions. Let the GoggleWorks become your "special" movie house... Theatre Ticket Pricing Adults: $8.00 Seniors: $6.00 Students: $5.00 Matinees: $6.00  Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Benjamin Esposito has spent his entire working life as a criminal court employee. Recently retired and with time on his hands, he decides to write a novel. He does not decide to make up a story. There is no need to. He can draw on his own past as a civil servant for a true, moving and tragic story in which he was once very directly involved. In 1974, his court was assigned an investigation into the rape and murder of a beautiful young woman. At the scene of the crime, Esposito sees the result of the young woman´s rape and murder first hand. He meets Ricardo Morales, who had married the girl a short time before and worshipped her body and soul. Moved by Ricardo´s grief, Esposito tries to help him find the culprit despite having to contend with the apathy and ineptitude of the police and legal system. He knows that for help the can count on Sandoval, an underling at the office yet a close friend, who occasionally seeks release from the routine of his existence by drinking himself unconscious. He can also turn to Irene, his immediate superior and secretary of the court, with whom he is secretly deeply in love, although there is no hope that she will ever love him. The search for the murderer is anything but simple. No clues remain at the scene of the crime and Esposito must rely on guesswork and his own instincts to make any progress. Furthermore, Argentina in 1974 is not a peaceful place. It is a perfect backdrop for the violence, hate, revenge and death that rule people´s lives and fates. To this ever more hostile and dark setting, Esposito´s investigation takes him deep into a world of terrible violence. No longer an observer, he becomes an unwilling central character in a drama in which he is exposed to ever-greater danger. But it is not only the young Esposito of 1974 who is swept along by the storm of events, for that storm also envelops the present-day Esposito, the old would-be writer, and sets him adrift. By deciding to revive and relive his memories, he has set in motion the wheels of the terrible mechanism of memory. And those memories are neither innocent, neutral nor aseptic. Esposito writes, and as he does so, relives a past that rises up before his eyes and awakens all his demons; particularly those involving his past decisions, uncertainties and irreparable mistakes. As he moves forward, Esposito begins to see that it is now too late to stop. Telling a story from the past is no longer just a pastime to fill his empty hours. It becomes a narrow, winding path he must take if he is to understand and find justification for his own life, if he is to give any meaning to the years remaining to him, and if once and for all he is to face up to the woman who, thirty years on, he is still in love with. Starring: Soledad Villamil, Ricardo Darín, Carla Quevedo Directed by Juan José Campanella Running Time: 2 hrs. 7 min. MPAA: Rated R for a rape scene, violent images, some graphic nudity and language. Spanish w/sub titles SHOWS DAILY at 3:00 and 7:00 PLEASE GIVE Kate has a lot on her mind. There´s the ethics problem of buying furniture on the cheap at estate sales and marking it up at her trendy Manhattan store. And how much markup can she get away with? There´s the materialism problem of not wanting her teenage daughter to want the expensive things that Kate wants. There´s the marriage problem of sharing a partnership in parenting, business, and life with her husband Alex but sensing doubt nibbling at the foundations. And there´s Kate´s free-floating 21st century malaise - the problem of how to live well and be a good person when poverty, homelessness, and sadness are always right outside the door. Plus, there´s the neighbors: cranky, elderly Andra and the two granddaughters who look after her. Starring: Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Sarah Steele Running Time: 1 hr. 30 min. MPAA Rating: R for language, some sexual content and nudity.
Discussion group will be held Monday August 2nd on the movie PLEASE GIVE after the 7:00 pm showing. (around 8:45 pm). Dr Harry L Serio, past president of the Berks Art Council and Film Festival Chair of the Greater Reading Film Festival, will lead the discussion.  Almost forty years ago, a young girl of 14 has sex, gets pregnant, and gives her baby up for adoption. Fast-forwarding to the present day, we meet three very different women, each of whom struggles to maintain control of their lives. There´s Elizabeth (Naomi Watts), a smart and successful lawyer who uses her body to her advantage. Any time she feels that she doesn´t have the upper hand, and cannot control the situation, she uses her sex appeal - whether that be starting a romance with her boss (Samuel L. Jackson) when she suspects he is trying to start one himself, or finding some way to control her overly friendly neighbor and husband (Carla Gallo and Marc Blucas). Karen (Annette Bening), meanwhile, is a bitter health care professional who obviously has a lot of heart but never shows it. She gave up a daughter at the age of 14 (wonderfully shown rather than told, she is the young girl and mother of Elizabeth), and has never gotten over it - her bitterness inspiring her to lash out at everyone around her - even the gentle man at work who is undeniably drawn to her (Jimmy Smits). Finally, Lucy (Kerry Washington) is a woman who has failed to conceive with her husband, so she turns to adoption to make the family she desires.
MPAA:Rated R for sexuality, brief nudity, and language.
 At the Theatre Des Champs-Elysees, Igor Stravinsky premieres his The Rite Of Spring. Coco Chanel attends the premiere and is mesmerized. But the revolutionary work is too modern, too radical. The enraged audience boos and jeers. A near riot ensues. Stravinsky is inconsolable. Seven years later, now rich, respected and successful, Coco Chanel meets Stravinsky again - a penniless refugee living in exile in Paris after the Russian Revolution. The attraction between them is immediate and electric. Coco offers Stravinsky the use of her villa in Garches so that he will be able to work, and he moves in straight away, with his children and consumptive wife. And so a passionate, intense love affair between two creative giants begins. Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Anna Mouglalis, Yelena Morozova, Natacha Lindinger, Grigori Manoukov
MPAA Rating: R for some strong sexuality and nudity.  Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation. Starring: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Alexa Eisenstein, Paolo Roberto, Tanja Lorentzon MPAA:Rated R for brutal violence including a rape, some strong sexual content, nudity and language.Parents Guide:View content advisory for parents Runtime:129 min Language:Swedish | Italian | French w English sub-titles  First it was a mine that exploded in the middle of the Moroccan desert. Years later, it was a stray bullet that lodged in his brain... Bazil doesn´t have much luck with weapons. The first made him an orphan, the second holds him on the brink of sudden, instant death. Released from the hospital after his accident, Bazil is homeless. Luckily, our inspired and gentle-natured dreamer is quickly taken in by a motley crew of junkyard dealers living in a veritable Ali Baba´s cave. The group´s talents and aspirations are as surprising as they are diverse: Remington, Calculator, Buster, Slammer, Elastic Girl, Tiny Pete and Mama Chow. Then one day, walking by two huge buildings, Bazil recognizes the logos of the weapons manufacturers that caused all of his misfortune. He sets out to take revenge, with the help of his faithful gang of wacky friends. Underdogs battling heartless industrial giants, our gang relive the battle of David and Goliath, with all the imagination and fantasy of Buster Keaton...
French with English sub titles MPAA Rating: R for sexuality and brief violence. SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE Rent the TheatreRent the theatre for your party, wedding or meeting. Our 130-seat film theatre has great acoustics, awesome leather seating and is definitely the hippest theatre in town. For most rentals, a projectionist should be on duty to take care of lights, microphones, etc. If the film is on a roll, there is an additional 4-hour charge for set-up and tear down. (Movie must be received 24 hours before showing). If a DVD is to be played, there is no additional charge for set-up. (DVD must be received 1 week prior to rental). The hours can be set up with the earliest time available at 9am and, at the latest, 2pm on Monday thru Sunday. Times are subject to availibility. These times are depending on the current movie run time, which varies from movie to movie. For additional information, please contact our theatre manager. |
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