The GoggleWorks Film Theatre features independent, foreign and art cinema. The state-of-the art facility with 131 comfortable seats and Dolby sound and provides a fabulous film viewing experience.

THE RAPE OF EUROPA
5/9 - 5/15/08

"The Rape of Europa" uses interviews with eyewitnesses and historians and newsreel footage to show how heroic Europeans, Russians, and Americans worked to save the art of Europe during WWII. The Nazis stole thousands of pieces of art and destroyed many others. But many individuals evacuated art and the American "Monuments Men" helped map out air strikes to avoid the destruction of many masterpieces. It is harrowing and moving to see art restored to the families of Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

Runtime: 117 min

Unrated
Directed by: Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, Nicole Newnham

Language:English | Russian | Polish | German | French | Italian >br>

http://the rapeofeuropa.com

Discussion group will be held Monday May 12th following the 7:00 pm showing (about 9:00 pm). Dr Harry L Serio chairman of the Berks Movie Madness Film Festival and past president of the Berks Arts Council will lead the discussion



Evenings at 7:00 pm

Saturday and Sunday Matinee at 3:00 pm

Wednesday Matinee at 3:00 pm

FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO
5/15 - 5/23/08

We meet five Christian families, each with a gay or lesbian child. Parents talk about their marriages and church-going, their children's childhood and coming out, their reactions, and changes over time. The stories told by these nine parents and four adult children alternate with talking heads - Protestant and Jewish theologians - and with film clips of fundamentalist preachers and pundits and news clips of people in the street. They discuss scripture and biblical scholarship. A thesis of the film is that much of Christianity's homophobia represents a misreading of scripture, a denial of science, and an embrace of quack psychology. The families call for love.

Director: Daniel G. Karslake

Runtime: 95 min

Unrated



http://www.forthebibletellsmeso


Discussion group will be held Monday May 19th following the 7:00 pm showing (about 8:45 pm). Dr Harry L Serio chairman of the Berks Movie Madness Film Festival and past president of the Berks Arts Council will lead the discussion




Evenings at 7:00 pm

Saturday and Sunday Matinee 3:00 pm

Wednesday Matinee at 3:00 pm

A NATURALIST IN THE RAINFOREST/THE CRABS, THE BIRDS, THE BAY
5/17 - 5/18/08

The Naturalist In The Rainforest

This is an inspirational portrait of Alexander Skutch, one of the great naturalists of our time. It was in 1928 that Skutch first plunged into the Central American rainforest with the same enthusiasm and sense of wonder as the pioneer naturalists of the 19th century. In 1941 he settled in a secluded valley in Costa Rica. Here on his farm and nature reserve he has been able to achieve a rare intimacy with the rainforest's shy inhabitants. He has written over two hundred articles and a dozen books. His voluminous life histories of the birds of Central America are considered by ornithologists to be an accomplishment comparable only to Audubon's in North America. In this beautifully photographed film, Alexander Skutch guides us through the rainforest, explaining the biology that is unique to this environment, and showing the importance of preserving this dazzling reservoir of genetic diversity. (54 minutes)

The Crab, The Birds, The Bay

Every spring nearly one million migrant shorebirds (sandpipers and plovers) stop to feed on horseshoe crab eggs along the beaches of Delaware Bay. The birds have just completed an incredible nonstop flight from their wintering grounds in South America. For a species like the Red Knot, this may have been seven thousand miles. The birds stop to refuel for their next marathon leap. Their destination: nesting grounds on the high Arctic tundra yet another three thousand miles nonstop. The phenomenon is the second largest gathering of shorebirds in North America but is by far the most spectacular because of its concentration. The catalyst for this incredible migratory stop is another amazing yet completely different creature, the horseshoe crab. The Delaware Bay hosts the largest population on earth. Every spring these 'living fossils' emerge onto the beaches to lay their eggs. Horseshoe crabs have been around longer than most other forms of life. In the 360 million years that they have roamed the oceans, almost no changes have occurred. Horseshoe crabs have been on earth so long that they predate the first dinosaurs by 100 million years. The film provides an intimate yet bold look at this annual phenomenon. Viewers will see and learn about the life-cycle of the horseshoe crab, from nesting adults to peering into the pin-sized embryo within the eggs. A unique relationship exists between the migrant birds and the nesting horseshoe crabs. Though vastly different, together the crabs and the birds teach a universal lesson about the interrelationship of all species. (19 minutes)



www.bullfrogfilms.com



Saturday and Sunday
May 17 - May 18

12:00 NOON ONLY

ALL SEATS $5.00 for both films

SNOW ANGELS
5/23 - 6/5/08

Director/screenwriter David Gordon Green adapts Stewart O'Nan's popular novel to the screen in this feature, which tells the parallel tales of a teenager named Arthur (Michael Angarano) and his onetime babysitter Annie (Kate Beckinsale) -- whose turbulent relationship with her estranged husband, Glenn (Sam Rockwell), leads the small-town waitress down a troubled path. Arthur is a high-school student from a dysfunctional family, and does everything in his power to avoid hanging around the house while mom and dad quarrel. When he's not practicing his trombone and performing with the high-school marching band, Arthur can usually be found bussing tables at the local Chinese restaurant and flirting with older waitress Annie. Annie used to be Arthur's babysitter, and is currently struggling to separate from her former high-school sweetheart, Glenn. But being a single mother isn't easy, especially since the troubled Glenn wants nothing more than to clean up his act and reunite his family. Back at school, Arthur and pretty classmate Lila (Olivia Thirlby) have been bonding over their mutual love for all things geeky. Though the casual friendship shows promise of evolving into something more when Lila expresses her true feelings for Arthur, he can't help but becoming distracted by his chaotic family life: his father is moving out of the family home, and his mother is doing everything in her power to maintain some semblance of normalcy. Realizing that happiness is fleeting as his family becomes shattered and Annie experiences a series of distressing encounters with Glenn, Arthur gradually begins to fall for Lisa despite his growing cynicism concerning long-term relationships. Later, on a cold winter morning, Glenn and Annie's past catches up with them in a blinding flash, and the lives of everyone they know are suddenly and irrevocably changed.

Cast: Sam Rockwell, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Angarano, Jeannetta Arnette, Griffin Dunne, Nicky Katt

Director: David Gordon Green

Running Time 106 minutes

MPAA Rating R - for language, some violent content, brief sexuality and drug use



http://wip.warnerbros.com/snowangels

Because of Memorial Day Holiday, the discussion group will be held TUESDAY May 27th following the 7:00 pm showing (about 9:00 pm). Dr Harry L Serio chairman of the Berks Movie Madness Film Festival and past president of the Berks Arts Council will lead the discussion




Evenings at 7:00 pm

Saturday and Sunday Matinee at 3:00 pm

Wednesday Matinee at 3:00 pm

YOUNG @ HEART
6/6 - 6/19/08

The Young@Heart Chorus is a vocal group from Northampton, MA, who have earned an international reputation for their unique interpretations of songs by Sonic Youth, the Ramones, and the Clash. However, this isn't a teenage garage band attacking the classic punk rock songbook -- the Young@Heart Chorus is comprised of 22 senior citizens whose average age is 80, and under director Bob Cilman they've gained a degree of fame for their enthusiastic a cappella renditions of well-known rock & roll tunes. Filmmaker Stephen Walker spent several weeks with the members of the Young@Heart Chorus as they rehearsed for their annual concert in Northampton, and Young@Heart is a documentary which offers a look at their rigorous rehearsal process, the background of several members, and their efforts to stay active and think positive, even as their friends succumb to old age.

Director: Stephen Walker

Running Time 108 minutes

MPAA Rating PG - for some mild language and thematic elements



http:www.foxsearchlight.comyoungatheart



Discussion Group to be announced