WELCOME TO THE QUAD CINEMA

“TWO ASTONISHING PERFORMANCES…ONE OF THE MOST DISTURBING AND MOVING FILMS YOU WILL SEE THIS YEAR” - Dean Bowman, Raindance Festival Review

“EXTREMELY BOLD FILMMAKING – PACKED WITH GORGEOUS MOMENTS…” - Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

“RAW, VIVID AND EXCEPTIONALLY CANDID—THIS IS CINEMA AT ITS BEST.” - Vaskar Szen Kayastha, Culthub.com

This film is a dangerous, sexy, poignant and at times darkly funny story about two people who desperately want intimacy but have fashioned lives of reclusivity and emotional fracture which ultimately spells the doom of their great love. The film begins with Michael, in his mid forties, suicidal about his writing career, which once flourished and now is on a downturn. He leaves his home in New York and goes to Paris in hopes of igniting his passion for writing and life. He also has a penchant for S and M. Soon after his arrival he meets Sophie, a sexy, smart, soulful, nurse who helps dying people transition to the after world. She and Michael instantly have chemistry albeit combative. Sophie has a secret. Her other job is being a dominatrix. Throughout the film, Sophie is nursing a little girl, Anais, who is dying of leukemia. (Running time 2:10)

SPECIAL TREAT: Writer/Director/Producer Eric Schaeffer will be present for brief Q & A sessions after the following shows:
Saturday 1/28- 7:00pm
Sunday 1/29- 2:00 & 7:00 pm
Thursday 2/2 7:00 pm

Two people from completely different worlds meet by chance, thrown together as if by fate. Their attraction is immediately obvious and overwhelming. He is attracted to her beauty (she is a supermodel) and good humor; she is seduced by his charisma and honesty. With his gifts of poetry and tenderness, he opens her heart to the possibility of true love. But it takes a lot of courage to make a commitment. Is she truly in love with him? And even if she is, will she able to leave the cosmopolitan, superficial lifestyle to be with him? (Running time 1:33)

NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD AND A SAG AWARD. From the director of "About a Boy" comes "A Better Life" - a touching, poignant, multi-generational story about a father's love and the lengths a parent will go to give his child the opportunities he never had. (Running time 1:50)

In English & Spanish With English Subtitles

NOMINATED FOR 6 ACADEMY AWARDS AND 2 SAG AWARDS. Based on Michael Lewis' non-fiction bestseller "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game," the book's subject is Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, who assembled a contending baseball club on a shoestring budget by employing a sophisticated computer-based analysis to draft players. (Running time 2:13)

NOMINATED FOR 4 ACADEMY AWARDS, 4 SAG AWARDS AND WINNER OF GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS. The Help stars Emma Stone as Skeeter, Viola Davis as Aibileen and Octavia Spencer as Minny-three very different, extraordinary women in Mississippi during the 1960s, who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project that breaks societal rules and puts them all at risk. From their improbable alliance a remarkable sisterhood emerges, instilling all of them with the courage to transcend the lines that define them, and the realization that sometimes those lines are made to be crossed-even if it means bringing everyone in town face-to-face with the changing times. (Running time 2:17)