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Relax See A Movie at Mogwai: Aug. 31-Sep. 5

AUGUST 31 – MONDAY
9 PM – Were the World Mine
Directed by Tom Gustafson
Written by Tom Gustafson and Cory James Krueckeberg
Timothy, a young gay high school student who feels like an outsider in his community, finds a recipe for the love potion used in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Timothy decides to use the potion to turn his entire town gay, turning his world into a musical fantasyland of his own devising. Were the World Mine is an exuberant musical film that also ends up being pretty poignant.

SEPTEMBER 1 – TUESDAY
9 PM – Grace
Written and Directed by Paul Solet
Madeleine Matheson (Jordan Ladd) gets into a car accident that leaves her husband and the baby inside her womb dead. Traumatized, she is unwilling to accept the death of her unborn child, and insists on carrying it to term. Much to everyone’s surprise, the baby miraculously returns to life in Madeleine’s arms after a bloody delivery. But the baby has a thirst for blood, and Madeleine, unwilling to see her only child go hungry, will do anything to keep her fed. What sounds like the premise for a cheesy horror movie is actually a pretty disturbing yet strangely affecting drama about the role of a mother, and the lengths a mother might take to protect her child.

SEPTEMBER 2 – WEDNESDAY
9 PM – The Soloist
Directed by Joe Wright
Written by Susannah Grant
Based on the book by Steve Lopez
During a major case of writer’s block, L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez (played by Robert Downey Jr.) befriends Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), an incredibly talented mentally ill homeless street musician. Inspired by his story, Lopez sets out to try and help Ayers and others like him, but he finds that reality can be a tough foe to deal with.

SEPTEMBER 3 – THURSDAY
9 PM – Taking Chance
Directed by Ross Katz
Written by Ross Katz and Michael Strobl
Based on the true story of Lt. Col. Michael Strobl (played by Kevin Bacon). Frustrated with his superiors’ disregard for his recommendations pertaining to the Iraq war, Strobl volunteered for military escort duty, and accompanied the remains of Pfc. Chance Phelps, a marine who died at the age of 19, from Dover to the Phelps family home in Wyoming. Taking Chance looks at a much-ignored aspect of the war; that of the bodies coming home, and everything that follows.

SEPTEMBER 5 – SATURDAY
9 PM – Little Ashes
Directed by Paul Morrisson
Written by Philippa Goslet
It is 1922 in Madrid. A young Salvador Dali (Robert Pattinson) enters university of dreams of becoming a great artist. There, he makes friends with Federico Garcia Lorca and Luis Buñuel, and for a while, the three of them become the prime movers of Madrid’s rising modern art movement. But Dali finds himself unsatisfied with his current relationship with Lorca, and risks their friendship and reputation as he attempts to cross boundaries. And their ensuing closeness destroys as much as it nurtures.

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Mogwai is a haven for those who crave a taste of something different,a great hangout with a rural heart in the bosom of the urban metro. In both its menu and ambience, it’s a melting pot of Filipino tastes,serving up the best of the traditional and the eclectic, the familiarand the new.

A café and restaurant, Mogwai serves the best home-style cooking in a setting as homely as a rustic watering hole. With a menu especially prepared for the no-frills but discerning diner, it also offers a good selection of native coffees and drinks for those who enjoy a hearty discussion after their meals.

On the second floor, Mogwai has a cinema room dedicated to showing all sorts of films from Hollywood classics to underground cinema,art-house fare to Pinoy grindhouse flicks. Run by practicing filmmakers and film scholars as consultants, it is the only other cinema aside from the U.P. Film Center and Cultural Center of the Philippines to have no censorship restrictions in the country. With its excellent audio-visual facilities, it will have a minimum of 9 screenings, 6 films a week and will consistently premiere the best indie short films and features. Workshops and discussions with top directors, cinematographers, writers and other technicians will be held regularly both for the budding filmmaker and cineastes (Discounted workshops rates for members.)

Unit 62 & 63 Cubao Expo, Gen. Romulo Ave., Cubao mogwaifilmclub@gmail.com Open from 6pm-2am (adjustments may be made for private functions and special events)