MOMENT TO REMEMBER: A Korean terminal illness doomed romance melodrama. Bring tissues!

Louis Koo in Johnnie To's THROW DOWN, an homage to Akira Kurosawa's judo epic SANSHIRO SUGATA

Daniel Auteuil, the screen's most accomplished purveyor of emotional turmoil, holds a lobster in APRES VOUS!

RUSH LINE ONLY MOVIES! The rush line forms one hour before showtime. All pass and ticket holders (members, priority and general public) please arrive early for a good seat. Rush tickets will be available, but seating will be tight!
VEER-ZAARA, April 7, 6:00 p.m.
A MOMENT TO REMEMBER, April 7, 6:30 p.m.

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Rani Mukherjee (from Yash Chopra's KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI) as rookie lawyer Samiya!

S.R.K. and Preity Zinta! (Editor's note: S.R.K. = Shah Rukh Khan = Bollywood's Brad Pitt)

Preity Zinta (from KAL HO NAA HO) as Zaara!

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Johnnie To, the hardest working man in Hong Kong show business, is a first-rate craftsman and auteur director who excels at deconstructing genre films, from melodrama (ALL ABOUT AH-LONG, which won Chow Yun-fat a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, his first for a non-action role) to police dramas (P.T.U. and HIFF '04's BREAKING NEWS) to diva-driven superhero epics (THE HEROIC TRIO with Anita Mui -- it's the film that launched the careers of Maggie Cheung and Michelle Yeoh!). His latest film, THROW DOWN, premiered out of competition at the Venice Film Festival this year and is a kind of homage to Akira Kurosawa's judo epic SANSHIRO SUGATA.

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As Phillipa Hawkins observes, Director Pierre Salvadori (who helmed WILDMAN, about a hit man desperate to retire) is back doing what he does best, making richly observed character-based dramatic comedies. A critical and box office hit in France, APRES VOUS boasts an expertly constructed script, an hilarious odd couple in Daniel Auteuil and comic phenomenon Jose Garcia, and pitch-perfect direction. Auteuil, whom American audiences may recognize from THE CLOSET, gives a Cesar-nominated performance as Antoine, the maitre d' who saves the life of an ungrateful stranger, Louis (thesped by comedian Jose Garcia) and then must make right the troubles of Louis' life.

Don't miss the adorable animated opening credits!

Trailer | Official Website | Tickets and Showtimes

6:00 PM VEER-ZAARA - rush line
6:30 PM MOMENT TO REMEMBER - rush line
9:15 PM APRES VOUS
9:30 PM THROW DOWN

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