Midwinter Films at the Friday Night Salon

Here at my studio (aka Kris Waldherr Art and Words), we’ve been hard at work on a new schedule of events for January. I’m pleased to post them here, even before they make it onto our events page. (BTW our famous Tarot Salon will be returning in February, in time for Valentine’s Day.)

First things first: Though January comes after the darkest night of the year, it also marks the entrance into deepest winter. Often, it feels like spring is impossibly far away—and that we need a bit of magic to see us through to warmer weather. To help mitigate this, we’re decided to present a Midwinter Film series for our friends and neighbors.

Our Friday Night Salon opens 5pm; film begins 6:30pm. Admission is free, and so is the popcorn. Adults and children welcome. Join us early for conversation and refreshments. Films are projected and proceeded by a cartoon or short subject. Studio directions and information.

Appropriately enough, our theme for January is “Fairy Tales for a Dark Night.” We showed our first film last night, Bergman’s The Magic Flute. We only showed the film to a few friends; since it was our dvd projector’s maiden voyage, we were naturally nervous that there might be technical gliches. I’m happy to report that the showing was a great success, and an enchanting way to pass a winter night.

Without future ado, here is the rest of our Midwinter Film schedule for January 2009:

Friday, January 16th:

Beauty and the Beast.
Jean Cocteau, France, 1946, 93 minutes.
The original “Beauty and the Beast”—and miles better than the Disney. One of the most enchanting films ever made. Once upon a time, in a world of magic and wonder, the love of a beautiful girl finally dispelled the torment of a kind-hearted beast. Living statuary, human candelabras, and tears that turn to diamonds are just some of the exquisite, surreal imagery in Jean Cocteau’s masterpiece.

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Friday, January 23rd:

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Friday, January 30th:

The Princess Bride.
Rob Reiner, 1987, US, 98 minutes.
Return to a time when men and swamps were swamps. Fire Swamps, that is. Full of quicksand and Rodents of Unusual Size. Lagoons were inhabited by shrieking eels. And the most beautiful woman in the world was named . . . Buttercup? Well, it’s a bent fairy tale. Complete with all the fencing, chasing, escapes, and silly accents you’d expect.

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