NOW SHOWING – TRUMBO (Friday, February 26 – Thursday, March 3)

TRUMBO:

Friday, February 26 – 7 pm,

Saturday, February 27 – 4 & 8 pm,

Sunday, February 28 – 4 & 8 pm,

Wednesday, March 2 – 7 pm,

and Thursday, March 3 – 7 pm.

In 1947, Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) was Hollywood’s top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. TRUMBO (directed by Jay Roach) recounts how Dalton used words and wit to win two Academy Awards and expose the absurdity and injustice under the blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) to John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger. Written by Bleecker Street

Insider’s tip: “{Bryan} Cranston’s performance is the motor that runs Trumbo, and that motor never idles, never flags in momentum or magnetism or idealistic scorn” (Ty Burr, Boston Globe).  Allan Hunter of Screen International adds: “Bryan Cranston creates a potent sense of Trumbo as a reasonable man, full of charm, eloquence and principle and he is surrounded by a string of performances to savour.” Up for an Academy Award for Best Actor, the film has garnered 2 wins from 31 nominations thus far.