{"id":17148,"date":"2023-12-27T04:46:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T04:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newplazacinema.org\/test_area\/?p=17148"},"modified":"2023-12-28T17:05:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T17:05:22","slug":"films-this-week-12-29-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newplazacinema.org\/test_area\/films-this-week-12-29-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Films this week 12\/29\/2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Post Layout&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Gary&#8217;s Corner original Marybeth&#8217;s edit&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.2&#8243; link_text_color=&#8221;#0c71c3&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; transform_scale_linked=&#8221;off&#8221; transform_translate_linked=&#8221;off&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Our first-run engagements of\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Freud\u2019s Last Session<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Teachers\u2019 Lounge<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0continue on this New Year\u2019s holiday weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Anthony Hopkins (as Sigmund Freud) and Matthew Goode (as C.S. Lewis) continue their spirited battle of wits and emotions in <\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Freud\u2019s Last Session<\/span><\/em><\/strong>.<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Over the numerous screenings of the film I have introduced this past week, I\u2019ve had the feeling that many in our audience who emerge afterward are feeling a mix of joy and melancholy in its depiction of both the psychiatrist and the actor \u2014 each at a later phase in their lives (Hopkins turns 86 on New Year\u2019s Eve!) but still imbued with virtuosity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In her Critic\u2019s Pick review on Christmas Day, newly minted NY Times film reviewer Alissa Wilkinson noted, \u201cTaking on the uneasy complexity of a progressive modern society, and the friction produced when pluralism and an insistence on order and obedience collide, is a bold move, and\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Teachers\u2019 Lounge<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0pulls it off with a sense of tension that makes the whole thing play like a thriller.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Director Ilker Catak and his luminous leading lady, Leonie Benesch, are making their top-billing debuts with American art-house audiences. You\u2019ll be impressed \u2014 and riveted \u2014 by their work here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Also, a reminder that David Lean\u2019s classic\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Brief Encounter<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0returns for an encore screening on Sunday, January 7 at 12:15 pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gary Palmucci. 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