TALKING MOVIES

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Center for Communication fall season special prices - if you sign up before September 15th!

Once you join the program, you'll have the opportunity to see some of the best independent films of the fall season and hear inside stories from the filmmakers. Here's your chance to see features, documentaries and great foreign films before they open to the public. Check out the exciting list of fall releases, then scroll down to the bottom to download registration form.

The fall program includes eight Thursday evening screenings (Oct. 10, 17, 24; Nov. 7, 14, 21; Dec. 12, 19) at the Directors Guild Theater, 110 West 57th St. (6th & 7th Aves). Two bonus Sunday screenings will also be scheduled. Visit http://www.talkingmovies.net/ for more information.

Each member will also receive three guest tickets to three Thursday evening screenings of their choice.

SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE FOR NEW MEMBERS:

Before September 15, 2013: $260.00

After September 15, 2013: $275.00, plus $10.00 REGISTRATION FEE.

FILMS THAT WILL OPEN DURING OUR FALL SEASON.
(Please note: Not all films will be available and release dates may change).

The Counselor

Thriller
A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking.
Director: Ridley Scott
Stars: Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem

Captain Phillips

Action | Biography | Drama | Thriller

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Director: Paul Greengrass
Stars: Tom Hanks, Max Martini, Catherine Keener, Maria Dizzia

Oldboy

Action | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

An advertising executive is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his punishment, only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment.
Director: Spike Lee
Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Brolin, Sharlto Copley

The Fifth Estate

Drama

A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
Director: Bill Condon
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Alicia Vikander, Carice van Houten

Last Vegas

Comedy

Three sixty-something friends take a break from their day-to-day lives to throw a bachelor party in Las Vegas for their last remaining single pal.
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Stars: Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Kevin Kline

August: Osage County

Comedy | Drama

A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
Director: John Wells
Stars: Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Juliette Lewis, Dermot Mulroney

The Wolf of Wall Street

Biography | Crime | Drama

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stockbroker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
Director: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jon Favreau, Spike Jonze, P.J. Byrne

Delivery Man

Comedy

An affable underachiever finds out he's fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Now he must decide whether or not to come forward when 142 of them file a lawsuit to reveal his identity.
Director: Ken Scott
Stars: Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders, Vince Vaughn, Jack Reynor

Nebraska

Drama

An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.
Director: Alexander Payne
Stars: Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb, Bob Odenkirk

Black Nativity

Drama | Musical

A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Stars: Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Biography | Drama | History

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
Director: Justin Chadwick

Dallas Buyers Club

Drama

The story of Texas electrician Ron Woodroof and his battle with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies after being diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1986, and his search for alternative treatments that helped established a way in which fellow HIV-positive people could join for access to his supplies.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn

American Hustle

Drama | History | Thriller

The story of a con artist and his partner in crime, who were forced to work with a federal agent to turn the tables on other cons, mobsters, and politicians - namely, the volatile mayor of impoverished Camden, New Jersey.
Director: David O. Russell
Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper

Anchorman: The Legend Continues

Comedy

The continuing on-set adventures of San Diego's top rated newsman.
Director: Adam McKay
Stars: Steve Carell, Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Christina Applegate

The Monuments Men

Drama

In a race against time, a crew of art historians and museum curators unite to recover renowned works of art stolen by Nazis before Hitler destroys them.
Director: George Clooney
Stars: Matt Damon, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett. John Goodman

Saving Mr. Banks

Biography | Comedy | Drama | Family | History

Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.
Director: John Lee Hancock
Stars: Tom Hanks, Ruth Wilson, Colin Farrell, Emma Thompson

Walking with Dinosaurs 3D

Action | Family

For the first time in movie history, audiences will truly see and feel what it was like when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. "Walking with Dinosaurs" is the ultimate immersive experience, utilizing state of the art 3D to put audiences in the middle of a thrilling and epic prehistoric world, where an underdog dino triumphs to become a hero for the ages.
Director: Neil Nightingale
Stars: Charlie Rowe, Angourie Rice

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
Director: Ben Stiller
Stars: Kristen Wiig, Ben Stiller, Adam Scott, Patton Oswalt

Jack Ryan

Action | Drama | Thriller

Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Stars: Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh

Lone Survivor

Action | Drama | Thriller | War

Based on the failed June 28, 2005 mission "Operation Red Wings." Four members of SEAL Team 10, were tasked with the mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader, Ahmad Shahd. Marcus Luttrell was the only member of his team to survive.
Director: Peter Berg
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Eric Bana, Ben Foster, Josh Berry

12 Years a Slave

Biography | Drama | History

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
Director: Steve McQueen
Stars: Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Michael Kenneth Williams

Download the registration form here.
http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1101120263570-71/T…

Any questions?

Call (212) 712-1965 Mon.-Sat. 9:30am-9:30pm or e-mail talkingmoviesny@gmail.com.