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Black & White Artist Premier

Black & White Artist Premier

Premiere and Party for the year’s top Oscar contender! The State Theatre is returning to the days when one of our town’s most anticipated events was the opening of a new film. The Artist, nominated for 10 Academy Awards, offered the perfect excuse to roll out the red carpet so, we’re inviting you to not [...]

Film House of Pleasures Opens Jan 14

Film House of Pleasures Opens Jan 14

Opens Sat. Jan. 14, 2012 at 7 p.m. (R) 2 Hrs. 5 Min. (Digital) In French with English subtitles For his fifth film, Bertrand Bonello (Tiresea) depicts a highly cinematic and atmospheric look at the final days of a turn of the century brothel when much of the Parisian sex trade was confined to grand [...]

Classic Film Notorious

Classic Film Notorious

[Notorious]Notorious http://www.thestate.org/calendar/event/427/view Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 at 3 p.m. A presentation of the Modesto Film Society (Unrated) 1 Hr. 42 Min. Director Alfred Hitchcock’s visually stunning tale of suspense and romance features Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant who infiltrate a ring of Nazi spies, led by Claude Rains, in post-war Rio. Roger Ebert writes that [...]

Film London Boulevard Premiers 13th

Film London Boulevard Premiers 13th

[London Boulevard]London Boulevard Opens Fri. Jan. 13, 2012 at 7 p.m. (R) 1 Hr. 42 Min. (Digital) In English The directorial debut of William Monahan, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Departed, London Boulevard follows an ex-con (Colin Farrell) trying to make a fresh start in a relationship with a reclusive actress (Kiera Knightley). A sexy, [...]

Like Crazy Coming To The State!

Like Crazy Coming To The State!

Like Crazy (PG-13) 1 Hr. 30 Min. (35mm) Romantic dramas are scarce. All the more reason to cheer Drake Doremus’ fresh, vibrant film Like Crazy, which is anything but a conventional genre piece. Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones win us over as college students who fall deeply in love and then try to sustain that [...]