A love letter to life and art, “Maestro” tells the complex love story of Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. An emotionally epic portrayal of family and love, that spans over 30 years, led by a pair of powerful performances, Maestro serves as a stirring overview of a tremendous talent's life and legacy.
“A movie that is as exhilarating as it is unconventional, a fitting portrait of a man who was determined to always live life on his own terms, no matter the consequences.” - Peter Howell, Toronto Star
“Maestro is the closest thing to perfection I’ve seen on the screen in a very long time.” - Rex Reed, Observer
“‘Maestro’ is a deeply felt passion project that…made me want to stand up and cheer.” - Leonard Maltin, leonardmaltin.com
“A stunning portrait of the artist as a charismatic narcissist in thrall to a marriage he believes in yet can’t completely live up to.” - Owen Gleiberman, Variety
“This is not just a worthy tribute to one of the greatest figures in the American musical canon, but also one of the finest films of the year.” - Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone
“An astonishingly beautiful film, by turns heartbreaking, tragic and tender, one that is fully constructed around two incessantly committed career-high performances.” - Kevin Maher, Times (UK)
Watch the trailer https://youtu.be/gJP2QblqLA0.
Dir: Bradley Cooper / Cast: Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer / USA / 2 hrs 9 mins / English / Drama, Music, Bio, LGBTQIA2S themes / PG (Drug use; coarse language)
Golden Globe Nominations: Best Motion Picture – Drama; Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture – Drama for Carey Mulligan; Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama for Bradley Cooper; Best Director – Motion Picture for Bradley Cooper.
Monday Cinema is presented by Trail and District Arts Council and screens at The Royal Theatre, 1597 Bay Avenue, Trail.
All films begin at 4:00 pm.
Tickets $12 at tickets.trail-arts.com or call the Box Office at 250-368-9669 Monday to Friday from 12-4 pm. Only 143 tickets available for this screening. If tickets are available, they will go on sale at the venue 30 minutes before the screening.
The Monday Cinema series is part of the Toronto International Film Festival Film Circuit and proudly supported by Wellington Altus Private Wealth Management and MP Wealth Advisory.
Other films in the Fall Monday Cinema series are:
January 8: Who’s Yer Father - In this laugh-out-loud caper, a small-town private investigator is hired by a wealthy seafood buyer to investigate the sale of black market lobster on Prince Edward Island. After joining forces with a scrappy convenience store owner, he uncovers much more than expected.
January 15: Fallen Leaves (Subtitled) - In modern-day Finland, two lonely souls in search of love meet in a karaoke bar. But their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost numbers to wrong addresses, and a charming, stray dog.
January 22: Dumb Money - In this subversively funny ‘David vs. Goliath’ true story, a regular guy, who sank his life savings into GameStop (the video game store) stock in 2021 and posted about it online, makes his followers rich and Wall Street billionaires angry.
January 29: Anatomy of a Fall (Subtitled) - In a remote town in the French Alps, a man is found dead in the snow and his wife is suspected of her husband's murder, their blind son the only witness. Part legal thriller and part family drama, the film is a taut, suspenseful, and thrilling story about perception, truth, and ambition wrapped in a heady puzzle.
February 5: Maestro - A love letter to life and art, “Maestro” tells the complex love story of Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein over 30 years, led by a pair of powerful performances, “Maestro” serves as a stirring overview of a tremendous talent's life and legacy.
February 12: The Persian Version (Some subtitles) – In this dramedy, Iranian-American Leila strives to find balance between her opposing cultures. But when her large family gathers in New York a family secret leads the estranged mother and daughter to discover they are more alike than they know.
February 19: No film on Family Day
February 26: Driving Madeleine (Subtitled) - Madeleine, 92, calls a taxi to reach the retirement home where she must live from now on. She asks Charles, a disillusioned driver, to pass by the places in Paris that mattered in her life. As Madeleine’s extraordinary past emerges both lives are changed.
March 4: Scrapper - Georgie is a 12-year-old girl who lives on her own in London. She’s happy about it, in fact she’d rather have it that way. But, when her estranged father turns up out of blue, she’s forced to confront what’s really going on.
March 11: The Teacher's Lounge (Subtitled) - Carla is an idealistic sports and math teacher at a high school. When a series of thefts occur at the school, she decides to get to the bottom of the matter on her own. But as she tries to do everything right, the pressure threatens to break her.