VINEGAR HILL THEATRE
Charlottesville's art cinema since 1976
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220 West Market Street,
Now Playing / Coming Soon
Updated: 5/11/2008
VINEGAR HILL THEATREis Charlottesville's longest continuously
running cinema, bringing you some of
the best art, independent and foreign
films the others won't play!
THE FOLLOWING SHOWTIMES ARE GOOD
THROUGH THURSDAY, MAY 15, ONLY:
THE VISITOR (PG-13)
Daily at 4:45, 7:00, 9:15
plus Sat/Sun at 2:30.
Now Playing:
In THE VISITOR a lonesome widower and college economics professor finds his mundane existence suddenly shaken up when he befriends a pair of illegal immigrants, in the new film from THE STATION AGENT director Tom McCarthy. Years after losing his wife, sixty-two year old Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins) has also lost his passion for writing and teaching. In an effort to fill the empty void that his life has become, Walter makes a half-hearted attempt to learn to play classical piano. Later, when Walters college sends him to a conference in Manhattan, he is surprised to discover that a young couple has moved into his seldom-used apartment in the city. Tarek and his girlfriend have fallen victims to an elaborate real estate scam and as a result they no longer have a place to call home. When Walter reluctantly allows the couple to remain in his apartment, talented musician Tarek insists on repaying his hosts kindness by teaching him to play the African drum. Over the course of Walters lessons, the aging academic finds his spirits revitalized while gaining a newfound appreciation for New York jazz clubs and Central Park drum circles. Later, Tarek is arrested in the subway and threatened with deportation after police learn that he is an undocumented citizen. Suddenly, in his attempt to help his newfound friend, Walters passion for life is unexpectedly awakened. When Tareks radiant mother arrives in the city in search of her son, that passion turns to romance - something that Walter had previously thought he would never experience again. THE VISITOR is rated PG-13 for brief strong language and runs one hour, 48 minutes.
Richard Roeper's rave review: bventertainment.go.com/ tv/ buenavista/ ebertandroeper/ index2.html?sec=6&subsec=visitor
Comments from the Internet Movie Database: imdb.com/ title/ tt0857191/ usercomments
Review: www.filmjournal.com/ filmjournal/ search/ article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003787835
Official site: www.thevisitorfilm.com
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Admission:
Adults $8.50; $6.50 for children under 12 and people 60 and over. Shows before 6 pm are $6.50 for everyone.
(Please note that these prices do not apply to Virginia Film Festival/Virginia Film Society events.)
Our box office opens 20 minutes before the first showtime of the day. We accept cash and local checks, but not credit/debit cards.
Directions:
- From UVa's Rotunda: travel east on University
Avenue to the Lewis and Clark statue in front
of
the bus station.
Left one block on Ridge/McIntire, right on
Preston, which becomes Market Street.
We are on the right at 220 West Market.
- From US 29 North: travel south on 29 to its
interchange with the US 250 Bypass, and take
the
250 Bypass East.
At the third traffic light, turn right on
McIntire
Road.
At the second traffic light, go left on Preston
Avenue, which becomes Market Street.
We are on the right at 220 West Market.
- From Interstate 64: take Exit 120 Fifth Street. At the top of the ramp, turn the indicated direction toward Charlottesville. Travel straight through five traffic lights if you came from East of Charlottesville, six traffic lights if you came from the West. You will be on Fifth Street, which becomes Ridge Street, then Ridge/McIntire. At either the sixth or the seventh traffic light, (sixth if you were traveling west on I-64, seventh if you were traveling east) turn right onto Preston Avenue, which becomes Market Street. We are at the beginning of the next block on the right at 220 West Market.
Parking:
Available at the Omni Hotel for $1.50/hour or the Citizens Commonwealth Center and 218 West Market lot for $5.00 all evening. If you're lucky, there won't be a parking lot attendant and you can park free, or there will be parking places on the street! We have a tiny lot next to the building, and you are welcome to park there if you can find a spot.
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