The mission of Bama Art House is to bring current, contemporary independent film to Tuscaloosa, transforming the Bama Theatre into a cinematic Art House, one night a week. The winter series will consist of ten movies, each screening Tuesday nights at 7:30 p.m. from January 15 to March 19.

A season pass gets you into all ten films, it is $50 (only $5 per film) Get your pass online here:

Bama Art House Winter Film Series 2013

January 15: This Must Be The Place

Comedy-Drama / Rated R

Director: Paolo Sorrentino 

Stars: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand and Judd Hirsch

Awards: Winner at the Cannes Film Festival, David di Donatello Awards, Flaiano International Prizes and Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

Synopsis: Cheyenne, a retired rock star living off his royalties in Dublin, returns to New York City to find the man responsible for a humiliation suffered by his recently deceased father during WWII.

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January 22: The Sessions

Sponsor: The Left Hand Soap Company

Drama / Rated R

Director: Ben Lewin

Stars: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt and William H. Macy

Awards: Nominations at the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards, Winner at the Sundance Film Festival

 Synopsis: A man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.

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January 29: Brooklyn Castle

Sponsor: The Left Hand Soap Company 

Sponsor: UA Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility

Documentary / Rated PG

Director: Katie Dellamaggiore

Stars: Alexis, Rochelle Ballantyne and Pobo Efekoro 

Awards: Nominated for the 2013 Image Awards, Winner at the 2012 Philadelphia Film Festival

Synopsis: Amidst financial crises and unprecedented public school budget cuts, Brooklyn Castle takes an intimate look at the challenges and triumphs facing members of a junior high school's champion chess team.

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February 5: Anna Karenina

Drama / Rated R

Director: Joe Wright

Stars:  Keira Knightley, Jude Law and Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Awards: Nominations for Golden Globe, Broadcast Film Critics and Satellite Awards

Synopsis: Set in late-19th-century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.

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February 12: It's A Disaster

Comedy / Rated R

Director: Todd Berger

Stars: Julia Stiles, America Ferrera and David Cross

Awards: Winner at BendFilm, Edmonton International and New Orleans Film Festivals

Synopsis: Four couples meet for Sunday brunch only to discover they are stuck in a house together as the world may be about to end.

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February 19: Rust and Bone

Drama-Romance / Rated R

Director: Jacques Audiard

Stars: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts and Armand Verdure

Awards: Nominations for the Cannes, Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards

Synopsis: Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident. 

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February 26: Amour

Drama-Romance / Rated PG-13

Director: Michael Haneke

Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert

Awards: Winner at Cannes and European Film Awards, Nomination for Golden Globe

Synopsis: Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has an attack. The couple's bond of love is severely tested.

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March 5: Holy Motors

Drama-Fantasy-Sci-Fi / Rated R

Director: Leos Carax

Stars: Denis Lavant, Edith Scob and Eva Mendes

Awards: Winner at Cannes, Chicago International, Los Angeles Film Critics, and New York Film Critics Awards

Synopsis: From dawn to dusk, a few hours in the life of Monsieur Oscar, a shadowy character who journeys from one life to the next. He is, in turn, captain of industry, assassin, beggar, monster, family man...

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March 12: The Paperboy

 Thriller / Rated R

Director: Lee Daniels

Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman and John Cusack

Awards: Nominations at Cannes, Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards

Synopsis: A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.

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March 19: West of Memphis

Sponsored by: The Summersell Center for the Study of the South

Documentary / Rated R

Director: Amy Berg

Stars: Jason Baldwin, Damien Wayne Echols, Jessie Misskelley

Synopsis: An examination of a failure of justice in the case against the West Memphis Three.

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Individual tickets are available in advance and at the Bama box office prior to screenings.

($7 general/$6 students and seniors/$5 Arts Council members).

Films: 7:30 pm.

Box office opens: 6:30 pm. 

Doors and Bama Bar open: 6:45 pm.

Get there early for drink specials!