Last updated: 5/16/2008


now showing at the Chelsea

Young at Heart
(Rated PG, 109 min.) Prepare to be entertained by the inspiring individuals of Young@Heart, a New England senior citizens' chorus that has delighted audiences worldwide with their covers of songs by everyone from The Clash to Coldplay. As Stephen Walker's documentary begins, the retirees, led by their strict musical director, are rehearsing their new show, struggling with a discordant Sonic Youth number and giving new meaning to James Brown's "I Feel Good." What ultimately emerges is a funny and unexpectedly moving testament to friendship, creative inspiration, and reaching beyond expectations.
New this week
Nightly: 7:10pm, 9:25pm
Sat.-Sun. Matinees: 2:10pm, 4:20pm

Official Website

My Blueberry Nights
(Rated PG-13, 90 min.) Wong Kar Wai takes his audience on a journey across the distance between heartbreak and a new beginning. After a rough breakup, Elizabeth sets out on a trip across America to search for something to mend her broken heart. Waitressing her way through the country, she befriends others whose yearnings are greater than hers, including a troubled cop, his estranged wife, and a down-on-her luck gambler. Through these individuals, Elizabeth witnesses the true depths of loneliness and emptiness, and begins to understand that her own journey is part of a greater exploration within herself.
New times
Nightly: 7:15pm, 9:10pm
Sat.-Sun. Matinees: 2:20pm, 4:40pm
Official Website

       

Flawless
(Rated PG-13, 100 min.) Flawless is a clever diamond-heist thriller set in swinging 1960s London. Demi Moore plays Laura Quinn, a bright, driven, and beautiful executive at the London Diamond Corporation who finds herself frustrated by a glass ceiling after years of faithful employment. Michael Caine is Hobbs, the nighttime janitor at London Diamond who has amassed a startling amount of knowledge about how the company runs. Hobbs has his own bone to pick with London Diamond and, observing Laura's frustration, convinces her to help him execute an ingenious plan to steal a hefty sum in diamonds.

Nightly: 7:00pm, 9:20pm
Sat.-Sun. Matinees: 2:00pm, 4:30pm
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Showtimes are good from Friday, May 16th thru Thursday, May 22nd

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News and notes for the Chelsea and Varsity:

Passports: 10 films for $55.00
Valid at both the Chelsea and the Varsity. Passports may be purchased at the Chelsea.
Students get in for only $7 at the Varsity Sunday through Thursday!
Tuesday nights are Super Tuesdays at the Chelsea:everyone gets in for only $6!  
Need a space to hold a meeting or class? Interested in a private screening of a film (current or otherwise) for your group? The Chelsea and Varsity theaters are available for rent most Mondays thru Fridays from 9am-5pm! Call 919-929-8428 for more details.
Check out our unofficial blog at http://www.filmbabble.blogspot.com/
We do not accept credit/debit cards.

 


now showing at the varsity

Free parking downtown every Sunday.

Then She Found Me
(Rated R, 100 min.) Adapted from Elinor Lipman's novel of the same name, Helen Hunt makes her feature directing debut with Then She Found Me, a touching story of schoolteacher April Epner and her very unlikely path towards personal fulfillment. Following the separation from her husband and the death of her adopted mother, April is contacted by her apparent birth mother, who turns out to be a local talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mother to April that she was never able to be, April seems to find solace in the arms of the parent of one of her students, only to find that the mystery to life's questions cannot be solved by a simple revelation.
New this week
Nightly: 7:10pm, 9:10pm
Sat.-Sun. Matinees: 2:15pm, 4:30pm
Official Website

The Visitor
(Rated PG-13, 104 min.) In a world of 6 billion people, it takes only one to change your life. In actor and filmmaker Tom McCarthy's follow-up to his award-winning directorial debut "The Station Agent," we get to know Walter Vale, a disillusioned Connecticut economics professor whose life is transformed by a chance encounter in New York City. Through newfound connections with virtual strangers, Walter is awakened to a new world and a new life.

Nightly: 7:00pm, 9:20pm
Sat.-Sun. Matinees: 2:00pm, 4:20pm
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Showtimes are good from Friday, May 16th thru Thursday, May 22nd

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Chelsea Theater

(919) 968-3005
Timberlyne Shopping Center
1129 Weaver Dairy Rd
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Excerpts from AOL City Guide. . .
This theater has three screens, and its mission is to provide the community with the best independent and foreign movies around. The Chelsea concessions are the gourmet junk-food fare that we have come to expect from art-house theaters (real butter popcorn, gourmet chocolates), and Cup-A-Joe is right next door for a movie caffeine burst.

The Chelsea also serves beer and wine along with its reasonably priced concessions.

 

DIRECTIONS
 
From downtown Chapel Hill: Take MLK Blvd to Weaver Dairy Rd. Turn right onto Weaver Dairy Rd. You will see Timberlyne Shopping Center on your right. The theater is at the far left end of Timberlyne, near Cup A Joe.
 
From Durham, Raleigh, Cary: Take I-40 West. Exit at Highway 86 (Exit #266). Turn left off the exit ramp. Turn left at the 4th stoplight onto Weaver Dairy Rd. You will see Timberlyne Shopping Center on your right. The theater is at the far left end of Timberlyne, near Cup A Joe.

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Enjoy our Award-Winning Concessions

Best Movie Snack Bar
from the Independent Weekly


Varsity Theater (919) 967-8665
Downtown Chapel Hill
123 E Franklin St
Chapel Hill NC27514

 

Excerpts from AOL City Guide. . .
This is more than just a great indy theater. This is an icon of downtown Chapel Hill. The marquee for the Varsity Theatre can be spotted poking its way out in historical photos and local paintings since the early 1950s. While Franklin Street's soda shops became smoothie bars and boutiques became T-shirt shops, the Varsity has remained. You can count on the Varsity surviving multiplexes to entertain us for another 50 years.

 

DIRECTIONS

 
From Durham, Raleigh, Cary: Take I-40 West. Exit at Highway 15-501 (Exit #270). Turn left off the exit ramp. After the intersection of 15-501 and Erwin, take the right fork onto Franklin St. Continue on Franklin St for 2 miles into Downtown Chapel Hill. The Varsity will be on your right.

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Some of the UPCOMING FILMS
for the CHELSEA and VARSITY

 

Friday, May 23rd Friday, May 30th

Son of Rambow
(Rated PG-13, 96 min.) Son of Rambow is a hilariously fresh and visually inventive take on friendship, family, film heroes, and the death-defying adventures of growing up in the video age. The story takes place in 1980s Britain, where young Will Proudfoot is raised in isolation among The Brethren, a puritanical religious sect in which music and TV are strictly forbidden. When Will encounters his first movie, a pirated copy of Rambo: First Blood, his imagination is blown wide open.
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Priceless
(Rated PG-13, 104 min.) Jean, a shy young bartender, is mistaken for a millionaire by a beautiful, scheming opportunist named Irene. When Irene discovers his true identity, she abandons him, only to find that love-struck Jean has no intention of letting her get away. Jean's comical attempts to gain her affections gradually evolve into setting himself up as a gigolo at a luxury hotel, until Irene finally starts to warm to her persistent, persuasive suitor. Against the wildly atmospheric backdrop of the south of France, Pierre Salvadori directs this sexy and thoroughly charming romantic comedy, which is a fresh reimagining of the cinema classic Breakfast at Tiffany's.

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Opening Dates are tentative and subject to change

Links are to the Films' Official Websites (if available)

May 30th, 2008

Love Songs
Sex and the City

June 6th, 2008 The Foot Fist Way
Standard Operating Procedure
The Duchess of Langeais
June 13th, 2008 My Brother Is an Only Child
June 20th, 2008 The Flight of the Red Balloon


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