Chinese Take-Away

Sunday, April 7, 2013      5PM
“The language of friendship is not words but meaning.” - Henry David Thoreau 

Our feature film for March, Chinese Take-Away, is a gripping story about a unique connection between two men from completely different worlds — and completely different languages. Roberto is the disgruntled and methodic owner of a Buenos Aires hardware store; Jun is a mysterious Chinese man looking for his uncle, and appears in Roberto’s life in the most unlikely of ways. Unable to communicate, a tattoo on Jun’s arm reveals a clue to his past. What transpires is the search to uncover the mysteries behind Jun’s presence in Argentina. 

An Argentinean box office hit and rated four stars by Roger Ebert, Chinese Take-Away is a comedic study of language, misunderstanding, communication and happenstance. Beautifully composed and rich in nuanced comic touches, this poignant film won the Audience Award at the 2011 Rome Film Fest.


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Glendale New Church
845 Congress Ave
Glendale, OH 45246

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A Bird of the Air

Sunday, March 3, 2013      5PM

A delightful love story between two who have nothing in common. Except the mystery of the parrot. And they challenge each other's perception of themselves and their world as they are compelled to ask each other questions about their past. And their future. We learn the benefits, and the pitfalls, of living with, and without, a past. How will you shape your future?

98 minutes in English. Written by Roger Towne. Directed by Margaret Whitton

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Glendale New Church

845 Congress Ave

Glendale, OH 45246

Call Clark at 513 284 1236

Shuffle

February 10, 2013 5 – 7 PM

A complex and engrossing film about the choices we make as our lives unfold. We must confront birth, death, and countless smaller circumstances. In “Shuffle,” in the spirit of both “Memento” and “It's a Wonderful Life,” we encounter a man who suddenly begins to experience his life out of sequence. He slowly percieves that there is a message, a lesson, a gift. His biggest challenge is at the same time his best opportunity.

99 minutes in English. Written and directed by Kurt Kuenne

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Glendale New Church

845 Congress Ave

Glendale, OH 45246

Call Clark at 513 284 1236

The Letter Writer

January 13, 2012 5 – 7 PM

Elders have wisdom that includes powerful insights, great advice, and effective encouragement. Teenagers have mental and physical energy, an idealistic view, and compassion. And yet our culture does not pay enough attention to the elders' voices, and slam teenagers when they don't fulfill our agendas. “The Letter Writer” beautifully portrays the circumstances, the challenges, the ordeals, the mistakes, and some resolutions brought about by an intimate intergenerational encounter. This film holds no punches, portrays full characters and suggests ways we each can gain from our encounters with the young and the aged.

76 minutes in English. Written and directed by Chrisitan Vuissa

Glendale New Church

845 Congress Ave, Glendale OH 45246

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For more information, call Clark Echols (513) 284-1236

Musical Chairs

Sunday December 9, 2012     5- 7 PM

Glendale New Church
845 Congress Ave
Glendale OH 45246

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When his dance partner, Mia, is injured in an accident, Armando persuades her to train for a wheelchair ballroom dancing contest. Both of them must overcome significant, but very different, barriers to make it to the competition and into a relationship. Their friends and family can be both helpful and interfering – something most of us can relate to! The film urges us to challenge the notions and circumstances that stand in the way of our accomplishing the purpose of our lives.

99 minutes. Written by Marty Madden. Directed by Susan Seidelman (“Desperately Seeking Susan”).

Happy

Sunday November 11, 2012     5- 7 PM

Glendale New Church

845 Congress Ave, Glendale OH 45246

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People who are happy are not immune from sadness and depression. They have the capacity to return to their normal state. This is the discovery of many kinds of observers from around the world. It is a complex of genetics, brain chemistry, behavior, and thinking. Every human can be happy, even though many have a greater propensity to be happy. Everyone can eat and exercise and relax in order for their brains to operate at its optimum. Everyone can exercise more and with variety. Everyone can change the way they think – and even change the way their brain works in doing so!

This documentary combines real life stories – some powerfully uplifting, some tragic, some ordinary – to demonstrate what experts in sociology, psychology and neuroscience tell us about happiness research.

This film reminds us about being in the “Flow,” acceptance, the “Hedonic Treadmill,” repaying the loan of life with interest, appreciation, noticing what I have that I can give away, and the Gross National Happiness index!

76 minutes in English. Directed by Roko Belic, Produced by Eiji Han Shimizu, Frances Reid, Roko Belic and Tom Shadyac

The Shift

Sunday October 14, 2012 5- 7 PM

Glendale New Church

845 Congress Ave, Glendale OH 45246

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From the creators of You Can Heal Your Life: The Movie comes a compelling portrait of three modern lives in need of new direction and new meaning. In his first-ever movie (written by Kristen Lazarian and directed by Michael Goorjian), Wayne Dyer explores the spiritual journey in the second half of life when we long to find the purpose that is our unique contribution to the world. The powerful shift from the ego constructs we are taught early in life by parents and society—which promote an emphasis on achievement and accumulation—are shown in contrast to a life of meaning, focused on serving and giving back.
Filmed on coastal California’s spectacular Monterey Peninsula, “The Shift” captures every person’s mid-life longing for a more purposeful, soul-directed life.

“Thoroughly unprepared, we take the step into the afternoon of life. Worse still, we take this step with the false presupposition that our truths and our ideals will serve us as hitherto. But we cannot live the afternoon of life according to the program of life’s morning, for what was great in the morning will be little at evening and what in the morning was true, at evening will have become a lie.” - Carl Gustav Jung

“The Shift” explores the intertwined lives of an overachieving businessman (played by Edward Kerr), a mother of two young children seeking her own expression in the world (Shannon Sturges), and a film director trying to make a name for himself (Michael DeLuise). Also starring Portia de Rossi. “The Shift” not only inspires, but also teaches us how to find the path to our spiritual purpose and therefore our greatest joy.

“I am 68 years old and I have a new career,” Dyer explained. “When I was asked to do this film, I didn’t think ‘I’m too old to do something I’ve never done before.’ I thought ‘I am open to everything. I am willing to change and to learn.’ I’m more proud of this film than of anything I’ve ever done before.”

Wayne Dyer appears in the film as himself. Special appearance by Louise L. Hay.