WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16

CYRANO

FILM: 7:00 PM (PDT) | Q&A: 9:00 PM (PDT)

Award-winning director Joe Wright re-imagines the timeless tale as a sumptuous, musical romantic drama in which Cyrano de Bergerac (Peter Dinklage) dazzles both in a verbal joust and with swordplay in a duel. Convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of love, Cyrano fails to declare his feelings for his friend Roxanne (Haley Bennett) -- and Roxanne falls in love with Christian (Kelvin Harrison, Jr.).

Q&A immediately following with director Joe Wright 

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JOE WRIGHT | Director

Joe is an award-winning British film director, and is best known for his film Pride & Prejudice, which received both Academy Award and BAFTA Award nominations. In 2007 his film Atonement, earned an Oscar for Best Original Score, and was nominated for six others, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress for Saoirse Ronan. It also received fourteen nominations at the BAFTA Awards, winning both Best Film and Production Design, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture for Drama. His other feature films include: The Soloist, Hanna, Anna Karenina, and the Darkest Hour.

PETE HAMMOND | Host of the KCET Cinema Series

Pete is currently the Chief Film Critic for Deadline Hollywood. For the past 9 years he has also been Awards Editor and Columnist for Deadline where he covers the Oscar and Emmy Seasons. He came to Deadline from the Los Angeles Times where he covered the awards seasons for The Envelope and LA Times.com. He is widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent awards season analysts for film and television.

MICHELE GARZA | Producer of the KCET Cinema Series

Michele Garza is Senior Director of Special Events for KCET and PBS SoCal, both content channels of the Public Media Group of Southern California. She is the founder and producer of the KCET Cinema Series and the Earth Focus Environmental Film Festival, and has more than 20 years of experience in public media. 

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