See ‘No Turning Back’ at Starry Night Cinema

January 8, 2015

Take in snowy landscapes and dramatic board-sport action at the Starry Night Cinema event featuring Warren Miller's film "No Turning Back" on Friday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.The film is the action sports pioneer's 65th snow sports and adventure film and pays homage to more than six decades of Miller's work in the industry, according to the MACC.Miller's annual film tradition celebrates the use of premier cinematography to capture the extreme winter wildernesses of places like Japan, the Swiss Alps, Montana, France and more.The film, free to attend, will start at 6:30 p.m. ...

Latest Movies

January 8, 2015

These are Maui Scene's minireviews, excerpts of wire service reviews and previews that are provided by studios and other sources.OPENS TONIGHT"SELMA" PG-13, 2:07. Biography, drama, history. Maui Mall Megaplex.A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., in 1965. Starring David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo and Tim Roth."TAKEN 3" PG-13, 1:49. Action, crime, thriller. Maui Mall Megaplex and Lahaina Wharf Cinema.Ex-government operative Bryan Mills is accused of a ruthless murder he never committed or witnessed. ...

Latest Movies

January 1, 2015

These are Maui Scene's minireviews, excerpts of wire service reviews and previews that are provided by studios and other sources.OPENS TONIGHT"THE WOMAN IN BLACK 2 ANGEL OF DEATH" PG-13, 1:38. Drama, horror, thriller. Maui Mall Megaplex.Forty years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant. Starring Helen McCrory, Jeremy Irvine and Phoebe Fox.STILL PLAYING"ANNIE" PG, 1:58. Comedy, drama, family. Maui Mall Megaplex.A foster kid, who lives with her mean foster mom, sees her life change when ...

Variety of screenings set for final two days of FirstLight

January 1, 2015

The Maui Film Festival's FirstLight: Academy Screenings on Maui wraps up this week with two more days of screenings in the Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Castle Theater.Admission to FirstLight is possible using either the Maui Film Festival's $48 4-Film VIP FirstLight FastPasses or by purchasing individual tickets for $15. Passes are available at the MACC box office, by calling 242-7469, or by visiting www.mauifilmfestival.com or www.mauiarts.org.A schedule of screenings follows below:"IDA" PG-13, 1:22. Drama. Screening is at 2 p.m. Friday.Anna, a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland, ...

FirstLight continues Friday

December 25, 2014

The Maui Film Festival's FirstLight: Academy Screenings on Maui continues Friday with back-to-back premieres and special screenings in the Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Castle Theater.Admission to FirstLight is possible using either the Maui Film Festival's $48 4-Film VIP FirstLight FastPasses or by purchasing individual tickets for $15. Passes are available at the MACC?box office, by calling 242-7469, or by visiting www.mauifilmfestival.com or www.mauiarts.org.A schedule of screenings through Tuesday follows below:* "TIMBUKTU" PG-13, 1:37. Drama. Screening is at 2 p.m. Friday.The ...

Latest Movies

December 25, 2014

These are Maui Scene's minireviews, excerpts of wire service reviews and previews that are provided by studios and other sources.OPENED WEDNESDAY* "BIG EYES" PG-13, 1:45. Biography, drama. Maui Mall Megaplex.A drama about the awakening of the painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s. Starring Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz and Krysten Ritter.* "INTO THE WOODS" PG, 2:04. Comedy, family, fantasy. Maui Mall Megaplex.A witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with ...