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Event Details The Oscar contenders continue... AN EDUCATION In the post-war, pre-Beatles London suburbs, a bright schoolgirl is torn between studying for a place at Oxford and the more exciting alternative offered to her by a charismatic older man. Starring: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, Olivia Williams Directed by: Lone Scherfig Genres: Drama, Romance MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material involving sexual content, and for smoking. What: An Education Where: Landmark Century Cinema, 2828 N Clark (near Broadway / Diversey) When: Sunday, 11/1, 7:00pm. Meet in the 4th floor ticket lobby by 6:30pm for the 7:00pm movie. Mark *** VERY STRONG REVIEWS! Critics review scores and snippets from www.metacritic.com, where all critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. 100 Salon.com (Andrew O'Hehir) An Education captures the very limited possibilities for female liberation in early-'60s London -- with massive social change on the distant horizon, but not here yet -- in exquisite detail. 100 Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern) This tale of an English schoolgirl's hard-won wisdom is thrilling --for the radiance of Carey Mulligan's Jenny, who's wonderfully smart and perilously tender; for the grace of Lone Scherfig's direction, and the brilliance of Nick Hornby's screenplay. 100 Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan) This is a performance, and a film, to cherish for this year and always. 100 Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert) This happens in 1961, when 16-year-old girls were a great deal less knowing than they are now. Yet the movie isn't shabby or painful, but romantic and wonderfully entertaining. 100 Toronto Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey) Hornby is a fine craftsman and his dialogue sparkles, though occasionally the scenes are too calculated. 91 Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer) Bracingly perceptive about the human comedy. 91 Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum) Afterward, you'll want to listen to the Beatles sing "She's Leaving Home." It might be a girl like Jenny the lads had in mind. 91 The Onion A.V. Club (Nathan Rabin) An Education shares with Hornby’s best work trenchant insight into the way smart, hyper-verbal young people let the music, films, books, and art they love define themselves as they figure out who they are and what they want to be. 90 The Hollywood Reporter (James Greenberg) Topped by a fine cast, a first-rate script by Nick Hornby and tight direction by Lone Scherfig, the film is a smart, moving but not inaccessible entry in the coming-of-age canon. 90 Film Threat (Elias Savada) Technical elements are among the best this year. Photography, editing, music, production design, and costumes all add seamless period flavor to the puritanical stew that was London almost a half-century ago. 88 ReelViews (James Berardinelli) In the end, this is more a character study of Jenny than a tale of tortured love, and a reminder that any education worth having comes with its share of trauma. 88 Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey) Disarming and unexpectedly poignant, An Education contrasts the knowledge learned in school with that learned from life. 88 Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez) The film wouldn't work at all, though, if Sarsgaard didn't strike the perfect balance between snaky predator and love-struck fool. 88 Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips) The film version of "Breakfast at Tiffany’s" came out in the year in which An Education is set, and beyond the hairstyles, there’s something of the willful, gleeful Golightly reinvention expert about Jenny. 88 Rolling Stone (Peter Travers) An Education is remarkable for the traps it doesn't fall into. Jenny, for all her naive impulses, isn't a victim. 88 USA Today (Claudia Puig) Through stellar performances, clever writing and exquisite cinematography, the story is fresh and thoroughly captivating.