The film “The Grand Budapest Hotel” opens a four-week stay at UNL’s Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center on March 28. Also opening is “Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me” and held over for a week is “Tim’s Vermeer.”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” is rated R and plays through April 24; “Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me” and “Tim’s Vermeer” are not rated and play through April 3.
Directed by Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the World War I and II, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes Gustave’s most trusted friend.
The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune, all against the backdrop of a changing continent.
“Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me” is a documentary about Elaine Stritch, a Broadway legend. The production explores Stritch’s life both on and off stage, presenting an inspiring portrait of a complex woman and artist.
In “Tim’s Vermeer,” Texas-based inventor Tim Jenison tries to discover how 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer painted photo-realistically more than 150 years before the invention of photography.
Spanning a decade, Jenison’s quest takes him to Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces on a pilgrimage to the north coast of Yorkshire. Jenison’s goal is to gain access to duplicate Vermeer’s “The Music Lesson,” which hangs in Buckingham Palace.
For more information, including ticket prices and show times, go to http://www.theross.org or call 402-472-5353.
