‘Atonement' screens at CineArt Theater

CALLICOON, N.Y. — In February, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance and the Callicoon Theater present the historical romance Atonement, currently nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture. The film tells the story of writer Briony Tallis, who, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister’s lover of a crime he did not commit. Keira Knightley and James McAvoy star. Film critic Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times calls the film “a rich, old-fashioned love story spun out of modern psychology and postmodern storytelling.” Atonement is rated R and will be screened Friday, Feb. 22 through Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m., with matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. at Callicoon Theater, 30 Upper Main St, Callicoon, NY. Admission is $7.50. Call Movieline at 845-887-4460. A percentage of the profits and $1 per person from ticket sales benefit the programs and services of the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, the Arts Council for Sullivan County. CineArt is a partnership between Delaware Valley Arts Alliance and the Callicoon Theater that promotes and screens independent, foreign, and art films.