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Thursday, February 9
Travelling Light
“NT LIVE from the National Theatre, London”
In a remote village in Eastern Europe, around 1900, the young Motl Mendl is entranced by the flickering silent images on his father’s cinematograph. Bankrolled by Jacob, the ebullient local timber merchant, and inspired by Anna, the girl sent to help him make moving pictures of their village, he stumbles on a revolutionary way of story-telling. Forty years on, Motl – now a famed American film director – looks back on his early life and confronts the cost of fulfilling his dreams.
Nicholas Hytner. 2012. UK. BYexperience.
2:00 PM
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A Separation
"A thrilling domestic drama that offers acute insights into human motivations and behavior" (Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay.
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language film, A Separation, from writer-director Asghar Farhadi, is easily the most critically acclaimed drama of the year, a riveting tale of a troubled marriage caught in the gears of everyday life in modern day Tehran.
Official Website / Trailer | LA Times review
Asghar Farhadi. 2011. 123 m. PG-13. Iran, Persian. Sony Pictures Classics.
2:25 PM 5:00 PM
The Artist
"One of the most entertaining films in many a moon, a film that charms because of its story, its performances and because of the sly way it plays with being silent and black and white." (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times)
Ten Academy Award Nominations including Best Picture! Written and directed by French film director Michel Hazanavicius, and starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, this black and white, silent film about the advent of the talkies is a playful homage to a bygone era of American cinema.
Official Website / Trailer | Chicago Sun-Times review
Michel Hazanavicius. 2011. 100 m. PG-13. France, English/French. The Weinstein Company.
2:30 PM
5:20 PM
7:15 PM cancelled
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The Iron Lady
"Is there anything that Meryl Streep can't do as an actress? One can only marvel at her virtuoso performance as Britain's Margaret Thatcher in 'The Iron Lady.'" (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone)
Starring Best Actress Academy Award Nominee / Golden Globe Winner, Meryl Streep. The Iron Lady is a surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), the first and only female Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world.
Official Website / Trailer | Rolling Stone review
Phyllida Lloyd. 2011. 105 m. PG-13. UK. The Weinstein Company.
5:30 PM 7:45 PM
Girlfriend
“ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival 2012”
Evan is a young man with Down syndrome who lives with his mother in a working-class town hit hard by the recent economic recession. When he unexpectedly comes into a large amount of money, Evan uses it to romantically pursue Candy, a girl he has loved since high school. The film won the 2011 Gotham Independent Film Audience Award and co-stars Jackson Rathbone (Jasper Hale from the Twilight film series).
Special guest added! Evan Sneider, lead actor in the film, will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A
Justin Lerner. 2011. 94 m. NR. USA.
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
"A celebration and a lament -- a celebration of Channing's seven decades as musical comedy star, and a lament that there's really no one like her anymore." (John Anderson, Variety)
Filmmaker Dori Berinstein (ShowBusiness, Gotta Dance) captures the life of Carol Channing both on and off the Great White Way in this intimate film about the legendary performer. Joining Berinstein for a post-screening Q&A is the incomparable Broadway performer Tommy Tune.
Official Website / Trailer | Variety review
Dori Berinstein. 2011. 87 m. PG. USA. Entertainment One.
Tickets: $10 (members), $15 (nonmembers)
Friday, February 10
A Separation
"A thrilling domestic drama that offers acute insights into human motivations and behavior" (Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay.
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language film, A Separation, from writer-director Asghar Farhadi, is easily the most critically acclaimed drama of the year, a riveting tale of a troubled marriage caught in the gears of everyday life in modern day Tehran.
Official Website / Trailer | LA Times review
Asghar Farhadi. 2011. 123 m. PG-13. Iran, Persian. Sony Pictures Classics.
2:25 PM 5:00 PM 7:35 PM 10:10 PM
2012 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts
Pentecost (dirs. Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane) Damian is forced to serve as an altar boy at an important mass, but he faces a difficult choice: church or football.
Raju (dirs. Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren) An emotionally palpable portrayal of the moral dilemma faced by couples wishing to adopt.
The Shore (dirs. Terry George and Oorlagh George) After 25 years in exile, Jim returns to Ireland to show his American daughter Patty his Belfast roots, but the trip doesn't go exactly as planned.
Time Freak (dirs. Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey) A neurotic inventor creates a time machine, only to get caught up traveling around yesterday.
Tuba Atlantic (dir. Hallvar Witzø) Oskar, 70, is going to die in 6 days and is ready to forgive his brother for long-standing disagreement. But will Oskar reach him before it’s too late?
Various Directors. 2012. 110 m. NR. Various Countries, Various languages with subtitles. Magnolia Pictures.
The Artist
"One of the most entertaining films in many a moon, a film that charms because of its story, its performances and because of the sly way it plays with being silent and black and white." (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times)
Ten Academy Award Nominations including Best Picture! Written and directed by French film director Michel Hazanavicius, and starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, this black and white, silent film about the advent of the talkies is a playful homage to a bygone era of American cinema.
Official Website / Trailer | Chicago Sun-Times review
Michel Hazanavicius. 2011. 100 m. PG-13. France, English/French. The Weinstein Company.
2:35 PM 5:05 PM 7:15 PM 9:25 PM
2012 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts
Sunday/Dimanche (dir. Patrick Doyon) Every Sunday, it's the same old routine! The train clatters through the village, Dad dreams about his toolbox, and the animals will meet their fate.
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (dirs. William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg) A poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story.
La Luna (dir. Enrico Casarosa) A fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances.
A Morning Stroll (dir. Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe) When a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll, we're left to wonder which one is the real city slicker.
Wild Life (dir. Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby) Calgary, 1909: an Englishman moves to the Canadian frontier, but is singularly unsuited to it. His letters home are much sunnier than the reality.
Various Directors. 2012. 80 m. Various Countries. Magnolia Pictures.
Mourning
“ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival 2012”
Starring real-life husband and wife, Kiomars Giti and Sharareh Pasha, as a hearing-impaired couple, who suddenly end up with the responsibility of caring for their nephew after his parents "disappear" in the middle of the night. Director Morteza Farshbaf (a protégé of Abbas Kiarostami) fashions a consistently surprising and blackly comic road trip in this moving and well-made Iranian film.
Morteza Farshbaf. 2011. 85 m. Iran.
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Flooding with Love for the Kid
Working by himself, Zachary Oberzan remade First Blood, the book that introduced the world to a young vet named Rambo and his one-man war against a small town. Oberzan directed, acted, filmed, and edited the whole thing in a tiny Manhattan studio apartment for $96. He uses plastic fans for helicopters and the bathroom for the prison cell where John J. Rambo (played by Oberzan) is viciously tortured by Sheriff Teasle (played by Oberzan) while Mitch (also played by Oberzan) begs him to ease up. Yes, it’s over the top—but his performances are remarkable, and the whole thing comes together in a joyful, amazingly affecting way.
Note: Unfortunately the Q&A with Zachary Oberzan has been cancelled
Zachary Oberzan. 2011. 107 m. NR. US. N/A.
Saturday, February 11
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The Black Hole
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
The U.S.S. Cygnus is perched precariously at the edge of a black hole—and so begins Disney's post–Star Wars foray into big-budget science fiction. With impressive special effects and beautiful production design, the movie includes a mad scientist set on finding the source of the universe’s energy, an unflappable captain, zombie-like drones, robots, and all the futuristic phenomena you’d want.
Gary Nelson. 1979. 98 m. PG. USA. Buena Vista.
The Artist
"One of the most entertaining films in many a moon, a film that charms because of its story, its performances and because of the sly way it plays with being silent and black and white." (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times)
Ten Academy Award Nominations including Best Picture! Written and directed by French film director Michel Hazanavicius, and starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, this black and white, silent film about the advent of the talkies is a playful homage to a bygone era of American cinema.
Official Website / Trailer | Chicago Sun-Times review
Michel Hazanavicius. 2011. 100 m. PG-13. France, English/French. The Weinstein Company.
12:05 PM 2:30 PM 5:10 PM 7:20 PM 9:30 PM
2012 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts
Sunday/Dimanche (dir. Patrick Doyon) Every Sunday, it's the same old routine! The train clatters through the village, Dad dreams about his toolbox, and the animals will meet their fate.
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (dirs. William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg) A poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story.
La Luna (dir. Enrico Casarosa) A fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances.
A Morning Stroll (dir. Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe) When a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll, we're left to wonder which one is the real city slicker.
Wild Life (dir. Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby) Calgary, 1909: an Englishman moves to the Canadian frontier, but is singularly unsuited to it. His letters home are much sunnier than the reality.
Various Directors. 2012. 80 m. Various Countries. Magnolia Pictures.
A Separation
"A thrilling domestic drama that offers acute insights into human motivations and behavior" (Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay.
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language film, A Separation, from writer-director Asghar Farhadi, is easily the most critically acclaimed drama of the year, a riveting tale of a troubled marriage caught in the gears of everyday life in modern day Tehran.
Official Website / Trailer | LA Times review
Asghar Farhadi. 2011. 123 m. PG-13. Iran, Persian. Sony Pictures Classics.
2:25 PM 5:05 PM 7:35 PM 10:10 PM
2012 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts
Pentecost (dirs. Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane) Damian is forced to serve as an altar boy at an important mass, but he faces a difficult choice: church or football.
Raju (dirs. Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren) An emotionally palpable portrayal of the moral dilemma faced by couples wishing to adopt.
The Shore (dirs. Terry George and Oorlagh George) After 25 years in exile, Jim returns to Ireland to show his American daughter Patty his Belfast roots, but the trip doesn't go exactly as planned.
Time Freak (dirs. Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey) A neurotic inventor creates a time machine, only to get caught up traveling around yesterday.
Tuba Atlantic (dir. Hallvar Witzø) Oskar, 70, is going to die in 6 days and is ready to forgive his brother for long-standing disagreement. But will Oskar reach him before it’s too late?
Various Directors. 2012. 110 m. NR. Various Countries, Various languages with subtitles. Magnolia Pictures.
Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America
“ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival 2012”
The vibrant lives of five women with disabilities on their journey to the Ms. Wheelchair America pageant, where the concept of beauty is defined through the lens of advocacy & perseverance.
Alexis Ostrander. 2011. 78 m. USA.
Sunday, February 12
The Black Hole
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
The U.S.S. Cygnus is perched precariously at the edge of a black hole—and so begins Disney's post–Star Wars foray into big-budget science fiction. With impressive special effects and beautiful production design, the movie includes a mad scientist set on finding the source of the universe’s energy, an unflappable captain, zombie-like drones, robots, and all the futuristic phenomena you’d want.
Gary Nelson. 1979. 98 m. PG. USA. Buena Vista.
2012 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts
Sunday/Dimanche (dir. Patrick Doyon) Every Sunday, it's the same old routine! The train clatters through the village, Dad dreams about his toolbox, and the animals will meet their fate.
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (dirs. William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg) A poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story.
La Luna (dir. Enrico Casarosa) A fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances.
A Morning Stroll (dir. Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe) When a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll, we're left to wonder which one is the real city slicker.
Wild Life (dir. Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby) Calgary, 1909: an Englishman moves to the Canadian frontier, but is singularly unsuited to it. His letters home are much sunnier than the reality.
Various Directors. 2012. 80 m. Various Countries. Magnolia Pictures.
The Artist
"One of the most entertaining films in many a moon, a film that charms because of its story, its performances and because of the sly way it plays with being silent and black and white." (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times)
Ten Academy Award Nominations including Best Picture! Written and directed by French film director Michel Hazanavicius, and starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, this black and white, silent film about the advent of the talkies is a playful homage to a bygone era of American cinema.
Official Website / Trailer | Chicago Sun-Times review
Michel Hazanavicius. 2011. 100 m. PG-13. France, English/French. The Weinstein Company.
12:15 PM 2:35 PM 5:10 PM 7:20 PM
A Separation
"A thrilling domestic drama that offers acute insights into human motivations and behavior" (Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay.
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language film, A Separation, from writer-director Asghar Farhadi, is easily the most critically acclaimed drama of the year, a riveting tale of a troubled marriage caught in the gears of everyday life in modern day Tehran.
Official Website / Trailer | LA Times review
Asghar Farhadi. 2011. 123 m. PG-13. Iran, Persian. Sony Pictures Classics.
2012 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts
Pentecost (dirs. Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane) Damian is forced to serve as an altar boy at an important mass, but he faces a difficult choice: church or football.
Raju (dirs. Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren) An emotionally palpable portrayal of the moral dilemma faced by couples wishing to adopt.
The Shore (dirs. Terry George and Oorlagh George) After 25 years in exile, Jim returns to Ireland to show his American daughter Patty his Belfast roots, but the trip doesn't go exactly as planned.
Time Freak (dirs. Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey) A neurotic inventor creates a time machine, only to get caught up traveling around yesterday.
Tuba Atlantic (dir. Hallvar Witzø) Oskar, 70, is going to die in 6 days and is ready to forgive his brother for long-standing disagreement. But will Oskar reach him before it’s too late?
Various Directors. 2012. 110 m. NR. Various Countries, Various languages with subtitles. Magnolia Pictures.
Ocean Heaven
“ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival 2012”
Jet Li, in his first dramatic role, stars in this moving story of a father's tireless love for his autistic son and his attempt to teach him necessary life skills to survive on his own. A poignant tribute to the infinite love that parents have for their children.
Xiao Lu Xue. 2010. 96 m. NR. China.
Monday, February 13
2012 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts
Sunday/Dimanche (dir. Patrick Doyon) Every Sunday, it's the same old routine! The train clatters through the village, Dad dreams about his toolbox, and the animals will meet their fate.
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (dirs. William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg) A poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story.
La Luna (dir. Enrico Casarosa) A fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances.
A Morning Stroll (dir. Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe) When a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll, we're left to wonder which one is the real city slicker.
Wild Life (dir. Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby) Calgary, 1909: an Englishman moves to the Canadian frontier, but is singularly unsuited to it. His letters home are much sunnier than the reality.
Various Directors. 2012. 80 m. Various Countries. Magnolia Pictures.
A Separation
"A thrilling domestic drama that offers acute insights into human motivations and behavior" (Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay.
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language film, A Separation, from writer-director Asghar Farhadi, is easily the most critically acclaimed drama of the year, a riveting tale of a troubled marriage caught in the gears of everyday life in modern day Tehran.
Official Website / Trailer | LA Times review
Asghar Farhadi. 2011. 123 m. PG-13. Iran, Persian. Sony Pictures Classics.
The Artist
"One of the most entertaining films in many a moon, a film that charms because of its story, its performances and because of the sly way it plays with being silent and black and white." (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times)
Ten Academy Award Nominations including Best Picture! Written and directed by French film director Michel Hazanavicius, and starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, this black and white, silent film about the advent of the talkies is a playful homage to a bygone era of American cinema.
Official Website / Trailer | Chicago Sun-Times review
Michel Hazanavicius. 2011. 100 m. PG-13. France, English/French. The Weinstein Company.
The Straight Line
“ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival 2012”
From the director of Indochine and East/West comes the story of Yannick, a blind runner, and Leila, a recently released convict, who form a relationship on and off the track. The critically acclaimed soundtrack was composed and conducted by Patrick Doyle (Thor, Sense and Sensibility, Gosford Park) using only ten members of the London Symphony Orchestra.
Regis Wargnier. 2011. 98 m. NR. France, French.
Tuesday, February 14
A Separation
"A thrilling domestic drama that offers acute insights into human motivations and behavior" (Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay.
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language film, A Separation, from writer-director Asghar Farhadi, is easily the most critically acclaimed drama of the year, a riveting tale of a troubled marriage caught in the gears of everyday life in modern day Tehran.
Official Website / Trailer | LA Times review
Asghar Farhadi. 2011. 123 m. PG-13. Iran, Persian. Sony Pictures Classics.
2012 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts
Pentecost (dirs. Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane) Damian is forced to serve as an altar boy at an important mass, but he faces a difficult choice: church or football.
Raju (dirs. Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren) An emotionally palpable portrayal of the moral dilemma faced by couples wishing to adopt.
The Shore (dirs. Terry George and Oorlagh George) After 25 years in exile, Jim returns to Ireland to show his American daughter Patty his Belfast roots, but the trip doesn't go exactly as planned.
Time Freak (dirs. Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey) A neurotic inventor creates a time machine, only to get caught up traveling around yesterday.
Tuba Atlantic (dir. Hallvar Witzø) Oskar, 70, is going to die in 6 days and is ready to forgive his brother for long-standing disagreement. But will Oskar reach him before it’s too late?
Various Directors. 2012. 110 m. NR. Various Countries, Various languages with subtitles. Magnolia Pictures.
The Artist
"One of the most entertaining films in many a moon, a film that charms because of its story, its performances and because of the sly way it plays with being silent and black and white." (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times)
Ten Academy Award Nominations including Best Picture! Written and directed by French film director Michel Hazanavicius, and starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, this black and white, silent film about the advent of the talkies is a playful homage to a bygone era of American cinema.
Official Website / Trailer | Chicago Sun-Times review
Michel Hazanavicius. 2011. 100 m. PG-13. France, English/French. The Weinstein Company.
Charade
Celebrate Valentine's Day with Romance and Champagne
Audrey Hepburn plays a young widow in Paris pursued by a gang of bad guys who are after her late husband’s fortune. Cary Grant steps in to help, and their quicktalking flirtation takes off. Romantic, exciting, and electric with chemistry, this charming film is often described as the best Hitchcock movie Hitchcock never made.
Each ticketholder will receive a complimentary glass of champagne in the Jane Peck Gallery before the start of the film.
Stanley Donen. 1963. 113 m. NR. USA, English/French/German/Italian. Universal Pictures.
Wednesday, February 15
2012 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts
Sunday/Dimanche (dir. Patrick Doyon) Every Sunday, it's the same old routine! The train clatters through the village, Dad dreams about his toolbox, and the animals will meet their fate.
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (dirs. William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg) A poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story.
La Luna (dir. Enrico Casarosa) A fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances.
A Morning Stroll (dir. Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe) When a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll, we're left to wonder which one is the real city slicker.
Wild Life (dir. Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby) Calgary, 1909: an Englishman moves to the Canadian frontier, but is singularly unsuited to it. His letters home are much sunnier than the reality.
Various Directors. 2012. 80 m. Various Countries. Magnolia Pictures.
A Separation
"A thrilling domestic drama that offers acute insights into human motivations and behavior" (Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay.
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language film, A Separation, from writer-director Asghar Farhadi, is easily the most critically acclaimed drama of the year, a riveting tale of a troubled marriage caught in the gears of everyday life in modern day Tehran.
Official Website / Trailer | LA Times review
Asghar Farhadi. 2011. 123 m. PG-13. Iran, Persian. Sony Pictures Classics.
The Artist
"One of the most entertaining films in many a moon, a film that charms because of its story, its performances and because of the sly way it plays with being silent and black and white." (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times)
Ten Academy Award Nominations including Best Picture! Written and directed by French film director Michel Hazanavicius, and starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, this black and white, silent film about the advent of the talkies is a playful homage to a bygone era of American cinema.
Official Website / Trailer | Chicago Sun-Times review
Michel Hazanavicius. 2011. 100 m. PG-13. France, English/French. The Weinstein Company.
Newlyweds
"Ed Burns' latest writing and directing venture holds the perfect recipe for swiftly putting audiences into a New York state of mind." (Caitlin Colford, Paste Magazine)
Written, directed, and starring Ed Burns, Newlyweds follows the lives of Buzzy and Katie, a newly married couple whose blissful relationship is disrupted by the arrival of Buzzy’s long-absent, emotionally chaotic half-sister. Shot in 12 days on a budget of $9,000 and with a three-man crew, Newlyweds is a funny and honest relationship drama and is Ed Burns at his best.
Edward Burns. 2011. 93 m. USA. Tribeca Films.
Tickets: $10 (members), $15 (nonmembers)
Thursday, February 16
Leonardo Live
"a breathtaking and truly remarkable exhibition", "the greatest exhibition of the century" (London Telegraph)
Experience the U.K. National Gallery's sold-out, once-in-a-lifetime exhibition 'Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan' at the JBFC! The big-screen presentation of Leonardo Live gives art lovers the world over the opportunity to share in the excitement of viewing the unprecedented exhibition which boasts the largest ever number of da Vinci's paintings, including a new, never-before-seen Leonardo painting. See the paintings revealed in astonishing detail through close-up footage on the big screen!
n/a. 2011. 100 m. UK. BYexperience.
A Separation
"A thrilling domestic drama that offers acute insights into human motivations and behavior" (Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay.
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language film, A Separation, from writer-director Asghar Farhadi, is easily the most critically acclaimed drama of the year, a riveting tale of a troubled marriage caught in the gears of everyday life in modern day Tehran.
Official Website / Trailer | LA Times review
Asghar Farhadi. 2011. 123 m. PG-13. Iran, Persian. Sony Pictures Classics.
The Artist
"One of the most entertaining films in many a moon, a film that charms because of its story, its performances and because of the sly way it plays with being silent and black and white." (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times)
Ten Academy Award Nominations including Best Picture! Written and directed by French film director Michel Hazanavicius, and starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, this black and white, silent film about the advent of the talkies is a playful homage to a bygone era of American cinema.
Official Website / Trailer | Chicago Sun-Times review
Michel Hazanavicius. 2011. 100 m. PG-13. France, English/French. The Weinstein Company.
2012 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts
Sunday/Dimanche (dir. Patrick Doyon) Every Sunday, it's the same old routine! The train clatters through the village, Dad dreams about his toolbox, and the animals will meet their fate.
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (dirs. William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg) A poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story.
La Luna (dir. Enrico Casarosa) A fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances.
A Morning Stroll (dir. Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe) When a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll, we're left to wonder which one is the real city slicker.
Wild Life (dir. Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby) Calgary, 1909: an Englishman moves to the Canadian frontier, but is singularly unsuited to it. His letters home are much sunnier than the reality.
Various Directors. 2012. 80 m. Various Countries. Magnolia Pictures.
2012 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts
Pentecost (dirs. Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane) Damian is forced to serve as an altar boy at an important mass, but he faces a difficult choice: church or football.
Raju (dirs. Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren) An emotionally palpable portrayal of the moral dilemma faced by couples wishing to adopt.
The Shore (dirs. Terry George and Oorlagh George) After 25 years in exile, Jim returns to Ireland to show his American daughter Patty his Belfast roots, but the trip doesn't go exactly as planned.
Time Freak (dirs. Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey) A neurotic inventor creates a time machine, only to get caught up traveling around yesterday.
Tuba Atlantic (dir. Hallvar Witzø) Oskar, 70, is going to die in 6 days and is ready to forgive his brother for long-standing disagreement. But will Oskar reach him before it’s too late?
Various Directors. 2012. 110 m. NR. Various Countries, Various languages with subtitles. Magnolia Pictures.
Friday, February 17
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The Bride Wore Black
A bride whose wedding led directly to a funeral then shoots, poisons, suffocates, and stabs her way through a list of five men responsible for her unfortunate groom’s death. By far the most lurid film of François Truffaut’s career, it’s a Hitchcockian thriller made all the more sinister by Moreau’s deadly charm as she methodically seduces each of her victims to an early grave.
François Truffaut. 1968. 107 m. NR. France/Italy, French. The Film Desk.
2:30 PM 5:00 PM 7:15 PM 9:30 PM
Saturday, February 18
Time Bandits
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
An exuberant, vivid fantasy about a suburban boy who joins a group of renegade time-traveling dwarves. Together they plunder and loot their way from era to era, encountering the likes of Agamemnon, Napoleon, and Robin Hood along the way. Funny and offbeat with convincing homemade special effects, this piece of movie magic was written and directed by Monty Python alum Terry Gilliam.
Terry Gilliam. 1981. 116 m. PG. UK. Criterion/20th Century Fox.
The Bride Wore Black
A bride whose wedding led directly to a funeral then shoots, poisons, suffocates, and stabs her way through a list of five men responsible for her unfortunate groom’s death. By far the most lurid film of François Truffaut’s career, it’s a Hitchcockian thriller made all the more sinister by Moreau’s deadly charm as she methodically seduces each of her victims to an early grave.
François Truffaut. 1968. 107 m. NR. France/Italy, French. The Film Desk.
The Diary of a Chambermaid
Buñuel’s late-career evisceration of the French bourgeoisie began with this sordid tale set at a French manor, its vainglorious denizens detached from the political unrest of the late 1920s. Enter Jeanne Moreau’s Célestine, who uses her role as object of the men’s obsession (who can blame them with those stockings she wears?) to satisfy her own mysterious designs.
Luis Buñuel. 1964. 101 m. NR. US. Rialto Pictures.
Sunday, February 19
Time Bandits
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
An exuberant, vivid fantasy about a suburban boy who joins a group of renegade time-traveling dwarves. Together they plunder and loot their way from era to era, encountering the likes of Agamemnon, Napoleon, and Robin Hood along the way. Funny and offbeat with convincing homemade special effects, this piece of movie magic was written and directed by Monty Python alum Terry Gilliam.
Terry Gilliam. 1981. 116 m. PG. UK. Criterion/20th Century Fox.
The Bride Wore Black
A bride whose wedding led directly to a funeral then shoots, poisons, suffocates, and stabs her way through a list of five men responsible for her unfortunate groom’s death. By far the most lurid film of François Truffaut’s career, it’s a Hitchcockian thriller made all the more sinister by Moreau’s deadly charm as she methodically seduces each of her victims to an early grave.
François Truffaut. 1968. 107 m. NR. France/Italy, French. The Film Desk.
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Monday, February 20
Time Bandits
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
An exuberant, vivid fantasy about a suburban boy who joins a group of renegade time-traveling dwarves. Together they plunder and loot their way from era to era, encountering the likes of Agamemnon, Napoleon, and Robin Hood along the way. Funny and offbeat with convincing homemade special effects, this piece of movie magic was written and directed by Monty Python alum Terry Gilliam.
Terry Gilliam. 1981. 116 m. PG. UK. Criterion/20th Century Fox.
The Diary of a Chambermaid
Buñuel’s late-career evisceration of the French bourgeoisie began with this sordid tale set at a French manor, its vainglorious denizens detached from the political unrest of the late 1920s. Enter Jeanne Moreau’s Célestine, who uses her role as object of the men’s obsession (who can blame them with those stockings she wears?) to satisfy her own mysterious designs.
Luis Buñuel. 1964. 101 m. NR. US. Rialto Pictures.
Jules and Jim
François Truffaut’s film is about what it’s like to be in love with a woman, but even more it’s about how to film what it’s like to be in love with a woman. Freeze frames, restless tracking shots, and poetic narration practically form a cinematic love letter to Moreau, radiant in this classic tale of two men who both fall for her. Playful yet fiercely tragic—a milestone of the French New Wave.
François Truffaut. 1962. 105 m. NR. France, in French/German with subtitles. Janus Films.
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Oscar Talk with Mark Harris and Janet Maslin
Join Janet Maslin and Mark Harris for this lively, opinionated discussion about this year’s slate of Academy Awards nominations. We promise there’ll be plenty of clips, history, gossip, and inside info.
Q&A Mark Harris is an uncannily knowledgeable “Oscarologist.” He writes about the Academy Awards in his columns for Entertainment Weekly and ESPN’s new pop culture blog Grantland. His noted 2009 book, Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood, is the epic story of the five films nominated for the 1967 Best Picture award. Former New York Times lead film critic Janet Maslin has more than a few Oscar predictions, opinions, and anecdotes of her own. She interviewed filmmakers Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby), Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain), Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire), and Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) at the JBFC just before each was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director.
n/a. 2012. .
Tuesday, February 21
Chico & Rita
Academy Award Nominee: Best Animated Feature Film
Oscar-winning director Fernando Trueba (Belle Epoque) teamed up with artist/designer Javier Mariscal to create this sensual love story about a Cuban piano player with big dreams and a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Featuring luscious, sexy images and a rich array of Cuban music as well as classics from Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie, and Charlie Parker, this is a visual, aural feast.
Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, Tono Errando. 2010. 94 m. NR. Spain/UK, English/Spanish. GKids.
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The Diary of a Chambermaid
Buñuel’s late-career evisceration of the French bourgeoisie began with this sordid tale set at a French manor, its vainglorious denizens detached from the political unrest of the late 1920s. Enter Jeanne Moreau’s Célestine, who uses her role as object of the men’s obsession (who can blame them with those stockings she wears?) to satisfy her own mysterious designs.
Luis Buñuel. 1964. 101 m. NR. US. Rialto Pictures.
Tickets: $6 (members), $11 (nonmembers)
Wednesday, February 22
Leonardo Live
"a breathtaking and truly remarkable exhibition", "the greatest exhibition of the century" (London Telegraph)
Experience the U.K. National Gallery's sold-out, once-in-a-lifetime exhibition 'Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan' at the JBFC! The big-screen presentation of Leonardo Live gives art lovers the world over the opportunity to share in the excitement of viewing the unprecedented exhibition which boasts the largest ever number of da Vinci's paintings, including a new, never-before-seen Leonardo painting. See the paintings revealed in astonishing detail through close-up footage on the big screen!
n/a. 2011. 100 m. UK. BYexperience.
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Jules and Jim
François Truffaut’s film is about what it’s like to be in love with a woman, but even more it’s about how to film what it’s like to be in love with a woman. Freeze frames, restless tracking shots, and poetic narration practically form a cinematic love letter to Moreau, radiant in this classic tale of two men who both fall for her. Playful yet fiercely tragic—a milestone of the French New Wave.
François Truffaut. 1962. 105 m. NR. France, in French/German with subtitles. Janus Films.
The Lovers
In the role that made her an international star, Moreau is trapped in a loveless marriage, and an empty affair affords her little release. It’s not until a third man enters the picture that, over one mesmerizingly filmed evening, she experiences an awakening that will change everything. Considered scandalous when released, The Lovers is now acknowledged as a turning point in French cinema, with its trademark combination of sexual frankness and dispassionate intellectual discussion.
Louis Malle. 1958. 90 m. NR. France, French. Janus Films.
Thursday, February 23
The Lovers
In the role that made her an international star, Moreau is trapped in a loveless marriage, and an empty affair affords her little release. It’s not until a third man enters the picture that, over one mesmerizingly filmed evening, she experiences an awakening that will change everything. Considered scandalous when released, The Lovers is now acknowledged as a turning point in French cinema, with its trademark combination of sexual frankness and dispassionate intellectual discussion.
Louis Malle. 1958. 90 m. NR. France, French. Janus Films.
Mr Klein
In Joseph Losey’s haunting parable, Alain Delon is an opportunistic art dealer who purchases the valuables of citizens fleeing Nazi-occupied France. His life becomes a Kafkaesque nightmare when he’s mistaken for another Mr. Klein, a Jewish insurgent, and finds himself under investigation by the Vichy police. Not knowing who to trust—especially Moreau’s enigmatic heiress—Delon fights desperately to maintain his own identity.
Joseph Losey. 1976. 123 m. NR. France/Italy, French. Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
Friday, February 24
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The Train
In the waning days of the second World War, a Nazi officer plots to dispatch France’s most iconic paintings to Germany. It’s up to determined railman Burt Lancaster—with the help of Moreau’s reluctant resistance fighter—to hold up the train until the Allies arrive, by any means necessary. But is the value of the art worth the cost of human lives?
John Frankenheimer. 1964. 133 m. USA. MGM.
Elevator to the Gallows
Moreau walks the active streets of nocturnal Paris, her anxious gait set to the improvised trumpet of Miles Davis, searching for her lover and co-conspirator in the murder of her wealthy husband. Little does she realize, he’s still back at the murder scene inconveniently trapped in an elevator. Louis Malle turned the noir formula on its head by focusing not on the crime but rather on Moreau’s natural sensuality. Essential viewing.
Louis Malle. 1958. 88 m. NR. France, French/German with subtitles. Rialto Pictures.
The Innkeepers
“The indie king of the slow-burn horror flick is back with his most original and novel flick to date.” (FEARnet)
From director Ti West (The House of the Devil) comes this inspired, off-kilter, and often funny supernatural thriller, set in what’s said to be one of New England’s most haunted hotels. As several particularly odd guests arrive and check in, the two remaining hotel employees try to figure out the source of some strange and alarming events. Watch as the tension slowly builds toward the genuinely terrifying climax.
Ti West. 2011. 100 m. NR. USA. Magnolia Pictures.
Saturday, February 25
Time Bandits
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
An exuberant, vivid fantasy about a suburban boy who joins a group of renegade time-traveling dwarves. Together they plunder and loot their way from era to era, encountering the likes of Agamemnon, Napoleon, and Robin Hood along the way. Funny and offbeat with convincing homemade special effects, this piece of movie magic was written and directed by Monty Python alum Terry Gilliam.
Terry Gilliam. 1981. 116 m. PG. UK. Criterion/20th Century Fox.
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Time to Leave
In one of enfant terrible Francois Ozon’s quieter, more sensitive films, an elegantly aged Jeanne Moreau does what she can to comfort a young fashion photographer with a terminal illness while sharing her own thoughts about living and dying. Moreau still stuns, even in her late 70s, in this meditative look at forgotten memories and final decisions.
François Ozon. 2005. 81 m. NR. France, French. Strand Releasing.
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Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Aging gangster Jean Gabin is set to retire after a successful heist that nets him 50 million francs in gold bars. But thanks to loose-lipped showgirl Jeanne Moreau, rival crooks learn of the loot and plot to take it. What follows is one of the coolest and most contemplative French crime films ever made, an emblem of loyalty and betrayal that culminates with machine guns and grenades on a lonely French road.
Jacques Becker. 1954. 94 m. NR. France, French with subtitles. Rialto Pictures.
Sunday, February 26
Time Bandits
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
An exuberant, vivid fantasy about a suburban boy who joins a group of renegade time-traveling dwarves. Together they plunder and loot their way from era to era, encountering the likes of Agamemnon, Napoleon, and Robin Hood along the way. Funny and offbeat with convincing homemade special effects, this piece of movie magic was written and directed by Monty Python alum Terry Gilliam.
Terry Gilliam. 1981. 116 m. PG. UK. Criterion/20th Century Fox.
Elevator to the Gallows
Moreau walks the active streets of nocturnal Paris, her anxious gait set to the improvised trumpet of Miles Davis, searching for her lover and co-conspirator in the murder of her wealthy husband. Little does she realize, he’s still back at the murder scene inconveniently trapped in an elevator. Louis Malle turned the noir formula on its head by focusing not on the crime but rather on Moreau’s natural sensuality. Essential viewing.
Louis Malle. 1958. 88 m. NR. France, French/German with subtitles. Rialto Pictures.
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Mademoiselle
Secretly terrorizing her small provincial town with wanton acts of vandalism and violence, schoolteacher
Moreau unleashes her repressed desires on an unsuspecting populace. Children, farm animals, and the local stud—they all suffer, to her noxious gratification. In what John Waters calls a “midnight movie way before its time,” this study in cruelty, adapted from a story by Jean Genet, sees the actress at her most tantalizing and controversial.
Tony Richardson. 1966. 103 m. NR. France/UK, French/Italian. MGM.
Monday, February 27
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Aging gangster Jean Gabin is set to retire after a successful heist that nets him 50 million francs in gold bars. But thanks to loose-lipped showgirl Jeanne Moreau, rival crooks learn of the loot and plot to take it. What follows is one of the coolest and most contemplative French crime films ever made, an emblem of loyalty and betrayal that culminates with machine guns and grenades on a lonely French road.
Jacques Becker. 1954. 94 m. NR. France, French with subtitles. Rialto Pictures.
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Tickets: $6 (members), $11 (nonmembers
Monte Walsh
New Addition to the Series!
The world is changing, and Lee Marvin's country-hardened cowboy finds himself becoming increasingly irrelevant. Moving from one job to another - nothing he "can't do from a horse" - he endures the waning days of the wild west in the arms of Moreau's beautiful, sympathetic showgirl. An underrated study of life at a time of an American crossroads - Marvin and Moreau are superlative.
William A. Fraker. 1970. 106 m. PG-13. USA.
Tuesday, February 28
Monte Walsh
New Addition to the Series!
The world is changing, and Lee Marvin's country-hardened cowboy finds himself becoming increasingly irrelevant. Moving from one job to another - nothing he "can't do from a horse" - he endures the waning days of the wild west in the arms of Moreau's beautiful, sympathetic showgirl. An underrated study of life at a time of an American crossroads - Marvin and Moreau are superlative.
William A. Fraker. 1970. 106 m. PG-13. USA.
Mademoiselle
Secretly terrorizing her small provincial town with wanton acts of vandalism and violence, schoolteacher
Moreau unleashes her repressed desires on an unsuspecting populace. Children, farm animals, and the local stud—they all suffer, to her noxious gratification. In what John Waters calls a “midnight movie way before its time,” this study in cruelty, adapted from a story by Jean Genet, sees the actress at her most tantalizing and controversial.
Tony Richardson. 1966. 103 m. NR. France/UK, French/Italian. MGM.
Wednesday, February 29
Elevator to the Gallows
Moreau walks the active streets of nocturnal Paris, her anxious gait set to the improvised trumpet of Miles Davis, searching for her lover and co-conspirator in the murder of her wealthy husband. Little does she realize, he’s still back at the murder scene inconveniently trapped in an elevator. Louis Malle turned the noir formula on its head by focusing not on the crime but rather on Moreau’s natural sensuality. Essential viewing.
Louis Malle. 1958. 88 m. NR. France, French/German with subtitles. Rialto Pictures.
Monte Walsh
New Addition to the Series!
The world is changing, and Lee Marvin's country-hardened cowboy finds himself becoming increasingly irrelevant. Moving from one job to another - nothing he "can't do from a horse" - he endures the waning days of the wild west in the arms of Moreau's beautiful, sympathetic showgirl. An underrated study of life at a time of an American crossroads - Marvin and Moreau are superlative.
William A. Fraker. 1970. 106 m. PG-13. USA.
Thursday, March 1
The Comedy of Errors
“NT LIVE from the National Theatre, London”
Two sets of twins separated at birth collide in the same city without meeting for one crazy day, as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand scale. Shakespeare’s furiously paced comedy will be staged in a contemporary world into which walk three prohibited foreigners who see everything for the first time. Lenny Henry plays Antipholus of Syracuse. -NT Live
Dominic Cooke. 2012. 180 m. NR. UK. BYexperience.
Priority Purchase: JBFC Members at the Film Buff level and above may LOG IN and click on March 1st on the calendar to purchase tickets. Any remaining tickets will go on sale online beginning at 12:00 noon on February 10th.
Time to Leave
In one of enfant terrible Francois Ozon’s quieter, more sensitive films, an elegantly aged Jeanne Moreau does what she can to comfort a young fashion photographer with a terminal illness while sharing her own thoughts about living and dying. Moreau still stuns, even in her late 70s, in this meditative look at forgotten memories and final decisions.
François Ozon. 2005. 81 m. NR. France, French. Strand Releasing.
The Train
In the waning days of the second World War, a Nazi officer plots to dispatch France’s most iconic paintings to Germany. It’s up to determined railman Burt Lancaster—with the help of Moreau’s reluctant resistance fighter—to hold up the train until the Allies arrive, by any means necessary. But is the value of the art worth the cost of human lives?
John Frankenheimer. 1964. 133 m. USA. MGM.
