Jacob Burns

Official Website / Trailer | Chicago Sun-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

The Artist

“New Releases”

"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.

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Michel Hazanavicius. 2011. 100 m. PG-13. France, English/French. The Weinstein Company.

2:30 PM 5:05 PM 7:30 PM 9:45 PM

The Iron Lady

“New Releases”

"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.

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Phyllida Lloyd. 2011. 105 m. PG-13. UK. The Weinstein Company.

2:35 PM 5:10 PM 7:20 PM 9:30 PM

A Separation

“New Releases”

"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.

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11:55 AM 2:25 PM 5:00 PM 7:35 PM 10:10 PM

Asghar Farhadi. 2011. 123 m. PG-13. Iran, Persian. Sony Pictures Classics.

The Boy with Green Hair

A young Dean Stockwell plays Peter, a war orphan taken in by a good-hearted older man in a small American
town. The boy enrolls in school and is settling in nicely until he wakes up one day to find that his hair has turned green. Suddenly, he becomes the object of ridicule—and everything changes. The message of this absorbing, sensitive tale of tolerance is as relevant today as it was in 1948.

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Joseph Losey. 1948. 82 m. NR. USA. Warner Bros.

Official Website / Trailer | Chicago Sun-Times review

The Artist

“New Releases”

"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.

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Michel Hazanavicius. 2011. 100 m. PG-13. France, English/French. The Weinstein Company.

12:15 PM 2:30 PM 5:05 PM 7:30 PM 9:45 PM

The Iron Lady

“New Releases”

"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.

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2:15 PM 5:10 PM 7:25 PM 9:40 PM

Phyllida Lloyd. 2011. 105 m. PG-13. UK. The Weinstein Company.

The Boy with Green Hair

A young Dean Stockwell plays Peter, a war orphan taken in by a good-hearted older man in a small American
town. The boy enrolls in school and is settling in nicely until he wakes up one day to find that his hair has turned green. Suddenly, he becomes the object of ridicule—and everything changes. The message of this absorbing, sensitive tale of tolerance is as relevant today as it was in 1948.

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Joseph Losey. 1948. 82 m. NR. USA. Warner Bros.

The Iron Lady

“New Releases”

"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.

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12:05 PM 2:35 PM 5:10 PM 7:25 PM

Phyllida Lloyd. 2011. 105 m. PG-13. UK. The Weinstein Company.

The Artist

“New Releases”

"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.

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Official Website / Trailer | Chicago Sun-Times review

Michel Hazanavicius. 2011. 100 m. PG-13. France, English/French. The Weinstein Company.

12:15 PM 2:30 PM 7:40 PM

A Separation

“New Releases”

"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.

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5:00 PM [Add to My Calendar]

Asghar Farhadi. 2011. 123 m. PG-13. Iran, Persian. Sony Pictures Classics.

2:20 PM 5:05 PM 7:45 PM

Petulia

“Jonathan Demme's Rarely Seen Cinema”

It’s Vietnam-era San Francisco, and the life of physician Archie (George C. Scott) is in turmoil as his marriage collapses. Things only get more complicated when dazzling - and troubled - young newlywed Petulia (Julie Christie) decides she intends to marry him instead. Gorgeously shot by Nicolas Roeg and innovative in narrative and style, this provocative, affecting dissection of Summer of Love manners and mores features first-rate acting.

Q&A w/host Jonathan Demme and award-winning cinematographer Declan Quinn (In America, Leaving Las Vegas) will be co-moderating this event and will provide insight into the work of legendary cinematographer Nicolas Roeg (other credits include: Fahrenheit 451, Far from the Madding Crowd).

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Richard Lester. 1968. 105 m. NR. US. Warner Bros.

Q&A w/host Jonathan Demme and cinematographer Declan Quinn
Tickets: $9 (members), $14 (nonmembers)

A Separation

“New Releases”

"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.

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Asghar Farhadi. 2011. 123 m. PG-13. Iran, Persian. Sony Pictures Classics.

Official Website / Trailer | Chicago Sun-Times review

The Artist

“New Releases”

"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.

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Michel Hazanavicius. 2011. 100 m. PG-13. France, English/French. The Weinstein Company.

2:30 PM 5:05 PM 7:30 PM

The Iron Lady

“New Releases”

"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.

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Phyllida Lloyd. 2011. 105 m. PG-13. UK. The Weinstein Company.

A Separation

“New Releases”

"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.

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Asghar Farhadi. 2011. 123 m. PG-13. Iran, Persian. Sony Pictures Classics.

Official Website / Trailer | Chicago Sun-Times review

The Artist

“New Releases”

"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.

close

Michel Hazanavicius. 2011. 100 m. PG-13. France, English/French. The Weinstein Company.

2:30 PM 5:05 PM

The Iron Lady

“New Releases”

"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.

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Phyllida Lloyd. 2011. 105 m. PG-13. UK. The Weinstein Company.

The Loving Story

7:30 PM [Add to My Calendar]

“I support the freedom to marry for all. That's what Loving, and loving, are all about.” These are the words of Mildred Loving, who just wanted to live in peace with her husband Richard in 1960s Virginia. But it wasn’t so simple for the interracial couple, whose eventual landmark Supreme Court case, Loving v. Virginia, changed history. A racially charged criminal trial and a heartrending love story converge in this inspiring documentary. An award-winning hit on the festival circuit.

Q&A Nancy Buirski, who directed and produced the film, is the founder of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. She will be interviewed by Janet Maslin.

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Nancy Buirski. 2011. 77 m. NR. US.

Preview with filmmaker Nancy Buirski & Janet Maslin
Tickets $6 (members), $11 (nonmembers)

A Separation

“New Releases”

"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.

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Asghar Farhadi. 2011. 123 m. PG-13. Iran, Persian. Sony Pictures Classics.

Official Website / Trailer | Chicago Sun-Times review

The Artist

“New Releases”

"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.

close

Michel Hazanavicius. 2011. 100 m. PG-13. France, English/French. The Weinstein Company.

2:30 PM 5:05 PM 7:30 PM

The Iron Lady

“New Releases”

"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.

close

Phyllida Lloyd. 2011. 105 m. PG-13. UK. The Weinstein Company.

A Separation

“New Releases”

"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.

close

Asghar Farhadi. 2011. 123 m. PG-13. Iran, Persian. Sony Pictures Classics.

Official Website / Trailer | Chicago Sun-Times review

The Artist

“New Releases”

"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.

close

Michel Hazanavicius. 2011. 100 m. PG-13. France, English/French. The Weinstein Company.

2:30 PM 5:05 PM 7:30 PM

The Iron Lady

“New Releases”

"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.

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Phyllida Lloyd. 2011. 105 m. PG-13. UK. The Weinstein Company.

The Black Hole

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.

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Gary Nelson. 1979. 98 m. PG. USA. Buena Vista.

The Black Hole

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.

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Gary Nelson. 1979. 98 m. PG. USA. Buena Vista.

Breaking Boundaries: the Art of Alex Masket

7:15 PM [Add to My Calendar]

A self-taught artist, Alex Masket makes dynamic work with unconventional media and an uninhibited, bold use of color. His creativity and sophisticated understanding of light, color, and form are unconstrained by his severe autism, which does inhibit his ability to communicate verbally. Masket’s work has appeared in more than a dozen solo and group shows and in Esopus and other magazines. This award-winning short documentary both introduces us to this extraordinary artist and asks what artistic communication and the creative impulse are all about.

Followed by a discussion with of Arc of Westchester Executive Director Richard P. Swierat and autism advocate Elaine Masket (Alex’s mother), moderated by Dr. Beth Mount, a consultant who helps others see capacities in people with disabilities. Afterwards, join us upstairs in the Jane Peck Gallery for a reception and the opening of an exhibition of Alex Masket’s work.

Presented in partnership with SEPTA:Special Education PTA and ArcWestchester.

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Dennis Connors. 2010. 17 m. USA.

Panel discussion, reception
Tickets $6 (members), $11 (nonmembers)

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.

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Nicholas Hytner. 2012. UK. BYexperience.

2:00 PM [Add to My Calendar]

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).

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Official Website / Trailer

Justin Lerner. 2011. 94 m. NR. USA.

7:30 PM

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.

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Morteza Farshbaf. 2011. 85 m. Iran.

7:30 PM

Flooding with Love for the Kid

“Fridays After Dark”

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

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Zachary Oberzan. 2011. 107 m. NR. US. N/A.

9:30 PM

The Black Hole

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.

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Gary Nelson. 1979. 98 m. PG. USA. Buena Vista.

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.

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Alexis Ostrander. 2011. 78 m. USA.

5:00 PM

The Black Hole

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.

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Gary Nelson. 1979. 98 m. PG. USA. Buena Vista.

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.

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Xiao Lu Xue. 2010. 96 m. NR. China.

5:00 PM

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.

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Regis Wargnier. 2011. 98 m. NR. France, French.

7:30 PM

Charade

7:30 PM [Add to My Calendar]

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.

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Stanley Donen. 1963. 113 m. NR. USA, English/French/German/Italian. Universal Pictures.

Tickets: $9 (members), $14 (nonmembers)

Leonardo Live

Official Website / Trailer

"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!

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n/a. 2011. 100 m. UK. BYexperience.

2:00 PM [Add to My Calendar]

The Bride Wore Black

“Jeanne Moreau: A Real Woman”

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.

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François Truffaut. 1968. 107 m. NR. France/Italy, French. The Film Desk.

2:30 PM 5:00 PM 7:15 PM 9:30 PM

Time Bandits

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.

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Terry Gilliam. 1981. 116 m. PG. UK. Criterion/20th Century Fox.