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Saturday, May 19
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Babe
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
Everyone loves the delightful story of a plucky little pig who behaves like a sheepdog and talks like a human. Seamlessly blending footage of real animals with computer animation, this Oscar winner spins an irresistible tale about individualism and conformity.
Chris Noonan. 1995. 89 m. G. US/Australia. Universal Pictures.
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
"A sterling cast and a fine balance of comedy and poignancy make this story of unfulfilled Brit retirees discovering new life in India a pleasure-filled journey." (David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter)
Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel, a group of British retirees decide to “outsource” their retirement and move to less expensive and seemingly, exotic India. They soon discover that the hotel is a shell of its former self and isn’t as luxurious as they had believed. With an all-star cast that includes Bill Nighy, Judi Dench, and Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a witty, up-lifting, feel-good comedy.
Official Website / Trailer | The Hollywood Reporter review
John Madden. 2012. 118 m. PG-13. UK. Fox Searchlight.
12:05 PM 1:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:30 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:30 PM 9:55 PM
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Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story was the quickest sell-out of the thirty-three programs in this year’s Westchester Jewish Film Festival. If you missed it before, here is your chance to see this affecting and revealing documentary. Jonathan “Yoni” Netanyahu is an Israeli icon of courage and daring, killed during the 1976 hostage rescue mission at the Entebbe Airport in Uganda. This complex, nuanced biography interweaves the story of a passionate young army commando driven by a sense of duty to his country with a fresh account of the Entebbe raid itself. Including interviews with Yoni’s brother Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and others.
Q&A May 20, 7:00: producer Mark Manson
Ari Daniel Pinchot/ Jonathan Gruber. 2011. 84 m. USA. International Film Circuit.
2:00 PM 3:55 PM 5:50 PM 7:45 PM 9:40 PM
Sunday, May 20
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Safety Last
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
Harold Lloyd became known as “the King of Daredevil Comedy” for this silent classic, which includes one of the most famous images in film: Lloyd dangling from the hands of a giant clock, 12 stories above the street. Famously performed without a net, that hair-raising stunt is just one of the unforgettable moments in this brilliant comedy.
Piano accompaniment by Ben Model, who has been performing his own scores for silent films at the Burns, the Museum of Modern Art, and other venues since 1984.
photo © 2011 THE HAROLD LLOYD TRUST
Fred C. Newmeyer/Sam Taylor. 1923. 70 m. NR. USA. Park Circus.
w/live accompaniment by Ben Model
Tickets: $9 (members), $14 (nonmembers), $9.50 (child)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
"A sterling cast and a fine balance of comedy and poignancy make this story of unfulfilled Brit retirees discovering new life in India a pleasure-filled journey." (David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter)
Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel, a group of British retirees decide to “outsource” their retirement and move to less expensive and seemingly, exotic India. They soon discover that the hotel is a shell of its former self and isn’t as luxurious as they had believed. With an all-star cast that includes Bill Nighy, Judi Dench, and Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a witty, up-lifting, feel-good comedy.
Official Website / Trailer | The Hollywood Reporter review
John Madden. 2012. 118 m. PG-13. UK. Fox Searchlight.
12:05 PM 1:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:30 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:30 PM
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story was the quickest sell-out of the thirty-three programs in this year’s Westchester Jewish Film Festival. If you missed it before, here is your chance to see this affecting and revealing documentary. Jonathan “Yoni” Netanyahu is an Israeli icon of courage and daring, killed during the 1976 hostage rescue mission at the Entebbe Airport in Uganda. This complex, nuanced biography interweaves the story of a passionate young army commando driven by a sense of duty to his country with a fresh account of the Entebbe raid itself. Including interviews with Yoni’s brother Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and others.
Q&A May 20, 7:00: producer Mark Manson
Ari Daniel Pinchot/ Jonathan Gruber. 2011. 84 m. USA. International Film Circuit.
2:35 PM 5:05 PM 7:00 PM 1 [Add to My Calendar]
1 Q&A w/producer Mark Manson
Tickets: $6 (members), $11 (nonmembers)
Monday, May 21
One Man, Two Guvnors
“NT LIVE from the National Theatre, London”
"The feel good hit of the summer. An evening of riotous delight." (Daily Telegraph)
Special Encore Presentation of the Original London Production
Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000 from his fiancee’s dad. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother, who’s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. Holed up at The Cricketers’ Arms, the permanently ravenous Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be re-united with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple. (NT Live)
Nicholas Hytner. 2011. 180 m. . NT Live.
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story was the quickest sell-out of the thirty-three programs in this year’s Westchester Jewish Film Festival. If you missed it before, here is your chance to see this affecting and revealing documentary. Jonathan “Yoni” Netanyahu is an Israeli icon of courage and daring, killed during the 1976 hostage rescue mission at the Entebbe Airport in Uganda. This complex, nuanced biography interweaves the story of a passionate young army commando driven by a sense of duty to his country with a fresh account of the Entebbe raid itself. Including interviews with Yoni’s brother Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and others.
Q&A May 20, 7:00: producer Mark Manson
Ari Daniel Pinchot/ Jonathan Gruber. 2011. 84 m. USA. International Film Circuit.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
"A sterling cast and a fine balance of comedy and poignancy make this story of unfulfilled Brit retirees discovering new life in India a pleasure-filled journey." (David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter)
Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel, a group of British retirees decide to “outsource” their retirement and move to less expensive and seemingly, exotic India. They soon discover that the hotel is a shell of its former self and isn’t as luxurious as they had believed. With an all-star cast that includes Bill Nighy, Judi Dench, and Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a witty, up-lifting, feel-good comedy.
Official Website / Trailer | The Hollywood Reporter review
John Madden. 2012. 118 m. PG-13. UK. Fox Searchlight.
2:30 PM 5:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 9:55 PM
Tuesday, May 22
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story was the quickest sell-out of the thirty-three programs in this year’s Westchester Jewish Film Festival. If you missed it before, here is your chance to see this affecting and revealing documentary. Jonathan “Yoni” Netanyahu is an Israeli icon of courage and daring, killed during the 1976 hostage rescue mission at the Entebbe Airport in Uganda. This complex, nuanced biography interweaves the story of a passionate young army commando driven by a sense of duty to his country with a fresh account of the Entebbe raid itself. Including interviews with Yoni’s brother Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and others.
Q&A May 20, 7:00: producer Mark Manson
Ari Daniel Pinchot/ Jonathan Gruber. 2011. 84 m. USA. International Film Circuit.
2:00 PM 3:55 PM 5:50 PM 7:45 PM 9:40 PM
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
"A sterling cast and a fine balance of comedy and poignancy make this story of unfulfilled Brit retirees discovering new life in India a pleasure-filled journey." (David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter)
Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel, a group of British retirees decide to “outsource” their retirement and move to less expensive and seemingly, exotic India. They soon discover that the hotel is a shell of its former self and isn’t as luxurious as they had believed. With an all-star cast that includes Bill Nighy, Judi Dench, and Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a witty, up-lifting, feel-good comedy.
Official Website / Trailer | The Hollywood Reporter review
John Madden. 2012. 118 m. PG-13. UK. Fox Searchlight.
2:30 PM 3:30 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:30 PM 9:55 PM
Wednesday, May 23
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story was the quickest sell-out of the thirty-three programs in this year’s Westchester Jewish Film Festival. If you missed it before, here is your chance to see this affecting and revealing documentary. Jonathan “Yoni” Netanyahu is an Israeli icon of courage and daring, killed during the 1976 hostage rescue mission at the Entebbe Airport in Uganda. This complex, nuanced biography interweaves the story of a passionate young army commando driven by a sense of duty to his country with a fresh account of the Entebbe raid itself. Including interviews with Yoni’s brother Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and others.
Q&A May 20, 7:00: producer Mark Manson
Ari Daniel Pinchot/ Jonathan Gruber. 2011. 84 m. USA. International Film Circuit.
2:25 PM 4:20 PM 8:30 PM 10:15 PM
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
"A sterling cast and a fine balance of comedy and poignancy make this story of unfulfilled Brit retirees discovering new life in India a pleasure-filled journey." (David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter)
Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel, a group of British retirees decide to “outsource” their retirement and move to less expensive and seemingly, exotic India. They soon discover that the hotel is a shell of its former self and isn’t as luxurious as they had believed. With an all-star cast that includes Bill Nighy, Judi Dench, and Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a witty, up-lifting, feel-good comedy.
Official Website / Trailer | The Hollywood Reporter review
John Madden. 2012. 118 m. PG-13. UK. Fox Searchlight.
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The 39 Steps
One of Hitchcock’s earliest thrillers—and one of his first successes—The 39 Steps stars Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll in the suspenseful, romantic story of a tourist in London who stumbles into a deadly conspiracy. Hitchcock himself once said that he particularly liked the movie for its “sudden switches and the jumping from one situation to another with such rapidity.”
How can a classic like Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps (based on the John Buchan novel) be transformed for the stage? It becomes a fast-paced whodunit packed with laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a cast of four), handcuffs, and old-fashioned romance. And it’s coming to the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival this summer, in a production directed by Russell Treyz.
Q&A Russell Treyz, Terrence O’Brien and HVSF actors Richard Ercole and Gabra Zackman will discuss and demonstrate how the film was, frame by frame, adapted into a stage play.
Russell Treyz won a Drama Desk Award for directing his first off-Broadway play, Whitsuntide. He has directed for American Place Theater, Playwrights Horizons, La Mama, and others.
Founding Artistic Director of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Terrence O’Brien has directed more than 20 of their productions. He is director of the New World Shakespeare Lab.
Alfred Hitchcock. 1935. 86 m. NR. UK. Park Circus.
w/Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival director Russell Treyz, Founding Artistic Director Terrence O’Brien
Tickets: $9 (members), $14 (nonmembers)
Thursday, May 24
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story was the quickest sell-out of the thirty-three programs in this year’s Westchester Jewish Film Festival. If you missed it before, here is your chance to see this affecting and revealing documentary. Jonathan “Yoni” Netanyahu is an Israeli icon of courage and daring, killed during the 1976 hostage rescue mission at the Entebbe Airport in Uganda. This complex, nuanced biography interweaves the story of a passionate young army commando driven by a sense of duty to his country with a fresh account of the Entebbe raid itself. Including interviews with Yoni’s brother Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and others.
Q&A May 20, 7:00: producer Mark Manson
Ari Daniel Pinchot/ Jonathan Gruber. 2011. 84 m. USA. International Film Circuit.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
"A sterling cast and a fine balance of comedy and poignancy make this story of unfulfilled Brit retirees discovering new life in India a pleasure-filled journey." (David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter)
Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel, a group of British retirees decide to “outsource” their retirement and move to less expensive and seemingly, exotic India. They soon discover that the hotel is a shell of its former self and isn’t as luxurious as they had believed. With an all-star cast that includes Bill Nighy, Judi Dench, and Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a witty, up-lifting, feel-good comedy.
Official Website / Trailer | The Hollywood Reporter review
John Madden. 2012. 118 m. PG-13. UK. Fox Searchlight.
2:30 PM 3:30 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:35 PM 10:05 PM
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An Evening with John Pizzarelli
“Jazz Sessions: The Greats on Camera 2012”
Singer/guitarist John Pizzarelli returns to the JBFC after last year’s sold-out performance to celebrate the release of his latest album, Double Exposure—recorded right here at the Media Arts Lab. It’s a mash-up of great pop tunes and traditional jazz arrangements, including Tom Waits’ “Drunk on the Moon” blended with Billy Strayhorn’s “Lush Life,” and the Allman Brothers’ “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” by way of Wes Montgomery’s “Four on Six.”
FILM and Q&A: John Pizzarelli and JBFC Executive Director Steve Apkon will talk about the making of Double Exposure after a Media Arts Lab short featuring behind-the-scenes footage of the recording process.
PERFORMANCE: The John Pizzarelli Quartet with selections from Double Exposure (Telarc).
All ticketholders will receive a Double Exposure CD.
n/a. 2012. 80 m. .
Film, Q&A, and live performance by The John Pizzarelli Quartet
Tickets: $20 (members), $30 (nonmembers)
All ticket holders will receive a Double Exposure CD
Friday, May 25
God Bless America
“An oddball roadtrip comedy crossed with a furious social critique.” (LA Times)
A surprisingly poignant and humane film about a guy crushed by a pop culture that emphasizes smugness, cruelty, and debasement (Simon Cowell making contestants cry on American Idol, reality TV stars screaming at their parents, and so on). Outrageously funny, extremely foul-mouthed, and bracingly violent, but somehow also very sweet and sad.
Q&A May 1, 7:45: filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait, Joel Murray and NY Times critic Janet Maslin.
Bobcat Goldthwait, a stand-up comedian who was a staple in many comedy films of the 80's, wrote and directed his first film, Shakes the Clown in 1991. A dark cult comedy that lays claim to such fans as Martin Scorsese. Goldthwait's subsequent films have been festival darlings and critically acclaimed. Joel Murray, one of the Murray brothers, has appeared regularly on many popular television programs and films since the 1980's. His most recent credits include: AMC's Mad Men, Showtime's Shameless and this year's Academy Award winner for Best Picture, The Artist.
Official Website / Trailer | LA Times review
Bobcat Goldthwait. 2011. 99 m. R. USA. Magnolia Pictures.
Saturday, May 26
Babe
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
Everyone loves the delightful story of a plucky little pig who behaves like a sheepdog and talks like a human. Seamlessly blending footage of real animals with computer animation, this Oscar winner spins an irresistible tale about individualism and conformity.
Chris Noonan. 1995. 89 m. G. US/Australia. Universal Pictures.
Sunday, May 27
Babe
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
Everyone loves the delightful story of a plucky little pig who behaves like a sheepdog and talks like a human. Seamlessly blending footage of real animals with computer animation, this Oscar winner spins an irresistible tale about individualism and conformity.
Chris Noonan. 1995. 89 m. G. US/Australia. Universal Pictures.
Monday, May 28
Babe
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
Everyone loves the delightful story of a plucky little pig who behaves like a sheepdog and talks like a human. Seamlessly blending footage of real animals with computer animation, this Oscar winner spins an irresistible tale about individualism and conformity.
Chris Noonan. 1995. 89 m. G. US/Australia. Universal Pictures.
Thursday, May 31
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Marriage Italian Style
What do you do when money man Marcello Mastroianni—the wealthy cad you’ve been involved with for 20 years—decides to dump you for someone younger? If you’re as resolute and resourceful as a hot-blooded Sophia Loren, you trick him into marrying you, of course! A charming Neapolitan romantic comedy.
NEW 35MM PRINT RELEASED IN 2011
5/31, 7:00-- ITALIAN FOOD AND WINE FEST: Join us upstairs in the Jane Peck Galley for a postscreening Festa d’Italia featuring select wines courtesy of WineExpress.com. Complement your wine tasting with Italian fare from A’Mangiare of Pleasantville and specialty sorbetti from Via Vanti! of Mt Kisco.
Series sponsored by Wine Enthusiast
Vittorio De Sica. 1964. 102 m. NR. France/Italy, Italian with subtitles. Kino/Lorber.
Tickets: $15 (members), $20 (nonmembers)
Friday, June 1
Marriage Italian Style
What do you do when money man Marcello Mastroianni—the wealthy cad you’ve been involved with for 20 years—decides to dump you for someone younger? If you’re as resolute and resourceful as a hot-blooded Sophia Loren, you trick him into marrying you, of course! A charming Neapolitan romantic comedy.
NEW 35MM PRINT RELEASED IN 2011
5/31, 7:00-- ITALIAN FOOD AND WINE FEST: Join us upstairs in the Jane Peck Galley for a postscreening Festa d’Italia featuring select wines courtesy of WineExpress.com. Complement your wine tasting with Italian fare from A’Mangiare of Pleasantville and specialty sorbetti from Via Vanti! of Mt Kisco.
Series sponsored by Wine Enthusiast
Vittorio De Sica. 1964. 102 m. NR. France/Italy, Italian with subtitles. Kino/Lorber.
2:30 PM 5:05 PM 7:20 PM 9:35 PM
Saturday, June 2
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Babe: Pig in the City
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
Babe is set in the fields of a friendly farm, this equally magical but darker sequel takes everyone’s favorite talking pig to an unfamiliar city. With the help of a new group of animal friends, Babe overcomes myriad threats to achieve his goal: going home.
George Miller. 1998. 97 m. G. Australia. Universal Pictures.
Marriage Italian Style
What do you do when money man Marcello Mastroianni—the wealthy cad you’ve been involved with for 20 years—decides to dump you for someone younger? If you’re as resolute and resourceful as a hot-blooded Sophia Loren, you trick him into marrying you, of course! A charming Neapolitan romantic comedy.
NEW 35MM PRINT RELEASED IN 2011
5/31, 7:00-- ITALIAN FOOD AND WINE FEST: Join us upstairs in the Jane Peck Galley for a postscreening Festa d’Italia featuring select wines courtesy of WineExpress.com. Complement your wine tasting with Italian fare from A’Mangiare of Pleasantville and specialty sorbetti from Via Vanti! of Mt Kisco.
Series sponsored by Wine Enthusiast
Vittorio De Sica. 1964. 102 m. NR. France/Italy, Italian with subtitles. Kino/Lorber.
2:30 PM 5:05 PM 7:20 PM 9:35 PM
Sunday, June 3
Babe: Pig in the City
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
Babe is set in the fields of a friendly farm, this equally magical but darker sequel takes everyone’s favorite talking pig to an unfamiliar city. With the help of a new group of animal friends, Babe overcomes myriad threats to achieve his goal: going home.
George Miller. 1998. 97 m. G. Australia. Universal Pictures.
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Il Grido
Rejected by his longtime companion, a refinery worker sets off with his young daughter on an aimless journey across the Po Valley. Despite encounters with various women, he finds he can’t escape the memory of the one he loves. This is early Antonioni, raw and sensual, with a profound emotional energy rising from a desperation that culminates in il grido, the anguished scream of the title.
Michelangelo Antonioni. 1957. 116 m. Italy/USA, Italian with subtitles. Kino Lorber Films.
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Jazz Elite Big Band with Iantheia Calhoun and Special Guest Wycliffe Gordon
“Jazz Sessions: The Greats on Camera 2012”
PERFORMANCE: Conductor, musician, and educator Iantheia Calhoun will lead the 17-piece Jazz Elite Big Band in a performance featuring renowned trombonist Wycliffe Gordon. The Jazz Elite program provides young musicians from all over Westchester with advanced-level training and opportunities to play with top artists. Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon—“easily one of the best of his generation” (JazzTimes)—is also a composer, conductor, arranger, and revered professor at the Manhattan School of Music.
FILM: THE GIRLS IN THE BAND, a new documentary tracing the lively history of women in jazz, from the novelty acts of the ’30s and ’40s through greats like Mary Lou Williams and Marian McPartland, and up to today’s stars such as 2011 Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding.
Judy Chaikin. 2011. 86 m. USA. One Step Productions.
live performance from Wycliffe Gordon and the Jazz Elite Big Band followed by film
Tickets: $15 (members/students), $20 (nonmembers)
Monday, June 4
Il Grido
Rejected by his longtime companion, a refinery worker sets off with his young daughter on an aimless journey across the Po Valley. Despite encounters with various women, he finds he can’t escape the memory of the one he loves. This is early Antonioni, raw and sensual, with a profound emotional energy rising from a desperation that culminates in il grido, the anguished scream of the title.
Michelangelo Antonioni. 1957. 116 m. Italy/USA, Italian with subtitles. Kino Lorber Films.
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The House by the Cemetery
Lucio Fulci, the Italian Godfather of Gore, pulls no punches in this brutal tale of a family of three who unknowingly moves into a house of horrors where something unspeakable is creeping around the basement. Rabid bats, decapitated mannequins (who bleed!), and pubescent poltergeists delivering cryptic warnings are mere prologue to what happens when they make their way down those cellar steps. Not for the squeamish!
Lucio Fulci. 1981. 87 m. NR. Italy, Italian. Exhumed Films.
Tuesday, June 5
Marriage Italian Style
What do you do when money man Marcello Mastroianni—the wealthy cad you’ve been involved with for 20 years—decides to dump you for someone younger? If you’re as resolute and resourceful as a hot-blooded Sophia Loren, you trick him into marrying you, of course! A charming Neapolitan romantic comedy.
NEW 35MM PRINT RELEASED IN 2011
5/31, 7:00-- ITALIAN FOOD AND WINE FEST: Join us upstairs in the Jane Peck Galley for a postscreening Festa d’Italia featuring select wines courtesy of WineExpress.com. Complement your wine tasting with Italian fare from A’Mangiare of Pleasantville and specialty sorbetti from Via Vanti! of Mt Kisco.
Series sponsored by Wine Enthusiast
Vittorio De Sica. 1964. 102 m. NR. France/Italy, Italian with subtitles. Kino/Lorber.
The House by the Cemetery
Lucio Fulci, the Italian Godfather of Gore, pulls no punches in this brutal tale of a family of three who unknowingly moves into a house of horrors where something unspeakable is creeping around the basement. Rabid bats, decapitated mannequins (who bleed!), and pubescent poltergeists delivering cryptic warnings are mere prologue to what happens when they make their way down those cellar steps. Not for the squeamish!
Lucio Fulci. 1981. 87 m. NR. Italy, Italian. Exhumed Films.
Wednesday, June 6
Il Grido
Rejected by his longtime companion, a refinery worker sets off with his young daughter on an aimless journey across the Po Valley. Despite encounters with various women, he finds he can’t escape the memory of the one he loves. This is early Antonioni, raw and sensual, with a profound emotional energy rising from a desperation that culminates in il grido, the anguished scream of the title.
Michelangelo Antonioni. 1957. 116 m. Italy/USA, Italian with subtitles. Kino Lorber Films.
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Hard Times: Lost on Long Island
We’ve all heard too many stories of people losing their homes after losing their jobs during this recession. But these stories aren’t usually from leafy Long Island suburbs, the birthplace of the post-WWII suburban American dream. That’s the focus of this startling documentary about four families—white-collar, well-educated people with nice homes and six-figure incomes—whose middle-class life was foreclosed upon as long-term unemployment turned their dreams into nightmares. “If we can’t provide the promise that Long Island has always held, that promise of shared prosperity—if all of that is going to disappear,” asks filmmaker Marc Levin, “what have we got?” A rare film on the ongoing crisis. Courtesy HBO Documentary Films.
Q&A filmmaker Marc Levin
Marc Levin. 2011. 53 m. USA.
w/filmmaker Marc Levin
Tickets: $6 (members), $11 (nonmembers)
The House by the Cemetery
Lucio Fulci, the Italian Godfather of Gore, pulls no punches in this brutal tale of a family of three who unknowingly moves into a house of horrors where something unspeakable is creeping around the basement. Rabid bats, decapitated mannequins (who bleed!), and pubescent poltergeists delivering cryptic warnings are mere prologue to what happens when they make their way down those cellar steps. Not for the squeamish!
Lucio Fulci. 1981. 87 m. NR. Italy, Italian. Exhumed Films.
Thursday, June 7
Il Grido
Rejected by his longtime companion, a refinery worker sets off with his young daughter on an aimless journey across the Po Valley. Despite encounters with various women, he finds he can’t escape the memory of the one he loves. This is early Antonioni, raw and sensual, with a profound emotional energy rising from a desperation that culminates in il grido, the anguished scream of the title.
Michelangelo Antonioni. 1957. 116 m. Italy/USA, Italian with subtitles. Kino Lorber Films.
The House by the Cemetery
Lucio Fulci, the Italian Godfather of Gore, pulls no punches in this brutal tale of a family of three who unknowingly moves into a house of horrors where something unspeakable is creeping around the basement. Rabid bats, decapitated mannequins (who bleed!), and pubescent poltergeists delivering cryptic warnings are mere prologue to what happens when they make their way down those cellar steps. Not for the squeamish!
Lucio Fulci. 1981. 87 m. NR. Italy, Italian. Exhumed Films.
Friday, June 8
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Fellini Satyricon
Like your Fellini flamboyant? Look no further than this outlandish adult fairy tale. Opulent sets depict a decadent ancient Rome where characters move from one excess to another in a surreal progression of fragmented vignettes meant to “eliminate the borderline between dream and imagination.” Satyricon’s chronicle of a hedonistic society barreling toward downfall makes for an overwhelming theatrical experience.
Federico Fellini. 1969. 128 m. R. Italy, in Italian with subtitles.. Park Circus.
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Enter the Dragon
“The only real disappointment about Enter the Dragon is that it is Bruce Lee’s last movie.” (Time)
Take another look at Bruce Lee’s magnum opus, released after his death. The mix of kung fu fighting and James Bond intrigue is just plain fun, and the plot—which involves Lee infiltrating a bloodthirsty Asian crime empire—is a fantastic showcase of martial arts acrobatics, all staged by the star himself.
Robert Clouse. 1973. 99 m. R. Hong Kong/USA. Warner Bros.
Saturday, June 9
Babe: Pig in the City
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
Babe is set in the fields of a friendly farm, this equally magical but darker sequel takes everyone’s favorite talking pig to an unfamiliar city. With the help of a new group of animal friends, Babe overcomes myriad threats to achieve his goal: going home.
George Miller. 1998. 97 m. G. Australia. Universal Pictures.
Fellini Satyricon
Like your Fellini flamboyant? Look no further than this outlandish adult fairy tale. Opulent sets depict a decadent ancient Rome where characters move from one excess to another in a surreal progression of fragmented vignettes meant to “eliminate the borderline between dream and imagination.” Satyricon’s chronicle of a hedonistic society barreling toward downfall makes for an overwhelming theatrical experience.
Federico Fellini. 1969. 128 m. R. Italy, in Italian with subtitles.. Park Circus.
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The Decameron
A thief trapped inside a tomb, a sinful rogue declared a saint after death, and a deaf-mute who becomes the object of desire for a colony of nuns are among the handful of Boccaccio’s characters in this adaptation. Set in a gorgeously realized 14th-century Naples, Pasolini’s vision merges the bawdy and the beautiful, making moments of vulgarity and murder as absurdly humorous as they are strangely poetic.
Pier Paolo Pasolini. 1971. 112 m. R. France/Italy/West Germany, Italian with subtitles. Park Circus.
