Jacob Burns

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 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.

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 7:15 PM 9:25 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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2:35 PM 5:10 PM 7:25 PM 9:40 PM

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

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

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.

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 7:15 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 7:25 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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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

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 7:15 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

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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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

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

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 7:25 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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Official Website / Trailer | Chicago Sun-Times review

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

2:25 PM 5:05 PM 7:40 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 5:00 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 7:25 PM

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.

Join us upstairs in the Jane Peck Gallery for a reception after the film 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]

Tickets: $20 (members), $25 (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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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

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 7:15 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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Official Website / Trailer

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

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

Carol Channing: Larger Than Life

Official Website / Trailer | Variety review

"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.

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Dori Berinstein. 2011. 87 m. PG. USA. Entertainment One.

With filmmaker Dori Berinstein and Broadway legend Tommy Tune
Tickets: $10 (members), $15 (nonmembers)

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.

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.

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.

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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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

2:30 PM 4:45 PM

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.

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Luis Buñuel. 1964. 101 m. NR. US. Rialto Pictures.

7:05 PM 9:20 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.

The Bride Wore Black

2:30 PM 4:45 PM 7:05 PM 9:25 PM

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.

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.

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.

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Luis Buñuel. 1964. 101 m. NR. US. Rialto Pictures.

12:10 PM 2:30 PM

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.

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François Truffaut. 1962. 105 m. NR. France, in French/German with subtitles. Janus Films.

5:00 PM 7:15 PM

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.

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n/a. 2012. .

Tickets: $6 (members), $11 (nonmembers)

Chico & Rita

“The Wide World of Animation”

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.

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Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, Tono Errando. 2010. 94 m. NR. Spain/UK, English/Spanish. GKids.

2:30 PM 5:10 PM 7:10 PM

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.

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Luis Buñuel. 1964. 101 m. NR. US. Rialto Pictures.

Reel Talk w/JBFC Senior Programmer Christopher Funderburg
Tickets: $6 (members), $11 (nonmembers)

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.

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François Truffaut. 1962. 105 m. NR. France, in French/German with subtitles. Janus Films.

2:30 PM

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.

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Louis Malle. 1958. 90 m. NR. France, French. Janus Films.

5:00 PM 7:00 PM

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.

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Louis Malle. 1958. 90 m. NR. France, French. Janus Films.

2:30 PM 5:00 PM

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.

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Joseph Losey. 1976. 123 m. NR. France/Italy, French. Cultural Services of the French Embassy.

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?

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John Frankenheimer. 1964. 133 m. USA. MGM.

2:15 PM 5:00 PM

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.

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Louis Malle. 1958. 88 m. NR. France, French/German with subtitles. Rialto Pictures.

7:45 PM

The Innkeepers

“Fridays After Dark”

“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.

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Ti West. 2011. 100 m. NR. USA. Magnolia Pictures.

10:00 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.

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.

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François Ozon. 2005. 81 m. NR. France, French. Strand Releasing.

2:30 PM 5:10 PM

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