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Thursday, September 2
Mao's Last Dancer
"This film flies when Mr. Chi is on screen. When he is on stage, spinning and leaping to the strains of magnificent music, the film soars." (Wall Street Journal)
Bruce Beresford (Tender Mercies, Driving Miss Daisy) crafts an inspiring tale based on the the autobiography by Li Cunxin, who was plucked at age 11 from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. When Li falls in love with an American woman, a remarkable chain of events leads to his defection from Communist China and emergence as an elite dancer on the worldwide stage. Mao's Last Dancer poignantly captures the struggles, triumphs, and intoxicating effects of first love and celebrity amid the pain of exile.
Official Website / Trailer | Wall Street Journal review
Bruce Beresford. 2009. 117 m. PG. Australia, English/Mandarin. Samuel Goldwyn.
Get Low
"Duvall’s acting turns magical. Scary, touching, and full of grace." (Entertainment Weekly)
Based on a 1938 true story, Get Low features a majestic performance by Robert Duvall as Felix Bush, a hermit in the Tennessee backwoods who decides it is time to plan his funeral while he’s still alive. But his funeral will not be any old macabre occasion. Organized by a sleazy local undertaker (Bill Murray) and his sidekick (Lucas Black), no one is quite sure just what Felix has planned for this strange ritual.
Aaron Schnieder. 2009. 100 m. PG-13. Germany/Poland/US.
Armored Car Robbery
“The Big Score: The Greatest Heist Films”
THE SCORE: Can you guess?
Richard Fleischer, director of the noir classic The Narrow Margin, gives this film a raw force as blunt as its title. The plan couldn’t be more simple: Wait for the money to stop moving, and then take it. But the botched job leaves the culprits at the mercy of a vengeful cop, a two-timing stripper, and their mutual mistrust.
Robert Fleischer. 1950. 67 m. NR. USA. Warner Bros.
Friday, September 3
Get Low
"Duvall’s acting turns magical. Scary, touching, and full of grace." (Entertainment Weekly)
Based on a 1938 true story, Get Low features a majestic performance by Robert Duvall as Felix Bush, a hermit in the Tennessee backwoods who decides it is time to plan his funeral while he’s still alive. But his funeral will not be any old macabre occasion. Organized by a sleazy local undertaker (Bill Murray) and his sidekick (Lucas Black), no one is quite sure just what Felix has planned for this strange ritual.
Aaron Schnieder. 2009. 100 m. PG-13. Germany/Poland/US.
Soul Kitchen
“Fatih Akin: From Berlin to Istanbul and Back”
“A tasty confection...filled with brisk pacing, sharp ideas, and eclectic music.” (Hollywood Reporter)
Akin’s newest film might be his biggest crowd-pleaser yet: a pitch-perfect feast of comedy and music centered around a struggling restaurateur and his charmingly ramshackle efforts to bring great food and great tunes to the masses. Packed with terrific characters and scenes including Head-On’s Birol Unel as a brilliant lunatic of a chef, the most hilariously incompetent burglary of all time, and an important lesson about why you shouldn’t screw with the IRS.
Official Website / Trailer | Hollywood Reporter review
Fatih Akin. 2009. 99 m. NR. Germany, German with subtitles. IFC Films.
Farewell
"The movie is stunningly intelligent; the concluding passages... are frightening and, finally, very moving." (The New Yorker)
In 1981, KGB Colonel Sergei Grigoriev, disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become, decides he is going to change the world by dumping national secrets into the lap of a French engineer working in Moscow. As the two men form an unlikely, strained relationship, they risk everything to deliver classified information to the West, hoping to topple the old order of the Soviet Union. This true story constitutes one of the most important Cold War espionage operations known to date.
Christian Carion. 2009. 113 m. NR. France, English/French/Russian with subtitles. NeoClassics Films.
Mao's Last Dancer
"This film flies when Mr. Chi is on screen. When he is on stage, spinning and leaping to the strains of magnificent music, the film soars." (Wall Street Journal)
Bruce Beresford (Tender Mercies, Driving Miss Daisy) crafts an inspiring tale based on the the autobiography by Li Cunxin, who was plucked at age 11 from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. When Li falls in love with an American woman, a remarkable chain of events leads to his defection from Communist China and emergence as an elite dancer on the worldwide stage. Mao's Last Dancer poignantly captures the struggles, triumphs, and intoxicating effects of first love and celebrity amid the pain of exile.
Official Website / Trailer | Wall Street Journal review
Bruce Beresford. 2009. 117 m. PG. Australia, English/Mandarin. Samuel Goldwyn.
Saturday, September 4
My Neighbor Totoro
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
Pure delight from the animation virtuoso Hayao Miyazaki. This is the magical story of two sisters who move to the country, find a protector in the form of a forest spirit who resembles an enormous bunny rabbit, and take an enchanted journey on the multilegged Catbus.
Hayao Miyazaki. 1988. 86 m. G. Japan, in English.
Farewell
"The movie is stunningly intelligent; the concluding passages... are frightening and, finally, very moving." (The New Yorker)
In 1981, KGB Colonel Sergei Grigoriev, disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become, decides he is going to change the world by dumping national secrets into the lap of a French engineer working in Moscow. As the two men form an unlikely, strained relationship, they risk everything to deliver classified information to the West, hoping to topple the old order of the Soviet Union. This true story constitutes one of the most important Cold War espionage operations known to date.
Christian Carion. 2009. 113 m. NR. France, English/French/Russian with subtitles. NeoClassics Films.
Get Low
"Duvall’s acting turns magical. Scary, touching, and full of grace." (Entertainment Weekly)
Based on a 1938 true story, Get Low features a majestic performance by Robert Duvall as Felix Bush, a hermit in the Tennessee backwoods who decides it is time to plan his funeral while he’s still alive. But his funeral will not be any old macabre occasion. Organized by a sleazy local undertaker (Bill Murray) and his sidekick (Lucas Black), no one is quite sure just what Felix has planned for this strange ritual.
Aaron Schnieder. 2009. 100 m. PG-13. Germany/Poland/US.
Soul Kitchen
“Fatih Akin: From Berlin to Istanbul and Back”
“A tasty confection...filled with brisk pacing, sharp ideas, and eclectic music.” (Hollywood Reporter)
Akin’s newest film might be his biggest crowd-pleaser yet: a pitch-perfect feast of comedy and music centered around a struggling restaurateur and his charmingly ramshackle efforts to bring great food and great tunes to the masses. Packed with terrific characters and scenes including Head-On’s Birol Unel as a brilliant lunatic of a chef, the most hilariously incompetent burglary of all time, and an important lesson about why you shouldn’t screw with the IRS.
Official Website / Trailer | Hollywood Reporter review
Fatih Akin. 2009. 99 m. NR. Germany, German with subtitles. IFC Films.
Mao's Last Dancer
"This film flies when Mr. Chi is on screen. When he is on stage, spinning and leaping to the strains of magnificent music, the film soars." (Wall Street Journal)
Bruce Beresford (Tender Mercies, Driving Miss Daisy) crafts an inspiring tale based on the the autobiography by Li Cunxin, who was plucked at age 11 from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. When Li falls in love with an American woman, a remarkable chain of events leads to his defection from Communist China and emergence as an elite dancer on the worldwide stage. Mao's Last Dancer poignantly captures the struggles, triumphs, and intoxicating effects of first love and celebrity amid the pain of exile.
Official Website / Trailer | Wall Street Journal review
Bruce Beresford. 2009. 117 m. PG. Australia, English/Mandarin. Samuel Goldwyn.
North By Northwest
“Hitchcock’s ultimate wrong-man comedy.” (Village Voice)
The votes have been tallied for this year's SCREENINGS UNDER THE STARS, and the winner is North by Northwest—a big, gripping thriller featuring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint and filled with scenes that have been seared into moviegoers’ minds: A crop duster “dusting crops where there ain’t no crops.” Giant stone faces on Mt. Rushmore. A train barreling into a tunnel. Screenplay by Ernest Lehman, who set out to write “the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures” and succeeded.
Join us for this FREE outdoor movie event at sundown, in Parkway Field (Marble Ave., Pleasantville, NY). Screening will be preceded by an animated short created by students in our Minds in Motion program.
Presented in partnership with the Village of Pleasantville.
Alfred Hitchcock. 1959. 136 m. NR. US. Warner Bros.
7:00 Free outdoor movie. Starts at sundown!
Sunday, September 5
My Neighbor Totoro
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
Pure delight from the animation virtuoso Hayao Miyazaki. This is the magical story of two sisters who move to the country, find a protector in the form of a forest spirit who resembles an enormous bunny rabbit, and take an enchanted journey on the multilegged Catbus.
Hayao Miyazaki. 1988. 86 m. G. Japan, in English.
Farewell
"The movie is stunningly intelligent; the concluding passages... are frightening and, finally, very moving." (The New Yorker)
In 1981, KGB Colonel Sergei Grigoriev, disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become, decides he is going to change the world by dumping national secrets into the lap of a French engineer working in Moscow. As the two men form an unlikely, strained relationship, they risk everything to deliver classified information to the West, hoping to topple the old order of the Soviet Union. This true story constitutes one of the most important Cold War espionage operations known to date.
Christian Carion. 2009. 113 m. NR. France, English/French/Russian with subtitles. NeoClassics Films.
Soul Kitchen
“Fatih Akin: From Berlin to Istanbul and Back”
“A tasty confection...filled with brisk pacing, sharp ideas, and eclectic music.” (Hollywood Reporter)
Akin’s newest film might be his biggest crowd-pleaser yet: a pitch-perfect feast of comedy and music centered around a struggling restaurateur and his charmingly ramshackle efforts to bring great food and great tunes to the masses. Packed with terrific characters and scenes including Head-On’s Birol Unel as a brilliant lunatic of a chef, the most hilariously incompetent burglary of all time, and an important lesson about why you shouldn’t screw with the IRS.
Official Website / Trailer | Hollywood Reporter review
Fatih Akin. 2009. 99 m. NR. Germany, German with subtitles. IFC Films.
Get Low
"Duvall’s acting turns magical. Scary, touching, and full of grace." (Entertainment Weekly)
Based on a 1938 true story, Get Low features a majestic performance by Robert Duvall as Felix Bush, a hermit in the Tennessee backwoods who decides it is time to plan his funeral while he’s still alive. But his funeral will not be any old macabre occasion. Organized by a sleazy local undertaker (Bill Murray) and his sidekick (Lucas Black), no one is quite sure just what Felix has planned for this strange ritual.
Aaron Schnieder. 2009. 100 m. PG-13. Germany/Poland/US.
Mao's Last Dancer
"This film flies when Mr. Chi is on screen. When he is on stage, spinning and leaping to the strains of magnificent music, the film soars." (Wall Street Journal)
Bruce Beresford (Tender Mercies, Driving Miss Daisy) crafts an inspiring tale based on the the autobiography by Li Cunxin, who was plucked at age 11 from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. When Li falls in love with an American woman, a remarkable chain of events leads to his defection from Communist China and emergence as an elite dancer on the worldwide stage. Mao's Last Dancer poignantly captures the struggles, triumphs, and intoxicating effects of first love and celebrity amid the pain of exile.
Official Website / Trailer | Wall Street Journal review
Bruce Beresford. 2009. 117 m. PG. Australia, English/Mandarin. Samuel Goldwyn.
Monday, September 6
My Neighbor Totoro
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
Pure delight from the animation virtuoso Hayao Miyazaki. This is the magical story of two sisters who move to the country, find a protector in the form of a forest spirit who resembles an enormous bunny rabbit, and take an enchanted journey on the multilegged Catbus.
Hayao Miyazaki. 1988. 86 m. G. Japan, in English.
Farewell
"The movie is stunningly intelligent; the concluding passages... are frightening and, finally, very moving." (The New Yorker)
In 1981, KGB Colonel Sergei Grigoriev, disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become, decides he is going to change the world by dumping national secrets into the lap of a French engineer working in Moscow. As the two men form an unlikely, strained relationship, they risk everything to deliver classified information to the West, hoping to topple the old order of the Soviet Union. This true story constitutes one of the most important Cold War espionage operations known to date.
Christian Carion. 2009. 113 m. NR. France, English/French/Russian with subtitles. NeoClassics Films.
Soul Kitchen
“Fatih Akin: From Berlin to Istanbul and Back”
“A tasty confection...filled with brisk pacing, sharp ideas, and eclectic music.” (Hollywood Reporter)
Akin’s newest film might be his biggest crowd-pleaser yet: a pitch-perfect feast of comedy and music centered around a struggling restaurateur and his charmingly ramshackle efforts to bring great food and great tunes to the masses. Packed with terrific characters and scenes including Head-On’s Birol Unel as a brilliant lunatic of a chef, the most hilariously incompetent burglary of all time, and an important lesson about why you shouldn’t screw with the IRS.
Official Website / Trailer | Hollywood Reporter review
Fatih Akin. 2009. 99 m. NR. Germany, German with subtitles. IFC Films.
Get Low
"Duvall’s acting turns magical. Scary, touching, and full of grace." (Entertainment Weekly)
Based on a 1938 true story, Get Low features a majestic performance by Robert Duvall as Felix Bush, a hermit in the Tennessee backwoods who decides it is time to plan his funeral while he’s still alive. But his funeral will not be any old macabre occasion. Organized by a sleazy local undertaker (Bill Murray) and his sidekick (Lucas Black), no one is quite sure just what Felix has planned for this strange ritual.
Aaron Schnieder. 2009. 100 m. PG-13. Germany/Poland/US.
Mao's Last Dancer
"This film flies when Mr. Chi is on screen. When he is on stage, spinning and leaping to the strains of magnificent music, the film soars." (Wall Street Journal)
Bruce Beresford (Tender Mercies, Driving Miss Daisy) crafts an inspiring tale based on the the autobiography by Li Cunxin, who was plucked at age 11 from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. When Li falls in love with an American woman, a remarkable chain of events leads to his defection from Communist China and emergence as an elite dancer on the worldwide stage. Mao's Last Dancer poignantly captures the struggles, triumphs, and intoxicating effects of first love and celebrity amid the pain of exile.
Official Website / Trailer | Wall Street Journal review
Bruce Beresford. 2009. 117 m. PG. Australia, English/Mandarin. Samuel Goldwyn.
Head-On
“Fatih Akin: From Berlin to Istanbul and Back”
“This savage and staggering film knows how to take our breath away.” (LA Times)
Akin’s stunning breakthrough follows the sham marriage between an aging punk rocker and a Turkish Muslim woman looking to escape her repressive, traditional household. A raw, sensual, and intense film revolving around explosive performances by Birol Unel and Sibel Kekilli. Unforgettable. Winner of Best Picture (among other honors) at both the German and European version of the Academy Awards.
Q&A Sept. 6, 7:15: REEL TALK with Senior Programmer Christopher Funderburg
Fatih Akin. 2004. 121 m. R. Germany/Turkey, English/German/Turkish with subtitles. Strand Releasing.
Tickets: $6 (members), $11 (nonmembers)
Tuesday, September 7
Farewell
"The movie is stunningly intelligent; the concluding passages... are frightening and, finally, very moving." (The New Yorker)
In 1981, KGB Colonel Sergei Grigoriev, disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become, decides he is going to change the world by dumping national secrets into the lap of a French engineer working in Moscow. As the two men form an unlikely, strained relationship, they risk everything to deliver classified information to the West, hoping to topple the old order of the Soviet Union. This true story constitutes one of the most important Cold War espionage operations known to date.
Christian Carion. 2009. 113 m. NR. France, English/French/Russian with subtitles. NeoClassics Films.
Soul Kitchen
“Fatih Akin: From Berlin to Istanbul and Back”
“A tasty confection...filled with brisk pacing, sharp ideas, and eclectic music.” (Hollywood Reporter)
Akin’s newest film might be his biggest crowd-pleaser yet: a pitch-perfect feast of comedy and music centered around a struggling restaurateur and his charmingly ramshackle efforts to bring great food and great tunes to the masses. Packed with terrific characters and scenes including Head-On’s Birol Unel as a brilliant lunatic of a chef, the most hilariously incompetent burglary of all time, and an important lesson about why you shouldn’t screw with the IRS.
Official Website / Trailer | Hollywood Reporter review
Fatih Akin. 2009. 99 m. NR. Germany, German with subtitles. IFC Films.
Get Low
"Duvall’s acting turns magical. Scary, touching, and full of grace." (Entertainment Weekly)
Based on a 1938 true story, Get Low features a majestic performance by Robert Duvall as Felix Bush, a hermit in the Tennessee backwoods who decides it is time to plan his funeral while he’s still alive. But his funeral will not be any old macabre occasion. Organized by a sleazy local undertaker (Bill Murray) and his sidekick (Lucas Black), no one is quite sure just what Felix has planned for this strange ritual.
Aaron Schnieder. 2009. 100 m. PG-13. Germany/Poland/US.
Mao's Last Dancer
"This film flies when Mr. Chi is on screen. When he is on stage, spinning and leaping to the strains of magnificent music, the film soars." (Wall Street Journal)
Bruce Beresford (Tender Mercies, Driving Miss Daisy) crafts an inspiring tale based on the the autobiography by Li Cunxin, who was plucked at age 11 from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. When Li falls in love with an American woman, a remarkable chain of events leads to his defection from Communist China and emergence as an elite dancer on the worldwide stage. Mao's Last Dancer poignantly captures the struggles, triumphs, and intoxicating effects of first love and celebrity amid the pain of exile.
Official Website / Trailer | Wall Street Journal review
Bruce Beresford. 2009. 117 m. PG. Australia, English/Mandarin. Samuel Goldwyn.
Wednesday, September 8
Farewell
"The movie is stunningly intelligent; the concluding passages... are frightening and, finally, very moving." (The New Yorker)
In 1981, KGB Colonel Sergei Grigoriev, disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become, decides he is going to change the world by dumping national secrets into the lap of a French engineer working in Moscow. As the two men form an unlikely, strained relationship, they risk everything to deliver classified information to the West, hoping to topple the old order of the Soviet Union. This true story constitutes one of the most important Cold War espionage operations known to date.
Christian Carion. 2009. 113 m. NR. France, English/French/Russian with subtitles. NeoClassics Films.
Soul Kitchen
“Fatih Akin: From Berlin to Istanbul and Back”
“A tasty confection...filled with brisk pacing, sharp ideas, and eclectic music.” (Hollywood Reporter)
Akin’s newest film might be his biggest crowd-pleaser yet: a pitch-perfect feast of comedy and music centered around a struggling restaurateur and his charmingly ramshackle efforts to bring great food and great tunes to the masses. Packed with terrific characters and scenes including Head-On’s Birol Unel as a brilliant lunatic of a chef, the most hilariously incompetent burglary of all time, and an important lesson about why you shouldn’t screw with the IRS.
Official Website / Trailer | Hollywood Reporter review
Fatih Akin. 2009. 99 m. NR. Germany, German with subtitles. IFC Films.
Get Low
"Duvall’s acting turns magical. Scary, touching, and full of grace." (Entertainment Weekly)
Based on a 1938 true story, Get Low features a majestic performance by Robert Duvall as Felix Bush, a hermit in the Tennessee backwoods who decides it is time to plan his funeral while he’s still alive. But his funeral will not be any old macabre occasion. Organized by a sleazy local undertaker (Bill Murray) and his sidekick (Lucas Black), no one is quite sure just what Felix has planned for this strange ritual.
Aaron Schnieder. 2009. 100 m. PG-13. Germany/Poland/US.
Mao's Last Dancer
"This film flies when Mr. Chi is on screen. When he is on stage, spinning and leaping to the strains of magnificent music, the film soars." (Wall Street Journal)
Bruce Beresford (Tender Mercies, Driving Miss Daisy) crafts an inspiring tale based on the the autobiography by Li Cunxin, who was plucked at age 11 from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. When Li falls in love with an American woman, a remarkable chain of events leads to his defection from Communist China and emergence as an elite dancer on the worldwide stage. Mao's Last Dancer poignantly captures the struggles, triumphs, and intoxicating effects of first love and celebrity amid the pain of exile.
Official Website / Trailer | Wall Street Journal review
Bruce Beresford. 2009. 117 m. PG. Australia, English/Mandarin. Samuel Goldwyn.
Thursday, September 9
Get Low
"Duvall’s acting turns magical. Scary, touching, and full of grace." (Entertainment Weekly)
Based on a 1938 true story, Get Low features a majestic performance by Robert Duvall as Felix Bush, a hermit in the Tennessee backwoods who decides it is time to plan his funeral while he’s still alive. But his funeral will not be any old macabre occasion. Organized by a sleazy local undertaker (Bill Murray) and his sidekick (Lucas Black), no one is quite sure just what Felix has planned for this strange ritual.
Aaron Schnieder. 2009. 100 m. PG-13. Germany/Poland/US.
Mao's Last Dancer
"This film flies when Mr. Chi is on screen. When he is on stage, spinning and leaping to the strains of magnificent music, the film soars." (Wall Street Journal)
Bruce Beresford (Tender Mercies, Driving Miss Daisy) crafts an inspiring tale based on the the autobiography by Li Cunxin, who was plucked at age 11 from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. When Li falls in love with an American woman, a remarkable chain of events leads to his defection from Communist China and emergence as an elite dancer on the worldwide stage. Mao's Last Dancer poignantly captures the struggles, triumphs, and intoxicating effects of first love and celebrity amid the pain of exile.
Official Website / Trailer | Wall Street Journal review
Bruce Beresford. 2009. 117 m. PG. Australia, English/Mandarin. Samuel Goldwyn.
Soul Kitchen
“Fatih Akin: From Berlin to Istanbul and Back”
“A tasty confection...filled with brisk pacing, sharp ideas, and eclectic music.” (Hollywood Reporter)
Akin’s newest film might be his biggest crowd-pleaser yet: a pitch-perfect feast of comedy and music centered around a struggling restaurateur and his charmingly ramshackle efforts to bring great food and great tunes to the masses. Packed with terrific characters and scenes including Head-On’s Birol Unel as a brilliant lunatic of a chef, the most hilariously incompetent burglary of all time, and an important lesson about why you shouldn’t screw with the IRS.
Official Website / Trailer | Hollywood Reporter review
Fatih Akin. 2009. 99 m. NR. Germany, German with subtitles. IFC Films.
The Romantics
Over the course of one raucous night at a seaside wedding, seven close friends reconvene to watch two of their own tie the knot. Friendships and alliances are tested as a love triangle comes to a head the night before the wedding, when the drunken friends frolic in the nearby surf and return to shore—without the groom. Based on the heralded novel by Galt Niederhoffer, The Romantics is a zeitgeist love story and generational comedy that breathes new life into the genre and recaptures the camaraderie of youth. With an ensemble cast including Katie Holmes, Anna Paquin, Josh Duhamel, Elijah Wood, and many others.
Q&A: producer, novelist, director Galt Niederhoffer will be interviewed by New York Times critic Janet Maslin
Galt Niederhoffer. 2010. 95 m. PG-13. US.
Tickets: $10 (members), $15 (nonmembers)
Friday, September 10
The Edge of Heaven
“Fatih Akin: From Berlin to Istanbul and Back”
“Four stars! Wonderful, sad, touching.” (Roger Ebert)
Emotionally delicate and subtle, Heaven showcases the range of Akin’s talent with a sprawling international story about the interconnections (and lack thereof) among three very different parents and their assortment of children. Turns by the legendary Hanna Schygulla as a mother searching for closure after her daughter’s murder and the devastatingly beautiful Nurgül Yesilçay as a political revolutionary are among the many brilliant performances.
Fatih Akin. 2007. 122 m. NR. Germany, English/German/Turkish with subtitles. Strand Releasing.
Saturday, September 11
The Valley of Gwangi
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
After cowboys at a Wild West show discover a new attraction—a tiny prehistoric horse—in the Mexican desert, they’re off to see what else they can find. Imagine their excitement when they encounter living dinosaurs. Imagine the dinosaurs’ objections. Thrilling pursuits and intense battles ensue, with spectacular Harryhausen effects.
James O'Connolly. 1969. 96 m. G. US. Warner Bros.
Head-On
“Fatih Akin: From Berlin to Istanbul and Back”
“This savage and staggering film knows how to take our breath away.” (LA Times)
Akin’s stunning breakthrough follows the sham marriage between an aging punk rocker and a Turkish Muslim woman looking to escape her repressive, traditional household. A raw, sensual, and intense film revolving around explosive performances by Birol Unel and Sibel Kekilli. Unforgettable. Winner of Best Picture (among other honors) at both the German and European version of the Academy Awards.
Q&A Sept. 6, 7:15: REEL TALK with Senior Programmer Christopher Funderburg
Fatih Akin. 2004. 121 m. R. Germany/Turkey, English/German/Turkish with subtitles. Strand Releasing.
Sunday, September 12
The Valley of Gwangi
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
After cowboys at a Wild West show discover a new attraction—a tiny prehistoric horse—in the Mexican desert, they’re off to see what else they can find. Imagine their excitement when they encounter living dinosaurs. Imagine the dinosaurs’ objections. Thrilling pursuits and intense battles ensue, with spectacular Harryhausen effects.
James O'Connolly. 1969. 96 m. G. US. Warner Bros.
Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul
“Fatih Akin: From Berlin to Istanbul and Back”
“This is a city that never forgets its past, a history that this remarkable film enables us all to share.” (LA Times)
In all of his films, Akin displays an astonishing ear for music, and this documentary about the contemporary Turkish music scene showcases that talent. Featuring an eclectic mix of styles and performers, the film brings together Romany folk music traditionalists, underground rappers, and the Turkish version of aging classic rockers—while effortlessly keeping the political ramifications of their music in the conversation.
Fatih Akin. 2005. 90 m. Germany/Turkey, English/German/Kurdish/Turkish with subtitles. Strand Releasing.
Monday, September 13
Head-On
“Fatih Akin: From Berlin to Istanbul and Back”
“This savage and staggering film knows how to take our breath away.” (LA Times)
Akin’s stunning breakthrough follows the sham marriage between an aging punk rocker and a Turkish Muslim woman looking to escape her repressive, traditional household. A raw, sensual, and intense film revolving around explosive performances by Birol Unel and Sibel Kekilli. Unforgettable. Winner of Best Picture (among other honors) at both the German and European version of the Academy Awards.
Q&A Sept. 6, 7:15: REEL TALK with Senior Programmer Christopher Funderburg
Fatih Akin. 2004. 121 m. R. Germany/Turkey, English/German/Turkish with subtitles. Strand Releasing.
Tuesday, September 14
In July
“Fatih Akin: From Berlin to Istanbul and Back”
“Winsome...a classic ‘promising debut.’” (Washington Post)
A kinetic romantic comedy starring Moritz Bleibtreu (the hilarious petty crook from Soul Kitchen) as a hapless teacher on a journey from Hamburg to Istanbul—his trouble-ridden trip the result of a whim to be with the stranger he believes will become the love of his life. A sweet, sexy, and stylish film that recalls both Run, Lola, Run and Amélie but with an unmistakable blend of humor, intelligence, and international flavor that’s all Akin’s own.
Fatih Akin. 2000. 99 m. NR. Germany, Various languages with subtitles. Swank Releasing.
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
PREVIEW SCREENING! In this documentary and an accompanying book, Mary Murphy explores the power, influence, and popularity of To Kill a Mockingbird. With reflections from Anna Quindlen, Tom Brokaw, James McBride, James Patterson, Wally Lamb, Oprah Winfrey and more, Hey Boo chronicles the many ways the novel has shaped lives and careers. Though Harper Lee has not given an interview since 1964, Murphy’s reporting, research and rare interviews with the author’s sister and friends reveal the remarkable story of how the novel came to be, what happened to the author after it was published, and how it has impacted so many.
Q&A: author and director Mary Murphy will be interviewed by New York Times critic Janet Maslin
Mary Murphy. 2010. 78 m. NR. US.
Tickets: $6 (members), $11 (nonmembers)
Wednesday, September 15
Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul
“Fatih Akin: From Berlin to Istanbul and Back”
“This is a city that never forgets its past, a history that this remarkable film enables us all to share.” (LA Times)
In all of his films, Akin displays an astonishing ear for music, and this documentary about the contemporary Turkish music scene showcases that talent. Featuring an eclectic mix of styles and performers, the film brings together Romany folk music traditionalists, underground rappers, and the Turkish version of aging classic rockers—while effortlessly keeping the political ramifications of their music in the conversation.
Fatih Akin. 2005. 90 m. Germany/Turkey, English/German/Kurdish/Turkish with subtitles. Strand Releasing.
Thursday, September 16
The Edge of Heaven
“Fatih Akin: From Berlin to Istanbul and Back”
“Four stars! Wonderful, sad, touching.” (Roger Ebert)
Emotionally delicate and subtle, Heaven showcases the range of Akin’s talent with a sprawling international story about the interconnections (and lack thereof) among three very different parents and their assortment of children. Turns by the legendary Hanna Schygulla as a mother searching for closure after her daughter’s murder and the devastatingly beautiful Nurgül Yesilçay as a political revolutionary are among the many brilliant performances.
Fatih Akin. 2007. 122 m. NR. Germany, English/German/Turkish with subtitles. Strand Releasing.
Friday, September 17
Daddy Longlegs
From emerging filmmakers Ben and Joshua Safdie comes Daddy Longlegs, a hit at last year's Cannes and this year's Sundance Film Festival. The film tells the story of a troubled and sometimes irresponsible single father during a two week custody visit with his two young sons in New York City. Invoking the rough, wild, and loose 1970s style of John Cassavetes and Jerry Schatzberg, "Daddy Longlegs is a risky, heartbreaking exercise in empathy toward a person who may not deserve it." (New York Times)
Q&A: writer/directors Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
Ben Safdie/Joshua Safdie. 2010. 100 m. US. IFC Films.
Tickets: $6 (members), $11 (nonmembers)
Fritz Lang's Metropolis
"So an 80-year quest that ranged over three continents seems finally to be over. The cumulative result is a version of Metropolis whose tone and focus have been changed. The balance of the story has been given back." (New York Times)
Finding the original version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis has long been one of the holy grails of cinema. One of the universally acknowledged masterpieces of the silent film canon, it had not been seen in full since its 1927 Berlin premiere, when a great deal of its footage was removed, and, until recently, presumed destroyed. However, a chance discovery by an Argentine film archivist at the Museo del Cine has unearthed the complete version of Lang's vision, and the Jacob Burns Film Center is pleased to announce a weeklong run of the digital restoration, with an opening night of the wonderful Alloy Orchestra to revive one of the great films of the silent era.
LIVE PERFORMANCE Sept. 17, 7:00 pm: The Alloy Orchestra will perform a live musical accompaniment to the restored Metropolis. Alloy has been lauded as "the best in the world at accompanying silent films" by Roger Ebert, and has performed the world over—from the Louvre to Lincoln Center.
LIVE PERFORMANCE Sept. 22, 7:00 pm: Ben Model will perform a live piano accompaniment. Model has been playing scores for silent films at the Burns, the Museum of Modern Art, and other venues since 1984.
Sponsored by the Westchester Community Foundation and made possible through The Rudyard and Emanuella Reimss Fund, which is dedicated to promoting Germanic culture in Westchester County.
Fritz Lang. 1927. 147 m. NR. Germany, Silent with music. Kino International.
Tickets: $15 (members), $20 (nonmembers)
Saturday, September 18
Jason and the Argonauts
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
As if the storyline for Jason’s epic quest for the Golden Fleece weren’t exciting enough on its own, Harryhausen embellished it with a series of fantastic stop-motion mythic monsters for the hero to conquer. And conquer he does. Who needs Luke Skywalker and his lightsaber when you’ve got Jason and his sword?
Don Chaffey. 1963. 104 m. G. UK/US. Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Fritz Lang's Metropolis
"So an 80-year quest that ranged over three continents seems finally to be over. The cumulative result is a version of Metropolis whose tone and focus have been changed. The balance of the story has been given back." (New York Times)
Finding the original version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis has long been one of the holy grails of cinema. One of the universally acknowledged masterpieces of the silent film canon, it had not been seen in full since its 1927 Berlin premiere, when a great deal of its footage was removed, and, until recently, presumed destroyed. However, a chance discovery by an Argentine film archivist at the Museo del Cine has unearthed the complete version of Lang's vision, and the Jacob Burns Film Center is pleased to announce a weeklong run of the digital restoration, with an opening night of the wonderful Alloy Orchestra to revive one of the great films of the silent era.
LIVE PERFORMANCE Sept. 17, 7:00 pm: The Alloy Orchestra will perform a live musical accompaniment to the restored Metropolis. Alloy has been lauded as "the best in the world at accompanying silent films" by Roger Ebert, and has performed the world over—from the Louvre to Lincoln Center.
LIVE PERFORMANCE Sept. 22, 7:00 pm: Ben Model will perform a live piano accompaniment. Model has been playing scores for silent films at the Burns, the Museum of Modern Art, and other venues since 1984.
Sponsored by the Westchester Community Foundation and made possible through The Rudyard and Emanuella Reimss Fund, which is dedicated to promoting Germanic culture in Westchester County.
Fritz Lang. 1927. 147 m. NR. Germany, Silent with music. Kino International.
Sunday, September 19
Jason and the Argonauts
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
As if the storyline for Jason’s epic quest for the Golden Fleece weren’t exciting enough on its own, Harryhausen embellished it with a series of fantastic stop-motion mythic monsters for the hero to conquer. And conquer he does. Who needs Luke Skywalker and his lightsaber when you’ve got Jason and his sword?
Don Chaffey. 1963. 104 m. G. UK/US. Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Fritz Lang's Metropolis
"So an 80-year quest that ranged over three continents seems finally to be over. The cumulative result is a version of Metropolis whose tone and focus have been changed. The balance of the story has been given back." (New York Times)
Finding the original version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis has long been one of the holy grails of cinema. One of the universally acknowledged masterpieces of the silent film canon, it had not been seen in full since its 1927 Berlin premiere, when a great deal of its footage was removed, and, until recently, presumed destroyed. However, a chance discovery by an Argentine film archivist at the Museo del Cine has unearthed the complete version of Lang's vision, and the Jacob Burns Film Center is pleased to announce a weeklong run of the digital restoration, with an opening night of the wonderful Alloy Orchestra to revive one of the great films of the silent era.
LIVE PERFORMANCE Sept. 17, 7:00 pm: The Alloy Orchestra will perform a live musical accompaniment to the restored Metropolis. Alloy has been lauded as "the best in the world at accompanying silent films" by Roger Ebert, and has performed the world over—from the Louvre to Lincoln Center.
LIVE PERFORMANCE Sept. 22, 7:00 pm: Ben Model will perform a live piano accompaniment. Model has been playing scores for silent films at the Burns, the Museum of Modern Art, and other venues since 1984.
Sponsored by the Westchester Community Foundation and made possible through The Rudyard and Emanuella Reimss Fund, which is dedicated to promoting Germanic culture in Westchester County.
Fritz Lang. 1927. 147 m. NR. Germany, Silent with music. Kino International.
Howl
It’s San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) to find his true voice as an artist, the obscenity trial that encapsulated society's reaction, and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment—the birth of a counterculture.
Q&A: writer/directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman will be interviewed by New York Times critic Janet Maslin
Rob Epstein/Jeffrey Friedman. 2010. 90 m. NR. US. Oscilloscope.
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Monday, September 20
Fritz Lang's Metropolis
"So an 80-year quest that ranged over three continents seems finally to be over. The cumulative result is a version of Metropolis whose tone and focus have been changed. The balance of the story has been given back." (New York Times)
Finding the original version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis has long been one of the holy grails of cinema. One of the universally acknowledged masterpieces of the silent film canon, it had not been seen in full since its 1927 Berlin premiere, when a great deal of its footage was removed, and, until recently, presumed destroyed. However, a chance discovery by an Argentine film archivist at the Museo del Cine has unearthed the complete version of Lang's vision, and the Jacob Burns Film Center is pleased to announce a weeklong run of the digital restoration, with an opening night of the wonderful Alloy Orchestra to revive one of the great films of the silent era.
LIVE PERFORMANCE Sept. 17, 7:00 pm: The Alloy Orchestra will perform a live musical accompaniment to the restored Metropolis. Alloy has been lauded as "the best in the world at accompanying silent films" by Roger Ebert, and has performed the world over—from the Louvre to Lincoln Center.
LIVE PERFORMANCE Sept. 22, 7:00 pm: Ben Model will perform a live piano accompaniment. Model has been playing scores for silent films at the Burns, the Museum of Modern Art, and other venues since 1984.
Sponsored by the Westchester Community Foundation and made possible through The Rudyard and Emanuella Reimss Fund, which is dedicated to promoting Germanic culture in Westchester County.
Fritz Lang. 1927. 147 m. NR. Germany, Silent with music. Kino International.
Tuesday, September 21
Fritz Lang's Metropolis
"So an 80-year quest that ranged over three continents seems finally to be over. The cumulative result is a version of Metropolis whose tone and focus have been changed. The balance of the story has been given back." (New York Times)
Finding the original version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis has long been one of the holy grails of cinema. One of the universally acknowledged masterpieces of the silent film canon, it had not been seen in full since its 1927 Berlin premiere, when a great deal of its footage was removed, and, until recently, presumed destroyed. However, a chance discovery by an Argentine film archivist at the Museo del Cine has unearthed the complete version of Lang's vision, and the Jacob Burns Film Center is pleased to announce a weeklong run of the digital restoration, with an opening night of the wonderful Alloy Orchestra to revive one of the great films of the silent era.
LIVE PERFORMANCE Sept. 17, 7:00 pm: The Alloy Orchestra will perform a live musical accompaniment to the restored Metropolis. Alloy has been lauded as "the best in the world at accompanying silent films" by Roger Ebert, and has performed the world over—from the Louvre to Lincoln Center.
LIVE PERFORMANCE Sept. 22, 7:00 pm: Ben Model will perform a live piano accompaniment. Model has been playing scores for silent films at the Burns, the Museum of Modern Art, and other venues since 1984.
Sponsored by the Westchester Community Foundation and made possible through The Rudyard and Emanuella Reimss Fund, which is dedicated to promoting Germanic culture in Westchester County.
Fritz Lang. 1927. 147 m. NR. Germany, Silent with music. Kino International.
Wednesday, September 22
Fritz Lang's Metropolis
"So an 80-year quest that ranged over three continents seems finally to be over. The cumulative result is a version of Metropolis whose tone and focus have been changed. The balance of the story has been given back." (New York Times)
Finding the original version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis has long been one of the holy grails of cinema. One of the universally acknowledged masterpieces of the silent film canon, it had not been seen in full since its 1927 Berlin premiere, when a great deal of its footage was removed, and, until recently, presumed destroyed. However, a chance discovery by an Argentine film archivist at the Museo del Cine has unearthed the complete version of Lang's vision, and the Jacob Burns Film Center is pleased to announce a weeklong run of the digital restoration, with an opening night of the wonderful Alloy Orchestra to revive one of the great films of the silent era.
LIVE PERFORMANCE Sept. 17, 7:00 pm: The Alloy Orchestra will perform a live musical accompaniment to the restored Metropolis. Alloy has been lauded as "the best in the world at accompanying silent films" by Roger Ebert, and has performed the world over—from the Louvre to Lincoln Center.
LIVE PERFORMANCE Sept. 22, 7:00 pm: Ben Model will perform a live piano accompaniment. Model has been playing scores for silent films at the Burns, the Museum of Modern Art, and other venues since 1984.
Sponsored by the Westchester Community Foundation and made possible through The Rudyard and Emanuella Reimss Fund, which is dedicated to promoting Germanic culture in Westchester County.
Fritz Lang. 1927. 147 m. NR. Germany, Silent with music. Kino International.
Tickets: $9 (members), $14 (nonmembers)
Thursday, September 23
Fritz Lang's Metropolis
"So an 80-year quest that ranged over three continents seems finally to be over. The cumulative result is a version of Metropolis whose tone and focus have been changed. The balance of the story has been given back." (New York Times)
Finding the original version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis has long been one of the holy grails of cinema. One of the universally acknowledged masterpieces of the silent film canon, it had not been seen in full since its 1927 Berlin premiere, when a great deal of its footage was removed, and, until recently, presumed destroyed. However, a chance discovery by an Argentine film archivist at the Museo del Cine has unearthed the complete version of Lang's vision, and the Jacob Burns Film Center is pleased to announce a weeklong run of the digital restoration, with an opening night of the wonderful Alloy Orchestra to revive one of the great films of the silent era.
LIVE PERFORMANCE Sept. 17, 7:00 pm: The Alloy Orchestra will perform a live musical accompaniment to the restored Metropolis. Alloy has been lauded as "the best in the world at accompanying silent films" by Roger Ebert, and has performed the world over—from the Louvre to Lincoln Center.
LIVE PERFORMANCE Sept. 22, 7:00 pm: Ben Model will perform a live piano accompaniment. Model has been playing scores for silent films at the Burns, the Museum of Modern Art, and other venues since 1984.
Sponsored by the Westchester Community Foundation and made possible through The Rudyard and Emanuella Reimss Fund, which is dedicated to promoting Germanic culture in Westchester County.
Fritz Lang. 1927. 147 m. NR. Germany, Silent with music. Kino International.
Waking Sleeping Beauty
“The joy of cartoons meets the agony of office politics in this fascinating inside-Hollywood-baseball documentary.” (Entertainment Weekly)
Disney animation studios had fallen on hard times by the mid-1980s, and some people were even wondering if the era of animation was over. And then, in a real-life Cinderella story—effectively presented here through footage shot at the time—Disney shook itself free and produced The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King in an astonishingly fruitful 10-year period. An entertaining warts-and-all glimpse of an extraordinary piece of movie history.
Don Hahn. 2009. 86 m. PG. US. Buena Vista.
Saturday, September 25
Jason and the Argonauts
“Movies for Kids (and their Families)”
As if the storyline for Jason’s epic quest for the Golden Fleece weren’t exciting enough on its own, Harryhausen embellished it with a series of fantastic stop-motion mythic monsters for the hero to conquer. And conquer he does. Who needs Luke Skywalker and his lightsaber when you’ve got Jason and his sword?
Don Chaffey. 1963. 104 m. G. UK/US. Sony Pictures Entertainment.