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SOUND + VISION Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL JUDD APATOW PEDRO COSTA SOUND + VISION RICHARD LESTER SPECIAL PROGRAMS NEW RELEASES JUL/AUG 2015SM FILM LIVES HERE Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center 144 W 65th St | Walter Reade Theater 165 W 65th St | filmlinc.com | @filmlinc HERE STARTS PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT TABLE OF CONTENTS I FOUND THIS FUNNY: THE COMEDY WORLD OF JUDD APATOW Festivals & Series 2 New York Asian Film Festival (Through July 8) 2 PROVOKES PROVOKES Thankfully it is no longer controversial to suggest that Judd Apatow is a major artist, but nevertheless, the opportunity to show his endlessly influential body of work on 35mm (his Sean Baker x 3 (July 9) 6 preferred format!) is really special. His films are as moving as they are hilarious, and having I Found This Funny: The Comedy World of Judd Apatow (July 10–14) 7 Judd on hand to place his work in context will be a can’t-miss experience. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: The Films of Pedro Costa (July 17–23) 9 HERE FILM –Florence Almozini, Associate Director of Programming Sound + Vision (July 29 – August 7) 12 Richard Lester: The Running Jumping Pop Cinema Iconoclast (August 7–13) 16 LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN: THE FILMS OF PEDRO COSTA New Releases 19 HERE FILM Pedro Costa is nothing less than a contemporary master. Simply put, nobody makes Stray Dog, Tangerine, Horse Money 20 films like him. The release of his latest, Horse Money, here at the Film Society occasions a INSPIRES The Kindergarten Teacher, The Great Man, Youth 21 guided tour through Pedro’s career by the man himself. The chance to engage with the entire oeuvre of an artist of this stature promises to be revelatory. Special Programs 22 –Dennis Lim, Director of Programming Convergence (July 21) 22 Free Film Society Talk: Joshua Oppenheimer (July 16) 22 BELONGS SOUND + VISION West Side Story (August 28) 22 Each year with Sound + Vision we examine the relationship between music and cinema, Just Added & Gallery Exhibits 23 with a particular focus on the enduringly rich world of music documentary. With an assort- Coming Soon 24 HERE FILM ment of premieres, in-person appearances, live performances, and a retrospective for the Venue and Ticket Information 25 great Julien Temple to boot, there’s truly something for everyone in this series. July Schedule 26 –Dan Sullivan, Assistant Programmer August Schedule 28 HERE FILM RICHARD LESTER: THE RUNNING JUMPING POP CINEMA ICONOCLAST Stay connected with the Film Society app MATTERS Growing up, I always thought of Richard Lester as one of the 1960s’ most typically English AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON iOS AND ANDROID DEVICES filmmakers—not just because of his irreverent and absurd sense of humor and his feel for English life but also for the affectionate way he sent up familiar icons from The Beatles to The Three Musketeers to even Superman. Imagine my surprise when I first learned he was SURPRISES actually an expat Yank. Regardless, he’s still a great English filmmaker! –Gavin Smith, Film Comment Editor and Senior Programmer HERE FILM PROGRAMMERS Director of Programming Dennis Lim • Director, NYFF Kent Jones THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER RECEIVES MAJOR SUPPORT FROM: HERE FILM Associate Director of Programming Florence Almozini OFFICIAL PREMIUM Film Comment Editor and Senior Programmer Gavin Smith CONNECTS Programming Operations Manager Rufus de Rham Assistant Programmer Dan Sullivan • Programming Operations Assistant Tony Trius MEDIA HOSPITALITY SUPPORTERS Senior Programming Advisor Marian Masone FILM Programmer at Large Jake Perlin • Programmer at Large Rachael Rakes ® Programmer, Convergence Matt Bolish • Programmer, Sound + Vision Live Ben Seretan ENTERTAINS FILM Chasuke’s River Road Journey Socialphobia Hong Seok-Jae, South Korea, 2014, DCP, 100m Four friends track down a cyberbully only to find that she’s hung herself. But two of them are convinced it’s murder, and the film becomes a grungy, realistic mur- der mystery set in the twitchy world of social media. U.S. Premiere Saturday, July 4, 4:15pm Violator © BANDAI VISUAL, SHOCHIKU AND OFFICE KITANO VISUAL, © BANDAI Dodo Dayao, Philippines, 2014, DCP, 115m The sole horror movie in this year’s lineup, Violator sees five men become trapped at a police station during a typhoon with a young man who claims to be Satan. A The Last Reel barebones indie that achieves a kind of monumental evil Kulikar Sotho, Cambodia, 2014, DCP, 106m majesty as it progresses. North American Premiere This engaging drama about a rebellious Cambodian girl Wednesday, July 8, 10:00pm determined to shoot the missing ending of a 40-year-old movie starring her mother is a meditation on Cambodia’s Robbery past and present, and the power of art. Sunday, July 5, 8:15pm (Q&A with Kulikar Sotho) Red Amnesia Wang Xiaoshuai, China, 2014, DCP, 115m Wang Xiaoshuai’s latest film begins as a mystery sur- rounding the harassment of a cantankerous elderly widow and ends up a complex excavation of the ghosts of past choices and moral compromises. Friday, July 3, 12:30pm River Road Li Ruijin, China, 2014, DCP, 103m Bartel and Adikeer, two Yugur ethnic minority brothers, set out with their camel across the deserts of northwest HONG KONG PANORAMA China in search of their parents in this masterfully lensed Full Strike nomadic road movie. U.S. Premiere Derek Kwok & Henri Wong, Hong Kong/China, 2015, Friday, July 3, 2:50pm DCP, 108m Racquet sport becomes martial art when a down- Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a and-out gang of has-beens form a badminton team to Criminal & a Whore win back their self-respect in this hyperactive, totally CO-PRESENTED Khavn (aka Khavn De La Cruz), Philippines/Germany, surreal comedy from Derek Kwok, the co-director of WITH 2014, DCP, 73m Stephen Chow’s Journey to the West. U.S. Premiere Neon-smeared pop poetry materializes on screen in this Saturday, July 4, 12:00pm (almost) dialogue-free gangland art flick shot in the slums of Manila and starring Tadanobu Asano (Ichi the Killer) Robbery and shot by longtime Wong Kar Wai cinematographer Fire Lee, Hong Kong, 2015, DCP, 90m Christopher Doyle. An absurdist blood-soaked Grand Guignol with atti- THROUGH JULY 8 Thursday, July 2, 10:15pm tude to burn, Fire Lee’s indie black comedy about an overnight shift in a convenience store starts with North America’s leading festival of popular Asian cinema is back with over 50 new films from China, Hong Ruined Heart: Another Love Story a simple robbery, then moves on to mass murder, Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, featuring World and North American premieres and Between a Criminal & a Whore terrorist bombings, police shoot-outs, and even the afterlife. World Premiere an all-star lineup of guests, including superstar Aaron Kwok, celebrated director Ringo Lam, and Shota Sunday, July 5, 1:00pm Sometani, a rising star in Japan. The festival will also include a focus on Korea’s pioneering production company Myung Films and a special joint tribute to Japanese legends Ken Takakura and Bunta Sugawara, Two Thumbs Up Lau Ho-leung, Hong Kong, 2015, DCP, 102m both of whom passed away last November. NYAFF continues July 9-11 at SVA Theatre. Old-school Hong Kong action-comedy at its finest, Two Thumbs Up stars Simon Yam and Francis Ng as ex-cons SPECIAL THANKS who disguise themselves as policemen to pull a heist. We’re deeply grateful for the support of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office New York; But it turns out they kind of like being cops... North the Korean Cultural Service New York; the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York; and The Korea Society. American Premiere Subway Cinema receives generous year-round support from Kenneth A. Cowin Foundation. Sunday, July 5, 5:30pm (Q&A with Lau Ho-leung) FESTIVALSSERIES & SERIES 2 3 NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL MYUNG FILMS: PIONEERS AND WOMEN BEHIND THE CAMERA IN KOREAN FILM Cart Waikiki Brothers Boo Ji-young, South Korea, 2014, DCP, 103m Yim Soon-rye, South Korea, 2001, 35mm, 109m In this pro-union flick, the 99% rise up after a bunch In this modern Korean classic, a failed cover band of female employees at a chain retail giant (think Wal- returns to the lead guitarist’s hometown to try to get Mart) get laid off via text message. When they decide to a fresh start, but the past, women, booze, and drugs go on strike, management calls in the thugs... threaten to break them apart. Monday, July 6, 8:45pm (Q&A with Boo Ji-young Tuesday, July 7, 6:30pm (Introduction by Yim TRIBE FILM PARTNERS © 2014 TOKYO and producer Shim Jae-myung) Soon-rye) The President’s Last Bang The Whistleblower Im Sang-soo, South Korea, 2005, 35mm, 104m Yim Soon-rye, South Korea, 2014, DCP, 113m One of the most controversial Korean movies of all time, The All The President’s Men of bioresearch, this sharply Im Sang-soo’s black comedy tells the tale of the 1979 suspenseful powerhouse thriller by Yim Soon-Rye (one assassination of military dictator President Park by the of Korea’s few female directors) is a based on the true head of the Korean CIA. It’s all the more relevant today story of one of the biggest scientific frauds of the 21st because Park’s daughter is currently president of Korea. century. North American Premiere Monday, July 6, 6:30pm (Introduction by producer Tuesday, July 7, 8:45pm (Q&A with Yim Soon-rye) Shim Jae-myung) Revivre Im Kwon-taek, South Korea, 2014, DCP, 93m Tokyo Tribe Legendary 78-year-old Korean filmmaker Im Kwon-taek (Beyond the Years, Chihwaseon: Painted Fire) delivers NEW CINEMA FROM JAPAN a powerful and vital film—his 102nd!—about the indig- nities of old age and the inferno of suppressed desire, Centerpiece Solomon’s Perjury Part 1: Suspicion anchored by a commanding performance from veteran Chasuke’s Journey Narushima Izuru, Japan, 2015, HDCAM, 121m actor Ahn Sung-gi (Nowhere to Hide) as a market- Sabu, Japan, 2015, DCP, 105m In the first of a twisty two-parter, high-school students find ing director who finds himself attracted to a younger An angel descends to Okinawa in order to save a young the dead body of one of their classmates in the snow.