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DOC FILMS ANNOUNCES FALL 2010 CALENDAR

HYDE PARK, CHICAGO, IL. (September 25, 2010) – Doc Films, the historic student-run film society at the University of Chicago, announced its Fall 2010 calendar today. Each night from Sunday through Thursday features a film series with a unifying theme, be it a director, a time, a place, or a concept.

SUNDAYS from October 3 to November 28 bring the first in a two-quarter D.W. Griffith retrospective. This fall will begin with Griffith’s early work making shorts at Biograph from 1908- 1913 (10/3) and follow his subsequent career, including, of course, a screening of his groundbreaking and highly inflammatory 1915 feature film, BIRTH OF A NATION (10/24). Act One of the Griffith series concludes with (11/28), starring Lillian Gish. The series will continue through Doc’s winter calendar.

MONDAYS from September 27 to November 29 focus on post-classical westerns from the late sixties through the early eighties, as the genre moves beyond its roots to explore new possibilities, such as ’s attempt to allegorize the Vietnam War in ULZANA’S RAID (10/4) and ’s great revisionist western, THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (11/15), in which he also stars.

TUESDAYS from September 28 to November 30 will showcase the films of avant-garde master Stan Brakhage, including two screenings of hand-painted short films (10/19 and 11/16) and the four-part sound series FAUSTFILM (10/26).

WEDNESDAYS from September 29 to December 1 are occupied by the films of , from his second feature, the 1955 noir KILLER’S KISS (9/27), which the director later disowned, to his adaptation of Nabokov’s LOLITA (10/13), the sweeping and unnerving 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (10/27) and his final film, EYES WIDE SHUT (12/1)

THURSDAY nights from September 30 to December 2 house Doc’s Bildungskino series, which features cinematic adaptations of the Bildungsroman, or classic coming-of-age stories. Included are George Cukor’s Depression-era adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s (9/30), starring , and the classic TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (11/4)

THURSDAY nights from September 30 to December 2 also feature American regional horror films. These were low budget horror films made outside the film industry by local Doc Films Fall 2010

crews and include S.F. Browrigg’s 1973 Texas-produced DON’T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT (10/7) and the Louisiana production NIGHT OF THE STRANGLER (10/21)

WEEKENDS from April 2 to June 6 feature recent releases, modern classics, and special events on Friday and Saturday nights as well as Sunday matinees. Included are ’s smash-hit INCEPTION( 10/1), Pixar’s highly-acclaimed TOY STORY 3 (10/8 and 10/9), the Swedish adaptations of the bestselling thrillers THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (10/15) and its sequel THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (10/16), international street artist Banksy’s first feature film EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (11/12), as well as the much- beloved 1984 film GHOSTBUSTERS (10/2) and the sci-fi classic BACK TO THE FUTURE (11/6).

WHERE: Max Palevsky Cinema in Ida Noyes Hall 1212 East 59th Street Chicago, IL 60637

Street parking is available.

WHEN: Every evening and Sunday matinees - see complete schedule below for specific times.

PRICE OF ADMISSION: Tickets: $5 Fall Quarter Membership (unlimited access to all films): $30

SERIES: Sundays: D.W. Griffith Act 1: From Anonymity to Majesty (October 3 - November 28) Mondays: The Post-Classical Western: Seminal Pictures from the Era of Vietnam (September 27 - November 29) Tuesdays: Stan Brakhage: From Reagan to Bush... (September 28 - November 30) Wednesdays: Kubrick: A Retrospective (September 29 - December 1) Thursdays (1st show): Bildungskino: Cinematic Adaptations of the Bildungsroman (September 30 - December 2) Thursdays (2nd show): American Regional Horror: Gore! Monsters! North Carolina? (September 30 - December 2) Fridays, Saturdays, and Sunday Matinees: New Releases and Modern Classics (October 1 - December 3)

Doc Films Fall 2010

MEDIA CONTACT: Elisabeth Sanders • 510 220 3658 • [email protected] Doc Website: docfilms.uchicago.edu Doc Hotline: 773 702 8575 Doc Office: 773 702 8574

COMPLETE FALL 2010 CALENDAR:

All films presented in 35mm, many of them in rare, archival prints, unless otherwise noted.

Dates with revised showtimes or lineups are printed in red; the revised times are in bold.

Mon 9/27 - Ride in the Whirlwind (Monte Hellman, 1967) - 7pm - 83 min, 16mm The Shooting (Monte Hellman, 1965) - 9pm - 82 min Tues 9/28 - Films From 1980 - 1990: Murder Psalm, Unconscious London Strata, The Loom, City Streaming (Stan Brakhage, 1980-1990) - 7pm - 99 min, 16mm Wed 9/29 - Killer’s Kiss (Stanley Kubrick, 1955) - 7 & 9pm - 67 min Thurs 9/30 - Little Women (George Cukor, 1933) - 7pm - 115 min The Wizard of Gore (Herschel G. Lewis, 1970) - 9:30pm - 95 min Fri 10/1 - Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010) - 6pm, 9:00pm - 148 min Sat 10/2 - Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984) - 7pm, 9pm - 104 min Sun 10/3 - Matinee: Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984) – 1pm - 104 min Matinee: Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010) - 3:15pm- 148 min Biograph Shorts: (1908) – 12m Country Doctor (1909) – 14m Corner in Wheat (1909) – 14m (1910) – 15m Man’s Genesis (1912) – 15m. Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) – 15m The Mothering Heart (1913) – 30m (David Wark Griffith, 1908-1913) - 7pm - 115 min, 16mm

Mon 10/4 - Ulzana’s Raid (Robert Aldrich, 1972) - 7pm - 103 min Tues 10/5 - Egyptians and Arabics: Egyptian Series, Arabics 1, 0 + 10, 11 - 15 (Stan Brakhage, 1980-1983) - 7pm - 94 min, 16mm Wed 10/6 - Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957) - 7pm & 9pm - 87 min Thurs 10/7 - Great Expectations (, 1946) - 7pm - 118 min Don’t Look In The Basement (S.F. Brownrigg, 1973) - 9:30pm - 92 min Fri 10/8 - Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich, 2010) - 6pm, 8:30pm, 11pm - 108 min Sat 10/9 - Gilda (, 1946) 7pm, 9:30pm - 110 min Sun 10/10 - Matinee: Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich, 2010) - 1pm - 108 min Matinee: Gilda (Charles Vidor, 1946) - 3:15pm - 110 min (David Wark Griffith, 1913) - 7pm - 61 min Doc Films Fall 2010

Mon 10/11 - ‘Doc’ (Frank Perry, 1971) - 7pm - 96 min Tues 10/12 - Tortured Dust (Stan Brakhage, 1984) - 7pm - 81 min, 16mm Wed 10/13 - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962) - 7pm, 9:45pm - 152 min Thurs 10/14 - Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955) - 7pm - 122 min Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (Thomas Casey, 1971) - 9:30pm - 95 min Fri 10/15 - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Niels Arden Oplev, 2010) – 6pm, 9pm - 152 min Sat 10/16 - The Girl Who Played With Fire (Daniel Alfredson, 2010) - 7pm, 9:30- 129 min Sun 10/17 - Matinee: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Niels Arden Oplev, 2010) -12:30pm - 152 min Matinee: The Girl Who Played With Fire (Daniel Alfredson, 2010) - 3:30pm - 129 min The Avenging Conscience (David Wark Griffith, 1914) - 7pm - 78 min

Mon 10/18 - McCabe & Mrs. Miller (, 1971) - 7pm - 120 min Tues 10/19 - Hand Painted Films I: Nodes, The Dante Quartet, Three Hand-Painted Films (Night Music, Rage Net, & Glaze of Cathexis), Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse, Untitled (For Marilyn), Study in Color and Black and White, Stellar, Three Homerics (Diana Holding Back the Night, The Rolling Sea, & Love Again), Ephemeral Solidity, The Harrowing and the Trusty Haunt, Naughts, First Hymn to the Night - Novalis, Black Ice, Cannot Exist, Cannot Not Exist, The "b" series, Paranoia Corridor, Earthen Aerie, The Fur of Home, Blue Value (Stan Brakhage, 1981-1996) - 7pm - 110 min, 16mm Wed 10/20 - Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964) - 7pm, 9pm - 95 min Thurs 10/21 - Aparajito (Satyajit Ray, 1956) - 7pm - 110 min Night of the Strangler (Joy N. Houck, 1972) - 9:30pm- 88 min Fri 10/22 - The Kids Are All Right (, 2010) - 6:00, 8:30, 11:00 - 106 min Sat 10/23 - Salt (Phillip Noyce, 2010) - 7pm, 9 pm - 100 min Sun 10/24 - Doc Films hosts the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival at 9:30am, 11am, 1pm, and 3pm (David Wark Giffith, 1915) - 7pm - 187 min

Mon 10/25 - The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (Philip Kaufman, 1972) - 7pm - 91 min Tues 10/26 - Faustfilm (Stan Brakhage, 1987-1989) - 7pm - 144 min, 16mm Wed 10/27 - 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) - 7pm & 9:45pm- 141 min Thurs 10/28 - Apur Sansar (Satyajit Ray, 1959) - 7pm - 105 min Enter the Devil (Frank Q. Dobbs, 1972) - 9:15pm - 92 min Fri 10/29 - Hausu (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977) - 7pm, 9pm, 11pm - 90 min Sat 10/30 - Martin (George A. Romero, 1978) - 7, 9pm - 95 min Midnight Halloween screening and costume contest: Christine (John Carpenter, 1983) - 110 min Doc Films Fall 2010

Sun 10/31 - Matinee: Hausu (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977) - 1pm - 90 min Matinee: Martin (George A. Romero, 1978) - 3pm - 95 min Intolerance (David Wark Giffith, 1916) - 7pm - 196 min

Mon 11/1 - Jeremiah Johnson (, 1972) - 7pm - 116 min Tues 11/2 - Films From 1995 - 1998: ...Preludes, Beautiful Funerals, Yggdrasill: Whose Roots Are Stars in the Human Mind (Stan Brakhage, 1995-1998) - 7pm - 86 min, 16mm Wed 11/3 - A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971) - 7 & 9:30pm - 136 min Thurs 11/4 - To Kill A Mockingbird (, 1962) - 7pm - 129 min The Body Shop (G.J. Patterson Jr., 1972) - 9:45pm- 75 min Fri 11/5 - Back to the Future (,1985) - 6:00pm, 8:30, 11pm- 116 min Sat 11/6 - Dogtooth (Giorgos Lanthimos, 2009) - 7pm, 9:00m - 94 min Sun 11/7 - Matinee: Dogtooth (Giorgos Lanthimos, 2009) - 1pm - 94 min Matinee: Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis,1985) - 3:15pm - 116 min (David Wark Giffith, 1918) - 7pm - 146 min

Mon 11/8 - Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (Sam Peckinpah, 1973) - 7pm - 122 min Tues 11/9 - Films From 1995 - 2000: The Mammals of Victoria, The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him (Stan Brakhage, 1995-2000) - 7pm - 80 min, 16mm Wed 11/10 - Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, 1975) - 7pm - 184 min Thurs 11/11 - Tom Jones (, 1963) - 7pm - 128 min Blood Harvest (Bill Rebane, 1986) - 9:30pm- 85 min Fri 11/12 - Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy, 2010) - 7, 9, 11pm - 84 min Sat 11/13 - Soul Kitchen (Fatih Akin, 2009) - 7, 9 pm - 99 min Sun 11/14 - Matinee: Exit Through the Gift Shop (Bansky, 2010) - 1pm - 84 min Matinee: Soul Kitchen (Fatih Akin, 2009) - 3pm - 99 min A Romance of Happy Valley (David Wark Giffith, 1919) - 7pm - 76 min

Mon 11/15 - The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood, 1976) - 7pm - 135 min Tues 11/16 - Hand Painted Films II: The Birds of Paradise, Stately Mansions Did Decree, Coupling, Cloud Chamber, Cricket Requiem, The Dark Tower, The Earthsong of the Cricket, The Lion and the Zebra Make God's Raw Jewels, Water for Maya, Micro Garden, Occam's Thread, Rounds, Lovesongs, Resurrectus Est (Stan Brakhage, 1999-2002) - 7pm - 81 min, 16mm Wed 11/17 - The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980) - 7pm, 9:45pm - 142 min Thurs 11/18 - The Wrong Move (Wim Wenders, 1975) - 7pm - 103 min The Child (Robert Voskanian, 1977) - 9:15pm - 92 min Fri 11/19 - Vengeance (Johnnie To, 2009) - 6:00, 8:30, 11:00 - 108 min Sat 11/20 - Winter’s Bone (, 2010) - 7:00, 9:00pm - 100 min Sun 11/21 - Matinee: Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik, 2010) - 1pm - 100 min Matinee: Vengeance (Johnnie To, 2009) - 3:15pm - 108 min (David Wark Giffith, 1919) - 7pm - 61 min

Doc Films Fall 2010

Mon 11/22 - The Long Riders (Walter Hill, 1980) - 7pm - 99 min Tues 11/23 - Sound Experiments: Kindering, I...Dreaming, Caswallon Trilogy, Loud Visual Noises, passage Through: A Ritual, Christ Mass Sex Dance, Crack Glass Eulogy, Boulder Blues and Pearls and... (Stan Brakhage, 1987-1993) - 7pm - 109 min, 16mm Wed 11/24 - Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987) - 7 & 9:15pm - 116 min The Cinema will be closed for Thanksgiving from November 25 - 27. Sun 11/28 - Broken Blossoms (David Wark Giffith, 1919) - 7pm - 89 min

Mon 11/29 - Heaven’s Gate (, 1980) - 7pm - 228 min Tues 11/30 - Films From 1994 - 2002: Chartres Series, The Persian Series, Panels for the Walls of Heaven (Stan Brakhage, 1994-2002) - 7pm - 101 min, 16mm Wed 12/1 - Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999) - 6:30 & 9:30pm - 159 min Thurs 12/2 - Class Relations (Jean-Marie Straub & Daniele Huillet, 1984) - 7pm - 126 min Screams of a Winter Night (James L. Wilson, 1979) - 9:30 pm - 91 min

Fri 12/3 - I Am Love (Luca Guadagnino, 2009) - 6, 8:30, 11pm - 120 min Sat 12/4 - Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (Ricki Stern & Anne Sundberg, 2010) - 7:00, 9:00pm - 84 min Sun 12/5 - Matinee: Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (Ricki Stern & Anne Sundberg, 2010) - 1pm - 84 min Matinee: I Am Love (Luca Guadagnino, 2009) - 3pm - 120m

MEDIA CONTACT: Elisabeth Sanders – 510 220 3658 – [email protected]