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BAM Rose Cinemas and The Museum of Television & Radio Present Mad About the Boy, A Noel Coward Centennial Celebration, September 17 - October 21

Film and television retrospectives commemorate the Coward centennial with two simultaneous repertory series

New York City, July 21, 1999-In celebration of the 100th birthday of playwright. actor, director and composer Noel Coward, BAM Rose Cinemas and The Museum of Television & Radio will host simultaneous retrospectives of his film and television work. Mad About the Boy: Noel Coward on Film, a ten-film series at BAM Rose Cinemas and Mad About the Boy: Noel Coward on Television, a five-part screening series at The Museum of Television & Radio, will run from September 17 through October 21, 1999. BAM Rose Cinemas is located at 30 Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn and The Museum of Television & Radio is at 25 West 52nd Street in Manhanan.

Tickets for the BAM Rose Cinemas film retrospective are $8.50 ($5 for seniors, BAM Cinema Club members and children under 12; $5 for students with valid I.D. Monday­ Thursday except holidays) and are available now at the BAM Rose Cinemas Box Office or by calling 718.623.2770. For more information, visit the web page at www.bam.org. BAM Prefers VISA®.

Admission to the television screening series is included with museum admission; recommended contributions are $6 for adults, $4 for students and senior citizens and $3 for children under 13. Entrance for museum members is free. For more information, visit the Museum of Television & Radio web page at www.mtr.org.

Members of The Museum of Television & Radio and BAM Rose Cinemas will receive reciprocal member benefits at each institution for the duration of the retrospective.

more ... BAMRose Cinemas Mad About the Boy 2 Noel Coward

Born in 1899 in England, Noel Coward began acting at the age of eleven and wrote his first play when he was still in his teens. As actor, director and playwright, he had his first triumph with The Vortex, which was produced with great success in London in 1924 and in New York the following year. He was one of the most popular, prolific and diverse British artists of his time. At one point in the late 1920s, four of his plays ran concurrently in London's West End. His diverse output included the revues This Year of Grace and Wordsand Music, the operetta Bitter Sweet, the dramas Cavalcade and This Happy Breed and the classic comedies Blithe Spirit, Designfor Living and Private Lives. In addition, he wrote such notable songs as "Mad Dogs and Englishmen," "If Love Were All" and "Mad About the Boy," as well as the screenplay and music for the Academy Award-winning motion picture In Which We Serve (which he also co-directed and starred in). David Lean's 1945 film Brief Encounter, adapted from one of Coward's one-act plays, has become a classic. Coward continued to write and perform through the 1960s, appearing everywhere from national television to Las Vegas stages and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1970. Coward died on March 26, 1973 at his home in Jamaica.

Mad About the Boy: Noel Coward on Film

BAM Rose Cinemas' film series pays tribute to Coward's extensive artistic legacy by illustrating his talent as an actor ( Our Man in Havana, Bunny Lake Is Missing, The Scoundrel and Astonished Heart), playwright (Cavalcade, Brief Encounter, Private Lives, Blithe Spirit and Design for Living) and composer, (two film versions of his operetta, Bitter Sweet). One film in the retrospective demonstrates all of these talents; In Which We Serve, for which Coward was co-director, co-star, score composer and screenwriter, earned him a special Oscar recognizing "outstanding production achievement." Mad About the Boy: Noel Coward on Film is part of BAM Rose Cinemas' repertory film program, BAMcinematek, which features daily screenings of classic American and foreign films, documentaries, retrospectives and special festivals. One of the four screens at the state-of-the-art film complex is devoted exclusively to BAMcinematek repertory film programming.

Mad About the Boy: Noel Coward on Television

The Museum of Television & Radio will celebrate Noel Coward's centenary with a five-part screening series that will feature highlights of his television work, including his supernatural farce Blithe Spirit and This Happy Breed in which he plays the head of a middle-class South London family. Noel Coward had already become a legendary name on London and New York stages by the time television was invented. The new medium was only too eager to adapt his witty and sophisticated repertoire giving Coward a chance to perform some of his best known works for an American audience. The variety show format helped introduce Coward's talents as a songwriter and singer to a whole new generation, notably in his teaming with Mary Martin in Together with Music. Also included will be interviews with Coward and Edward R. Murrow and Dick Cavett, which feature his acerbic observations and droll storytelling manner. During the same period, Mad About the Boy: Noel Coward on Television will also screen at The Museum of Television & Radio in Los Angeles in conjunction with a Coward film screening the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Mad About the Boy: Noel Coward on Television at The Museum of Television & Radio in both New York and Los Angeles is part of the museum's "Salute to Excellence" series presented in conjunction with Entertainment Tonight.

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Friday, September 17 Our Man in Havana (1960), 112 min. 4:00, 6:45 & 9:20pm Directed By Carol Reed With Alec Guinness, Noel Coward, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara, Ralph Richardson Set in pre-Revolutionary Cuba, Our Man in Havana is a gently macabre spy spoof in which a vacuum cleaner salesman becomes a British spy.

Saturday, September 18 Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), l 07 min. 1:30, 4:00, 6:45 & 9:20pm Directed by Otto Preminger With Laurence Olivier, Carole Lynley, Noel Coward, Keir Dullea, Martita Hunt A disillusioned inspector cruises London in search of a kidnapped or possibly non-existent child in this haunting thriller.

Friday, September 24 Bitter Sweet ( 1933), 93 min. 4:00, 6:45 & 9:20pm Directed by Herbert Wilcox Original music by Noel Coward With Anna Neagle, Ferdinand Graavey, Miles Mander The film version of Noel Coward's first major work as a composer, this musical set in 1880 Vienna depicts the tragic romance of a young couple.

Saturday, September 25 Cavalcade (1932), 110 min. 1:30, 4:00, 6:45 & 9:20pm Directed by Frank Lloyd With Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard, Herbert Mundin, Ursula Jeans, Margaret Lindsay This lavish Hollywood adaptation of the Coward stage success, chronicling two families and their wonderful way of life at the beginning of the century, received Academy Awards for Best Picture, Director and Art Direction

Friday, October l Bitter Sweet ( 1940), 94 min. 5:30 & 8:30pm Directed by W.S. Van Dyke Original music by Noel Coward With Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, George Sanders, Felix Bressart, Lynne Carver The American film version of Coward's 1929 operetta is about a young couple's tragic love story, set in Vienna at the turn of the century.

more ... Mad About che Boy -1 Saturday, October 2 The Scoundrel (1935), 74 min. 2:30, 5:30 & 8:30pm Directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur With Noel Coward, Julie Haydon, Stanley Ridges, Martha Sleeper, Alexander Woolcott Noel Coward, in his first starring film role, plays a cynical book publisher who toys with other people's lives until his own existence is put on the line. The Scoundrel won the Academy Award for Best Original Story.

Friday, October 8 Brief Encounter ( 1945), 86 min. 5:30 & 8:30pm Directed by David Lean With Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Cyril Raymond, Joyce Carey Based on Coward's one-act play Still Life, two ordinary middle-aged people meet at a train station and are drawn into a brief but compassionate extramarital affair, underscored by Rachmaninoffs unforgettable Second Piano Concerto.

Saturday, October 9 In Which WeServe(1942), 114 min. 2:30, 5:30 & 8:30pm Directed by Noel Coward and David Lean With Noel Coward, John Mills, Bernard Miles, Celia Johnson, Kay Walsh, Richard Attenborough Written, co-directed and scored by co-star Noel Coward, who was awarded a special Oscar for his "outstanding production achievement," In Which We Serve is the story of the World War II destroyer Torrin and its crew's memories of home.

Sunday, October 10 Astonished Heart (1949), 90 min. 2:30, 5:30 & 8:30pm Directed by Anthony Darnborough and Terence Fisher With Celia Johnson, Noel Coward, Margaret Leighton, Joyce Carrey This Noel Coward drawing-room melodrama is about a married psychiatrist who succumbs to the wiles of his wife's childhood schoolmate, with unhappy results.

Friday, October 15 Private Lives ( 1931 ), 82 min. 5:30 & 8:30pm Directed by Sidney Franklin With Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Una Merkel, Reginald Denny An ex-husband and wife, each newly married and honeymooning at the same hotel, decide to leave their second spouses and reunite in this witty adaptation of the Noel Coward comedy.

Saturday, October 16 Blithe Spirit ( 1945), 96 min. 2:30, 5:30 & 8:30pm Directed by David Lean With Rex Harrison, Kay Hammond, Constance Cummings, Margaret Rutherford This sophisticated adaptation of Noel Coward's stage play is about a remarried man haunted by the mischievous ghost of his first wife.

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Sunday, October 17 Design for Living (1933), 88 min. 2:30, 5:30 & 8:30pm Directed by Ernst Lubitsch With Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Gary Cooper This Noel Coward comedy is about two best friends-an artist and a playwright-who fall in love with the same woman.

BAM Rose Cinemas Credits

The BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition ofa leadership gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthorpe Rose. BAM Rose Cinemas would also like to acknowledge the generous support of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden, Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and primary corporate sponsors Philip Morris Companies Inc., Bloomberg Radio AM 1130, Entertainment Weekly and Coca-Cola Enterprise of New York. French films are supported by The Florence Gould Foundation, Credit Lyonnais and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York.

The Museum of Television & Radio Mad About the Boy: Noel Coward on Television Screenings are Tuesdays through Sundays at 3pm

September 17-23 Ford Star Jubilee: Together with Music (1955) In his television debut, Noel Coward teams with Mary Martin for a no-frills evening of song and patter. Coward, who also served as director and writer, performs some of his wittiest compositions, including "Uncle Harry" and "Mad Dogs and Englishmen," as well as three pieces written expressly for the show.

September 24-30 Ford Star Jubilee: Blithe Spirit ( 1956) Noel Coward directs himself in this television performance of his famed stage comedy. As writer Charles Condomine, he faces a supernatural dilemma when the spirit of his late first wife, Elvira (Lauren Bacall), materializes, determined to woo him away from his current spouse, Ruth (Claudette Colbert).

October 1-7 Producers' Showcase: Tonight at 8:30 (1954) Otto Preminger directs and introduces a trio of short Noel Coward plays, each of which stars Ginger Rogers in her television debut. In Red Peppers, Rogers and Martyn Green play a pair of bickering musical hall entertainers. In Still Life, the play that inspired the classic film Brief Encounter, Trevor Howard (reprising his movie role) and Rogers are two middle-aged people who begin an extramarital affair after a chance meeting at a railway cafe. Shadow Play finds Rogers and Gig Young in a surreal combination of drama and music, as a married couple facing a possible breakup and dreaming of their happier.days.

October 8-14 Ford Star Jubilee: This Happy Breed ( 1956) An adaptation of Noel Coward's wartime tribute to English resilience follows the lives of various members of one middle-class family in South London during a twenty-year period, from 1919 to 1939. Coward, shedding his usual urbane mannerisms, stars as the head of the household, Frank Gibbons. The supporting cast includes Edna Best and a young Roger Moore. October 15-21

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Cowardly Delights This screening package features a Noel Coward interview with Edward R. Murrow in 1959 for Small World as well as appearances on The Dick Cavett Show and the popular game show, What's My Line? The package also includes Coward performing two sequences from Androcles and the Lion as well as "Mad About the Boy" Noel Coward: A Celebration, a two-part tribute to Coward from the series Camera Three, featuring performances by George Rose, Jean Marsh. Carole Shelley and Kristoffer Tabori.

Museum of Television & Radio Credits

Mad About the Boy: Noel Coward on Television continues The Museum of Television & Radio's ongoing partnership with Entertainment Tonight saluting excellence in television. The partnership, which began in October 1997, furthers the Museum's mission to recognize excellence in television's creative history. Through this partnership, the Museum has presented a series of Movies of the Month, including Duel, Gideon's Trumpet and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, among others; a special holiday screening of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella starring Julie Andrews; the American premiere of This ls Sinatra!; and screening series including Laurence Olivier: Four Crowning Achievements, Woody Allen's Television Days, Media Bites: The Cruel History of the Ben Stiller Show and Janet Jackson. From Good Times to Great Videos.

Entertainment Tonight, the number-one entertainment newsmagazine, reports the industry's breaking news, happenings and events, and gives viewers unprecedented coverage of Hollywood's hottest stories­ from premieres and award ceremonies to exclusive interviews with stars and behind-the-scenes looks at film and series sets. The show covers all aspects of entertainment worldwide, including film, television. music, fashion, literature, events and interactive media. Hosted by Mary Hart and Bob Goen, Entertainment Tonight is produced by Paramount Domestic Television in association with Cox Broadcasting.

The Museum of Television & Radio, with locations in New York and Los Angeles, is a nonprofit organization founded by William S. Paley to collect and preserve television and radio programs and to make them available to the public. From its inception in 1975, the Museum has organized exhibitions. screening and listening series, seminars and education classes to showcase its collection of over 100.000 television and radio programs and advertisements. Programs in the Museum's permanent collection are selected for their artistic, cultural and historic significance.

General BAM Information

For more information about BAM, visit the web page at www.bam.org. BAM Rose Cinemas is located in BAM's main building at 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn. Food and beverages by Michael Ayoub are available at BAMcafe. Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, Q, to Atlantic Avenue/N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street, Long Island Railroad to Flatbush Avenue. GGMC parking $7.50 after 5pm Monday-Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday

General Museum of Television & Radio Information

The Museum of Television & Radio, located at 25 West 52nd Street in Manhattan, is open Tuesdays through Sundays from noon to 6pm, until 8pm on Thursdays and Friday evenings until 9pm (theaters only). The Museum of Television & Radio in Los Angeles, located at 465 North Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, is open Wednesdays through Sundays from noon to 5pm and until 9pm on Thursdays. Both museums are closed on New Year's Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Admission: Members free; $6 for adults; $4 for senior citizens and students; and $3 for children under thirteen. The public areas in both museums are accessible to wheelchairs and assisted listening devices are available. Programs are subject to change. You may call the museum in New York at 212.621.6800, or in Los Angeles, at 310.786.1000. The museum's World Wide Web site may be accessed at www.mtr.org.

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BAMcinematek at BAI\1 Rose Cinemas Announces Its Fall Schedule, Featurlng a Bo \Viderberg Retrospective of Ten Films in Ten Days

Mad About t/ze Boy: Noel Coward on Film; Films by Frank Capra; XENO International Film Festival,· and The Sound of Silents, a tribute to the George Eastman House, are highlights of the second BA.ftfcinematek calendar

Brooklyn, August 10, 1999-BAM Ros~ Cinemas (30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn) released its BAMcinematek fall schedule featuring a Bo Widerberg retrospective in November; Mad About the Boy: Noel Coward on Film, a retrospective celebrating Noel Coward's Centennial; films by Frank Capra; the first film festival associated with BAM's Ne:-..'tWave Festival: XENO International Film Festival, Cinema from the New Europe; and The Sound of Silents, a year-long tribute to the 50th Anniversary of George Eastman House and its celebrated film archive.

A complete calendar is enclosed; individual releases will follow under separate cover. BAM Rose Cinemas' repertory film program, BAMcinematek, features daily screenings of classic American and foreign films, documentaries, retrospectives and special festivals. One of four screens at the state-of-the-art film complex is devoted exclusively to BAMcinematek programming.

BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn's premier movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign films and repertory programming. Tickets are $8.50 ($5 for seniors, BAM Cinema Club members, children under 12 and students ,\ith valid I.D. Monday-Friday, except holidays) and are available now at the BAM Rose Cinemas Box Office or by calling 718.623.2770. All programs and sho,\times are subject to change. Please call 718.636.4157 or visit www.bam.org within three days of screening to confirm sho,,times. BAM Prefers VISA®.

Mad About the Bov: Noel Coward on Film In celebration of the 100th birthday of playwright, actor, director and composer Noel Coward, BAM Rose Cinemas and The Museum of Television and Radio will host simultaneous retrospectives of his film and television work. Mad About the Boy: Noel Coward on Film, a twelve-film series at BAM Rose Cinemas and Mad About the Boy: Noel Coward on Television, a five-part screening series at The Museum of Television & Radio, will run from September 17-October 21. A complete press release is available upon request. more ... BAMRose Cinemas Frank Capra: A Vision ofthe 30s Frank Capra directed a brilliant series oflight comedies in the 1930s in which the central character, an individual of no exceptional fame or talent, perseveres over social injustice againstthe odds. On Monday nights, September through January, BAMcinematek presents a series of Capra's films that not only entertained audiences, but inspired them to search for a better world.

XENO International Film Festival: Cinema from the New Europe BAM's Next Wave Festival will launch its first film festival, the new annual XENO International Film Festival, October 22-24 and October 29-3 I. From Manhattan's notorious NY Underground Film Festival, guest ~urator Ed Halter brings the exciting global fringe of contemporary film to the BAM Rose Cinemas. For its first year, XENO showcases cutting edge digital video, insider ,·iews of the underground music scene, sexy cult-horror and the spellbinding avant-garde.

The Sound of Silents BAM Rose Cinemas salutes the Motion Picture Department of George Eastman House (GEH) and celebrates its 50th Anniversary \\ith a one-year tribute to its distinguished silent film collection. Beginning in October, with Allan Dwan's Stage Stntck, BAMcinematek will present one silent film per month \\ith live piano accompaniment. The Sound of Silents is dedicated to James Card, founder of the GEH Motion Picture Division and its first curator.

Bo Widerberg Retrospective With the support of the Swedish Institute, Stockholm and the Consulate General of Sweden/Swedish Information Service, Nev, York, BAMcinematek presents a Bo Widerberg Retrospective November 2-12. On September 28, as a prelude to the retrospective, BAM Rose Cinemas will screen Life At Any Cost, A Film about Bo Widerberg, directed by reno\rned documentary filmmaker Stefan Jar!. Life At Any Cost is comprised of previously unreleased material, notes and scenes from films that were never completed. The narrator is Thommy Berggren, an actor Bo Widerberg used in many of his films including his acclaimed debut, The Pram (1963), and his international breakthrough, Elvira Madigan (1967).

General information BAM Rose Cinemas is located in BAM's main building at 30 Lafayette Avenue. Food and beverages by Michael Ayoub are available at BAMcafe. Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, Q, to Atlantic Avenue/N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street; Long Island Railroad to Flatbush Avenue Car: GGMC parking $5-$7.50 after 5pm Monday-Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday

Credits The BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a leadership gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthorpe Rose. BAM Rose Cinemas would also like to acknowledge the generous support of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden, Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Phyllis Holbrook Lichtenstein, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Inc. and primary corporate sponsors Bloomberg Radio AM 1130, Coca-Cola Enterprise of New York and BO\rne of New York.

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Michal Goldman, Andre Gregory and Philip Lopate To Make Special Guest Appearances at BAM Rose Cinemas

BAMcinematek hosts three post-film discussions October 7, 20 and 28

Brooklyn, September 13, 1999-BAMcinematek, BAM Rose Cinemas' repertory program, will host three audience discussions following screenings in October. Director Michal Goldman will participate in a question and answer session following the October 7 Brooklyn premiere of Umm Kulthum, A Voice Like Egypt; actor/writer Andre Gregory will lead a discussion after My Dinner with Andre on October 20; and film critic and essayist Phillip Lopate will discuss one his favorite films, Un Coeur en Hiver on October 28.

Tickets are $8.50 ($5 for seniors, BAM Cinema Club members,children under 12 and students with valid I.D. Monday-Friday, except holidays) and are available one week prior to screening at the BAM Rose Cinemas Box Office or by calling 718.623.2770. A dinner and movie package is available for only $25 (at the box office only). For more information, call the BAMcinematek hotline 718.636.4157 or visit the BAM web page at www.bam.org. BAM Prefers VISA®.

Thursday, October 7 Sad Song ofTouba (1972), 12 min. Umm Kulthum, A Voice Like Egypt (1996), 67 min., Brooklyn Premiere 5:30, 8:30pm* Produced, directed and written by Michal Goldman In English and Arabic with English subtitles Narrated by Omar Sharif

The documentary film, Umm Kulthwn, A Voice Like Egypt, introduces the Diva singer of the Arab world, Umm Kulthum, to American audiences. The film puts the Egyptian singer's life in the context of the epic story of 20th century Egypt as the nation shook off colonialism and confronted modernity. Umm Ku Ithum will be preceded by Sad Song of Touba, a short film by Ateyyat El Abnoudy about street performers in Cairo.

*Umm Kulthum director Michal Goldman will participate in an audience discussion immediately following the 8:30pm screening. more ... BAM RoseCinemas Wednesday, October 20 My Dinner with Andre, (1981), 110 min. 5:30pm*, 8:30pm Directed by Louis Malle Written and performed by Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory

At the dinner table, playwright Shawn and director Gregory engage in a riveting and soul-searching, discussion about the meaning of life and theater. Shawn and Gregory who play "characters" of the same name wrote this unique film, based on non-stop conversation.

*Writer/performer Andre Gregory, also well known as a stage director, will participate in an audience discussion immediately following the 5:30pm screening. On Thursday, October 21 at 8pm, Mr. Gregory will also appear at BAMcafe to read his work-in-progress, a play entitled Bone Songs.

Thursday, October 28 Un Coeur en Hiver, (A Heart in Winter), (1992), 105 min 5:30pm, 8:30pm* Directed by Claude Sautet With Emmanuelle Beart, Daniel Auteuil, Andre Dussolier In French with English subtitles

In this delicately insightful portrait of friendship, love and betrayal, a beautiful and passionate violinist forges a relationship with two longtime business partners and disrupts their routine.

*Phillip Lopate, author of Totally Tenderly Tragically: Essavs and Criticism from a Lifelong Love Affair with the Movies. will participate in an audience discussion immediately following the 8:30pm screening. A book signing may accompany this event.

General information BAM Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas and BAMcafe are located in the main building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (Lafayette and Ashland) in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. BAM Harvey Theater (formerly the Majestic Theater) is located at 651 Fulton Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn's only movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign film and repertory programming. Food and beverages by Michael Ayoub are available at the BAMcafe, which features an eclectic mix of live music on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. A package including dinner in BAMcafe and a movie ticket to BAM Rose Cinemas is available for only $25 (at the box office only).

Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, Q to Atlantic Avenue/N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street Long Island Railroad to Flatbush Avenue Car: GGMC parking $5-$7.50 after 5pm Monday-Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday

Credits The BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a leadership gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthorpe Rose. BAM Rose Cinemas would also like to acknowledge the generous support of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden, Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Phyllis Holbrook Lichtenstein, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Inc. and primary corporate sponsors Bloomberg Radio AM 1130, Coca-Cola Enterprise ofNew York and Bowne of New York.

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BAMcinematek Presents Next Wave on Film at BAM Rose Cinemas this October

With this new series, BAM's influential Next Wave Festival expands to include companion works on film

Brooklyn, September 13, 1999-ln conjunction with Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)'s 1999 Next Wave Festival of the performing arts, BAMcinematek presents Next Wave on Film (October 5-26). This eclectic film series at BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn) complements BAM's mainstage programming, expanding the festival offerings to include companion works on film.

The selected films and their live counterparts respectively include: both Lloyd Bacon's and John Huston's versions of Moby Dick and Laurie Anderson's Songs and Stories from Moby Dick; Raoul Ruiz's Life is a Dream and Scotland's Royal Lyceum Theatre Company's production of Life is a Dream, directed by Calixto Bieito; Jean-Luc Godard's First Name: Carmen and Lyon Opera Ballet's production of Carmen; and Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre and Tod Browning's Dracula (starring Bela Lugosi) with a new score by Philip Glass performed live by Kronos Quartet. Complete descriptions and show times of all films follow.

BAMcinematek and the NY Underground Film Festival also will present theXENO International Film Festival-Cinema from the New Europe, October 22-24 and 29-31, as part of the 1999 Next Wave Festival. Combining the international scope of the Next Wave with the notorious edge of the NY Underground, XENO 's international films focus on experimentation, subcultures and new technologies. A complete release will follow under separate cover.

Next Wave on Film tickets are $8.50 ($5 for seniors, BAM Cinema Club members and children under 12; $5 for students with valid I.D. Monday-Friday except holidays) and are available one week prior to screening at the BAM Rose Cinemas Box Office or by calling 718.623.2770. A dinner and movie package is available for only $25 (at the box office only). For more information, call the BAMcinematek hotline, 718.636.4157, or visit the web page at www.bam.org. BAM Prefers VISA®. more ...

BAM RoseCinemas About BAM's Next Wave Festival

The Next Wave Festival, founded in 1983, is one of the world's most important festivals of contemporary performing arts. By featuring cutting-edge stage productions from all continents, the Next Wave Festival has helped to define contemporary performing arts in this country and abroad, often providing artists with their first exposure to American audiences. An artistic "home" for artists who regularly return to BAM, the Festival was recently described by the New York Times as "the foremost showcase for contemporary experimental performance in the United States." Performances take place in the BAM Opera House and the BAM Harvey Theater (formerly the BAM Majestic Theater).

Next Wave on Film

October 5 Lloyd Bacon's Moby Dick (1930), 75 min., 5:30, 8:30pm October 6 John Huston's Moby Dick (1956), 116 min., 5:30, 8:30pm October 12 Life is a Dream (1986), 100 min., 5:30, 8:30pm October 19 First Name: Carmen (1983), 85 min., 5:30, 8:30pm October 26 Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), 107 min., 5:30, 8:30pm

Moby Dick (1930), 75 min. Directed by Lloyd Bacon With John Barrymore, Joan Bennett, Walter Long

John Barrymore plays Captain Ahab in this "Hollywood" version of Herman Melville's 1851 classic novel. Embellishments to the plot include a battle between Ahab and his stepbrother for the hand of the minister's daughter, which indirectly results in the loss of his leg to the great white whale. His beloved is repelled by his handicap, prompting his single-minded pursuit of revenge on the whale.

Moby Dick (1956), 116 min. Directed by John Huston With Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Orson Well es

Ray Bradbury ·wrote the screenplay for this John Huston-directed faithful adaptation of Herman Melville's masterpiece about a sea captain's obsession with exacting revenge on a great white whale that took his leg. Gregory Peck, cast against type as the spiteful Captain Ahab, gives a new interpretation of this well-known character.

Life is a Dream (1986), 100 min. Directed by Raoul Ruiz With Roch Leibovici, Laurence Cortadellas

Ruiz's baroque mix of revolutionary politics, pop culture and semiotics is loosely based on the play Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderon de la Barca. In the 17th century classic, a young prince learns that life is just a dream from which we wake when we die, and that dreams may be as real as life. Ruiz substitutes movies for dreams and makes his prince a Chilean revolutionary who must attend the cinema daily in an effort to reconstruct his memory. more ... First Name: Carmen (Prenom: Carmen) (1983), 85 min. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard In French with English subtitles With Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffe, Myriem Roussel, Jean-Luc Godard

A beautiful young woman enlists her uncle, a mentally ill film director past his prime (Godard playing "Uncle Jean"), to create a film that, unbeknownst to him, is merely a front for a bank robbery. Godard's version of the original Merimee novel uses the music of Beethoven rather than Bizet's famous opera score.

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), rated PG, 107 min. Directed by Werner Herzog In German with English subtitles With Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor

A lush adaptation ofMumau's silent 1922 classic is a classic in its own right. Stark photography and minimalist dialogue pay homage to the original while presenting the story of Count Dracula's obsession with a beautiful woman.

General information BAM Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas and BAMcafe are located in the main building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (Lafayette and Ashland) in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. BAM Harvey Theater (formerly the Majestic Theater) is located at 651 Fulton Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn's only movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign film and repertory programming. Food and beverages by Michael Ayoub are available at the BAMcafe, which features an eclectic mix of spoken word and live music on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights during the Next Wave Festival. A package including dinner in BAMcafe and a movie ticket to BAM Rose Cinemas is available for only $25 (at the box office only).

Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, D, Q, to Atlantic Avenue/ B, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street Long Island Railroad to Flatbush A venue Car: GGMC parking $5-$7.50 after 5pm Monday-Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday

Credits The BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition ofa leadership gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthorpe Rose. BAM Rose Cinemas would also like to acknowledge the generous support of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden, Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Phyllis Holbrook Lichtenstein, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Inc. and primary corporate sponsors Bloomberg Radio AM 1130, Coca-Cola Enterprise of New York and Bowne of New York.

The 1999 Next Wave Festival is sponsored by Philip Morris Companies Inc., the festival's leading corporate sponsor since 1985. BAM is also partnering with Philip Morris and Food For Survival (FFS) to spearhead Arts Against Hunger - a food drive launched in conjunction with BAM's Next Wave Festival and BAM Rose Cinemas during the month of October. Participants who bring at least two non-perishable food items to food collection bins between October 5th and 31st will receive a free ticket valid through 1999 to BAM Rose Cinemas, or an $8.50 discount voucher for a ticket to a 1999 BAM Next Wave Festival event. ### Brooklyn 30 Lafayette Avenue BAMRose Cinemas Academy Brooklyn NY 11217-1486 Press and Promotions of Telephone: 718.636.4111 Nicki Lilavois Music Fax: 718.857.2021 718 6364129, x3

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BAMcinematek Presents Frank Capra: A Vision of the 30s

15 Capra films featured in Monday night series, October 4 - January 10

Brooklyn, September 13, 1999 - BAMcinematek, BAM Rose Cinemas' repertory program, presents a fifteen-film survey of Frank Capra's Depression-era works October 4-January 10. The Monday night series, Frank Capra: A Vision of the 30s, features his major films that not only entertained audiences, but inspired them to search for a better world.

Tickets are $8.50 ($5 for seniors, BAM Cinema Club members, children under 12 and students with valid I.D. Monday-Friday, except holidays) and are available one week prior to screening at the BAM Rose Cinemas Box Office (30 Lafayette Avenue) or by calling 718.623.2770. For more information, call the BAMcinematek hotline 718.636.4157 or visit the BAM web page at www.bam.org. BAM Prefers VISA®.

Frank Capra dominated the box office throughout Hollywood's Golden Era and won three Oscars for Best Director over the course of his career. Capra's films were enormously popular for their snappy storytelling, idealistic heroes, "triangle dramas"(a drama with three main characters) and sentimental style. Frank Capra: A Vision of the 30s features his most significant social and political comedies from that era - films that demonstrated his faith in the common man's struggle for the American Dream.

Frank Capra: A Vision of the 30s begins on October 4 with a special screening of Kenneth Browser's 1997 documentary, Frank Capra's American Dream. American Dream is narrated by Ron Howard and contains interviews with Robert Altman, Martin Scorcese and Oliver Stone, among others. The Capra series continues with his early, silent classics The Matinee Idol (1928), Rain or Shine (1930) and Ladies of Leisure (1930). One of his most significant films, It Happened One Night (1934), starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, will be screened on December 6; it was the first film to win Academy Awards in every major category. Other Capra films in the series include brilliant comedies such as The Miracle Woman (1931) and Platinum Blonde (1931), and beloved social fables such as Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). The complete schedule follows.

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About Frank Capra Frank Capra (1897-1991) was born in Sicily and immigrated to the United States with his family in 1903. He worked his way through college, received a degree in engineering and joined the army to fight in World War I. He returned optimistic, but unemployed; without any prior experience, talked his way into directing his first one-reel film, Ballad of Fultah Fisher's Boarding House (1922). The success of that short film led him to work on three silent features with the famous vaudevillian, Harry Langdon. In 1928, Capra started working steadily for Columbia Pictures, then a struggling studio. While at Columbia, Capra met writer Robert Riskin (1897-1955). Together they made 10 films - all instant hits. In 1934, Capra achieved enormous success for It Happened One Night (1934), an early masterpiece of "screwball comedy." Capra directed what could be considered the pinnacle of his career in 1946, It's A Wonderful Life, starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. In 1971, Capra published his autobiography, The Name Above the Title (Macmillan, 1971) in which he described his influential storytelling method: "When I see a crowd, I see a collection of free individuals: each a king or queen; each a story that would.fill a book; each an island of humanity."

Frank Capra: A Vision ofthe 30s schedule

All programs and showtimes are subject to change. Please call 718. 636.4157 or visit www.bam.org within three days of screening to confirm showtimes.

All showtimes at 5:30 and 8:30pm

October 4 Frank Capra's American Dream ( 1997), 115 min October 11 The Matinee Idol ( 1928), 58 min and Rain or Shine ( 1930), 90 min October 18 Ladies of Leisure (1930), 99 min October 25 The Miracle Woman (1931), 90 min November l Dirigible (1931), 100 min November 8 Platinum Blonde (1931 ), 82 min November 15 Forbidden (1932), 83 min November 22 American Madness (1932), 75 min November 29 The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933), 88 min December 6 It Happened One Night (1934), 105 min December 13 Broadway Bill (1934), 104 min December 20 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), 115 min December 27 Lost Horizon (1937), 138 min January 3 You Can't Take it With You (1938), 127 min January 10 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), 125 min

Frank Capra: A Vision ofthe 30s

Monday, October 4 Frank Capra's American Dream ( 1997), 115 min Directed by Kenneth Bowser With Ron Howard, Robert Altman, Martin Scorcese, Oliver Stone, Frank Capra Jr. This insightful documentary, narrated by Ron Howard, tells the story of Frank Capra's inspirational life and reintroduces audiences to his many masterpieces.

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Monday, October 11 Double bill The Matinee Idol (1928), 58 min With Bessie Love, Johnie Walker, Ernest Hilliard A Broadway star finds herself stranded in upstate New York with a clumsy theatrical troupe trying to produce a show. Rain or Shine (1930), 90 min Written by Jo Swerling and Dorothy Howell, from the musical by James Gleason and Maurice Marks With Joe Cook, Louise Fazenda, Joan Peers In this unusual adaptation of the hit musical, a determined circus leader manages to keep his show on the road despite a tumultuous love triangle, performers on the verge of a strike, and, finally, fights and fire under the big top.

Monday, October 18 Ladies of Leisure ( 1930), 99 min Written by Jo Swerling, from the play Ladies of the Evening by Milton Herbert Gropper With Barbara Stanwyck, Ralph Graves, Lowell Sherman, Marie Prevost In the first of many Capra films starring Barbara Stanwyck, she plays a party girl inspired and reformed by a "rich-kid" artist.

Monday, October 25 The Miracle Woman (1931), 90 min Written by Jo Swerling, from the play Bless You Sister by John Meehan and Robert Riskin With Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy Capra's cautionary tale about religion and deceit, based on the story of Aimee Semple Macpherson, is about a minister's daughter who teams up with a con-man to reap the profits of showy evangelism.

Monday, November 1 Dirigible ( 1931 ), 100 min Written by Jo Swerling from a story by Commander Frank Wilber Wead, U.S.N. With Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Fay Wray In this triangle drama about the navy's experimental and risky dirigible (aircraft) program in the Antarctic, a top pilot falls secretly in love with the wife of his protege. "Dirigible is one of the most rousing adventure yams ever filmed." - Elliott Stein, Village Voice

Monday, November 8 Platinum Blonde ( 1931 ), 82 min Written by Jo Swerling and Robert Riskin from a story by Harry E. Chandlee and Douglas W. Churchill With Jean Harlow, Loretta Young, Robert Williams, Halliwell Hobbes This nutty comedy is about a reporter who falls for a socialite rather than the down-to-earth colleague who secretly loves him. Platinum Blonde was the first of many collaborations between Capra and screenwriter Robert Riskin.

Monday, November 15 Forbidden (1932), 83 min Written by Jo Swerling and Frank Capra With Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Bellamy In this triangle drama, an unscrupulous journalist threatens to expose the illicit affair between a schoolteacher and a married politician.

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Monday, November 22 American Madness (1932), 75 min Written by Robert Riskin With Walter Huston, Pat O'Brien, Kay Johnson Capra's first film dealing with the Great Depression demonstrates scandalous bank operations that peak when a mob of frantic depositors scramble for their cash.

Monday, November 29 The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933), 88 min Written by Edward Paramore, based on the novel by Grace Zaring Stone With Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther,Walter Connolly In this romantic melodrama set during China's civil war, Stanwyck portrays a beautiful American missionary in Shanghai who is abducted by a sophisticated Chinese warlord (played by the well-disguised Swedish actor, Nils Asther). This film, considered one of Capra's finest achievements, was chosen to open Radio City Music Hall.

Monday, December 6 It Happened One Night (1934), 105 min Written by Robert Riskin, from the story ''Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams With Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly A runaway heiress and a ruthless reporter fall in love while travelling cross-country on a bus. This 1930's box office smash won five Academy Awards in an unprecedented sweep and established Columbia Pictures as a major studio.

Monday, December 13 Broadway Bill (1934), 104 min Written by Robert Riskin, from a story by Mark Hellinger With Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Walter Connolly When a young man risks his marriage and his future by purchasing a racehorse, his admiring sister-in-law seems to be the only one who believes in him.

Monday, December 20 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), 115 ·min Written by Robert Riskin from the novel Opera Hat by Clarence Budington Kelland With Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander, Douglas Dumbrille What Capra himself called his "first all-out indictment of the inhumanities of our times," this irresistible blend of comedy, romance and drama is about a poor man who wants to use his $20 million dollar inheritance to help the needy, and the cynics who think he's crazy. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town received Academy Award Nominations and won one for Best Director.

Monday, December 27 Lost Horizon (1937), 138 min Written by Robert Riskin, from the novel by James Hilton With Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Margo, Edward Everett Horton, Thomas Mitchell, H.B. Warner, Sam Jaffe A diplomat and his strangely diverse crew stumble on a lost city in Tibet where health, peace, and longevity abound. Lost Horizon received seven Oscar nominations and won two for Editing and Interior Decoration.

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Monday, January 3 You Can't Take it With You (1938), 127 min Written by Robert Riskin, from the play by George S. Kaufinan and Moss Hart With Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Edward Arnold The son of a dishonest tycoon and the daughter of a poor family of eccentrics fall in love against the odds. You Can't Take it With You received seven Oscar nominations and won two for Best Picture and Best Director.

Monday, January 10 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), 125 min Written by Sidney Buchman from a story by Lewis R. Foster With James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold This cinema classic is about a naive and idealistic Montana scout leader who is appointed senator and exposes deep-rooted corruption in Washington, DC. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington received eleven Oscar nominations and won one for Original Story.

General information BAM Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas and BAMcafe are located in the main building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (Lafayette and Ashland) in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. BAM Harvey Theater (formerly the Majestic Theater) is located at 651 Fulton Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn's only movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign film and repertory programming. Food and beverages by Michael Ayoub are available at the BAMcafe, which features an eclectic mix of live music on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights during the Next Wave Festival. A package including dinner in BAMcafe and a movie ticket to BAM Rose Cinemas is available for only $25 (at the box office only).

Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, D, Q, to Atlantic Avenue/B, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street Long Island Railroad to Flatbush Avenue Car: GGMC parking $5-$7.50 after 5pm Monday-Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday .

Credits The BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a leadership gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthorpe Rose. BAM Rose C1nemas would also like to acknowledge the generous support of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden, Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Phyllis Holbrook Lichtenstein, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Inc. and primary corporate sponsors Bloomberg Radio AM 1130, Coca-Cola Enterprise of New York and Bowne of New York.

### Brooklyn 30 LafayetteAvenue BAM RoseCinemas Academy BrooklynNY 11217-1486 Pressand Promotions of Telephone:718.636.4111 Nicki Lilavois Music Fax:718.857.2021 718 636.4129. x3

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BAMcinematek and New York Underground Film Festival PresentXENO International Film Festival--Cinemafrom the New Europe

XENO introduces the art of film to BAM's annual Next Wave Festival with ten feature films and more than fifty shorts from October 22-24 and 29-31

XENO International Film Festival is also part of New Europe '99

Brooklyn, September 24, 1999 -BAMcinematek, BAM Rose Cinemas' repertory program, announces details about the XENO International Film Festival, a new event produced by the New York Underground Film Festival in collaboration with the 1999 BAM Next Wave Festival. Combining the scope ofBAM's internationally renowned festival with the notorious cutting edge of the New York Underground Film Festival, XENO is the first complete festival of films presented as part of the Next Wave lineup. Ten new feature films and over fifty shorts from Europe- including eight U.S. premieres and two New York premieres - will be presented between October 22-24 and 29-31.

Tickets are $8.50 ($5 for seniors, BAM Cinema Club members, children under 12 and students with valid I.D. Monday-Friday, except holidays) and are available one week prior to screening at the BAM Rose Cinemas Box Office or by calling 718.623.2770. A dinner and movie package is available for only $25 (at the box office only). For more information, call the BAMcinematek hotline 718.636.4157 or visit the BAM web page at www.bam.org. The Next Wave Festival, comprised of thirteen dance, music and theater events, is sponsored by Philip Morris Companies Inc. BAM Prefers v7SA®.

XENO is also part of New Europe '99, a citywide festival of performances and humanities events examining the changing cultural landscape of Europe, sponsored by EAB. (For a complete release about New Europe '99, please call the BAM Press department.)

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Ride City ( 1999) Directed by Moira Tierney & Giles Packham; Super-8, 10 min A twin-screen travelogue through an urban horse show.

Monkey's Ass (1999) Directed by Eleanor Mitch; Super-8, 3 min A three-minute interview in its most elemental form.

Manhattan Mall (1999) Directed by Alan Lambert; Super-8, 3 min Yesterday is tomorrow in the midst of a midtown mall.

Galway Flick #1 & #2 (1998) Directed by Paul & James; Super-8, 6 min Speeding through Ireland, high on Super-8.

Fish (1998) Directed by Eleanor Mitch; Super-8, 3 min A low-fi moment with an aquarium.

Alexandria (1999) Directed by Maeva Aubert; Super-8, 3 min A home-style holiday travelogue.

Seven Ways Til Sunday (1998) Directed by Reynold Reynolds & Patrick Joly; 35mm, 10 min Surreal death scenarios acted out with doppelganger dummies in Brooklyn's factory wastelands. (Winner of Best Experimental Film at the 1998 NY Underground Film Festival and Best New Irish Short at the 1998 Cork Film Festival)

Point Monster (1997) Directed by Eamonn Doyle; l 6mm/video, 6 min Footage from a defective camera shaped into a modern ghost story.

Recount (1998) Directed by Alan Lambert; Super-8/video, 8 min A distorted Asian trip.

Prologue (1999) Directed by MarkCullen; video, 7 min Trans-media experiment in night mood and atmosphere.

Saturday, October 23 at 7pm Half a Lager and a Packet of Crisps: New British Underground Films UK, 7 5 min total This selection of new underground cinema from the UK's "no-budget film club" is curated by Jane Gang and filled with self-deprecating humor, cheap effects, bitter diatribes, twisted visions and rampant hooliganism. A rare 1960 's work by Jeff Keen, "granddaddy of British underground film," is also featured.

Jaunt (1995) Directed by Andrew Kotting; 16mm, 6 min A slice of British eccentricity at its best with boats, water and nautical types.

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Lady Rescue ( 1997) Directed by Colette Rouhier; video, 4 min Video satire starring the filmmaker as a lady up for adoption.

Marvo Movie (1967) Directed by Jeff Keen; 16mm, 5 min A rare gem from the king of British underground - an old school, speed wizard experiment.

Human Error in the Mechanical Age (1997) Directed by Paul Tarrag6; Super-8, 11 min A rich tale of things pre~ordained and reasons inexplicable.

Eat In (1998) Directed by Mark Locke; 16mm, 9.5 min A typical Friday night.

Important Toy (1997) Directed by Jennet Thomas; Super-8, 8 min Children and animals in a world of their own.

Mark's@Danny's (1999) Directed by Jane Gang; Super-8, 9 min A documentary of tattoo artist Mark Lee.

Rape oftheArthurpods (1997) Directed by Arthur Lager; Super-8, 3 min Violent sex in the underwater world.

The Dolls House (1997) Directed by Scott Flockhart; 16mm, 7 min The claustrophobic world of family bonding, in black and white.

Pop (1996) Directed by Thomas Zagrosek; video, 2.5 min A mad-paced, one-man rhythmic blitz.

Destroy All M ohsters ( 1996) Directed by Duncan Reekie; Super-8, 10 min Mr. Reekie, of London's Exploding Cinema Club, describes the "no-budget." manifesto and eloquently critiques the British art establishment.

Saturday, October 23 at 9:30pm Retrospective: Martin Arnold Presented in association with the Austrian Cultural Institute, 60 min total Renowned for his haunting re-mixes of found footage, mostly from Hollywood films, Martin Arnold has fostered a level of critical acclaim and cult following that is rare among contemporary avant-garde filmmakers. XENO and BAMcinematek are pleased to present his first comprehensive New York retrospective, including several short works that have rarely been screened in the U.S. Some of these films contain strong stroboscopic effects. * Martin Arnold will be present to discuss his films.

Jesus Walking On Screen (1993) 16mm (originally 35mm), 1 min Trailerfor a film series.

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Piece touchee (1989) 16mm, 16 min A few throwaway seconds of Hollywood archives become a stroboscopic ballet of rhythms and movements.

Passage al'acte (1993) 16mm, 12 min Automaton-children around the family dinner table pulse and squeal to schizophrenic time loops.

Remise ( 1994) 16mm, 1 min Trailer for an art space.

Don't? The Austrian Film (1996) 16mm (originally 35mm), 3 min A found-footage film commissioned for the "100 years of cinema" celebrations in Vienna.

Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy (1998) 16mm, 15 min Oedipal moments with the young Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, stretched and transformed into bleating, syncopated machines of desire.

Psycho (Viennale Spot 97) (1997) 16mm (originally 35mm), 1 min Trailer for Austria's main film festival, Viennale.

N.Y. Premiere Sunday, October 24 at 2pm Beyond Ultra Violence: Uneasy Listening By Merzbow Directed by Ian Kerkhof; Netherlands/Japan (1997), video, 62 min In Japanese with English subtitles Presented with the support of the Consulate-General of the Netherlands and Holland Film Beyond Ultra Violence replicates the theories of Japanese noise composer, Merzbow, by presenting the visual equivalents of the musician's uneasy work. This film contains scenes of extreme noise and violence.

Preceded by: Signal to Noise Directed by Ian Kerkhof; Netherlands/Japan (1997), super-8/video, 7 min A lo-meets-hi-tech experiment featuring Kerkhof and Merzbow.

U.S. Premiere Sunday, October 24 at 4pm Blab/ab/a Directed by Juan Carlos Bonete; Spain (1998), video, 91 min In Spanish with English subtitles Madness ensues as the enormous drag queen host of "Teledigifashion" is forced to share the same studio and rub shoulder pads with the grumpy producers of "Poetic Channel TV."

N. Y. Premiere Sunday, October 24 at 7pm Cinico TV: The Dark Vision of Cipri & Maresco Directed by Daniele Cipri & Franco Maresco; Italy ( 1989-1996), video, 80 min In Italian with English subtitles Produced for local "pirate" television under the name of Cinico TV, these highly cinematic video sketches draw on the sub-proletarian world of Sicilian outcasts, criminals and deviants. The film mixes comedy with tragedy and Mediterranean echoes of Bufiuel and Pasolini.

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Sunday, October 24 at 9:30pm and Saturday, October 30 at 2pm A Secret History of European Music Video Clips show curated by Jim McDonnell, Craig Spencer and Mary Wharton, 90 min total

This special presentation details the unique history of the music video in Europe from the early 1960s to today. The clips show exhibits pre-video formats such asjukebox shorts, promotional films and videos from the early days of MTV and beyond. Some rare clips never before shown in the U.S. spotlight such artists as The Kessler Sisters, Brigitte Bardot, The Who, David Bowie, Queen, Kate Bush, Nina Hagen, Les Ritas Mitsoukos, Eurythmics, Bjork, Whale and the Chemical Brothers. Noted music video directors represented include Anton Corbijn, Sophie Muller and Michel Gondry. Other Euro-rarities in the program include German swing, Italian rock-a-billy, Irish big band and Scottish crooners.

U.S. Premiere Friday, October 29 at 7pm Emergo! Directed by Nathalie Beekman; Netherlands ( 1998), video, 70 min In Dutch with English subtitles A young businessman escapes the pressures of city life by living on the rooftops of Amsterdam. Not long after, throngs of hipsters invade his privacy, as "rooftopping" becomes the latest trend. Emergo! was shot in the classic underground improvisational spirit and cut with the high-speed logic of MTV.

U.S. Premiere Friday, October 29 at 9:30pm Goldie: When Saturn Returnz Directed by John Akomfrah; UK (1998), video, 50 min Goldie, the "Godfather of Drum-n-Bass," takes us on the roller-coaster ride of his frantic life while covering the capsule history of hip-hop and DJ culture in the U.K. Goldie features interviews with his collaborators David Bowie and Noel Gallagher, the DJs at London's club Rage, Bronx graffiti legend Brim Fuentes and hip-hop elder Afrika Bambaataa.

Preceded by: Speak Easy Directed by Mirjam Unger; Austria (1997), 16mm, 20 min Presented in association with the Austrian Cultural Institute This funny and insightful montage of street kids in Vienna includes a cast of non-professional actors.

U.S. Premiere Saturday, October 30 at 4pm Punk and Glory Directed by Peter Sempel; Germany ( 1999), 16mm, 90 min In German and English with English subtitles This self-described "documentarypsychomusicfilm" is a collage in tribute to punk rock legend Nina Hagen Punk and Glory features 20 songs by Hagen and moments with Lemmy of Motorhead, Wim Wenders, Nick Cave and many more.

Saturday, October 30 at 7pm and Sunday, October 31 at 2pm Extra Sensual Perception: Euro Shorts Programme Presented in association with the Austrian Cultural Institute and Holland Film Promotion, 63 min total

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Happy Birthday Jonas, Between Day and Night and Preacher (1999) Directed by August Varkalis; Lithuania/U.S., 16mm, 5 min (silent) Three dancing engravings made from scratches on film.

Tito-Material ( 1998) Directed by Elke Groen; Austria, 16mm, 6 min A rotten dreamscape formed by fragments of Central European propaganda.

3 Films (1998) Directed by Thomas Draschan; Austria/Germany, 16mm, 9 min (silent) Three silent studies of natural movement that tease the eyes.

#11 [Marey <-> Moire] (1999) Directed by Joost Rekveldt; Netherlands, 35mm (scope), 23 min An astounding strobo-kinetic journey that envelops the viewer in light, motion and sound.

Sunspots (1998) Directed by Barbara Albert; Austria, 35mm, 20 min Two young provincial women dream of escape in this stunning and touching snapshot of inner and outer life.

N.Y. Premiere Saturday, October 30 at 9:30pm Shabondama Elegy Directed by Ian Kerkhof; Netherlands/Japan (1999), 35mm, 86 min In Dutch and Japanese with English subtitles Presented with the support of the Consulate-General of the Netherlands and Holland Film Kerkhof s latest shocker mixes crime, art and sex with a dizzying array of astounding editing techniques. When Thom Hoffman (ofKerkhof's Wasted and Miriam Kruishoop's Unter den Pa/men), is released from a Japanese prison, he finds that the police and the Yakuza (Japanese mafia) have given him seven days to live. He meets a girl in a bar (played by Japanese adult film star Hoshino Mai) and is drawn into a sordid, complex relationship. This film contains graphic sexual scenes and is not appropriate for viewers under 21.

U.S. Premiere Sunday, October 31 at 4pm Dezember, 1-31 Directed by Jan Peters; Germany (1999), 16mm, 80 min In German with English subtitles While searching for meaning in a friend's death, filmmaker Jan Peters exposed one three-minute reel of film each day in December 1997. A gripping account of one man's wanderings, this compulsive and serendipitous journey led him to the rooftops of Paris, a seance by Victor Hugo's grave, past a makeshift monument in memory of Princess Diana, onto the Internet and finally far into the sky.

U.S. Premiere Sunday, October 31 at 6:30pm and 9:30pm Nightfall Directed by Fred Kelemen; Germany (1999), 35mm, 140 min Nightfall tells the devastating tale of two desperate lovers caught in a nightmarish city contaminated by violence, disease and madness. With Nightfall, Kelemen mixes the distant atmospheres of 35mm with the cutthroat immediacy of hand-held video and crafts a relentless style that calls to mind the glory of Kubrick, the visionof Bela Tarr,and the media-mixingpsychodramas of Frenchcontemporaries Gaspar Noe(/ StandAlone) and Philipe Grandieux (Sombre).

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General information

BAM Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas and BAMcafe are located in the main building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (Lafayette and Ashland) in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. BAM Harvey Theater (formerly the Majestic Theater) is located at 651 Fulton Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn's only movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign film and repertory programming. Food and beverages by Michael Ayoub are available at the BAMcafe, which features an eclectic mix of spoken word and live music on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. A package including dinner in BAMcafe and a movie ticket to BAM Rose Cinemas is available for only $25 (at the box office only).

Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, D, Q to Atlantic Avenue/B, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street Long Island Railroad to Flatbush A venue Car: GGMC parking $5-$7.50 after 5pm Monday-Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday

Credits

The BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a leadership gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthorpe Rose. BAM Rose Cinemas would also like to acknowledge the generous support of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden, Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Phyllis Holbrook Lichtenstein, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Inc. and primary corporate sponsors Visa U.S.A., Bloomberg Radio AM 1130, Coca-Cola Enterprise of New York and Bowne of New York.

Major support for XENO was provided by the Village Voice, Salon Magazine, !film.net, Umbra, Icelandair and AirTech, with assistance from the Austrian Cultural Institute, the Consulate General of the Netherlands, and Holland Film.

New Europe '99 is supported, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). Additional financial support for New Europe '99 has been provided by The Rockefeller Foundation, Ticketweb and EAB. New Europe '99 website design is generously donated by Pharos Interactive.

About Arts Against Hunger BAM's 1999 Next Wave Festival is sponsored by Philip Morris Companies Inc., the festival's leading corporate sponsor since 1985. BAM is partnering with Philip Morris and Food For Survival (FFS) to spearhead Arts Against Hunger - a food drive launched in conjunction with BAM's Next Wave Festival and BAM Rose Cinemas during the month of October. Participants who bring at least two non-perishable food items to food collection bins will receive a free ticket to BAM Rose Cinemas, or an $8.50 discount voucher for a ticket to BAM Rose Cinemas, or an $8.50 discount voucher for a 1999 BAM Next Wave Festival event.

### Brooklyn 30 Lafayette Avenue BAMRose Cinemas Academy Brooklyn NY 11217-1486 Press and Promotions of Telephone: 718.636.4111 Nicki Lilavois Music Fax:718.857.2021 718.636.4129,x3

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BAMcinematek Presents "The Sound of Silents," Monthly Screenings of Silent Films with Live Piano Accompaniment beginning October 27

Year-long tribute celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the George Eastman House and features silent films from its distinguished collection

Brooklyn, October 12, 1999 - BAMcinematek, BAM Rose Cinemas' repertory program, salutes the Motion Picture Department of George Eastman House (GEH) and celebrates its 50th Anniversary with a year-long tribute to its distinguished silent film collection. On the last Wednesday of every month, BAMcinematek recreates the original film experience by screening one of GEH's silent films with live piano accompaniment. Donald Sosin, an acclaimed pianist who has been playing music for silent films for more than 25 years, will perform at all screenings. "The Sound of Silents" begins on October 27 with Stage Struck (1925), directed by Allan Dwan and starring Gloria Swanson and Lawrence Gray. The series continues with classics such as The Torrent ( 1926) and a new print of Cami Ile ( 1921 ). "The Sound of Silents" is dedicated to James Card, founder of the GEH Motion Picture Department and its first curator.

Tickets are $8.50 ($5 for seniors, BAM Cinema Club members, children under 12 and students with valid I.D. Monday-Friday, except holidays) and are available one week prior to screening at the BAM Rose Cinemas Box Office or by calling 718. 623 .2770. A dinner and movie package is available for only $25 (at the box office only). For more information, call the BAMcinematek hotline 718.636.4157 or visit the BAM web page at ,vww.bam.org. BAM Prefers VISA®.

About George Eastman House Founded in 1947, the motion picture collection at GEH is one of the oldest film archives in the United States. It is considered among the top cinematic collections worldwide and contains an unsurpassed selection of silent films. Examples include early British, French and American cinema (pre-1914); and the silent films of Cecil B. DeMille, Thomas H. Ince, Willaim S. Hart, Maurice Tourneur, John Collins and King Vidor, as well as surviving silent films of Greta Garbo and Louise Brooks. The collection also contains German Weimar cinema and classic Hollywood silents from numerous independent studios. more ... BAMRose Cinemas Sound of Silents 2

About Donald Sosin Pianist Donald Sos in is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Columbia University and has been playing music for silent films for more than twenty-five years. He studied piano with Kyriena Siloti and composition with the late William Albright and Jack Beeson. Sosin was the resident film accompanist at MoMA for five years, and has been with the American Museum of the Moving Image since 1989. Sosin has lectured about silent film music at the Aspen Institute of Humanities and at many colleges where he and his wife, actress/singer Joanna Seaton, present music of the silent film era along with film screenings. "The Sound of Silents" schedule and film descriptions All films with live piano accompaniment by Donald Sosin

October 27 at 8:00pm Stagestruck Directed by Allan Dv,1an, 1925, 77 min; with Gloria Swanson, Laurence Gray, Gertrude Astor This beguiling comedy, one of the first films to contain Technicolor effects, tells the story of a West Virginia waitress who takes up acting to prevent her boyfriend from falling for actresses.

November 24 at 8:00pm The Torrent Directed by Monta Bell, 1926, 77 min; with Greta Garbo, Ricardo Cortez, Edward Connelly In her first American film, Garbo stars as a Spanish peasant girl who is deserted by her nobleman lover. After becoming a famous Parisian opera singer, she returns home - only to realize that she was better off without him.

December 29 at 6:00 and 9:00pm Camille, New Print Directed by Ray Smallwood, 1921, 80 min; with Alla Nazimova and Rudolph Valentino When a Parisian courtesan falls in love with a young aristocrat, she is persuaded by his father not to marry him.

January 26 at 6:00 and 9:00pm Three Women Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, 1924, 87 min; with Pauline Frederick, May McAvoy, Marie Prevost This silent melodrama is about a woman seduced by a crook, who abandons her for her more attractive daughter. ·

"The Sound of Silents" will continue through September 2000 at BAM Rose Cinemas.

General information BAM Rose Cinemas is located in BAM's main building at 30 Lafayette Avenue. Food and beverages by Michael Ayoub are available at BAMcafe. Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, D, Q, to Atlantic Avenue/B, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street Long Island Railroad to Flatbush Avenue Car: GGMC parking $5-$7.50 after 5pm Monday-Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday

Credits The BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a leadership gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calt11orpe Rose. BAM Rose Cinemas would also like to acknowledge the generous support of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden, Brooklyn Delegation of tl1eNew York City Council, New York City Departmentof CulturalAffairs PhyllisHolbrook Lichtenstein, Robert Sterling Clark Founclatin,Inc. and primary corporate sponsors Visa U.S.A., Bloomberg Radio AM 1130, Entertainment Weekly, Coca-Cola Enterprise of New York and Bowne of New York.

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BAM Rose Cinemas Curator-at-Large Adrienne Mancia Receives the Insignia of Officer of the French Ordre des Arts et Des Lettres

Brooklyn, October 13, 1999-Adrienne Mancia, BAM Rose Cinemas' Curator-at-Large, was presented with the insignia of Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres on Wednesday, October 13 at the French Embassy's cultural division in New York. Also honored at this ceremony were Veronique Godard, Charge de mission, Cultural Services of the French Embassy and Executive Director of French American Cultural Services and Educational Aid (F ACS EA), and Jonathan Sehring, President, IFC Films.

The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres was established in 1957 to recognize eminent artists and writers, and people who have contributed significantly to furthering the arts in France and throughout the world. The award is presented twice annually to a few hundred people worldwide. Paul Auster, Omette Coleman, Marilyn Home, Richard Meier, Robert Paxton, Robert Redford and Meryl Streep are among the past American recipients of the medal of Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

About Adrienne Mancia

Adrienne Mancia's visionary work as a curator and programmer has helped to expand the boundaries of cinema in the United States. In November 1998, she joined the BAM Rose Cinemas staff as the Curator-at-Large, and in July 1999, . launched its repertory program, BAMcinematek. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn's premier movie house for first-run independent and foreign films and repertory programming. The movie house is part of Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), the leading presenter of contemporary performing arts in the United States.

From 1977 to 1998, Mancia served as curator of the Department of Film of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and currently is program consultant for the department. Since 1972, Mancia has been involved in the selection of films for the a1mual New York series, New Di rectors/New Films. Mancia has served on a variety of international film juries, including the Festival

more ... BAMRose Cinemas The recipient of many awards and honors, Mancia was chosen to receive one of Italy's highest civilian honors, the Order of the Republic of Italy, in January of 1988. She has received the Mel Novikoff award for lifetime achievement at the San Francisco International Film Festival, and in 1998 was honored at the International Festival for Latin-American Cinema in Gramado, Brazil.

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BAMcinematek at BAM Rose Cinemas Announces its Winter Schedule, Featuring A Collection of Keitel, Fellini's Feast and Bogie at BAM

Laughton Centennial, the inauguration of monthly Black Cinema Cafe screenings and ongoing Frank Capra and Sound of Silents films highlight the third BAMcinematek calendar

Brooklyn, November 4, 1999-BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn) has released its BAMcinematek winter schedule featuring A Collection of Keitel, a nine-week Thursday night series honoring Harvey Keitel; Fellini's Feast, a six-film series celebrating the surreal art of the great Italian filnmmker; Bogie at BAM, a series of nine films featuring the American icon, in honor of his centennial; a Laughton Centennial highlighting the work of actor/director Charles Laughton; the first screening of the monthly Black Cinema Cafe series (forn1erly listed as Black FilmFest America); and the continuation of the Frank Capra: A Vision of the 30s and The Sound of Silents series.

A complete calendar is enclosed, as well as releases for Fellini's Feast, Bogie at BAM and A Collection of Keitel. (Additional releases will follow w1der separate cover.) BAM Rose Cinemas' repertory film program, BAMcinematek, features daily screenings of classic American and foreign films, documentaries, retrospectives and special festivals. One of four screens at the state-of-the-art film complex is devoted exclusively to BAMcinematek prograi1m1ing.

Tickets are $8.50 ($5 for seniors, BAM Cinema Club members, children under 12 and students with valid I.D. Monday-Friday, except holidays) ai1d are available one week prior to each screening at the BAM Rose Cinemas Box Office or by calling 718.623.2770. A dinner ai1d movie package with BAMcafe is available for only $25 (at the box office only). For more inforn1ation, call the BAMcinematek hotline at 718.636.4157 or visit the BAM web site at ,:vw,:v.bam.org.

Fellini's Feast For 40 years, Italiai1 director Federico Fellini tantalized and delighted his admirers with two dozen farcical, dreai11like,humorous films. On Tuesday nights from November 23-December 28, BAMcinematek presents a series of six of the famed filnm1aker's most outrageous works, filled with the allusive imagery and fantastic characters that called for the creation of the adjective "Fellini-esque. " more ... BAMRose Cinemas t

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A Collection o(Keitel Thursday nights in December and January, BAMcinematek presents A Collection of Keitel. The series exhibits a wide range of films featuring Brooklyn-born Harvey Keitel, one of Hollywood's most compelling actors.

Bogie at BAM In honor of the centenary of his birth, BAMcinematek honors the legendary American film icon Humphrey Bogart December 4, 5, 18 and 19 and January 2, 15, 16, 29 and 30 with a series celebrating Bogie, the sardonic, hard-bitten alter ego created by an enigmatic and unlikely movie star.

Laughton Centennial Tackling roles ranging from Henry VIII and Captain Bligh to bookmakers and politicians, Charles Laughton was a classic character actor with an astonishing range. Though often remembered and loved as a rotund, boisterous ham, he was a Royal Academy-trained, Oscar-winning actor whose films-including his directing debut, The Night of the Hunter-attested to his huge talent. BAMcinematek presents a sampling of his films December 11, 12 and 26, and January 8 and 9 and 22 and 23.

Black Cinema Cafe (fom1erly listed as BlackFilmFest America) Black Cinema Cafe (BCC) is a monthly showcase of work by Black filmmakers that also provides members of the film and entertainment industry a rare opportunity to meet, network and share infom1ation. BCC starts on Wednesday, January 12.

Frank Capra: A Vision of the 30s Frank Capra directed a brilliant series of light comedies in the 1930s in which the central character, an individual of no exceptional fame or talent, perseveres-against the odds-over social injustice. On Monday nights, through January 10, BAMcinematek presents a series of Capra's films that not only entertained audiences, but inspired them to search for a better world. (A complete press release is available upon request.)

The Sound o(Silents BAM Rose Cinemas salutes the Motion Picture Department of George Eastman House (GEH) and celebrates its 50th Anniversary with a one-year tribute to its distinguished silent film collection. BAJvlcinematek presents one silent film per month, featuring live piano accompaniment by Donald Sosin. The Sound of Silents is dedicated to James Card, founder of the GEH Motion Picture Division and its first curator. (A complete press release is available upon request.)

Bo Widerberg Retrospective In reaction to the authority oflngmar Bergman, Bo Widerberg triggered a new wave in Swedish Cinema in the 1960s. With the support of the Swedish Institute, Stockholm and the Consulate General of Sweden/Swedish Infom1ation Service, New York, BAMcinematek presents a Bo Widerberg Retrospective November 2-12. (A complete press release is available upon request.)

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General infonnation BAM Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas and BAMcafe are located in the main building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (Lafayette and Ashland) in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. The Shakespeare & Co. BAMshop is now open adjacent to BAMcafe. BAM Harvey Theater (forn1erlythe Majestic Theater) is located at 651 Fulton Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn's only movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign film and repertory programming. Food and beverages by Michael Ayoub are available at the BAMcafe, which features an eclectic mix of spoken word and live music on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. A package including dinner in BAMcafe and a movie ticket to BAM Rose Cinemas is available for only $25 (at the box office only).

Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, D, Q to Atlantic Avenue/B, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street Long Island Railroad to Flatbush Avenue Car: GGMC parking $5-$7.50 after 5pm Monday-Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday

Credits The BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a leadership gift in honor of Jonathan F .P. and Diana Calthorpe Rose. BAM Rose Cinemas would also like to acknowledge the generous support of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden, Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Phyllis Holbrook Lichtenstein, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Inc. and primary corporate sponsors Visa U.S.A., Bloomberg Radio AM 1130, Coca-Cola Enterprise of New York and Bowne of New York.

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News Release BAMcinematek Presents Fellini's Feast

Six Fellini films featured in Tuesday night series, November 23-December 28

Brooklyn, November 4, 1999-BAMcinematek, BAM Rose Cinemas' repertory program, presents six of master Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini's most evocative works November 23- December 28. The Tuesday night series, Fellini's Feast, features films from 1969-80, a period when the director was continually exploring expressive new fom1s.

Tickets are $8.50 ($5 for seniors, BAM Cinema Club members, children under 12 and students with valid I.D. Monday-Friday, except holidays) and are available one week prior to each screening at the BAM Rose Cinemas Box Office or by calling 718.623.2770. A dinner and movie package is available for only $25 (at the box office only). For more infom1ation, call the BAMcinematek hotline 718.636.4157 or visit the BAM web page at www.bam.org. BAM Prefers VISA®.

Federico Fellini was one of the most influential filmmakers of his time and one of America's favorite foreign art film directors. He was nominated for and won numerous awards, including four Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film and a lifetime achievement Oscar, presented to him in 1992. A highly personal and visionary filnunaker, Fellini most often mined the riches of his O\m history and dreams to create fantastic, allusive, absorbing films-all feasts for the heart and mind.

Fellini's Feast begins on November 23 with Fellini Satyricon ( 1969), one of the director's most audacious films, which revels in the excesses of ancient Rome (and the less ancient I 960s). The series continues with Fellini 's Roma ( 1972), a fond remembrance of the Rome of Fellini· s youth. Amarcord (1974), arguably Fellini's best-loved film and one that won him his fourth Oscar, will be screened on December 14. Other films in the series include Fellini's Casanova (1976), 8 1 12 (1963), his most personal and unorthodox film, and City of Women (1980). The complete schedule follows.

About Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (1920-1994) was born in Rimini, Italy into a provincial middle-cbss family. At the age of seven, he ran away from boarding school to follow a traveling circus. He \\'as returned within days, but the experience left a lasting impression, becoming a rich source for his bter filmrnaking imagery. In the late 1930s he ventured to Florence and Rome, ostensibly to study, but in fact working as a proofreader and cartoonist for comic books and satirical publications. In 1940 he began writing for radio and collaborating on film scripts, including a radio series, Cico and Pallina, which cast a young acting student, Giuletta Masina, in the role of Pallina. Masina became his wife in 1943 and was frequently featured in his films. BAMRose Ci nemm3s Fellini 2

While numing an arcade in Rome after its liberation, Fellini met director Roberto Rossellini, who invited Fellini to collaborate \Yith him on a documentary, Open City (1945). Fellini went on to collaborate on Paisan (1946) and L 'Amore ( 1948). Fellini's first solo attempts at directing, Variery Lights (1951) and The White Sheik (1952), were commercial failures. In 1953 he made The Young and the Passionate, and its success established him as a director of international import. He won even greater acclaim with La Strada (1954), his first Oscar winner; The Nights ofCabiria (1957), another Oscar winner; La Dolce Vita (1960), the 1961 Grand Prize winner at Ca1mes: and 8 1/2 ( 1963 ), his third Oscar-wi1ming film. He went on to direct more than a dozen other films, continuing to experiment and to explore the themes and obsessions that so occupied him-:rnd provided the tantalizing and delightful material for his unique creations.

Fellini's Feast schedule All programs and show times are subject to change. Please call 718..636.4157 or visit www.bam.org within three days of screening to confirm show times.

November 23 Fellini Satyricon (1969), 129 min 5:30, 8:30pm November 30 Fellini's Roma (1972), 128 min 5:30, 8:30pm December 7 Fellini's Casanova (1976), 155 min 6, 9pm December 14 Amarcord (1974), 124 min 6, 9pm December 21 8 112 (1963), 135 min 6, 9pm December 28 City of Women (1980), 140 min 6, 9pm

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Tuesday, November 23 Fellini Satyricon ( 1969), 129 min Written by Federico Fellini from the novel by Petronius With Martin Potter, Capucine, Hiram Keller, Salvo Randone, Ma" Born A visually stunning vision of ancient Rome as seen through the eyes of two young men reveling in the decadence of Nero's reign. Satyricon, a phantasmagoria oo lbiiisexuality,castration., impotence and libidinal release, earned Fellini an Oscar nomination for Best Director.

Tuesday, November 30 Fellini's Roma (1972), 128 min Written by Federico Fellini With Peter Gonzales, Britta Barnes, Pia de Doses, Fiona Florence, Mame Maitland, Renato Giovannoli; cameos by Gore Vidal, Anna Magnani, Mw-ceUoMastroianni A stream of consciousness homage to the Eternal City of Feth.m's youth, Roma is an affectionate, kaleidoscopic, fantasy remembrance, which marked a return to•t1'1:e style of filmmaking that had won Fellini success in the 50s and 60s.

Tuesday, December 7 Fellini's Casanova (1976), 155 min Written by Federico Fellini and Bemadino Zapponi With Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont, Cicely Brown, Cannen Scarpitta, Clara Agranti, Chesty Morgan Sutherland gives an astonishing perfon11ance in this opulent, stylized, metaphysical farce, a rethinking of the tale of the 18th-century libertine as seen through Fellini's bacchanalian lens.

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Tuesday, December 14 Amarcord (1974), 124 min Written by Federico Fellini and Tonino Guerra With Magali Noel, Bnmo Zanin, Pupella Maggio, Annando Brancia Fellini's semi-autobiographical fantasy set in his birthplace, Rimini, is considered by many to be his best film and won him his fourth Best Foreign Film Oscar. Taking aim at fascism, family life, and religion in 1930s Italy, Amarcord blends burlesque, drama, satire and tragicomedy in a lyric and exuberant memento.

Tuesday, December 21 8 1/2 (1963), 135 min Written by Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi, and Federico Fellini With Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimee, Sandra Milo, Barbara Steele, Rossella Falk, Eddra Gale, Mark Herron, Madeleine LeBeau, Caterina Boratto A stmcturally and thematically complex self-portrait, 8 112 is about a filmmaker stmggling to make a masterpiece. Mixing fact with almost hallucinatory flights of fancy, 8 112 is Fellini's most unabashedly confessional film and earned him his third Best Foreign Film Oscar. The film's name is supposedly the sum of Fellini's output at the time: seven solo directing credits plus three collaborations, each counted as half

Tuesday, December 28 City of Women (1980), 140 min Written by Federico Fellini With Marcello Mastroianni, Ettore Manni, Anna Prucnall, Bernice Stegers This film is a visually stunning fantasy-drama chronicling the adventures of a modem-day, middle aged Don Juan, smothered with women but living in the time offeminism.

General infom1ation BAM Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas and BAMcafe are located in the main building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (Lafayette and Ashland) in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. The Shakespeare & Co. BAMshop is now open, adjacent to BAMcafe. BAM Harvey Theater (fom1erly the Majestic Theater) is located at 651 Fulton Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn's only movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign film and repertory progranuning. Food and beverages by Michael Ayoub are available at the BAMcafe, which features an eclectic mix of spoken word and live music on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. A package including dinner in BAMcafe and a movie ticket to BAM Rose Cinemas is available for only $25 (at the box office only).

Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, D, Q to Atlantic Avenue/B, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street Long Island Railroad to Flatbush Avenue Car: GGMC parking $5-$7.50 after 5pm Monday-Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday

Credits The BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a leadership gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthorpe Rose. BAM Rose Cinemas would also like to acknowledge the generous support of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden, Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Phyllis Holbrook Lichtenstein, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Inc. and primary corporate sponsors Visa U.S.A., Bloomberg Radio AM 1130, Coca-Cola Enterprise of New York and Bowne of New York.

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News Release BAMcineniatek Presents Bogie at BAM

Nine films celebrate Humphrey Bogart's legacy in centennial series, December 4-January 30

Brooklyn, November 5, 1999-BAMcinematek, BAM Rose Cinemas' repertory program, presents nine of the greatest films starring American film icon Humphrey Bogart on select weekends, December 4-January 30. The series, Bogie at BAM, features some of the enigmatic and unlikely film star's most memorable works.

Tickets are $8.50 ($5 for seniors, BAM Cinema Club members, children under 12 and students with valid I.D. Monday-Friday, except holidays) and are available one week prior to each screening at the BAM Rose Cinemas Box Office or by calling 718.623.2770. A dinner and movie package is available for only $25 (at the box office only). For more infom1ation, call the BAMcinematek hotline 718 636.4157 or visit the BAM web page at w,vw.bam.org. BAM Prefers v7SA@.

Humphrey Bogart is best known as the brooding and sardonic "Bogie." He was the gangster, the gumshoe, and the gold-digger-but always with an underlying soulfulness that belied the surface bravado. This ambiguous combination created an enduring icon of American masculinity that left an indelible mark on film history.

Bogie at BAM begins on December 4 withMcirked Woman (1937), one of Bogart's early films from his prolific gangster period. The series continues on December 5 with Dark Victory (1939), the classic weepie with Bette Davis. Screening January 15 is To Have and Have Not (1944), the fiery film that introduced Bogie to his future wife, Lauren Bacall. To Have and Have Not is based on a Hemingway story about a charter boat operator and a sexy French Resistance agent. Other films in the series include They Drive by Night ( 1940), The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 ), Sabrina (1954), The Big Sleep (1946), High Sierra (1941) and In a Lonely Place (1950). The complete schedule follows.

About Humphrev Bogart Humphrey Bogart ( 1899-1957) was born in New York City to a noted Manhattan surgeon and a successful magazine illustrator. He attended the Phillips Academy in Andover, MA where he was preparing to attend medical school at Yale before being expelled for disciplinary problems. He enlisted in the navy during WWI, and was injured during a shelling of the USS Leviathan, resulting in a partially paralyzed upper lip and consequent speech idiosyncrasy that later became his trademark. Upon his return to New York, he wanted to work in theater, and a family friend arranged a job as an office boy. Bogart worked his way up to road company and stage manager more ... BAMRose Cinemas Bogie at BAM 2 f positions, decided to switch to acting in 1920 and played a number of unmemorable roles throughout that decade.

In 1930 he made his film debut in a short called Broadway's Like That. He was cast in a number_ of minor roles at various studios, but kept returning to Broadway, where he got his break in 1935 when he was cast in The Petrified Forest.Due to the insistence of costar Leslie Howard, he was subsequently cast in the 1936 film version. He appeared in some 28 features between 1936 and 1940, mostly in gangster roles. In 1941 Bogart teamed with John Huston, first in High Sierra, which Huston wrote, then in The Maltese Falcon, Huston's directorial debut. The roles gave Bogart a chance to develop deeper characters, and "Bogie" was born. He achieved widespread and enduring popularity, which he sustained with successes such as Casablanca, The Big Sleep, Key Largo and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. During the 1950s he extended his range even further in such diverse films as In a Lonely Place, The African Queen (for which he won an Oscar), The Caine M11tiny, Sabrina and The Barefoot Contessa. In March 1956, just after the release of The Harder They Fall, he underwent surgery for esophageal cancer. He died in his sleep on January 14, 1957.

Bogie at BAM schedule All programs and show times are s11bjectto change. Please call 718. 636.-1l57 or visit www.bam.org within three days of screening to confirm show times.

All screenings are at 3, 6,and 9pm

December 4 Marked Woman (1937), 97 min December 5 Dark Victory (1939), 106 min December 18 They Drive by Night ( 1940), 97 min December 19 The Maltese Falcon (1941), 101 min January 2 Sabrina (1954), 113 min January 15 To Have and Have Not (1944), 100 min January 16 The Big Sleep (1946), 114 min January 29 High Sierra (1941 ), 96 min January 30 In a Lonely Place (1950), 93 min

Saturday, December 4 Marked Woman (1937), 97 min Directed by Lloyd Bacon With Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Eduardo Cia1melli, Isabel Jewell, Jane Bryan, Mayo Methot, Allen Jenkins, Lola Lane Loosely based on fact, this gritty gangster drama finds Bogie embroiled in the story of four clip­ joint hostesses persuaded by a crnsading D.A. to testify against their powerful criminal boss. Davis won a Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival for her role.

Sunday, December 5 Dark Victory (1939), 106 min Directed by Edmund Goulding With Bette Davis, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Humphrey Bogart, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers Bogie plays an Irish stable hand in this classic tearjerker about a young heiress who learns to live only after discovering she is dying from a brain tumor.

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Saturday,December 18 They Drive by Night ( 1940), 97 min Directed by Raoul Walsh With Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, George Raft, Ida Lupino, Alan Hale, Gale Page, Roscoe Kams, Charles Halton In this socially conscious and well-plotted thriller, two wildcat trucker brothers are framed by their fom1er boss' wife for his murder.

Sunday, December 19 The Maltese Falcon (1941), 101 min Written and Directed by John Huston With Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond, Barton MacLane, Gladys George, Lee Patrick, Elisha Cook Jr., Jerome Cowan In this fast-paced, Academy Award-nominated film noir thriller, Bogie plays a private detective drawn into a complicated web of murder and betrayal in search of a priceless statuette.

Sunday, January 2 Sabrina (1954), 113 min Directed by Billy Wilder; written by Billy Wilder and Ernest Lelm1an from the play Sabrina Fair by Samuel Taylor With Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden, Walter Hampden, Francis X. Buslunan, Jolm Williams, Martha Hyer, Marcel Dalio This cham1ing and wry comedy casts Bogie against type, as a wealthy, aging businessman competing with his dissolute playboy brother (Holden) for the affections of their chauffeur's daughter (Hepburn). An Academy Award-winner for Best Costume Design, the film also received four other Oscar nominations.

Saturday, January 15 To Have and Have Not (1944), 100 min Directed by Howard Hawks, based on a story by Ernest Hemingway With Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Bre1man, Hoagy Cannichael, Marcel Dalio, Dolores Moran, Sheldon Leonard, Dan Seymour In the film that brought them together, Bogie is a Martinique charter boat operator and Bacall is the sexy French Resistance fighter who enlists his help.

Sunday, January 16 The Big Sleep ( 1946), 114 min Written and Directed by Michael Winner With Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Jolm Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Louis Jean Heydt, Regis Toomey, Peggy Knusden, Dorothy Malone, Bob Steele, Elisha Cook, Jr. Classic noir, and probably the best Raymond Chandler story on film, The Big Sleep pairs Bogie and Bacall again in a dense thriller about a private eye hired to protect a wealthy young woman. Tripping over murders and mayhem, he finally falls for the woman's older sister.

Saturday, January 29 High Sierra ( 1941), 96 min Directed by Raoul Walsh; written by Jolm Huston and W.R. Burnett, from the Burnett novel With Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Come! Wilde, Henry Travers, Henry Hull In Bogie's first starring role, he plays an aging gangster with a heart of gold who is hiding out from the police in the High Sierra. This film allowed Bogart to reach beyond simplistic gangster roles and find the enigmatic soulful/tough-guy combination that made him an icon.

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Sunday, January 30 In a Lonely Place (1950), 93 min Directed by Nicholas Ray; written by Andrew Solt, based on the novel by Dorothy B. Hughes and an adaptation by Edmund H. North With Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith, Jeff Do1mell Bogart began to stretch as an actor in the 50s with a series of diverse films, starting with In a Lonely Place-a stylish, offbeat film noir about a hotheaded Hollywood writer having an affair with a starlet while under suspicion of murder.

General information BAM Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas and BAMcafe are located in the main building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (Lafayette and Ashland) in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. The Shakespeare & Co. BAMshop is now open, adjacent to BAMcafe. BAM Harvey Theater (formerly the Majestic Theater) is located at 651 Fulton Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn's only movie house dedicated to first-nm independent and foreign film and repertory progranuning. Food and beverages by Michael Ayoub are available at the BAMcafe, which features an eclectic mix of spoken word and live music on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. A package including di1mer in BAMcafe and a movie ticket to BAM Rose Cinemas is available for only $25 (at the box office only).

Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, D, Q to Atlantic Avenue/B, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street Long Island Railroad to Flatbush A venue Car: GGMC parking $5-$7.50 after 5pm Monday-Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday

Credits The BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a leadership gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthorpe Rose. BAM Rose Cinemas would also like to acknowledge the generous support of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden, Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Phyllis Holbrook Lichtenstein, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Inc. and primary corporate sponsors Visa U.S.A., Bloomberg Radio AM 1130, Coca-Cola Enterprise of New York and Bowne of New York.

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BAMcinematek Honors Distinguished Character Actor Charles Laughton's Centennial with a Seven-film Series Beginning December 11

Brooklyn, November 12, 1999-In honor of Charles Laughton's centennial, BAMcinematek, BAM Rose Cinemas' repertory program, presents seven of the legendary actor's films on alternating weekends in December and January. The Laughton Centennial runs December 11-12, 26, 8-9 and 22-23 at BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Avenue). Often remembered and loved as a rotund, boisterous ham, Laughton was a classic character actor with an astonishing range; the films featuring this Royal Academy-trained, Oscar-wi1ming actor attest to his huge talent.

Charles Laughton's filmography includes some of the most tremendous roles in cinema history. He is best remembered for his incredibly diverse characterizations such as Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), screening on December 11, and King Henry VIII in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), for which he won an Oscar for Best Actor, screening on December 12. The BAMcinematek centennial series also includes the only film Laughton directed, Night of the Hunter (1955), presented on January 22. A complete schedule follows.

Tickets are $8.50 ($5 for students with valid I.D. Monday-Friday, except holidays, BAM Cinema Club members, seniors and children under 12) and are available one week prior to screening at the BAM Rose Cinemas Box Office or by calling 718.623.2770. A dinner and movie package is available for only $25 (at the box office only). For more information, call the BAMcinematek hotline at 718.636.4157 or visit the BAM web site at w,vw.bam.org. BAM Prefers VISA®.

About Charles Laughton

Born in England on July 1, 1899, Laughton made his acting debut at the age of 14 in a school production of The Private Secreta1y. In 1924, he entered London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and in his second year of study received the Bancroft Gold Medal for the most acclaimed actor the Academy had trained within that period. Laughton met his wife, Elda Lanchester, while performing in the 1927 production Mr. Prohack. Together they traveled back and forth to Hollywood, eventually becoming United States citizens in 1950. Charles Laughton died in Hollywood in 1962. Throughout his career he performed in over 50 films and today is considered one of the finest character actors in cinema history.

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Laughton Centennial schedule (descriptions follow)

All screenings at 3, 6 and 9pm Programs and show times are subject to change. Please call 718.636.4157 or visit www.bam.org within three days of screening to confirm show times.

December 11 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) December 12 ThePrivate Life of Henry VIII (1933) December 26 The Big Clock (1948) January 8 Hobson 's Choice (1954) January 9 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) January 22 The Night of the Hunter (1955) January 23 Advise and Consent (1962)

Sat11rday,December 11 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), 115 min Directed by William Dieterle Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Sir Cedric Hardwicke In this fantastic adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic story, Laughton plays Quasimodo, a malformed bell-ringer in medieval Paris.

Sunday, December 12 The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), 97 min Directed by Alesander Korda Charles Laughton, Merle Oberon, Elsa Lanchester, Merle Oberon, Elsa Lanchester Britain's international breakthrough film about Henry VIII begins with the execution of Anne Boleyn and includes the king's marriages to four other wives. Laughton's famous role garnered him the 1933 Oscar for Best Actor, making him the first British actor ever to earn this award.

Sunday, December 26 The Big Clock (1948), 95 min Directed by John Farrow Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan In this notorious film noir, a publishing tycoon commits murder and frames one of his employees for the crime.

Saturday, January 8 Hobson 's Choice (1954), 107 min Directed by David Lean Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie To secure his comfortable quality of life, a tyrannical bookmaker tries to prevent his three daughters from marrying.

Sunday, January 9 Witness for the Prosecution (1957), 116 min Directed by Billy Wilder Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton Based on Agatha Christie's novel, a renowned but ailing defense attorney investigates an accused wife-murderer in this courtroom drama.

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Saturday, January 22 The Night of the Hunter (1955), 93 min Directed by Charles Laughton Robert Mitchum, Lillian Gish In this nightmarishfable, a psychopathicpreacher chases two childrenwho are hiding a secret fortune.

Sunday, January 23 Advise and Consent (1962), 142 min Directed Otto Preminger Don Murray, Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon, Charles Laughton In his last film, Laughton plays a narrow-minded senator who leads the fight against a newly­ appointed Secretary of State.

General information

BAM Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas, BAMcafe and the recently-opened Shakespeare & Co. BAMshop (adjacent to BAMcafe) are located in the main building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (Lafayette and Ashland) in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. BAM Harvey Theater (formerly the Majestic Theater) is located at 651 Fulton Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn's only movie house dedicated to first-nm independent and foreign film and repertory progranu11ing. Food and beverages by Michael Ayoub are available at the BAMcafe, which features an eclectic mix of spoken word and live music on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. A package including dinner in BAMcafe and a movie ticket to BAM Rose Cinemas is available for only $25 (at the box office only).

Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, D, Q to Atlantic Avenue/B, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street Long Island Railroad to Flatbush A venue Car: GGMC parking $5-$7.50 after 5pm Monday-Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday

Credits

The BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a leadership gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthorpe Rose. BAM Rose Cinemas would also like to acknowledge the generous support of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden, Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Phyllis Holbrook Lichtenstein, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Inc. and primary corporate sponsors Visa U.S.A., Bloomberg Radio AM 1130, Coca-Cola Enterprise of New York and Bowne of New York.

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NewsRelease BAM Rose Cinemas Announces a New Film and Discussion Series, Cinemachat with Elliott Stein

Renowned film critic and historian curates monthly program and hosts post-screening discussions in BAMcafe

Brooklyn, November 15, 1999-Renowned film critic and historian Elliott Stein will guest-curate BAMcinematek 's new film and discussion series, Cinemachat. Once a month, BAM Rose Cinemas will present rarely-shown films selected by Stein, many of which feature international actors and directors who are not as well known in this country as they are abroad. Following each film, the audience is invited to join Stein in the BAMcafe for a lively discussion of the film. Cinemachat with Elliott Stein begins on Wednesday, December 8.

Tickets are $8.50 ($5 for students with valid I.D. Monday-Friday, except holidays, and for seniors, BAM Cinema Club members and children under 12) and are available one week prior to screening at the BAM Rose Cinemas Box Office or by calling 718.623 .2770. A dinner and movie package is available for only $25 (at the box office only). For more information, call the BAMcinematek hotline at 718.636.4157 or visit the BAM web site at www.bam.org. BAM Prefers VISA®.

The first Cinemachat with Elliott Stein on December 8 at 9pm features the stylish thriller Hangover Square (1945), directed by John Brahm. Stein said, "Hangover Square is a wonderful example of Hollywood's craftsmanship during the latter years of what was still the golden age of the studio system. Hangover Square hasn't been shown publicly in New York in some time; the big screen and a good sound system like BAM Rose Cinemas' are essential to experience this beautifully crafted movie properly."

On Wednesday, January 5 at 6pm, Cinemachat presents The Underground Orchestra (1998), directed by Heddy Honingmann. "Underground Orchestra is a very moving documentary about a group of musicians who play in the Paris metro, nearly all of whom are political exiles," commented Stein. "It is the most recent work of one of Europe's leading young filmmakers-Honigmann-who is not nearly as well known in America as she deserves to be. This film has only been shown once in this area, briefly in Manhattan, and New Yorkers are fortunate to get this second chance to catch it at BAM Rose Cinemas."

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Other films in the Cinemachat series include The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955) by Luis Bufiuel, and Salt of the Earth (1953) by Herbert J. Biberman. Cinemachat with Elliott Stein will continue at BAM Rose Cinemas throughout the year. A complete schedule of all Cinemachat films through March 2000, with complete film descriptions, is listed below.

About Elliott Stein Elliott Stein is a renowned film critic and historian. His essays on film and popular culture have appeared in such major publications as The New York Times, Film Comment, Rolling Stone, Vanitv Fair and Varietv. Since 1983, he has been a regular contributor to the film section of the Village Voice. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Cinema Studies from New York University and continued his post-graduate studies at the Sorbonne and the University of Salzburg. Stein is the editor and co-author of Caligari's Cabinet and Other Grand Illusions. A Historv of Film Design_ He has lectured on cinema at The Smithsonian Institution, The Public Theater, The Asia Society and YWCA film series. Stein has also served as a juror at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greece) and the San Francisco Film Festival.

Cinemachat with Elliott Stein schedule Programs and showtimes are subject to change. Please call 718.636. 4157 or visit www.bam.org within three days of screening to confirm showtimes.

Wednesday, December 8 Hangover Square (1945), UK/US, 77 min. 6 and 9pm Directed by John Brahm With Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell, George Sanders Whenever George Harvey Boone, a deranged composer, blacks out, a murder always seem to occur. This stylish thriller includes exquisite Edwardian sets and a magnificent score by Bernard Herrmann. Hangover Square was the last film that the outstanding actor Laird Cregar appeared in before his death. *Cinemachat follows the 9pm screening in the cinema.

Wednesday, January 5 The Underground Orchestra (1998), France, 108 min. 6 and 9pm Directed by Heddy Honigmaim A ragtag bunch of international bohemians, all political exiles, play for their supper in the Paris metro. This moving documentary is about exile and loss, exploring the relationship of art and the resilience of the human spirit. *Cinemachat in BAMcafe follows the 6pm screening.

Wednesday, February 2 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955), Mexico, 90 min. 7 and 9:30pm Directed by Luis Bufiuel In Spanish with English subtitles With Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava Stem, Ariadna Welter ln this stunningly perverse and hilarious black comedy directed by one of the greatest filmmakers in history, a man is consumed by an overwhelming obsession to murder women. *Cinemachat in BAMcafe follows the 7pm screening. more... Cinemachat 3

Wednesday, March 8 Saft of the Earth (1953), 94 min., Archival print 7 and 9:30pm Directed by Herbert J. Biberman With Will Geer, David Wolfe, David Sarvis, Mervin Williams, Rosaura Reveultas Th.is radical pro-feminist story, based on an actual strike by New Mexican mineworkers, was made during Senator McCarthy's communist '\vitch hunts"--one of the most repressive periods in American political history. During its production, its director, producer, writer, composer and principal actor were all blacklisted by Hollywood due to accusations of communist sympathies and continued to create this film as a unique act of defiance. *Cinemachat in BAMcafe follows the 7pm screening.

General information BAM Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas, BAMcafe and Shakespeare & Co. BAMshop are located in the main building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (Lafayette and Ashland) in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. BAM Harvey Theater (fom1erly the Majestic Theater) is located at 651 Fulton Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn's only movie house dedicated to first-nm independent and foreign film and repertory programming. Food and beverages by Michael Ayoub are available at the BAMcafe, which features an eclectic mix of spoken word and live music on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. A package including dinner in BAMcafe and a movie ticket to BAM Rose Cinemas is available for only $25 (at the box office only).

Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, D, Q to Atlantic Avenue/B, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street Long Island Railroad to Flatbush A venue Car: GGMC parking $5-$7.50 after 5pm Monday-Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday

Credits The BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a leadership gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthorpe Rose. BAM Rose Cinemas would also like to acknowledge the generous support of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden, Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Phyllis Holbrook Lichtenstein, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Inc. and primary corporate sponsors Visa U.S.A., Bloomberg Radio AM 1130, Coca-Cola Enterprise of New York and Bowne of New York. French films are supported by The Florence Gould Foundation, Credit Lyonnais, and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York.

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BAMcinematek Announces Its January-March Schedule, Featuring Kurt Weill Film Festival; Beyond The Eternal Road: New Voices from Israel; Philip on Film; and the Continuation of Bogie at BAM and A Collection of Keitel

Harvey Keitel to participate in Q&As at two Reservoir Dogs screenings, January 6 Ongoing programs include Sound of Silents, Cinemachat with Elliott Stein and Black Cinema Cafe

Brooklyn, December 15, 1999-BAMcinematek, BAM Rose Cinemas' repertory program, has announced its January-March calendar featuring the final four films of A Collection of Keitel, the nine-week Thursday night series honoring Brooklyn-born actor Harvey Keitel, who will make a guest appearance at the January 6 screenings of Reservoir Dogs. The Kurt Weill Film Festival, February 17-21, in celebration of Weill's centenary, is presented in conjunction with BAM's presentation of a gala and his historic opera The Eternal Road (Der Veg der Verheissung). A related series, Beyond The Eternal Road: New Voices from Israel, March 9-14, includes new films examining the Jewish and Israeli experience during the 20th century. Monthly programs continue with two film and discussion series: Cinemachat with Elliott Stein and Black Cinema Cafe, plus the year-round tribute to the Motion Picture Department of George Eastman House, Sound ofSilents--silent films with live piano accompaniment

A calendar and a complete release for Black Cinema Cafe are enclosed. BAMcinematek, BAM Rose Cinemas' repertory film program, features daily screenings of classic American and foreign films, documentaries, retrospectives and special festivals. One of four screens at the state-of-the­ art film complex is devoted exclusively to BAMcinematek programming.

Tickets are $8.50 or $5 for students (with valid I.D. Monday-Friday, except holidays), seniors, BAM Cinema Club members and children under 12 and are available one week prior to each screening at the BAM Rose Cinemas Box Office (30 Lafayette Avenue) or by calling 718.623.2770. A dinner and movie package with BAMcafe is available for only $25 (at the box office only). For more information, call the BAMcinematek hotline at 718.636.4157 or visit the · BAM web site at www.bam.org.

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Bogie at BAM In honor of the centenary of his birth, BAMcinematek honors the legendary American film icon Humphrey Bogart. The nine-film series continues on alternating weekends and includes Howard Hawks' To Have and Have Not on Saturday, January 15. Based on a story by Ernest Hemingway, this film first brought Bogie and Bacall together.

Kurt Weill Film Festival In celebration of Kurt Weill's centenary and in conjunction with BAM's presentation of a Weill Gala and The Eternal Road (Der Weg der Verheissung)-Weill' s epic retelling of the Jews' flight from persecution as revealed in the Old Testament-BAMcinematek will present four films featuring Weill's music, February 17-20.

Bevond The Eternal Road: New Voices from Israel Following the BAM mainstage engagement of The Eternal Road (Der Weg der Verheissung), BAMcinematek presents a special series of new films examining the Je,-vish and Israeli experience during the 20th century. Six New York premieres and one U.S. premiere will be shownbetween March 9-14.

Philip on Film In conjunction with the weeklong festival Philip on Film in the BAM HowardGilman Opera House (March 21-26), as part of the BAM 2000 Spring Season, BAMcinematekprese,nts three films with soundtracks by Philip Glass: Candyman (1992), Mishima: A Life in Fm,r Chapters (1985) and The Thin Blue Line (1988).

Black Cinema Cafe Black Cinema Cafe (BCC) is a monthly film and discussion series showcasing independent Black films, curated by Reggie Scott and Jeff Friday. BCC kicks off on Wednesday, Jmmary 12 with Detdrich McClure's cross-country adventure, Road Dogs ( 1999). Following the ?pm s:cire:ening,McClure will host a Q&A in BAMcafe. (A complete press release is enclosed.)

The Sound of Silents BAM Rose Cinemas salutes the Motion Picture Department of George Eas:ttmanHouse (GEH) and celebrates its 50th anniversary with a tribute to its distinguished silent filimi collection. BAMcinematek presents one silent film per month, featuring live piano accompaniment by Dooald Sosin. The Sound of Silents features a new print of Camille (1921), directed by Ray Smallwood and starring Rudolph Valentino and Alla Nazimova, on December 29. A complete press release is availablie1111J)OOrequest.

Cinemachat with Elliott Stein Renowned film critic and historian Elliott Stein guest-curates this monthlly:ffillm and'discussion series. Screenings of rarely shown films, many of which feature intematiowd acircmrs;a:mim directors who are not as well known in this country as they are abroad, are followed by audience ~ions. with Stein in BAMcafe after the screening. The next Cinemachat with Elliott Stein ES~ 5 at 6pm following Heddy Honingmann's moving documentary, The Underground Orchestra (Im). A complete press release is available upon request. more ... BAMcinematek 3

General information

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas and BAMcafe are located in the main building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (Lafayette and Ashland) in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. The Shakespeare & Co. BAMshop is now open adjacent to BAMcafe. BAM Harvey Theater (fonnerly the Majestic Theater) is located at 651 Fulton Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn's only movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign film and repertory programming. Food and beverages are available at the BAMcafe, which features an eclectic mi-xof spoken word and live music on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. A package including dinner in BAMcafe and a movie ticket to BAM Rose Cinemas is available for only $25 (at the box office only).

Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, D, Q to Atlantic Avenue/B, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street Long Island Railroad to Flatbush Avenue Car: GGMC parking $5-$7.50 after 5pm Monday-Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday

The BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a leadership gift in honor of Jonat118llF.P. and Diana Caltl10rpe Rose. BAM Rose Cinemas would also like to acknowledge the generous support of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden, Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Phyllis Holbrook Lichtenstein, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Inc. and primary corporate sponsors Visa U.S.A., Bloomberg Radio AM 1130, Coca-Cola Enterprise of New York and Bowne of New York.

Beyond the Eternal Road: New Voices from Israel is supported by The New York Israel Cultural Cooperation Commission and The Consulate General of Israel in New York, Office of Cultural Affairs.

Deutsche Bank is the presenting sponsor of the BAM presentation of The Eternal Road and Kurt Weill programs.

### Brooklyn 30 Lafayette Avenue Talk Cinema Information Academy BrooklynNY 11217-1486 HarlanJacobson of Telephone: 718.636.4111 914 271.6472 Music Fax:718.857.2021 BAM RoseCinemas Information Nicki Lilavois 718.636.4129, x3 News Release BAM Rose Cinemas hosts Harlan Jacobson's Talk Cinema this Spring Six sessions scheduled between February 21 and May 9

Brooklyn, February 4, 1999--Harvey Lichtenstein, President and Executive Producer of Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), has announced that six sessions of Harlan Jacobson's Talk Cinema, the nationally-acclaimed sneak preview and discussion series, will be offered at the new BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Avenue) this spring. Sessions will be held on Sundays at 10am on February 21, March 14 and 28, April 11 and 25 and May 9. The cost is $99 for the series or $20 per screening, at the door only. For information and reservations, call Talk Cinema at 800. 5 51. 9221 or visit the web page at www.talkcinema.com.

Jacobson surprises his audience with his unannounced selection of films and participating speakers: "We screen the movies purely, the way they were made, as the critics do-- before preconceived ideas and other people's opinions set in."

"Talk Cinema gives the Brooklyn audience a film festival experience in its own back yard. We are pleased to offer this unique program at BAM Rose Cinemas," said Lichtenstein.

The subscription-based program has exploded onto the scene with sold-out events at Lincoln Center in New York, as well as major theaters in Washington, DC, Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver, Boston and Seattle. In the past season, Talk Cinema has presented advance screenings of Pleasantville, Elizabeth, Happiness, Life is Beautiful, Waking Ned Devine, 1//uminata, The 24 Hour Woman and Hilary and Jackie.

On the mornings of Talk Cinema the BAMcafe will open at 9:30am. Brunch will be available at a 10% discount to Talk Cinema ticket-holders following the discussion.

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Talk Cinema is sponsored in part by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters.

The BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a leadership gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthorpe Rose. BAM Rose Cinemas would also like to acknowledge The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden, Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council, Bloomberg Radio, Entertainment Weekly,and Coca-Cola Enterprise ofNew York. #### BAMRose Cinemas Brooklyn 30 Lafayette Avenue · Talk Cinema Information Academy Brooklyn NY 11217-1486 Harlan Jacobson of Telephone:718.636.4111 914.271.6472 Music Fax: 718.857.2021 BAM RoseCinemas Information Nicki Lilavois 718.636.4129, x3 NewsRelease

Harlan Jacobson's Talk Cinema Returns to BAM Rose Cinemas this Fall, from September 26 to December 19

Brooklyn, August 25, 1999--Harlan Jacobson's Talk Cinema, the nationally acclaimed film sneak preview and discussion series, will return to BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Avenue) this fall. Seven Sunday sessions will be held at 10am on September 26, October 3 and 17, November 7 and 21, and December 5 and 19. The cost is $120 for the series or $20 per screening (on the day of the event, single screening passes available only at the box office). For information and reservations, call Talk Cinema at 800.551.9221 or visit the web page at www.talkcinema.com.

Talk Cinema is a subscription-based program offering its moviegoers the opportunity to preview and discuss independent and foreign films prior to their release. Audience members do not know what film will be shown until they arrive at the theater. Following the screenings, prominent film critics and industry professionals lead audience discussions. Talk Cinema resumes this season at BAM Rose Cinemas and Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center in New York, as well as at theaters in Washington, DC, Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver, Boston and Seattle. Last season at BAM Rose Cinemas, Talk Cinema presented advance screenings of The King of Masks, The Harmonists, Three Seasons, The Red Dwarf, I Stand Alone and Besieged. Post-screening discussions were led by film critics such as Armand White (New York Press), Thelma Adams (New York Post) and David Sterritt (Christian Science Monitor), among others.

For over twenty years Harlan Jacobson has written about film and international festivals for major newspapers, magazines and broadcast outlets throughout the U.S. and Canada. Jacobson chooses Talk Cinema's films from such major festivals as Cannes, Toronto, Sundance and New York.

BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn's only movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign film and repertory programming. Continental breakfast is available at BAMcafe beginning at 9:30am on the mornings of Talk Cinema, with complimentary coffee from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. Following the discussion, brunch will be available at a 10% discount to Talk Cinema ticket-holders.

Credits The BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a leadership gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthoq:,e Rose. BAM Rose Cinemas would also like to acknowledge the generous support of The Peter Jay Shaq:,Foundation, Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden, Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Phyllis Holbrook Lichtenstein, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Inc. and primary coq:,oratesponsors Bloomberg Radio AM 1130, Coca-Cola Enteq:,riseof New York and Bowne of New York. Talk Cinema is sponsored by Guylian Creations in Chocolate and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. #### BAMRose Cinemas Brooklyn 30 LafayetteAvenue BAM Rose Cinemas Academy BrooklynNY 11217-1486 Press and Promotions of Telephone:718.636.4111 Nicki Lilavois Music Fax:718.857.2021 718.636.4129, x3

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BAMcinematek Hosts Black Cinema Cafe, A Monthly Film and Discussion Series Showcasing Independent Black Films

Detdrich McClure's Road Dogs kicks off the series on January 12

Brooklyn, December 15, 1999-BAMcinematek, BAM Rose Cinemas' repertory program, announces the newest addition to its calendar-Black Cinema Cafe (BCC), a film and discussion series promoting independent Black cinema. Once a month, guest curators Jeff Friday and Reggie Scott will present an independent film directed by a filmmaker of African descent, followed by post­ screening discussions with the filmmakers, or other special guests, in BAMcafe. Black Cinema Cafe (BCC) begins on January 12 with a screening ofDetdrich McClure's Road Dogs (1999) followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.

Tickets are $8.50 or $5 for students (with valid I.D. Monday-Friday, except holidays), seniors, BAM Cinema Club members and children under 12 and are available one week prior to screening at the BAM Rose Cinemas Box Office or by calling 718.623.2770. A dinner and movie package is available for only $25 (at the box office only). For more information, call the BAMcinematek hotline 718.636.4157 or visit the BAM web page at \Vww.bam.org. BAM Prefers VISA®.

Black Cinema Cafe Co-curator Reggie Scott said, "It is extremely important to have venues where African-Americans and people of color from across the Diaspora can display their cinematic achievements. BCC depicts the diversity of the blackcommunity instead of mainstream Hollywood's one-dimensional and often negative perspective. It provides inspiration to young blacks as well."

Co-curator Jeff Friday added, "BCC gives the thriving young urban commw1ity an atmosphere to provide constructive criticism regarding films for and about us."

The January 12 session of Black Cinema Cafe at BAM Rose Cinemas features the cross-country adventure story, Road Dogs (1999), directed by Detdrich McClure and starring Glenn Plummer and Chris Spencer. Other films in the series include Cold Feet (1999), the romantic comedy directed by Brian Evans and Personals (1998), directed by Michael Sargent. The BCC schedule and complete film descriptions through March 2000 follows. more ...

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