27TH YEAR OF FILM FEB-MAR-APR 2004 Denver

FILMFESTIVALS, CINEMATHEQUE AND DFS MEMBER EVENTS JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL MARCH 11 - 18

OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS COLORADO FILMMAKER SHOWCASE

50TH ANNIVERSARY FELLINI 35MM PRINT I VITELLONI

KIDS MOVIE SATURDAYS STARTING FEB 7, 2004

1 FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR THIS DENVER FILM ISSUE WELCOME! In 2004, Denver FEBRUARY-MARCH -APRIL 2004 Film Society celebrates 27 years of bringing the best of world cinema to Film Festivals Pages 4-5 the Rocky Mountains. 8th Annual Denver Jazz on Film Festival (FEB 13-15) Our primary platform, the Starz 8th Denver Jewish Film Festival (MAR 11-18) Denver International Film Festival, th is augmented by a continuing 6 Starz XicanIndie FilmFest: Latino World Cinema (APR 1-4) th Ron Henderson, right, with Francis catalogue of exciting cinematic 5 Starz Denver Pan African Film Festival (APR 26 TO MAY 2) Ford Coppola at the 26th Starz events presented year round: Denver International Film Festival festivals, series, fi rst-run engagements, special screenings, meet-the-fi lmmaker programs and Denver Film Cinematheque Series Pages 6-9 Society member events. Americana Film (Monthly) As you will see, there is a lot to enjoy, learn and talk about with Language of Film (Monthly) fellow fi lm-lovers over these three months. Most of it happens at Open Screen: Colorado Filmmakers Showcase (Monthly) Starz FilmCenter, the theatrical home and education center of Denver Film Society and University of Colorado at Denver’s College Psychiatrist & Critic (Monthly) of Arts & Media, operated in partnership with Starz Encore Group. Saturday Night Shadowcasts (Weekly) Please join us for fi lm, wine and conversation at the home of quality, cutting-edge cinema in Denver. Special Events Pages 12-13 I would like to acknowledge the Denver Film Society’s experienced, New Faces of Swedish Cinema (Feb 20-23) dedicated staff, managing year-round fi lm programs with the help of generous sponsors, loyal members and enthusiastic volunteers. Party With Oscar (Feb 29) See you at the movies! Night of the Adeaters (Mar 20) ~ Ron Henderson, Artistic Director Shoah (Apr 18 & Apr 25)

Denver Film Society Staff Kids Movie Saturdays Page 10

RON HENDERSON DORI HARRELL Film Education Programs Page 14 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR BOOKKEEPING / OPERATIONS SCOTT ROWITZ RICKY SEMPLE Film Venues & Theatres Page 15 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR BRIT WITHEY ROY SAND Centerfold Film Calendar Page 16 PROGRAM DIRECTOR STARZ FILMCENTER GENERAL MANAGER BRITTA ERICKSON KEVYN FAIRCHILD Denver-area First-run Exclusives Pages 18-30 MEDIA & INDUSTRY RELATIONS STARZ FILMCENTER DIRECTOR PROJECTION OPERATIONS MANAGER Denver Film Society Membership Page 31 MALA FOLSOM HOWIE MOVSHOVITZ DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR STARZ FILMCENTER DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION LINDSAY MANGAT ON THE COVER: Maya Maron in BROKEN PROJECT MANAGER ERIC BETEILLE STARZ FILMCENTER MARKETING WINGS, winner of nine Israeli Academy Awards, Denver Film Society Year-Round Sponsors opening exclusively at Denver Film Society’s Starz FilmCenter for a one-week engagement starting Friday, Apr 9, 2004. (see page 27)

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2 3 2 WWW.DENVERFILM.ORG • (303) 820-FILM WWW.DENVERFILM.ORG • (303) 820-FILM 3 FILM FESTIVALS 8th Annual Jazz on Film Festival 8th Denver Jewish Film Festival

Feb 13 to Feb 15, 2004 Mar 11 to Mar 18, 2004 Presented by Jazz89 KUVO Presented by Starz Encore Group

One of only two of its kind Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli The best new fi lms from in the United States, the 8th 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver Israel – as well as fi lms Annual Denver Jazz on Film 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org exploring the Jewish experi- Festival serves as a reminder ence – screen at the Mizel of the city’s dedication to the arts – and, in par- Center for Arts and Culture ticular, to jazz. The festival takes place President’s and Starz FilmCenter at the Day weekend. Complete Tivoli. A complete schedule MY ARCHITECT program is available with program descriptions, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli via denverfi lm.org and dates and times is avail- 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org jazzfi lmfestival.org and able via mizelcenter.org includes documentaries and denverfi lm.org. Titles Mizel Center for Arts & Culture on Cole Porter and Benny include: 350 South Dahlia St - Denver 303.316.6360 Goodman as well as:

• NINA SIMONE: LOVE SORCERESS • GOD IS GREAT AND I AM VERY SMALL (France, 2002) – Directed by Pascale Bailly, starring Audrey Tatou. • THE HOWLIN’ WOLF STORY: THE SECRET OF ROCK AND ROLL • ALILA (Israel, 2003) – Directed by Amos Gitai. • SWING: PURE PLEASURE and SWING: THE VELOCITY • YOSSI & JAGGER (Israel, 2002) – Directed by Eytan Fox. OF CELEBRATION from the Ken Burns Jazz Series • MY ARCHITECT (USA, 2003) – Directed by Nathaniel • OSCAR ALEMAN: A SWINGING LIFE Kahn. Closing night fi lm. • OSCAR PETERSON: IN THE KEY OF OSCAR

6th Starz XicanIndie FilmFest: 5th Starz Denver Latino World Cinema Pan African Film Festival

Apr 1 to Apr 4, 2004 Apr 26 to May 2, 2004 Brought to you by El Centro Su Teatro and Presented by Pan African Arts Society El Centro Cultural Mexicano Presented by Bud Light and American Family Insurance The seven-day 5th Starz Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli Denver Pan African Film 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver Four days of new fi lms from Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli & Arts Festival presents 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org the U.S. and Latin America 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver approximately 60 fi lms, and exploring all things Latino. 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org related events including fi lm and video features, The festival includes a special sidebar of classic shorts, student works, documentaries, experimental fi lms from Mexico. A works, and works in progress. complete schedule is Workshops, panels, and available starting mid- receptions with local, national, March at suteatro.org and international fi lm artists and denverfi lm.org. will focus on all aspects of fi lmmaking. A complete schedule of fi lms and events is available in April at panafricanarts.org and denverfi lm.org.

4 5 4 WWW.DENVERFILM.ORG • (303) 820-FILM WWW.DENVERFILM.ORG • (303) 820-FILM 5 CINEMATHEQUE SERIES Americana Film Series Tattered Cover Book Store Free Classic Film Series Feb 21, Mar 20 & Apr 17; all at 4:00pm Award-winning Denver playwright and director Feb 7, Mar 6, Apr 3, May 1 & Jun 5; all at 7:00pm Co-sponsored by Colorado Public Radio Terry Dodd hosts movie classics considered quintessentially American geography, landscape, Hosted by Howie Movshovitz, Starz FilmCenter’s spirit, memory, place and – above all – in dreams. director of education and Colorado Public Radio’s resident fi lm critic. Free Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli Feb 21, 4pm – SMILE 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver and open to the public. 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver (USA, 1975, Color, Rated PG, 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org 117 min.) – Comedy about Feb 7, 7:00pm: THE RIVER California’s Young American Miss pageant, the year’s (France, 1951, Color, Not Rated, 97 min.) – From Rumer main event for Big Bob Freelander (Bruce Dern) and Godden’s novel about an English family living on the Ganges Brenda DiCarlo (Barbara Feldon). An early Melanie River and standing out in dress, pace and lack of Indian Griffi th appearance. understanding of life and death. Translated wonderfully into color and rhythm by director Jean Renoir. Great French March 20, 4pm – HOOSIERS (USA, 1986, Color, Rated critic André Bazin calls it a masterpiece. Shown in a gorgeous PG, 115 min.) – One-of-a-kind comeback story: A coach with 35mm print. a checkered past (Gene Hackman) and a local drunk (Dennis Hopper) train a small-town high school team for basketball Mar 6, 7:00pm: CYRANO DE championship. Oscar for Hopper. BERGERAC (USA, 1950, Black & White, Not Rated, 112 min.) – Edmond April 17, 4pm – NOBODY’S FOOL Rostand’s play, in Michael Gordon’s (USA, 1994, Color, Rated R, 100 min.) – Paul black-and-white version, makes a stark, Newman, Jessica Tandy (in her fi nal fi lm), Bruce unusual story of one man sacrifi cing Willis and Melanie Griffi th in Robert Benton’s himself for another. Oscar for José Ferrer adaptation of Richard Russo’s rueful novel as Cyrano. about a 60-year-old losing touch with his family. Apr 3, 7:00pm: A THOUSAND CLOWNS (USA, 1965, Black & White, Not Rated, 118 min.) – Classic mid-60s look Language of Film Series / at rebellious adman Jason Robards Jr. who fi nds himself Stop-Start Deconstruction deeply committed to an eccentric nephew abandoned Feb 10, Mar 9 & Apr 13; all at 7:00pm by his mother. Barbara Harris and William Daniels Denver fi lmmaker Alexandre Philippe introduces and play uptight, bewildered deconstructs important fi lms, social workers. Oscar Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli in stop-start fashion, from for Martin Balsam as the 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver dependable brother. his storyteller perspective. 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org May 1, 7:00pm: LA MARSEILLAISE (France, 1938, Black Feb 10, 7pm: FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (1965, Italy, & White, Not Rated, 130 min.) This French Revolution story Color, Rated R, 130 min.) – The middle fi lm of Sergio Leone’s follows people from Marseilles, north to Paris, to fi ght against “Man with No Name” Western trilogy, a lead-in to THE the monarchy. Financed by France’s Communist labor union, GOOD THE BAD & THE UGLY. Clint Eastwood, Lee Van but director Jean Renoir’s takes Cleef, Klaus Kinski. a humanist approach, and the likeable King is played by the Mar 9, 7pm: MULLHOLLAND DRIVE director’s brother Pierre. (2001, USA/France, Color, Rated R, 147 min.) – Perhaps the most studied film Jun 5, 7:00pm: TOP HAT since SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, David (USA, 1935, Black & White, Lynch’s triumph stars Naomi Watts and Not Rated, 99 min.) – Perfect Laura Haring as mixed-up actresses in the musical with Fred Astaire and City of Dreams. Ginger Rogers – even a young Lucille Ball – and “Cheek to Apr 13, 7pm: – A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951, Cheek,” “Isn’t This a Lovely USA, Black & White, Rated PG, 125 min.) Elia Kazan’s version Day to Be Caught in the Rain,” of the Tennessee Williams play set in New Orleans following and “The Piccolino.” World War II. Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh and Karl Malden.

6 7 6 WWW.DENVERFILM.ORG • (303) 820-FILM WWW.DENVERFILM.ORG • (303) 820-FILM 7 CINEMATHEQUE SERIES Saturday Night Shadowcasts Open Screen: Colorado Filmmakers Showcase ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Feb 2, Mar 8 & Apr 12, 2004; all at 7:00pm Every Saturday night at midnight; pre- Denver Film Society program director Brit Withey and show 11:45pm Academy Award-winner Presented by Colorado Elusive Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli Ingredient (CEI) Donna Dewey take turns 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver introducing a variety of 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org CLUE: THE MOVIE Colorado-made fi lms. Feb 14, Mar 13 & Apr 10; all at 9:00pm Feb 2, 7:00pm: SPIRIT AT THE MOUNTAINTOP (Colorado, Presented by Delusions of Grandeur 2002, Not Rated, 81 min.) – Director Adam M. Dempsey documents African-American history through the 135-year In addition to shadowing the action in 1975’s cult heritage of Shorter Community African Methodist Episcopal classic ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, Church in Denver. In recognition of Black History Month. Adam M. Dempsey in person. Colorado Elusive Ingredient’s Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli 30-member troupe performs 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver Mar 8, 7:00pm: 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org an original pre-show SLEEPING PILLS routine – every Saturday night. Then, during (Colorado, 2003, ROCKY, CEI follows the 28-year tradition of Color, Not Rated, 85 min.) – Director sacrifi cing “virgins,” tossing contents of $1 throw Michael Lauter’s bags, and integrating music, pop culture and comedy 35mm feature shows into a fi lm that would otherwise be, well, a drag. SLEEPING PILLS the search paradise in America’s suburbs, as a creative techie (Jonathan W. Chalker) is For 1985’s game-based CLUE: THE MOVIE, CEI torn between a mastermind boss (Lea Downey) and a tantalizing splinter troupe Delusions of Grandeur delivers the free spirit (Melissa London). Michael Lauter in person. fi lm’s fi rst and only regional shadowcast. Never the Apr 12, 7:00pm: PATH ALTERED (Colorado, 2003, Color, same show twice. Not Rated, 25 min.) – Director Ali Jackson documents women devastated by extreme sexual abuse in their youth. Feb 7, 11:45pm: ROCKY TAG NIGHT Panel discussion follows in recognition of Sexual Assault Audience members tag in Awareness Month. Ali Jackon in person. Feb 14, 9:00pm: CLUE: THE MOVIE Feb 14, 11:45pm: MOVIE-PERFECT ROCKY The Psychiatrist & The Critic Film Series Faithfully duplicating all moves & costumes Feb 21, 11:45pm: EVOLUTION ROCKY Feb 4, Mar 3, Apr 7, 2004; all at 7:00pm Modern twists, all new pre-show A psychiatrist and a fi lm critic analyze a slate of Feb 28, 11:45pm: MONTY PYTHON ROCKY Transvestites who say “nee,” costume contest important fi lms, giving their unique perspectives in post- Mar 6, 11:45pm: DEBUT ROCKY screening audience discussions. At Starz FilmCenter. New cast members debut Feb 4, 7:00pm: ALL THAT JAZZ (USA, 1979, Color, Rated Mar 13, 9:00pm: CLUE: THE MOVIE R, 123 min.) – Director Bob Fosse (CHICAGO) shows his own life story in the sordid details of a womanizing, drug- Mar 13, 11:45pm: MOVIE-PERFECT ROCKY (see Feb 14) dealing dancer (Roy Scheider). Mar 20, 11:45pm: EVOLUTION ROCKY (see Feb 21) Mar 3, 7:00pm: PONETTE (France, 1996, Mar 27, 11:45pm: BONDAGE ROCKY Color, Not Rated, 97 min.) – Jacques Doillon Whips, chains, costume contest directs the captivating tale of a little girl Apr 3, 11:45pm: EVOLUTION ROCKY (see Feb 21) (Victoire Thivisol) withdrawing from the world after her mother’s death. Apr 10, 9:00pm: CLUE: THE MOVIE PONETTE Apr 10, 11:45pm: MOVIE-PERFECT ROCKY (see Feb 14) Apr 7, 7:00pm: THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (USA, 1956, Color, Rated PG, 120 min.) – Alfred Hitchcock Apr 17, 11:45pm: FOURTH ANNIVERSARY ROCKY directs James Stewart and Doris Day as a vacationing family Apr 24, 11:45pm: LINGERIE ROCKY – Boxers or briefs? stumbling into a Moroccan assassination plot.

8 9 8 WWW.DENVERFILM.ORG • (303) 820-FILM WWW.DENVERFILM.ORG • (303) 820-FILM 9 Kids Movie Saturdays Every Saturday starting Feb 7, 2004; all at 12:30pm MarchMarch 66,, 112:30pm2:30pm - AAgesges 88-12:-12: JUMPINGJUMPING FORFOR JOYJOY (94 With support from Xcel Energy Foundation and min.) - In 1964, tomboy Bobbie Dean gets Scientifi c & Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) the chance to live her dream when she is In cooperation with Coalition for Quality Children’s mistaken for a boy and invited to play on a Media and KIDS FIRST!® boys basketball team - but ends up leading the team, thanks to a court order, from the Kids Movie Saturdays is a weekly family-friendly series sidelines. with short fi lms and features perfect for kids – from age 2 up – and their families. From animated tales of wonder March 13, 12:30pm: SPECIAL PROGRAM TO BE ANNOUNCED like HAROLD AND THE Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli PURPLE CRAYON to a rare 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver Spanish-language version of 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org March 20, 12:30pm - Ages 2-5: the 2002 blockbuster, ICE HERMIE: A COMMON CATERPILLAR AGE. Special admission for this program is $4.00, with (60 min.) - An inspirational tale of a kids under 3 free. plain caterpillar who longs to be more by imitating other insects. Preceded by Feb 7, 12:30pm - Ages 5-8: PETE’S A PIZZA and MORE CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM WILLIAM STEIG STORIES (54 min.) - Chevy Chase and John (25 min.) Lithgow narrate this remarkable collection of animated tales March 27, 12:30pm - Ages 8-12: from one of America’s master storytellers, BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS (52 min.) - The touching tale and the author of SHREK. Includes of a young boy’s friendship with the great composer, Ludwig “Doctor de Soto,” an Oscar-nominated van Beethoven. Emmy winner. Preceded by THE ROYAL short. Preceded by DOTTIE: THE LITTLE DIARIES (30 min.) GIRL WITH THE BIG VOICE (11 min.) April 3, 12:30pm - Ages 7-15: Feb 14, 12:30pm - Ages 6-12: PEOPLE (54 min.) - Cara ICE AGE (In Spanish; 82 min.) - and her lovable grandfather embark on A quartet of misfi ts unexpectedly, a journey of imagination that brings and reluctantly, comes together in them face to face with the wonderful a quest to return a human infant variety of people in the world. Based on to his father. Smart, complex Peter Spier’s book. Music by Al Jarreau, - and silly. Released for the fi rst time in Spanish, appealing to Chaka Khan, Grover Washington Jr, adults but not above kids’ level. Vanessa Williams. Created in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations. Preceded by ENEMY PIE (30 min.) April 10, 12:30pm - Ages 2-5: GOOD NIGHT GORILLA and MORE BEDTIME STORIES Feb 21, 12:30pm - Ages 5-8: MISS NELSON HAS A (51 min.) - Bedtime made fun with FIELD DAY and MISS NELSON IS BACK Peggy Rathmann’s magical, giggly (54 min.) - Harry Allard’s Miss Nelson tales, tale. Narrated by Anthony Edwards. illustrated by James Marshall, are sure to Contains popular book-based shorts bring a chuckle as they explore every day kid of Happy Birthday Moon, Good Night adventures. Includes the title programs, also Gorilla, How Do Dinosaurs Say Good featuring the notorious substitute Miss Viola Night and more. Preceded by THE Swamp. Music by Ernest V. Troost. Preceded by THE LITTLE LITTLE PEOPLE (22 min.) PEOPLE (22 min.) April 17, 12:30pm - Ages 5-8: HAMTARO: HAMHAMS Feb 28, 12:30pm - Ages 2-5: HAROLD AND THE PURPLE HEAD SEAWARD (75 min.) - Hamtaro, an insatiably curious CRAYON and MORE HAROLD STORIES (30 hamster, with a group of pals known as the Ham-Hams, min.) - Harold and his amazing purple crayon, gather together in their clubhouse to plan their next adventure from Crockett Johnson, have charmed readers while their owners are in school. the world over for generations. Now, this true to the original, animated adaptation introduces Harold to a brand new audience with three highly entertaining tales. Showing with THE SNOWY DAY and MORE EZRA JACK KEATS STORIES (30 min.)

10 11 10 WWW.DENVERFILM.ORG • (303) 820-FILM WWW.DENVERFILM.ORG • (303) 820-FILM 11 SPECIAL FILM EVENTS Party With Oscar® New Faces of Swedish Cinema

Sunday, Feb 29, 2004, 5:30pm Feb 20, 21 & 22, 2004; multiple showtimes Presented by Gotthelf’s My Jeweller In cooperation with Consulate General of Sweden of Benefi ting Denver Film Society New York and Swedish Film Institute Celebrate the 76th Annual Academy The national cinema of Ingmar Bergman is enjoying a Awards® at a high-energy cocktail and renaissance thanks to Sweden’s new crop of immigrant Oscar® viewing party. Mediterranean fi lmmakers. This fi lm series Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli cuisine, silent auction and predict-the- shows how Swedes deal 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver winner contest. Proceeds an increasingly borderless 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org enable Denver Film Society RISE Nightclub 1909 Blake St - Denver world. In-person appearance by Iran-born Swedish to continue bringing quality Tickets: denverfi lm.org director Susan Taslimi, Feb 22, 7:00pm. fi lm programming to Colorado. Dress in Hollywood best. Valet parking available. Feb 20, 7:00pm: JALLA! JALLA! (Sweden, 2000, Color, 88 min.) – • Denver Film Society members: $100 Exuberant comedy about an • Patron Tickets: $125 arranged – and intricately unarranged • Rising Stars: $100 (ages 21-35) – marriage for Lebanese immigrants; • Corporate packages: (303) 595-3456 ext. 12 one of Sweden’s biggest box-offi ce hits. For tickets and additional info, visit denverfi lm.org or Feb 20, 9:00pm: INVISIBLE / DEN OSYNLIGE (Sweden, 2002, Color, 95 min.) – The fi rst feature from Joel Bergvall call (303) 595-3456 ext. 30. RSVP by Feb 23rd. and Simon Sandquist is a provocative, resonant story about teenage bullying. The‘ Night of the Adeaters Feb 21, 2:00pm: THE REUNION / KLASSFESTEN (Sweden, 2002, Color, 100 min.) – Directors Måns Herngren and Mar 20, 2004, at 5:00pm and 7:00pm Hannes Holm show how one event can defi ne the rest of life, In cooperation with Alliance Francaise (Denver) especially at a 20-year high-school reunion. Celebrating International Francophone Day Feb 21, 4:30pm: FOUR WOMEN / FYRA KVINNOR (Sweden, 2002, Color, 90 min.) – Uganda-born fi lmmaker Amazing, funny, artistic, creative Baker Karim shows a woman using a camcorder as a way of fi lms come from advertising. From getting closer to old friends – without letting them get too its French birthplace at Jean-Marie close to her. Boursicot’s Film Library (adeater.com), Feb 21, 6:45pm: THE NEW COUNTRY this annual event takes place in 47 (Sweden, 2002, Color, 137 min.) nations, with two 90-minute programs pulling from – Director Geir Hansteen Jorgensen has a 700,000 spots made since 1898. 15-year-old Somalian boy and a 40-year- old Iranian man escape a refugee camp to Part One (90 min.): Mar Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli bond with a former Swedish beauty queen. 20, 5:00 pm. Part Two (90 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org Feb 21, 9:30pm: DAYS LIKE THIS (Sweden, 2001, Color, min.): Mar 20, 7:00 pm. 96 min.) – Filmmaker Mikael Håfström weaves together romantic dramas witnessed (and at times reluctantly participated in) by a vacuum cleaner salesman making his rounds. Shoah Feb 22, 1:30pm: WINGS OF GLASS (Sweden, 2000, Color, 105 min.) – First-generation Swede Reza Bagher’s story Part One: Apr 18, 12:30pm & 5:30pm concerns Persian sisters embracing different aspects of their Part Two: Apr 25, 12:30pm & 5:30pm “One of the Muslim roots, from marriage to miniskirts. (France, 1985, Color, 566 min.) noblest fi lms ever made” Feb 22, 4:00pm: THE NEW COUNTRY (see Feb 21, 6:45pm) Recognizing Holocaust Remembrance Day ~ Roger Ebert Feb 22, 7:00pm: ALL HELL LET LOOSE (Sweden, 2002, Director Claude Lanzmann’s 9 1/2 hour Color, 88 min.) – Iranian actress Susan Taslimi makes an documentary mixes Holocaust survivor interviews impressive directorial debut in this no-holds-barred look at with modern scenes of the the travails of three generations of an Iranian family adjusting Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli to their new Swedish homeland. In person appearance by massacre sites, shining Susan Taslimi. defi nitive light on one of 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org Feb 22, 9:00pm: THE REUNION (see Feb 21, 2:00pm) mankind’s darkest hours.

12 13 12 WWW.DENVERFILM.ORG • (303) 820-FILM WWW.DENVERFILM.ORG • (303) 820-FILM 13 FILM EDUCATION THEATRES & VENUES How to Watch Art Film Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli Three-week course: Apr 15, Apr 22 & Apr 29; 6:30pm to 9:00pm Multiple showtimes daily Presented by Starz FilmCenter Director of Education Howie Movshovitz (303) 820-FILM Art-house movies aren’t quite like the pictures at local www.denverfi lm.org multiplexes and in saturated TV ad campaigns; they take time, show different characters Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli Home Theatres and Cinematic Education and offer different pleasures. 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver Center of Denver Film Society and Join Howie Movshovitz for three University of Colorado-Denver College 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org sessions looking inside art-house of Arts & Media. In partnership with Starz fi lms, getting a sense of how they work, what they’re about, Encore Group and how to “see” them. The course covers questions of fi lm history, style, editing rhythms, humor, irony, casting and As Denver’s fi rst and only true cinematheque, Starz acting, featuring three classics: FilmCenter at the Tivoli is committed to presenting the best Francois Truffaut’s THE 400 in fi lm art, with an eye toward BLOWS (1959), Ingmar Bergman’s titles not readily available on THE SILENCE (1964), and Jim the big screen. Every day, Starz Jarmusch’s STRANGER THAN FilmCenter screens a lively PARADISE (1983). Noncredit selection certain to challenge, course open to college and provoke and entertain – even as it continuing-education students. Cost: $120.00 via cash, check informs and enriches. or credit card to University College, 303-871-2291. Starz FilmCenter programming CU-Live Film Events includes local and international festivals, series, fi rst-run Administered by University of Colorado at Denver engagements, revivals, CU-Live brings some of the world’s fi nest fi lm artists to retrospectives, previews, meet- University of Colorado at Denver’s Auraria Campus with free, the-fi lmmaker events, educational/ CU-Denver student-only screenings at Starz FilmCenter at the outreach programs, and Denver 900 Auraria Parkway Tivoli. Check Auraria campus bulletin boards and Web sites Film Society member events. Denver, CO 80204 – or call 303-352-3500 – for the spring 2004 lineup, including International fi lms screen in their 9th Street and Auraria Parkway student-only screenings with fi lmmakers from New Faces original languages (with English (ACROSS FROM PEPSI CENTER) FREE VALIDATED PARKING AT THE TIVOLI of Swedish Cinema (page 13) and Open Screen: Colorado subtitles) and many fi lms are not Filmmakers Showcase (page 9). rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.

Admission to most screenings at Starz FilmCenter is $6.00 Denver Screenwriting Center for Denver Film Society members ($5.00 for members before Collaboration with Lighthouse Writers Workshop 6:00pm), and $6.00 for students/seniors with ID. Admission for non-members is $8.00 ($6.00 before 6:00pm). Midnight The Denver Screenwriting Center is a non-profi t screenings are $6.00 per person. Kids Movie Saturdays collaboration between Lighthouse Writers Workshop and programs are $4.00 per person; kids under 3 free. Festivals Denver Film Society. The Center offers a full host of and special events vary. writing workshops, seminars and services for screenwriters. For additional information and the 2004 schedule, check lighthousewriters.com and call 303-297-1185. Mizel Center for Arts and Culture

About the Director of Education Showtimes Mar 11-18 during 8th Denver Jewish Film As Starz FilmCenter’s director of education, Howie Movshovitz Festival (see page 5) works with area middle and high school teachers to develop a range of programs in fi lm education. Movshovitz also hosts (303) 316-6360, public fi lm events, including Tattered Cover Book Store’s www.mizelcenter.org Free Classic Film Series, and is responsible for retrospective programming. He has been Colorado Public Radio’s fi lm A complete east Denver arts center offering exhibitions, concerts, fi lms, critic since 1976 and teaches at University of Colorado at author appearances and theatrical Denver. Movshovitz earned a BA in English from University of performances. Pennsylvania and a PhD in English from University of Colorado. 350 South Dahlia Street Denver, CO 80222

14 15 14 WWW.DENVERFILM.ORG • (303) 820-FILM WWW.DENVERFILM.ORG • (303) 820-FILM 15 AT-A-GLANCE CALENDAR 2004 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 KIDS MOVIE SATURDAY MODERN TIMES MODERN TIMES MODERN TIMES MODERN TIMES MODERN TIMES TOKYO GODFATHERS THE RIVER (1950) ALL THAT JAZZ TOKYO GODFATHERSTHE ROCKY HORROR

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 KIDS MOVIE SATURDAY TOKYO GODFATHERS TOKYO GODFATHERS TOKYO GODFATHERS TOKYO GODFATHERS TOKYO GODFATHERS JAZZ ON FILM FESTIVAL JAZZ ON FILM FESTIVAL FOR A FEW DOLLARS.. AILEEN: SERIAL KILLER CLUE: THE MOVIE AILEEN: SERIAL KILLER ROCKY HORROR 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 KIDS MOVIE SATURDAY JAZZ ON FILM FESTIVAL AILEEN: SERIAL KILLER AILEEN: SERIAL KILLER AILEEN: SERIAL KILLER AILEEN: SERIAL KILLER NEW FACES / SWEDISH NEW FACES / SWEDISH AILEEN: SERIAL KILLER A.K.A. SMILE (1973) A.K.A. ROCKY HORROR 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 KIDS MOVIE SATURDAY NEW FACES / SWEDISH A.K.A. A.K.A. A.K.A. A.K.A. SUDDENLY SUDDENLY A.K.A. ROCKY HORROR

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Tokyo Godfathers Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer Feb 6 to Feb 12, 2004; multiple showtimes daily (Japan, 2003, Color, Rated PG-13, 92 Min.) Feb 13 to 19, 2004; multiple showtimes daily WRITER/DIRECTOR: SATOSHI KON (USA, 2004, Color, Not Rated, 89 min.) CAST (VOICES): TORU EMORI, AYA OKAMOTO, YOSHIAKI UMEGAKI DIRECTOR: NICK BROOMFIELD DISTRIBUTOR: SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS CAST: AILEEN WUORNOS (AS HERSELF), BROOMFIELD (AS HIMSELF) Satoshi Kon – the highly respected director of groundbreaking DISTRIBUTOR: LANTERN LANE ENTERTAINMENT anime features MILLENNIUM ACTRESS and PERFECT Nick Broomfi eld’s new documentary examines Aileen BLUE – has now created Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli Wuornos (1956-2002), a teenage highway prostitute who TOKYO GODFATHERS, grew up to be convicted of 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli qualifying him as “one of our killing six truck drivers she said 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver leading fi lmmakers,” writes tried to rape her. Arguably the 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org A.O. Scott, The New York Times, with an imagination fi rst American female serial “every bit as prodigious and strange as Sylvain Chomet’s killer, Wuornos died in October 2002 in Broward County; the [THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE] and twice as much second woman ever executed in Florida; the tenth in the U.S. as Pixar’s.” With anime and Japanese infl uences rocketing The fi lm shows Wuornos over the course of her legal process, across recent Hollywood fare – witness KILL BILL, LOST IN including her fi nal interview. Broomfi eld, also the director of TRANSLATION and THE LAST SAMURAI – Kon integrates the documentaries BIGGIE AND TUPAC state-of-the-art anime technology with solid storytelling and KURT AND COURTNEY, often real storyThe behind inspired by John Ford’s 1948 western, 3 GODFATHERS. appears in his own fi lms, and AILEEN Charlize Theron’s included Broomfi eld’s testimony about MONSTER In TOKYO GODFATHERS, his experiences fi lming his fi rst Wuornos Groundbreaking three homeless people – a former Anime Feature chronicle, 1992’s AILEEN WUORNOS: THE professional bicyclist, a transvestite SELLING OF A SERIAL KILLER. and a young runaway girl – slum together on Christmas Eve, stumbling on a baby girl left at a garbage Wournos is also the subject of Patty Jenkin’s 2003 feature, dump. As they head for Tokyo’s brighter neighborhoods, where MONSTER, starring Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci. people are enjoying holiday festivities, the trio seeks the infant’s parents. They encounter various personalities and adventures that force each of them to confront life, beginning to realize they’d almost thrown them all away. TOKYO GODFATHERS is one of the fi rst anime fi lms with a central gay character. Also during the week of Feb 13 to Feb 19, 2004: Also during the week of Feb 6 to Feb 12, 2004: PEOPLE – Kids Movie Saturdays, Feb 14, 12:30pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p.10) PETE’S A PIZZA – Kids Movie Saturdays, Feb 7, 12:30pm, Starz CLUE: THE MOVIE – Saturday Night Shadowcasts, Feb 14, FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 10) 9:00pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 8) ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW – Saturday Night Shadowcasts, ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW – Saturday Night Feb 7, midnight, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 8) Shadowcasts, Feb 15, midnight, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE – Language of Film; stop-start (see p. 8) deconstruction, Feb 10, 7pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 6) FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE – Language of Film; stop-start BEST OF ART-HOUSE CINEMA - Up to 5 screens of additional, deconstruction, Feb 10, 7:00pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli current independent fi lm, daily at Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 6)

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A.K.A. Suddenly (Tan de Repente)

Feb 20 to Feb 26, 2004; multiple showtimes daily Feb 27 to Mar 4, 2004; multiple showtimes daily (UK, 2002, Color, Not Rated, 120 min.) (Argentina, 2002, Black & White, Not Rated, 90 min.) WRITER/DIRECTOR: DUNCAN ROY DIRECTOR: DIEGO LERMAN CAST: MATTHEW LEITCH, DIANA QUICK, GEORGE ASPREY, BILL NIGHY WRITERS: CÉSAR AIRA (ORIGINAL NOVEL LA PRUEBA), DIEGO DISTRIBUTOR: EMPIRE PICTURES LERMAN, MARÍA MEIRA CAST: TATIANA SAPHIR, CARLA CRESPO , VERONICA HASSAN For his debut feature, writer/director Duncan Roy DISTRIBUTOR: EMPIRE PICTURES audaciously splits A.K.A. into three simultaneous frames to tell the engrossing story of a In Diego Lerman’s sly, comic Argentine New Wave feature Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli disaffected youth’s search for debut, a pair of lesbian malcontents kidnap a frumpy lovelorn 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver love, status and identity in lingerie salesgirl. They attempt 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli late 1970s Britain. Handsome, to seduce their prisoner on a 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver bright, 18-year-old Dean (Matthew Leitch) assumes a new road trip that includes, among 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org identity to enter decadent high society where he meets an other things, hijacking a taxi older gay man and a young Texas hustler. to the beach and visiting an aunt who’s surprises everyone Starz FilmCenter screens the fi lm in 2.35- by being just young enough to cut a rug. In Spanish with Screened in to-1 cinemascope (vs. typical 1.85-to-1 English subtitles. Triple-Frame Best 2.85-to-1 widescreen) to show the full breadth of Argentine Cinemascope and depth of what Indiewire’s Brandon “A delightfully unpredictable sleeper New Wave Judell called “quite possibly the best that proves new Argentine cinema really narrative gay fi lm to appear this year.” exists,” writes Variety’s Deborah Young, “like a realistic road movie topped by irony, with a • Seattle Gay & Lesbian Award for best feature. melancholy air under its bravado. Cast is right on target.” • Audience Award at Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian And the Minneapolis Saint Paul International Film Festival lists Film Festival. SUDDENLY as “reminiscent of Jarmusch’s STRANGER THAN • HBO First Feature Award, Outfest LA. PARADISE (also shot in deep and grainy black and white), both • Best Fiction Film, Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. in its stark visuals and its unsparing emotional truths.” Also during the week of Feb 20 to Feb 26, 2004:

MISS NELSON HAS A FIELD DAY - Kids Movie Saturdays, Feb 21, 12:30pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 10) Also during the week of Feb 27 to Mar 4, 2004: NEW FACES IN SWEDISH CINEMA – Seven fi lms from HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON – Kids Movie Sweden’s emerging generation of immigrant fi lmmakers, Feb Saturdays, Feb 28, 12:30pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli 20 to Feb 22, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 13) (see p. 10) SMILE (1973) – Part of Americana Film Series, Feb 21, ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW – Saturday Night 4:00pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 6) Shadowcasts, Feb 28, midnight, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 8) ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW – Saturday Night Shadowcasts, Feb 21, midnight, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli PARTY WITH OSCAR – Feb 29, 5:30pm, at Rise Nightclub (see p. 8) (see p. 12) BEST OF ART-HOUSE CINEMA - Up to 5 screens of additional, PONETTE – Mar 3, 7:00pm, part of Psychiatrist & Critic Film current independent fi lm, daily at Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli Series Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 9)

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2003 Oscar-Nominated Short Films The Same River Twice

Mar 5 to Mar 11, 2004; multiple showtimes daily Mar 12 to Mar 18, 2004; multiple showtimes daily (USA, 2003, Color, Not Rated, 78 min.) Just days after Oscar® winners are announced, this exclusive package shows all the live-action and animated short fi lms DIRECTOR: ROBB MOSS nominated for the 2003 DISTRIBUTOR: BALCONY RELEASING Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli Academy Awards. To be eligible 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver For one breath-taking month in the Grand Canyon in for an Academy Award for 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org 1978, documentarian and Harvard University fi lm teacher best short or best animated Robb Moss trekked down the Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli short, a fi lm must have been shown at any one of a number Colorado River with a group of 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver of Academy selected festivals or award ceremonies. And free-spirited friends – and lovers. 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org for many of the titles in this short-fi lm package, this release This documentary juxtaposes represents their fi rst full theatrical run. those youthful, unscheduled days with the complex realities of their adult lives today. A compelling portrait of cultural Past Oscar winners in the animated metamorphosis – from running rapids to running for mayor, Denver-Area or cartoon short-fi lm category have Exclusive from peyote to prozac. This is a story of change, choices and included Sony’s THE CHUBBCHUBBS of fi nding a place in the world. (2002), Pixar’s FOR THE BIRDS (2001) ‘Sexiest’ and Walt Disney’s THE THREE LITTLE PIGS (1933). In the The Village Voice calls THE SAME Nudist Movie live-action category, short-fi lm Oscar winners have included RIVER TWICE the “sexiest naturally Since TABU Denmark’s THIS CHARMING MAN (2002) and RAY’S nudist American movie since Murnau’s HETEROSEXUAL DANCE HALL (1987). TABU.” And The New York Times’ Stephen Holden describes it as “a piercingly poignant then-and-now Specifi c titles (with directors and countries of origin) included portrait … so palpable it puts a lump in your throat.” in the 2003 Oscar Nominated Short Films package are listed at denverfi lm.org starting Feb 27, 2004.

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JUMPING FOR JOY – Kids Movie Saturday, Mar 6, 12: KIDS MOVIE SATURDAYS - Mar 13, 12:30pm, Starz 30pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 10) FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 10) ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW – Saturday Night CLUE: THE MOVIE – Saturday Night Shadowcasts, Mar 13, Shadowcasts, Mar 6, midnight, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli 9:00pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 8) (see p. 8) ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW – Saturday Night SLEEPING PILLS – Part of Open Screen: Colorado Filmmakers Shadowcasts, Mar 13, midnight, Starz FilmCenter at the Showcase, Mar 8, 7:00pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli Tivoli (see p. 8) (see p. 9) DENVER JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL – Begins Mar 11 with MULHOLLAND DRIVE – Part of Language of Film Series with screenings through Mar 18 (see p. 5) stop-start deconstruction, Mar 9, 7:00pm, Starz FilmCenter BEST OF ART-HOUSE CINEMA - Up to 5 screens of additional, at the Tivoli (see p. 9) current independent fi lm, daily at Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli DENVER JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL – Begins Mar 11 with screenings through Mar 18 (see p. 5)

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Secret Things (Choses Secretes) Kitchen Stories

Mar 19 to Mar 25, 2004; multiple showtimes daily Mar 26 to Apr 1, 2004; multiple showtimes daily (France, 2004, Color, Not Rated, 115 min.) (Norway/Sweden, 2003, Color, Not Rated, 92 min.) WRITER/DIRECTOR: JEAN-CLAUDE BRISSEAU DIRECTOR: BENT HAMER CAST: CORALIE REVEL, SABRINA SEYVECOU, ROGER MIRMONT, WRITERS: JÖRGEN BERGMARK, BENT HAMER FABRICE DEVILLE CAST: JOACHIM CALMEYER, TOMAS NORSTRÖM, BJØRN FLOBERG DISTRIBUTOR: FIRST RUN FEATURES DISTRIBUTOR: IFC FILMS French director Jean-Claude Brisseau presents “plenty for Norway. 1950s. The Home Research Institute has dispatched both the eyes and the intellect,” according to Variety, in a social researchers to study the cooking habits of bachelors. “taut, juicy feast of sexual and To this outrageously original Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli offi ce politics.” premise, director Bent Hamer 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver adds a dash of social satire – 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org After losing their jobs, a bartender and a sprinkling of visual gags – (Sabrina Seyvecou) and an erotic dancer (Coralie Revel) to produce an offbeat look at the human condition. become roommates – and partners in crime – by targeting a company’s rich founder (Roger Mirmont) and his son “For a touching, intelligent and multi-layered fi lm, beautifully (Fabrice Deville). Seyvecou describes the fi lm via her own designed, skillfully performed and scripted,” explains the character’s voiceover: “The delectably twisted Jury Announcement for the International Mature fable centers on two penniless but shapely Film Critics Awards (the FIPRESCI Prize), Touching Audiences young women who set out to better their “KITCHEN STORIES delivers an always Scandinavian Only social station by manipulating men.” relevant fable of friendship, self realization Satire and modernity, observing with grace, SECRET THINGS was Cahier Du Cinema’s 2002 intelligence and, most of all, humor, the timeless selection for “Film of the Year.” The fi lm is screened in its desire of the human heart to escape classifi cation.” original language, French, with English subtitles. Screened in its original languages, Norwegian and Swedish, with English subtitles.

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HERMIE: A COMMON CATERPILLAR – Kids Movie BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS – Kids Movie Saturdays, Mar Saturdays, Mar 20, 12:30pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli 27, 12:30pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 10) (see p. 10) ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW – Saturday Night HOOSIERS – Part of Americana Film Series, Mar 20, 4:00pm, Shadowcasts, Mar 27, midnight, Starz FilmCenter at the Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 6) Tivoli (see p. 8) NIGHT OF THE ADEATERS: VOLUME 1 & 2 – Mar 20, 5:00pm 6TH STARZ XICANINDIE FILMFEST: LATINO WORLD CINEMA and 7:00pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 12) – Starts Apr 1 and runs through Apr 4, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 4) ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW – Saturday Night Shadowcasts, Mar 20, midnight, Starz FilmCenter at the BEST OF ART-HOUSE CINEMA - Up to 5 screens of additional, Tivoli (see p. 8) current independent fi lm, daily at Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli BEST OF ART-HOUSE CINEMA - Up to 5 screens of additional, current independent fi lm, daily at Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli

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Red Trousers: The Life of the Broken Wings (Knafayim Shvurot) Hong Kong Stuntmen Apr 9 to Apr 15, 2004; multiple showtimes daily Apr 2 to Apr 8, 2004; multiple showtimes daily (Israel, 2003, Color, Rated R, 87 min.) (Hong Kong, 2004, Color, Not Rated, 93 min.) WRITER/DIRECTOR: NIR BERGMAN DIRECTOR: ROBIN SHOU CAST: ORLY SILBERSATZ BANAI, MAYA MARON, NITAI GAVIRATZ CAST: ROBIN SHOU, BEATRICE CHIA, KEITH COOKE DISTRIBUTOR: SONY PICTURES CLASSICS DISTRIBUTOR: TAI SENG A box-offi ce hit in its home country, BROKEN WINGS is This documentary from Asian action star Robin Shou the moving story of the life and loves of the Ullman family: an ordinary Israeli mother and (MORTAL KOMBAT) – interwoven with a new martial-arts Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli short called LOST TIME – pays her four children – including Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver tribute to the unsung heroes of newcomer Maya Maron, 17, 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org Hong Kong fi lm. Shou shows as the daughter – coping with 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org the world’s most illustrious everyday life after the abrupt death of their husband and stunt professionals – past and present – through interviews father. As the family falls apart, another sudden and clips of their work, exploring death-defying feats and incident seems destined to give them one last Winner of often foolhardy working methods. (Often without a wire – or chance to heal their “broken wings.” Nine Israeli a health-care plan.) These stuntmen and stuntwomen also Academy explain how they trace their profession back to the original Shot entirely on location in Haifa and Tel Awards “Red Trousers,” a term used to describe the costumes of Aviv, BROKEN WINGS reveals an Israel very young acrobats groomed for Beijing Opera (where Jackie Chan different from TV news images and violent world trained from the age of six). RED TROUSERS uses behind-the- politics, and also portrays a truly universal experience. scenes footage from LOST TIME to deconstruct the short fi lm’s stunts and show how they were set up and shot. Director Nir Bergman’s fi rst feature won Best Film at Tokyo International Film Festival and Jerusalem International Film Festival. Screened in its original language, Hebrew, with Also during the week of Apr 2 to Apr 8, 2004: English subtitles. ICE AGE (In Spanish) – Kids Movie Saturdays, Apr 3, 12: 30pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 10) Also during the week of Apr 9 to Apr 15, 2004: 6TH STARZ XICANINDIE FILMFEST: LATINO WORLD GOOD NIGHT GORILLA – Kids Movie Saturdays, Apr 10, CINEMA – Starts Apr 1 and runs through Apr 4, Starz 12:30pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 10) FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 4) CLUE: THE MOVIE – Saturday Night Shadowcasts, Apr 10, A THOUSAND CLOWNS – Part of Tattered Cover Free Classic 9:00pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 8) Film Series, Apr 3, 7pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 7) ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW – Saturday Night ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW – Saturday Night Shadowcasts, Apr 10, midnight, Starz FilmCenter at the Shadowcasts, Apr 3, midnight, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli Tivoli (see p. 8) (see p. 8) STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE – Language of Film Series THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH – The Psychiatrist & the with stop-start fi lm deconstruction, Apr 13, 7:00pm, Starz Critic series, Apr 7, 7pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 9) FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 6) BEST OF ART-HOUSE CINEMA - Up to 5 screens of additional, BEST OF ART-HOUSE CINEMA - Up to 5 screens of additional, current independent fi lm, daily at Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli current independent fi lm, daily at Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli

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Blind Shaft (Mang Jing) I Vitelloni

Apr 18 to Apr 22, 2004; multiple showtimes daily Apr 23 to Apr 29; multiple showtimes daily (Hong Kong/China/Germany, 2004, Color, Not Rated, 92 min.) (Italy/France, 1953, Black & White, Not Rated, 104 min.) WRITER/DIRECTOR: YANG LI DIRECTOR: FEDERICO FELLINI CAST: QIANG LI, BAOQIANG WANG, SHUANGBAO WANG WRITERS: FEDERICO FELLINI, ENNIO FLAIANO, TULLIO PINELLI DISTRIBUTOR: KINO INTERNATIONAL CAST: FRANCO INTERLENGHI, ALBERTO SORDI, FRANCO FABRIZI DISTRIBUTOR: KINO INTERNATIONAL Yang Li’s controversial fi lm is about itinerant workers who risk their lives – and their morals – to survive conditions Following its 50th anniversary, Denver Film Society presents in China’s illegal coal mines, a restored 35mm print of I VITELLONI, the movie that Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli established director Federico where 10,000 or more people Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli die each year. 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver Fellini (1920-1993) as a fi lm 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org auteur of international stature. 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org “BLIND SHAFT is a fi lm that realistically portrays the lives With a story and style that of the coal miners at the bottom stratum of the Chinese inspired George Lucas’s AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973), Martin society today,” explains writer/director Li. “Employing a Scorsese’s MEAN STREETS (1973) and Barry Levinson’s documentary-like cinematic style, it simply and directly pushes DINER (1982), this fi lm was Fellini’s second solo directorial the lives of these ordinary people in front of the audience. effort. He followed with, among other greats, LA DOLCE VITA There are no deliberate melodramas or dramatization. It just (1960) – which made a star of Marcello Mastroianni – and his portrays a real story.” autobiographical masterpiece 8 1/2 (1963). New 35mm Fellini earned 12 Academy Award Print of Film and Li’s fi lm is banned from release in Fellini Beauty Filmmaker China, and Li is banned from making nominations, including one for writing I Banned another fi lm in China. BLIND SHAFT VITELLONI, his “story of adolescents who in China won best feature fi lm at New York’s cannot see anything more in life than satisfying Tribeca Film Festival, fi ve out of six their animal desires – sleeping, eating, fornicating.” Fellini once major awards at Deauville (France) Asian Film Festival, explained, “I was trying to say there is something more, there is and two Taiwan Academy Awards. Screened in its original always more. Life must have a meaning beyond the animal.” language, Mandarin, with English subtitles. I VITELLONI is screened in its original language, Italian, with English subtitles. Also during the week of Apr 16 to Apr 22, 2004: Also during the week of Apr 23 to Apr 29, 2004:

HAMTARO: HAMHAMS HEAD SEAWARD – Kids Movie Saturdays, KIDS MOVIE SATURDAYS – Apr 24, 12:30pm, Starz Apr 17, 12:30pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 10) FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 10) NOBODY’S FOOL – Americana Film Series, Apr 17, 4:00pm ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW – Saturday Night (see p. 6) Shadowcasts, Apr 24, midnight, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 8) ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW – Saturday Night Shadowcasts, Apr 17, midnight, Starz FilmCenter at the 5TH STARZ DENVER PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL – Apr 26 Tivoli (see p. 8) to May 2, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 9) SHOAH: PART ONE – Apr 18, 12:30pm and 5:30pm (see p. 12) SHOAH: PART TWO – Apr 25, 12:30pm and 5:30pm (see p. 12) BEST OF ART-HOUSE CINEMA - Up to 5 screens of additional, BEST OF ART-HOUSE CINEMA - Up to 5 screens of additional, current independent fi lm, daily at Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli current independent fi lm, daily at Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli

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Denver Film Society is a not-for-profi t organization dedicated to celebrating and cultivating fi lm as art. Founded in 1978, DFS represents one of the Rocky Mountain region’s premier arts and culture institutions. DFS members support one-of-a-kind cinematic and educational programs, reaching more than 150,000 fi lm lovers and fi lm lovers-in-training each year.

E-CLUB KEY GRIP FILM BUFF DIRECTOR PRODUCER EXECUTIVE HOLLYWOOD FREE $40/YR $75/YR $100/YR $500/YR PRODUCER LEGEND $1,000/YR $2,500/YR WEEKLY FILM E-NEWSLETTER, FREE POPCORN AT SIGN-UP ü ü ü ü ü ü ü FREE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO DENVER FILM ü ü ü ü ü ü ü CATALOGUE FREE STARZ Days of Heaven FILMCENTER MOVIE 2/YEAR 4/YEAR 10/YEAR 2/VISIT 4/VISIT VOUCHERS STARZ DENVER INTERNATIONAL Apr 30 to May 6, 2004; multiple showtimes daily 2 FREE 2 FREE 2 FREE 10 FREE ALL FREE ALL FREE FILM FESTIVAL (USA, 1978, Color, Rated PG, 95 min.) MOVIES DENVER FILM SOCIETY SPECIAL WRITER/DIRECTOR: TERRENCE MALICK EVENT DISCOUNTS ü ü ü ü ü ü

CAST: RICHARD GERE, BROOKE ADAMS, SAM SHEPARD, LINDA MANZ FREE MOVIE PRE- VIEW SCREENING DISTRIBUTOR: PARAMOUNT CLASSICS INVITES ü ü ü ü ü ü FREE MOVIES Terrence Malick’s picturesque 1978 fi lm is pure Americana: AT OTHER DFS 2/FEST 2/FEST 4/FEST FESTIVALS “One of the most beautiful movies ever made,” writes RECOGNITION IN Chicago Sun-Times’ Roger INTERNATIONAL Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli FILM FESTIVAL ü ü ü Ebert, dealing with love, death PROGRAM 900 Auraria Pkwy - Denver DISCOUNTS AT and whole grains in turn- OTHER DENVER- 303.820.FILM• denverfilm.org AREA THEATRES ü ü ü ü ü ü of-the-century Texas. Told through a jaded teenage voice (Linda Manz) and expressive images of nature, DAYS OF HEAVEN is a moody love Name: triangle involving two migrant farm workers Restored (Richard Gere, Brooke Adams) and a rich Company: Title: 35mm Print landowner (Sam Shepard). The vast plains Address: were shot primarily during “magic hour” – City: ZIP: between sunset and nightfall, when light seems Phone (day): (evening): to come from everywhere (and nowhere) – by Haskell Wexler and Nestor Almendros, who won the year’s cinematography Email (required): Oscar. Ennio Morricone (THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE Membership type: New Renewal UGLY) composed the evocative Oscar-nominated score. Membership level: E-Club (free) Key Grip ($40) Film Buff ($75) Director ($100) The entire directorial oeuvre of Terrence Malick, a true fi lm Producer ($500) Executive Producer ($1,000) maverick, consists of BADLANDS (1973), DAYS OF HEAVEN Hollywood Legend ($2,500) (1978) and, 25 years later, THE THIN RED LINE (1998). His next project, CHE, with Benicio Del Toro in an epic about Membership fee from above: $ Aregentine populist revolutionary Che Geuvara, is due in 2005. Donation to Denver Film Society: $ (Membership fees cover only 6% of DFS costs. Your tax-deductible donation is greatly appreciated.) Also during the week of Apr 30 to May 5, 2004: Total Due: $

KIDS MOVIE SATURDAYS – May 1, 12:30pm, Starz FilmCenter CHECK ENCLOSED (PAYABLE TO DENVER FILM SOCIETY) at the Tivoli (see p. 10) PLEASE CHARGE TOTAL DUE TO MY: VISA AMERICANEXPRESS MASTERCARD ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW – Saturday Night Shadowcasts, Card #: Exp. Date: May 1, midnight, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 8) Name as it appears on card: LA MARSEILLAISE – Tattered Cover Free Classic Film Series, May 1, 7:00pm, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 7) Check if membership is a gift and enter name for acknowledgement letter: 5TH STARZ DENVER PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL – Apr 26 to May 2, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli (see p. 9) Please send information about corporate sponsorship for October’s Starz BEST OF ART-HOUSE CINEMA - Up to 5 screens of additional, Denver International Film Festival. current independent fi lm, daily at Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli Please send information about volunteer opportunities with DFS.

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