FilmScene Staff The Bijou Film Board is a student-run UI organization dedicated to the exhibition of American independent, foreign and classic Joe Tiefenthaler, Executive Director cinema. Established in 1972, the Bijou Film Board assists FilmScene with program curation and operations. Andy Brodie, Program Director Andrew Sherburne, Associate Director Free Mondays! UI students admitted FREE to the late showing of any new release film every Monday night of the semester. Emily Salmonson, Dir. of Operations Ross Meyer, Head Projectionist and Facilities Manager AFTER HOURS A late-night series of cult classics and fan favorites. Saturdays at 11pm. FILM FORUM Acclaimed and provocative Aaron Holmgren, Shift Supervisor films followed by discussion. Tuesdays at 6pm. Kate Markham, Operations Assistant ANTIBIRTH (2016) KING COBRA (2016) Dominick Shults, Projection and Dir. Danny Perez. Dir. Justin Kelly. A lonely 13TH (2016) Dir. Ava Facilities Assistant Natasha Lyonne suburban man turns Duvernay. An in-depth look SAT, 1/28 SAT, SAT, 1/21 SAT, Abby Thomas, Marketing Assistant and Chloë Sevigny gay porn producer and at the US prison system in TUE, 1/17 Graham Bly, Wendy DeCora, Britt experience a bad trip discovers a hot, lucrative the context of the nation’s Fowler, Emma Husar, Ben Johnson, that never ends. new star. history of racial inequality. Free admission Brad Pollpeter, Spencer Williams, Theater Staff BIJOU PROGRAMMING IS FREE FOR UI STUDENTS $6.50 FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC Cara Anthony, Felipe Disarz, Tyler Hudson, Jack Tieszen, Projectionists DO NOT RESIST Board of Directors (2016) Dir. Craig Atkinson. An urgent Laura Bergus, Chair and powerful exploration of the rapid Doug Ongie, Vice Chair militarization of the police in the United Emma Barnum, Secretary Chris Ameling, Treasurer States, keenly observed on the ground Karen Chappell, Corey Creekmur, in communities and law enforcement Michael Davis, Will Downing,

PRESENTED BY January 8, 7pm conventions across the nation. Directed Evan Evans, Michael Finlayson, by Atkinson (the son of a SWAT team David Gould, Tommy Haines, TICKETS $25 / $20 Members commander), the film took home Adam Ingersoll, Nicole Matos, Kembrew McLeod, Ryan O’Leary, Admission includes hand-picked wine from Best Documentary at the Tribeca Thought-provoking, visually-arresting Andre Perry, Jamie Powers, the Bread Garden Market wine experts. Film Festival. DIALOGUE Filmmaker films are paired with curated wines in Laura Seegmiller, Andy Stoll, a search for truth in cinema that brings Atkinson in person. “An eye-opening Damon Terrill, Nick Westergaard experience” —The New Yorker fresh filmmaking voices to Iowa City. In partnership with

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About FilmScene FilmScene is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the cultural vitality of the Iowa City area through the presentation and discussion of film as an art form. With programming that entertains, inspires, and 118 E. College St. #101 educates, FilmScene works to build and connect community through film. Iowa City, IA 52240 For more information, visit www.icfilmscene.org. Tickets Getting Here Online: www.icfilmscene.org Located at 118 E. College St. on the Box Office: open at noon daily Ped Mall in Downtown Iowa City. Members: $6.50* See all the benefits of FilmScene membership at www.icfilmscene.org. CLINTON ST CLINTON DUBUQUE ST COLLEGE ST Evening: $10.50* Matinee: $9.00* Senior (60+): $8.00* PARKING PARKING RAMP RAMP Youth (12 & under): $8.00* BURLINGTON ST UI Students: $8.00* *includes $1.50 venue fee. Programs, showtimes and ticket prices subject to change. Special events may be priced differently. Movie Hotline: 319-358-2555.

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HEART OF A LION v4.1 The remarkable true story of a lost boy finding his way home after 25 years.

DO NOT RESIST & 13TH Two powerful documentaries explore race and oppression during MLK’s birthday week.

RED BALLOON TO WONKA Our family series brings back beloved classics for young and old.

January 2017

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Now Playing PictureShow MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (2016, USA) Dir. Kenneth Longergan. The life of a solitary Boston janitor (Casey Affleck) is transformed when he returns to his hometown to Family and Children’s Series take care of his teenage nephew. “A MASTERPIECE.”—Rolling Stone / AP / Entertainment Weekly presented by

Opens January 6 Our winter season continues with big-screen classics old and new, for movie lovers of all ages!

Tickets FREE for kids, $5 for adults! Films play LION (2016, Australia) Dir. Garth Saturday at 10:00am and Thursday at 3:00pm. Davis. Based on an incredible true story, five-year-old Saroo gets lost on THE SECRET LIFE OF a train which takes him thousands of PETS (2016) Dir. Yarrow kilometers across India. Dev Patel Cheney, Chris Renaud. A pet stars as the grown-up orphan who comedy starring comedians uses Google Earth to find his way Dec. 31 & Jan. 5 Louis C.K. and Kevin Hart. back home 25 years after getting lost far from home. MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (2016) Dir. Tim “Blessed with a ‘Ripley’s Believe It or Not’ storyline that would warm the heart of a stone.” Burton. A boy follows a series of —Los Angeles Times Jan. 7 & 12 clues to a mysterious orphanage.

THE NEVERENDING STORY (1984) Dir. Wolfgang Petersen. A troubled boy dives Opens January 13 into a wondrous fantasy world in Jan. 14 & 19 the pages of a mysterious book.

ELLE (2016, France/Germany/ WHITE MANE + THE RED Belgium) Dir. Paul Verhoeven. A successful BALLOON (1952/1956) Dir. businesswoman (Isabelle Huppert) gets Albert Lamorisse. This enchanting caught up in a game of cat and mouse as pair are “among the world’s most Jan. 21 & 26 she tracks down the unknown man who honored films for children” (NYT). raped her in the “breathtakingly elegant” THE IRON GIANT: (Variety) and “gloriously empowering” SIGNATURE EDITION (IndieWire) new film from master (1999) Dir. Brad Bird. This tale of provocateur Paul Verhoeven. friendship between boy and robot Jan. 28 & Feb. 2 is extended and remastered! “Isabelle Huppert pulls off the crowning performance of her career.” —The Hollywood Reporter WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) Dir. Mel Stuart. The late, great Gene Wilder (a UI alum!) Feb. 4 & 9 stars in this adaptation of Roald Opens January 20 Dahl’s beloved classic.

20TH CENTURY COMING SOON WOMEN (2016, USA) Dir. Mike Mills. Three women explore love and freedom in Southern California during the late 1970s. Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, and Greta Gerwig star in this “wonderfully moving, gorgeous examination of multi-generations of women” (Bustle). PATERSON JULIETA (2016, “Note-perfect! A never-better Annette Bening.” —The Hollywood Reporter (2016, France/Germany/ Spain) Dir. Pedro USA) Dir. Jim Jarmusch. Almodóvar. Almodóvar Adam Driver stars as adapts three female- Paterson, a bus driver centric short stories by and poet, in the new film author Alice Munro in this from auteur Jarmusch. piercing and rich drama. Opens January 27

JACKIE (2016, USA/ Chile/France) Dir. Pablo Larraín. Natalie Portman stars (Golden Globe Nominee, Best Actress) in this searing and intimate portrait of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy OSCAR TONI following the assassination of SHORTS ERDMANN President John F. Kennedy. 2017 (2016, (2016, Germany) Dir. Various) Our popular Maren Ade. A father “A potent cinematic provocation. Powered by a transfixing Portman as Jackie, Larrain’s film— annual tradition of reconnects with his adult one of the year’s best—is appropriately hard to pin down and impossible to forget.” screening the Oscar- daughter via a bizarrely —Rolling Stone nominated short films imaginative alter ego in returns! this wildly funny film. WED, 1/4 WED, 2/1 WED, 1/11 WED, 1/18 WED, 1/25

Punch in for weird BEAUTY QUEEN SOMETIMES TALES OF POE FROM PARTS MANHATTAN Wednesdays at 10pm for BUTCHER (1991) AUNT MARTHA (2014) Dir. Alan Rowe UNKNOWN: FIGHT BABY (1982) b-movies, camp classics, Dir. Jill Rae Zurborg. A DOES DREADFUL Kelly & Bart Mastronardi. LIKE A GIRL (2016) Dir. Lucio Fulci. and fright favorites. bullied girl gets revenge THINGS (1971) Dir. A unique spin on The Dir. Daniel Armstrong. A Maestro Fulci’s tale of Cheap tickets, cheap on the popular kids. Thomas Casey. A twisted Tell Tale Heart, Cask of girl wrestles with life’s big the Egyptian occult in beer & cheap fun! Shot in the Quad Cities! mind snaps...terror begins! Amontillado and Dreams. issues...and monsters! the Big Apple.

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