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Film Streams at the Ruth Sokolof Theater Programming Calendar 8.4 April – June 2015 NASHVILLE

Omaha Steaks Classics Great Directors: FILMS The Long Goodbye 1973 California Split 1974 Robert Altman Nashville 1975 The Player 1992 April 24 – June 8 McCabe and Mrs. Miller 1971 Generously supported by Sam Walker Thieves Like Us 1974 Vincent & Theo 1990 When a new kind of brash, honest, and gritty American mainstream. His 40-year film 3 Women 1977 cinema arrived on the American scene in career produced such classics as M*A*S*H, M*A*S*H 1970 the 1970s, there was one voice that was McCABE AND MRS. MILLER, NASH- Short Cuts 1993 brasher, more honest, and grittier than VILLE, THE LONG GOODBYE, SHORT Brewster McCloud 1970 most. Robert Altman was among the group CUTS, and GOSFORD PARK. Altman was Popeye 1980 of New Hollywood directors that brought not afraid to reinvent the wheel, changing A Prairie Home a European arthouse sensibility to the the way filmmakers thought about sound Companion 2006 and modernizing staid genres like the Gosford Park 2001 western, film noir, and the psychological thriller. A fearless storyteller and a fan of ensemble casts, he was able to imbue his “Maybe there’s a chance to get back to films with a dense mixture of hilarity, trag- grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal edy, violence, and eroticism – in short, an with human emotions and gets down approximation of the big, messy life he loved. to what people are to people.” For this retrospective, Film Streams will — Robert Altman screen 14 of this important filmmaker’s fea- ture films – testaments to one of the towering figures of a crucial era in cinema. We’re Warner Bros./Photofest © Warner Bros. thrilled to include visits from local filmmaker Dana Altman, one of Robert’s grandsons. See reverse side for more information and dates.

An eclectic program for our Spring Forever F orever Young Family & Children’s Series is sure to delight film lovers of all ages. The series opens Young with two beloved animated features, the outrageous WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT Family and the stop-motion favorite CHICKEN & Children’s Series RUN. Next, two family-friendly classics from the silent era, CHANG: A DRAMA OF Spring 2015 THE WILDERNESS and Charlie Chaplin’s THE GOLD RUSH, will prove why this art form POPEYE Series made possible is still wowing audiences. And, a cross-over with support from with Great Directors: Robert Altman, POPEYE, will round things out. FILMS

Made possible with the support of the Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Lincoln Financial Foundation, Chicken Run 2000 films in this series have matinee screenings Chang: A Drama on Saturdays, Sundays, and Thursdays, of the Wilderness 1927 and kids 12 and under always The Gold Rush 1925 get in for just $2.50. Popeye 1980 See reverse side for more information and dates.

The Met: With Prelude Talks by Opera Omaha Live HD before live showings. 2014 – 2015 Season Tickets: $24 General, Cavalleria $20 for Film Streams Rusticana Mascagni Member and PAGLIACCI & Pagliacci Leoncavallo Opera Omaha Live: April 25 Subscribers. Encore: April 29 $10 for students. MORE GOINGS-ON Hey Students! Closed for college baseball See DIOR AND I for FREE The first Monday tournament June 12 – 24 on Monday, May 4! Only 18+ of every month is We will be closed during the Interested in renting the students with ID or those Student Night — get one college baseball tournament theater for your event accompanied by guardian ticket FREE with your this year. Join us for our during the series? Contact or teacher will be admitted to valid school ID. grand reopening on Thursday, [email protected]. films rated “R.” June 25, with GREY GAR- Film Streams’ student programs are supported DENS and THE PRINCESS by grants from the Gifford Foundation and the BRIDE! John W. Carson Foundation.

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Lewis & Winifred Pinch Katie Weitz, PhD; Katina & Joe Rogers Peter & Kristae Zandbergen Mitch & Lori Pirnie Chair List includes gifts received within the last twelve months and is complete Sarah Bay Yale through March 11. For corrections, email [email protected]. Comin g Soon Omaha Premieres

Through April 9 THE HUNTING GROUND What We Do in the Shadows First-Run Directed by Starts April 3 Starts April 17 & . Seymour: This mockumentary from some of the An Introduction The Hunting Ground folks behind “” First-Run (PG-13) First-Run (PG) focuses on a group of vampires who are Directed by Kirby Dick. roommates. New Zealand/USA; 86 min. Directed by Ethan Hawke. A documentary that exposes rape culture on college campuses, this film tells a difficult, An appreciative documen- infuriating truth. USA; 99 min. tary on Seymour Bernstein. Once considered a most Special screening and panel discussion promising concert pianist, with Women’s Center for Advancement he gave up fame and fortune on April 20 at 7 pm. to teach. USA; 84 min.

Starts May 1

KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER Dior and I First-Run Directed by Frédéric Tcheng. Coming Soon A privileged look at the action behind the scenes at the THE SALT OF THE EARTH While We’re Young infamous House of Dior ahead First-Run (R) of a landmark fashion show. Directed by . USA; 89 min. Married documentary filmmakers Ben Coming Soon Stiller and Naomi Watts befriend a free-spirited younger The Salt of the Earth couple (Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried). USA; 97 min. First-Run (PG-13) Directed by Juliano Ribeiro Salgado Coming Soon & Wim Wenders. Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter First-Run Sebastião Salgado took some of the most striking Directed by David Zellner. photographs of the 20th Century, and here he recounts how they were made. In French and Portuguese with Believing the movie FARGO to be a documentary, a Japanese office English subtitles. France/Italy/Brazil; 110 min. worker travels to northern Minnesota to claim the treasure of Steve Buscemi. In English and Japanese with English subtitles. USA; 105 min.

Omaha Steaks Classics Great Directors: Robert Altman April 24 – June 8 Generously supported by Sam Walker

April 24, 25 & 27 THE LONG GOODBYE The Long Goodbye 1973 (R) An adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s roman noir, with as Philip Marlowe and 70s excess as the backdrop. 35mm. USA; 112 min. April 26 & 28 California May 1, 3 & 5 Split 1974 (R) Nashville 1975 (R) Elliott Gould and George This portrait of Bicentennial Segal are two compulsive America, set in the country gamblers on the make in this music capital, is widely loose, improvisational romp. considered one of Altman’s 35mm. USA; 108 min. finest. 35mm. USA; 159 min.

May 2, 4 & 6 May 8, 11 & 13 MCCABE & MRS. MILLER The Player Thieves 1992 (R) Like Us 1974 (R) This Cannes-winner skewers A charming murderer (Keith Carradine) escapes May 9, 10 & 12 the Hollywood machine and a Mississippi chain gang and charms the fittingly ushered in a return naïve girl who helps him hide (Shelley Duvall). McCabe & to prominence for Altman. 35 mm. USA; 123 min. Mrs. Miller 1971 (R) 35mm. USA; 124 min. One of the seminal films of New Hollywood, this sui generis western stars Warren May 15, 18 & 20 Beatty and Julie Christie at their height. Vincent & Theo 35 mm. USA; 120 min. 1990 (PG-13) Tim Roth is Vincent van May 17 & 19 Gogh in this period piece. One of the greatest films 3 Women 1977 (PG) about art, here Altman Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek star as touches on the genius inher- roommates in a dusty town whose close M*A*S*H ent in the painter’s work. relationship evolves into something odd 35mm. USA; 138 min. and dangerous. USA; 124 min.

May 29 & June 1 May 22, 23 & 25 May 24 & 26 Brewster McCloud 1970 (R) M*A*S*H 1970 (R) Short Cuts 1993 (R) Bud Cort plays a recluse who lives in the fallout shelter of the This Palme d’Or winner An ambitious and wonder- Astrodome and is building a pair of wings. 35mm. USA; 105 min. helped usher in a golden ful adaptation of nine age of American cinema, Raymond Carver short and it’s wild, dense style stories, ingeniously inter- May 30, 31 created a new film language. woven and brilliantly acted & June 4 USA; 116 min. by an enormous cast. Popeye 35mm. USA; 187 min. 1980 (PG) June 5 & 7 See Forever Young for info. A Prairie Home Companion 2006 (PG-13) June 6 & 8 GOSFORD PARK Altman’s last film was a sweet Gosford Park 2001 (R) meditation on mortality, set amid the Presaging the current upstairs-downstairs chaos of the long-running radio program craze, this ensemble whodunit is set at an of same name. 35mm. USA; 105 min. English country house. USA; 137 min.

Forever Young Family & Children’s Series Spring 2015 Kids 12 and under get in for just $2.50!

Series made possible with support from

April 4, 5, 9, 11, 12 & 16 WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 (PG) Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Detective Eddie Valiant takes on Roger Rabbit’s case, all while exposing a seedy — and bonkers — 1940s Hollywood in this dazzling mix of animation and live action. USA; 104 min. Commonsense Media Rating: Ages 10+

April 18, 19, 23, May 2, 3, 7, 25, 26 & 30 9, 10 & 14 Chicken Run 2000 (G) Chang: Directed by Peter Lord A Drama of the & Nick Park. Wilderness 1927 The first feature-length film the cre- Directed by Merian ators of “Wallace and Gromit” centers C. Cooper & Ernest on a quirky group of poultry plotting CHICKEN RUN B. Schoedsack. to fly the coop. UK/USA/France; 84 min. Commonsense Media Watch as a Thai family tries Rating: Ages 6+ to outsmart not only leopards, but elephants — or “chang” in May 16, 17, 21, 23, 24, 28 Thai — in a struggle for ter- The Gold Rush 1925 ritory among wild animals. May 30, 31 & June 4 35mm. USA; 69 min. Directed by Charles Chaplin. Popeye 1980 (PG) Lured by the promise of riches, Chaplin’s Tramp character heads to the Klondike Directed by Robert Altman. to mine gold. On the way, he outsmarts Robert Altman’s adaptation of the classic comic a bear, eats his shoe, pulls his famous strip is a whacky mish-mash, featuring great dancing dinner roll routine, and finds love. performances from Robin Williams and Shelley 35mm. USA; 88 min. Duvall and music from Harry Nilsson. USA; 114 min. Commonsense Media Rating: Ages 8+ Commonsense Media Rating: Ages 6+

Spring Collaborations

AUTISM: THE MUSICAL Wed, April 8, 7 pm Free Screening! Omar 2013 Wed, April 22, 7 pm Directed by Into the Abyss Free Screening! Hany Abu-Assad. 2011 (PG-13) Thu, April 30, 7 pm Presented with Directed by Werner Herzog. Middle Eastern Cultural Autism: The Musical 2007 Presented with UNO’s and Educational Grace Abbott School Directed by Tricia Regan. Services of Omaha, of Social Work, a panel A documentary about a live musical production created this Oscar-nominated film discussion will follow this and performed by children with autism, presented follows a Palestinian man screening of auteur Werner with Autism Action Partnership. Screening followed caught amid the Arab-Israeli Herzog’s meditation by Q&A with Elaine Hall, founder of the Miracle Project, conflict. A panel discussion on capital punishment. featured in the film. USA; 94 min. will follow. In Arabic and USA/UK/Germany; 107 min. Hebrew with English subtitles. Palestine; 96 min. Thu, May 7, 7 pm She’s Beautiful Sat, May 16, 7 pm When She’s Angry 2014 Quote-along: Directed by Mary Dore. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 (PG) Presented with Planned Parenthood Directed by Terry Gilliam of the Heartland, this film chronicles & Terry Jones. the remarkable women who founded Some of the cast of the Omaha the 1960s women’s movement. Screen- Community Playhouse’s ing followed by a discussion with an “Spamalot,” showing May intergenerational panel of feminists. 29–June 28, will join us for this USA; 92 min. one-time participatory screening. UK; 91 min. Free Screening!

Thu, May 21, 7 pm Tue, June 2, 7 pm MARY POPPINS The Way He Looks 2014 The Good Lie Directed by Daniel Ribeiro. 2014 (PG-13) A boy who is blind struggles with his Directed by Philippe Tue, June 9, 7 pm dependence on others and realizations Falardeau. about his sexuality. Presented with Reese Witherspoon stars Sing-along: PFLAG Omaha, this screening as a counselor who helps Mary Poppins 1975 (PG) will be followed by panel discussion. Sudanese refugees acclimate Directed by Robert Stevenson. In Portuguese with English subtitles. to life in America. Presented Brazil; 96 min. with Southern Sudan Some of the cast of The Rose Theater’s Community Association, “Mary Poppins,” running June 5–28, a panel discussion will follow. will lead a boisterous screening of this USA; 110 min. kids’ classic. USA; 139 min. Tickets: $18 general, $16 for seniors, students, teachers, military Each quarter, Film Streams’ Community Development Committee accepts and those traveling to the theater proposals for film-related partnerships and events. Deadlines for proposals are Jan 2 (for Apr–Jun events), April 1 (for Jul–Sep), July 1 (for Oct–Dec), and Oct 1 by bicycle, and $14 for The Rose and (for Jan–Mar). For more info, email [email protected]. Film Streams Members.