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amherstcinema MAY - AUG 28 Amity St. Amherst, MA 01002 • www.amherstcinema.org • 413.253.2547 2017 See something different! In addition to the special events in this newsletter, Amherst Cinema shows current-release film on four screens every day. Visit www.amherstcinema.org and join our weekly e-newsletter for the latest offerings. This July and August, escape the summer heat with eight films from the master of chills and thrills! Let Amherst Cinema be your ticket to adventure as Alfred Hitchcock takes you from San Francisco to the French Riviera to Mount Rushmore. (Just keep an eye on that strange young motel manager...) REAR WINDOW STRANGERS ON A TRAIN 1954, PG, 114 mins. 1951, PG, 101 mins. SUN JULY 9, 2PM SUN AUG 6, 2PM TUE JULY 11, 7PM TUE AUG 8, 7PM A wheelchair-bound photographer A psychotic socialite confronts a pro spies on his neighbors from his athlete with a theory on how two apartment window and becomes complete strangers can get away with convinced one of them has murder - a theory that he plans to committed murder. implement. VERTIGO DIAL M FOR MURDER 1958, PG, 128 mins. 1954, PG, 105 mins. SUN JULY 16, 2PM SUN AUG 13, 2PM TUE JULY 18, 7PM TUE AUG 15, 7PM A San Francisco detective suffering An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot from acrophobia investigates the to murder his wife. When things go strange activities of an old friend’s wrong, he improvises a brilliant wife, all the while becoming plan B. dangerously obsessed with her. TO CATCH A THIEF PSYCHO 1955, PG, 106 mins. 1960, R, 109 mins. SUN AUG 20, 2PM SUN JULY 23, 2PM TUE AUG 22, 7PM TUE JULY 25, 7PM When a reformed jewel thief is A Phoenix secretary embezzles suspected of returning to his former $40,000 from her employer’s client, occupation, he must ferret out goes on the run, and checks into a the real thief in order to prove his remote motel run by a young man innocence. under the domination of his mother. ROPE NORTH BY NORTHWEST 1948, PG, 80 mins. 1959, NR, 136 mins. SUN AUG 27, 2PM SUN JULY 30, 2PM TUE AUG 29, 7PM TUE AUG 1, 7PM Two young men strangle their “infe- A hapless New York advertising ex- rior” classmate, hide his body in their ecutive is mistaken for a government apartment, and invite his friends and agent by a group of foreign spies, and family to a dinner party as a means is pursued across the country while to challenge the “perfection” of their he looks for a way to survive. crime. May - August 2017 28 Amity Street • Amherst, MA 01002 • amherstcinema.org • 413.253.2547 Page 1 amherstcinema From Behind The Screen LUCY WILSON BENSON CAROL M. JOHNSON Executive Director chair emerita BOARD OF DIRECTORS Friends, DEBORAH CHRISTAKOS chair FRED BYRON president You – our wonderful and adventuresome audiences – often ask how we decide on first- BARBARA J. LUCEY run films. We thought you might enjoy an inside look at some of the factors Amherst vice president, treasurer Cinema considers when we book new releases. BARTON BYG BILL DWIGHT ELEANOR S. LASH • Film release schedules. Film distributors (not theaters!) decide on release dates for JOANNE MARQUSEE films. Summertime and end-of-year holidays are among the busiest times of the year for SAMUEL MASINTER distributors to release their biggest films. Sometimes there is a pile-up of worthy selections BYRON MCCRAE all at once and we must limit runs of some films to make room for others coming our way. STAFF CAROL M. JOHNSON executive director • Films and show times change on Fridays. Cinemas throughout the U.S. make decisions on Mondays about HOLLY GREELEY the films that will be showing on the next Friday, four days later! Unlike live theater and music perfor- business manager JAKE MEGINSKY mance venues that schedule programs months and years ahead, we have only a few days’ lead time to education specialist settle on films and screening times. GEORGE MYERS general manager DAN BIEGNER technology manager • Major releases and small jewels. As we think you know, we are committed to presenting works that meet ALEX HORNBECK a standard of excellence. Some films are very popular with audiences and sell many tickets. Films that are creative manager well-attended can usually stay for extended periods. Some of the most exquisite, critically acclaimed films DIANA WALDON house manager appeal to a limited audience, though, so we can give them only a short run. RACHEL HART outreach manager NOELLE SERAFINO • Ticket sales. The number of tickets sold at our cinema during the previous weekend and ticket sales for marketing & communications coordinator the same film at others cinemas around the country help us decide the length of a film’s run. The best way ALEX LEFF visual media developer to support a film’s run is by seeing it on opening weekend. FILM PROGRAMMING CONNIE WHITE • Contracts. To book certain films, we may be required by the film distributors to show the film several DAVID MAZOR times a day, for a minimum number of weeks. FILM BOOKING • Mix of films. You are a sophisticated and curious audience, with wide-ranging interests. Because of that, CONNIE WHITE we work hard to offer a mix of films at any given time. We have our antenna out for a wide selection of subject matter, directors, genres, etc. • Award-winning / notable films. We know how important first-rate films are – both to you as cinema-goers, and to us in fulfilling our IN THIS ISSUE: mission to offer you films that matter. We are proud that our film experts often secure important films far in advance of when they are Hitchcock . 1 feted on the awards circuit. For example, we began showing MOON- Bellwether . 3 LIGHT more than a month in advance of its being nominated for (and Moonlight Musicals . 4 winning!) the Best Picture Oscar® . NT Live . 4 When you buy a ticket, 50% goes to pay the distributor for rights to screen the program here. The other half Sound & Vision . 5 goes toward the remainder of our costs (our welcoming staff, state-of-the-art projection and sound equipment, Late Nights . 6 utilities, building maintenance, etc.) – but ticket sales cover only part of what we need to do our work. By contrast, Amherst Cinema retains 100% of Membership dollars and donations – these are funds we use for our New Films programs and operations. That is why Memberships and donations are so important. From Germany. 6 Preview Club . 7 When you join as a Member or make a donation, you support artistic freedom! Your support in these ways Bolshoi Ballet . 7 gives us critically important financial stability and means we can make programming choices independent of any political persuasion or point of view. At Amherst Cinema, we make our own choices – there is no commer- Throwback cial owner directing which films we book. Thursdays . 7 Calendar . 8 Your Memberships and donations make it possible for us to be a truly independent cinema. THANK YOU! Carol M. Johnson [email protected] May - August 2017 28 Amity Street • Amherst, MA 01002 • amherstcinema.org • 413.253.2547 Page 2 Dedicated to presenting innovative films from new voices with fresh approaches to fiction, non-fiction, and experimental cinema, this series showcases striking and important new works and fosters conversation between visiting artists and filmgoers. All Bellwether screenings are free to Amherst Cinema Members. GULÎSTAN, LAND OF ROSES Dir. Zaynê Akyol, 2017, not rated, 86 mins., Kurdish with subtitles. THURS MAY 18, 7PM Spend time with the female fighters in the armed wing of the PKK (the Kurdistan Workers’ Party), who defend Kurdish territory in Iraq and Syria from ISIS while embodying a revolutionary ideal advocating female empowerment. Director Zaynê Akyol in person. RAT FILM Dir. Theo Anthony, 2017, not rated, 82 minutes THURS JUNE 8, 7PM RAT FILM uses the rat - as well as the humans that love them, live with them, and kill them - to explore the history of Baltimore. “There’s never been a rat problem in Baltimore, it’s always been a people problem.” Director Theo Anthony in person. QUEST Dir. Jonathan Olshefski, 2017, not rated, 105 mins. THURS JULY 13, 7PM QUEST was planned as a portrait of the Rainey family and their home music studio, a special sanctuary in North Philadelphia. But when a stray bullet wounds their youngest daughter, the film shows the family’s strength in the face of adversity. Director Jonathan Olshefski in person. THE REAGAN SHOW Dirs. Pacho Velez & Sierra Pettengill, 2017, not rated, 74 mins. THURS AUG 24, 7PM Told solely through archival footage, and set against the backdrop of the Cold War, THE REAGAN SHOW captures the pageantry, absurdity, and charisma of a prolific actor’s defining role: Leader of the Free World. Directors Pacho Velez and Sierra Pettengill in person. It’s Time To Be More Than Just Friends Become an Amherst Cinema Member this summer and make it official. Join or renew June 1 – August 31 and claim your FREE pass! JOIN AT THE BOX OFFICE OR ONLINE: You’ll get free popcorn, ticket discounts, and the chance to win free movies, too. amherstcinema.org/membership. But most of all, you’ll get the satisfaction of knowing you’ve played an important Do it today! role in keeping the film arts flourishing in the Pioneer Valley. We’re here 365 days a year for you. We appreciate our Members being here for us! Please do your part to help us reach our 2017 Summer Membership goal.