Film Streams Programming Calendar The Ruth Sokolof Theater . April – June 2011 v4.4
La strada 1954 Image courtesy of Beta Film Great Directors: Federico Fellini April 1 – June 16, 2011
I vitelloni 1953 Rome, Open City 1945 La strada 1954 Amarcord 1973 Nights of Cabiria 1957 New 35mm print! Juliet of the Spirits 1965 Fellini Satyricon 1969 8 ½ 1963 Fellini’s Roma 1972 New 35mm print! La dolce vita 1960 Fellini: I’m A Born Liar 2001 Fellini’s Casanova 1976
Series generously sponsored by Fellini—the name itself is practically synonymous with foreign films, and whether you’ve seen all of his films or not a one (yet!), his place in our vocabulary speaks volumes of his legendary career and towering influence over the art form. While a prominent figure in the post-war Italian neorealism movement, he was relive that time—presenting ten of Fellini’s great- more important in diverging from it—making movies in which the realities and est films, a documentary about his life and career fantasies of his iconic characters (the amazing Marcello Mastroianni, Giulietta (FELLINI: I’M A BORN LIAR), and another landmark Masina, and Anouk Aimee among his collaborators) blend together into some- of Italian cinema (Roberto Rossellini’s ROME, OPEN thing surrealistically sublime. For lack of a better word: Felliniesque. Among his CITY) co-written by a young screenwriter who most beloved works (LA STRADA, LA DOLCE VITA, AMARCORD), 8 ½ stands would go on to collect a staggering thirteen Acad- out as one of the absolute most essential films of all time, a meta-masterpiece emy Award nominations over the course of his career made at a personal and creative crossroads in Fellini’s life and as innovative, before finally taking home one of the most deserved playful, and rewarding as anything you’ll ever see on the big screen. In an era Lifetime Achievement Awards in Oscar history. when directors, especially in Europe, were treated like royalty, nothing was as exciting culturally as the release of a new Fellini picture. With this series, we See reverse side for full calendar of films and dates.
Forever Young Family & Children’s Series Spring 2011
The Sound of Music 1965 The Music Man 1962 New 35mm print! Oliver! 1968 Singin’ in the Rain 1952 The Pride of the Yankees 1942 Pete’s Dragon 1977
What better way to throw your arms around springtime than with some of the most popular movie musicals of all time? Our Forever Young Family & Children’s Series comes alive this season with a brand new 35mm print of THE SOUND Made possible with OF MUSIC that’ll be a must-see on the big screen. From there we dance along support from with Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds in SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, get downright animated with the Disney classic PETE’S DRAGON, march into River City with THE MUSIC MAN, and, um… pick pockets with OLIVER! We also get a little spring training in right before the College World Series with one of the best sports films of all time, THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES, starring Gary Cooper as baseball great Lou Gehrig and the legendary Babe Ruth as himself. See the reverse side of this newsletter for a full calendar of films and dates.
Film Streams for Students Student Night & Film Club The first Monday of every month is FREE for all full-time students with valid school ID! Additionally, each Student Night now features a special Film Club screening—open to everyone but of course free for students— with a post-show discussion. Find out what’s showing on upcoming Student Nights, including Film Club screenings, on our Calendar and Education pages at filmstreams.org.
JANE EYRE (starts April 8) Daytime Screenings for Classes Film Streams’ Education Program now offers an annual calendar of Daytime Screenings for visiting high school classes. In addition to celebrating the art of film, selections address a range of courses and meet numerous state teaching standards. This Spring: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (April 13), and Nina Paley’s SITA SINGS THE BLUES (April 27). If you’re a teacher interested in bringing students to the Ruth Sokolof Theater, visit our Educa- tion page at filmstreams.org or email [email protected].
Film Streams’ Student Programs are supported by the Tom and Mary Jetton Charitable Fund through the Omaha Community Foundation.
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Film Streams Programming Calendar April – June 2011 Coming Soon . Omaha Premieres April 1 – 7 Starting April 8 Heartbeats First-Run (NR) Jane Eyre First-Run (PG-13) Directed by Xavier Dolan. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. A sexy, stylish, comic exploration of a A bold new adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s romantically obsessed menage-a-trois timeless and inspiring classic, from the di- from one of today’s most exciting young rector of SIN NOMBRE and featuring Mia filmmakers, Montreal-based Xavier Dolan Wasikowska (ALICE IN WONDERLAND) (I KILLED MY MOTHER). Canada; 95 min. and Michael Fassbender (INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, FISH TANK). UK; 115 min.
April 15 – 21 Starting April 22 Putty Hill First-Run (NR) Bill Cunningham Director Matt Porterfield In Person: April 16 & 17 New York First-Run Directed by Richard Press. “EXTRAORDINARY. If there’s an independent cinema, this movie is it, and if there’s a new director, here he is.” (Richard A delicate, funny, and poignant por- Brody, The New Yorker) trait of New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham, the 80-something A beautifully realized portrait of a close-knit community on Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist the outskirts of Baltimore, PUTTY HILL is the second feature who for decades has been obsessively and from celebrated young filmmaker Matt Porterfield (HAMIL- inventively chronicling fashion trends in TON). USA; 87 min. his “On the Street” and “Evening Hours” Matt Porterfield In Person: Join us on Saturday, April 16 at 7pm for a Q&A screening columns. USA; 84 min. of PUTTY HILL, and on Sunday, April 17 at 1pm for a special screening of Porterfield’s 2006 debut HAMILTON.
Starting May 20 Starting July 1 Meek’s Cutoff First-Run (PG) The Tree of Life Directed by Kelly Reichardt. First-Run (PG-13) “If OLD JOY and WENDY AND LUCY established director Directed by Terrence Malick. Kelly Reichardt as one of America’s most distinctive cin- An impressionistic portrait of a Midwestern family ematic voices, MEEK’S CUTOFF marks a giant leap for- in the 1950s, from acclaimed director Terrence ward… a film of enormous resonance, grace and power.” Malick (BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN, THE (Toronto International Film Festival) USA; 104 min. THIN RED LINE) and featuring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, and Jessica Chastain. USA; 138 min. Date TBD Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives First-Run Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Winner of the 2010 Palm d’Or. “Dreamy, funny and surpassingly gentle, a pastoral ghost story driven by a serene tolerance of the mysteries of the universe... The title character’s acceptance of the strangeness that surrounds him serves as a guide to watching the film, which can, if you allow it, alter your sense of the relationship between human be- ings and the natural world.” (A.O. Scott, The New York Times) Thailand; 114 min. Great Directors: Federico Fellini April 1 – June 16, 2011 April 1 – 7 April 8 – 14 I vitelloni 1953 La strada 1954 The original (though more sartorially Winner of the first-ever Academy Award inclined) “Slackers”: Fellini’s resonate, for Best Foreign Language Film, featuring humorous story about five friends in that Fellini’s wife and lifelong muse Giulietta all-too-familiar transition between youth Masina as a young innocent sold to a cir- and adulthood, and the film that brought cus brute (Anthony Quinn). In Italian with him to the world’s attention. In Italian with English subtitles. Italy; 108 min. English subtitles. Italy/France; 104 min.
April 16, 17, 20 April 23, 24, 27 Nights of Cabiria 1957 Juliet of the Spirits 1965 Another Oscar-winner for Best Foreign A broad leap into the world of color, Fellini’s first Technicolor film is Film, and another sensational, heartbreak- a visually stunning treat, about a betrayed wife (Masina) driven to ing performance by Giulietta Masina at its an introspective journey of dreams, memories, and apparitions. center, this time as a naïve prostitute with In Italian, French, with English subtitles. Italy/France; 137 min. dreams of true love. In Italian with English subtitles. Italy/France; 117 min.
April 29 – May 5 May 6, 8, 10, 12 8 ½ 1963 Fellini: New 35mm print! I’m A Born Liar 2001 (R) “Like the finest works of art, [8 ½] deepens Directed by Damian Pettigrew. for me the older I grow, the more I can A fascinating study of the great direc- see my own life experience mirrored in it. tor’s life and career, featuring clips from Only recently did I feel I had finally com- Fellini’s films, interviews with his collabo- pletely understood it. Maybe next year I rators (Roberto Benigni, Terence Stamp, will understand it even more.” (Alexander and Donald Sutherland among them), and Payne) In Italian with English subtitles. the playfully untruthful filmmaker himself. Italy/France; 138 min. In Italian, French, with English subtitles. Italy; 105 min. May 7, 9, 11 May 13 – 19 Rome, Open City 1945 Amarcord 1973 New 35mm print! Directed by Roberto Rossellini. A carnivalesque portrait of provincial Italy during the Fascist Co-written by Federico Fellini. period, Fellini’s most personal film satirizes his youth and turns daily life into a circus of social rituals, adolescent desires, male “It was an art form invented by necessity,” fantasies, and political subterfuge, all set to Nina Rota’s gorgeous, Fellini once said of the Italian neorealism nostalgia-tinged score. (Janus Films). In Italian, Greek, with movement that emerged from the ruins English subtitles. Italy/France; 123 min. of World War II with this groundbreaking documentary-like drama. In Italian, Ger- man, with English subtitles. Italy; 100 min. May 20 – 26 May 27 – June 2 Fellini Satyricon 1969 Fellini’s Roma 1972 The debauchery of ancient Rome as A fantastical homage to the city of Rome though observed by aliens aboard a flying that’s part autobiographical, part surreal- saucer—such was the way Fellini envi- ist spectacle, and all Fellini. In Italian with sioned (or at least described) this episodic English subtitles. Italy/France; 128 min. satire head-trip fantasy. In Italian with English subtitles. Italy; 128 min.
June 3 – 9 June 10 – 16 La dolce vita 1960 Fellini’s Not simply a landmark in Fellini’s career—marking the transition Casanova 1976 from his early neorealism to the luscious blurring of dreams and The awesome Donald Sutherland stars in reality that define his later work—but one of cinema’s great mas- Fellini’s sprawling, immaculately staged terpieces, an entrancing meditation on life so stunning that it portrait of the world’s most legendary was (of course) banned upon first release. In Italian with English seducer. In Italian with English subtitles. subtitles. Italy/France; 174 min. Italy/USA; 155 min.
Forever Young Family & Children’s Series . Spring 2011
Apr 2-3, 7, 9-10, 14 Apr 16-17, 21, 23-24, 28 The Sound Singin’ in the of Music 1965 Rain 1952 New 35mm print! Directed by Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly. Directed by Robert Wise. The movies don’t get much more fun than this timeless song-and-dance comedy Breathtaking scenery, irresistible songs, about Hollywood itself, featuring Gene and an absolutely iconic Julie Andrews Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald star in arguably the greatest movie musi- O’Connor. USA; 103 min. Common Sense cal of all time. USA; 174 min. Common Media Rating: Ages 6+. Sense Media Rating: Ages 6+.
Apr 30, May 1, 5, 7-8, 12 May 14-15, 19, 21-22, 26 Pete’s Dragon 1977 The Music Man 1962 Directed by Don Chaffey. Directed by Morton DaCosta. A heartwarming story of friendship about Charismatic con man Harold Hill (Robert an orphan boy and his best buddy Elliott Preston) rolls into River City with tall tales the dragon, and one of the last Disney and low intentions but meets his match musicals to combine live-action with in skeptical Marian the Librarian in this animation. USA; 128 min. Common Sense adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Media Rating: Ages 7+. Broadway show. USA; 151 min. Common Sense Media Rating: Ages 6+.
May 28-29, June 2, 4-5, 9 Jun 11-12, 16 Oliver! 1968 The Pride of the Yankees 1942 Directed by Carol Reed. Directed by Sam Wood. A brilliant musical adaptation of Charles With the College World Series right around the corner (literally), Dickens’ classic story about a resilient or- we get into the spirit of the season with one of the great baseball phan boy, and winner of six Academy movies of all time—nominated for 11 Academy Awards and Awards (including Best Picture). UK; 153 min. featuring Gary Cooper as the heroic all-star Lou Gehrig. USA; 128 Common Sense Media Rating: Ages 8+. min. Common Sense Media Rating: Ages 8+.
Collaborations Thursday, May 19, 7pm Reefer Madness (Tell Your Children) 1936 Directed by Louis J. Gasnier. The original exploitation film turned cult classic, demonstrating in melodramatic de- tail the downward spiral (murder! madness!) awaiting anyone who dares strike a deal with the demon weed. USA; 66 min. Presented with the Blue Barn Theatre, present- ing “Reefer Madness: The Musical” June 2-26. Film Streams’ Community Development Committee is accepting proposals from community groups interested in partnering on film-related events. For more information, email [email protected].
The Met: Live in HD 2010–2011 Season College World Series Presented with Opera Omaha June 18–29 Knowing it’ll be a struggle for our patrons Le Comte Ory Il Trovatore to reach the theater during the College Rossini Verdi World Series, we’ll be suspending our Sat, Apr 9, 12pm (Live) Sat, Apr 30, 12pm (Live) first-run programming during that time Wed, Apr 13, 6pm (Encore) Wed, May 4, 6pm (Encore) (June 18–29), making the theater available for events in the spirit (and right in the Capriccio Die Walküre center) of the CWS festivities. R. Strauss Wagner Sat, Apr 23, 12pm (Live) Sat, May 14, 11am (Live) If you’re interested in renting a very cool Wed, Apr 27, 6pm (Encore) Wed, May 18, 6pm (Encore) space less than 500 feet from the new ballpark, contact Maggie Wood at (402) 933-0259 ext. 10 or maggie@film- All live Saturday broadcasts will feature a Prelude Talk by streams.org. Watch for further updates Opera Omaha, beginning one hour prior to the performance in our weekly enewsletter. start time (listed above). Tickets ($24 general; $20 for Film Streams Members, Opera Omaha Subscribers, and students) on sale now. For more information, visit filmstreams.org or call (402) 933-0259.
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