January-February 2014

MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE

January-february 2014 In the past year, some of the most We are so excited about the Henson gallery level, who understand the vital role played by remarkable creative figures in film and that we have already inaugurated a monthly the arts and culture—socially, intellectually, television have participated in programs at screening series, Jim Henson’s World, financially, aesthetically, and spiritually— in the Museum. Vince Gilligan was interviewed organized by Craig Shemin, President of the truly improving the lives of all New Yorkers. on stage by Charlie Rose just before the Jim Henson Legacy. beginning of the final season of Breaking In 2013, the Museum continued to grow. This While there is much to be excited about, Bad. Director David O. Russell presented his summer, we opened the beautiful George it has also been a bittersweet year for wonderful new movie American Hustle. Julia Kaufman Courtyard, which serves as a the Museum, with the untimely deaths Louis-Dreyfus was here with writer-director gathering space for Museum visitors and a of two beloved members of our family. Nicole Holofcener and producer Anthony dedicated entrance for the 50,000 students Our chief projectionist, Richard Aidala, Bregman to talk about their work with James who visit us annually. And we christened died this August after a brief illness, and Gandolfini on the charming independent our stunning main theater, which is now the the Museum’s beloved trustee and vice- movie Enough Said. Alan Alda talked about Sumner M. Redstone Theater, thanks to chair Ronald Doerfler died in October. I his career in an incredibly entertaining a vital $3 million gift from the Sumner M. cannot overestimate how important these conversation moderated by Jeff Greenfield. Redstone Foundation. individuals were to the Museum and its Jake Gyllenhaal was here with actress staff. We miss both of them deeply, and Melissa Leo and director Denis Villeneuve to The site where we are located is also growing. are eternally grateful for their longtime talk about their powerful In December, our next-door neighbor, dedication to the Museum. thriller Prisoners. Kaufman Astoria Studios, opened New York’s only back lot, complete with an impressive So now, on to 2014. During the first few But the most glamorous moment surely steel gate that evokes the entrance to a months we will be showcasing important took place when Miss Piggy, Oscar the classic Hollywood movie studio. The Queens international films with our First Look Grouch, and Gobo Fraggle joined Mayor Council on the Arts opened its doors across showcase, exploring depictions of slavery Bloomberg on stage. They were here to the street. And The Frank Sinatra School for in film with Massa’ Gaze, saluting the best in announce that the Jim Henson family was the Performing Arts had their own brush contemporary documentaries through our making a major gift to the Museum of more with celebrity when they hosted a surprise partnership with Cinema Eye Honors, delving than 400 puppets, costumes, props, and concert by Paul McCartney. The Museum is into what it means to be a voiceover actor, other artifacts, and that the City of New very pleased to be working with Kaufman and learning about how to make video games, York will contribute $2.75 million toward with all of our neighbors to make sure that and showing, hands down, the best film the construction of a permanent gallery our corner of Western Queens continues to musicals as part of our See It Big! series, and at the Museum devoted to Jim Henson’s evolve and thrive. much, much more. Most exciting is that these important and lasting creative achievements. activities take place amid an environment of The gallery will open in 2015, and we are We are very grateful to have in our corner the pronounced growth, both for the Museum, confident that it will become one of New York many members of City government, as well its surrounding neighborhood, and New York City’s most beloved cultural destinations. as representatives at the state and federal City as a whole.

Carl Goodman Executive Director

2 Daily Schedule 4 Curators’ Choice 5 Indie Essentials 7 IndieCade East 9 Zoë Bell: 10 From Stuntwoman to Star Cinema Eye Honors 12 First Look 13 The Negro and the 17 American Promise See It Big! Musicals 18 Massa’ Gaze: Screenings 22 and Critical Discussions Jim Henson’s World 24 The Soundtrack Series 25 Lawrence of Arabia 26 Mad as Hell: 27 The Making of Network Cracking the Voiceover Code 28 Lights, Camera, Astoria! 29 The Booth 30 Translation Party 31 Behind the Screen 32 Jim Henson: The Exhibition 34 Focus on the Collection 35 Become a Member 36 Our Supporters 37 Host Your Event 38 Museum Information 39 Cover image: Visitors 5 1310 27 DAILY SCHEDULE January FRIDAY, JANUARY 3 7:00 Vic + Flo Saw a Bear with SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 director Denis Côté in person 7:00 The Grandmaster 2:00 The Sound of Music 1:00 The Muppet Show 7:00 A Star Is Born introduced by Craig Shemin SUNDAY, JANUARY 12 SATURDAY, JANUARY 4 3:30 Love Me Tonight 2:00 Visitors with director 1:30 Whip It 6:00 Gigi Godfrey Reggio, composer Philip 2:00 Viola, followed by a live video Glass, and associate director and call with director Matías Piñeiro editor Jon Kane in person 3:30 Museum Hours with director 5:00 The Quispe Girls and Jem Cohen in person Looking for Adventure with 4:00 Death Proof director Kimi Takesue in person 8:00 The Summer of Flying Fish SUNDAY, JANUARY 5 february 5:30 The Soundtrack Series: Pulp 2:00 Computer Chess, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 Fiction with stories by Jason Bailey, followed by a live video call 1:00 Solomon Northup’s Odyssey 7:00 Cabaret 7:00 Wavemakers with director Nat Cassidy, and Abe Goldfarb with director Andrew Bujalski Caroline Martel in person, 3:15 Massa’ Gaze panel 2:30 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 discussion: “Which Story, What SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22 and a live musical performance SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9 5:00 Leviathan on the Ondes Martenot by Story, and Whose Story Is Being 1:00 The Muppet Encyclopedia: Told?” with guest speakers Sheryl 3:00 Lawrence of Arabia 5:30 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 Geneviève Grenier Screening and Book Signing with Antonio, Jelani Cobb, Stanley author Craig Shemin in person 7:00 A Touch of Sin Crouch, Nelson George and SATURDAY, JANUARY 18 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 4:00 An American in Paris Khalil Muhammad 1:30 Rags and Tatters IndieCade East 7:00 The Pajama Game TUESDAY, JANUARY 7 5:00 Massa’ Gaze panel 4:00 Ape with director 7:00 Raze with Zoë Bell in person discussion:” Who Gets to Tell the Joel Potrykus in person SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Story? Why and Why Not?” with SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 IndieCade East WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8 guest speakers Neema Barnette, 2:00 Mad as Hell: The Making SUNDAY, JANUARY 19 8:00 Cinema Eye Honors Warrington Hudlin, Felicia Lee, of Network with Dave Itzkoff and 2:00 To the Wolf Malcolm Lee and Shola Lynch SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Keith Olbermann in person FRIDAY, JANUARY 10 4:00 Natan with co-director 6:30 Marlon Brando in Burn! IndieCade East 6:00 Show Boat Paul Duane in person 7:00 Little Feet and Old Moon with 6:30 The Rendez-Vous of Déjà Vu MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17 director Alexandre Rockwell SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 THURSDAY, with director Antonin Peretjatko in and stars Lana Rockwell 2:00 Meet Me in St. Louis 1:00 The Muppet Show FEBRUARY 27 person, followed by a reception and Nico Rockwell in person, 4:30 Gold Diggers of 1933 6:00 Cracking the Voiceover Code followed by reception TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 with hosts Joan Baker and MONDAY, JANUARY 20 7:00 Pennies from Heaven 1:00 The Muppet Show Patrick Howard Fraley, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11 1:00 The Negro and the FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 followed by a reception American Promise 2:00 Rohmer in Paris and 7:00 The Wiz WEDNESDAY, The Bakery Girl of Monceau with 3:00 The Negro and the FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 American Promise FEBRUARY 19 editor Jackie Raynal in person 6:00 Indie Essentials: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 1:00 The Muppet Show 4:15 The Inner Jungle and America Multiplayer Tournaments 2:00 The Soundtrack Series: with director Juan Barrero and FRIDAY, JANUARY 24 7:00 New York, New York Saturday Night Fever with stories actor Gala Pérez Iñesta in person, 6:00 Indie Essentials: THURSDAY, by Cammi Climaco, Leslie Goshko, followed by live music by Multiplayer Tournaments FEBRUARY 20 and Dana Rossi Gala Pérez Iñesta 7:00 All That Jazz 1:00 The Muppet Show 4 SERIES CURATORS' CHOICE: THE BEST OF

The Grandmaster 2013 FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 7:00 P.M. JANUARY 3–5, 2014 Organized by Chief Curator Dir. Wong Kar-wai. 2013, 108 mins. 35mm. With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Chang. Winner of six Golden Horse awards and Hong Kong’s submission to the Academy Awards, The Grandmaster marks Wong’s David Schwartz and Assistant astonishing return to genre filmmaking and his seventh collaboration with leading man Tony Leung Chiu-Wai. Film Curator Aliza Ma A wuxia epic and biopic, the film follows the storied life of Ip Man—Bruce Lee’s mentor— through moments of major historical upheaval in China, from the end of the Sino-Japanese War to the Imperial British rule over Hong Kong, in sublime elliptical action-vignettes. Reinvigorating wuxia with his inimitable aesthetic grandeur, The six films selected for the annual series The Grandmaster brilliantly synthesizes elemental principles of kung fu with tenets of historical national Curators’ Choice are inventive and invigorating discourse, all suffused with breathtakingly sensual imagery. works that offer fresh cinematic visions. Master directors Wong Kar-wai (The Grandmaster) and Jia Zhangke (A Touch of Sin) reinvent the wuxia genre with their own distinctive styles. Viola The emerging Argentine director Matías Followed by a live video discussion Piñeiro (Viola) and the versatile avant-garde with director Matías Piñeiro filmmaker Jem Cohen Museum( Hours) SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 2:00 P.M. create exquisite urban tales that embrace and deconstruct the nature of narrative Dir. Matías Piñeiro. 2013, 65 mins. DCP. With María filmmaking, playfully exploring the ways Villar, Agustina Muñoz, Elisa Carricajo, Romina that theater and art interact with real life. Paula, Gabriela Saidon. The young Argentine And Andrew Bujalski (Computer Chess) filmmaker Matías Piñeiro makes charming, and Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna sophisticated, and lyrical films that have much Pavel (Leviathan) fully immerse us in two in common with the movies of French director very different subcultures—the early Jacques Rivette. Seemingly digressive, his films are days of computer chess programming, urban roundelays filled with ideas, playfully riffing and the rugged world of deep-sea on the tension between theatricality, storytelling, fishing—to create unique and and real life. In Viola, a group of young actresses evocative cinematic experiences. rehearse an all-female production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, and the lines between performers and their roles gradually slip away. 5 Museum Hours Leviathan With director Jem Cohen in person SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 5:00 P.M. SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 3:30 P.M. Dirs. Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Dir. Jem Cohen. 2013, 107 mins. DCP. With Mary Margaret Paravel. 2013, 87 mins. DCP. With O’Hara, Bobby Sommer, Ela Piplits. A Vienna museum Declan Conneely, Johnny Gatcombe, guard befriends an enigmatic visitor, and the grand Adrian Guillette. Leviathan is one of the Kunsthistorisches Art Museum becomes a mysterious most acclaimed projects of the Sensory crossroads which sparks explorations of their lives, the city, Ethnography Lab (SEL), an experimental and the ways artworks reflect and shape the laboratory at Harvard University that world. Jem Cohen’s beguiling and unique blend of Museum Hours promotes innovative combinations of narrative, documentary, essay, art history lesson, and Leviathan aesthetics and ethnography. A thrilling, experimental film is a quietly profound contemplation immersive documentary, Leviathan is set of the relationship between art and life, a film that truly aboard a hulking fishing vessel as it navigates enables us to see in new ways. the treacherous waves off the New England coast—the very waters that inspired Herman Melville to write Moby Dick—and captures the harsh, Computer Chess unforgiving world of the fishermen in haunting yet Followed by a live video discussion beautiful detail. Employing an arsenal of cameras that with director Andrew Bujalski pass freely from film crew to ship crew, and swoop SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2:00 P.M. from below sea level to astonishing bird’s-eye views, Leviathan is a purely visceral cinematic experience. Dir. Andrew Bujalski. 2013, 92 mins. DCP. With Kriss Schludermann, Tom Fletcher, Wiley A Touch of Sin Wiggins, Patrick Riester, Kevin Bewersdorf. Andrew Bujalski, known for his low-budget SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 7:00 P.M. 16mm features Funny Ha Ha, Mutual Dir. Jia Zhangke. 2013, 133 mins. DCP. With Jiang Wu, Appreciation, and Beeswax, used an archaic Wang Baoqiang, Tao Zhao, Lanshan Luo, Zhang Jiayi. Sony black-and-white video camera to In Jia Zhangke’s candid portrait of contemporary China, enhance the grungy retro atmosphere of a series of vignettes dramatize the tragic injustices his sharply observed and surprisingly experienced by the nation’s underprivileged workers, evocative Computer Chess. The setting each story rooted in real-life circumstances. A mineworker is a seedy motel, 30-some years ago, confronts the apathy of his local politicians and fellow villagers where a group of chess software with an ultraviolent killing spree; murder and theft become the programmers meet for a weekend last resort for a migrant worker who encounters insurmountable tournament. The film evokes a world Computer Chess money troubles; a modest receptionist at a massage parlor, just before computers became a part A Touch of Sin threatened by two repugnant petty whistle-stoppers, attempts of our daily lives; it raises fascinating to protect her body and pride by slaying the men in a moment questions about our relationship to of sheer divine force (exhuming the ghost of wuxia warrior Yang technology while immersing us in Hui-ching in King Hu’s A Touch of Zen (to which the film’s English the hermetic subculture of chess, title refers); and finally, a teenage boy submits to mounting social and takes a fascinating detour pressures with suicide. Shot in expansive widescreen by longtime from technology to also explore collaborator Yu Lik-wai and awarded Best Screenplay at Cannes 2013, the distinctly human messiness A Touch of Sin is Jia’s sui generis entrée to wuxia cinema and a fearless, of sex and romance. defiant examination of national tragedy. 6 EXHIBITION Photo by Ben Helmer

Indie Essentials is a playable exhibition featuring some of the most creative and significant games from the past decade. Organized by IndieCade International Festival of Independent Games and Museum of the Moving Image, the exhibition presents recent cutting-edge titles, including the IndieCade 2013 award winners, Indie alongside a selection of games that have had great impact on game design and culture. The designers and developers of these games, individuals or small teams independent of large studios and publishers, take daring creative risks to explore new forms and essentials methods of play.

25 must-play VIDEO GAMES THROUGH MARCH 2, 2014 This exhibition was organized by Jason Eppink, Museum of the Moving Image, Associate Curator of Digital Media; Aaron Braid Machinarium Isaksen, IndieCade East Chair; Matt Parker, IndieCade East Chair; Sam Roberts, IndieCade Festival Director; and Stephanie Barish, IndieCade CEO.

This exhibition is powered by 7 TOURNAMENT Indie Essentials: Multiplayer Tournaments FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 6:00–8:00 P.M. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 6:00–8:00 P.M.

Compete with friends, old and new, for a chance to be crowned champion of two of the year’s most anticipated independent games—Killer Queen Arcade and SlashDash—playable only at Indie Essentials: 25 Must-Play Video Games.

Killer Queen Arcade Teams of five compete on a custom arcade cabinet to bring home the snail god, horde twelve morsels of nectar, or assassinate the enemy queen.

SlashDash Teams of two duel as ninjas that can stun, kill, teleport, and “slash” their teammate

forward in a fast-paced digital update to schoolyard favorite Capture the Flag. Killer Queen Arcade. Photo by Ben Helmer. Free admission FAMILY WORKSHOP

The Game-Making Game

Photo by Syed Salahuddin FEBRUARY 15–24, 2014 1:30 AND 2:45 P.M. The exhibition Indie Essentials: 25 Must-Play Video Games showcases the work of game designers and developers who have taken daring creative risks to explore new forms and methods of play. All games, from Tic Tac Toe to Madden NFL, are actually systems that share common features. In this 60-minute workshop, children learn what makes a game a game—and what makes a game fun—by making one, using tokens, die, game chips, and other materials.

Materials fee: $5 (free for Family-level members and above). Ages 8+

8 FESTIVAL IndieCade East FEBRUARY 14–16, 2014

Back by popular demand, IndieCade East will take over Museum of the Moving Image for another lively weekend of games, talks, panels, and workshops celebrating independent games

and the people who make and play them. Hear from successful designers, thoughtful academics, and insightful journalists; discover new games and try out platforms still under development;

and show off new projects to a community of game lovers. IndieCade is the country’s premier festival for independent video games, dedicated to the discovery, development, and recognition of Photo by Lauren Naefe independent designers and developers from around the world.

Early-bird festival pass (available through January 31, 2014): $100 public ($80 student / senior / Museum member). Order online at movingimage.us or call 718 777 6800. 9

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Death Proof Russell, Zoë Bell, Rosario Dawson, Rose McGowan, Eli Roth. Quentin Tarantino dives deeply into his pulp-genre roots with Death Proof, a rip-roaring slasher flick that harkens back to the drive-in exploitation films of the 1950s. When a trio of Austin’s foxiest femmes trot out at dusk for a fun night on the town, they fall victim to a weathered stuntman who uses his “death proof” muscle cars to execute his murderous plans. In her biggest role to date, Zoë Bell stars as herself, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 opposite Kurt Russell. Raze

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2:30 P.M.

Dir. Quentin Tarantino. 2003, 111 mins. Digital projection. With Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shin’ichi Chiba (a.k.a. Sonny Chiba). A thrilling pastiche of kung fu, yakuza, spaghetti Westerns, and anime, with homages to the Shaw Brothers, Sonny Chiba, and Bruce Lee, Kill Bill is one of the most audacious odes to action cinema to ever come out of Hollywood. Emerging from a coma after an assassination attempt and massacre on her wedding day, The Bride—a fearless ex-assassin wielding a katana—embarks on an action-packed journey that takes her to Okinawa, Japan to seek her vengeance. Zoë Bell began her stint as Tarantino’s go-to stuntwoman as Uma Thurman’s double. PREVIEW SCREENING Kill Bill: Vol. 2 Raze With Zoë Bell in person SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 5:30 P.M. Part of the ongoing martial arts series Fist and Sword, organized by Warrington Hudlin

Dir. Quentin Tarantino. 2004, 137 mins. Digital projection. With Uma TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 7:00 P.M. Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Dir. Josh C. Waller. 2013, 87 mins. DCP. With Zoë Bell, Rachel Nichols, Tracie Thoms, Sherilyn Fenn, Doug Chiaki Kuriyama. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 follows The Bride (with Zoë Bell Jones. In her biggest role to date, Zoë Bell headlines a sly subversion of the women-in-prison genre. back as stunt double) while she continues to pursue her vengeance When Sabrina is mysteriously abducted, she finds herself in an underground lair, forced to do battle with against her ex-boss, Bill. This time, she takes aim at Bill’s younger other innocents for the amusement of unseen spectators. After showcasing her amazing physicality and brother Budd and Elle Driver—the only survivors from the squad of tough-as-nails persona in films and television, Bell finally has a film to call her own, filled with bloodshed assassins who betrayed her four years earlier—before the ultimate and mayhem of the highest order. With a cast of who’s-who genre favorites, including Sherilyn Fenn (Twin face-off with Bill himself. Scored by action filmmaker Robert Peaks) and a rare performance sans prosthetics from Guillermo del Toro mainstay Doug Jones (Hellboy, Pan’s Rodriguez, its propulsive soundtrack, which runs the gamut from Labyrinth), Raze announces its extreme intentions from the very first frame. Bernard Herrmann, and Quincy Jones to Tomoyasu Hotei, topped the Billboard music charts. TICKETS: $15 public ($9 Museum members / free for Silver Screen members and above) 11

AWARDS CEREMONY

Cinema Eye

The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, now in its seventh year, attracts the world’s top documentary filmmakers for an annual celebration at Museum of the Moving Image. Honors Past presenters and recipients at Cinema Eye have included Chris Hegedus, Steve James, Barbara Kopple, Albert Maysles, Ross McElwee, Michael Moore, D.A. Pennebaker, and Frederick Wiseman. Top nominees this year include Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing, Lana Wilson and Martha Shane’s After Tiller, Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie and the Boxer, Véréna Pavel and Lucien Castaing- Taylor’s Leviathan, and Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell. This year’s Legacy Award will be presented to Barbara Kopple for her classic Academy Award-winning documentary Harlan County, U.S.A. 2014 For more information, and for tickets, visit cinemaeyehonors.com. Tickets are available to the WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2014 event, and a special pre-reception, for $75 ($40 for Museum members). 8:00 P.M.

FESTIVAL first look JANUARY 10–19, 2014

Organized by Chief Curator David Schwartz and Assistant Film Curator Aliza Ma First Look is the Museum’s annual showcase for inventive new international cinema. Now in its third year, the series has established itself as a vital addition to New York’s film scene,

an oasis of thoughtful and provocative filmmaking amid the hype and noise of awards season. It is a great way for New

York filmgoers to start the year, just ahead of the Sundance, Rotterdam, and Berlin film festivals. All of the films have played to acclaim at international film festivals, and all are New York premieres. Many of the filmmakers will be present for post-screening discussions.

Little Feet 13 OPENING NIGHT Little Feet and Old Moon The Inner Jungle and America With director Alexandre Rockwell and stars With director Juan Barrero and actor Lana Rockwell and Nico Rockwell in person, Gala Pérez Iñesta in person, followed by followed by a reception live music by Gala Pérez Iñesta FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 7:00 P.M. SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 4:15 P.M. Little Feet The Inner Jungle U.S. Dir. Alexandre Rockwell. 2013, 60 mins. U.S. (La jungla interior) premiere. With Lana Rockwell, Nico Rockwell, Rene Spain. Dir. Juan Barrero. 2013, 75 mins. U.S. premiere. With Cuante-Bautista. Rockwell, one of the leading iconoclasts Gala Pérez Iñesta. Barrero’s autobiographical film intimately Little Feet of American independent film In( the Soup, 13 Moons), captures his relationship with girlfriend Gala Pérez Iñesta as brings indie cinema back to its ultra-low-budget roots they approach a major milestone in their lives. Iñesta, who is with this whimsical neorealistic gem starring his own two shown in the film to be a superb violinist, will give a brief live children as brother and sister who journey to the “Los performance after the screening. Angeles River” to find a mate for their fish. Preceded by: Preceded by: America The Inner Jungle Old Moon U.S./France. Dir. Valerie Massadian. 2013, 7 mins. U.S. Puerto Rico. Dir. Raisa Bonnet. 2013, 11 mins. New York premiere. Massadian (whose filmNana screened in First premiere. Digital projection courtesy of the filmmaker. Look 2012) was given a reel of 35mm film and a day to With María Velázquez, Laura Cristina Cardona, Julio make a film in one shot. The result is this lush meditation Ramos. Bonnet, a student of Alexandre Rockwell at NYU, on love filmed deep in a Northwestern forest. shot this almost wordless tale about the relationship between a young girl and her grandmother in Puerto Rico. Vic + Flo Saw a Bear (Vic + Flo ont vu un ours) Rohmer in Paris and With director Denis Côté in person The Bakery Girl of Monceau SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 7:00 P.M. SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2:00 P.M. Canada. Dir. Denis Côté. 2013, 95 mins. New York Rohmer in Paris premiere. With Pierrette Robitaille, Romane Bohringer. U.K. Dir. Richard Misek. 2013, 67 mins. U.S. premiere. A Critic-turned-auteur Denis Côté paints a darkly comic loving ode to the French New Wave master Eric Rohmer, his portrait of spiritual isolation and doomed love for photography of Paris, and to cinema itself, Rohmer in Paris lesbian lovers trying to reconstruct life after prison in a is made almost entirely with footage from Rohmer’s films, remote Quebecois forest. Winner of the 2013 Silver Bear Rohmer in Paris with narration by Misek. (Alfred Bauer Prize) for “a feature film that opens new Followed by: perspectives” at the Berlin Film Festival. The Bakery Girl of Monceau (La boulangère de Monceau) With editor Jackie Raynal in person Vic + Flo Saw a Bear France. Dir. Eric Rohmer. 1963, 23 mins. Archival 35mm print. With Barbet Schroeder, Claudine Soubrier, Michèle Girardon. The first of Rohmer’s “Six Moral Tales,” The Bakery Girl of Monceau tells the story of a young law student who finds himself in a spiritual and physical bind, beguiled by two women. 14 PREVIEW SCREENING Visitors With director Godfrey Reggio, composer Philip Glass, and associate director and editor Jon Kane in person SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2:00 P.M. The Summer of Flying Fish U.S. Dir. Godfrey Reggio. 2013, 87 mins. New York premiere. Music by Philip Glass. This new film The Summer of Flying Fish from the maker of Koyaanisqatsi (his first in more than (El verano de los peces voladores) a decade) features a score by Philip Glass, but might SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 8:00 P.M. otherwise be considered the stylistic opposite of its predecessor. Consisting of just 74 shots, this trancelike Chile. Dir. Marcela Said. 2013, 95 mins. U.S. premiere. With film looks deeply at—and beyond—the human experience, Francisca Walker, Gregory Cohen, María Izquierdo. Chilean taking viewers on a stunning journey to the moon and back. documentarian Marcela Said’s debut feature is a bittersweet Tickets: $20 public ($12 Museum member / free for Silver coming-of-age tale set amidst the majestic primeval forests Screen members and above). of Patagonia. The film premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival as part of the Directors’ Fortnight. The Quispe Girls (Las niñas Quispe) Visitors and Looking for Adventure Wavemakers (Le chant des ondes) SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 5:00 P.M. With director Caroline Martel in person The Quispe Girls (Las niñas Quispe) and a live musical performance on the Chile. Dir. Sebastián Sepúlveda. 2013, 80 mins. Ondes Martenot by Geneviève Grenier U.S. premiere. The Quispe Girls tells the tragic and true FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 7:00 P.M. story of a family of sisters whose livelihood herding goats in the remote mountains of Chile is threatened, against Canada. Dir. Caroline Martel. 2012, 96 mins. the backdrop of Pinochet’s rise to power. New York premiere. With Suzanne Binet-Audet, Jonny Greenwood, Jean Laurendeau. Martel tells the Preceded by: Looking for Adventure rich history of the Ondes Martenot, the electronic musical instrument, through archival material, an With director Kimi Takesue in person entrancing soundtrack, and vérité footage of musicians U.S./Peru. Dir. Kimi Takesue. 2013, 43 mins. Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead and Suzanne Binet-Audet, U.S. premiere. New York filmmaker Takesue Where( Are the “Jimi Hendrix of the Martenot.” The screening will be You Taking Me?) explores the pleasures and strains of followed by a live performance on the Ondes Martenot by group tourism in Peru.

Geneviève Grenier.

Rags and Tatters

Rags and Tatters (Farsh wa ghata) SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1:30 P.M. Egypt. Dir. Ahmad Abdalla. 2013, 87 mins. Wavemakers U.S. premiere. With Asser Yassin, Amr Abed, Yara Goubran, Mohammed Mamdouh, Atef Yousef. The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 is the backdrop and driver of circumstance in this tale of an escaped convict searching for a way home on the outskirts of Cairo. 15 Ape

To the Wolf With director Joel Potrykus in person SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2014, 4:00 P.M.

U.S. Dir. Joel Potrykus. 2012, 86 mins. New York premiere. With Joshua Burge. Michigan native Joel Potrykus won the Best New Director and Best First Feature prizes at the Locarno Film Festival for his vividly downbeat, ultra-low budget portrait of a struggling comedian (and part-time arsonist) in Grand Rapids.

To the Wolf (Sto lyko) SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2014, 2:00 P.M.

Greece. Dirs. Aran Hughes, Christina Koutsospyrou. 2013, 74 mins. U.S. premiere. A hybrid of documentary Ape and fiction, To the Wolf captures the struggles of two goatherding families as they try to survive in the wilderness of the Greek mountains during a period of national crisis. CLOSING NIGHT The film’s physical austerity mirrors the nation’s economic The Rendez-Vous of Déjà Vu austerity, and it builds towards a startling finale. (La fille du 14 Juillet) With director Antonin Peretjatko in person, followed by a reception Natan SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2014, 6:30 P.M. With co-director Paul Duane in person SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2014, 4:00 P.M. France. Dir. Antonin Peretjatko. 2013, 88 mins. U.S. premiere. With Vimala Pons, Gregoire Tachnakian. U.S. Ireland. Dirs. David Cairns, Paul Duane. 2013, 66 mins. premiere. A highlight of the Cannes Director’s Fortnight, New York premiere. A fascinating and lovingly crafted Antonin Peretjatko’s film is a fast-paced, pun-and-gag- documentary that attempts to restore the record on filled romantic burlesque about a lovelorn museum guard forgotten French film pioneer Bernard Natan, who died who falls for a woman and tries to win her heart during a in Auschwitz. beach vacation.

This screening is supported by the The Rendez-Vouz of Déjà Vu Cultural Services of the French Embassy, NY and MyFrenchFilmFestival.com Natan 16

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY SCREENING The Negro and the American Promise PART OF CHANGING THE PICTURE SPONSORED BY TIME WARNER, INC. MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2014 1:00 AND 3:00 P.M.

Produced by WGBH, Boston. 1963, 59 mins. 16mm. Hosted by Dr. Kenneth Clark. With Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, James Baldwin. An amazing historical artifact featuring thoughtful back-to-back interviews with Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin, The Negro and the American Promise is an hour-long public television special that aired in June, 1963, just months after Alabama governor George Wallace announced his support of “segregation forever” and months before the March on Washington and King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. In his interview, King says “The Negro is making it palpably clear that he wants all of his rights, that he wants them here, and that he wants them now.” Malcolm X questions King’s support of integration, saying “complete separation is the only solution to the black-and-white problem in this country.” Baldwin praises King’s civil rights campaign, but fears that Southern resistance will prevail, calling instead “to find some way of putting the present administration of this country on the spot.” This rarely seen program will be presented in an archival film print from the Indiana University Film Archive.

SERIES All That Jazz FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 7:00 P.M.

Dir. Bob Fosse. 1979, 123 mins. New DCP restoration. With Roy Scheider, Ann Reinking, Ben Vereen. Fosse’s dazzling, partly autobiographical, partly fantastical musical, largely filmed at the Astoria studio, is an interiorized epic, SEE IT starring a never-better Scheider as Fosse’s alter ego, Joe Gideon, a boozy, pill-addled choreographer negotiating a love life and a career. The footwork is as astonishing as the self-critique. It is an enveloping sensory experience, brilliantly shot and edited. BIG! All That Jazz The Sound of Music SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2:00 P.M. mUSICALS Dir. Robert Wise. 1965, 174 mins. DCP. With Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker. JANUARY 24–FEBRUARY 28, 2014 At the time of its release the most financially successful film ever made after Gone With the Wind, See It Big! is an ongoing Wise’s spectacular adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway show is one of cinema’s series curated by Reverse greatest musical extravaganzas. Julie Andrews gives an Shot editors Michael iconic performance as a novice nun whose life changes Koresky and Jeff Reichert, when sent to care for the bratty children of a handsome Chief Curator David military captain (Plummer) on the heels of World War II. The Sound of Music bursts with unforgettable songs and Schwartz, and Assistant glorious CinemaScope images shot on location in Film Curator Aliza Ma Salzburg, Austria. The Sound of Music

Love Me Tonight Musicals are, by their very nature, Love Me Tonight filled with spectacle. They are heightened forms of storytelling, SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 3:30 P.M. in which the narrative is Dir. Rouben Mamoulian. 1932, 104 mins. 35mm. With Maurice amplified by song and dance, Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charles Ruggles. From its where characters express their opening sequence, with the camera floating over the rooftops and innermost feelings in the most through the streets of Paris (Paris, Hollywood, that is), Love Me extravagant ways imaginable. Tonight, with Maurice Chevalier as a jovial tailor who tries to collect It is a genre that celebrates on a bill from a Count—and falls in love with a princess—was the first artificiality and stylization, truly modern movie musical. The Rodgers and Hart songs (including and the best examples of “Mimi” and “Isn’t It Romantic”) are perfectly integrated into the the form can only be truly narrative, and Mamoulian showed how to turn a theatrical form into a enjoyed… BIG. cinematic experience. 18 Gigi SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 6:00 P.M.

Dir. Vincente Minnelli. 1958, 115 mins. 35mm. With Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier. The CinemaScope frame is crammed with exquisite detail in this thrillingly visualized musical about a young girl’s coming-of-age in wealthy turn-of-the-century Paris. The winner of nine Oscars (a record at the time), including Best Picture, Director, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design, Song, and Score, Gigi is a triumph on every level, like a Toulouse-Lautrec painting sprung to giddy life. Gigi

A Star Is Born FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 7:00 P.M.

Dir. George Cukor. 1954, 176 mins. 35mm. With Judy Garland, James Mason, Charles Bickford. The ultimate Judy Garland vehicle, this is the quintessential Hollywood tale of lost love and found fame. As a movie star on the rise, Garland is magnificent, both triumphant and tremulous, and Mason is her poignant equal as her husband and mentor Norman Maine, an alcoholic actor on his way down the ladder of success. Garland’s rendition of “The Man That Got Away” is one of the highlights of 1950s musicals.

A Star Is Born

Meet Me in St. Louis SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2:00 P.M.

Dir. Vincente Minnelli. 1944, 113 mins. Restored 35mm print. With Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien. In this bittersweet turn-of-the-century musical, a family contends with life, love, and an impending move from St. Louis to New York City. In his first color film, Vincente Minnelli deftly organizes the Technicolor palette around Judy Garland, moving seamlessly between story and song—and what songs they are, including “The Trolley Song,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” and “The Boy Next Door.” Meet Me in St. Louis

Gold Diggers of 1933 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 4:30 P.M.

Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. 1933, 96 mins. 35mm. With Joan Blondell, Warren William, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell. The ideal Busby Berkeley film: the super-choreographer created some of the most eye-popping, elaborate musical showstoppers ever filmed for this fluffy entertainment about four aspiring actresses trying to make it during the Great Depression. Numbers such as “Remember My Forgotten Man” and “Pettin’ in the Park” are high points of early Hollywood, examples of cinematic ingenuity that have not been bettered to this day. And Ginger Rogers sets the escapist tone in the opening number, “We’re in the Money.”

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to Stay” and “I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise.” to Stairway a Build “I’ll and Stay” to

landmark filled with such Gershwin gems as “I Got Rhythm,” “’S Wonderful,” “Our Love Is Here Here Is Love “Our Wonderful,” “’S Rhythm,” Got “I as gems Gershwin such with filled landmark

is pure cinematic bliss and a musical movie movie musical a and bliss cinematic pure is Alton, John cinematographer An American in Paris in American An

score and a spectacularly designed, climactic dream ballet sequence shot by the brilliant brilliant the by shot sequence ballet dream climactic designed, spectacularly a and score

a painter struggling to make ends meet in the city of light. With a thrilling all-Gershwin all-Gershwin thrilling a With light. of city the in meet ends make to struggling painter a

Levant. Minnelli’s breathtaking Best Picture winner stars the ever-captivating Kelly as as Kelly ever-captivating the stars winner Picture Best breathtaking Minnelli’s Levant.

Dir. Vincente Minnelli. 1951, 113 mins. 35mm. With Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Oscar Caron, Leslie Kelly, Gene With 35mm. mins. 113 1951, Minnelli. Vincente Dir.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 4:00 P.M. 4:00 22, FEBRUARY SATURDAY,

An American in Paris in American An

Cabaret

show tunes and Geoffrey Unsworth’s gloriously ragged photography. ragged gloriously Unsworth’s Geoffrey and tunes show

rousing Ebb’s Fred and Kander John featuring experience, movie delirious devastating,

selling her soul in a seedy nightclub, and the devilish emcee who presides over it. A A it. over presides who emcee devilish the and nightclub, seedy a in soul her selling

performances as, respectively, Sally Bowles, a vivacious but damaged American singer singer American damaged but vivacious a Bowles, Sally respectively, as, performances

eve of Hitler’s rise to power. Minnelli and Grey also scored Oscars for their unforgettable unforgettable their for Oscars scored also Grey and Minnelli power. to rise Hitler’s of eve

Fosse rightly won the Oscar for Best Director for his shattering musical set in Berlin on the the on Berlin in set musical shattering his for Director Best for Oscar the won rightly Fosse

Dir. Bob Fosse. 1972, 124 mins. New DCP restoration. With Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey. Grey. Joel Minnelli, Liza With restoration. DCP New mins. 124 1972, Fosse. Bob Dir.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 7:00 P.M. 7:00 21, FEBRUARY FRIDAY,

Cabaret

The Wiz The

& Simpson, and a superstar cast headed by Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Jackson. Michael and Ross Diana by headed cast superstar a and Simpson, &

co-production, the musical features songs by Luther Vandross and Ashford Ashford and Vandross Luther by songs features musical the co-production,

helped revive the Astoria studio. A Motown Motown A studio. Astoria the revive helped City, York New in filmed The Wiz The

of the hit Broadway musical. At the time the most expensive production production expensive most the time the At musical. Broadway hit the of

teacher is transported to the land of Oz in this lavish screen adaptation adaptation screen lavish this in Oz of land the to transported is teacher

Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor. A Harlem school school Harlem A Pryor. Richard Horne, Lena Russell, Nipsey Jackson,

Dir. Sidney Lumet. 1978, 134 mins. 35mm. With Diana Ross, Michael Michael Ross, Diana With 35mm. mins. 134 1978, Lumet. Sidney Dir.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 7:00 P.M. 7:00 7, FEBRUARY FRIDAY,

The Wiz The

Pennies from Heaven from Pennies

cinematographer Gordon Willis. Gordon cinematographer

Walken) and lip-synched period songs, all captured in exquisite Edward Hopper-esque images by master master by images Hopper-esque Edward exquisite in captured all songs, period lip-synched and Walken)

briefly. Endlessly moving, with spectacular dancing (including a number by the great hoofer Christopher Christopher hoofer great the by number a (including dancing spectacular with moving, Endlessly briefly.

and the schoolteacher he loves, played by Peters, music provides an escape from a dreary reality, however however reality, dreary a from escape an provides music Peters, by played loves, he schoolteacher the and

Potter’s television serial drama stars Martin as a sheet-music salesman during the Great Depression. For him him For Depression. Great the during salesman sheet-music a as Martin stars drama serial television Potter’s

Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken. Herbert Ross’s delicate and brilliantly conceived adaptation of Dennis Dennis of adaptation conceived brilliantly and delicate Ross’s Herbert Walken. Christopher Peters, Bernadette

Dir. Herbert Ross. 1981, 108 mins. Restored 35mm print from the Academy Film Archive. With Steve Martin, Martin, Steve With Archive. Film Academy the from print 35mm Restored mins. 108 1981, Ross. Herbert Dir. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 7:00 P.M. 7:00 2, FEBRUARY SUNDAY, Pennies from Heaven from Pennies

out the now-classic title song in a show-stopping finale. show-stopping a in song title now-classic the out

celebration of the surreal artificiality of Hollywood. Minnelli belts belts Minnelli Hollywood. of artificiality surreal the of celebration

) with a a with ) made just had (he realism hard-boiled gritty Taxi Driver Taxi

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1940s jazz marked a departure of sorts for him, combining his his combining him, for sorts of departure a marked jazz 1940s

Show Boat Show

Niro, Liza Minnelli. Scorsese’s ode to classic MGM musicals and and musicals MGM classic to ode Scorsese’s Minnelli. Liza Niro,

Dir. Martin Scorsese. 1977, 164 mins. 35mm. With Robert De De Robert With 35mm. mins. 164 1977, Scorsese. Martin Dir.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 7:00 P.M. 7:00 28, FEBRUARY FRIDAY,

New York, New York New York, New

many great musical numbers. numbers. musical great many

race. Paul Robeson’s “Ol’ Man River” is the most famous of its its of famous most the is River” Man “Ol’ Robeson’s Paul race.

was considered radical at the time for its serious treatment of of treatment serious its for time the at radical considered was

by James Whale, this Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein musical musical Hammerstein Kern-Oscar Jerome this Whale, James by

showboat, over 40 years. Expressively adapted for the screen screen the for adapted Expressively years. 40 over showboat,

and workers on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River River Mississippi a Blossom, Cotton the on workers and

follows the lives of the performers performers the of lives the follows saga, American Show Boat Show

Robeson, Allan Jones, Helen Morgan, Hattie McDaniel. A great great A McDaniel. Hattie Morgan, Helen Jones, Allan Robeson,

Dir. James Whale. 1936, 113 mins. 35mm. With Irene Dunne, Paul Paul Dunne, Irene With 35mm. mins. 113 1936, Whale. James Dir. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 6:00 P.M. 6:00 23, FEBRUARY SUNDAY,

The Pajama Game Pajama The Show Boat Show

and Doris Day at her best. her at Day Doris and

Bob Fosse, songs like “Hernando’s Hideaway” and “Steam Heat,” Heat,” “Steam and Hideaway” “Hernando’s like songs Fosse, Bob

dazzling and instantly recognizable choreography by a young young a by choreography recognizable instantly and dazzling

musical features typically energetic direction by Stanley Donen, Donen, Stanley by direction energetic typically features musical

entertainment about unionization ever made, this high-powered high-powered this made, ever unionization about entertainment

Factory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa? Perhaps the most scintillating scintillating most the Perhaps Iowa? Rapids, Cedar in Factory

Raitt) and labor (Doris Day) co-exist at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Pajama Sleep-Tite the at co-exist Day) (Doris labor and Raitt)

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Dir. Stanley Donen, George Abbott. 1957, 101 mins. 16mm. With With 16mm. mins. 101 1957, Abbott. George Donen, Stanley Dir.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 7:00 P.M. 7:00 22, FEBRUARY SATURDAY, The Pajama Game Pajama The

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DISCUSSIONS & SCREENINGS & DISCUSSIONS SCREENING Solomon Northup’s Odyssey SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1:00 P.M.

Dir. Gordon Parks. 1984, 115 mins. Digital projection. With Avery Brooks, Rhetta Greene, Mason Adams. Almost 30 years before 12

Years a Slave, the legendary photographer and filmmaker Gordon Parks directed this adaptation of Solomon Northup’s memoir about his life as a black man who is kidnapped and sold into slavery. At the time of its airing, Gene Siskel wrote, “I don’t believe Roots was any more powerful or better acted than Solomon Northup’s Odyssey.”

PANEL DISCUSSION “Which Story, What Story, and

Whose Story Is Being Told?” SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 3:15 P.M.

A distinguished panel of critics and historians will discuss the recent the depic- tion of slavery in such high-profile works as 12 Years a Slave, Django Unchained, and other films. Confirmed panelists include Sheryl Antonio, Associate Dean, New York University Tisch School of the Arts; Jelani Cobb, Associate Professor of History, University of Connecticut; Stanley Crouch, columnist for the New York Daily News; author and cultural critic Nelson George, and Khalil Muhammad, Director of The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library. The panel will be moderated by Warrington Hudlin, Museum trustee and co-curator of Changing the Picture.

PANEL DISCUSSION “Who Gets to Tell the Story? Why and Why Not?” SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 5:00 P.M.

Prominent African-American filmmakers discuss the unique challenges they face in telling historically significant stories. Confirmed speakers include Neema Barnette (Woman Thou Art Loosed on the Seventh Day), Warrington Hudlin (Unstoppable), Malcolm Lee (Best Man Holiday), and Shola Lynch (Free Angela Davis). Felicia Lee, cultural reporter for The New York Times, will be the moderator.

SCREENING Marlon Brando in Burn!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 6:30 P.M.

Dir. Gillo Pontecorvo. 1969, 112 mins. Digital projection. With Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, Norman Hill, Renato Salvatori. The professional mercenary Sir William Walker (Marlon Brando) instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized too much power, threatening British sugar interests. This rarely screened film by the director of The Battle of Algiers features one of Marlon Brando’s strongest performances.

Burn! 23 SERIES

JIM The Muppet Show with Carol Burnett, Steve Martin, and Rita Moreno SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1:00 P.M. Introduced by Craig Shemin FEBRUARY 17–21, 1:00 P.M. HENSON'S The Muppet Show was the most widely watched television show around the world in the late 1970s. Every week, special guest performers joined Muppet regulars including Miss Piggy, Kermit, Rowlf, and Fozzie. These three episodes feature guest stars currently being honored for their lifetime achievments: Rita Moreno, winner of the Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award, and a Grammy-Oscar-Emmy-Tony winner, earned her WORLD first Emmy for her appearance on the series’ debut broadcastin JANUARY 26–FEBRUARY 22, 2014 1976. Steve Martin, who recently received an Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, brought his act to Episode 208,, 1977. Finally, Carol Burnett, the 2013 recipient of An ongoing series, organized by Craig Shemin, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor danced her way through President, The Jim Henson Legacy Episode 515, 1980), a dance marathon episode which won an Emmy for The imaginative, playful, creative, and prolific film and television Outstanding Writing. Total running time: 78 mins. work of Jim Henson is celebrated in this monthly screening series, often featuring special guest appearances. In 2015, the Museum will open a permanent gallery devoted to the work of Jim Henson. The Muppet Encyclopedia: Screening and Book Signing With author Craig Shemin in person SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1:00 P.M.

Craig Shemin, author of the lavishly illustrated and meticulously researched new Official Muppet Character Encyclopedia (2013, DK Books), will present a program featuring memorable moments from the biggest Muppet stars, as well as rare highlights of some lesser known characters featured in his book. The screening program will be followed by Muppet trivia and prizes to add to the fun. The program will be followed by a book signing in the Museum store.

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SCREENINGS & LIVE EVENTS The Soundtrack

Series Saturday Night Fever With stories by Cammi Climaco, Leslie Goshko, and Dana Rossi FEBRUARY 8, 2014 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2:00 P.M.

Created and hosted by the brilliant and energetic Dana Dir. John Badham. 1977, 118 mins. 35mm. With John Travolta, Karen Lynn Rossi, The Soundtrack Series is a live show and podcast Gorney, Barry Miller. A star is born in the opening minutes of Saturday Night where performers and writers tell the personal stories Fever, as Travolta struts down the streets of Bay Ridge, playing the restless they forever associate with a particular song—the Tony Manero, who works at a hardware store in the daytime and rules the soundtrack to their lives. The Soundtrack Series has disco dance floor at night. The film was more than a hit; it was a pop culture been called “the best rock and roll storytelling event in phenomenon, along with the Bee Gees soundtrack album. New York” by Flavorpill, “One of the Top Ten Podcasts in NYC” by Time Out New York, and featured in The New York Times, BUST, The Source, NY1, and

included among the “Best Events and Things to Do Pulp Fiction With stories by Jason Bailey, in NYC” by CBS News New York. The Soundtrack Nat Cassidy, and Abe Goldfarb Series appears live regularly in New York City at

The Gallery at Le Poisson Rouge, and in Austin, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 5:30 P.M. Texas at The Rollins Theater at the Long Center Dir. Quentin Tarantino. 1994, 155 mins. 35mm. for the Performing Arts. With John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel

L. Jackson. Tarantino’s indie blockbuster with Presented live at Museum of the Moving elaborately intertwining stories about a pair of Image, The Soundtrack Series features stories hit men, a boxer, a gangster’s wife, and a couple about how fans have been affected by music of petty crooks earned more than $100 million in film—from favorite music videos to the at the box office. It also reignited John Travolta’s most unforgettable movie soundtracks. screen career, capped by his dance-floor duet with Through personal stories, the show holds a Uma Thurman to Chuck Berry’s “You Never Can magnifying glass up to the influence that Tell.” No original score was created for the film; the music on film has had on our culture by soundtrack consists entirely of an unforgettable mix zeroing in on the personal, specific ways of rock and roll, surf music, and soul songs. that it has mattered to us.

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against the Turks, eventually eventually Turks, the against

him to side with the Arabs Arabs the with side to him

leads 1916 in Cairo to expedition

a former British officer whose whose officer British former a

real-life adventurer T. E. Lawrence, Lawrence, E. T. adventurer real-life

2013), who rocketed to stardom as as stardom to rocketed who 2013),

as a tribute to Peter O’Toole (1932– O’Toole Peter to tribute a as

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won seven Oscars, including Best Best including Oscars, seven won

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David Lean’s magnificent career was was career magnificent Lean’s David

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one intermission. New DCP restoration. restoration. DCP New intermission. one

Dir. David Lean. 1962, 217 mins. plus plus mins. 217 1962, Lean. David Dir.

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and political commentator on his show show his on commentator political and Keith with Countdown

sportscaster, who became an incisive and outspoken journalist journalist outspoken and incisive an became who sportscaster,

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for its time—is all too real today. The screening will be followed by a a by followed be will screening The today. real too all time—is its for

tough, driven, Oscar-winning screenwriter whose vision—outlandish vision—outlandish whose screenwriter Oscar-winning driven, tough,

made it to the screen. The film was the work of Paddy Chayefsky, the the Chayefsky, Paddy of work the was film The screen. the to it made

how of story dramatic and surprising the recounts Network Times York

(2014, Times Books), Dave Itzkoff of of Itzkoff Dave Books), Times (2014, book new his In Mad as Hell Hell as Mad The New New The

how we think about corporate and media power. media and corporate about think we how

Sidney Lumet, the film won four Academy Awards and indelibly shaped shaped indelibly and Awards Academy four won film the Lumet, Sidney

Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, and Robert Duvall, and directed by by directed and Duvall, Robert and Finch, Peter Holden, William Dunaway,

became a sensation. With a superb cast including Faye Faye including cast superb a With sensation. a became movie the Network

“the mad prophet of the airwaves,” took America by storm in 1976 when when 1976 in storm by America took airwaves,” the of prophet mad “the

Those words, spoken by an unhinged anchorman named Howard Beale, Beale, Howard named anchorman unhinged an by spoken words, Those

“I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” anymore!” this take to going not I’m and hell, as mad as “I’m O’Toole. Peter

Dir. Sidney Lumet. 1976, 121 mins. 35mm. With Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Holden, William Dunaway, Faye With 35mm. mins. 121 1976, Lumet. Sidney Dir.

With Dave Itzkoff and Keith Olbermann in person in Olbermann Keith and Itzkoff Dave With

Network

P.M. 3:00 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2014 23, FEBRUARY SUNDAY, The Making of Network of Making The

Mad as Hell: Hell: as Mad SCREENING, DISCUSSION & BOOK SIGNING BOOK & DISCUSSION SCREENING,

PANEL DISCUSSION Cracking the Voiceover

CodeTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014 6:00 P.M. With hosts Joan Baker, award-winning voice actor and author of Secrets of Voice-over Success, and Patrick Howard Fraley, award-winning voice actor, teacher, and lecturer, followed Patrick Howard Fraley by a reception

Leading voiceover professionals, talent agents, casting directors, and producers offer a behind-the-scenes look at how to break into voiceover acting and sustain a career. The program will offer insiders’ perspectives on the process and reveal the variety of voiceover work available in the industry, including television and radio commercials, animation, video games, movie trailers, Automated Dialogue Replacement (ADR), audio book narration, and more. Panelists include Scott Brick, narrator of hundreds of best-selling audio books; Sylvia Villagran, a Spanish and English language voice actor for national and international commercials; Dave Fennoy, an award-winning voice actor for some of the world’s best-selling video games, as well as the voice of Hulu; Sondra James, voice actor, actor, and ADR director/producer for feature films;Steve Zirnkilton, a voice actor known for the opening narration of Law & Order and an announcer for

CNN, Discovery Channel, and Cartoon Network; Rudy Gaskins, the Emmy Award-winning Creative Director and CEO of Society of Voice Arts and Sciences; Billy Serow, an Abrams Artists talent agent who also teaches voiceover and camera techniques at Rutgers and Yale

Universities; Jen Rudin, award-winning casting director for animated films at Jen Rudin Casting;Cristiana Santo Pietro, senior account executive and producer for WABC New York specializing in integrated marketing across all media; and Sara Krieger, voice actor and featured voice of the Late Show with David Letterman, American Express, Estée Lauder, and others. The program will be followed by a reception.

TICKETS: $65 public / $39 Museum members

Joan Baker 28 EXHIBITION LIGHTS, CAMERA, This exhibition traces the fascinating history of the Astoria studio complex, which has been at the heart of filmmaking in New York City since 1920. The studio site was the East-Coast home of Paramount Pictures in the silent and early talking-picture eras, a center for independent filmmaking in the 1930s, and the U.S. Army Pictorial Center from World War II into the Cold War. After falling into disrepair in the early 1970s, the site has become a thriving cultural ASTORIA! hub that includes Kaufman Astoria Studios and Museum of the Moving Image. Using film stills, behind-the-scenes photographs, oral histories, film clips, THROUGH FEBRUARY 9, 2014 and posters, the exhibition explores the rich legacy and renaissance of the studio complex. With material from silent-era films featuring Rudolph Organized by Barbara Miller, Valentino, early talking films starring the Marx Brothers, World War II training

Curator of the Collection and Exhibitions, and propaganda films, such modern classics as The Age of Innocence, and with Richard Koszarski, Professor of English television shows like Sesame Street, The Cosby Show, and Nurse Jackie, the exhibition reveals the significant role that the Astoria studio continues to play and Cinema Studies, Rutgers University,

in energizing its surrounding community and making moving image history. as consulting historian Lights, Camera, Astoria! is presented with generous support from Kaufman Astoria Studios.

29 EXHIBITION

Photographer Joseph O. Holmes, a chronicler of people and their work spaces, turned his attention in 2012 to the projection booth. This exhibition of more than 30 photographs featuring projectionists in their domains, at movie theaters in and around New York City, shines a light on what is quickly becoming a lost art form. Holmes captures the intricate beauty of the projectors and related ephemera such as canisters, reels, and the celluloid itself, scattered across the often cramped booths. Usually anonymous and unseen, the skilled technicians who operate these increasingly rare machines are present in many of the images; their personalities evident in the handwritten notes, personal photographs, and posters that cover any available wall space. At a time when many lament the demise of THROUGH FEBRUARY 2, 2014 film, these intimate portraits preserve a visual record of a vanishing medium and the craftspeople who keep film presentation alive. Joseph O. Holmes, Avon Theater Film Center, 2012 30

50-foot-wide projection. 50-foot-wide

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lobby. Visitors can send text messages to the the to messages text send can Visitors lobby.

installation version of the original website in its its in website original the of version installation

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output. nonsensical its from meaning

complexity of language and attempting to derive derive to attempting and language of complexity

a computer persistently fail to understand the the understand to fail persistently computer a

the interaction. The viewer delights both in watching watching in both delights viewer The interaction. the

the more mangled the phrase, the more successful successful more the phrase, the mangled more the

swallows and what it spits up are indistinguishable; indistinguishable; are up spits it what and swallows understand them. The ordeal ends when what it it what when ends ordeal The them. understand

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to its absurd end, feeding the software its own words words own its software the feeding end, absurd its to

This intentional misuse pushes a translation engine engine translation a pushes misuse intentional This

creators. its of words the in “equilibrium”

process until the phrase stops changing, or reaches reaches or changing, stops phrase the until process

convert that result back into English, continuing this this continuing English, into back result that convert

to convert an English phrase into Japanese, then then Japanese, into phrase English an convert to

and Richard Boenigk uses machine translation translation machine uses Boenigk Richard and (2009, 2013) by Will Carlough Carlough Will by 2013) (2009,

Party Translation INSTALLATION CORE EXHIBITION SCREENINGS IN TUT’S FEVER MOVIE PALACE

Red Grooms and Lysiane Luong’s artwork/movie theater, Tut’s Fever Movie Palace, an homage to the days of the ornate movie palace, is the perfect venue for screenings of classic movie serials and television shows.

Screenings on Saturdays and Sundays at 1:00, 2:00, and 3:30 p.m., on weekdays (Monday–Thursday) at 2:00 p.m., and on Fridays at 2:00 and 6:00 p.m.

Now showing through January 24, Jungle Girl (dir. William Witney and Jon English, Republic Pictures, 1941). Considered the best jungle serial ever made, and the first sound serial with an actress as the main character. Starting January 25, Atom Man vs. Superman (dir. Spencer Gordon Bennet. 1950, 15 chapters.) In this sequel to the very popular 1948 Superman serial, Kirk Alyn’s Superman is faces arch-rival Lex Luthor (Lyle Talbot), who is disguised as the Atom Man and plans to destroy Metropolis.

BEHIND THE SCREEN HIGHLIGHT

Behind the Screen features a variety of computer- based interactive experiences, including an ADR (automated dialogue replacement) booth, where

visitors can record their voices over dialogue from The Museum’s core exhibition, Behind the Screen, immerses visitors in the creative and technical process of producing, a films like Babe, The Wizard of Oz, and Coming to promoting, and presenting films, television shows, and digital entertainment. It includes over 1,400 artifacts—from America, following the same procedure that actors nineteenth-century optical toys to video games—as well as an array of interactive experiences, audiovisual material, and use when dubbing their lines in post-production. artworks to reveal the skills, material resources, and artistic decisions that go into making moving images. The exhibition features three commissioned artworks; the stroboscopic zoetrope Feral Fount by Gregory Barsamian, TV Lounge by Jim Iserman, and Tut’s Fever Movie Palace by Red Grooms and Lysiane Luong.

Photos by Peter Aaron / ESTO

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New York Mets and San Diego Padres. Diego San and Mets York New

called the shots for the broadcast of a game between the the between game a of broadcast the for shots the called

taking visitors inside the room where director Bill Webb Webb Bill director where room the inside visitors taking

; and a simulation of a live TV control room, room, control TV live a of simulation a and ; Precious Images Precious

and Chuck Workman’s Workman’s Chuck and Movies about Etienne Jules Marey Jules Etienne about Movies

film history vividly to life; special videos, including videos, special life; to vividly history film The First First The

, all of which bring key moments in in moments key bring which of all , and

North the of Nanook

from selections and , The Jazz Singer Jazz The Robbery Train Great

on display; projections of the earliest kinetoscope films, The The films, kinetoscope earliest the of projections display; on

material that ranges from film clips related to the artifacts artifacts the to related clips film from ranges that material

Photo by Stefan Hagen Stefan by Photo

includes nearly four hours of audio-visual audio-visual of hours four nearly includes Behind the Screen the Behind

AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIAL AUDIO-VISUAL

music affects mood and tone. and mood affects music

music to scenes from movies, and to experience how how experience to and movies, from scenes to music

images of well-known movies and television shows; add add shows; television and movies well-known of images

post-production; choose sound effects to add to the the to add to effects sound choose post-production;

procedure that actors use when dubbing their lines in in lines their dubbing when use actors that procedure

voices over dialogue from a film, following the same same the following film, a from dialogue over voices

animations, which they can save and email; record their their record email; and save can they which animations,

and made into a flipbook; create their own stop-motion stop-motion own their create flipbook; a into made and

sequence of still photographs that can be printed out out printed be can that photographs still of sequence

Visitors may record their own movements as a a as movements own their record may Visitors

INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES INTERACTIVE

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merchandise—dolls, toys, board games, lunch boxes, and more. and boxes, lunch games, board toys, merchandise—dolls,

magazines, posters, and an outstanding collection of licensed licensed of collection outstanding an and posters, magazines,

costumes, set design sketches and models, make-up, fan fan make-up, models, and sketches design set costumes,

projectors, television sets, sound recording equipment, equipment, recording sound sets, television projectors,

image. These include historic film and television cameras, cameras, television and film historic include These image.

the Museum’s collection of the material culture of the moving moving the of culture material the of collection Museum’s the

The exhibition incorporates approximately 1,400 artifacts from from artifacts 1,400 approximately incorporates exhibition The ARTIFACTS

34 © Henson ©

legacy of Jim Henson. Jim of legacy and carry on the the on carry and

programs, including screenings, education programs for school groups, and live events featuring those who worked with with worked who those featuring events live and groups, school for programs education screenings, including programs,

Complementing the Henson exhibition and taking place throughout the Museum will be a wide range of ongoing ongoing of range wide a be will Museum the throughout place taking and exhibition Henson the Complementing

► Rare behind-the-scenes footage of Henson and his collaborators collaborators his and Henson of footage behind-the-scenes Rare

► Jim Henson’s sketches, storyboards, and scripts from The Jim Henson Company Archive Archive Company Henson Jim The from scripts and storyboards, sketches, Henson’s Jim

► Digital interactive experiences that allow visitors to dive into Henson’s creative process process creative Henson’s into dive to visitors allow that experiences interactive Digital

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on which Jim Henson played a key role role key a played Henson Jim which on

major film and television production production television and film major

props, and other artifacts from every every from artifacts other and props,

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COMING IN 2015 IN COMING TUT’S FEVER MOVIE PALACE Tut’s Fever Movie Palace is artists Red Grooms and Lysiane Luong’s interpretation of the exotic picture palaces of the 1920s, which was commissioned by the Museum in 1987. Bursting with color, messages, symbols, and gags, Tut’s Fever is also a working movie theater, permanently installed in the Museum’s core exhibition, Behind the Screen, and features daily screenings of such classic vintage movie serials as Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon.

Every surface in the 30-seat theater—and adjacent lobby—is hand painted, including slipcovers on each of the chairs, which are adorned with a rendering of Rita Hayworth, and the screen, which features an image of Mickey Mouse. The theater includes sculptures of movie star icons as theater personnel: Theda Bara attends the box office, Mae West stands behind the concession counter, and Mickey Rooney is the usher. Visitors can open a sarcophagus located behind the theater to find a sculpture of James Dean lying in his tomb, cigarette still dangling from his mouth.

Tut’s Fever is a significant example of the work of multimedia artist Red Grooms, a pioneer of site-specific sculpture and immersive art, whose work is often inspired by popular culture, and movies in particular. Grooms often collaborates with other artists—including his wife, artist Lysiane Luong—and has likened himself to a director or producer on the creation of large installations such as this one.

Visit Tut’s Fever Movie Palace in the Museum’s core exhibition, Behind the Screen.

Photo by Peter Aaron / ESTO 35 INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP Starting at just $75, there are a wide range of memberships for adults, all offering free admission to the Museum’s galleries and regular screenings.

FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Museum of the Moving Image is an ideal destination for families. The Museum offers a wide range of child- and family-centered activities including workshops, screenings, and interactive exhibits.

Join today and bring your family to the Museum for an entire year for $150.

GIVE THE GIFT OF MEMBERSHIP BECOME Purchase a membership for a loved one or a colleague today, and Museum of the Moving Image will send them a personalized gift packet with a membership card, our calendar, and a description of their benefits!

CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP A MEMBER ► Free admission to Museum galleries and over Join today and enjoy access to over 400 film screenings, exclusive events with 400 film screenings annually Access to family programs special guests, interactive exhibitions, and more! The loyalty and support of ► ► Discounts at the Moving Image Store and Café our members have made it possible for us to present contemporary and classic ► Opportunities to host events in the Museum’s films, as well as more avant-garde fare, and to nurture the futures of tomorrow’s stunning facilities media-makers through our engaging education and family programs. Your Become a Corporate member today and enhance the lives of your employees and demonstrate your support will help us continue to bring these exciting programs directly to you. company’s commitment to the arts! For more information, visit movingimage.us, contact [email protected] or call 718 777 6877.

Photo by Eric Harvey Brown 36 HOST YOUR EVENT

Featuring extraordinary facilities, Museum of the Moving Image is a stunning setting for private events and screenings

Photo by Julie Cunnah

BIRTHDAY PARTIES PRIVATE EVENTS PRIVATE SCREENINGS

Your child can be the star of his or The Museum is able to accommodate a The 267-seat Sumner M. Redstone her very own party at the Museum. wide range of events, from weddings and Theater and 68-seat Celeste and The birthday party program has been bar/bat mitzvahs to meetings and location Armand Bartos Screening Room are developed for children ages 8+. We create shoots. Galleries can remain open after available for private screenings. Host a memorable and fun-filled extravaganza hours for guests to enjoy our exhibitions a screening of your favorite film for for your child and guests, with a special and interactive experiences. Museum your friends to celebrate a milestone educator-led tour, interactive experiences, educators are available to offer gallery talks or mark a special occasion. For more information about renting spaces at the a private screening, and party bags. and demonstrations. Museum, please contact BG Hacker at 718 777 6868 or [email protected] 37 Museum of the Moving Image is housed in a building owned Additional support: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Funding for the Museum’s after-school programs has been by the City of New York and has received significant support Sciences; Stuart S. Applebaum; Lily Auchincloss Foundation, provided by: JP Morgan Chase Foundation; New York City from the following public agencies: New York City Department Inc.; Betsy and Michael Barker; Howard and Stacy Bass; Nathan Council Members Leroy Comrie, Daniel Dromm, Peter F. Vallone, of Cultural Affairs; New York City Economic Development Bernstein and Katharina Otto-Bernstein; Joshua Bilmes; Jr., Jimmy Van Bramer, and Mark Weprin, through the New York Corporation; New York State Council on the Arts; Institute of Consulate General of the Netherlands; Ellin A. Delsener; ESA City Department of Cultural Affairs; NYC C.M. Stephen Levin. Museum and Library Services; National Endowment for the Foundation; Embassy of France in the United States; Jo-Ann Fox- Humanities; National Endowment for the Arts; Natural Heritage Weingarten; Barbara Goldsmith Foundation; Raphael Gonzalez; Public support for the Museum’s expansion and renovation Trust (administered by the New York State Office of Parks, Carl Goodman; Michael Gordon; HBO; Cheryl Henson; Hive provided by: New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; Recreation and Historic Preservation). Digital Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust; New York City Economic Development Corporation; New York The Jane Henson Foundation; Janklow Foundation; International City Council; Office of the Queens Borough President; PlaNYC; The Museum gratefully acknowledges the leadership and Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees; Richard I. Kandel; The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York; New York State assistance of: Mayor Bill de Blasio; Queens Borough President Liman Foundatoion; The Lotos Foundation; Ivan and Andrea Council on the Arts; New York State Office of Parks, Recreation Melinda Katz; New York City Council Member Jimmy Van Lustig; Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Lustig Fund; Luxottica USA; and Historic Preservation; U.S. Department of Housing and Bramer and the entire Queens delegation of the New York City Marc Haas Foundation; Michael Tuch Foundation; The New York Urban Development; National Endowment for the Humanities. Council; Governor Andrew M. Cuomo; New York State Senator Community Trust ; New York University; Michael and Gabrielle Michael N. Gianaris; New York State Assembly Members Palitz; Persol; Rainbow Media Holdings; Max Rifkind-Barron; Major support for the Museum’s expansion and renovation Catherine T. Nolan and Aravella Simotas; Congressman Joseph Rohauer Collection Foundation, Inc.; Josh Sapan; Henry and provided by: Mahnaz and Adam Bartos; Booth Ferris Crowley; Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney. Peggy Schleiff Family Foundation; Sony Corporation; The Foundation; Comcast NBCUniversal; Leon and Michaela Studio in a School Association; Time Warner Cable; Univision Constantiner; Krystyna O. and Ronald J. Doerfler; Michael and Major program and operating support provided by: Alfred P. Communications Inc.; Warner Bros. Pictures; William Fox, Jr. Lauren Gordon; HBO; The Hearst Corporation; The Hearst Sloan Foundation; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Bloomberg Foundation; Mike and Woan Jen Wu. Foundation; Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation; Linda LeRoy Philanthropies; Institute of Museum and Library Services; The Janklow; George S. Kaufman; Ivan and Andrea Lustig; John T. Hearst Foundation; Pannonia Foundations; SAG-MPPWF; Sumner McGuire; New York Community Bank Foundation; Michael and M. Redstone Charitable Foundation; Herbert S. Schlosser; Screen Gabrielle Palitz; Rockstar Games; Herbert and Judith Schlosser; Actors Guild Foundation; Theatrical Teamsters Local 817; Time Silvercup Studios; Time Warner Inc.; Ann and Andrew Tisch; Warner Inc.; Ann and Andrew Tisch Foundation. William Fox, Jr. Foundation; Variety Group.

38 PARKING

Nearby discounted parking is available for Museum patrons at PV Parking Corp, 34-11 Steinway Street (entrance on 41 Street between 34 & 35 Avenue; wheelchair accessible). pvparkingny.com

Members: 15% discount Non-members: 10% discount (Same day parking tickets must be validated at the Museum)

TICKETED EVENTS

Paid tickets are required for special events. To order tickets, call 718 777 6800 or buy online at movingimage.us. In addition to free admission to regular film screenings, Museum members enjoy a significant discount on all special events.

GROUP TOURS

The Museum offers special discounted rates for groups of eight or more, as well as engaging educator-led group tours of its core exhibition, Behind the Screen. Reservations are required. Call 718 777 6800.

MOVING IMAGE STORE

The Moving Image Store has hundreds of books ADDRESS ADMISSION DIRECTIONS for everyone from cinephiles to casual movie buffs, video gamers to students. The store also 36-01 35 Avenue (at 37 Street) ADULTS Ages 18+ $12 Just minutes away from Midtown Manhattan, the offers a selection of DVDs, specially designed Astoria, NY 11106 SENIORS Ages 65+ $9 Museum is located on the campus of the historic Moving Image souvenirs, and gifts for children STUDENTS $9 Kaufman Astoria Studios, in Astoria, Queens. HOURS and adults. Members receive a 15% discount. CHILDREN Ages 3–12 $6 Subway: Wednesdays–Thursdays: 10:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Under 3 Free (weekdays only) or to Steinway Street; MOVING IMAGE CAFÉ Members Free (weekdays only) or to 36 Avenue. Fridays: 10:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m. The café serves soup, salads, a rotating Gallery admission is free on Fridays from Bus: Q101 (from Midtown Manhattan) Saturdays–Sundays: 11:30 a.m.–7.00 p.m. selection of sandwiches, and a variety of snacks 4:00–8:00 p.m. to 35 Avenue; Q66 (from Flushing) to and sweets. Beverages include Lavazza coffee The Museum will be open on Monday, Steinway Street. Paid admission includes all regular January 20 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), drinks, fine tea, and juices. Members receive a film screenings. Monday, February 17 (Presidents Day), 10% discount. and Tuesday, February 18 from Tickets for screenings are not included 10:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. with free admission on Fridays.