2016 SUMMER FILM PROGRAM
MAY 12 – AUGUST 14 AETNA THEATER WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART
PRESENTED BY DATA-MAIL, INC. AND THE MANDELL FAMILY THE HUMAN TOUCH SUMMER In celebration of The Human Touch: Selections from the RBC Wealth Management Art Collection SIZZLE AND exhibition on view from June 25, 2016 – September 25, 2016, please join us this summer as we present films from around the UNDER THE STARS FILMFILM world that explore the human condition. Imposters
Thursday, July 21 at 7 pm Live music, dinner by the Museum Café (à la Saturday, July 23 at 7 pm carte menu), and an outdoor screening of an Sunday, July 24 at 2 pm American classic comedy or drama from the VICTORIA 1930’s in the Atheneum’s outdoor courtyard, Gengras Court. Live music and dinner service In the tradition of Run Lola Run, this crime thriller begin at 5 pm; movies shown at sundown features a young Spanish woman who has recently (approx: 8:15 pm). Free for Hartford residents, moved to Berlin. A flirtatious night with a local guy $9; $8 for seniors & students; $5 for members. turns into a dangerous and potentially deadly PORTABLE CHAIRS & COOLERS ARE PROHIBITED. situation. 2015. Germany. 128 min. Not Rated (some violence). Thursday, May 12 at 7 pm Friday, June 24 Subtitles. Directed by Sebastian Schipper. Sunday, May 15 at 2 pm Opening night reception at 6 pm LAMB Film at 7 pm TWO FOR ONE (In celebration of The End of Innocence exhibition) Saturday, June 25 at 7 pm This beautiful and poetic film tells of a motherless Sunday, June 26 at 2 pm Ethiopian boy who is forced to move in with distant BARCELONA CHRISTMAS NIGHT relatives. He takes his pet sheep with him but (Barcelona, nit d’hivern) Thursday, June 30 upcoming holidays and stern treatment spell danger In this modern comedy, multiple love stories unfold in for the boy and his beloved “friend.” TROUBLE IN PARADISE Barcelona during Christmas Eve. A gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket join 2015. 94 min. Not Rated (suitable for all ages). 2015. Spain. 95 min. Not Rated. Subtitles. forces to con a beautiful perfume company Subtitles. Directed by Yared Zeleke. Directed by Dani de la Orden. owner. Romantic entanglements and jealousies throw the scheme into chaos. 1932. 83 min. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Thursday, July 28 at 7 pm Starring Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Saturday, July 30 at 7 pm Herbert Marshall. Sunday, July 31 at 2 pm IN HARMONY (En équilibre) A sought-after and talented horse stuntman in films has a bad fall and becomes a paraplegic. The insurance company sends a seductive woman to “encourage” him to settle for a small sum of money, but they begin to fall for each other. 2015. France. 95 min. Not Rated. Subtitles. Thursday, June 9 at 7 pm Thursday, July 7 at 7 pm Directed by Denis Dercourt. Friday, July 8 Sunday, June 12 at 2 pm Saturday, July 9 at 7 pm PAINTING THE MODERN GARDEN: Sunday, July 10 at 2 pm* Followed immediately by: LOVE ME TONIGHT MONET TO MATISSE *Followed by a four-course wine dinner at A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron Claude Monet was an avid horticulturist and arguably Peppercorn’s Grill. Tickets (required) available at: in order to collect a sizeable bill from an the most important painter of gardens in the history thewadsworth.org. Film admission, Italian art tour in aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess. of art. But other great artists like Van Gogh, Bonnard, the galleries, and wine dinner: $60 for non-members and seniors; $55 for members (including Insider 1932. 104 min. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Sorolla, Sargent, Pissarro and Matisse also saw the Access Members). Regular film prices apply if not Starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald. garden as a powerful subject for their art. These attending the dinner. artists, along with many others, are the focus of an innovative and extensive exhibition from The Royal Academy of Arts, London which is captured on film. The Atheneum’s Claude Monet Painting in his Garden at THE COMPLEXITY OF HAPPINESS Argenteuil by Pierre-Auguste Renoir is featured in the (La felicità è un sistema complesso) Thursday, July 28 at 8:35 pm documentary (the painting is not currently on view). Hired as a “special consultant” by leading financial Saturday, July 30 at 8:35 pm 2016. 93 min. UK. Not Rated. English. groups, Enrico approaches executives who are Sunday, July 31 at 3:35 pm incompetent and convinces them to leave their jobs. His most recent assignment and a quirky young THE MEASURE OF A MAN (La loi du marché) Friday, July 15 woman force him to face his own life. Comedic drama. An unemployed factory worker tries to make ends in working-class France. THE GAY DIVORCEE 2015. Italy. 117 min. Not Rated. Subtitles. Mimi Glossop wants a divorce so her Aunt 2016. France. 93 min. Not Rated. Subtitles. Directed by Gianni Zanasi. Hortense hires a professional to play the Directed by Stéphane Brizé. correspondent in an “apparent” infidelity. Mistaken identities spoil the ruse. TWO FOR ONE 1934. 107 min. Musical comedy. Directed by Mark Sandrich. Starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers. Friday, July 22 Friday, June 17 at 7 pm MY MAN GODFREY Tickets available at: thewadsworth.org A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler, but there’s more to Godfrey than ASBURY SHORTS Film Program meets the eye. Asbury Shorts USA is celebrating its 35th Anniversary 1936. 94 min. Directed by Gregory La Cava. year of presenting global award-winning short films. Starring William Powell, Carole Lombard. Asbury Shorts is New York City’s longest running Thursday, July 14 at 7 pm Thursday, August 11 at 7 pm non-competitive short film exhibition and touring Saturday, July 16 at 7 pm Saturday, August 13 at 7 pm showcase. Host: Doug LeClaire. Sunday, July 17 at 2 pm Sunday, August 14 at 2 pm 2015. 120 min. Not Rated. English and Subtitles. NEON BULL (Boi neon) ART ACHE A group of misfits working for a rodeo in Brazil Alex despises Modern Art but when he falls for an become a makeshift family. Despite the dirty adorable French artist, he is persuaded by a friend backbreaking work, each has his or her own dream that the only way to conquer her heart is to pretend to for the future. Gorgeously filmed. be an artist. He now must win an art contest in order Friday, July 29 2015. Brazil. 100 min. Not Rated (sexual content). to perpetuate his lie. Comedy. Subtitles. Directed by Gabriel Mascaro. 2015. 80 min. UK. Not Rated. THE LADY VANISHES Directed by Berty Cadilhac. While traveling in Europe, a rich young playgirl Followed immediately by: realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train. HARTFORD PREMIERE 1938. 96 min. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave. GUEST SPEAKER Thursday, June 30 at 1:30 pm Friday, August 12 (Preceded by a 12 noon Gallery Talk by Cornelia PARKING: Pearsail, Smith College, in the Gothic to Goth HOLIDAY Free on street parking after exhibition). Film admission is free. A young man becomes engaged to a young 6 pm and on weekends. woman from a rich family. His unorthodox plan POSSESSION $3 parking (with validation to go on holiday for the early years of their Two literary sleuths begin to fall for each other after at the museum) at the Front Street South Garage. impending marriage is met with skepticism by unearthing the amorous secret relationship of two Thursday, July 14 at 8:40 pm Due to ongoing construction around the museum, visit: everyone except for his fiancée’s eccentric sister Victorian poets. Saturday, July 16 at 8:40 pm thewadsworth.org and long suffering brother. 1938. 95 min. Directed by George Cukor. 2002. USA/UK. 104 min. Rated PG-13. Sunday, July 17 at 3:40 pm for the most up-to-date information. Directed by Neil LaBute. Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant. Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam. LAND AND SHADE (La tierra y la sombra) After having left many years past, a humble country FILM TITLES AND DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. The Summer Sizzle Series is supported in sugar cane worker returns home to meet his PLEASE VISIT THEWADSWORTH.ORG part by the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s grandson and tend to his sick son. He must also deal FOR AN UPDATED LISTING. United Arts Campaign. with the wife he left behind. 2015. Colombia. 97 min. Not Rated. Subtitles. UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, Directed by César Augusto Acevedo. REGULAR FILM ADMISSION APPLIES. Wadsworth Atheneum Non-Profit
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