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For Immediate Release For more information, Please contact Mary Fessenden At 607.255.3883 Spring 2019 Advance Publicity (Jan 22 – May 2) All films open to the public Ticket Prices: $9 general admission/$7 seniors/ $6.50 students/$5.50 CU graduate students and kids 12 & under $5.50 matinees (before 6:00pm) Special event prices may apply Advance tickets for special events are usually available at CornellCinemaTickets.com All screenings in Willard Straight Theatre except where noted For more information visit http://cinema.cornell.edu Ithaca Premiere The Great Buster: A Celebration Tuesday, January 22 7:00 Wednesday, January 23 7:00 2018 > USA > Directed by Peter Bogdanovich With Bill Hader, Bill Irwin, Carl Reiner, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Bogdanovich, Werner Herzog Peter Bogdanovich fashions a glowing tribute to silent film great Buster Keaton, whose performances and direction stand head to head with Chaplin. If Chaplin was mime and story, Keaton was pure cinema, a genius with the camera. Filled with stunningly restored archival Keaton films from the Cohen Film Classics library, the film is "a valuable explication of the Keatonesque in its most sublime varieties... it serves as both a primer and refresher, as well as a promise that he will not be forgotten. (NY Times) More at cohenmedia.net/films/thegreatbuster 1 hr 42 min Border Wednesday, January 23 9:15 Sunday, January 27 7:15 2018 > Sweden > Directed by Ali Abbasi With Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson In this dark fairy-tale, customs guard Tina has the literal ability to sniff out fear, which is just fine until one day her job brings her face to face with Vore, who has a similar power. "Border is a piece of modern gothic, a far-out midnight movie which delivers on the WTF-ery while maintaining a surprisingly big and generous heart." (Cinevue) Sweden's submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes. Subtitled. More at bordermovie.us 1 hr 50 min Ithaca Premiere The World Before Your Feet Thursday, January 24 7:00 2018 > USA > Directed by Jeremy Workman With Matt Green There are 8,000 miles of sidewalks, paths and roads in New York City, and for the past six years Matt Green has been walking them all–every street, every block, every pedestrian overpass, park lane and hiking trail. Filmmaker Jeremy Workman accompanies Matt as he walks through neighborhoods rarely seen onscreen, chronicling the unusual daily routine of an exceptionally curious young man and creating an authentic tribute to New York and the freedom to be found in the simple act of putting on one's shoes and taking a walk outside. More at greenwichentertainment.com/film/the-world-before-your-feet 1 hr 35 min A Star is Born Thursday, January 24 9:05 Saturday, January 26 6:45 & 9:30 2018 > USA > Directed by Bradley Cooper With Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliot In this new take on the well-known tragic love story, seasoned musician Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) discovers - and falls in love with - struggling artist Ally (Lady Gaga). She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer... until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. More at warnerbros.com/star-born 2 hrs 15 min Crazy Rich Asians Friday, January 25 7:00 FREE to all CU students 2018 > USA > Directed by Jon M. Chu With Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh In this romantic comedy, New Yorker Rachel gets a surprise when, upon accompanying her boyfriend to his home in Singapore, she discovers that he is heir to one of Singapore's richest families and one of the country's most in-demand bachelors. Sponsored by the Welcome Weekend Committee. More at crazyrichasiansmovie.com/ 2 hrs BlacKkKlansman Friday, January 25 9:30 FREE to all CU students 2018 > USA > Directed by Spike Lee With John David Washington, Adam Driver, Topher Grace In the early 1970s, Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter. A true story brought to you by cinematic heavyweight Spike Lee. Sponsored by the Welcome Weekend Committee. More at focusfeatures.com/blackkklansman 2 hrs 8 min Digital Restoration Andrei Rublev Sunday, January 27 3:30 1966 > USSR > Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky With Anatoly Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko Rublev was a Russian Orthodox monk who brought the art of religious icon painting to its zenith in the fifteenth century. The film takes viewers into violent medieval Russia, a country ravaged by Tartar invasions and feuding princes. The spectacular horrors of Rublev's world are counterbalanced by the film's many images of pure beauty, including the bell- casting sequence --- one of the most awe-inspiring 20 minutes in cinema. Subtitled. More at janusfilms.com/films/1827 3 hrs 3 min Love, Gilda Monday, January 28 6:45 preceded by The Women of Titmouse Animation 2018 > USA > Directed by Lisa D'Apolito With Bill Hader, Lorne Michaels, Chevy Chase, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy Weaving together Radner's recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with friends, rare home movies and diaries read by modern-day comedians inspired by Gilda, Love, Gilda opens up a unique window into the honest and whimsical world of a beloved performer whose greatest role was sharing her story. It will be shown with the short documentary The Women of Titmouse Animation (2018, 22 mins), which will be presented in person by filmmaker Chrissy Guest, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Arts, Sciences, and Studies at Ithaca College. More at lovegilda.com 1 hr 28 min 2 Ithaca Premiere The Image Book Tuesday, January 29 7:00 Wednesday, January 30 8:45 2018 > France > Directed by Jean-Luc Godard With Christo, Vladimir Yavachev The legendary Jean-Luc Godard adds to his influential, iconoclastic legacy with this provocative collage film essay, a vast ontological inquiry into the history of the moving image and a commentary on the contemporary world. Winner of the first Special Palme d'Or to be awarded in the history of the Cannes Film Festival, The Image Book is another extraordinary addition to the French master's vast filmography. Subtitled. More at kinolorber.com/film/view/id/3197 1 hr 24 min Ithaca Premiere Hale County This Morning, This Evening Wednesday, January 30 7:00 2018 > USA > Directed by RaMell Ross With Latrenda 'Boosie' Ash, Quincy Bryant, Daniel Collins Photographer RaMell Ross's first feature is an impressionistic 'documentary' look at the lives of two young Black men (Daniel Collins and Quincy Bryant) and their rural Alabama home and its culture over five years. "It's not every day that you witness a new cinematic language being born, but watching RaMell Ross's evocatively titled documentary Hale County, This Morning, This Evening qualifies." (Village Voice) Winner of the Gotham Award for Best Documentary of 2018 and one of fifteen films shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature Oscar. More at halecountyfilm.com 1 hr 16 min The Manhattan Front Thursday, January 31 7:00 w/ filmmaker Cathy Crane in person 2018 > USA > Directed by Cathy Crane With Lee Delong, Sandra Glinka, Helen Highfield Once upon a time, in 1915, a German saboteur arrived in Manhattan to interrupt the export of American munitions to Britain. He soon finds a collaborator in a wayward stevedore who unwittingly leads him to a group of labor anarchists. Sabotage and betrayal soon turn these bedfellows into agents of the other's tragic end. In the spirit of a silent film from the era, this musical melodrama plays itself out through the interaction of archival images and the theatrical rendition of lives as they might have been lived on the Manhattan Front. More at themanhattanfront.com 1 hr 25 min Perfect Blue Thursday, January 31 9:25 Friday, February 1 9:30 Saturday, February 2 7:00 1999 > Japan > Directed by Satoshi Kon An animated Japanese psychological thriller about a pop star whose transition to television actress irks one of her less- stable fans into stalking her. Featuring graphic violence and nudity, this cartoon isn't for kids. Shown in a new digital restoration. Subtitled. More at gkids.com/films/perfect-blue 1 hr 20 min Boy Erased Friday, February 1 7:00 Saturday, February 2 9:00 2018 > USA > Directed by Joel Edgerton With Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe "Gay conversion therapy gets the indictment it deserves, from an insightful script based on a you-are-there tell-all, and an outstanding cast." (Time Out) More at ocusfeatures.com/boy-erased 1 hr 55 min Science Fair Saturday, February 2 2:00 $5/$4 kids 12 & under 2018 > USA > Directed by Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster Science Fair follows nine high school students from around the globe as they navigate rivalries, setbacks and, of course, hormones, on their journey to compete at The International Science and Engineering Fair. As 1,700 of the smartest, quirkiest teens from 78 different countries face off, only one will be named Best in Fair. "This infectious and exuberant 3 film wins you over by focusing on the enthusiasm and enviable good spirits of the smart and engaging young people who compete in 'the Olympics of science fairs.'" (LATimes) Recommended for ages 8+. More at nationalgeographic.com/films/science-fair 1 hr 30 min Wild Tales Sunday, February 3 4:30 2014 > Argentina > Directed by Damian Szifron With Ricardo Darín, Oscar Martínez, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Érica Rivas, Rita Cortese, Julieta Zylberberg Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, this black comedy is full of short films about such varied topics as a man named Pasternak, a loanshark and a waitress, an explosion, a wedding, and a hit-and-run.