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Cinematheque Schedule, Spring 2007

BRIEF CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING Date Film Series Friday, January 26, 7:30 p.m. Imitation of Life (1959) Restorations Saturday, January 27, 7:30 p.m. Céline and Julie Go Boating (Céline et Julie vont en bateau ) Rivette Sunday, January 28, 4:00 Imitation of Life (1934) Special Event Friday, February 2, 7:30 p.m. Devi ( The Goddess ) Ray Saturday, February 3, 7:30 p.m. Belongs to Us (Paris nous appartient ) Rivette Friday, February 9, 7:30 p.m. Kindling Special Event Saturday, February 10, 7:30 p.m. The Nun (La religieuse ) Rivette Friday, February 16, 7:30 p.m. Teen Kanaya (Two Daughters ) Ray Saturday, February 17, 7:30 p.m. Rivette Sunday, February 18, 4:00 p.m. MadCat Women’s International Film Fest, Program 1 Special Event Friday, February 23, 7:30 p.m. ( The Expedition ) Ray Saturday, February 24, 7:30 p.m. Nor'west (Noroît ) Rivette Sunday, February 25, 4:00 p.m. MadCat Women’s International Film Fest, Program 2 Special Event Friday, March 2, 7:30 p.m. Chicago Restorations Saturday, March 3, 7:30 p.m. Love on the Ground (L'amour par terre )Rivette Friday, March 9, 7:30 p.m. The Secret Life of Words LACIS Fest. Friday, March 9, 9:30 p.m. Take My Eyes LACIS Fest. Saturday, March 10, 7:30 p.m. The Story of Marie and Julien (Histoire de Marie et Julien ) Rivette Sunday, March 11, 4:00 p.m. Colossal Youth (Juventude em marcha ) LACIS Fest. Friday, March 16, 7:30 p.m. ( The Big City ) Ray Saturday, March 17, 7:30 p.m. Restorations Friday, March 23, 7:30 p.m. (The Lonely Wife ) Ray Saturday, March 24, 7:30 p.m. Leave Her to Heaven Restorations Thursday, April 12 – Sunday, April 15 NINTH ANNUAL WISCONSIN FILM FESTIVAL Friday, April 20, 7:30 p.m. To Get to Heaven First You Have to Die Central Asia Saturday, April 21, 7:30 p.m. Advise and Consent Restorations Friday, April 27, 7:30 p.m. Saratan Central Asia Saturday, April 28, 7:30 p.m. The Films of Jay Rosenblatt Special Event Sunday, April 29, 4:00 p.m. Stan Brakhage Restorations, Program 1 Restorations Friday, May 4, 7:30 p.m. Schizo Central Asia Saturday, May 5, 7:30 p.m. Restorations Saturday, May 5, 8:45 p.m. For Alimony Only Restorations Sunday, May 6, 4:00 p.m. Stan Brakhage Restorations, Program 2 Restorations Friday, May 11, 7:30 p.m. The Boys in the Sky Central Asia Saturday, May 12, 7:30 p.m. IFVC Show IFVC Show

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Restored Treasures from America’s Archives Every two years, the Cinematheque devotes a series in the spring to presenting films recently restored by world-renowned preservation departments such as the Academy Film Archive, the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and the 20 th Century Fox Film Archive. This event presents an opportunity to (re-)discover some of the best American cinema from the past century. Highlights in this spring’s installment span from the silent era with the original full-length roadshow version of Chicago (1928) to Douglas Sirk’s Eastmancolor extravaganza Imitation of Life (1959). We are thrilled to have Schawn Belston (Executive and former Director of Film Preservation at 20 th Century Fox) and Michael Pogorzelski (Director of the Academy Film Archive) join us on Saturday, March 24 to introduce Leave Her to Heaven , a joint restoration project by the Academy Film Archive and Fox.

This series was made possible with the assistance of Michael Pogorzelski, Schawn Belston, Todd Wiener (the UCLA Film and Television Archive), and Joe Lindner, Brian Meacham, and Mark Toscano (Academy Film Archive).

Friday, January 26, 7:30 p.m. Imitation of Life (USA, 1959, 125 min., 35mm, color) Friday, March 2, 7:30 p.m. Chicago (1928, USA, 118 min., 35mm, b/w) Saturday, March 17, 7:30 p.m. The Moon is Blue (USA, 1953, 99 min., 35mm, b/w) Saturday, March 24, 7:30 p.m. Leave Her to Heaven (USA, 1945, 110, 35mm, color) Saturday, April 21, 7:30 p.m. Advise and Consent (USA, 1962, 139 min., 35mm, b/w) Sunday, April 29, 4:00 p.m. Stan Brakhage Restorations, Program 1 Saturday, May 5, 7:30 p.m. Her Wild Oat (USA, 1927, 70 min., 35mm, b/w) Saturday, May 5, 8:45 p.m. For Alimony Only (USA, 1926, 70 min., 35mm, b/w) Sunday, May 6, 4:00 p.m. Stan Brakhage Restorations, Program 2

Parisian Labyrinths: The Films of A founding member of the French New Wave and a former critic for Cahiers du Cinéma , Jacques Rivette has enjoyed an incredibly prolific career for over five decades, making thoroughly challenging, multilayered, and playful films that blur the lines between art and life, fantasy and reality, and liberty and suppression. Most of his films, however, have been largely unavailable to North American audiences – only two of his twenty-two features are in theatrical distribution in this country. The Cinematheque’s seven-film retrospective (culled from a complete retrospective organized by the Museum of the Moving Image) samples Rivette’s oeuvre from several different periods in the auteur’s career. All films are in French with English subtitles.

Co-sponsored by the Center for European Studies. This series was made possible with the assistance of David Schwartz and Livia Bloom (Museum of the Moving Image); and François Leloup-Collet, Marie Bonnel, and Delphine Selles (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

Saturday, January 27, 7:30 p.m. Céline and Julie Go Boating (Céline et Julie vont en bateau ) (France, 1974, 193 min., 35mm, color) Saturday, February 3, 7:30 p.m. (Paris nous appartient ) (France, 1960, 140 min., 35mm, b/w) Saturday, February 10, 7:30 p.m. The Nun (La religieuse ) (France, 1965, 140 min., 35mm, color) Saturday, February 17, 7:30 p.m. Duelle (France, 1976, 120 min., 35mm, color) Saturday, February 24, 7:30 p.m. Nor'west (Noroît ) (France, 1976, 135 min., 35mm, color) Saturday, March 3, 7:30 p.m. Love on the Ground (L'amour par terre ) (France, 1984, 120 min., 16mm. color) Saturday, March 10, 7:30 p.m. The Story of Marie and Julien (Histoire de Marie et Julien ) (France, 2003, 150 min., 35mm, color)

A Humanist’s Vision of : The Films of , Part 2 We continue our comprehensive series of films by appraised Indian director Satyajit Ray with another five masterpieces, all recently restored by the Academy Film Archive. Ray’s films, as David Bordwell aptly expresses it, “render Indian life through the subtle drama of naturalistic European cinema,” and made him one of the central figures of humanist cinema in the West. In 1991 Ray received an Honorary Award by the Academy “in recognition of his rare mastery of the art of motion pictures, and of his profound humanitarian outlook, which has had an indelible influence on filmmakers and audiences throughout the world.” All films are in Bengali with English subtitles.

Co-sponsored by the Center for South Asia.

Special thanks to Joe Lindner (Academy Film Archive) and Professor Dilip K. Basu (The Satyajit Ray Film and Study Collection, UC Santa Cruz) for making this passage to Indian cinema possible.

Friday, February 2, 7:30 p.m. Devi ( The Goddess ) (India, 1960, 90 min., 35mm, b/w) Friday, February 16, 7:30 p.m. Teen Kanaya (Two Daughters ) (India, 1963, 114 min., 35mm, b/w) Friday, February 23, 7:30 p.m. Abhijan ( The Expedition ) (India, 1962, 150 min., 35mm, b/w) Friday, March 16, 7:30 p.m. Mahanagar ( The Big City ) (India, 1963, 122 min., 35mm, b/w) Friday, March 23, 7:30 p.m. Charulata ( The Lonely Wife ) (India, 1964, 117 min., 35mm, b/w)

Coming of Age: Contemporary Central Asian Cinema Between the Middle East and the Chinese border lies a vast stretch of the continent that has only recently registered on the Western cultural radar. This is the world where Genghis Khan ruled, and through which the great trade route called the Silk Road ran. The five former Soviet Asian republics, independent since 1991, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are linked by geographical proximity yet each is possessed of its own unique culture. The Cinematheque, in collaboration with the Center for Russian, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA), showcase films from some of the countries to reveal the striking cinematic difference between these close neighbors. (Series description adapted from notes by the PFA.)

Special Thanks to Andrea Abelova (Seagull Films), David Dettmann, David MacFayden, Dr. Swetlana Slapke (BAPFF), Jennifer Tishler (CREECA), and. Alla Verlotsky (Seagull Films).

Friday, April 20, 7:30 p.m. To Get to Heaven First You Have to Die (Bihisht faqat baroi murdagon ) (Tajikistan, 2006, 95 min., 35mm, color) Friday, April 27, 7:30 p.m. Saratan (Kyrgyzstan, 2004, 84 min., 35mm, color) Friday, May 4, 7:30 p.m. Schizo (Kazakhstan, 2004, 86 min., 35mm, color) Friday, May 11, 7:30 p.m. The Boys in the Sky (Mal'chiki v nebe / Osmondagi bolalar) (Uzbekistan, 2002, 84 min., 35mm, color)

FULL DESCRIPTIONS BY CHRONOLOGY

Friday, January 26, 7:30 p.m. Imitation of Life (USA, 1959, 125 min., 35mm, color) Dir. Douglas Sirk. Writ. Eleanore Griffin. Cast Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Robert Alda, Junita Moore.

Imitation of Life , Sirk’s glossy Eastmancolor remake of John Stahl’s 1934 original, is one of the most moving American films ever made. The movie parallels the rise of a model (Lana Turner) to Broadway stardom with the efforts of her African-American maid’s light-skinned daughter to pass for white. Restored Academy print!

Saturday, January 27, 7:30 p.m. Céline and Julie Go Boating (Céline et Julie vont en bateau ) (France, 1974, 193 min., 35mm, color) Dir./Writ. Jacques Rivette. Writ./Cast , Dominique Labourier, Eduardo de Gregorio, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier.

Rivette’s whimsically imaginative and surreal masterpiece chronicles the adventures of Céline and Julie, two free-spirited women enjoying life in Paris. The pair stumble upon a mysterious mansion where they become engulfed in a Victorian melodrama that seems to be playing itself out like a Mobius strip. According to David Thomson, the film is “the most radical and delightful narrative film since Citizen Kane .” New imported print from the British Film Institute!

Sunday, January 28, 4:00 p.m. Imitation of Life (USA, 1934, 111 min., 35mm, b/w) Dir. John M. Stahl. Writ. William Hurlbut. Cast Claudette Colbert, Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington.

Although less well known than Sirk’s remake, Stahl’s version is one of the greatest family melodramas of the Thirties. Colbert stars as Bea, a woman who becomes rich off of the pancake recipe of her African-American maid Delilah. The drama of Delilah’s light-skinned daughter who tries to pass for white has a valid desperation that transcends racial stereotypes of the era. Universal Studios print! Special Thanks to Paul Ginsburg (NBC Universal)

Friday, February 2, 7:30 p.m. Devi ( The Goddess ) (India, 1960, 90 min., 35mm, b/w) Dir. /Writ. Satyajit Ray. Cast Sharmila Tagore, Chhabi Biswas, .

Devi focuses on the struggle between the traditional and modern values of Indian life. While her husband is away at university, Doyamore’s father-in-law persuades her that she is the reincarnation of the goddess Kali. “Ray's feeling for the intoxicating beauty within the disintegrating way of life of the 19th century landowning class makes this one of the rare, honest films about decadence.” -- Pauline Kael. Restored Academy print!

Saturday, February 3, 7:30 p.m. Paris Belongs to Us (Paris nous appartient ) (France, 1960, 140 min., 35mm, color) Dir. Jacques Rivette. Writ. Jean Gruault, Rivette. Cast Betty Schneider, Giani Esposito, Françoise Prévost, Daniel Crohem.

Rivette’s first feature – shot with the help of François Truffaut and – follows a group of amateur thespians who set out to put on a production of Shakespeare’s Pericles . Sexual and political tensions emerge within the group as the line between art and reality becomes blurred. This dark meta-thriller is, in the words of Rivette’s fellow New Wavers, “a fusion of poetic vision and realist expression.”

Friday, February 9, 7:30 p.m. * Live Musical Accompaniment! Kindling & Actuality Films (USA, 1915, 84 min., 35mm, b/w) Dir./Writ. Cecil B. DeMille. Cast Charlotte Walker, Thomas Meighan, Raymond Hatton.

The Cinematheque and the Chazen Museum of Art present an evening of silent films documenting the people and life in early twentieth-century New York to coincide with the Museum’s exhibition “ Life, 1905-1940: Prints by John Sloan and His Friends and Followers” (January 27 - March 25). In DeMille’s Kindling , a Hell’s Kitchen mother-to-be helps arrange a burglary to be able to give her unborn child a better future. Also on the bill are five short actuality films made by the Edison Manufacturing Company documenting life in turn-of-the-century New York City. Prints from the George Eastman House and the Library of Congress. Live piano accompaniment by David Drazin.

Saturday, February 10, 7:30 p.m. The Nun (La religieuse ) (France, 1965, 140 min., 35mm, b/w) Dir. Jacques Rivette. Writ. Jean Gruault, Rivette. Cast Anna Karina, , Francine Bergé, Liselotte Pulver.

Adapted from Denis Diderot’s classic 18 th -century novel, Rivette’s second feature follows a young woman (Godard’s muse Anna Karina) who is forced by her parents to enter a repressive convent. Once there she encounters church leaders who abuse their power and is subject to psychological and sexual abuse. The film was initially banned for two years by French censors for its anticlerical content.

Friday, February 16, 7:30 p.m. Teen Kanaya (Two Daughters ) (India, 1963, 114 min., 35mm, b/w) Dir. /Writ. Satyajit Ray. Cast , Chandana Bannerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee.

To mark the centenary of the beloved writer Tagore, Ray made Two Daughters , a pair of films based on his stories. Samapti is a comedy about a student who rejects the bride chosen by his mother and marries the village tomboy. In The Postmaster , a young man teaches his servant girl to read and write, but remains oblivious to her amorous feelings. Pauline Kael called this story of betrayal, “a pure and simple small masterpiece.” Restored Academy print!

Saturday, February 17, 7:30 p.m. Duelle (France, 1976, 120 min., 35mm, color) Dir. Jacques Rivette. Writ. Eduardo de Gregorio, Marilù Parolini, Jacques Rivette. Cast Juliet Berto, Bulle Ogier, Jean Babilée, Hermine Karagheuz.

Berto and Ogier star as goddesses of the sun and the moon who travel to modern day Paris, seeking control over a magic diamond. Rivette continues to blur the line between fantasy and reality in this rarely screened feature, which is, according to Dave Kehr, "darker and quieter in tone than Rivette's better-known Céline and Julie , though just as inventive and cryptically intelligent." Imported print!

Sunday, February 18, 4:00 p.m. MadCat Women’s International Film Festival, Program 1 (approx. 70 min., Mini DV)

“Private Eyes,” the first program in curator Ariella Ben-Dov’s series, features an eclectic selection of experimental documentaries and animated works from the UK, Czech Republic, Norway and the US. Highlights include The Intimacy of Strangers , which follows a clandestine film crew that prowls the streets, capturing phone conversations, and Deep Woods , which is a performative video that lures male participants through evocative advertisements.

Friday, February 23, 7:30 p.m. Abhijan ( The Expedition ) (India, 1962, 150 min., 35mm, b/w) Dir. /Writ. Satyajit Ray. Cast Soumitra Chatterjee, Wahida Rehman, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Ganesh Mukherjee, Charuprasash Ghosh.

This subtly nuanced story of a disillusioned character provides a fascinating insight into 1960s Bengali life. The film topped the Bengali box office for months. Proud and hot- tempered Narsingh, a , is offered work transporting tins of ghee for Sukhanram, a shady merchant. Soon he finds himself drawn into drug trafficking against his better judgement. Restored Academy print!

Saturday, February 24, 7:30 p.m. Nor'west (Noroît ) (France, 1976, 135 min., 35mm, color) Dir. Jacques Rivette. Writ. Eduardo de Gregorio, Marilù Parolini, Jacques Rivette. Cast Geraldine Chaplin, , Kika Markham, Humbert Balsan.

Rivette’s puzzling foray into mythology and the pirate genre is a loose adaptation of Cyril Tourneur’s play The Revenger’s Tragedy . Chaplin stars as a grieving woman intent on avenging her brother’s death at the hands of a band of female pirates, lead by Lafont. “The strangest by far of Rivette’s films… days or weeks after you see this chilling conundrum of a movie, sounds and images may come back to haunt you” -- Jonathan Rosenbaum

Sunday, February 25, 4:00 p.m. MadCat Women’s International Film Festival, Program 2 (approx. 70 min., 16mm)

The second program in curator Ariella Ben-Dov’s series –“Fools Tricks” – highlights experiments in 16mm avant-garde filmmaking. Optical printing, painting on film, and other tricks of the cinematic trade are used to present an abstracted lunar eclipse, the inner workings of a monastery’s bakery, and the re-creation of planets. Other highlights include Boll Weevil Days , which re-conceptualizes the disaster narrative, and Tune-In , which uncovers the world of amateur radio operators.

Friday, March 2, 7:30 p.m. – Live Musical Accompaniment! Chicago (USA, 1928, 118 min., 35mm, b/w) Dir. Frank Urson. Writ. Lenore J. Coffee. Cast Phyllis Haver, Victor Varconi, Eugene Pallette, Virginia Bradford.

Reported “lost” but recently discovered, this incarnation of Chicago finally returns to the screen. A vivacious Haver plays the notorious Roxie Hart, a spoiled flapper who kills her sugar daddy. When she winds up on "murderess row," her only chance is a mercenary lawyer who is particularly skilled at saving the necks of trigger-happy women. A straight-up portrait of Roaring Twenties madness! Restored UCLA print! Live piano accompaniment by Matan Rubinstein.

Saturday, March 3, 7:30 p.m. Love on the Ground (L'amour par terre ) (France, 1984, 120 min., 16mm, color) Dir. Jacques Rivette. Writ. , Marilù Parolini, , Rivette. Cast Geraldine Chaplin, Jane Birkin, André Dussollier, Jean-Pierre Kalfon.

An eccentric playwright lures two jaunty actresses to his château to help him stage an unfinished play about a love triangle. The distinctions between performance and reality and illusion and truth quickly unravel as the three begin to take on the roles of their fictional characters and the play moves towards an improvisational ending. The film marks Rivette’s first collaboration screenwriter Pascal Bonitzer. Imported print!

2nd Annual LACIS Film Festival Each spring the Cinematheque collaborates with the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS) to present a film festival from a different region in the world. This spring, the Festival highlights films from Spain and Portugal.

Friday, March 9, 7:30 p.m. The Secret Life of Words ( La vida secreta de las palabras ) (Spain, 2005, 115 min., 35mm, color) Dir./Writ. Isabel Coixet. Cast . Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Julie Christie, Javier Cámara.

Sarah Polley gives a subtle yet powerful performance as Hanna, a partially deaf factory worker who uses her enforced vacation to volunteer as a private nurse for a burn victim (Tim Robbins) on an oil rig in the middle of nowhere. Spanish filmmaker Isabel Coixet (My Life Without Me ) weaves "a deeply affecting existential drama about the healing power of communally felt pain" - Newsday . Madison premier!

Friday, March 9, 9:30 p.m. Take My Eyes (Te doy mis ojos ) (Spain, 2003, 109 min., 35mm, color) Dir. Icíar Bollaín. Writs. Bollaín, Alicia Luna. Cast Laia Marull, Luis Tosar, Candela Peña.

Bollaín examines the difficult intersection of domestic violence and love in this emotionally wrenching and critically acclaimed drama. Pilar decides that she's been beaten one too many times and, one winter night, runs away from her abusive husband with her son in tow. When her husband attempts to win her back through promises of therapy, she contemplates giving love another chance. Winner of seven Goya Awards. New Yorker Films print.

Saturday, March 10, 7:30 p.m. The Story of Marie and Julien (Histoire de Marie et Julien ) (France, 2003, 150 min., 35mm, color) Dir. Jacques Rivette. Writ. Pascal Bonitzer , Christine Laurent, Jacques Rivette. Cast Emmanuelle Béart, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Anne Brochet, Bettina Kee.

Rivette returns to his four-part Scenes from a Parallel Life project (for which he only made Duelle and Nor’west ) after nearly thirty years with a supernatural thriller-cum-love- story that explores the mysterious relationship between Julien, a reclusive clock maker, and Marie, a beautiful and enigmatic woman whom he met briefly a year earlier. The couple blackmail a wealthy businesswoman who may hold they key as to why Marie is incapable of physical feeling.

Sunday, March 11, 4:00 p.m. Colossal Youth (Juventude Em Marcha ) (Portugal, 2006, 155 min., 35mm, color) Dir. /Writ. Pedro Costa. Cast . Ventura, Vanda Duarte, Beatriz Duarte, Gustavo Sumpta, Isabel Cardoso.

“Quite unlike anything you or I have ever seen before,” is how LA Weekly described Pedro Costa’s riveting docudrama, which follows Ventura, a Cape Verdean laborer and slum dweller. Pared down from 320 hours of raw footage, Colossal Youth ’s loosely fictional account of Ventura and those around him offer a startling vision of poverty, loneliness, and hope amid suffering. In Portuguese with English subtitles.

Friday, March 16, 7:30 p.m. Mahanagar ( The Big City ) (India, 1963, 122 min., 35mm) Dir./Writ. Satyajit Ray. Cast Anil Chatterjee, , Jaya Badhuri, Prasenjit Sarkar.

In this fascinating account of modern urban India, Arati seeks a job to supplement her family’s insufficient income. When she proves successful in her work and gains self- confidence, her husband is unable to accept the situation and asks her to quit. Everything changes when she suddenly becomes the sole breadwinner. Ray stresses and celebrates the power of Arati's work as liberation, both economically and socially. Restored Academy print!

Saturday, March 17, 7:30 p.m. The Moon is Blue (USA, 1953, 99 min., 35mm, color) Dir. . Writ. F. Hugh Herbert. Cast William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara, Tom Tully.

Independently released without the Production Code Administration’s Seal of Approval for using words like ‘seduce’ and ‘virgin’ and statements like "better to be preoccupied with sex than occupied with it," the film revolves around a spry young girl who balances the attractions of her two lovers. Preminger's refusal to make the PCA’s suggested cuts helped break down the film community's longstanding antiquated self-censorship system. Restored Academy print!

Friday, March 23, 7:30 p.m. Charulata ( The Lonely Wife ) (India, 1964, 117 min., 35mm, b/w) Dir./Writ. Satyajit Ray. Cast Madhabi Mukherjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Sailen Mukherjee, Syamal Ghosal.

Ray keeps the dialog to a minimum and lets the camera tell the story in Charulata , one of his most enduring masterpieces. Exploring the idea of the modern upper class woman in colonial India, he also shows the downside this new ideal has on individual women. Charulata, neglected by her husband, undergoes an intellectual and sexual awakening when his young cousin Amal encourages her to pursue her interest in writing. Restored Academy print!

Saturday, March 24, 7:30 p.m. Leave Her to Heaven (USA, 1945, 110, 35mm, color) Dir. John M. Stahl. Writ. Jo Swerling. Cast Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price.

The Cinematheque welcomes archivists Schawn Belston and Michael Pogorzelski to discuss and present the restoration of John Stahl’s Technicolor film noir. Featuring Academy Award–winning cinematography and shot in the Arizona desert and California lakeside locales, the film perfectly captures the outer tranquility and inner turbulence of its female protagonist. With a pathological desire to possess her husband, she murders everyone who steps in her path. "There's nothing wrong with Ellen, she just loves too much," is her mother's analysis of the daughter whose complexes range from Electra to Medea. (Adapted from the PFA’s Film Notes.)

Thursday, April 12 – Sunday, April 15 The Ninth Annual Wisconsin Film Festival In its ninth year, the Wisconsin Film Festival presents a marvelous selection of independent and world cinema (feature, documentary, experimental, shorts), and showcases work by Wisconsin filmmakers. The Cinematheque is one of many theaters on campus and in downtown Madison to host this four-day event, presented by the UW Arts Institute. Schedule announced March 15; tickets on sale March 17. Information: www.wifilmfest.org and 608-262-9009.

Friday, April 20, 7:30 p.m. To Get to Heaven First You Have to Die (Bihisht faqat baroi murdagon ) (Tajikistan, 2006, 95 min., 35mm, color) Dir. /Writ. Jamshed Usmonov. Cast Khurshed Golibekov, Dinara Drukarova, Maruf Pulodzoda.

Jamshed Usmonov, director of Angel on the Right (2004 Wisconsin Film Festival), returns with a film about a small time smuggler in Tajikistan. Kamal has been married for a few months but his wife is still a virgin. This slowly paced initiation tale, clearly influenced by French cinema, uses an extreme cure for its impotent hero. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last May. In Tajik and Russian with English subtitles. Celluloid Dreams Print.

Saturday, April 21, 7:30 p.m. Advise and Consent (USA, 1962, 139 min., 35mm, b/w) Dir. Otto Preminger. Writ. Wendell Mayes. Cast Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon.

Washington is thrown into turmoil when the President of the United States asks the Senate to "advise and consent" to the appointment of a controversial figure (Fonda) as the new Secretary of State. Leading the Senate committee is an idealistic Utah Senator who finds himself unprepared for the political dirt that is revealed. One of the greatest of all Washington films, Andrew Sarris calls it a "masterpiece of ambiguity and objectivity." Restored Academy Print!

Friday, April 27, 7:30 p.m. Saratan (Kyrgyzstan, 2004, 84 min., 35mm. color) Dir. /Writ. Ernest Abdyshaparov. Cast Kümöndör Abylov, Askat Sulaimanov, Tabyldy Aktanov.

In his entertaining and perceptive feature film debut, Ernest Abdyshaparov uses an episodic structure to tell a number of stories about the inhabitants of a Kirghiz village after the end of communism. Although Saratan features over 40 different characters, it provides an amazingly subtle portrait of the village’s religious, social, and political differences. In Kyrgyz with English subtitles. Mdc int print.

Saturday, April 28, 7:30 p.m. The Films of Jay Rosenblatt In collaboration with the Practicing Jews: Art, Identity and Culture conference hosted by the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies, the Cinematheque presents a special evening of films by award-winning filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt. Rosenblatt is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Rockefeller Fellowship and his films have screened both theatrically and at festivals throughout the world. We will present several of Rosenblatt’s recent films, including King of the Jews (USA, 2000, 18 min., 16mm), I Used to be a Filmmaker (USA, 2003, 10 min., 35mm), and Afraid So (USA, 2006, 3 min., Beta SP), Phantom Limb (USA, 2005, 28 min., 35mm), and Nine Lives: the Eternal Moment of Now (USA, 2001, 1 min., 16mm). For more information, see: http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/jewishst/conney.htm

Sunday, April 29, 4:00 p.m. Stan Brakhage Restorations, Program 1 The Academy Film Archive recently acquired all of legendary experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage’s negatives and other materials and is now undertaking the enormous task of restoring and making new prints of the more than 400 films that Brackhage made before his death in 2003. Curated by archivist Mark Toscano, who is overseeing the Academy’s project, this is the first of two programs that will highlight many of these recent restorations.

Friday, May 4, 7:30 p.m. Schizo (Kazakhstan, 2004, 86 min., 35mm, color) Dir. /Writ. Guka Omarova. Cast Olzhas Nusuppaev, Olga Landina, Eduard Tabyschev.

Omarova shows an eye for authentic detail and artful compositions in this sensitive coming-of-age story which balances the brutal with the humane. People in her Kazakhstan seem to enjoy their own variation of Fincher’s Fight Club , where unemployed workers compete against professional fighters in order to supplement their meager incomes. Into this arena enters 15-year-old boy Mustafa, nicknamed Schizo. In Russian with English subtitles. Picture This Entertainment print.

Saturday, May 5, 7:30 p.m. – Live Musical Accompaniment! Her Wild Oat (USA, 1927, 70 min., 35mm, b/w) Dir. Marshall Neilan. Writ. Gerald C. Duffy. Cast , Larry Kent, Hallam Cooley, Gwen Lee.

Moore created the character of a vivacious flapper and went on to become one of the top- grossing stars of the 1920s. Here she stars as a woman who hopes to enter an exclusive summer resort society. Snubbed by the other guests, she disguises herself as a Duchesse. Restored Academy print! David Drazin will provide live piano accompaniment for both screenings this evening.

Saturday, May 5, 8:45 p.m. – Live Musical Accompaniment! For Alimony Only (USA, 1926, 70 min., 35mm, b/w) Dir. William C. de Mille. Writ. Lenore J. Coffee. Cast Leatrice Joy, Clive Brook, Lilyan Tashman, Casson Ferguson.

When Peter falls behind on his excessive alimony payments, his wife Mary is forced to take a job with an interior decorating establishment. One day she finds herself working in the apartment of Peter’s first wife. The ever-delightful Leatrice Joy is at her most charming in this silent comedy directed by Cecil B. DeMille’s older brother William. Restored UCLA print!

Sunday, May 6, 4:00 p.m. Stan Brakhage Restorations, Program 2 This second program of Stan Brakhage restorations will continue to highlight some of the director’s more than 400 films that the Academy Film Archive is in the process of restoring.

Friday, May 11, 7:30 p.m. The Boys in the Sky (Mal'chiki v nebe / Osmondagi bolalar) (Uzbekistan, 2002, 84 min., 35mm, color) Dir. /Writ. Zulfikar Musakov. Cast . Timur Musakov, Muzaffar Sagdullaev, Davron Gulyamov.

Musakov’s gentle coming-of-age comedy follows four friends from families with different social and financial backgrounds. Their friendship is put to the test when all four of them fall head over heels for Lola. Variety called Musakov’s minimalist portrayal of modern Uzbekistan, an Uzbek Pie , but more chaste than its US template. In Uzbek with English subtitles.

Saturday, May 12, 7:30 p.m. IFVC Show

Highlighting works produced in Communication Arts Film and Video Production courses at UW-Madison, as well as work by other local filmmakers, this 90-minute program is curated by the instructors of these courses and gives new filmmakers the opportunity to present their work on screen for the first time.

The Cinematheque is a coalition of UW-Madison academic departments and student film groups dedicated to showcasing films which would otherwise never reach Madison screens. Films are shown in 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue (at the corner of Park St.). Check our website for schedule updates and last-minute additions: http://cinema.wisc.edu/ . For information about screenings from the Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee visit http://www.union.wisc.edu/film/ . For Wisconsin Film Festival information, visit http://www.wifilmfest.org/ . Funding for the Spring 2007 Cinematheque has been provided by generous grants from the Anonymous Fund and the Brittingham Foundation. Special thanks to Dean Gary Sandefur, Associate Dean Magdalena Hauner, Associate Dean Chuck Halaby, and the College of Letters and Science for their continued support. Parties wishing to make a tax-free charitable donation to the Cinematheque are encouraged to do so though the "Friends of Film" account at the UW Foundation; see: http://cinema.wisc.edu/support/ . For wheelchair access to our screening room, please call our projectionist in advance at 265-4231, or call the Department of Communication Arts during business hours at 262-2277.