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Winter/Spring 2019 Film Program PRESENTED BY DATA-MAIL, INC. AND THE MANDELL FAMILY

January 5 – April 21 A Star is Born @ The Trip Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes et des Dieux) Shaping Social Change Thursday, February 7 at 8pm Saturday, February 2 Sunday, March 10 at 2pm 4:30pm: Film Screening • 6:15pm: Dinner and Wine-Tasting Aetna Theater In collaboration with The Amistad Center for Art & Culture at the Wadsworth in the Untitled Bistro catered by Mill Restaurant Group Atheneum Museum of Art and The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. Film and Wine-Tasting Dinner: $65; $60 members. Advance reservations Wadsworth Atheneum # are required; purchase at thewadsworth.org. Admission to film only: $10; BlacKkKlansman $9 seniors and students w/ ID; $7 members. Museum of Art Saturday, February 9 at 2pm • Sunday, February 10 at 4pm Guest speaker on February 10 to be announced.

* HARTFORD PREMIERE

# TOUR OR TALK

@ ART AFTER DARK A musician helps a young singer find fame, even as age and alcoholism An order of Trappist monks live among the Muslim population in a quiet send his own career into a downward spiral. corner of Algeria. As the country is plunged into civil war in the mid-1990s, Arrive early and enjoy live music, the men of God must decide whether to stay among the impoverished 2018. USA. 136 min. Rated R. Directed by . Starring Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, and Sam Elliot. residents who have been their neighbors, or flee the encroaching cocktails, complimentary food, fundamentalist terrorists. Based on actual events.

art activities and gallery talks. 2010. France. 122 min. Rated PG-13. Subtitles. Directed by Xavier Beauvois. Love, Work and Knowledge: Steve Coogan has been asked by The Observer newspaper to tour England’s Starring Lambert Wilson and Michael Lonsdale. finest restaurants. After his girlfriend backs out on him, he asks his best The Life and Trials of Wilhelm Reich * friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon. Brydon bids farewell Film titles and dates are subject to It’s the early 1970s and Ron Stallworth is the first African-American Sunday, February 17 at 2pm to his wife and child, and the two set off on their adventure. Comedic drama. Black Robe detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined change. Please visit thewadsworth.org to make a name for himself, Stallworth bravely sets out on a dangerous Filmmakers Glenn Orkin and Kevin Hinchey will be present for the screening. 2010. UK. 102 min. Not Rated. Directed by Michael Winterbottom. Sunday, March 17 at 2pm Starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. for an updated listing. mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. The young detective soon recruits a more seasoned colleague into the undercover investigation of a lifetime. Based on a true story. Haute Cuisine (Les Saveurs du Palais) 2018. USA. 135 min. Rated R. Directed by Spike Lee. Starring John David Washington and Adam Driver. Saturday, March 9 4:30pm: Film Screening • 6:15pm: Dinner and Wine-Tasting in the Untitled Bistro catered by Mill Restaurant Group

Art & Film Film and Wine-Tasting Dinner: $65; $60 members. Advance reservations are required; purchase at thewadsworth.org. Admission to film only: $10; $9 seniors and students w/ ID; $7 members. Red * # Special Screenings Saturday, January 5 at 2pm • Sunday, January 6 at 2pm Preceded on both days by a 1:15pm Focus Tour, included with film admission. The Return of the Hero (Le Retour du Héros) * Renowned psychoanalyst, outspoken anti-Nazi, and author of “Mass A young Jesuit priest seeks to convert the Indian tribes in Canada while also Friday, January 11 at 2pm • Saturday, January 12 at 2pm Psychology of Fascism”, Wilhelm Reich pursued his work in six countries trying to survive the harsh winter. Sunday, January 13 at 2pm over several decades. In 1939 he fled to the U.S., where his publications 1991. Canada. 101 min. Rated R. English and subtitles. Directed by Bruce Beresford. were banned and burned in the 1950’s. In 1957, Reich died in the Lewisburg Starring Lothaire Bluteau and Aden Young. Federal Penitentiary, and now years after his death a new documentary presents the facts of his life.

2017. USA. 109 min. Not Rated. Directed by Glenn Orkin and Kevin Hinchey.

The Heiresses (Las Herederas) * Sean Scully: Landline Saturday, April 20 at 2pm • Sunday, April 21 at 2pm This comedic drama is based on the true story of Danièle Delpeuch, who was appointed as the personal chef for French President François In collaboration with Out Film CT. Mitterrand at the Élysée Palace. Irish-American Sean Scully’s work in Sean Scully: Landline—on view from February 23 – May 19, 2019—is influenced by his experience as Under the watchful gaze of Ken, his young assistant—and the threatening 2012. France. 95 min. Rated PG13. Subtitles. Directed by Christian Vincent. an immigrant. The following three films deal with the challenges and presence of a new generation of artists­—American abstract expressionist Starring Catherine Frot and Arthur Dupont. dangers facing immigrants and refugees. painter Mark Rothko takes on his greatest challenge yet: to create a definitive work of art for an extraordinary setting. This is the plot of Red, a In this French farce, set in 1809, Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving Crazy Rich Asians Preceded by a 1:15 pm tour of Sean Scully: Landline before each of the production which won six , including Best Play. Award-winning his future bride heartbroken. Her sister decides to write letters on his behalf five film screenings. stage and screen actor reprises his critically acclaimed to cheer up the bride-to-be, but it all goes south when Neuville reappears. Saturday, April 13 performance as Rothko. 4pm: Film screening in the Hartford Courant Room 2018. France. 90 min. Not Rated. Subtitles. Directed by Laurent Tirard. Brooklyn # 2018. UK. 90 minutes. (Taped Production). Not Rated. Directed by Michael Grandage. Starring Jean Dujardin, Mélanie Laurent, and Noémie Merlant. 6:15pm: Dinner in the Untitled Bistro catered by Starring Alfred Molina and Alfred Enoch. Mill Restaurant Group Saturday, March 16 at 2pm Horn from the Heart: Film and Dinner: $65; $60 members. Advance reservations are required; Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden # The Paul Butterfield Story * purchase at thewadsworth.org. Admission to film only: $10; $9 seniors Friday, February 15 at 2pm • Saturday, February 16 at 2pm and students w/ ID; $7 members. Friday, January 18 at 7pm Chela and Chiquita are both descended from wealthy families in Asunción Back by popular demand! The museum’s Schiele watercolor, Portrait of Dr. X, and have been together for over 30 years. Their financial situation worsens will be on view in the theater lobby before and after the screenings. Producer Sandra Warren and Tom Reney, music consultant on the film, will be present! and they begin selling off their inherited possessions. When their debts lead to Chiquita being imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new In collaboration with the Hartford Jazz Society. reality. Winner of dozens of awards!

2018. Paraguay. 98 min. Not Rated. Subtitles. Directed by Marcelo Martinessi. Starring Ana Brun, and Margarita Irun.

An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, she must choose Food and Film between two countries. 2015. UK. 117 min. Rated PG-13. Directed by . Based on an international bestseller, this romantic comedy follows native Starring and Emory Cohen. Tea with the Dames New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend’s family. 2018. USA. 120 min. Rated PG-13. Subtitles. Directed by Jon M. Chu. This biopic explores the short life of Viennese artist Egon Schiele, who was # Saturday, January 19 Starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, and Michelle Yeoh. The Charmer * one of the most provocative artists working in Vienna at the beginning of the 1:30pm: Tea Party • 2:30pm: Film 20th Century. His life and work were controversial and driven by women. An exploration of the life and career of legendary blues musician Paul Saturday, March 23 at 2pm • Sunday, March 24 at 2pm In the film, we meet two women who had a lasting impact on the artist: his Butterfield. A white teen-age harmonica player from Chicago’s south side, Tea Party and Film: $20; $17 members. Advance reservations are required; sister and first muse, Gerti, and Wally­—considered by many to be his one Paul learned from the original Black masters who performed nightly in his purchase at thewadsworth.org. Admission to film only: $10; $9 seniors and true love—who is immortalized in his painting Death and the Maiden. Also neighborhood. Muddy Waters, who was Paul’s mentor and lifelong friend, students w/ ID; $7 members. portrayed is Schiele’s relationship with Gustav Klimt. shared his wisdom and expertise with the young protégé. No blues lover 2016. Austria. 110 min. Not Rated (adult themes and nudity). Subtitles. should miss this documentary! 6th Annual Interfaith Film Directed by Dieter Berner. Starring Noah Saavedra, and Maresi Riegner. 2017. USA. 104 min. Not Rated. Directed by John Anderson. Series “A Question of Faith” # Hopper Stories * The Third Wife * Friday, March 1 at 2pm Presented in collaboration with the Connecticut Council for Interreligious Friday, January 25 at 2pm • Saturday, January 26 at 2pm Understanding, the National Conference for Community and Justice, the Preceded by a 1:15 pm tour of American Moderns in Watercolor: Edward Sunday, January 27 at 2pm Hartford Seminary, and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Join us Hopper and His Contemporaries, led by Erin Monroe, Robert H. Schutz, Jr., for three films that inspire interreligious discussions. Guest speakers will Special Sneak Preview! Associate Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture. lead post-movie Q&A sessions. In collaboration with Out Film CT. Saturday, March 2 at 2pm An intense psychological drama about Esmail, a young Iranian man who is The Band’s Visit desperately looking to meet women who can secure his stay in Denmark. As Preceded by a 1:15 pm docent-led tour of American Moderns in Watercolor: time is running out, he falls in love. and His Contemporaries. The tour is included with film What happens when four legends of British stage and screen get together? Sunday, March 3 admission. 2017. Denmark. 100 min. Not Rated (Adult themes). Subtitles. Directed by Milad Alami. Dames , , , and are 12pm: Interfaith Brunch • 2pm: Film Screening Starring Ardalan Esmaili and Soho Rezanejad. among the most celebrated actresses of our time, with scores of iconic performances, decades of wisdom, and innumerable awards between them. Brunch and film: $45; $35 members. Advance reservations are required; They are also longtime friends who hereby invite you to join them for a purchase at thewadsworth.org. Admission to film only: $10; $9 seniors Styx * # weekend in the country as they catch up with one another, reminisce, and and students w/ ID; $7 members. share their candid, delightfully irreverent thoughts on everything from art to Saturday, March 30 at 2pm • Sunday, March 31 at 2pm aging to love to a life lived in the spotlight.

2018. UK. 84 min. Not Rated. Directed by Roger Michel. Starring Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith.

14-year-old May becomes the third wife of a wealthy landowner in 19th century Vietnam. May soon learns about seduction and sex, as well as the strict hierarchy of the estate from the other two wives. Gorgeously shot! Award-winning! Eight of Edward Hopper’s paintings come to life in a series of short films 2018. Vietnam. 96 min. Not Rated (adult themes). Subtitles. Directed by Ash Mayfair. inspired by the artworks. The eight shorts are Next to Last by Mathieu Starring Long Le Vu and Mai Thu Huong Maya. Amalric with Frederick Wiseman as Edward Hopper, The Muse by with Michael Stuhlbarg, Hope by Dominique Blanc with Clemence Poesy, First Row Orchestra by Sophie Fiennes, Conference at Night by French Members of the Egyptian police force band head to Israel to play at the director Valerie Mrejen, Rupture by young animation director Valerie Pirson, inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost This tense drama depicts the transformation of a strong woman torn from Berlin Night Window by German director Hannes Stohr, Mountain by Danish in the wrong town. Comedic drama. Now a smash Broadway play. her contented world during a sailing trip. When she is faced with saving a director Martin de Turah. The tour is included with film admission. group of refugees shipwrecked on the high seas, she is shown the limits of 2007. Israel. 87 min. Rated PG-13. Subtitles. Directed by Eran Kolirin. her importance. 2012. France. 40 min. Not Rated. Starring Sasson Gabai and Ronit Elkabetz. 2018. Germany. 94 min. Not Rated. Subtitles. Directed by Wolfgang Fischer. Starring Susanne Wolff and Gedion Oduor Wekesa.