Apr – Jun 2018 V11 ∙ 4 NEW RELEASES NEW RELEASES Now Showing Isle of Dogs Itzhak Dir. Alison Chernick — USA 83 min — NR This enchanting documentary details violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman’s struggles as a polio survivor and Jewish émigré, and reminds us why art is vital to life. Now Showing The Death of Stalin Dir. Armando Iannucci — France 107 min — R This biting new satire from the mastermind behind “Veep” depicts chaos within the Soviet regime after Stalin’s death. Now Showing Preview Screenings start Apr 5 Dundee A Fantastic Woman Dir. Wes Anderson — USA — 101 min — PG-13 Dir. Sebastián Lelio — Chile Wes Anderson’s latest film is a dystopian, stop-motion adventure 104 min — R — Spanish with subtitles set in a pseudo-future Japan where a panic over Dog Flu has led Your 2018 Academy Award winner for Best all canines to be exiled to a place called Trash Island. Alluding Foreign Language Feature. frequently to the cinematic worlds of Akira Kurosawa, Isle of Dogs also contains all the Anderson signatures: meticulous compositions, surreal dialog, and Bill Murray. Starting Apr 6 Ruth Sokolof Loveless Kitchen Table Central Dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev — Russia Real food made from scratch using the best local 127 min — R — Russian with subtitles ingredients possible. Enjoy dine-in or carry-out options from A divorcing couple search for their son, who fled our wonderful restaurant partner at the Dundee Theater. during one of their bitter arguments. The director Menu and more info at KitchenTableOmaha.com. of Leviathan again uses family drama to expose the brokenness of a political system. HOURS MON – FRI: 12 PM – 10 PM SAT – SUN: 9 AM – 10 PM 1 2 NEW RELEASES NEW RELEASES Starting Apr 20 Ruth Sokolof Starting May 18 Ruth Sokolof Foxtrot Grace Jones: Dir. Samuel Maoz — Israel Bloodlight and Bami 108 min — R — Hebrew with subtitles Dir. Sophie Fiennes — Ireland A troubled family faces the facts when something 115 min — NR goes terribly wrong at their son’s desolate military post. Sights on Sounds preview screening May 13. See page 10. Starting Apr 20 Ruth Sokolof Coming Soon Lean on Pete You Were Never Dir. Andrew Haigh — UK Really Here 127 min — R Dir. Lynne Ramsay — UK — 85 min — R A deeply moving story about love, loneliness, family, and friendship, told through the prism of Joaquin Phoenix is a traumatized veteran who a boy’s connection to an over-the-hill racehorse. tracks down missing girls in this adaptation of the Jonathan Ames novel from the writer-director From the director of Weekend and 45 Years. of We Need to Talk About Kevin and Ratcatcher (see page 8). Starting May 11 Dundee Coming Soon RBG Let the Sunshine In Dir. Julie Cohen & Betsy West — USA Dir. Claire Denis — France 97 min — PG 96 min — NR A revelatory documentary on the exceptional life Juliette Binoche and Gerard Depardieu star in and career of the quiet judicial force and unlikely this charming romantic comedy from the director pop culture icon, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. of Beau travail about a woman looking for love in all the wrong places. Starting May 18 Dundee Coming Soon The Rider Won’t You Be Dir. Chloé Zhao — USA My Neighbor? 104 min — R Dir. Morgan Neville — USA Working with non-actors to create a narrative 94 min — NR based on the events of their lives, Zhao delivers a biting yet tender story about an injured rodeo This exploration of the life and work of beloved rider struggling to find hope and a new path. children’s TV host Fred Rogers proves that his message of love and acceptance is still sorely needed. 3 4 COURSES SPRING REPERTORY A Salute to Janus Films & The Criterion Collection The OMAHA STEAKS CLASSICS Comedienne Curated by Alexander Payne Supported by Sam Walker Saturdays, Apr 14 – May 12, 10 am to 1 pm Dundee Linder Microcinema INSTRUCTOR Diana Martinez, PhD, Film Streams Education Director COST $125 General $100 Student/Teacher/Senior/Military $75 Film Streams Members In the last five years there has been great public interest in Hollywood’s “gender problem,” namely its unequal representation of women in key creative roles such as Few institutions have contributed as much to film culture in the director, producer, and writer. Yet, in the history of women in film and television, the United States as Janus Films and the Criterion Collection, as comedienne has had the greatest success and agency over her work, filling all those evidenced by this overflowing series curated by filmmaker and roles — usually simultaneously. In this way and many others, women comedians, Film Streams board member Alexander Payne. Founded in 1956 from Marie Dressler to Moms Mabley, Lucille Ball and Tiffany Haddish, often defy in Cambridge, Mass., Janus helped build the burgeoning art the roles set for them, and create new forms of empowerment. house movement by importing films by directors like Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni stateside, helping This five-week Course begins by looking at the relationship between women and to establish a canon for young cinephiles and film students comedy from its vaudeville and silent film roots. Then, using film, as well as stand- and contributing in no small way to the development of the up specials, sketch comedy shows, and television, we investigate how these unruly New American Cinema of the 1970s. Janus’ partner company, women use humor to gain recognition, power, and the love of their audiences. the Criterion Collection, grew from a boutique outfit issuing laserdiscs in the 1980s to the preeminent DVD/Blu-ray label for foreign, classic, and independent films in North America. Both Criterion and Janus continue to champion amazing cinema both SYLLABUS new and old, a pursuit truly worthy of a 19-film retrospective. Tillie’s Punctured Romance 1914 Alexander Payne & Peter Becker Desk Set 1957 in Conversation Selected Live Comedy Sat, Jun 2, 5 pm Tickets on sale May 1 Bridesmaids 2011 Join us for a chat between two of the world’s foremost cinephiles. Criterion Collection President Peter Becker joins close friend Selected Televised Comedy Alexander Payne for an enlightening conversation about their mutual love of film and the need to preserve cinema history. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear two cinema luminaries discuss their passion for the art of film. 5 6 SPRING REPERTORY SPRING REPERTORY Supported by Sam Walker A Salute to Janus Films May 12, 14 & 17 Dundee Micro Jun 3, 4 & 6 Ruth Sokolof The Tale of Zatoichi Memories of & The Criterion Collection Dir. Kenji Misumi — 1962 — Japan — 96 min Underdevelopment Japanese with subtitles Curated by Alexander Payne Dir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea — 1968 — Cuba — 79 min — 35mm The first film in a series that comprises the gold standard of yakuza films. As tensions mount between rival gangs, one side The first film to come out of Castro’s Cuba was a structurally enlists an unlikely ally — a humble, blind masseur named Ichi. innovative, politically brazen character study of an alienated intellectual. May 13, 15 & 16 Ruth Sokolof Apr 14, 16 & 19 Dundee Micro Apr 28 & 30 Dundee Micro The Wages of Fear Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot — 1953 — France — 147 min Salesman Le notti bianche Various with subtitles — 35mm Dir. Albert Maysles, David Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin Dir. Luchino Visconti — 1957 — Italy — 101 min In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign 1968 — USA — 147 min Italian with subtitles on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin Jun 5 & 7 Dundee Micro This landmark American documentary captures in vivid detail This exquisite adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s “White Nights” is over a treacherous mountain route. A study in tension. the bygone era of the door-to-door salesman, discovering a romantic, shattering tale of two restless souls (Maria Schell Le plaisir real-life Willy Lomans walking the line from hype to despair. and Marcello Mastroianni). May 20 & 23 Dundee Micro Dir. Max Ophüls — 1952 — France — 97 min French with subtitles Apr 29, May 1 & 3 Ruth Sokolof A Special Day Ophüls brings his astonishing visual dexterity and Dir. Ettore Scola — 1977 — Italy — 107 min storytelling bravura to this triptych of Guy de Maupassant Babette’s Feast Italian with subtitles tales about the limits of spiritual and physical pleasure. Dir. Gabriel Axel — 1987 — Denmark — 104 min It’s an infamous day in Rome in 1938: Hitler has arrived and Danish & French with subtitles — 35mm is being publicly honored by Mussolini. In a working class Jun 9 & 13 Ruth Sokolof A lovingly layered tale of a French housekeeper who brings apartment building Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni Apr 15 & 17 Ruth Sokolof quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of are the only ones not celebrating and strike up a friendship. I fidanzati starkly pious villagers in late nineteenth-century Denmark. Dir. Ermanno Olmi — 1962 — Italy — 77 min Au revoir les enfants May 20, 21 & 24 Ruth Sokolof Italian with subtitles — 35mm Dir. Louis Malle — 1987 — France — 105 min May 5 & 8 Dundee Micro The tender story of Milanese fiancés whose strained French with subtitles — 35mm Throne of Blood relationship is tested when the husband-to-be accepts The Music Room Dir. Akira Kurosawa — 1957 — Japan — 109 min A heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss in a new job in Sicily. Nazi-occupied France based on events from writer-director Dir. Satyajit Ray — 1958 — India — 99 min Japanese with subtitles — 35mm Bengali with subtitles Malle’s own childhood. A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation set in a ghostly, fog- Jun 10, 12 & 14 Dundee Micro Ray brilliantly evokes the crumbling opulence of a fallen enshrouded landscape in feudal Japan.