FALL villanova university n o i t a m r transfo His most recent film, sets thestory ofapeg-leg ballerinato musicfrom theTchaikovsky violinconcerto. PAUL FESTA in NorthAmericaincluding on andalsooneofthescreenwriters. Heisacolumnist withasyndicate ofnewspapers He isalsotheauthorofabook entitled at theUniversity ofCologne. Hewrote andco-produced theRTE/BBC documentaryfilm. at Keio University. Heholdsgraduate degrees from Ireland andJapan,heisalecturer Education ofJapanScholarship, and helived inTokyo from 2004-2011, where helectured and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin.Hewas therecipient oftheMinistry of MAURICE FITZPATRICK Studies from Teachers College, Columbia University. Communication from theUniversity ofPennsylvania, andaPh.D. inInternational &Transcultural Literature from Shirayuri Womens College inTokyo, Japan,aMaster’s Degree inIntercultural for Business, andJapaneseAnimation. ShehasaB.A.degree inAmericanandEnglish several courses including Japanese Language, JapaneseCulture andCivilization, Japanese MASAKO HAMADA movie houseandPhiladelphiaFilmForum. was nurtured by David Grossman whoheadedTemple University’s Center CityCampus DAN JEFFERSON, has beenpublishedasSobach’e delo(The Dog’s Affair). a collection ofhumorous stories intheformer Soviet Unionand intheWest, which film at Villanova andisactive inRussian Area Studies Concentration. Hehas co-written BORIS BRIKER prestigious HumanitasPrize. School’s Out and produced many animated children’s television shows, including JOE ANSOLABEHERE but hasalways beenfascinated by film. University. Hestudies connections between persuasionandpolitics,mediarhetoric for 8years. Hestudied andmadefilmsaspartofhis Communication degree from LaSalle DEREK ARNOLD Film Festival. the Hebrew BibleStudy Group at Villanova andisapast member ofthePhiladelphia Temple University. Most ofherwork involves theGothicintext andinfilm.She facilitates RUTH BIENSTOCK ANOLIK ABOUT THESPEAKERS technological, philosophical,andcomical. The CulturalFilmSerieslooksatmanykindsoftransformation—personal,cultural, Villanova University’s campusonSundays at 3:30and7p.m., FROM SILENTTO SOUND “Powerful, fullofwarmcompassionandlove,”saysYediot Aharonot Lloyd inSpace in lovewiththeofficer, whoturnsouttobeaprofessionalcriminal, George Strimelpresentsclipsfromlate-silentandearly-soundfilms who in1946meetaveteranSovietUnionofficer. Thewomanfalls This 2009documentarytellsthestoryofeightformerSt.Columb’s education lawthatallowedforthefirsttimestudentsfromworking to theproblem. Critic NoelMurraystates,“Fromitsplottolook, The Thief class familiestoattendgrammarschoolinNorthernIreland.This very positive film in many ways. It argues that just about anybody very positivefilminmanyways.Itarguesthatjustaboutanybody Bread andTulips As Trevor Johnstonfrom The charactersfindthatsometimeslaughteristheonlysolution book exampleoffantasycinema’s abilitytotacklethornymoral issues whilesplatteringthescreenwithgloopycreatureeffects.” breathes newlifeintopeople.CriticRobertRotundsays,“It’s a [email protected] orby calling610 519-4454. Best Directing.Thefilmisaboutayoungwomanandherson, My HeartSkipped THE WORLD ISFUNNY Language FilmandwontheNikaAward forBestPictureand Films willscreen intheConnelly Center Cinemaon For more information, contact Dr. JohnO’Leary at college boyswhotookadvantageofthe1947revolutionary . Heiscurrently working onanew series, makes filmsaboutmusic. Hissilent-film comedy, Directed by George Strimel, various dates was nominatedfortheAcademyAward forBestForeign of thisIsraelifilm.Thestorylinerevolvesaroundsimple teaches alllevels of Russian language, Russian literature, andRussian people strugglingthroughextraordinarycircumstances. BREAD ANDTULIPS to chronicle this often misunderstood transformation. to chroniclethisoftenmisunderstood hasbeenamemberoftheVillanova DepartmentofCommunication and withaspeaker onMondays at 7p.m. THE BEAT THAT MY . Heisalsotheco-creator oftheshow agraduate of Haverford College, isalifelong cineaste. Hislove offilm was afounder oftheJapaneseProgram at Villanova. Shehastaught Variety film includesanextraordinaryrosterofgraduates. Directed by Jacques Audiard, 2005, Tie ItInto MyHand focusesonhowthepoweroffriendshipandlove isananimation screen writer andproducer whohaswritten and Speaker: RuthBienstock Anolik but whoalsobecomesafatherfiguretoherson. Directed by NeillBlomkamp, 2009, Directed by Pavel Chukhrai ,1997, is alecturer, film-maker and columnist. He was borninIreland Directed by ShemiZaarhin,2012, isdesignedtoexpresshowitfeelsbetorn Speaker: Maurice Fitzpatrick, between twoopposingworldsandpassions.” Speaker: Francois Massonnat notedthatthefilm“isfullofquirkycharm” HEART SKIPPED Directed by SilvioSoldini,2000, Irish AmericanNews, Celtic Life and The Celtic Connection teaches EnglishandWestern culture at Villanova and Directed by Tom Collins, 2009 Radio Times ST. COLUMB’S and “evokesbothlaughtertears.” Speaker: George Strimel THE BOYS OF September 21–22 November 23–24 Speaker: Derek Arnold November 16–17 Speaker: BorisBriker November 9–10 Speaker: ElanaStarr writer andproducer October 26–27 DISTRICT 9 December 7–8 November 2–3 The Boys of St. Columb’s, THE THIEF , explores thelife oftheartist through violin France, 107 minutes says,“Thisremainsatext Russia, 97 minutes Israel, 122minutes USA, 90minutes USA, 50minutes Italy, 114minutes USA, 112Minutes can beredeemed.” Pound Puppies The BeatThat Recess Rugrats , andthefeature film The Glitter Emergency whichthefilmisbased -

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Hisresearch focuses primarilyonquestions ofauthorshipin and teaches French language, literature, andfilm intheFrench andFrancophone Studies FRANCOIS MASSONNAT in M.NightShyamalan’s Unbreakable was cutfrom thefilmbutappearsin DVD version. SUSAN MARCOSSIN, papers onAfro-Hispanic, Cuban,andBrazilian literature. She haspublishedarticlesaboutAfro-Brazilian women writers andhaspresented CELESTE DOLORES MANN Perennial Journey HomeinAmericanFilm books, at Villanova. Shehaspublishedwidelyonrhetoric andfilm,includingtwo highlypraised SUSAN MACKEY-KALLIS feature-length documentary. books onmultimediaandfilmmaking topics. at Villanova. Heisafilmmaker andvisualartist, as well asanauthorwithseveral CHAD FAHS San Francisco, helives with hishusbandinBerlin,where iscompleting hisfirst novel. Mink Stole to Barbara Hammer, Harold Bloom,andaRussian princess. Bornandraised in lessons Paul takes withartists ofevery description,from Peter Coyote, AlanCumming,and Oliver Stone’s America:“Dreaming theMythOutward” is theDigitalMediaCoordinator intheCommunication Department whowas publicitydirector oftheCFSfor more than21years, andheiscurrently writing oneonfilmsofthe1960sand 1970s. isProfessor inthe DepartmentofElectronic MediaandFilm at is anAssistant Professor inVillanova’s Center for Liberal Education, abroadcasting veteran, isGeneral Manager ofRadnorStudio 21, whoworks ineducation, isaself-taughtfilmenthusiast. Hercameo FALL 2014 &SPRING2015 & LECTURESERIES CULTURAL FILM isanAssociate Professor intheCommunication Department iscurrently finishinghisPhD at theUniversity of Pennsylvania Susan Marcossin Speaker: DanJefferson and films,” states and bracinghopethatdeservesitsplaceamongtheyear’s best “ USA, 110minutes Directed by Lee Daniels,2009 PRECIOUS February 22–23 Speaker: SusanMackey-Kallis utterly gorgeousmasterpiecethatitis.” twenty moreyearsorso, Movie Mezzanine’s USA, 96minutes Directed by Darren Aronofsky, 2006 THE FOUNTAIN February 15–16 Speaker: JohnPaul Spiro Sturges slapstick,”says “A beguilinglyribaldsexcomedyspatteredwithcharacteristic USA, 94minutes Directed by Preston Sturges, 1941 THE LADY EVE February 8and9 Speaker: ChadFahs and model. to hisquestionarerevealedinthefearsandjoysofbothartist artist onajourneytocreatenewwork,findingthattheanswers How doyouwanttodie?Inthisdocumentary, wefollowthe Japanese photographerIzimaKaoruaskshissubjectsonequestion: USA, 84minutes Directed by ChadFahs, 2013 A CORPSE LANDSCAPES WITH March 29–30 Speaker: Masako Hamada manipulates usbutmakeslikeit.” moviewithaskillfullscript, study that,likeaHollywood entertaining moviesI’veseeninawhile--awellcraftedcharacter Roger Ebertsaid Japanese, 136minutes Directed by Masayuki Suo, 1996 SHALL WEDANCE? 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Capturingavigorousconfrontationbetweennonbelievers headphones tothecomposer’s 1932organworkofthesame through thespontaneousresponsesof31artistswholistenover Apparation Alex Rossas“mind-bending…mesmerizing…intenselypersonal,” and EnglishDepartments.Hailedby This evening’s filmisco-sponsoredby Villanova’s Philosophy USA, 51minutes Directed by Paul Festa, 2006 THE ETERNALCHURCH THE APPARITION OF April 19–20 Brazil, 100minutes Directed by Lucy Walker, 2010 WASTE LAND April 12–13 Speaker: Celeste Dolores Mann But theycanalsoimprovejustasquickly.” tobadinaninstant. “A testamentthatthingscangofromgood Stephanie Merryfromthe Precious isinstructor ofPortuguese andSpanishat Villanova. will be screened. Hollywood producer Ansolabehereand producer willbescreened.Hollywood isanemotionalpowerhouse,atriumphofbruisinghumor translatesthesacredmusicofOlivierMessiaen Rolling Stone Shall We Dance . ChristopherRunyonbelievesthat,“Perhapsin Landscapes With aCorpse Time Out The Fountain ’s PeterTravers.

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Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085 Pennsylvania Villanova, 800 Lancaster Avenue Lancaster 800

CULTURAL FILM PARKING SERIES COMMITTEE JOHN O’LEARY Director CAROL MCKIERNAN Assistant Director TOM MOGAN Treasurer TONY ALFANO Director, Connelly Center

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