Oct – Dec 2018 V12 ∙ 2 NEW RELEASES New Releases supported by NEW RELEASES Starts Oct 12 Beautiful Boy Colette Dir. Wash Westmoreland — UK/USA 111 min — R Keira Knightley stars as one of the most infamous writers of the Belle Epoque as she wrests credit for her hedonistic novels and plays from her husband and transcends polite gender roles of the era. Starts Fri Nov 16 Hal Dir. Amy Scott — USA 90 min — NR The first major biographical film on director Hal Ashby. Complemented by an Ashby repertory series and director visit (see pages 7-8). Starts Nov 21 Starts Nov 2 Boy Erased Dir. Felix Van Groeningen — USA — 112 min — R Dir. Joel Edgerton — USA Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son 114 min — NR David and Nic Sheff,Beautiful Boy chronicles the experience of Lucas Hedges stars in the courageous story survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over of a Baptist pastor’s son who must overcome many years. Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet deliver remarkable the fallout of being outed to his parents (Nicole performances in this heartbreaking and inspiring cinematic event. Kidman and Russell Crowe). Coming Soon SUPPORTED BY Student Night Wildlife The first Monday of every month, all regular shows are Dir. Paul Dano — USA FREE for full-time students, any grade and any age, at 104 min — PG-13 both the Ruth Sokolof Theater and Dundee Theater! A family in pieces, a new town, and a forest fire set Present your valid school ID (if applicable) at the Box the scene for this moody directorial debut from Office and receive a complimentary movie ticket. acclaimed actor Paul Dano. With Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal. 1 2 NEW RELEASES SPECIAL PROGRAMS Coming Soon An Evening with Shoplifters Tamara Jenkins Dir. Hirokazu Koreeda — Japan 121 min — NR Beautiful and at turns crushing, this year’s Palme d’Or winner is the story of a down-but-not-out group of misfits living together as an odd kind of crime family. Coming Soon Monsters and Men Dir. Reinaldo Marcus Green — USA 98 min — R A young father must decide whether to come forward after he witnesses the police shooting of an unarmed black man in this portrait of race, family, and consequence. Coming Soon Private Life Tea with the Dames Thu Oct 11, 7 pm Dundee Dir. Roger Mitchell — UK To date, Tamara Jenkins has directed feature-length films at the rate of 85 min — NR one per decade. Her beloved previous films, 1998’sSlums of Beverly Hills Spend time with screen icons Eileen Atkins, Judi and 2007’s The Savages, both captured the pulse of independent film in Dench, Joan Plowright, and Maggie Smith as they their time. So it stands to reason that the arrival of her third film,Private Life, trade memories from their lives in theatre, film, is cause for celebration. Tamara will join us for a one-time screening of her and television. latest, starring Kathryn Hahn and Paul Giamatti as a couple that enters a complicated arrangement in hopes of having children. Skip the lines at Kitchen Table Central! Volunteer with Us Use our cafe partner’s online ordering option and let them Join our Streams Team, an amazing group of volunteers who take know at the counter when you’ve arrived. Great for dine-in tickets, assist with seating, support events, and help out in our or takeout! Just visit KitchenTableOmaha.com. administrative office. Earn free movie passes and all you can eat popcorn! For more information visit FilmStreams.org/Volunteer. Cindy Andersen, July Volunteer of the Month HOURS MON – FRI: 11 AM – 10 PM SAT – SUN: 9 AM – 10 PM 3 4 SPECIAL PROGRAMS COLLABORATIONS & SPECIAL PROGRAMS An Evening with PRESENTED WITH Michael Stuhlbarg 2018 Local Filmmakers Showcase For our ninth annual program celebrating area artists, the challenge of winnowing down 48 submissions into a feature-length program fell to the group of visual artists who created works for the newly renovated Dundee Theater. Viewers will be treated to an animated parable, a trippy music video, a loose collage set to sunny tunes, narrative dramas about child slavery and a stand-up comic’s fateful return, a barrelful of hearty comedies, and documentaries on remarkable people from Nebraska. GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY Curated by Maranda Allbritten, Celeste Butler, Dan Crane, Peter Fankhauser, Erin Foley, Amy Haney, Jamie Hardy, Joey Lynch, and Sarah Rowe Premiere & Post-Party: Thu Nov 1, 7 pm Dundee A Serious Man Encores: Nov 4 & Nov 6 Ruth Sokolof Thu Oct 18, 7 pm Dundee THE PROGRAM 12 films, 90 minutes Veteran stage actor Michael Stuhlbarg made his starring film debut in 2009 as a Minnesotan version of Job in the Coen Brothers’s quietly stunning A Serious We Are Aurora: Sarah Bailey Mitchell Lyon, Aurora NE Man. A string of roles for some of the greatest living directors followed. Then, The Headliner Tony Bonacci, Omaha NE in 2017, Stuhlbarg stole scenes (and maybe even whole shows) in Call Me by Kap David Weiss, Omaha NE Your Name, The Post, and The Shape of Water — all Best Picture nominees. On the heels of this cinematic hat trick, Film Streams is proud to welcome We Are Aurora: Sarah Bailey End of the Maze Mike Machian with Closeness, Omaha, NE Stuhlbarg for a Q&A screening of A Serious Man, presented in collaboration As Thick As Thieves Jordan Isaac Smith, Omaha, NE with the University of Nebraska at Omaha School of the Arts. Seeing with sound Brendan Sullivan, Omaha, NE Secret ingredient: A pinch of love Brendan Sullivan, Omaha, NE Selected Michael Stuhlbarg filmography: Now or Forever Darcy Lueking Bahensky, Holdredge, NE Call Me by Your Name 2017 To Kill a Stoat Hannah Stevens, Omaha, NE The Shape of Water 2017 Kap A Very Unmerry Early November The Post 2017 Danielle Trausch, Omaha, NE Arrival 2016 I’m Just Saying… Joe Vannahme, Omaha NE Boardwalk Empire 2010–2013 Stinson Prism Incense Diane Degan, Omaha NE* Lincoln 2012 Hugo 2011 * Stinson Prism Incense will be presented as a stand-alone installation in the A Serious Man 2009 Dundee Theater Linder Microcinema during the Premiere event post-party. Now or Forever 5 6 FALL REPERTORY FALL REPERTORY Nov 25 & 28 Dundee Micro Great Directors: The Last Detail 1973 — USA — 104 min — R Jack Nicholson and Otis Young are military Hal Ashby policemen tasked with transporting a young Randy Quaid to the brig, with stops along the way for debauchery and harsh realizations. Hal Ashby’s run of masterworks in the 1970s rivals that of any of his New Hollywood Dec 2 & 5 Dundee Micro contemporaries. But despite the fact that every self-respecting cinephile has Coming Home likely seen a handful of Ashby’s movies, he has never been the subject of a major 1978 — USA — 127 min — R documentary — until now. We’re celebrating Amy Scott’s fantastic new filmHal (see page 2) with this series of our favorite Ashby films. With her husband off to war, Sally (Jane Fonda, incredible) is on her own for the first time ever. An emotional and romantic affair with a paralyzed veteran challenges her status quo. SUPPORTED BY OMAHA STEAKS Nov 4, 5, 7 & 8 Dundee Micro Sun Dec 9, 7 pm Ruth Sokolof Harold and Maude Let’s Spend the Night 1971 — USA — 91 min — PG Together Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort make for a timeless duo in one of the 1982 — USA — 95 min — PG great stories of individuality in filmdom. A quintessential cult-film experience. See Sights on Sounds (see page 10). Nov 11, 12 & 14 Dundee Micro Being There 1979 — USA — 130 min — PG Peter Sellers plays Chance, a simple gardener accidentally thrust into the world of government, where his every word is taken as a Fri Nov 16, 7 pm Dundee deep and knowing truth. Required viewing. In Conversation: Amy Scott & Alexander Payne Nov 18, 19 & 21 Dundee Micro Join us for a Hal Ashby love fest. Shampoo Amy Scott, the director of the new filmHal , sits down for a post-show 1975 — USA — 109 min — R Q&A with fellow filmmaker, Film Streams board member, and Hal Ashby Warren Beatty stars as a Beverly Hills hairdresser and inveterate superfan Alexander Payne, who appears in Scott’s film. Launches a full lothario trying to manage a dizzying set of lovers and motivations run of Hal at the Dundee Theater. against the backdrop of the 1968 election. 7 8 FAMILY & CHILDREN’S SERIES MIDNIGHTS & SIGHTS ON SOUNDS FINAL FRIDAYS For ever You ng SUPPORTED BY Dundee Midnights Hosted by Andy Helmkamp 11:55 pm Admission for kids 12 and under just $2.50! A Dundee tradition continues! Dundee SUPPORTED BY Oct 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 18 Ruth Sokolof CULT OF CURRY The Book of Life Dir. Jorge R. Gutiérrez — 2014 — USA 95 min — PG — English and Spanish Torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart, a young man embarks on an adventure that spans three fantastic worlds. Oct 26 Nov 30 Dec 28 The Rocky Horror The Hunt for Clue Oct 20, 21, 25, 27, 28 & Nov 1 Nov 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 15 Nov 17, 18, 22, 24, 25, 29 Picture Show Red October Dir. Jonathan Lynn — 1985 Ruth Sokolof Ruth Sokolof Dundee Dir. Jim Sharman — 1975 Dir. John McTiernan — 1990 USA — 94 min — PG — 35mm The Goonies 1985 — 35mm Sherlock Jr. 1924 Warner Bros. UK/USA — 100 min — R — 35mm USA — 135 min — PG Murder is afoot! In this gold- A team of scrappy misfits go on In one of Buster Keaton’s most Classics Let’s do the Time Warp again.