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I’M GOING TO EXPLODE [Voy a explotar] (MEXICO) Directed by Gerardo Naranjo AFI Latin American Film Festival Opening Night, September 23 CONTENTS AFI LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2 AFI Latin American Film Festival AFI Latin American Film Festival—On the Road! Presented by the Maryland Film Office This year, for the first time, the AFI Latin American Film Festival will go 6 DC Labor FilmFest 2009 out on the road, bringing some of the best films in the festival to the widest audience yet! See the films in your own neighborhood, or make a trip to watch them at any one of these historic movie palaces and 8 Noir City DC museums. The AFI Latin American Film Festival—On the Road initiative is made 10 Cinema & the Spanish Civil War possible by the support of the Maryland Film Office. 11 AFI and Montgomery College Reginald Lewis Museum LAKE TAHOE DOG EAT DOG of Maryland African Sat, Oct 3, 4:00 Sat, Oct 3, 7:00 American History 12 Halloween on Screen www.africanamericanculture.org September 23 – October 12 Tickets: $10 13 MUNYURANGABO Now in its 20th year, the AFI Latin American Film FREDERICK Festival showcases the best filmmaking from Latin The Weinberg Center GIGANTE DOG EAT DOG America and, with the inclusion of films from www.weinbergcenter.org Sun, Oct 11, 2:00 Sun, Oct 11, 4:00 14 Special Engagements Tickets: $10 About AFI and Portugal, celebrates Ibero-American cultural connections. This year’s selection of over thirty films EASTON includes multiple award-winners, international festival The Avalon Theatre GIGANTE THE WINDOW 15 Repertory Calendar – www.avalontheatre.com Sun, Oct 18, 2:00 Sun, Oct 18, 6:00 favorites, local box-office hits and debut works by Tickets: $10 Full Schedule at AFI.com/Silver promising new talents. Please visit AFI.com/Silver to New This Year! see full festival listings, including information on PASE ESPECIAL 16 ACT OF GOD parties, events and special guests! Explore Latin American cinema with a festival pass – the Pase Especial! One admission to every film in the AFI Latin American Film Festival, including Mid Atlantic Regional Showcase Opening and Closing Night and Festival Happy Hours.Valued at over $300! Pase Especial: $99 General Admission / $75 for AFI Members and Students

LOOK FOR THE Want to see all the hottest films in the festival without having to worry about AFI Member passes accepted for buying tickets in advance? With the Pase Especial, you have priority access to designated screenings. To find out how to every film in the festival. NO TICKETS NEEDED.The all-access Pase Especial become a Member of AFI, see page 14. gives you admission for one to every screening in the AFI Latin American Film Festival, including Opening and Closing Night and Festival Happy Hours.

AFI PREVIEW is published by the The Pase Especial can be purchased at the AFI Silver box office during normal American Film Institute. hours of operation, or online at AFI.com/Silver. Editorial Offices COMBO TICKET PACKAGES American Film Institute If you plan to buy six or more tickets to films in the AFI Latin American Film Silver Theatre and Cultural Center Festival, in any combination, ask for the Combo Ticket Package discounted 8633 Colesville Road rate of just $8 per ticket. (Normal ticket price $10.) You can buy a bunch of Silver Spring, MD 20910 tickets to one show, or one ticket to a bunch of shows! It’s perfect for For address changes and subscription families attending shows together and festival-goers who have planned out services, contact: their schedule of must-see shows in advance. American Film Institute All films in Spanish and/or Portuguese with English 2021 N. Ave. subtitles. See AFI.com/Silver for detailed language Combo Ticket Package purchase must be completed at the AFI Silver box Los Angeles, CA 90027 information for each film. office in a single transaction. Attn: Membership A NOTE TO AUDIENCES: AFI LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL On the cover: I’M GOING TO EXPLODE, Because films in the AFI Latin American Film Festival WEEKLY HAPPY HOURS have not been evaluated by the MPAA rating system photo courtesy of IFC Films Stop by the AFI Silver Café every Thursday and Friday during in the US, AFI has made its best effort to inform Editor: Julie Hill the festival from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. for Happy Hour! audiences about any film content that could lead to a Traffic Coordinator: Brooke Logan Happy Hours will feature Happy Hour dates: restricted rating if released in the US. complimentary snacks courtesy of Design: Kelly Guevara, Post-Newsweek Media, Inc. September 24 & 25 The following is a guide: local restaurants, Latin American Information is correct at press time. Films and drink specials and festive music. October 1 & 2, 8 & 9 schedule subject to change. V violenceS sexualityD drug use Enjoy a cold drink and a delicious Check AFI.com/Silver for updates. appetizer before your film—each 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Happy Hour specials are valid only for AFI Latin You can also view a copy of this publication Happy Hour will end just in time online at Gazette.Net. AFI Member passes will be accepted at all screenings in the for you to attend the 7:00 p.m. American Film Festival pass holders and ticket Latin American Film Festival unless otherwise indicated. festival screening. holders to films playing on the given dates.

2 n TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at AFI.COM/SILVER AFI LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL LION’S DEN [Leonera] BOLIVIA Supporting Cast, 2009 Cartagena Film Sat, Sept 26, 1:00; Sun, Sept 27, 3:00 Festival; Audience Award, Best Director Julia wakes and prepares for work after a THE ELEPHANT CEMETERY and Best Screenplay, 2007 Brasilia Film drink- and drug-fueled bender, barely [El cementerio de los elefantes] Festival. DIR Laís Bodanzky. Brazil, 2007, noticing a man’s motionless body in her Sun, Sept 27, 1:15; Mon, Sept 28, 8:45 95 min. apartment. Later tried and sent to prison Juvenal (Cristian Castillo), a thirtysome- for his murder, she discovers she is thing alcoholic haunted by his past, decides * CENTERPIECE SCREENING! * pregnant, and she gives birth to and raises to drink himself to death. Moving into the BEYOND IPANEMA: BRAZILIAN a son in the prison’s mother’s ward (the “Presidential Suite”—a bare, windowless WAVES IN GLOBAL MUSIC “lion’s den” of the film’s title). ’s room in a La Paz flophouse—he exhausts [Beyond Ipanema: Ondas Official Selection for 2008 Best Foreign his tormented memories, recalling a life brasileiras na música global] Language Film. DIR Pablo Trapero. of loneliness, violence and broken relation- Sat, Oct 3, 8:00*; Thurs, Oct 8, 7:00

Photo courtesy of IFC Films Argentina//Brazil, 2008, ships. Grim yet poignant, this film is a I’M GOING TO EXPLODE This film explores the Brazilian music 113 min. S V D devastating look at life on the fringes of experience outside Brazil, accompanied by * OPENING NIGHT! * society. DIR Tonchy Antezana. Bolivia, a specially-curated soundtrack featuring I’M GOING TO EXPLODE 2008, 80 min. D Brazilian classics reinterpreted by a new [Voy a explotar] generation of artists. (Note courtesy of Wed, Sept 23, 8:00*; Sat, Sept 26, 5:45 FROM THE CORE Premiere Brazil! 2009, MOMA) DIR Guto Pampered, pouty 15-year-old Roman is (See page 4; screening with BIBLIOBURRO). Barra. Brazil/US, 2009, 89 min. the son of a corrupt politician. Having been expelled from the best private BRAZIL HIGH-RISE [Um Lugar ao Sol] schools in Mexico, he winds up in a Mon, Oct 5, 9:00; Wed, Oct 7, 9:45 public school where he pens a THE DEAD GIRL’S FEAST Towering above the slums and shores of performance piece called “See You in [A Festa da Menina Morta] Brazil, the penthouses of Rio de Janeiro Hell” where he hangs himself onstage. Photo courtesy of Strand Releasing Fri, Oct 9, 9:15; Sat, Oct 10, 10:00 and São Paulo offer a vantage point LIONS DEN Disaffected Maru falls hard for him and In a seemingly time-forgotten village deep in appropriate to their wealthy residents: they decide to run away, but not too LOVELY LONELINESS the Amazonian wilderness, the local popu- distant, insular and protected. Focusing on far away, preferring to hide out atop [Amorosa soledad] lace is busy preparing for the annual Feast of this divide, Gabriel Mascaro trains his Roman’s mansion rooftop.A latter-day Wed, Sept 30, 9:20; Thurs, Oct 1, 8:45 the Dead Girl, a celebration blending camera on a series of exclusive apartments remix of HAROLD AND MAUDE and This quirky comedy from debut directors Christian and pagan traditions, presided and their blinkered residents. Powerful, PIERROT LE FOU, this film is an ener- Martín Carranza and Victoria Galardi fea- over by the androgynous mystic and hypnotic, and disturbing, this is a must- getic, sympathetic blast of adolescent tures a winsome and winning performance philosopher Santinho (played by the charis- see documentary. DIR Gabriel Mascaro. ennui and misplaced rebellion, written by rising talent Inés Efron (XXY).Youth Jury matic Daniel de Oliveira).This directorial Brazil, 2009, 71 min. and directed by rising talent (and AFI Award, 2008 San Sebastián Film Festival. debut by actor Matheus Nachtergaele Conservatory alumnus) Gerardo DIR Martín Carranza, Victoria Galardi. offers a provocative and phantasmagoric THAT’S IT [Apenas o Fim] Naranjo (DRAMA/MEX). DIR Gerardo Argentina, 2008, 82 min. vision of Brazil’s popular culture. DIR Thurs, Oct 1, 7:00; Sat, Oct 3, 12:30 Naranjo. Mexico, 2008, 106 min. Matheus Nachtergaele. Brazil, 2008, 115 In this inventive by S V D min. S V THE WINDOW [La ventana] writer/director Matheus Souza, which draws Sat, Oct 10, 2:00; Sun, Oct 11, 1:15 favorable comparison to the American indie Octogenarian author Antonio (played by the THE BALLROOM “mumblecore” subgenre, a young woman ARGENTINA great Uruguayan writer Antonio Larreta) has [Chega de Saudade] breaks up with her boyfriend and plans to THE HEADLESS WOMAN been confined to his bedroom due to Sat, Oct 10, 6:00; Sun, Oct 11, 5:15 leave town for good, but agrees to meet the A diverse cast of characters crosses paths [La mujer sin cabeza] illness, viewing the Patagonian countryside, man she’s dumping for one final conversation on the floor of a beautiful old São Paulo before she leaves. Audience Award, 2008 Sat, Oct 10, 3:30; Sun, Oct 11, 3:00 and the life he used to enjoy, from his dance hall, and the experiences of many Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo Film Festivals. The latest film from Lucrecia Martel (THE window.While waiting for his estranged son to come visit,Antonio decides to give his different lifetimes play out against each DIR Matheus Souza. Brazil, 2008, 80 min. SWAMP,THE HOLY GIRL) concerns a other during one eventful night. Best traffic accident on a backwoods road that nurse the slip and take a much longed for killed a local boy, an accident which well- walk in the fields. DIR Carlos Sorin. to-do Verónica may or may not have been Argentina/Spain, 2008, 85 min. involved in. Martel’s film explores several themes—class consciousness, guilt and LA TIGRA, CHACO culpability, and a taste for secrecy—here Sat, Oct 3, 2:05; Sun, Oct 4, 1:00 given a near-obsessive exorcising in the Esteban returns to his tiny hometown of performance by María Onetto as Verónica. La Tigra looking for his father.There, he DIR Lucrecia Martel. Argentina// reconnects with Vero, a friend from Italy/Spain, 2008, 87 min. growing up whom Esteban soon discovers he likes as more than a friend. Federico Godfrid and Juan Sasiaín’s debut film applies neo-realistic techniques and an extremely unhurried sense of pacing to approximate something like real life on screen. FIPRESCI Prize, 2008 Mar del Plata Film Festival. DIR Federico Godfrid, Juan Sasiaín. Photo courtesy of Film Movement Strand Releasing Photo courtesy of Argentina, 2008, 75 min. THE HEADLESS WOMAN THE WINDOW TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at AFI.COM/SILVER n 3 AFI LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL

DOG EAT DOG [Perro come perro] break when his beloved Maricel chooses to Fri, Oct 2, 9:30; Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 marry another, and leaves his small village Victor, sent by his mob boss El Orejón to for to start over. Just when he collect from a pair of deadbeat drug-deal- begins to get used to big city life and finds ers, decides to keep the cash for himself. some success as a boxer, Joel will rediscover Now hiding out in a decrepit hotel, he life’s disappointments and betrayals all over forms an uneasy alliance with Eusebio, who again.A visually stunning film that bursts has a contract on his head for killing El with Cuba’s color and music. DIR Mikhail Orejón’s godson in an argument.Together, Kosyrev-Nesterov. Cuba/Russia, 2008, they must outsmart and outlast the steady 107 min. S stream of murderous minions sent to do El Orejón’s dirty work. Director Carlos OMERTA Moreno’s wildly entertaining debut film was Fri, Oct 9, 7:00; Sat, Oct 10, 8:00 Colombia’s Official Oscar Selection for the From the celebrated writer/director of the 2008 . DIR Carlos award-winning THE SILLY AGE [La edad de Moreno. Colombia, 2008, 106 min. la peseta] comes this sly homage Photo courtesy of Wide Management MEGUNICA S V D with a Cuban twist: a former Cuban mob boss, exiled in the US in the aftermath of MEGUNICA the Cuban Revolution, directs his former Sun, Sept 27, 10:00; Mon, Sept 28, 7:00 henchmen back on the island to undertake Lorenzo Fonda wanted to make a film about Blu, a famed street artist, but also a mission to find a hidden stash of gold. wanted to push his subject beyond his comfort zone.The answer? A road trip DIR Pavel Giroud. Cuba, 2008, 86 min. through Latin America to create new pieces in unfamiliar places.A freestyle mixture V of footage of the artist at work, insightful interviews with local residents, and inven- tive , MEGUNICA is a dizzying and unique travelogue. DIR Lorenzo Fonda. Italy/Mexico/Guatemala/Nicaragua/Costa Rica/Argentina, 2008, 82 min. ECUADOR Photo courtesy of IFC Films DOG EAT DOG BLAK MAMA for his own, developing dance moves and Sun, Sept 27, 8:00; Tues, Sept 29, 7:00 enough charisma to recruit coworkers into THE PASSION OF GABRIEL Three recyclers undertake a quest towards THE GIFT [El regalo] a dance troupe. But Raúl’s ambition goes [La pasión de Gabriel] the mystical “Door of Forgiveness” in artist Sat, Oct 10, 5:45; Sun, Oct 11, 3:15 Sat, Sept 26, 11:00 AM; Sun, Sept 27, 11:00 AM beyond that of his fellow dancers, as he Miguel Alvear’s debut feature, a phantas- Andrés Parra won the Best Actor prize at Depressed by his mandatory retirement ruthlessly eliminates any threats to his magoric exploration of South American this year’s Guadalajara Film Festival for his and his wife’s recent passing, university dancing dominance. Chile’s Official folklore. Centered around Ecuador’s annual portrayal of an energetic young priest, professor Nelson Villagra is forced by his Selection for 2008 Best Foreign Language “Mama Negra” festival—an eclectic mix- Father Gabriel, who tries to make a differ- friends into taking a senior’s spa vacation, Film. DIR Pablo Larrain. Chile/Brazil, ture of Catholic,African, and indigenous ence in the lives of the poor parishioners where they’ve arranged for him to reunite 2008, 98 min. S V traditions—the film blends dance, cos- of his tiny mountain village in the with an old flame.This gentle, crowd- tumes, and performance art to explore the Colombian jungle. But Gabriel’s progressive pleasing comedy was a box office success transformations that take place when COLOMBIA politics, plus his love affair with the beauti- in Chile and the Opening Night film at the cultures collide. DIR Miguel Alvear. ful Silvia, put him in danger with those who 2009 Latino Film Festival. DIR BIBLIOBURRO, THE DONKEY Ecuador, 2009, 93 min. want him to fail. DIR Luis Alberto Restrepo. Cristián Galaz, Andrea Ugalde. Chile, LIBRARY Colombia, 2009, 86 min. 2008, 108 min. Sat, Oct 10, 1:45; Sun, Oct 11, 1:00 S V MEXICO In Colombia—an area beset by THE ACTORS IN THE CONFLICT LAKE TAHOE THE GOOD LIFE [La buena vida] strife between guerillas, paramilitaries, and Sun, Oct 4, 7:00; Tues, Oct 6, 7:00 Sat, Oct 3, 3:45; Sun, Oct 4, 2:45 drug cartels—schoolteacher Luis Soriano [Los actores del conflicto] After crashing his car on the outskirts of dedicates himself to a Quixotic task: strap- Thurs, Sept 24, 9:00; Fri, Sept 25, 10:00 The latest film from Chilean director town, withdrawn teenager Juan (Diego ping dozens of books to the backs of his Writer/director Lisandro Duque Naranjo Andrés Wood (MACHUCA, FOOTBALL Cataño) goes in search of help, but encoun- faithful donkeys and delivering literature to crafts a blackly comic satire of Colombia’s STORIES) follows a cross-section of ters a motley crew of local eccentrics: an remote rural areas via the “Biblioburro.” ongoing civil conflict.Three mimes who Santiagans as they struggle in different ways elderly dog owner, a punk-rock mom and a Carlos Zipagauta’s documentary is both a come into possession of a cache of arms for fulfillment in their lives. Best Latin Bruce Lee-obsessed mechanic. Fernando American Film, 2008 ; Best subtly moving look at the ravages of war attempt to pose as guerilla fighters seeking Eimbcke’s follow-up to his acclaimed debut Film, 2008 Huelva Latin American Film and an unforgettable portrait of one man’s amnesty and a trip to Spain.They soon dis- DUCK SEASON marks the young director Festival. DIR Andrés Wood. Chile, 2008, devotion to his community. DIR Carlos cover that when you act a part, you become the part, at least in the eyes of the as a major talent. DIR Fernando Eimbcke. 108 min. S Rendón Zipagauta. France/Colombia/ Belgium, 2008, color, 52 min. real soldiers and guerillas engaged in Mexico/Japan/US, 2008, 89 min. Colombia’s civil conflict. DIR Lisandro S D TONY MANERO With: Duque Naranjo. Colombia/Venezuela, Sat, Sept 26, 10:00; Wed, Sept 30, 6:30* (see FROM THE CORE [Desde el fondo] 2008, 100 min. V NORA’S WILL aka FIVE DAYS WITH- page 11) Time travel, a family funeral, and Bolivia’s OUT NORA [Cinco días sin Nora] , 1979: Middle-aged Raúl brightens war with Paraguay collide in this enigmatic CUBA Sat, Oct 10, 7:45; Sun, Oct 11, 5:00 his drab existence with frequent visits to short, winner of the Directors Guild of This festival favorite has won Audience see SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER and study America’s Best Student Film Award. DIR OCEAN [Okean] Awards the world over. José learns that John Travolta as Tony Manero. No mere fan, Adriana Montenegro. Bolivia, 2008, Fri, Sept 25, 7:00; Sat, Sept 26, 3:15 Nora, the woman he was married to for 30 Raúl has obsessively claimed the persona 19 min. Young fisherman Joel experiences heart- years before divorcing, has committed sui-

4 n TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at AFI.COM/SILVER Ramiro Gómez’s follows the documentary Sat, Oct10,12:30;Sun,11,9:15 FRANKFURT vanishing way oflife. this filmisauniqueandpoeticlookat and directed by acollective ofKuna youth, assimilation threaten todestroy it.Written butissuesofclassand romance develops, who hasnever leftthemainland.A awealthy Kunawhere hefallsfor Rosy, the coastofPanama—moves tothecity, Tribe—an indigenouspeoplewholive off ateenagedmemberoftheKuna Machi, Sun, Oct11,9:00;Mon,12,9:00 [Burgua diiEbo] THE WINDANDWATER Spain/Nicaragua, 2009,86min. DIR MercedesMoncadaRodríguez.Mexico/ lage anditsinhabitants’pursuitspastimes. ofthelifeverite ofaruralvil- observations intercut withRodríguez’s cinema mermaid, relates anancientfolk taleaboutariver Mercedes MoncadaRodríguez’s latestfilm once againvisitsNicaragua’s ruralpoor. Sundance award-winning THE IMMORTAL This remarkable filmfrom thedirector ofthe Sun, Oct11,7:00;Mon,12,7:00 [La sirenayelbuzo] THE MERMAIDANDDIVER Mexico, 2008,92min. she leftbehind. mystery ofherlife anddeathfor thefamily graph found underherbedmay unlockthe ready intherefrigerator.A curiousphoto- she leftallofthefood for Passover dinner cide afew Strangely, days before Passover. min. Igar Yala Collective.Panama, 2008,100 F AI MRCNFILMFESTIVAL AFI LATIN AMERICAN NICARAGUA PARAGUAY PANAMA DIR MarianaChenillo. DIR Vero Bollow, The ment andstruggle. of fandomandfaithinthefacedisappoint- style ultimately reveals adeeperexamination What seemsatfirstasimpleobservational dents ofasmallvillagebackhomeinParaguay. asexperiencedby theresi- cer’s biggestevent, Paraguayan nationalteam’s insoc- participation 2006 andthe World CupinGermany, Paraguay, 2008,61min. 122 min. 2008, by AgustinaBessa-Luís.Portugal, Fri, Oct9,9:00*;Sat,10,9:45 [Solo quierocaminar] JUST WALKING NIGHT!* * CLOSING V romanticism.”—RonnieCentury Scheib, exquisite fever dream ofextreme 19th in vet Portuguese director João Botelho’s storm-tossed seasandcloud-swirled crags parade across dramaticbackdrops of incestandmadego hysteria, “Decadence, Tues, Sept29,9:00;Sun,Oct4,9:00 doNorte] [A Corte THE NORTHERN LAND circumstance. oflivesportraits strugglingagainst moving have dreams?”—that allow for full, subjects withsimplequestions—“Doyou Honigmanndraws outher performers, workers service Interviewing andstreet turmoil onthecity'sworking class. explore theeffects ofyears ofpolitical Honigmann returns toherhometown to documentarianHeddy A native ofLima, Mon, Oct5,7:00;Tues,6,9:00 OBLIVION [Elolvido] Netherlands, 2008,93min. ariety . DIR JoãoBotelho,afterthenovel SPAIN PORTUGAL DIR HeddyHonigmann. S DIR RamiroGómez. NORA’S WILL

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5 © Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy of Everett Collection Photo courtesy of Match Factory DC LABOR FILMFEST 2009 October 13 - 19 Organized and presented by the Metropolitan Washington Council of the AFL-CIO, the Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute and the American Film Institute, DC Labor FilmFest 2009 boasts an array of new films and beloved classics about work and workers, from the American office to the far-flung factories of the global economy. For more information, visit dclaborfilmfest.org.

AFI Member passes will be accepted at all screenings in the DC Labor FilmFest 2009 unless otherwise indicated. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics FROZEN RIVER FROZEN RIVER Tues, Oct 13, 9:45; Wed, Oct 14, 9:20 Bravura performances and a ripped-from-the-headlines plot make this a must-see.When her husband takes off with the down payment on their double-wide trailer just days before Christmas, Melissa Leo is drawn into the shadowy world of smuggling at a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec.A riveting film that manages to locate a thin but steely ray of hope without ever betraying the grittiness of its tale of illegal immigration, ethnic tension, depressed real estate, high gas prices and dire poverty. Oscar nomina- tions for Best Actress (Melissa Leo) and Best Screenplay (Courtney Hunt), and an AFI AWARDS 2008 movie of the year. DIR/SCR Courtney Hunt; PROD Chip Hourihan, Heather Rae. US, 2008, color, 97 min. In English and French with English subtitles. RATED R Photo courtesy of MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES Opening Night! on man’s impact on the planet and witness both the epicenters of industrial endeavor and the dumping grounds MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES of its waste. DIR/PROD ; PROD Daniel Tues, Oct 13, 7:00 Iron, Nick de Pencier. Canada, 2006, color, 80 min. In In Person: Director Jennifer Baichwal English and Mandarin with English subtitles. NOT RATED Tickets $12 / $9 AFI Members Jennifer Baichwal’s mesmerizing documentary on the work Screening made possible by , the Embassy of artist Edward Burtynsky has deservedly gained a of Canada and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. passionate following since its 2006 release, and here makes a much-needed return to the big screen in time to coincide Visit the Corcoran Gallery of Art to see the exhibit with the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s new exhibit of “Edward Burtynsky: Oil,” October 3 through Burtynsky’s photographs. Internationally acclaimed for his December 13.Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky large-scale photographs of “manufactured landscapes”— has traveled internationally for more than a decade to quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams— chronicle the global production, distribution and use of oil, Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilization’s the energy source that has shaped the modern world. This materials and debris.The film follows him through China as world premiere exhibition, comprised of approximately he shoots the evidence and effects of that country’s 55 large-scale color landscape photographs, provides a massive industrial revolution.With breathtaking sequences, penetrating look at one of the most important subjects of such as the opening tracking shot through an almost our time, by one of the most respected and recognized endless factory, also extend the narratives contemporary photographers in the world. For more of Burtynsky’s photographs, allowing viewers to meditate information, please visit corcoran.org. Photo courtesy of American Film Institute WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD

6 n TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at AFI.COM/SILVER DC LABOR FILMFEST 2009 WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD called it “a sort of poor man’s ON THE WATERFRONT” his wife decides to get a driver’s license.An unpredictable Wed, Oct 14, 6:30* (see page 11) and labor film guide author Tom Zaniello says “Its scope is and surprisingly moving study of a dysfunctional family in a Impoverished by the Depression, teenage buddies Tommy ambitious [and] tries to do a lot—explore racism, time of economic chaos. (Note courtesy of Rochester and Eddie take off to fend for themselves and lighten their friendship, union corruption, the crushing of working-class Labor Film Series) DIR/SCR Kiyoshi Kurosawa; SCR Max unemployed parents’ load. Far from home, the boys’ militancy and spirit.” Schrader’s classic resonates even Mannix, Sachiko Tanaka; PROD Wouter Barendrecht, romantic dreams of new found freedom and idyllic odyssey more strongly now, through the prism of a bankrupted Yukie Kito. Japan/Netherlands/Hong Kong, 2008, color, are shattered by the brutal lessons of the dog-eat-dog American auto industry and a labor movement struggling 120 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. RATED PG- nature of life on the ragged fringes of society. Director to reinvent itself. DIR/SCR ; SCR Leonard 13 William A.Wellman (THE PUBLIC ENEMY) brings a vivid Schrader, Sydney A. Glass; PROD Don Guest. US, 1978, ferocity to this hard-edged . Such clear-eyed color, 114 min. RATED R BOUND FOR GLORY and unflinching depictions of poverty, lawlessness and the Sun, Oct 18, 1:00; Mon, Oct 19, 6:30 victimization of youth would soon become rare in SITUATIONS VACANT David Carradine plays folk singer Woody Guthrie in this . (Note courtesy of Harvard Film Archive) DIR Fri, Oct 16, 5:00; Sun, Oct 18, 6:30 superlative biopic, which follows Guthrie as he travels William A. Wellman; SCR Earl Baldwin, based on the Dave Bracken wants to get the right job, meet the right across America looking for work—and singing for the story by Daniel Ahern; PROD Robert Presnell Sr. US, girl. He just needs to figure out the right lies… An utterly workingman. Director Hal Ashby and cinematographer 1933, b&w, 68 min. NOT RATED charming romantic comedy about young workers trying to Haskell Wexler (who won an Academy Award for his With: find a job in Dublin, Ireland.The side-splitting scenes of work) vividly evoke the late 1930s era in which the film HEROES FOR SALE ridiculous job interviews alone are worth the price of takes place, and Carradine gives one of his best perform- One of the most thrilling pre-Code , this film admission. Pompous interviewer:“And what brought you ances as a hero to underdogs everywhere. Co-starring follows working class hero Richard Barthelmess as he sur- here today?” Perplexed interviewee:“Um, that would be Ronny Cox. (Note courtesy of American Cinematheque) vives serious injury in World War I, overcomes a morphine the want ad.” DIR Lisa Mulcahy; SCR Steven Murray; DIR Hal Ashby; SCR Robert Getchell, based on the addiction, faces unemployment, finds love (with Loretta PROD AnneMarie Naughton. Ireland, 2008, color, 97 autobiography of Woody Guthrie; PROD Robert F. Young) and a steady job, and tries to stop a vicious strike min. NOT RATED Blumofe, Harold Leventhal. US, 1976, color, 147 min. mob…and that’s just in the first half! (Note courtesy of RATED PG Rochester Labor Film Series) DIR William A. Wellman; SLAP SHOT SCR Robert Lord, Wilson Mizner; PROD Hal B. Wallis. Fri, Oct 16, 9:30; Sat, Oct 17, 10:30 US, 1933, b&w, 71 min. In English and German with Paul Newman is casually brilliant as an aging player/coach English subtitles. NOT RATED for the Charlestown Chiefs, a third-rate professional hockey team in a dying New England mill town that just THE GRAPES lost 10,000 mill jobs. Newman knows that the team—and OF WRATH his job—are on the chopping block, too, threatened by a Thurs, Oct 15, 7:00; greedy owner looking to cash out.When general manager Sun, Oct 18, 4:00 Strother Martin imports the violent Hanson brothers, John Ford’s film mayhem and raucous laughter ensue in a film that’s been brilliantly brings called “one of the funniest ever made about any sport.” John Steinbeck’s DIR George Roy Hill; SCR Nancy Dowd; PROD Stephen Depression Friedman, Robert J. Wunsch. US, 1977, color, 123 min. classic to the RATED R screen—where it courtesy of ACCO Brands Corp. won Ford his TOKYO SONATA Photo courtesy of The Kobal Collection; Swingline red stapler photo OFFICE SPACE second Academy Sat, Oct 17, 5:00; Mon, Oct 19, 9:20 Award for direct- Abruptly laid off from his white-collar job,Teruyuki Kagawa 10th Anniversary! ing. Forced from hides his unemployment from his family and spends his OFFICE SPACE their homestead days with other out-of-work men before reluctantly Sat, Oct 17, 7:45 by economic accepting menial work scrubbing toilets in a mall. In person: Actors Stephen forces beyond Meanwhile, his older son defies him by joining the Root (Milton) and Gary Cole their control, American Army and shipping off to Iraq, his youngest son (Lumbergh) plus a Swingline red stapler raffle! Tom Joad (Henry Photo courtesy of American Film Institute secretly skips school to take forbidden piano lessons, and THE GRAPES OF WRATH Tickets $12 / $9 AFI Members Fonda) and his “I could burn this place down.” A perennial DC Labor family migrate west to the promised land of , their rickety truck piled high with belongings in a desper- FilmFest favorite, the outrageously funny OFFICE SPACE ate trek that’s become all too familiar to families and returns for a 10th anniversary screening with a special workers around the world. Now, as then, the Promised appearance by Milton (Stephen Root), the office worker Land is not what he thought it would be. DIR John Ford; who exacts the ultimate revenge on his abusive SCR Nunnally Johnson, based on the novel by John employer. As always, the screening will feature a raffle of Steinbeck; PROD Darryl F. Zanuck. US, 1940, b&w, 128 OFFICE SPACE paraphernalia, including Milton’s precious min. NOT RATED red Swingline stapler. Director Mike Judge’s theatrical debut, OFFICE SPACE was largely ignored upon release BLUE COLLAR but has become a veritable ROCKY HORROR PICTURE Thurs, Oct 15, 9:30; Fri, Oct 16, 7:00 SHOW for cube-farmers everywhere; starring Ron Paul Schrader’s (TAXI DRIVER, RAGING BULL) first film Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, John C. McGinley, Stephen stars Richard Pryor, and Yaphet Kotto as Root, and Gary Cole. DIR/SCR/PROD Mike Judge; auto workers who accidentally uncover corruption in their PROD Daniel Rappaport, Michael Rotenberg. US, union local.The New York Times critic Vincent Canby Photo courtesy of Regent Releasing 1999, color, 89 min. RATED R TOKYO SONATA

TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at AFI.COM/SILVER n 7 NOIR CITY DC  The 2009 Film Noir Festival at AFI Silver October 24 - November 4 THE FILM NOIR FOUNDATION After last year’s hugely successful and warmly received inaugural edition, AFI is The Film Noir Foundation is a non-profit public benefit corporation proud to present the 2nd edition of Noir City DC: The 2009 Film Noir Festival at AFI created as an educational resource regarding the cultural, historical, Silver. Join Eddie Muller and Foster Hirsch of the Film Noir Foundation for screenings and artistic significance of film noir as an original American cinematic of some of the film noir ’s greatest achievements, plus cult classics and rarities movement. It is the mission of the Foundation to find and preserve that can’t be seen anywhere else. If it’s anything like last year’s Noir City DC series, films in danger of being lost or irreparably damaged, and to ensure spirited discussions are sure to follow! that high quality prints of these classic films remain in circulation for theatrical exhibition to future generations. Special thanks to Eddie AFI Member passes will be accepted at all screenings in the Noir City DC series. Muller and Foster Hirsch for making this series possible.

and the result lives up to its re-titling. (Note courtesy of Noir City) DIR/SCR Ken Hughes; SCR Sigmund Miller, Robert Westerby, after Portrait in Smoke by Bill S. Ballinger; PROD M.J. Frankovich, Maxwell Setton. UK, 1956, b&w, 94 min. NOT RATED New 35mm Print! Sun, Oct 25, 3:00; Tues, Oct 27, 7:00 Finally—a stunning, brand-new 35mm print of what might be director ’s masterwork! A Faustian fable given full noir treatment by Farrow, scripter and cameraman Lionel Lindon.The devilish Nick Beal (a mesmerizing ) materializes out of the fog to “assist” a crusading district attorney () who has declared that he’d “give anything” to convict a local mobster. Soon, the D.A. begins a miraculous campaign for governor, bolstered by Beal’s connections and the encouragement of his most enticing acolyte (Audrey

Photo courtesy of American Film Institute Totter).A supernatural fable that in style and theme is a logical extension of the era’s best noir films. (Note cour- SLIGHTLY SCARLET on the Bonnie and Clyde theme, the film was a major influ- tesy of Noir City Hollywood) DIR John Farrow; SCR Sat, Oct 24, 1:00 ence on Godard and the —dazzling evi- Jonathan Latimer, Mildred Lord; PROD Endre Bohem. US, Arlene Dahl steals the show as sexy kleptomaniac dence that “all you need to make a movie is a girl and a 1949, b&w, 93 min. NOT RATED Dorothy Lyons (opposite Titian-tressed “sister” Rhonda gun.” The girl in this case is , who works as Fleming) in this eye-popping adaptation of James M. Cain’s a professional sharpshooter at a carnival. John Dall has Restored 35mm Print! Love’s Lovely Counterfeit. plays the slick oper- been passionate about guns since his early childhood and ator dallying with both dames, and Ted de Corsia is a great when she picks him from the crowd to challenge him to an Sat, Oct 24, 7:15; Wed, Oct 28, 6:30* sleazy crime boss. But the real star is camera virtuoso John on-stage shooting contest, the attraction between them is (see page 11) instant and palpable. Despite being warned that Cummins Alton, who translates noir to lurid, saturated color, as if Cynical, stylized and a little “ain’t the type that makes a happy home,” Dall proposes to those tawdry 1950s paperback jackets had come to life. deranged, this film tells the story her. Cummins soon craves action and when the money (Note courtesy of Noir City) DIR ; SCR of police lieutenant Cornel Wilde’s runs dry, she persuades Dall they should become partners Robert Blees, after Love’s Lovely Counterfeit by James M. quest to bring down the techno- in crime. (Note courtesy of British Film Institute) Cain; PROD . US, 1956, color, 99 min. cratic mob boss “Mr. Brown” (a NOT RATED DIR Joseph H. Lewis; SCR , Millard very suave Richard Conte) while Kaufman (and, uncredited, ); PROD Frank simultaneously seducing the mob- ACE IN THE HOLE King, Maurice King. US, 1950, b&w, 86 min. NOT ster’s girlfriend. Set in a jaded Sat, Oct 24, 3:00; Thurs, Oct 29, 7:00 RATED world where crime, romance and On its release, critics called this the most bitter, cynical, even mystery have been corpora- mean-spirited movie ever made. It still might hold the WICKED AS THEY COME tized, the film also puts tough-guy honor.What’s certain is the scary prescience of Sun, Oct 25, 5:00; Wed, Oct 28, 9:00 masculinity to the test, with male Wilder’s tale of media manipulation. is stu- “What she wanted out of life . . . she got out of men!” characters prone to sudden bouts pendously rotten as a disgraced reporter reclaiming the Arlene Dahl is a sizzling sensation as Kathleen Allen, a of sobbing and two henchmen spotlight by prolonging the plight of a trapped miner. Jan woman who learns early that sex is how she’ll get ahead in sharing what can only be described Sterling is unforgettable as the miner’s less-than-compas- the world. Her high as a “Brokeback moment.” THE BIG COMBO sionate wife. (Note courtesy of Noir City) DIR/SCR/PROD heels leave puncture Director Joseph Lewis (GUN Billy Wilder; SCR Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman. US, wounds in a trail of CRAZY) outdoes himself here, both in his elaborate use of 1951, b&w, 111 min. NOT RATED saps stretching from frames-within-the-frame as well as his celebrated transfor- America to England. mation of a hearing aid into a torture device. (Note cour- GUN CRAZY British writer-director tesy of UCLA Film Archive) DIR Joseph Lewis; SCR Philip Sat, Oct 24, 5:20; Sun, Oct 25, 1:00 Ken Hughes adapts Yordan; PROD Sidney Harmon. US, 1955, b&w, 84 min. One of the greatest cult movies of American film history Bill Ballinger’s novel NOT RATED. Restored 35mm print courtesy of the Film

and the very epitome of the B-film noir. An early variation Portrait in Smoke, Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Foundation and UCLA Film & Television Archive. WICKED AS THEY COME 8 n TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at AFI.COM/SILVER NOIR CITY DC  The 2009 Film Noir Festival at AFI Silver SHAKEDOWN Sat, Oct 31, 1:00; Monday, Nov 2, 6:30 (double feature) Special Price: $5 on Saturday; $10 Double Feature w/NIGHT EDITOR on Monday Howard Duff is ter-

rific as an unscrupu- Photo courtesy of American Film Institute lous Weegee-esque SHAKEDOWN newspaper photographer in this slam-bang, tabloid-noir B picture, set entirely in 1950 San Francisco, shown in all its glory from skid row to Nob Hill.Also featured: Lawrence Tierney at his sneering, sinister best. (Note courtesy of Noir City) DIR Joseph Pevney; SCR Nat Dallinger, Martin Goldsmith, Alfred Lewis Levitt, Don Martin; PROD Ted Richmond. US, 1950, b&w, 80 min. NOT RATED

BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT Sat, Oct 31, 2:45; Tues, Nov 3, 7:00 ’s final American film offers the ingenious notion of a writer (Dana Andrews) framing himself for murder in order to prove the fallibility of the justice system and inhu- manity of capital punishment.Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time… Lang’s once-overwhelming visual style is sublimated to the clockwork mechanics of ’s dense but brisk script, which the director brings to life despite a bargain-basement budget. Co-starring as Andrews’s long-suffering high-society girlfriend. Photo courtesy of American Film Institute OUT OF THE PAST The remake, starring Michael Douglas, comes out later this Mitchum had ended on a murderous note. Dizzyingly told year! (Note courtesy of Noir City Hollywood) DIR Fritz NIGHT EDITOR in flashback, blending dreamy romanticism with doomy Lang; SCR Douglas Morrow; PROD Bert E. Friedlob. US, Sun, Nov 1, 12:45; Mon, Nov 2, 6:30 (double feature) cynicism, this is arguably the ultimate film noir, a coolly 1956, b&w, 80 min. NOT RATED Special Price: $5 on Sunday; $10 Double Feature vicious love triangle between Mitchum, iconic in his trench- w/SHAKEDOWN on Monday coat and laconically cool; Greer, la femme plus fatale,a One of Noir City’s most popular rediscoveries. Cop OUT OF THE PAST serial jilter of men whose duplicity—and murderousness— William Gargan and his married socialite lover—long and Sat, Oct 31, 7:00; Sun, Nov 1, 4:30 knows no bounds; and Douglas, blending charm and men- leggy Janis Carter—witness a brutal murder while necking Ex-PI Robert Mitchum tries to make a new life for himself ace in one of his best performances. DIR Jacques in Lover’s Lane. She gets totally turned on. Of course he’s in the country but his past catches up with him. First in Tourneur; SCR Geoffrey Homes, based on his novel Build assigned to investigate the murder.They are soooooo the form of his former employer, mob boss Kirk Douglas, My Gallows High; PROD Warren Duff. US, 1947, b&w, doomed. One of the raciest and raunchiest B noirs of the then in bad girl Jane Greer, whose romantic getaway with 97 min. NOT RATED 1940s. (Note courtesy of Noir City) DIR Henry Levin; SCR Hal Smith, after the story by Scott Littleton; PROD Ted “No one’s blacks were blacker, shadows longer, Richmond. US, 1946, b&w, 68 min. NOT RATED contrasts stronger or focus deeper.” —VARIETY’S TODD MCCARTHY New 35mm Print! on cinematographer THE KILLERS Restored 35mm Print! Sun, Nov 1, 2:20; Wed, Nov 4, 6:30* (see page 11) HOLLOW TRIUMPH The film that’s been Sat, Oct 31, 5:00; Sun, Nov 1, 7:30 called the CITIZEN Filmed by the great noir cinematographer John Alton for KANE of film noir. It’s the Eagle-Lion studio, HOLLOW TRIUMPH features all here: murder, betray- producer/star Paul Henreid as a former medical student al, lust, flashbacks, turned career criminal, out on parole and ostensibly sumptuous visuals,

going straight, but secretly plotting to knock over a Photo courtesy of Everett Collection double- and triple- gambling house, murder his doppelganger, psychiatrist HOLLOW TRIUMPH crosses, whipcrack Photo courtesy of American Film Institute Dr. Bartok, and assume the dead man’s identity.The the good woman homme fatale Henreid leads astray. dialogue . . . and sexy THE KILLERS baroque plotting by screenwriter (CRISS- DIR Steve Sekely (and uncredited, Paul Henreid); SCR young’uns Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner erupting into CROSS, PANIC IN THE STREETS) overflows with Daniel Fuchs, after the novel by Murray Forbes; PROD stardom. (Note courtesy of Noir City) DIR Robert deranged psychology and ludicrous coincidences, but Paul Henreid. US, 1948, b&w, 83 min. NOT RATED. Siodmak; SCR Anthony Veiller, after the story by Ernest the noir atmospherics and Henreid’s élan more than Restored 35mm print courtesy of the Film Foundation Hemingway; PROD Mark Hellinger. US, 1946, b&w, 103 carry the day. Cast against type, Joan Bennett stars as and UCLA Film & Television Archive. min. NOT RATED

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September 4 - 22 DIR/PROD ; SCR Dudley The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) was not just a look back and re-examine a distorted historical period. Nichols, based on the novel by Ernest Spanish affair. Around the world filmmakers of the time, Others began to offer celluloid visions of a new bright Hemingway. US, 1943, color, 168 min. and many others since then, have found it impossible not future. In English and Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED to engage with this terrible period. In their many different ways, artists like , John Dos Passos, Cinema and The Spanish Civil War offers different views Alain Resnais, André Malraux, Pablo Picasso, Paul of the period and its consequences. There are documen- Elouard or all reacted to what was taries and films that look directly at the war itself, as well happening in Spain, drawing attention to it through their as films that use the period as a backdrop to other work. stories. These have been produced in film cultures as diverse as Hollywood, Spain, France, UK and East With the triumph of Franco's troops Spain entered a dark Germany over a span of 70 years. period of repression and censorship. There was no space for cinema to engage with the recent war and the tyran- Seventy years after the war’s end, this series represents ny of the new system - though some filmmakers did seventy years of cinema trying to do justice to these

manage to get around the censors and present visions of historical events. —Joana Granero, Curator, Cinema and © Brandon Films Inc.; photo courtesy of Photofest a Spain rather different from the regime’s. the Spanish Civil War and the London Spanish Film THE WAR IS OVER Festival THE WAR IS OVER Following the death of the Generalisimo in 1975, Spain [La guerre est finie] began to explore the Civil War and its legacy in earnest. Special thanks to the Embassy of Spain, Washington, DC, and Sat, Sept 5, 6:30; Sun, Sept 6, 1:00 For some filmmakers artistic freedom meant freedom to the British Film Institute for making this series possible. Director Alain Resnais follows the troubles of Diego (Yves Montand), a middle-aged AFI Member passes will be accepted at all screenings in the Cinema & the Spanish Civil War series. member of the Spanish Communist Party in exile.Written by Jorge Semprún, himself LAND AND FREEDOM the experiences of so many British men a member of the Party in France, it [Tierra y libertad] who went to fight in Spain.The result is Sat, Sept 5, 3:00; Sun, Sept 6, 4:00; Mon, Sept 7, 4:00 constitutes a powerful statement about Fri, Sept 4, 7:00; Mon, Sept 7, 7:15 a powerful, moving and realistic film. An American enlisted to the International memory, commitment and faith—and In early 1936, a young unemployed commu- (Note courtesy of British Film Institute) Brigades joins a group of peasants who’ll managed to intensely irritate the Spanish nist leaves his hometown of Liverpool to DIR ; SCR ; PROD help him to blow up a bridge.With them government, which asked—unsuccessful- join the fight against fascism with the Rebecca O’Brien. UK/Spain/Germany/ there’s beautiful Maria ( in ly—for the film to be withdrawn from in Spain.With char- Italy, 1995, color, 109 min. In English, her first color movie) with whom he will Cannes in 1966. (Note courtesy of British acteristic commitment, director Ken Loach Spanish and Catalan with English fall in love. A romantic look at the war, the Film Institute) DIR Alain Resnais; SCR tells a story of one individual who reflects subtitles. NOT RATED film was adapted from Ernest Hemingway’s Jorge Semprún; PROD Anatole Dauman, book by Dudley Nichols, but the screen- Gisèle Rebillon, Catherine Winter. play was substantially depoliticized. Nine France/Sweden, 1966, b&w, 121 min. In Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. French and Spanish with English subtitles. (Note courtesy of British Film Institute) NOT RATED DEMONS IN THE GARDEN [Demonios en el jardín] Sun, Sept 6, 7:15; Tues, Sept 8, 7:00 Secret loves, jealousies and betrayals con- verge against a backdrop of post-war Spain with a child—the age of writer-director Manuel Aragón himself at the time the film is set—providing testimony. Blessed with outstanding performances by two of the finest Spanish actresses,Aragón portrays the hypocrisy, severity and miseries of a family that has achieved economic success in the black market and supports Franco’s dictatorship. (Note courtesy of British Film Institute) DIR/SCR Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón; SCR/PROD Luis Megino. Spain, 1982, color, 97 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. RATED R

BICYCLES ARE FOR THE SUMMER [Las bicicletas son para el verano] Fri, Sept 11, 7:00; Sun, Sept 13, 1:00 © ; photo courtesy of Photofest © ; photo courtesy ofOne Photofest of the best portraits of day-to-day LAND AND FREEDOM FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS civilian life during the war. Rather than

10 n TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at AFI.COM/SILVER CINEMA & THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR focusing on the conflict, the film—based on (1939-1953), this film montages archival a play by the great actor, director and writer images to the rhythms of popular music of Fernando Fernán Gómez—follows the ups the time, featuring such emblematic figures and downs of a middle-class family and its of popular culture as singer Estrellita neighbors during the war years; how they Castro and bullfighter Manolete, along with survive and adapt to circumstances and— scenes of hunger and Falangist meetings, with political alignment barely registering— and forms a subtle mosaic of postwar their wish for it all to end and peace to Spain. (Note courtesy of British Film arrive. (Note courtesy of British Film Institute) DIR/SCR Basilio Martín Patino. Institute) DIR Jaime Chávarri; SCR Spain, 1976, color and b&w, 115 min. In Fernando Fernán Gómez, Enrique Paradas, Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED Salvador Maldonado, Rafael Sepúlveda. Spain, 1984, color, 103 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED THE HEIFER [La Vaquilla] Fri, Sept 18, 9:45; Sat, Sept 19, 3:00 [Fünf Patronenhülsen] After a long period of trench conflict, a Sat, Sept 12, 5:00; Sun, Sept 13, 3:15 routine atmosphere grows among Republican Five brigadiers have to deliver an important soldiers. Monotony is broken when message, torn into five pieces and hidden in Nationalists announce that they’re going to empty bullet shells. In constant fear of the celebrate the Virgin's Day with a bullfight. enemy and dehydrated, the men start an Written by director Luis Garcia Berlanga’s odyssey across the Spanish Sierras.With regular collaborator, specialist Photo courtesy of The Kobal Collection powerful music by Joachim Werzlau, this Rafael Azcona, the film looks, with good ¡AY, CARMELA! film was shot in Bulgaria. (Note courtesy humor and conciliatory optimism, at the ; SCR Rafael Azcona, José alongside other international brigades in of British Film Institute) DIR ; sometimes absurd relationship between both Sanchís Sinisterra; PROD Andrés Vicente the Spanish Civil War. Narrated by radio SCR Walter Gorrisch. , sides, with soldiers recruited by chance, Gómez. Spain/Italy, 1990, color, 102 legend Studs Terkel, the film looks at the 1960, b&w, 87 min. In German with depending on the territory they were in and min. In Spanish, Polish, and Italian with reasons and the dreams behind their English subtitles. NOT RATED where the front was. (Note courtesy of English subtitles. RATED PG-13 decision to leave behind the safety of the British Film Institute) DIR/SCR Luis García , their experiences at the Berlanga; SCR Rafael Azcona; PROD THE GOOD FIGHT: THE ABRAHAM front and the return home when the war Alfredo Matas. Spain, 1985, color, 122 min. was coming to an inevitably tragic end. In Spanish with English subtitles. LINCOLN BRIGADE IN THE SPANISH (Note courtesy of British Film Institute) CIVIL WAR DIR/SCR/PROD Noel Buckner, Mary BUTTERFLY TONGUES Sun, Sept 20, 5:15; Tues, Sept 22, 7:00 Dore, Sam Sills. US, 1984, b&w and [La lengua de las mariposas] A moving documentary about the 3,200 color, 98 min. In English. NOT Sat, Sept 19, 1:00; Sun, Sept 20, 1:00 American men and women who fought RATED Written by José Luis Cuerda in collabora- tion with Rafael Azcona, this is the touching

Photo courtesy of Progress Films story of a child growing up in a small town FIVE CARTRIDGES in Galicia when the war starts, and the spe- Passes for Cinema & The Spanish Civil War! Do you want to see as many of the films in the Cinema & The Spanish Civil THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE cial relationship he builds with his teacher, [El espíritu de la colmena] Fernando Fernán Gómez.A poignant War series as possible? Buy a series pass! Passes are good for one admission Sat, Sept 12, 7:00; Tues, Sept 15, 7:00 description of the strength of fear and vio- to every title in the series. Available only at the AFI Silver Theatre box office. lence, and of impotence and sadness in the “...When I look around me and I see so Price: $50 General Admission / $30 AFI Members and Students much that’s missing, so much that’s face of betrayal. (Note courtesy of British destroyed and also so much sadness, some- Film Institute) DIR/SCR José Luis Cuerda; thing tells me that we’ve lost, with those SCR Rafael Azcona, Manuel Rivas; PROD things, our capacity to feel life.” Victor Monica Martinez, Myriam Mateos. Spain, AFI AND MONTGOMERY COLLEGE Erice's modern classic about a family in 1999, color, 96 min. In Spanish and Latin quiet crisis offers a subtle critique of the with English subtitles. RATED R BE A STUDENT AGAIN—AT ANY AGE! damage caused by the civil war as seen Join AFI Silver Theatre for these special educational screenings, each of which is through the eyes of a little girl, with haunt- ¡AY, CARMELA! followed by a discussion with a film professor from Montgomery College. Screenings Sat, Sept 19, 5:30; Sun, Sept 20, 3:00 ingly poetic images. (Note courtesy of are on Wednesdays and begin at 6:30. For students with valid ID, discount tickets are British Film Institute) DIR/SCR Victor Erice; Named after one of the favorite songs of only $6. Screenings are marked with an asterisk throughout this magazine. SCR Ángel Fernández Santos; SCR/PROD the Republican army, this film relates the Francisco J. Querejeta. Spain, 1973, adventures and misadventures of two TONY MANERO color, 95 min. In Spanish with English Republican artists touring Spain during the Wed, Sept 16, 6:30 Wed, Sept 30, 6:30 subtitles. NOT RATED civil war who enter rebel territory by mistake... In contrast to some of Carlos WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD w/HEROES FOR SALE SONGS FOR AFTER A WAR Saura's previous films, where the war was Wed, Oct 14, 6:30 [Canciones para después de una guerra] presented with brutality, here he looks at it Sun, Sept 13, 5:10; Mon, Sept 14, 7:00 with some humor—much aided by the THE BIG COMBO THE KILLERS A documentary about popular songs in the comic skills of the two lead actors. (Note Wed, Oct 28, 6:30 Wed, Nov 4, 6:30 first 15 years of the Franco dictatorship courtesy of British Film Institute) DIR/SCR

TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at AFI.COM/SILVER n 11 HALLOWEEN ON SCREEN October 20 - November 4 This year’s offering of Halloween season horror films includes AFI’s annual screening of NOSFERATU with live musical accompaniment by Silent Orchestra; the opening night of the Spooky Movie Film Festival with special guest horror legend Herschell Gordon Lewis; the rom-zom-com classic, SHAUN OF THE DEAD; and a mini-retrospective surveying the greatest werewolf movies of all time. Awhooooooo!

AFI Member passes will be accepted at all screenings in the Halloween on Screen series unless otherwise indicated. Opening Night film in Spooky Movie 2009: The 4th Annual redneck flavor (love that sunny bluegrass soundtrack!), this moors. Bad deci- Washington, DC International Festival is a milestone in splatter cinema. (Note courtesy of The sion! Naughton Loft Cinema) DIR/SCR Herschell Gordon Lewis; PROD wakes days later TWO THOUSAND MANIACS! David F. Friedman. US, 1964, color, 87 min. NOT RATED in a London hos- In Person: Writer/Director Herschell Gordon Lewis! pital, badly Tickets $12 General Admission / $9 AFI Members wounded in the Wed, Oct 21, 9:00 AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON “wolf” attack From the demented mind of exploitation genius Herschell Tues, Oct 20, 9:30; Wed, Oct 21, 7:00; Fri, Oct 23, 9:45; Sat, Oct that killed Gordon Lewis, this ultra low-budget 1964 film was an 24, 12:00 midnight; Tues, Oct 27, 9:30; Thurs, Oct 29, 9:30 Dunne. But instant drive-in favorite that made all Northerners wary of John Landis’s cult classic the touchstone for the he keeps vacationing in the Southern United States.This film revels modern horror-comedy hybrid, pairing the comedic seeing the ghost in the grisly fate of three unwitting Yankee couples who’ve talents of the director of ANIMAL HOUSE with the genius of his slaughtered been falsely detoured to the Southern hick town of of make-up and special effects artist Rick Baker, who won friend in his Pleasant Valley (“population: 2000”—get it?).What they an Oscar for his work here, including a werewolf transfor- increasingly don’t know is that the twisted citizens of Pleasant Valley mation that must be seen to be believed! American bizarre dreams, are vengeful ghosts of the Civil War, determined to dis- students David Naughton and Griffin Dunne, hitchhiking who advises him patch their “guests” in deviously unpleasant ways.Tacky and across Europe but stuck for the moment in the grim to kill himself tame by later standards, yet still absurdly shocking, this north of England, stop in at local pub The Slaughtered before the next movie is the pure, funny-freaky essence of exploitation cin- Lamb where the locals are less than welcoming.Warned full moon or . . . ema, complete with the obligatory Playboy Playmate in the to beware the full moon and stick to the road, they you know. cast.With its crude direction, atrocious acting and delirious disregard this advice and attempt a short cut across the DIR/SCR John © ; photo courtesy of Photofest Landis; PROD AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON George Fosley Jr. UK/US, 1981, color, 97 min. RATED R

WEREWOLF OF LONDON Sun, Oct 25, 9:30; Mon, Oct 26, 7:00 On an expedition to Tibet to find the rare marifasa lumina lupina, dashing botanist Henry Hull survives an attack by a bizarre half man/half beast, escaping with only a bite wound on his arm. Back in London with his prized plant specimen, Hull is visited by the mysterious Warner Oland, a doctor who seems to be an expert on werewolves, informing Hull that his rare plant can cure werewolf transformations, and that a werewolf seeks to destroy that which it most loves. Preposterous, thinks Hull, a man of science. Until the next full moon arrives, and he realizes what he has become.... DIR Stuart Walker; SCR John Colton, Robert Harris; PROD Stanley Bergerman. US, 1935, b&w, 75 min. NOT RATED

THE WOLFMAN Sun, Oct 25, 8:00; Mon, Oct 26, 8:45 “Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and Photo courtesy of Photofest NOSFERATU the autumn moon is bright.” After a run-in with creepy carny gypsy Bela Lugosi, nice-guy Lon Chaney Jr. and NOSFERATU, A SYMPHONY OF HORROR Lee seductive. DIR F.W. Murnau; SCR Henrik Galeen; friends are attacked in the woods by an enormous wolf. The Halloween Classic PROD Enrico Dieckmann and Albin Grau. Germany, Chaney clubs it with his cane, suffering a bite wound in the One Night Only! 1922, b&w, 81 min. NOT RATED process, but the next morning the police find no wolf, only a dead Lugosi.That night Chaney discovers his terrible Fri, Oct 30, 7:00, 9:30 Washington, DC, ensemble Silent Orchestra—keyboardist misfortune when he transforms into . . .The Wolf Man! As Casting a long and terrifying shadow over the genre, Carlos Garza and percussionist Rich O’Meara—will once the cursed Larry Talbot, the hangdog Chaney makes for German silent-film master F.W. Murnau’s uncredited again accompany NOSFERATU with their acclaimed original one of the most sympathetic of screen monsters.The appropriation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula set the standard score, by turns dreamlike, ambient, thundering and hell-bent. for all vampire flicks to come. Max Schreck’s monstrous outstanding supporting cast includes ,Warren Count Orlock is singularly frightening, repulsive and Tickets: $20 General Admission, $15 AFI Members, William, Ralph Bellamy and Maria Ouspenskaya. DIR/PROD beastly where Bela Lugosi was courtly and Christopher $5 children under 12. George Waggner; SCR Curt Siodmak. US, 1941, b&w, 70 min. NOT RATED

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animal sounds outside her cabin at night.The fur starts fly- industrialist, his wife and chauffeur. Finney’s partner Diane ing once she discovers her fellow campers’ secret, which Venora suspects terrorism, but coroner Gregory Hines will be the scoop of the century for Wallace… if she can turns up forensic evidence that they were killed by wolves. survive to tell the tale. DIR ; SCR John Sayles, But there are no wolves in . . . or are there? Terence H. Winkless, based on the novel by Gary ’s (WOODSTOCK) inventive and Brandner; PROD Jack Conrad, Michael Finnell. US, 1981, intelligent flirts with the lycanthropy hypothesis on color, 91 min. RATED R. its way to an even more bizarre revelation.The film’s wolf’s-eye-view camerawork and visual effects, plus James WOLFEN Horner’s pounding, suspenseful score pre-date the very Mon, Nov 2, 9:20; Wed, Nov 4, 9:20 similar visuals of PREDATOR (1987) and Horner’s own Burnt-out New York City cop Albert Finney investigates score for ALIENS (1986). DIR/SCR Michael Wadleigh; SCR the grisly and mysterious murder of a politically connected David Eyre, based on the novel by ; Sat, Oct 24, 10:00; Sat, Oct 31, 9:45 PROD Rupert Hitzig. US, 1981, color, 115 min. RATED R WARNING: Zombies from the Silver Spring Zombie Walk have threatened to attend the October 24 show! Back By Popular Demand! An Encore Presentation of A surprise hit in 2004 and an enduring cult item since, EVERY OTHER DAY IS HALLOWEEN Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg’s “rom-zom-com”—a roman- In Person: Director Curtis Prather and Count Gore De Vol! tic comedy, with zombies—remains one of the few suc- cessful examples of a film that achieves the tricky balance Tickets only $5! of horror and comedy. Dumped by his girlfriend, slacker Mon, Nov 2, 7:00 appliance salesman Pegg is so down in the dumps he fails This comedic documentary chronicles the career and to notice the zombie plague taking over his London neigh- legacy of Dick Dyszel, whose television alter-egos,“Count borhood until one pops up in his backyard. Fortunately, he Gore De Vol,” “Captain 20” and “Bozo the Clown” helped and his couch potato flatmate Nick Frost prove to be ace raise generations of Washingtonians in the and zombie dispatchers, when they round up their remaining 1980s (almost a half-million “Channel 20 Club Cards” loved ones to make a final stand at their local pub, the were distributed during this time). Featuring rare one-of- Winchester. DIR/SCR Edgar Wright; SCR Simon Pegg; a-kind footage and interviews with Dick Dyszel, critic PROD Nira Park. UK/France, 2004, color, 99 min. RATED Arch Campbell, writer , filmmaker Jeff Krulik, R. “scream-queens” Eleanor Herman and Leanna Chamish, as well as a new generation of television “horror hosts” THE HOWLING including John Dimes (“Dr. Sarcofiguy”) and Jerry Moore II Sat, Oct 31, 12:00 midnight; Sun, Nov 1, 9:30; Tues, Nov 3, 8:45 (“Karlos Borloff”), this doc’s universal appeal goes After a harrowing experience covering a serial killer story, beyond the Beltway to show how art can sometimes TV newswoman Dee Wallace visits a woodland retreat/ come back to re-influence itself, and how the best days therapy center called “The Colony” at the suggestion of will always be ahead. DIR C.W. Prather; PROD C.W. Prather, Dick Dyszel. US, 2009, color, 90 min. NOT psychiatrist Patrick Macnee. But the oddball, touchy-feely Photo courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer therapy sessions discomfort Wallace, as do the fierce THE HOWLING RATED SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT

“Like a bolt out of the blue, Korean American filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung achieves an astonishing and thoroughly masterful debut with LIBERATION DAY, which is—by several light years—the finest and truest film yet on the moral and emotional repercussions of the 15-year-old genocide that wracked Rwanda…. This is, flat-out, the discovery of this year’s Un Certain Regard batch.” —Robert Koehler, Variety

MUNYURANGABO aka LIBERATION DAY Fri, Sept 18, 7:00; Sat, Sept 19, 7:45, 10:30; Sun, Sept 20, 7:20, 9:20; Mon, Sept 21, 7:00, 9:10; Tues, Sept 22, 9:10 In Person: Writer/Director Lee Isaac Chung and Writer Sam Anderson at the Friday and Saturday screenings!

Two young men, Ngabo (short for the ancient Rwandan warrior Munyurangabo) and Sangwa, struggle to Photo courtesy of Film Movement make their living as market porters in the Rwandan capital of Kigali. Setting out on the road together, they MUNYURANGABO stop at Sangwa’s home village for an uneasy reunion with Sangwa’s parents. Ominously, Ngabo is secretly carrying a machete he stole in the Kigali market.When the truth of the young men’s journey comes to light, the legacy of Rwanda’s civil war and the still-simmering tensions between Hutu and Tutsi are brought to the fore. Beautifully crafted by first-time director Lee Isaac Chung, the film benefits tremendously from the authoritative and naturalistic performances of Jeff Rutagengwa and Ndorunkundiye in the two leads, and, in a bravura cameo, Rwanda’s real-life poet laureate, Edouard B. Uwayo. DIR/SCR/PROD Lee Isaac Chung; SCR Samuel Gray Anderson. Rwanda/US, 2007, color, 97 min. In Kinyarwanda with English subtitles. NOT RATED

TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at AFI.COM/SILVER n 13 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS New 35mm Print! 40th Anniversary! EASY RIDER Fri, Sept 4, 9:20; Sat, Sept 5, 9:00; Sun, Sept 6, 9:20; Mon, Sept 7, 9:30; Tues, Sept 8, 9:10; Wed, Sept 9, 7:00, 9:10; Thurs, Sept 10, 7:00, 9:10 In an epic journey from Los Angeles to New Orleans, motorcycling drug dealers Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper head out on the highway, riding their choppers through the psychedelic 1960s, lookin’ for adventure and whatever comes their way. Beginning with its sensational premiere at Cannes in May 1969, where Hopper was named Best Director, EASY RIDER rode a wave of right place, right time, zeitgeisty energy and countercultural attitude to change the way Hollywood did business and launched the careers of many who would come to define the . Jack Nicholson, until then toiling away on productions and wondering if his future might be better served behind the camera, won critical praise and an Oscar nomination for his turn as football-helmeted Southern lawyer George Hanson. Laszlo Kovac’s adventurous cinematography and the Byrds/Steppenwolf/Jimi Hendrix- heavy soundtrack provided the atmosphere and set the tone, for both the film and an era. DIR/SCR Dennis Hopper; SCR/PRD Peter Fonda; SCR Terry Southern. US, 1969, color and b&w, 95 min. RATED R

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ALIEN Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Fri, Sept 11, 9:20; Sat, Sept 12, 9:20; Sun, Sept 13, 7:30, 9:45; Mon, Sept 14, 9:20; EASY RIDER Tues, Sept 15, 9:20; Wed, Sept 16, 6:30* (see page 11), 9:30; Thurs, Sept 17, 9:30 nearby planet. Deciding to investigate, they discover an abandoned space ship containing a life form that In space no one can hear you scream. The film that launched a franchise seems innocuous enough… that is until one very messy dinner., John Hurt, Ian Holm, as well as the careers of director and then virtually Harry Dean Stanton and Yaphet Kotto make up the all-star cast. DIR Ridley Scott; SCR Dan O’Bannon, unknown Sigourney Weaver.The members of commercial cargo ship The Ronald Shusett; PROD Gordon Carroll, , Walter Hill. UK/US, 1979, color, 117 min. Nostromo are awakened from hyper sleep by a distress signal from a RATED R

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SECOND SKIN Tues, Oct 20, 7:00 This documentary takes an intimate, disturbing look at computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by the emerging genre of computer games called Massively Multiplayer Online games (MMOs).World of Warcraft, Second Life and Everquest allow millions of users to simultaneously interact in virtual spaces.This film introduces the real people who populate these online virtual worlds. Couples who have fallen in love without meeting, disabled players whose lives have been given new purpose, those struggling with addiction, Chinese gold-farming sweatshop workers, wealthy online entrepreneurs and legendary guild leaders—all living in a world that doesn’t quite exist. (Note courtesy 2009 SXSW Film Festival) DIR Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza; SCR/PROD Victor Pineiro-Escoriaza; PROD Peter Schieffelin Brauer. US, 2009, color, 95 min. NOT RATED

“Wildly entertaining! Manages to be informative and worthy of contemplation of where our society (or a portion of it) is headed.” —Ain’t It Cool News

Photo courtesy of Zeitgeist Films “The human dramas of individual gamers are ACT OF GOD what really make this technically polished docu so ACT OF GOD Sat, Oct 10, 4:00; Sun, Oct 11, 7:20; Mon, Oct 12, 7:20 fascinating and potentially commercial.” Is being hit by lightning a random natural occurrence or a predestined event? Accidents, chance, fate and the —Joe Leydon, Variety elusive quest to make sense out of tragedy underpin director Jennifer Baichwal’s (MANUFACTURED LAND- SCAPES) captivating new work, an elegant cinematic meditation on the metaphysical effects of being struck by “Might just be the most accurate and entertaining lightning.To explore these profound questions, Baichwal sought out riveting personal stories from around the world—from a former CIA assassin and a French storm chaser to writer Paul Auster and improvisational glimpse of the economy and psychology of musician Fred Frith. Opening Night Selection, 2009 Hot Docs; Official Selection, 2009 SILVERDOCS and technology since TRON.” Karlovy Vary Film Festivals. DIR/SCR Jennifer Baichwal; PROD ; Nick de Pencier. Canada, 2009, color, 76 min. NOT RATED —Darcie Stevens, The Austin Chronicle