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What We Do in the Shadows slasher film, long out of circulation in the U.S., finds a The Pack detective assigned to the case of tracking down a scuba- Robert Clouse, USA, 1977, 35mm, 95m masked psycho lurking beneath Amsterdam’s canals. In this vintage title from the When Animals Attack November 6, 6:30pm pantheon, dogs abandoned by summer vacationers form a ravenous pack of man-eaters that terrorizes the island Backcountry community’s few permanent residents in search of a Adam MacDonald, Canada, 2014, DCP, 91m square meal. In this tightly constructed, gory, and gut-wrenching November 1, 2:00pm survival story, a young couple’s romantic camping trip in a National Park goes from bad to much worse when A Reflection of Fear on top of getting hopelessly lost they realize they are William A. Fraker, USA, 1973, 35mm, 89m not alone—and whatever’s out there is hungry. A severely troubled 16-year-old (Sondra Locke) lives with November 3, 8:45pm her overbearing mother in a sprawling desolate estate, whose all-female household is thrown seriously off kilter Cub when the girl’s absentee father shows up. Things are not Jonas Govaerts, Belgium, 2014, DCP, 85m what they seem, and people soon start turning up dead in In Jonas Govaerts’s riveting, smart, and skillfully directed this genuinely unsettling Gothic psycho-thriller. feature debut, a troop of preteen Cub Scouts and two November 2, 4:00pm capable twentysomething Scout Leaders (plus their cute female cook) head into the woods for a summer camping Spring trip. Will any of them be coming back? Justin Benson & Aaron Moorehead, USA, 2014, DCP, October 31, 6:00pm 109m November 5, 9:30pm Visiting an idyllic Italian coastal village, Evan (Lou Taylor Pucci) falls for the charming and elusive Louise (Nadiar Dark Was the Night Hiker)—but little does he know that she’s hiding a ter- Jack Heller, USA, 2014, DCP, 94m rifying secret. What comes next defies standard genre The quiet lives of a sheriff (The Strain’s Kevin Durand) categories and, in the name of love, brings Evan face to and his deputy (Lukas Haas) are put to the test when an face with monstrous primordial forces rooted in a realm ancient creature begins preying on the local livestock that’s nothing short of mythic. and the small logging town’s human residents in this November 2, 6:00pm october 31 – november 6 wholly entertaining old-school monster movie. November 1, 6:00pm (Q&A with Jack Heller and actor Starry Eyes Kevin Durand) Kevin Kölsch & Dennis Widmyer, USA, DCP, 2014, 98m Fear not—the 8th edition of the popular fright fest returns! The series kicks off with a vampire-themed A modern masterwork of body horror, the biting and grue- costume party on Halloween and features highly anticipated new works from around the globe, first- The Harvest some Starry Eyes features a fearless lead performance rate creature features, retrospective screenings, in-person appearances, and much more. So, don’t John McNaughton, USA, 2013, DCP, 104m by Alex Essoe as a striving young actress who goes to miss out... unless of course you’re afraid. Samantha Morton is the stuff of great screen villainy as extreme lengths in the name of success. the mother of a deathly ill, bed-ridden boy, whose new November 2, 8:30pm (Q&A with Kevin Kölsch & neighbor persistently tries to befriend him and uncov- Dennis Widmyer) See it all and SAVE with an All Access Pass for just $99! ers some seriously sinister goings-on in the process. November 5, 7:00pm (Q&A with John McNaughton, Starry Eyes actor Michael Shannon, producer Steven A. Jones, and writer Stephen Lancellotti) Opening Night its way to cult status, is best appreciated by those with What We Do in the Shadows a cast-iron stomach. Late Phases Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi, New Zealand, 2014, November 6, 9:00pm (followed by a reception with Viva Adrián García Bogliano, USA, DCP, 2014, 95m DCP, 86m Radio) Soon after a hard-ass blind Vietnam vet (Nick Damici) In this hilarious and ultra-quotable horror-comedy, four moves to a retirement home, he experiences a strange endearingly unhip vampire roommates squabble over Among the Living animal attack—and it turns out these attacks are a household chores, go to clubs, struggle to keep up with Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury, , 2014, DCP, monthly occurrence, synchronized to the full moon... the latest technology and fashion trends, and antagonize 90m November 1, 9:00pm (Q&A with actor Nick Damici) the local werewolves whenever their paths cross. Oh, and The final installment in dynamic French shock duo they suck people’s blood, too... Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury’s trilogy of American- Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s October 31, 8:00pm (followed by Halloween party) influenced horror flicks sees three 14-year-old boys get Island of Dr. Moreau When Animals Dream more than they bargained for after accidentally uncover- David Gregory, UK/USA, 2014, DCP, 98m Jonas Alexander Arnby, Denmark, 2014, DCP, 84m Closing Night ing the hideout of a unhinged family at an abandoned This doc tells the outrageous story of the dysfunctional Both a melancholy coming-of-age film and a tragedy- Angst movie backlot. production of the 1996 horror-movie remake of The Island tinged tale of young love, When Animals Dream, featuring Gerald Kargl, , 1983, 35mm, 83m November 4, 9:00pm of Dr. Moreau originally to be directed by one visionary, a teenage girl who learns she is gradually transforming A deeply disturbing yet spellbinding story of a psycho- decidedly weird, and in-over-his-head South African film- into a monster, recalls Let the Right One In with its raw path, played by Erwin Leder with brilliant creepiness, Amsterdamned maker, Richard Stanley, who talks about the film’s many and moody feel, and its structure, built on slow charac- just released from prison who immediately falls back to Dick Maas, The , 1988, digital projection, 109m failures—an epic cinematic travesty for the ages—with ter development and then topped off with a merciless his murderous ways when he happens upon a house in Featuring top-notch murder scenes and extravagant admirable composure. unleashing of carnage and revenge. the woods. This rare screening of a film that’s well on action, this delicious blend of and November 3, 6:30pm November 4, 7:00pm seriesfestivals & series 2 3 scary movies 8 in the 1950s to venality and vice. November 14, 6:30pm November 17, 9:00pm Fassbinder The Marriage of Maria Braun West , 1979, 35mm, 120m Romantic Anarchist (Part 2) One of Fassbinder’s most praised films, the saga of a poor soldier’s wife who uses her wiles and savvy to rise in business brought him the acclaim and popularity he always sought. (left) The Marriage of Maria Braun (above) November 8, 8:50pm November 13, 6:30pm This bleak exposé of socioeconomic sadomasochism stars Fassbinder himself as a carnival entertainer who Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven becomes a prime target for predatory suitors after he , 1975, 35mm, 113m wins the lottery. The widow of a factory worker who inexplicably killed November 7, 4:00pm & 9:00pm his boss’s son and himself is exploited by friends, family, November 9, 3:30pm and strangers alike in Fassbinder’s jet-black satire. November 8, 4:00pm November 14, 4:00pm Alf Brustellin, Hans Peter Cloos, Rainer Werner Fass- binder, , Maximiliane Mainka, Beate The Niklashausen Journey Mainka-Jellinghaus, , Katja Rupé, Volker West Germany, 1970, 35mm, 86m

T Schlöndorff, Peter Schubert & Bernhard Sinkel, West A shepherd turns to preaching when he is visited by the rio/ A lbatros/W DR / T he Kobal C ollection Germany, 1978, 35mm, 123m Mother of God, but while his support increases, he is One of 11 directors on this omnibus essay film, filled with a dissatisfaction that can be absolved only by Fassbinder contributes a scathingly personal short, embracing his own self-destruction. made in response to the kidnapping and murder of a November 24, 4:30pm powerful German magnate (precipitating a series of November 25, 6:30pm events known as ). November 25, 8:30pm West Germany/France, 1982, 35mm, 108m I Only Want You to Love Me Fassbinder’s swan song tells the lurid, semi-surrealist november 7–26 West Germany, 1975, HDCAM, 105m story of a Belgian sailor and his involvement with his Fassbinder’s rarely seen TV production about a couple brother and the proprietors of a brothel. made nearly 40 feature-length films in just 13 years and left behind one of sucked into an endless cycle of purchases on credit and November 23, 1:00pm overtime is an indictment of capitalism that feels timely the most cohesive and provocative bodies of work in the history of cinema. Part two of our retrospec- November 26, 8:30pm almost 40 years later. tive continues, highlighting Fassbinder’s work from 1974–1982, and features all of his theatrical movies November 10, 4:15pm & 8:30pm Rio das Mortes and many of his television films, along with several works connected with his eternally relevant artistry. West Germany, 1971, 16mm, 84m In this early film made for television, Fassbinder presents West Germany, 1978, 35mm, 124m the follies of a pair of -dwelling deadbeats who See it all and SAVE with an All Access Pass for just $99! , a Fassbinder mainstay, gives the per- improbably gain possession of a Peruvian treasure map. formance of a lifetime as Elvira, a transsexual searching November 10, 2:15pm & 6:30pm for love and finding only rejection in what is perhaps the SPECIAL THANKS: Museum of ; Gaumont; National Film & Sound Archive, Australia; Eisbach Studios; Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation; Ziegler Film; Cineteca di Bologna director’s most compassionate work. Satan’s Brew November 7, 6:30pm West Germany, 1976, 35mm, 112m November 14, 9:00pm An avant-garde poet with writer’s block and a nagging Chinese Roulette losing his grip on reality. wife must take drastic measures to make ends meet in West Germany/France, 1976, 35mm, 96m November 9, 6:00pm Lili Marleen Fassbinder’s Theatre of Cruelty–inflected attack on the Forever experimenting with form and tone, Fassbinder November 14, 1:30pm West Germany, 1981, 35mm, 120m 1970s German art scene. ventures into Edward-Albee-meets-Gothic-thriller terri- An unabashed tearjerker in the Hollywood vein about November 7, 1:30pm tory with this tale of a wealthy couple and their respec- Fear of Fear the star-crossed love affair between a German cabaret November 8, 6:30pm tive lovers forced to play a cruel party game by their West Germany, 1975, 35mm, 88m singer (Hanna Schygulla) and a Swiss-Jewish songwriter paralyzed daughter. Fassbinder revisits Sirkian territory with this melodrama (Giancarlo Giannini). Despair November 8, 2:00pm about a bourgeois housewife stricken with anxiety, November 15, 4:20pm November 13, 2:30pm whose breakdown is unfathomable to her family and the November 18, 8:30pm clueless doctors she consults. Despair November 13, 4:30pm & 9:00pm Lola West Germany/France, 1978, DCP, 119m November 16, 6:00pm West Germany, 1981, 35mm, 113m Adapted by from Nabokov’s novel, Fassbinder’s homage to The Blue Angel, a tale of a Fassbinder’s first English-language feature is a riveting Fox and His Friends singer-whore corrupting an honest commissioner, attri- portrait of a Russian émigré in 1930s Germany gradually West Germany, 1974, 35mm, 123m butes the “Economic Miracle” of Germany’s renaissance

All films directed by fassbinder unless otherwise noted. festivals & series 4 5 fassbinder: romantic anarchist (part 2) The Stationmaster’s Wife The Third Generation Telluride Mountainfilm returns to the Film Society for its fifth year with a weekend of West Germany, 1977, 35mm, 112m West Germany, 1979, 35mm, 110m documentaries about adventure, environment, and culture. But mainly adventure. With echoes of Madame Bovary, Fassbinder’s account A razor-sharp and politically astute take on terrorism as SPECIAL THANKS: Ronnie Planalp of a Bavarian railway stationmaster and his unfaithful, bourgeois diversion, and on how the newest (“Third”) manipulative wife allegorizes the breakdown of order generation of radicals has no particular ideology, mak- that ushered in the Third Reich. ing them easy prey for exploitation by the state. November 15, 6:50pm November 24, 8:30pm November 16, 3:30pm November 25, 4:15pm November 19, 3:30pm Theater in Trance West Germany, 1982, 35mm, 104m West Germany, 1981, digital projection, 91m Fassbinder’s take on Sunset Boulevard concerns a mountainfilm 2014 Fassbinder’s only documentary was shot at Cologne’s once-celebrated film star, now addicted to morphine “Theatres of the World” festival, with commentary by the and kept in thrall to a malicious physician. november 21–23 director supplementing images of the performances. November 15, 9:15pm November 24, 6:30pm November 18, 6:15pm Emptying the Skies Crossing Boundaries Shorts Douglas & Roger Kass, USA, 2014, HDCAM, 78m Whether a boundary is real or imagined, crossing over is Just as The Cove exposed the tragic slaughtering of the usually left to mavericks, visionaries, and the brave. The dolphins of Taiji, Emptying the Skies considers the plight subjects of these three documentaries all cross different fassbinder and his friends of European migratory songbirds with a similar purpose. kinds of boundaries. In 14.c, a young black athlete excels in Free and open to the public! Screening with a sport that normally has little diversity: climbing. Duke and Rainer Werner Fassbinder – Last Works Fear of Flying the Buffalo documents a rancher who has made an alliance Wolf Gremm, West Germany, 1982, digital Conor Finnegan, Ireland, 2012, digital projection, 9m with a large conservation group. And in Mending the Line, projection, 60m November 22, 6:00pm (Roger Kass in person) Frank Moore fulfills his dream of returning to France to fly- This short and exceedingly rare made-for-TV docu- fish 60 years after landing on the beaches of Normandy. mentary follows Fassbinder at the end of his career, The Grand Rescue November 23, 3:30pm (14.c subjects Kai & Connie capturing him both as director (at work on his final film, Querelle) and as actor (in Gremm’s Kamikaze ’89). William A. Kerig, Meredith Lavitt & Jenny Wilson, Lightner + Duke and the Buffalo’s director Alfredo November 16, 3:15pm (Q&A with Wolf Gremm) USA, 2013, HDCAM, 53m Alcantara in person) November 23, 3:15pm The Grand Rescue tells the legendary story of the 1967 three-day rescue of an injured climber by a group of Risk & Reward Shorts Shadow of Angels national park rangers in the Grand Tetons. All great adventures potentially have an equally great Daniel Schmid, Switzerland/West Germany, 1976, Screening with price. For those who make adventure sports a career, 35mm, 105m Sufferfest 2: Desert Alpine the rewards can be great as well. Living on the line Daniel Schmid’s adaptation of Fassbinder’s play about a Shadow of Angels Cedar Wright, USA, 2014, digital projection, 27m between risk and reward, this group of exciting short downtrodden streetwalker in love with her lazy, abusive

pimp (played by RWF himself) is a grim but undeniably November 22, 8:30pm (Meredith Lavitt in person) films—El Sendero Luminoso, Wedge, 64 mph, Off-Width Baal haunting summation of the writer’s worldview. Outlaw, The Balloon Highline, Likebomb Skiing, and Volker Schlöndorff, West Germany, 1970, DCP, 85m November 16, 8:00pm Queens & Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo SuperMom—culminates with the featurette Walled In. Featuring Fassbinder as the title character, a dropout November 18, 4:00pm Matt Livadary, USA, 2014, DCP, 93m November 21, 8:30pm (Off-Width Outlaw subject who accosts and defiles those who cross his path, This film follows a year in the lives of a number of extraor- Pamela Shanti Pack + Likebomb Skiing director this Bertolt Brecht adaptation co-stars Margaretha von The Wizard of Babylon dinary cowboys and cowgirls as they follow their dreams. Erik Henriksson in person) Trotta and showcases three of the era’s most provocative Dieter Schidor, West Germany, 1982, digital November 21, 6:00pm (Matt Livadary and producer talents. New York Premiere projection, 83m Erin Krozek in person) Water Shorts November 9, 1:30pm & 8:30pm A privileged glimpse into the visionary vortex that was Fassbinder, featuring interviews with the stars of his final They say whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting, but The Damned film,Querelle , and footage of the director shot just hours Valley Uprising we would respectfully add that water is also for playing. Luchino Visconti, /West Germany, 1969, DCP, 156m before his death. Peter Mortimer & Nick Rosen, USA, 2014, digital projec- Who Owns Water highlights the conflicts that can arise Kinky and perverse, Luchino Visconti’s epic chronicle November 21, 3:30pm tion, 95m when water becomes scarce, but all three films in this of the downfall of a wealthy family in pre-WWII November 26, 6:30pm Narrated by Peter Sarsgaard, Valley Uprising tells the story program are broadly about finding joy in and above Germany was one of Fassbinder’s favorite films, of the bold men and women who broke with convention water. Includes Begin Again and The Fortune Wild. and a clear inspiration on his later work. November 15, 1:15pm and redefined the limits of human possibility in America’s November 23, 5:45pm (Who Owns the Water direc- November 20, 3:00pm legendary national park. tors David Hanson, Michael Hanson & Andrew Kornylak November 23, 8:00pm in person) Kamikaze ’89 Wolf Gremm, West Germany, 1982, 35mm, 102m 64 mph The final film to star Fassbinder filters dystopian parables like Blade Runner through the West punk scene, resulting in a uniquely chilling vision of the near future. November 16, 1:00pm (Intro by Wolf Gremm) November 17, 6:15pm (Q&A with Wolf Gremm)

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Cat People , USA, 1982, 35mm, 118m , USA, 1982, 35mm, 107m In this audacious reimagining of Jacques Tourneur’s Francis Ford Coppola’s shimmering, Vegas-set noc- supernatural horror classic, Kinski perfected her abil- turnal reverie—his doomed follow-up to Apocalypse ity to balance timid innocence with raw sexuality. With Now—cries out for rediscovery. With Kinski as a Malcom McDowell, , and Annette O’Toole. beguiling circus tightrope walker and a cast including November 27, 8:45pm Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia, and Harry Dean December 3, 9:30pm Stanton. November 27, 6:30pm T he Kobal C ollection/ R Exposed December 3, 4:30pm James Toback, USA, 1983, 35mm, 100m Nastassja Kinski plays the part of a Midwestern English Paris, Texas student turned New York supermodel in James Toback’s , West Germany/France/UK/USA, 1984, zigzagging urban odyssey. 35mm, 147m

oad/ A rgos/ C hannel 4 November 28, 8:30pm (Q&A with James Toback) This emotionally overwhelming, Palme d’Or–winning American odyssey includes what might be Kinski’s finest Faraway, So Close! performance, a condensed showcase of all her skill and Wim Wenders, Germany, 1993, 35mm, 144m restraint. With Harry Dean Stanton and Dean Stockwell. This underrated sequel to Wings of Desire, set in a November 28, 5:30pm tenuously unified Berlin, gave Kinski one of her finest November 30, 7:30pm (Q&A with Nastassja Kinski) mid-career roles, a sympathetic, trench coat–clad angel. Tess November 29, 8:30pm , France/UK, 1979, DCP, 186m In her breakthrough performance, Kinski gave the hero- The Hotel New Hampshire ine of Roman Polanski’s beautifully shot Thomas Hardy Tony Richardson, UK/Canada/USA, 1984, 35mm, 109m adaptation a forceful, smoldering presence and a tragic Tony Richardson’s adaptation of ’s epic, plot- breadth of spirit. stuffed tragicomic novel moves from the funny to the hor- November 27, 3:00pm rifying at the drop of a hat. With Kinski as a young woman November 29, 4:00pm (Q&A with Nastassja Kinski) who spends most of the film in a full-body bear suit. Also starring and . Cat People November 29, 1:30pm

Maria’s Lovers N astassja Kinski Andrei Konchalovsky, USA, 1984, 35mm, 109m As a Yugoslav immigrant in 1940s Pennsylvania, Kinski is from the Heart the undeniable center of fascination, bickered over by the movie’s male characters but keeping the rest of the film at

a restless remove. With and Robert Mitchum. U niversal / T he Kobal C olection/James Zenk november 27 – december 3 November 28, 3:00pm

The Moon in the Gutter Nastassja Kinski was not yet 15 when she began her remarkable acting career, bouncing back and Jean-Jacques Beineix, France/Italy, 1983, 35mm, 137m forth between Europe and the U.S. and working with some of the world’s premier filmmakers. With this hyper-stylized, noir-infused psychodrama, In Francis Ford Coppola’s One for the Heart, Wim Wenders’s Paris, Texas, and Roman Polanski’s Tess, co-starring Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Jacques Beineix among other films, Kinski mastered the art of being at once physically present yet mysteriously gave Kinski possibly her most memorable screen en- withdrawn. Today she remains one of the most elusive and fascinating figures in modern cinema. trance as a wealthy, mysterious femme fatale perched behind the wheel of a bright-red Ferrari Spider. SPECIAL THANKS: UCLA Film & Television Archive; Harvard Film Archive; Nastassja Kinski; Josef Csongei; and James Toback December 3, 6:45pm

festivals & series 8 9 Nastassja Kinski: from the heart Winter Journey Special Program: Creative Freedom Through Cinema Making Waves continues its special program about Winter Journey the relationship between art and politics in Eastern Sergei Taramajev & Liubov Lvova, , 2013, 95m Europe, and the importance of art in addressing con- The tempestuous attraction between a talented opera troversial topics and forging a dialogue around chal- student and an aggressive provincial bully is charted in lenging issues. This year’s focus is on LGBT rights. this provocative film whose release was restricted by Russian officials. Children 404 December 6, 1:30pm Pavel Loparev & Askold Kurov, Russia, 2014, digital projection, 76m Creative Freedom Through Cinema Panel (FREE) Forty-five Russian teens share their stories through The topic of LGBT rights and how the arts help in anonymous interviews and video diaries in the wake of addressing them will be at the core of this conversation Putin’s 2013 law forbidding “propaganda of nontradi- between artists and activists from Romania, Russia, and tional sexual relations with minors.” the U.S. December 6, 3:30pm December 6, 5:00pm

FREE SPECIAL EVENT: New Romanian Shorts FREE SPECIAL EVENT: Hedda Sterne Rediscovered Inspired by the biggest hit of Romanian pop singer Visual artist Hedda Sterne created a body of work Angela Similea, the inventive musical Dying from a known for its stubborn independence from styles and Wound of Love leads this eclectic bunch of seven shorts trends. After fleeing to the U.S. from , the work that also includes the Fassbinder-eque The Walk. she left behind, closely guarded by her friend and fellow December 6, 7:00pm (Q&A with Horsepower direc- artist Medi Wechsler Dinu for over 50 years, has been tor Daniel Sandu) recently rediscovered by the director of making waves: December 7, 6:30pm (Q&A with Horsepower director Museum, who will be in person to share for the first time Daniel Sandu) Sterne’s early output and Wechsler Dinu’s testimonies. new romanian cinema December 7, 5:00pm december 4 – 8

The vibe of the ninth edition of Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema is perhaps best captured by Faulkner’s famous words “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” Twenty-five years have passed since the fall of Communism, but for most of the films in this series, the past is still unfin- ished business. Co-presented with the Romanian Film Initiative.

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Opening Night I’m an Old Communist Hag Quod Erat Demonstrandum The Second Game The Japanese Dog Stere Gulea, Romania, 2013, DCP, 94m Andrei Gruzsniczki, Romania, 2013, DCP, 107m Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania, 2013, DCP, 97m Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, Romania, 2013, DCP, 90m A bittersweet drama about the generation gap that con- A brilliant mathematician, his best friend’s wife, and the Director Corneliu Porumboiu watches a 25-year-old his- This understated first feature about family reconciliation trasts Romanian national identity before and after the ’89 secret police agent who’s tracking them both are drawn toric soccer match with his father, who was the referee, has a touch of Ozu and is Romania’s entry in the upcom- Revolution. New York Premiere together in this tense story of paranoia and betrayal shot in this look at the ways in which we relate to our troubled ing foreign-language Oscar race. (New Directors/New December 5, 6:00pm (Q&A with Stere Gulea and in black and white. (New Directors/New FIlms 2014) national past. (Art of the Real 2014) FIlms 2014) actress Ana Alaru) December 5, 8:30pm (Q&A with actor Florin December 7, 3:30pm December 4, 7:00pm (Q&A with Tudor Cristian Jurgiu) December 7, 1:00pm (Q&A with Stere Gulea and Piersic Jr. and producer Velvet Moraru) December 5, 4:00pm (Intro by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu) actress Ana Alaru) Where Are You Bucharest? Roxanne Vlad Petri, Romania, 2014, DCP, 80m Closing Night The Journey Valentin Hotea, Romania/, 2013, DCP, 98m This frantic and mordantly funny documentary chronicles Viktoria Stere Gulea, Romania, 2013, DCP, 94m A decent but immature guy in his late thirties finds out from the street protests that took over Bucharest 23 years Maya Vitkova, Bulgaria/Romania, 2014, DCP, 155m This remarkable adaptation of Marin Preda’s novel cov- his secret police file that he might have fathered a son, but after the Revolution. North American Premiere A Romanian/Bulgarian co-production, Viktoria is a truly ers the years leading up to World War II in a Danubian this proves to be just the first blast from a complicated past… December 6, 7:30pm (Q&A with Vlad Petri) innovative epic infused with strikingly surreal images that Plain village and features a monumental lead perfor- December 6, 5:15pm December 8, 4:30pm (Q&A with Vlad Petri) offers a unique perspective on the Communist chimera. mance by Victor Rebengiuc. December 7, 5:30pm December 8, 7:00pm December 7, 7:45pm (Intro by Stere Gulea) festivals & series 10 11 making waves: new romanian cinema Dying Beyond Their Means

The Last Laugh 20 Centimeters / 20 centímetros Caution to the Wind / Con el culo al aire Ramón Salazar, , 2005, 35mm, 112m Carles Mira, Spain, 1980, 35mm, 94m An Alternate History Somewhere in between queer comedy, musical, and a Carles Mira took his iconoclastic passion for festivity to grotesque portrait of the darker side of Spanish society, the extreme in Caution to the Wind, an irreverent flash- 20 Centimeters is a distorted and unfettered depiction back view of Spain’s past focused on an insane asylum of a still-chauvinistic country where fears, beliefs, and through which all types of characters parade. of spanish comedy prejudices endure. Screening with December 18, 4:15pm Meeting with Sarah Jessica Vicente Villanueva, Spain, 2013, DCP, 20m december 12–18 Amanece, que no es poco December 14, 1:00pm José Luis Cuerda, Spain, 1989, 35mm, 106m Get ready to laugh! This is not, however, a showcase of Spanish comedies, strictly speaking. Rather, Amanece, que no es poco might seem to be an incoher- The Certificate / El certificado this series focuses on the tradition of grotesque humor present in myriad forms throughout the his- ent jumble of sequences, but in fact it is one of the high Vicente Lluch, Spain, 1969, DCP, 100m points of Spanish comedy, combining Buñuel’s surreal- In The Certificate, Vicente Lluch draws on the Medi- tory of Spanish cinema. All of the films and filmmakers featured in the lineup are concerned with ist derisiveness and Goya’s darkest, most biting humor. terranean farce in order to hurl scathing criticism at the Spain’s social and political conditions. The Last Laugh is not merely a historical journey, it’s also a December 12, 6:15pm (Q&A with José Luis Cuerda) ethically reproachable and socially ridiculous Barcelona provocative investigation into the essence of Spanish national identity—spotlighting some very dark bourgeoisie. Astronauts / Astronautas December 17, 8:30pm humor while also illustrating a host of strategies for surviving in a modern society constantly in flux. Santi Amodeo, Spain, 2003, 35mm, 88m Programmed by Josetxo Cerdán and Gonzalo de Pedro Amatria. A 40-year-old junkie decides to follow a psychiatrist’s Dying Beyond Their Means / Murieron por encima de somewhat absurd list of dos and don’ts and finds love with sus posibilidades a 16-year-old in Santi Amodeo’s taboo-pushing comedy. Isaki Lacuesta, Spain, 2014, DCP, 104m See it all and SAVE with an All Access Pass for just $99! Screening with Five desperate, common citizens from a fictitious country Holy Thriller pretty much identical to Spain concoct a crazy plan to save SPECIAL THANKS: Spanish Film Institute (ICAA) in Madrid; Instituto de la Cinematografa y de las Artes Audiovisuales; Filmoteca Catalunya; María Cañas, Spain, 2011, digital projection, 2m their nation’s economy in this dark and rowdy comedy. Instituto Cervantes; and Consulate General of Spain in New York December 17, 6:30pm December 14, 8:40pm (Q&A with Isaki Lacuesta) festivals & series 12 13 The Last Laugh: An Alternate History of Spanish Comedy The Last Circus Let There Be Light: The Films of Justino: A Senior Citizen Killer / Justino, un asesino Germán Scelso, Spain, 2009, digital projection, 15m December 19 — January 11 de la tercera edad December 13, 9:15pm La Cuadrilla, Spain, 1994, 35mm, 93m This black comedy takes full advantage of its having Mommy’s a Fool / Mamá es boba been made after the end of the censorship restrictions Santiago Lorenzo, Spain, 1997, 35mm, 96m of the Franco regime, and the creative duo La Cuadrilla Produced on a shoestring budget, and with a visual revive the figure of the retired man that appears in The style accentuating the cruelty of its content, Santiago Little Coach and Not on Your Life. Lorenzo’s satirical feature debut is a comedy that December 13, 6:45pm (Q&A with co-director evokes both raucous laughter and smiles of recognition. Santiago Aguilar) December 15, 6:30pm

The Last Circus / Balada triste de trompeta Not on Your Life / El verdugo Álex de la Iglesia, Spain, 2010, 35mm, 107m Luis García Berlanga, Spain, 1963, 35mm, 89m Álex de la Iglesia’s film returns to the idea of a violent This no-holds-barred portrayal of people fighting to and self-destructive Spain in the guise of circus clowns survive brutal situations follows Amadeo, an execu- dueling for the love of a gorgeous trapeze artist. (Award tioner on the verge of retirement who meets José Luis, a winner, Venice International Film Festival 2010) funeral parlor employee he tricks into becoming his heir. December 18, 6:45pm Screening with Don Pepe Popi The Last Horse / El último caballo Carlos Vermut, Spain, 2012, digital projection, 16m Edgar Neville, Spain, 1950, 35mm, 85m December 14, 3:30pm A stroll through Madrid on the brink of a makeover that changed both the city’s outer appearance as well People in Places / Gente en sitios as the lifestyles of those who live there—in particular Juan Cavestany, Spain, 2013, DCP, 83m Fernando, recently discharged from the army, which has A comedy with bitter undertones painted in muted col- decided to put down his faithful horse Bucéfalo. ors, Cavestany’s fourth feature is an episodic succession U nited A rtists/ T he Kobal C ollection Screening with of sketches of daily life in a desolate, crisis-ridden Spain. Mystery / Misterio December 18, 9:00pm Chema García Ibarra, Spain, 2013, DCP, 12m December 12, 9:00pm Tell Me About Sanchicorrota / Dime quién era Sanchicorrota The Little Coach / El cochecito Jorge Tur, Spain, 2013, HDCAM, 62m , Spain, 1960, 35mm, 83m Jorge Tur’s tragicomic, feature-length documentary This film portrays the trials and tribulations of Anselmo delves into the legend of a 16th-century bandit from the Proharán, a retiree willing to do anything, even do away north of Spain, who robbed the rich to give to the poor. with his family, in order to get himself a mobility scooter Screening with like those owned by his elderly cronies at the park. Mr. Easter / Salve Melilla Screening with Óscar Pérez, Spain, 2006, digital projection, 52m El engaño / The Cheating December 14, 5:45pm (Q&A with Óscar Pérez) A renaissance man unbound to genre and a painterly stylist attuned to the look of each People in Places Amanece, que no es poco scene, Huston was one of the greatest filmmakers of Hollywood’s golden age: an artist of great toughness, conviction, and eloquence; a master storyteller; a hardened cynic; a reluctant romantic; a stellar director of actors, and a brilliant actor himself.

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special aim at Huston’s own Maltese Falcon (with Bogart its director’s late career. Warner B ros./First N ational/ T he Kobal C ollection/ S ix, B ert and Peter Lorre spoofing their roles and January 1, 4:00pm stealing the show playing against type). January 4, 8:30pm December 20, 4:00pm January 5, 3:30pm December 25, 10:15pm December 26, 4:45pm Freud: The Secret Passion USA, 1962, 35mm, 140m The Bible: In the Beginning Jean-Paul Sartre was the original screenwriter on USA/Italy, 1966, 35mm, 174m Huston’s fascinating, profoundly strange Commissioned by , Huston’s mammoth biopic, a sort of cross between a psychological drama and adaptation of the first half of the book of Genesis found the an expressionist horror movie, featuring a subtle, melan- director summing up a career’s worth of thinking on the cholic central performance by Montgomery Clift. conflict between faith and doubt. December 19, 3:15pm December 24, 4:00pm December 20, 6:15pm Annie Casino Royale Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert USA, 1957, 35mm, 108m Let There Be Light USA, 1942, 16mm, 97m Parrish, & Richard Talmadge, UK/USA, 1967, Star chemistry ignites Huston’s World War II drama of a USA, 1946, DCP, 58m Huston’s third feature reteams much of the Maltese Falcon 35mm, 131m rough-hewn marine (Robert Mitchum) and a novice nun Huston’s first documentary—and his first contribution cast and crew, but it never actually crosses the Pacific—the Producer Charles K. Feldman assembled a dream cast— (Deborah Kerr) marooned on a Japanese-occupied island to the war effort—features “Lieutenant ” locale changed from Pearl Harbor to Panama when the Peter Sellers, , , David Niven, in the South Pacific. introducing a B-17 bomber and its nine-man crew. plot’s scenario became a reality before it could be filmed. Deborah Kerr—for this omnibus James Bond satire, now December 30, 3:45pm Screening with January 8, 1:45pm & 6:15pm a cult classic. Huston, who also makes a brief appearance January 3, 3:45pm Independence on-screen, directed one of the segments. USA, 1976, 16mm, 30m The African Queen December 21, 8:30pm In This Our Life and USA, 1951, 35mm, 105m USA, 1942, 35mm, 97m (Note: 6:00pm screening only) Arguably the director’s most popular film pairs Humphrey Chinatown Huston’s sophomore feature is a drama of two sisters, one USA, 1942, 16mm, 18m Bogart and as a crude Canadian skip- Roman Polanski, USA, 1974, DCP, 130m good and one evil, with a high-voltage turn by January 7, 3:30pm & 6:00pm per and the uptight missionary who helps him steer the Cinema has few villains more odious, entitled, and self- and a powerful subplot indicting racism. titular vessel downriver to torpedo a German gunboat. possessed than Huston’s Noah Cross, a fat cat in 1930s December 29, 3:15pm The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean December 25, 8:00pm L.A. in Polanski’s brilliant neo-noir. December 31, 8:45pm USA, 1972, 35mm, 120m December 28, 3:10pm December 22, 1:00pm Huston’s final Western is an ambling, charming December 23, 6:00pm Key Largo shaggy-dog story peppered with outbursts of violence, Annie USA, 1948, 35mm, 100m anchored by a performance by at the P USA, 1982, DCP, 127m aramount/ T he Kobal C ollection Bogart returns to reluctant hero mode as a former Army height of his powers, and buttressed by a stellar sup- When Huston agreed to bring the incredibly successful major held hostage by a gangster in a ramshackle Florida porting cast including Ava Gardner, Stacy Keach, and Broadway adaptation of Harold Gray’s comic Little Orphan hotel. Lauren Bacall pairs with Bogie for the last time in John Huston himself. Annie to the screen, the result was one of his most expen- this claustrophobic thriller. January 3, 6:00pm sive films, one of his only musicals, and the biggest hit of December 19, 1:00pm & 6:30pm January 9, 8:30pm his late career. December 25, 5:45pm December 24, 1:00pm The List of Adrian Messenger USA, 1963, 35mm, 98m USA, 1970, 35mm, 120m This deft, elusive whodunit takes place in postwar USA, 1950, 35mm, 112m Jean-Pierre Melville raved over Huston’s grim, fiercely Britain, but its logic of concealment, mystery, and decep- Huston returns to his noir roots with another tale of unlikely sharp-witted –era spy thriller, in which a group tion suggests a 19th-century detective story. With guest partners, delivering what may well be the great American Chinatown of American intelligence agents travel undercover to appearances by Tony Curtis, Frank Sinatra, Robert heist movie. under the leadership of a deposed officer. Mitchum, and Burt Lancaster. December 19, 8:45pm The Dead December 28, 8:10pm December 28, 1:00pm December 21, 6:00pm UK/Ireland/USA, 1987, 35mm, 83m January 2, 3:45pm December 29, 1:00pm Adapted from the magisterial final story in James The Mackintosh Man The Barbarian and the Geisha Joyce’s Dubliners, Huston’s final film is one of the medi- Warner B ros./First N ational/ T he Kobal C ollection USA, 1958, DCP, 105m um’s great swan songs, a work of quiet grandeur and John Huston, USA, 1973, 35mm, 98m This 19th-century costumer about the U.S. Ambassador to impeccable grace. Huston reteamed with Paul Newman for this labyrinthine Japan offers the twin pleasures of Huston’s still composi- December 24, 7:30pm spy thriller scripted by the legendary action director Walter tions, inspired by the setting, and John Wayne’s say-what? December 26, 8:30pm Hill: a nostalgic love letter from an aging filmmaker to a casting in the lead. dying genre. January 8, 4:00pm & 8:30pm Fat City December 30, 8:50pm USA, 1972, 35mm, 100m December 31, 2:15pm Beat the Devil Huston drew on his own boxing experience from his USA, 1953, 35mm, 89m youth for this New Jersey–set film about a handsome, The Maltese Falcon Called the first camp movie by no less than , mildly promising fighter and his older, alcoholic has- USA, 1941, 35mm, 100m Beat the Devil offers a wry send-up of noir classics, taking been mentor—one of the indisputable masterpieces of “The stuff that dreams are made of”: Huston’s directorial The Maltese Falcon All films directed by Huston unless otherwise noted. festivals & series 16 17 let there be light: the films of john huston 20 TH C entury Fox/ T he Kobal C ollection

bow cemented ’s stardom in this quint- The Roots of Heaven their adopted Indian daughter; though it fell short of his essential noir tale of a priceless statuette and the dastardly USA, 1958, 35mm, 121m expectations, it remains a sober and intelligent film with parties pursuing it. Never one to choose easy projects, Huston took on fine performances. December 25, 1:00pm Romain Gary’s treatise on the sanctity of wild animals, December 28, 5:30pm December 26, 2:30pm blending action and philosophy in this chronicle of an envi- January 1, 1:30pm ronmentalist’s crusade to preserve the lives of elephants The Man Who Would Be King in French Equatorial Africa. Victory UK/USA, 1975, 35mm, 129m January 2, 1:15pm USA, 1981, 35mm, 116m Huston had the biggest popular success of his late career January 4, 1:00pm In Huston’s must-be-seen-to-be-believed mash-up of the with this rip-roaring adventure story, which teamed Sean sports movie and the POW escape thriller, Michael Caine Connery and Michael Caine as a pair of raffish, conquest- Prizzi’s Honor and Max von Sydow share the screen with a star-studded mad British imperialists. USA, 1969, 35mm, 95m lineup of international soccer stars, headlined by the leg- December 21, 1:00pm Phobia Taking a turn for the picaresque, Huston made this fleet- endary Pelé. December 23, 8:45pm Canada/USA, 1980, 35mm, 94m footed, sharply observed, and consistently underrated December 31, 6:15pm Huston’s career took one of its most dramatic left turns adventure story adapted from the fanciful death-row auto- January 4, 6:00pm The Misfits with this sci-fi-inflected horror film about a psychiatrist biography of Scottish rogue David Haggart. USA, 1961, 35mm, 124m (Paul Michael Glaser) embroiled in a sinister murder plot. January 9, 4:00pm A Walk with Love and Death The final film for stars and Clark Gable, and December 20, 9:00pm January 10, 6:45pm USA, 1969, 35mm, 90m Huston’s lone collaboration with , is a tough, December 23, 1:15pm Two lovers act out a brief, doomed romance while their ambiguous morality play about a principled divorcée torn Tentacles world comes apart around them in Huston’s oblique 14th- between her love for an aging cowboy and her attachment Prizzi’s Honor Ovidio G. Assonitis, Italy/USA, 1977, 35mm, 102m century take on the “make love not war” generation. to the natural world he wants to control. USA, 1985, 35mm, 130m One of Huston’s oddest screen appearances found January 3, 8:30pm December 20, 1:30pm Huston’s penultimate film, about the romantic entan- him starring—alongside Shelley Winters (!) and Henry January 6, 1:00pm December 22, 3:45pm glements of a New York hit man (played by Jack Fonda (!!)—in this gloriously goofy creature feature, Warner B ros/ T he Kobal C ollection Nicholson with great comedic verve), has the irreverent produced one year after Jaws by veteran horror direc- Moby Dick spunk of a debut and the reflective, generous voice of tor Ovidio G. Assonitis. USA, 1956, 35mm, 116m a swan song. January 2, 8:35pm A prolific adaptor of literature, Huston set one of his great- January 11, 7:00pm est personal challenges in adapting Herman Melville’s There Will Be Blood canonical tale of obsession, with a as the The Red Badge of Courage , USA, 2007, 35mm, 158m vengeance-seeking Captain Ahab. USA, 1951, 35mm, 69m Huston’s fingerprints are all over Paul Thomas Anderson’s December 21, 3:30pm Under Huston’s direction, Stephen Crane’s Civil War novel, parable of self-determinism carried to baleful extremes, about a callow Yankee who flees his company during with a central performance, modeled on Huston’s speak- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Moulin Rouge battle and is haunted by feelings of cowardice, becomes a ing voice, that captures both his magnetism and his USA, 1952, 35mm, 119m memorable coming-of-age tale that’s epic in feel, despite unfathomability. A vibrant foray into the bohemian districts of late-19th- running just over an hour. December 27, 5:45pm USA, 1949, 35mm, 109m century Paris and the titular cabaret as habituated by December 26, 6:45pm Among the grittiest, most offbeat films of Huston’s studio diminutive artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. December 31, 4:30pm The Treasure of the Sierra Madre period, We Were Strangers depicts in documentary- January 4, 3:30pm USA, 1948, 35mm, 126m like fashion a band of Cuban revolutionaries, led by an January 6, 3:00pm Reflections in a Golden Eye A decisive portrait of avarice and a bona fide American American expat (John Garfield) and a revenge-seeking girl USA, 1967, 35mm, 108m classic, Huston’s adaptation of B. Traven’s novel earned (Jennifer Jones). M G / T he Kobal C ollection In Huston’s hands, Carson McCuller’s melodrama, set him Oscars as both writer and director. His dad, Walter, December 30, 1:30pm at a Southern army base, became a tender, languid, and also earned a trophy, as supporting actor, for his perfor- January 1, 8:30pm deeply sad portrait of men and women pushing up against mance as one of the film’s three rapacious gold miners. the social conventions that constrain them. Starring Marlon December 23, 3:20pm White Hunter, Black Heart Brando, , and Robert Forster. December 25, 3:15pm , USA, 1990, 35mm, 112m January 3, 1:20pm December 27, 8:50pm On both sides of the camera, Clint Eastwood limns one January 9, 6:15pm of his most complex creations: John Wilson, a daunt- Under the Volcano less filmmaker (based on Huston) who ventures into Report from the Aleutians USA, 1984, 35mm, 112m Africa as much to test his masculinity as to get a great USA, 1943, digital projection, 47m This shattering adaptation of Malcolm Lowry’s dense film in the can. The Night of the Iguana Produced for the Army Signal Corps, Huston’s second modernist novel is one of the most sensitive and January 2, 6:15pm wartime documentary depicts the servicemen involved in well-observed depictions of alcoholism in film his- January 5, 1:00pm The Night of the Iguana the North Pacific Aleutian Campaign. Notable as the direc- tory, anchored by ’s towering lead USA, 1964, 35mm, 125m tor’s first color film, for which he provided narration and performance. Wise Blood , Deborah Kerr, and Ava Gardner lead the fought hard to include scenes of tedious army life, Huston January 9, 1:30pm USA, 1979, 35mm, 106m near-flawless cast of Huston’s adaptation of Tennessee juxtaposes combat footage with day-to-day activities like January 10, 8:45pm Brad Dourif gives the performance of his career as Williams’s play about a reverend thrown out his parish latrine digging and mail call. a proselytizing atheist in Huston’s indelible, hilari- for sexual misconduct and sent into exile as a tour guide Screening with The Unforgiven ous, and deeply challenging adaptation of Flannery in Mexico. of San Pietro USA, 1960, 35mm, 125m O’Connor’s debut novel. December 27, 1:00pm USA, 1945, 35mm, 32m Huston hoped to make a frank statement on racial preju- December 27, 3:30pm December 30, 6:15pm January 7, 1:00pm & 8:45pm dice in America with this saga of a frontier family and January 1, 6:15pm festivals & series 18 19 let there be light: the films of john huston Master of the Flying Guillotine time regained: the films of lav diaz

Launched in June 2014 timed to the theatrical release of Lav Diaz’s exceptional Norte, The End of History, the Film Society’s rare retrospective of this major, criminally underseen Filipino master continues now through April 2015.

Florentina Hubaldo, CTE Philippines, 2012, DCP, 360m Lav Diaz’s meditative study of endurance and exploita- tion in a Philippine village was praised at the Images Festival as “a beautiful and sad work that shows us why cinema remains important.” November 30, 1:00pm special SPECIAL THANKS: Lav Diaz Double Feature Late December 2, 6:30pm T he Kobal C ollection /L ADD ompany/Warner B ros 20 TH programs C entury Fox/ T he Kobal C ollection one-night-only events An Evening With Jimmy Wong Yu SOUND + VISION PRESENTS: Staring Jimmy Wong Yu will be presented the New York Asian at Sound live musical performances Film Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award and will participate in an on-stage discussion before a screening Sarah Lipstate of his massively entertaining martial-arts classic Master Lipstate is a tireless and adventurous of the Flying Guillotine, projected on glorious 35mm. guitarist/filmmaker who will present Co-presented with Subway Cinema and Taipei Economic an assortment of her short films. and Cultural Office in New York. November 20, 8:00pm

Master of the Flying Guillotine Tigue Five Days One Summer Julia Jimmy Wong Yu, Taiwan, 1976, 35mm, 93m An immersive musical experience Fred Zinnemann, USA, 1982, 35mm, 108m Fred Zinnemann, USA, 1977, 35mm, 117m A blind lama assassin employed by the Qing Emperor like none other from young and thrill- Set in 1932, Zinnemann’s impeccably crafted swan song Zinnemann’s penultimate film explores the test of cour- goes after the righteous “One-Armed Boxer” (played by ing percussion trio Tigue, whose details the unraveling of a covert love affair between age faced by celebrated playwright Lillian Hellman (Jane the director Jimmy Wong Yu) in his grindhouse kung-fu music represents their affinity for a middle-aged doctor (Sean Connery) and his young Fonda), whose childhood friend, wealthy heiress Julia masterpiece, featuring extravagant choreography by both pop and the avant-garde. niece (Betsy Brantley) during an Alpine mountaineering () asks her to risk her life in the name brothers Lau Kar-leung and Lau Kar-wing. December 18, 8:00pm vacation, precipitated by the attentions of their attrac- of the anti-Nazi cause during a trip from Paris to Berlin in November 11, 7:00pm tive guide (Lambert Wilson). 1930s Europe.

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Maidan Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation

Opens November 7 – Exclusive One Week Only Opens December 5 – Exclusive One Week Only Actress A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness Robert Greene, USA, 2014, HDCAM, 86m Ben Rivers & Ben Russell, /France, Brandy Burre had a recurring role on HBO’s The Wire 2013, DCP, 98m when she gave up her career to start a family. Actress Robert A.A. Lowe, the celebrated musician behind follows her bumpy return to work, but it’s never clear Lichens and Om, gives a strangely affecting, trance- whether this film may simply be the next role. A Cinema inducing performance as a quixotic man who embarks Guild release. Robert Greene and Brandy Burre in per- on a quest for utopia—the holy grail of infinite truth, self- son! (Art of the Real 2014) knowledge, and spiritual connectedness. A KimStim Release. Musician Robert A.A. Lowe in person! (New Opens November 14 – Exclusive One Week Only Directors/New Films 2014) Levitated Mass Doug Pray, USA, 2013, DCP, 88m Opens December 12 – Exclusive One Week Only Large-scale land artist Michael Heizer endeavors to Maidan install an ancient 340-ton boulder in an art museum. Sergei Loznitsa, /Netherlands, 2014, DCP, 133m Doug Pray’s film explores the notion that art, beyond Ukrainian with English subtitles physical beauty, serves as civilization’s bequest to pos- Sergei Loznitsa’s return to documentary filmmaking is a terity. A First Run Features release. Doug Pray in person! stunning document of a nation at a pivotal point in its new history and a welcome reminder that a movie, like a his- Opens November 21 – Two Weeks Only torical moment, can cast a crowd as its hero. A Cinema The King and the Mockingbird / Le Roi et l’oiseau Guild Release. Paul Grimault, France, 1952/1980, DCP, 82m French with English subtitles / Dubbed in English for Opens December 19 – Exclusive One Week Only daytime showings A Tale of Winter Legendary animator Paul Grimault and writer Jacques Eric Rohmer, France, 1992, DCP, 114m Prévert collaborated on this extraordinary animated French with English subtitles film, three decades in the making—a delightful adven- Eric Rohmer’s late-career masterpiece is at once a lumi- ActressreleasesLevitated Mass The King and the ture story for children, a devilish political satire for nous Christian parable about the transformative effects Mockingbird adults, and a handcrafted work of tremendous beauty of grace and a frightening, unresolved picture of the for all. A Rialto Pictures release. Discount kid’s pricing role chance plays in regulating and structuring human at dubbed daytime showings! (NYFF52) affairs. A Big World Pictures release.

Opens November 21 – Exclusive One Week Only Opens December 19 – One Week Only Monk with a Camera Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation Tina Mascara & Guido Santi, USA/France//Italy, Stefan Haupt, Switzerland, 2012, DCP, 89m Spanish, 2014, DCP, 90m French, Catalan, and English with English subtitles Photographer and jet-setter Nicky Vreeland, who traded The history of the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, material wealth for spiritual capital, becoming the first only half-finished after 130 years. A testament to an art- westerner to be appointed abbot of a Tibetan monas- ist’s imperishable vision, and how the beauty of creation tery, is the subject of this insightful portrait of life’s unex- lies as much in the process as the product. A First Run pected turns. A Kino Lorber release. Features release.

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