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HIGH FASHION HIGH FINANCE 49th Annual H I G H L I F E USA Film Festival April 24-28, 2019 Angelika Film Center Dallas Sienna Miller in American Woman “A R O L L E R C O A S T E R O F FABULOUSNESS AND FOLLY ” FROM THE DIRECTOR OF DIOR AND I H AL STON A F I L M B Y FRÉDERIC TCHENG prODUCeD THE ORCHARD CNN FILMS DOGWOOF TDOG preSeNT a FILM by FrÉDÉrIC TCHeNG IN aSSOCIaTION WITH pOSSIbILITy eNTerTaINMeNT SHarp HOUSe GLOSS “HaLSTON” by rOLaND baLLeSTer CO- DIreCTOr OF eDITeD MUSIC OrIGINaL SCrIpTeD prODUCerS STepHaNIe LeVy paUL DaLLaS prODUCer MICHaeL praLL pHOTOGrapHy CHrIS W. JOHNSON by ÈLIa GaSULL baLaDa FrÉDÉrIC TCHeNG SUperVISOr TraCy MCKNIGHT MUSIC by STaNLey CLarKe CINeMaTOGrapHy by aarON KOVaLCHIK exeCUTIVe prODUCerS aMy eNTeLIS COUrTNey SexTON aNNa GODaS OLI HarbOTTLe LeSLey FrOWICK IaN SHarp rebeCCa JOerIN-SHarp eMMa DUTTON LaWreNCe beNeNSON eLySe beNeNSON DOUGLaS SCHWaLbe LOUIS a. MarTaraNO CO-exeCUTIVe WrITTeN, prODUCeD prODUCerS ELSA PERETTI HARVEY REESE MAGNUS ANDERSSON RAJA SETHURAMAN FeaTUrING TaVI GeVINSON aND DIreCTeD by FrÉDÉrIC TCHeNG Fest Tix On@HALSTONFILM WWW.HALSTON.SaleFILM 4 /10 IMAGE © STAN SHAFFER Udo Kier The White Crow Ed Asner: Constance Towers in The Naked Kiss Constance Towers On Stage and Off Timothy Busfield Melissa Gilbert Jeff Daniels in Guest Artist Bryn Vale and Taylor Schilling in Family Denise Crosby Laura Steinel Traci Lords Frédéric Tcheng Ed Zwick Stephen Tobolowsky Bryn Vale Chris Roe Foster Wilson Kurt Jacobsen Josh Zuckerman Cheryl Allison Eli Powers Olicer Muñoz Wendy Davis in Christina Beck Paul Marcarelli Dale Dickey Roger Nygard Surviving Bokator The Chambermaid Shatter the Silence All Rise for the Good of the Children Olive Talley Bolden Jon Cornick Jack O’Connell and Laura Dern in Advance Tickets on sale 4/10 until 4/22 (Door sales only after 4/22) Trial by Fire Photo credits: AMERICAN WOMAN - Courtesy of Roadside Attractions; THE NAKED KISS - The Hollywood Archive; Constance Towers - Mara Magliarditi; Timothy Busfield - Tricia Lee Pascoe; Foster Wilson - Birds Eye Photography; Cheryl Allison - Alex Schaefer; Christina Beck – Antoine Reekmans; TRIAL BY FIRE - Courtesy of Roadside Attractions; BOLDEN - Fred Norris. FIRE - Courtesy of Roadside BY TRIAL Antoine Reekmans; Alex Schaefer; Christina Beck – Allison - Lee Pascoe; Foster Wilson - Birds Eye Photography; Cheryl Tricia Busfield - Timothy - Mara Magliarditi; Towers Archive; Constance The Hollywood THE NAKED KISS - Attractions; AMERICAN WOMAN - Courtesy of Roadside Photo credits: www.ticketmaster.com/usaff Judy McLane Zach Avery Madison Ford Jacob Lince James Krisel Colin Krisel Michelle Opitz Tharoth Oum Sam Last Moment of Clarity PREMIERES AND PROGRAMS Opening Night - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 Photo: Barry Berenson Perkins HALSTON AMERICAN WOMAN THE WHITE CROW Wednesday, April 24 7:00pm Wednesday, April 24 7:00pm Wednesday, April 24 7:00pm Roy Halston Frowick -- better known simply as Halston -- lived Written by Brad Ingelsby and directed by Jake Scott, this stirring Writer David Hare (The Hours) and producer/director Ralph Fiennes a distinctly 1970s and ‘80s version of the American dream that drama follows one woman’s efforts to navigate a nightmare of (Hail, Caesar!, Spectre) present the incredible true story of took him as high and far afield as Studio 54, Wall Street, Paris, personal tragedy and a need for justice over the course of fifteen Rudolf Nureyev (played by Ukranian dancer Oleg Ivenko), the and countless points in between. One of the most talented and years. Hot-tempered Deb (Sienna Miller), the black sheep in her iconic dancer who transformed the world of ballet before defecting influential fashion designers of his era, Halston rose from humble family, had her daughter Bridget (Sky Ferreira) at a young age, as to France from the Soviet Union. Hare and Feinnes tell the story beginnings in Des Moines, Iowa, to the top of a fashion empire via did Bridget with her son Jesse. The three of them live a relatively of Nureyev’s amazing journey from poverty-stricken childhood in designing an iconic pillbox hat for a certain First Lady, hot pants, happy life in a small Pennsylvania town until the night Bridget goes the USSR to his rise as a young dance prodigy in Leningrad, his elegant women’s wear, a perfume line, and through his hedonistic out with her ex-boyfriend -- Jesse’s father -- and never returns. notorious love affairs, his fateful arrival in Paris in the early 1960s, revelries with friends that included Liza Minnelli and Andy Warhol - Deb’s mother (Amy Madigan) and sister (Christina Hendricks) and the subsequent stand-off with the KGB that would forever - until everything changed in the Wall Street era when Halston took search to no avail. Time passes and Deb moves on, raising Jesse change his life as well as the future of ballet. Beautifully filmed the biggest gamble of his life. Written, directed, and produced by on her own and building a life with Chris (Aaron Paul), but the by Mike Eley and filled with stunning ballet scenes, Fiennes’ third Frédéric Tcheng (Dior and I), this fascinating in-depth documentary unresolved disappearance of her daughter never ceases to haunt film as director is an elegant fulfillment of a famous and fascinat- details the rise and fall of an American legend. 120mins. Halston her family. Also starring Will Sasso. 111mins. American Woman ing story. 127mins. The White Crow will be released by Sony will be released by The Orchard later this year. In attendance: will be released by Roadside Attractions on June 14th. Pictures Classics on May 10th. writer/director/producer Frédéric Tcheng and Halston’s niece Lesley Frowick. Opening Night Reception 6:00pm Ticket holders for Opening Night films are invited to join us for a reception featuring models in Halston Heritage fashions and sparkling wine in the theater lobby honoring our visiting filmmakers including Frédéric Tcheng and Lesley Frowick (Halston). Special thanks to our chic friends at Tootsies for sponsoring the Opening Night reception for visting filmmakers and Sponsors of the Festival. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Halston photos by: (1 & 4) Barry Berenson Perkins; (2) Allan Tannenbaum; (3, 5, 6, 8) Dustin Pittman; (7) Estate of Charles Tracy. THURSDAY, APRIL 25 Photo: Courtesy of Roadside Attractions Photo: Courtesy of Roadside THE CHAMBERMAID FAMILY MARIANNE & LEONARD: Thursday, April 25 7:00pm Thursday, April 25 7:00pm WORDS OF LOVE Eve, a young maid, works long hours at a luxurious Mexico City Kate Stone (Taylor Schilling) is a self-absorbed workaholic. She is Thursday, April 25 7:00pm hotel. The hard-working single mother dreams of a promotion and not good with kids, and she is not good in most social situations. Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love is renowned filmmaker Nick better life. Set almost entirely within one of Mexico City’s five-star When her estranged brother Joe tracks her down to watch her Broomfield’s most personal and romantic film of his storied career. hotels, the disparity between demanding and affluent guests and awkward and bullied 12-year-old niece Maddie (Bryn Vale), Kate The documentary starts on the Greek island of Hydra in 1960, low-level workers is stifling and wryly presented. Director Lila thinks babysitting for the week can’t get any worse -- until Maddie where Leonard Cohen, then a struggling and unknown fiction writ- Avilés’ beautifully observed and pointed exploration of class divide, runs away to become a “Juggalo” (term for fans of the band Insane er, and Marianne Ihlen, a single mother with a young son, became privilege, and exploitation deftly mixes surreal and banal moments. Clown Posse). Written and directed by Laura Steinel, Family is an part of a community of expat artists, writers and musicians. Never- before-seen footage shot by Broomfield and legendary documen- Gabriela Cartol’s spirited and quietly compelling performance as endearing comedy featuring terrific performances by Schilling and tarian D.A. Pennebaker make for a unique portrait of an idyllic Vale, as well as a great supporting cast including Kate McKinnon, the determined Eve is a triumph. The Chambermaid is directed by 1960’s bohemia. It was a time that left a lasting imprint on both Lila Avilés and co-written by Avilés and Juan Carlos Marquéz. The Brian Tyree Henry, Jessie Ennis, Blair Beeken, Matt Walsh, Allison Marianne and Leonard, whose friendship would last another fifty film stars Gabriela Cartol and Teresa Sánchez. 102mins. The film Tolman, Eric Edelstein, and Fabrizio Guido. 85mins. The film will years before their deaths in 2016. 97mins. Marianne & Leonard will be released by Kino Lorber on June 28th. be released by The Film Arcade on April 26th. In attendance: will be released by Roadside Attractions this summer. FREE admission program. writer/director Laura Steinel and actress Bryn Vale. USA FILM FESTIVAL 2019 FRIDAY, APRIL 26 Traci Lords Chris Roe Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters The Ill-Timed Denise Crosby in At the Fence Lisa McFadden Enlightenment of Jason Voorhees LAST MOMENT OF CLARITY NONFICTION SHORT FILMS SALUTE TO UDO KIER Friday, April 26 7:00pm Friday, April 26 7:00pm (A film clip compilation Tribute Josh Zuckerman Foster Wilson Made Public This program of fascinating true stories includes Timothy honoring Udo Kier will precede the feature film) Blackwood’s THE CONQUEROR, which follows Jerome Conquest -- a maintenance worker by day and pro-boxer by night -- who Haunted by fragmented memories of his murdered fiancée, New works towards redemption for himself and his struggling commu- Yorker Sam Pivnic lives a meager existence in Paris, trying to nity; Alexis Spraic’s THE LAST HARVEST: YOU CAN’T GROW forget. When he sees a movie starring an actress who looks just Holy Moses Eli Powers WITHOUT CHANGE examines the critical labor shortage in work- like his dead love, the now obsessed Sam travels to Los Angeles ers needed to harvest and supply the U.S.