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BAMcinématek presents Sunshine Noir, a 21-film series of sun-drenched LA crime dramas, Nov 26—Dec 9

In conjunction with the Next Wave presentation of Gabriel Kahane’s The Ambassador; series features Kahane in person at screenings of Heat and

Featuring a sneak preview of ’s Inherent Vice, Dec 8

18 films in 35mm!

The Wall Street Journal is the title sponsor for BAM Rose Cinemas and BAMcinématek.

Brooklyn, NY/Oct 31, 2014—From Wednesday, November 26 through Tuesday, December 9, BAMcinématek presents Sunshine Noir, a 21-film series of sun-drenched LA crime dramas presented in conjunction with the Next Wave presentation of The Ambassador, singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane’s kaleidoscopic portrait of . Programmed in collaboration with Kahane, this lineup explores what happens when noir steps out of the shadows and into the sunlit boulevards of LA. Burrowing beyond the glitz and glamour of Tinseltown, this series of hard-boiled tales of outsiders and antiheroes exposes the seedy underbelly of the City of Angels.

Opening the series on Wednesday, November 26 is ’s To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), about two Secret Service agents a murderous counterfeiter (a sneering young ). Feverishly paced and expertly styled, this white-knuckle thriller features a show- stopping wrong-way car chase down a Los Angeles freeway that equals the iconic chase sequence from Friedkin’s The French Connection.

As a special series highlight, BAMcinématek presents a sneak preview of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice on Monday, December 8. Based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon and an official selection of this year’s New York Film Festival, this neon-lit neo-noir follows a private eye () as he investigates the disappearance of a former flame’s current boyfriend and boasts a stellar cast including , Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston, , , and more. Inherent Vice is a Warner Bros. Pictures release and opens in limited release December 12, expanding January 9.

Sunshine Noir features a variety of classic noirs like ’s In a Lonely Place (1950— Nov 29), but the series also showcases contemporary takes on the genre, from ’s gripping Heat (1995—Dec 6) filmed in 65 locations around LA, to ’s gonzo farce Repo Man (1984—Dec 5)—a punk homage to Aldrich’s (1955—Dec 5)—and ’ groundbreaking live-action/animation caper Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988—Nov 27 & 28), in which the cotton-tailed Hollywood star faces a shady set-up. Several films adapt European classics for the West Coast: reimagined with M (1951— Dec 4), on location in the slums of Bunker Hill and at the iconic Bradbury Building; and Jim McBride’s Breathless (1983—Dec 4) Godard with channeling Jean-Paul Belmondo in what called “a movie that indulges completely all my obsessions— comic books, rockabilly music and movies.”

Los Angeles is a recurring muse for Tarantino, and two of the director’s films screen in Sunshine Noir: (1997—Nov 30), featuring an unforgettable comeback performance by legendary heroine Pam Grier, and ’s (1993—Dec 7), written by Tarantino and culminating with a standoff at the Ambassador Hotel—the namesake of Kahane’s Next Wave engagement. Other auteurist takes on the noir include ’s Chinatown (1974—Nov 27 & 28), which garnered the Oscar for Best Screenplay as well as 10 other nominations; ’s (1999—Dec 1) featuring masterful performances by and ; and ’s The Long Goodbye (1973—Dec 6), “a high-flying rap on and the movies and that Los Angeles sickness” (, ).

Altman also served as producer for (1978—Dec 9), ’s love letter to -era melodramas, with as the femme fatale seeking revenge on a long- lost . Other highlights of Sunshine Noir include James Bridges’ cult classic Mike’s Murder (1984— Dec 2) with a tour de force performance by ; ’s The Outside Man (1972— Dec 7), starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, scored by Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), and co- written by Jean-Claude Carrière; ’s gritty, downbeat (1974—Dec 9); ’s masterpiece (1978—Nov 29); Brian De Palma’s Body Double (1984—Dec 2), showcasing a host of Los Angeles locations from Rodeo Drive to the Chemosphere; and ’s Against All Odds (1984—Dec 8), a of Jacques Tourneur’s Out of the Past set to a famed soundtrack that gave Phil Collins a number one hit with the title track.

As a sidebar to Sunshine Noir, the recurring Overdue series programmed by film critics Nick Pinkerton and Nicolas Rapold presents a double feature of -set noirs on Wednesday, December 3: George Armitage’s Miami Blues (1990) and Robert Clouse’s Darker Than Amber (1970). Pinkerton and Rapold will introduce the screenings.

For press information, please contact: Lisa Thomas at 718.724.8023 / [email protected] Hannah Thomas at 718.724.8002 / [email protected]

Sunshine Noir Schedule

Wed, Nov 26 4:30, 7, 9:30pm: To Live and Die in L.A.

Thu, Nov 27 2, 7pm: Chinatown 4:45, 9:45pm: Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Fri, Nov 28 2, 7pm: Chinatown 4:45, 9:45pm: Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Sat, Nov 29 2, 7pm: In a Lonely Place 4:30, 9:15pm: Straight Time

Sun, Nov 30 6, 9pm: Jackie Brown

Mon, Dec 1 5:30, 7:30, 9:30pm: The Limey

Tue, Dec 2 4:30, 9:30pm: Body Double 7:15pm: Mike’s Murder

Thu, Dec 4 5:15, 9:30pm: Breathless 7:30pm: M

Fri, Dec 5 2, 7pm: Kiss Me Deadly 4:30, 9:30pm: Repo Man

Sat, Dec 6 2, 8pm*: Heat 5:30pm*: The Long Goodbye

Sun, Dec 7 2, 6:45pm: True Romance 4:30, 9:15pm: The Outside Man

Mon, Dec 8 4:30, 7, 9:40pm: Against All Odds Showtime TBA: Inherent Vice

Tue, Dec 9 5, 9:30pm: Remember My Name 7:15pm: The Nickel Ride

*Intro by Next Wave Artist Gabriel Kahane

Film Descriptions All films in 35mm unless otherwise noted.

Against All Odds (1984) 128min Directed by Taylor Hackford. With , Rachel Ward, . Hired by a mobster friend to track down his girlfriend (Ward), a past-his-prime football star (Bridges) locates her in , strikes up a steamy tropical love affair, and gets mixed up in murder. This hot and heavy remake of Jacques Tourneur’s 1947 classic Out of the Past boasts a dark and stormy love triangle, stunning Los Angeles locales, and some seriously sexy chemistry between the leads. Mon, Dec 8 at 4:30, 7, 9:40pm

Body Double (1984) 114min Directed by Brian De Palma. With Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry. While housesittingin a palatial Los Angeles residence, second-rate horror actor Jack Scully views a neighbor’s erotic through a telescope every morning. When he witnesses her outlandish murder, he seeks the help of a young porn star (Griffith) to get to the very bottom of the crime. DCP. Tue, Dec 2 at 4:30, 9:30pm

Breathless (1983) 100min Directed by Jim McBride. With Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky. Drunk on , Jim McBride’s giddy remake of Godard’s 1960 New Wave landmark moves the action to a dreamland vision of LA, where comic book-obsessed car thief Jesse (Gere) and his lover (Kaprisky) try to outrun the cops. Bursting with neon-spattered visuals, references to classic , and a rockabilly soundtrack of Jerry Lee Lewis and Link Wray, Breathless is an audacious exercise in pure style. Thu, Dec 4 at 5:15, 9:30pm

Chinatown (1974) 130min Directed by Roman Polanski. With , , .

Polanski pays homage to the classic Hollywood detective film in this moody masterpiece. Jack Nicholson is Jake Gittes, a Sam Spade stand-in who sticks his nose into a corrupt water-stealing scheme—and nearly gets it sliced off in the process. As summed up in the immortal ironic last line of ’s celebrated script, Chinatown takes the disillusionment of post-WWII film noir to its bitter extreme. DCP. Thu, Nov 27 & Fri, Nov 28 at 2, 7pm

Heat (1995) 170min Directed by Michael Mann. With , , . Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are locked in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse as a snazzy super-thief and a tightly wound LAPD vet, respectively. With his characteristically stylish eye for action and epic scope— and dazzling use of Los Angeles locations—pulp poet Michael Mann transforms this rivetingly plotted heist yarn into an existential opera of macho angst. Sat, Dec 6 at 2, 8pm Intro by Next Wave artist Gabriel Kahane at 8pm

In a Lonely Place (1950) 94min Directed by Nicholas Ray. With Humphrey Bogart, . Humphrey Bogart gives one of his most wrenching performances as Dixon Steele, a cynical, self- destructive Hollywood screenwriter who is suspected of murder—and finds uneasy salvation in a torrid affair with his seductive neighbor (Grahame). Maverick Nicholas Ray’s haunting noir masterpiece is a despairingly romantic vision of the Dream Factory’s dark side. Sat, Nov 29 at 2, 7pm

Inherent Vice (2014) 148min Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. With Joaquin Phoenix, Jena Malone, Owen Wilson. Paul Thomas Anderson’s wild and entrancing new movie, the very first adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel, is a cinematic time machine, placing the viewer deep within the world of the paranoid, hazy L.A. dope culture of the early ’70s. It’s not just the look (which is ineffably right, from the mutton chops and the peasant dresses to the battered screen doors and the neon glow), it’s the feel, the rhythm of hanging out, of talking yourself into a state of shivering ecstasy or fear or something in between. Joaquin Phoenix goes all the way for Anderson (just as he did in The Master) playing Doc Sportello, the private investigator searching for his ex-girlfriend Shasta (Katherine Waterston, a revelation), menaced at every turn by Josh Brolin as the telegenic police detective “Bigfoot” Bjornsen. Among the other members of Anderson’s mind-boggling cast are Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, Benicio Del Toro, Martin Short, and Jena Malone. (Blurb courtesy of the New York Film Festival). Mon, Dec 8; showtime to be announced.

Jackie Brown (1997) 154min Directed by Quentin Tarantino. With Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro. Blaxploitation sensation Pam Grier made a smashing comeback as the titular character in Tarantino’s exhilarating B-movie valentine about a flight attendant who finds herself in serious hot water when she double-crosses a lethal LA gunrunner (Jackson). Jackie Brown wrings pure filmic pleasure from crackling dialogue, a cavalcade of vintage soul deep cuts, and an unforgettable rogues gallery of two-bit schemers. Sun, Nov 30 at 6, 9pm

Kiss Me Deadly (1955) 106min Directed by . With , Albert Dekker, Maxine Cooper. Based on ’s classic noir novel, this ultimate paranoia picture finds sneering private eye (Meeker) scouring a sleazy Los Angeles for “the great whatsit”—a secret of apocalyptic proportions. This tough-as-nails B-movie masterwork culminates in one of cinema’s most shockingly nihilistic endings. “Demands to be seen on the big screen. Go now” (Time Out New York). Fri, Dec 5 at 2, 7pm

The Limey (1999) 89min. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda, Luis Guzman. Soderbergh picks up Stamp’s character from ’s 1967 drama Poor Cow (even using footage from that film for back story) and finds him 30 years later on a trip to Los Angeles to avenge the

death of his daughter. Stamp gives the performance of a lifetime as an aging ex-con while Fonda reinvents his Easy Rider persona. Soderbergh’s hand-held camera and fractured editing erase the distinctions between time and memory. Mon, Dec 1 at 5:30, 7:30, 9:30pm

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) 116min Directed by William Friedkin. With , Willem Dafoe, . William Friedkin’s hyper-stylized neo-noir plays like Miami Vice on amphetamines. The pulp premise— which has two Secret Service agents (Petersen and Pankow) hell-bent on nailing a villainous counterfeiter (Dafoe)—is pushed into overdrive by the sleek visuals, a synthy New Wave soundtrack by Wang Chung, and a pulse-pounding, against-traffic car chase down a congested LA freeway. Wed, Nov 26 at 4:30, 7, 9:30pm

The Long Goodbye (1973) 112min Directed by Robert Altman. With , , . Robert Altman deconstructs the detective movie in this offbeat adaptation of the Raymond Chandler novel. Elliott Gould stars as shambolic private eye Philip Marlowe, who stumbles through a hippy-dippy La La Land as he gets mixed up in a labyrinthine murder investigation. Alternately comic and surreal, Altman’s shaggy-dog take on noir is a quintessentially 70s masterpiece of style and mood. Sat, Dec 6 at 5:30pm Intro by Next Wave artist Gabriel Kahane

M (1951) 88min Directed by Joseph Losey. With Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel. Iconoclastic director Joseph Losey’s remarkable, rarely-screened remake of Fritz Lang’s Expressionist landmark relocates the story—about the citywide hunt for a psychopathic child murderer to a seedy Los Angeles. The result is a claustrophobic portrait of urban decay (shot in and around then-blighted Bunker Hill) and mass hysteria that stands as a soul-sick fable for the McCarthy era. Preserved by the . Thu, Dec 4 at 7:30pm

Mike’s Murder (1984) 109min Directed by James Bridges. With Debra Winger, Mark Keyloun, Darrell Larson. This chilling neo-noir charts a bank teller’s (Winger) obsession with a strapping young drug dealer (Keyloun) and her descent into the criminal underworld of Los Angeles to piece together the circumstances surrounding his death. Much misunderstood on its release, this dreamlike film maudit by the director of Urban Cowboy is anchored by Winger’s transfixing performance. Tue, Dec 2 at 7:15pm

The Nickel Ride (1974) 99min Directed by Robert Mulligan. With Jason Miller, Linda Haynes. After crossing his crime lord boss, a small time Los Angeles mob fixer (Miller) squirms as he gets the screws put on him by the menacing “Cadillac cowboy.” This nerve-jangling portrait of urban paranoia is “a seldom-seen drama of white-collar workaday criminal drudgery to make you believe the best of 70s cinema will never fully be quarried out” (Nick Pinkerton, ). Tue, Dec 9 at 7:15pm

The Outside Man (1972) 104min Directed by Jacques Deray. With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, . A French hit man (the stone-faced Trintignant) arrives in Los Angeles to murder a mobster—but no sooner has he carried out the job than he’s running for his life through the concrete jungle. Gallic thriller maestro Jacques Deray marries gritty action set pieces with a distinctly Euro sensibility, portraying Los Angeles as a sunbaked, bizarro wonderland of strip clubs and omnipresent TV sets. Sun, Dec 7 at 4:30, 9:15pm

Remember My Name (1978) 94min Directed by Alan Rudolph. With Geraldine Chaplin, .

An unhinged woman (a frighteningly convincing Geraldine Chaplin) becomes hell-bent on getting even with the husband (Perkins) who abandoned her years ago. Produced by Robert Altman and directed by protégé Alan Rudolph protégés, this chilling homage to the female-driven noirs of the 1940s (à la Mildred Pierce) ramps up their frayed-nerve energy and seething sense of unrest. Tue, Dec 9 at 5, 9:30pm

Repo Man (1984) 92min Directed by Alex Cox. With , Emilio Estevez. Alex Cox’s apocalyptically funny anarcho-comedy follows a suburban punk (Estevez) who gets conned into working for a grizzled repo man (Stanton). Together, they take a freewheeling tour of Los Angeles’ seamy, surreal underside—an alien invasion, the 80s punk scene, and a nuclear whatsit (a—in this scuzzbucket sci-fi satire of the Reagan era. Fri, Dec 5 at 4:30, 9:30pm

Straight Time (1978) 114min Directed by Ulu Grosbard. With , , . There’s something about loner Max Dembo that keeps you watching this movie over and over again, It’s an escape movie: an escape from everything Hoffman (a co-director for only three days of production because the character proved to be too intense) creates a devastating portrait of an ex-con who burns at both ends. Sat, Nov 29 at 4:30, 9:15pm

True Romance (1993) 120min Directed by Tony Scott. With , , . A suitcase full of cocaine in tow, comic book store clerk Clarence (Slater) and call girl Alabama (Arquette) hightail it from Detroit to LA, with the mob and a cavalcade of cops in hot pursuit. Scripted by Quentin Tarantino, and culminating in a showdown in the iconic Ambassador Hotel—home of the Cocoanut Grove, and the namesake of co-curator Gabriel Kahane’s Next Wave production—Tony Scott’s hyper- stylized pulp fantasy boasts a dynamite cast that includes Dennis Hopper, , , , and Val Kilmer as of . Sun, Dec 7 at 2, 6:45pm

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) 104min Directed by Robert Zemeckis. With , , Joanna Cassidy. “I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way.” A staggering accomplishment in the pre-CGI era for its seamless mixing of live action and animation, Zemeckis’ groundbreaking film has a clever noir script to match. It’s 1947 Hollywood and toon studio star Roger Rabbit is framed for murder after catching his wife Jessica playing pattycake with gag-gift mogul Marvin Acme. Hoskins is the surly private eye who gets caught in the middle, while scores of legendary toons—from Betty Boop to Dumbo to Daffy Duck—make memorable cameos. Thu, Nov 27 & Fri, Nov 28 at 4:45, 9:45pm

About BAMcinématek The four-screen BAM Rose Cinemas (BRC) opened in 1998 to offer Brooklyn audiences alternative and independent films that might not play in the borough otherwise, making BAM the only performing arts center in the country with two mainstage theaters and a multiplex cinema. In July 1999, beginning with a series celebrating the work of , BAMcinématek was born as Brooklyn’s only daily, year-round repertory film program. BAMcinématek presents new and rarely seen contemporary films, classics, work by local artists, and festivals of films from around the world, often with special appearances by directors, actors, and other guests. BAMcinématek has not only presented major retrospectives by major filmmakers such as , , Shohei Imamura, (winning a National Film Critics’ Circle Award prize for the retrospective), Kaneto Shindo, , and William Friedkin, but it has also introduced New York audiences to contemporary artists such as Pedro Costa and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. In addition, BAMcinématek programmed the first US retrospectives of directors , , Hong Sang-soo, and, most recently, Andrzej Zulawski. From 2006 to 2008, BAMcinématek partnered with the Sundance Institute and in June 2009 launched BAMcinemaFest, a 16-day festival of new independent films and repertory favorites with 15 NY feature film premieres; the sixth annual BAMcinemaFest ran from June 18—29, 2014.

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The Wall Street Journal is the title sponsor of BAM Rose Cinemas and BAMcinématek.

Steinberg Screen at the BAM Harvey Theater is made possible by The Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust.

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BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a major gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthorpe Rose. BAM Rose Cinemas would also like to acknowledge the generous support of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, The Estate of Richard B. Fisher, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Brooklyn Delegation of the Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Bloomberg, and Time Warner Inc. Additional support for BAMcinématek is provided by the Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation, The Grodzins Fund, The Liman Foundation, the Frederick Loewe Foundation, and Summit Rock Advisors.

BAMcinématek is programmed by Nellie Killian and David Reilly with assistance from Gabriele Caroti and Jesse Trussell. Additional programming by Ryan Werner.

Special thanks to Chris Chouinard/Park Circus; Judy Nicaud/; Mary Tallungan/Disney; Christopher Lane & Michael Horne/Sony Pictures Repertory; Kristie Nakamura/Warner Bros. Classics; Kent Hu/; Paul Ginsburg/Universal; Joe Reid/ Fox; Lynanne Schweighofer/Library of Congress

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