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13 THE FILMS á Friday, October 19 (Pre-Festival)

47 SPONSORS 1:00pm THE GOOD HEART (page 14) 48 PERSONNEL 4:00pm THE ESCAPIST (page 15) 48 DONORS á Saturday, October 20 12:00 noon THE CARER (page 15) 66 ORDER TICKETS 2:00pm L.I.E. (page 15) á Sunday, October 21 12:00 noon THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND (page 16) 3:00pm THEY’LL LOVE ME WHEN I’M DEAD (page 17) 3:30pm [R]EVOLUTION IS UNCOMFORTABLE @ PS21 (page 17) 5:30pm NON-FICTION (page 18) 8:30pm CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? (page 19) á Monday, October 22 12:00 noon THE HATE U GIVE (page 20) 3:00pm BURNING (page 21) 6:00pm EN EL SÉPTIMO DÍA (page 21) 8:00pm WILDLIFE (page 22) á Tuesday, October 23 12:00 noon THE INVISIBLES (page 22) 2:30pm ASH IS PUREST WHITE (page 23) 5:30pm CHEF FLYNN (page 23) 8:00pm THE CHILDREN ACT (page 24) á Wednesday, October 24 12:00 noon THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR FEET (page 24) 2:30pm ALGO, POLLY & TURCOT (short) + CLAIRE L’HIVER (page 25) 5:30pm MARIA BY CALLAS (page 26) 8:00pm EVERYBODY KNOWS (page 26) á Wednesday–Saturday, October 24–27 3:00pm THE EVERYDAY PEOPLE PROJECT INTERVIEWS THE GALLERY@CHATHAM (page 27) á Thursday, October 25 12:00 noon OF FATHERS AND SONS (page 27) 2:30pm MONROVIA, INDIANA (page 28)

5 á Thursday, October 25 (continued) MORRIS 17 Park Row, Chatham 3:30pm FILM JEOPARDY! á THE GALLERY@CHATHAM (page 28) Friday, October 26 5:30pm STUDIO 54 (page 29) 12:00 noon LE SILENCE (page 40) 8:00pm (page 29) 2:00pm DARCY (page 40) á Friday, October 26 4:30pm FC SHORTS PROGRAM (page 41) 12:00 noon (page 30) 7:00pm SOLO (page 42) á 2:00pm OUR NEW PRESIDENT (page 30) Saturday, October 27 3:30pm MIRETTE (short) + CIELO (page 31) 12:00 noon FOR GROWNUPS (page 42) 5:45pm BIRDS OF PASSAGE (page 32) 2:00pm 306 (page 43) 8:30pm WIDOWS (page 33) 4:30pm WRITE WHEN YOU GET WORK (page 43) 10:30pm PUB PARTY! @ PEOPLE’S PUB (page 34) 7:30pm THE SILK AND THE FLAME (page 44) á Saturday, October 27 á Sunday, October 28 10:30am CHILDREN’S INTERNATIONAL 12:00 noon VIRGIN BLACKTOP: A SKATE ODYSSEY (page 44) SHORTS PROGRAM (page 34) 2:30pm WHEN WE GROW UP (page 45) 12:00 noon HUGH HEFNER’S AFTER DARK: 5:00pm CONSTRUCTING ALBERT (page 45) SPEAKING OUT IN AMERICA (page 35) 2:30pm COLD WAR (page 36) 4:30pm SHOPLIFTERS (page 37) TRACY MEMORIAL 77 Main Street, Chatham 8:00pm SNEAK PREVIEW (page 37) 10:15pm POST-SNEAK PARTY @ BLUE PLATE (page 37) á Friday, October 26 á Sunday, October 28 12:00 noon FILM INDUSTRY PANEL (page 46) 11:30am NEVER LOOK AWAY (page 38) 3:30pm FILM INDUSTRY PANEL (page 46) 3:15pm CAPERNAÜM (page 38) 6:00pm DIANE (page 39) 8:15pm SCOTTY AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD (page 39)

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VILLAGE OF CHATHAM FilmColumbia fl and the Crandell Theatre N PS ROUTE 66 11 1 Welcome to the 19th FilmColumbia Festival and to its home at the Crandell BP 2 Theatre. As you prepare to enjoy another movie, we want you to know more about the Crandell and our year-round programming. 3 TRACY MEMORIAL The Crandell was built as a vaudeville house in 1926 and is the oldest, KINDERHOOK STREET • largest single-screen movie theatre in Columbia County. In 2017 the 4 CRANDELL THEATRE Crandell was listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places. PP Since 2010 when the Crandell was purchased by a community-based, not- MORRIS MEMORIAL 12 • PARKROW GC 5 for-profit organization, nearly $1 million has been raised to make extensive repairs to the building and install new sound and digital projection systems that allow us to continue showing first-run films. 9 MAIN STREET / ROUTE 66 6 10 For nearly a decade the lights of the marquee have been on 365 days each • year, screening over 1,100 mainstream and independent films that have attracted 35,000 people of all ages. RAILROAD AVENUE / ROUTE 295 Since 2000 FilmColumbia has received national recognition for the DEPOT SQUARE • quality of its programming, screening over 500 movies before their general release. Of these, 24 received . We keep ticket prices and concessions low through membership, donors, • and grant income that supports day-to-day operations as well as year- round programming. Up to 65 percent of ticket prices goes not to us but to movie distributors. 8 7 Crandell Theatre 48 Main Street Tracy Memorial 77 Main Street Whether you are a long-time supporter or someone who only attends Morris Memorial 17 Park Row HUDSON AVENUE / ROUTE 66 FilmColumbia, we hope that you will consider a contribution to reflect your support for year-round programming at the Crandell. Please take a moment PARKING 7 Yiannis to fill out the form on the following page or make a contribution on our new BP Blue Plate 8 Chatham Grill website, www.crandelltheatre.org. If you provide us with your email, we will PP People’s Pub 9 Main Street Goodness be able to keep you informed of upcoming films and programs. GC The Gallery@Chatham 10 Louella’s PS PS21 11 Glenn’s 66 Eatzzeria Thank you for being a part of this year’s festival. With your help, we look 12 Scoop 518 forward to welcoming you to FilmColumbia at the Crandell for years to come! Peter Biskind, Executive Director and Co-Artistic Director, FilmColumbia OTHER RESTAURANTS/CAFÉS ALSO: Laurence Kardish, Co-Artistic Director, FilmColumbia 1 BenGableSavories Our Daily Bread (116 Hudson Avenue) Calliope Nicholas, Managing Director, FilmColumbia Destino (1 Church Street) 2 Pizza Den 3 Our Daily Bread 4 Chatham Brewery Chatham police strictly enforce a two-hour parking limit 5 Toast on Main Street during business hours (9-5). We strongly advise you to use the areas on the map marked 6 Bimi’s Cheese Shop in blue when parking. 8 9 Year-round programming at the Crandell XIX • Mainstream and independent movies shown 365 days each year { • Nationally recognized FilmColumbia festival FILM • Curated film screenings including 2018 Tales of Europe COLUMBIA • Farm Film Fest in collaboration with the Columbia Land Conservancy and Chatham Agricultural Partnership After School Filmmaking Project in Chatham, Germantown, and Hudson Welcome to the 2018 edition of FilmColumbia, the 19th iteration of our Film Festival. • FilmColumbia is the second most popular entertainment venue in the county with 8,000 • Payment of license fees for county libraries to show movies ticket buyers showing up annually to see a selection of the year’s best domestic and international features and documentaries, most of which have not yet opened • Participation in community festivals with special free screenings and commercially. Every year we assure you that this will be the best festival yet, and every performances year it comes true! So, get ready for – yes, the best festival in our 19-year history, laden with potential Oscar nominations, and more depth than ever, showcasing filmmakers Make your contribution today! you’ve never heard of but who will be household names in the future. We provide a welcome break from the flood of superhero movies, sequels, and remakes that clog our Yes, I want to help support the year-round programming of the Crandell Theatre. screens the rest of the year. Enclosed is my check or credit card information for a tax-deductible contribution of

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Address for correspondence Home Office Once again, we are offering free passes for each venue to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. City State Zip As we have done in the past, most of our offerings arrive bearing the pedigree of awards from larger film festivals around the world, such as Cannes, Venice, Telluride, New Telephone(s) Day Evening York, and Toronto. There are so many stellar screenings in this year’s lineup, that we had to invade the Sunday before we usually get started for last-minute additions. Flip Email through the pages that follow to start planning your 2018 journey through world Check: Payable to Crandell Theatre, PO Box 305, Chatham NY 12037 cinema. Charge: American Express Visa MasterCard Enjoy! Card Number Exp. date Security code Peter Biskind Laurence Kardish Signature Calliope Nicholas

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9 3 133 CRANDELL THEATRE á Friday, October 19 | 4:00pm THE ESCAPIST In Rupert Wyatt’s debut feature, plays a convict in prison for life, but when his daughter falls victim of a drug overdose, he realizes he has no choice but to bust out of jail to see her. What would have been a tired film in anybody else’s hands, becomes instead an existential mediation on freedom and redemption, while still delivering the genre jolts we expect from a prison escape movie. Once again, Cox transforms an outcast into a sympathetic character. With Billion’s Damian FILMCOLUMBIA 2018 KICKS OFF Lewis. WITH FOUR INTERNATIONAL FILMS Directed by Rupert Wyatt; Co-written by Rupert Wyatt and Daniel Hardy; 2008; ; UK/Ireland; English; Cast: Brian Cox, Damian Lewis, Joseph SHOWCASING THE AWARD-WINNING WORK Fiennes. Runtime: 102 min. “With his craggy face and melancholy eyes, Cox brings a lived-in world-weariness to Frank. Without lapsing into sentimentality, the suggests a OF ACTOR BRIAN COX deeply buried humanity and vulnerability that even Frank had forgotten he had.”—Jean Oppenheimer, Village Voice

CRANDELL THEATRE á Saturday, October 20 | 12:00 noon THE CARER Suffering from Parkinson’s, Sir Michael Gifford (Brian Cox), a giant of the theater, is facing the grim reaper. Refusing to go quietly into that dark night, he lays waste to those around him with fusillades of potty-mouth abuse. He needs a full-time nurse, but daughter Sophia, perhaps as payback for years of bullying, refuses to let him have help. Along comes Dorottya, a Hungarian actress who thinks Sir Michael may be her ticket to a career in the theater. The two strike up a friendship, but Sophia and staff suspect Dorottya is just using him. Father and daughter face off, when Sophia schemes to get rid of Dorottya, despite the young actress’s growing bond with her father. Directed by János Edelényi; Co-written by János Edelényi, Gilbert Adair, and Tom Kinninmont; 2016; Comedy/Drama; Hungary/UK, in English; Cast: Brian Cox, Maitland Chandler, Ruth Posner. Runtime: 89 min. “As a veteran actor battling Parkinson’s and mediocrity, Brian Cox gets to have his cake and eat it in The Carer, an enjoyably indulgent comedy/drama that sends up the high self-regard of his profession while showcasing his own talents as an actor.”—Alastair Harkness, The Scotsman

á Since 1965, Columbia County resident Brian Cox has acted in some 200 movies and TV shows from CRANDELL THEATRE Saturday, October 20 | 2:00pm Braveheart to Rushmore, including The Bourne Identity, X-Men 2, and Deadwood, with eight more L.I.E. in various states of production. He has channeled every variety of the human species, from King Brian Cox once said that he likes to portray unlikable characters, and Big John the tough ex-Marine Lear to Hannibal Lecter. Not to mistake quantity for quality, he has been showered with laurels for he plays in L.I.E. (Long Island Expressway) is one of them; a pederast, no less! When Howie, an his consistently extraordinary performances, including the Theater Award, the unmoored 15-year-old desperately in search of a father figure, burglarizes his home, he finds one in Critics Circle Award, and so on. He was the recipient of the CBE (Commander of the Order Big John, who tracks him down. The only problem is that Big John proposes that Howie work off his of the British Empire) in 2003. He is presently starring in HBO’s hit series, Succession. debt by having sex with him. Cox somehow turns Big John into a compassionate presence in Howie’s life, and what could have been a simple screed becomes a deeply moving story about two lost souls. L.I.E. was honored with 20 awards by the likes of the American Film Institute, the Gotham Awards, CRANDELL THEATRE á Friday, October 19 | 1:00pm Independent Spirit Awards, and Critics Circle. Directed by ; Co-written by Michael Cuesta, Stephen Ryder, and Gerald Cuesta; 2001; Drama; USA; Cast: Brian Cox, , Bruce THE GOOD HEART Altman. Runtime: 108 min. A curmudgeonly barkeep recovering from his fifth heart attack ends up in intensive care next to Paul “Brian Cox has been a superb actor in more than 50 movies, from Braveheart to Rob Roy to Rushmore to Shakespeare… His achievement in L.I.E. is to Dano, a homeless teenage kid who tried to commit suicide. Brian Cox, who plays the barkeep, offers remain just outside our comprehension: We do not approve of what he does, but he is just subtle enough so that we are sometimes not sure exactly the kid a home in his bar, and grooms him as his heir, initiating him into the rules and rituals of the what he's doing. The courts would judge this case in , but the movie occupies the darker shades of gray.” tavern world: no chit chat with the customers, no newbies, no women, no this, no that. All goes well —, Sun-Times into the lovely April shows up, and soft-hearted Dano takes her in. Directed and written by Dagur Kári; 2009; Comedy/Drama; Iceland/Denmark/USA/France/Germany, in English/German; Cast: Brian Cox, Paul Dano, Bill Buell. Runtime: 99 min. CRANDELL THEATRE á Saturday, October 20 | 4:30pm “It was fine fortune for everyone when the mighty Brian Cox entered his latter-day-Brando phase, somewhere around the time of Rushmore. Suddenly, everything he touched turned to wintry platinum.”—Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out, New York Q&A: PETER BISKIND INTERVIEWS BRIAN COX

14 15 CRANDELL THEATRE á Sunday, October 21 | 12:00 noon CRANDELL THEATRE á Sunday, October 21 | 3:00pm

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND THEY’LL LOVE ME WHEN I’M DEAD This legendary unfinished film by the great has now been completed, with a little help From Oscar-winner Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom and Won't You Be My Neighbor?) this from his . Co-written and co-produced by Welles and Oja Kodar, it was shot between 1969 and documentary takes a searching look at Orson Welles in the twilight of his career, when he was 1976 and features as an over-the-hill director trying to make a comeback with a trendy struggling to launch films that smart money didn’t trust him to make. Producers were eager to take film-within-a-film that parodies fashionable European directors of the time like Antonioni and him to dinner, but not to the bank. The director chronicles Welles’ failed attempts to finish The Other Godard. It is Welles’ amused take on the state of film, c. 1970, and a film a clef in which he mocks his Side of the Wind as he scrounged for pennies doing cameos in other people’s movies and infamous enemies, including and Pauline Kael. commercials for Paul Masson wine. Neville’s film contains never-before-seen footage and interviews Directed and co-written by Orson Welles; Courtesy of ; Satire; USA; Cast: John Huston, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Strasberg, Paul Mazursky, with participants in The Other Side of the Wind. Dennis Hopper, Lilli Palmer, and Edmond O’Brien. Runtime: 122 min. Directed by Morgan Neville; 2018; Courtesy of Netflix; Documentary; USA. Runtime: 98 min.

PS21 á Sunday, October 21 | 3:30pm [R]EVOLUTION IS UNCOMFORTABLE FilmColumbia is partnering with PS21 to present this montage of short films, monologues, and live music. The performance features intimate conversations about some of the most pressing social concerns facing our nation today. [R]evolution is Uncomfortable is part of Hudson-based documentarian/photographer/videographer JD Urban’s ongoing conversation series, The Everyday People Project. Musicians from Hudson, The Dustbowl Faeries and pianist Tony Kieraldo, will perform.

16 17 CRANDELL THEATRE á Sunday, October 21 | 5:30pm CRANDELL THEATRE á Sunday, October 21 | 8:30pm

NON-FICTION Juliet Binoche stars in 's comedy of manners set in Parisian cafés, dining rooms, and rumpled beds where conversations tend to be about publishing in the age of virtual books and social media. Assayas, whose most recent art house hits include Clouds of Sils Maria and Personal Shopper, takes wry aim at a group of intelligent people who, while adjusting to the digitization of written words, cajole and betray with spoken ones. Directed and written by Olivier Assayas; 2018; Courtesy of IFC Films/Sundance Selects; Comedy; France, in French with English subtitles; Cast: Guillaume Canet, , Vincent Macaigne. Runtime: 106 min. Sponsored by Thompson Giroux Gallery

CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? Based on the life of , who made her living writing profiles of , , cosmetics executive Estée Lauder, et al. Eventually, she went broke when she fell out of step with the publishing industry's infatuation with warts-and-all biographies. Israel, played by Melissa McCarthy, abetted by her friend Jack (Richard E. Grant), an ex-con, begins selling forged letters allegedly penned by deceased writers and . When one “by” Noel Coward finally raises suspicion, her market dries up, and she begins stealing real letters from library archives to sell. Directed by ; Written by Nicole Holefcener and ; 2018; Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures; Biography/Comedy/Drama; USA; Cast: Melissa McCarthy, , , Alice Kremelberg, and Richard E. Grant. Runtime: 107 min.

18 19 CRANDELL THEATRE á Monday, October 22 | 12:00 noon CRANDELL THEATRE á Monday, October 22 | 3:00pm

BURNING A bashful writer, Jong-su, meets a beautiful young woman who says she was once attracted to him in school. He does not remember her from the past but falls hard for her in the present. Soon his uneventful life changes dramatically. Reporting on Burning from this year’s , ’ Manohla Dargis called it "one of the strongest films in competition.” A former South Korean Minister of Culture, director Lee Chang-Dong, (with six esteemed films to his credit, including Poetry and Secret Sunshine) twists the conventional tropes of gender and class into an unfamiliar and stunning mystery. Directed by Lee Chang-dong; Written by Lee Chang-dong and Oh Jung-mi; 2018; Courtesy of Well Go USA; Drama; Korea, in Korean with English subtitles; Cast: Jong-seo Jeon, Ah-in Yoo, . Runtime: 148 min.

CRANDELL THEATRE á Monday, October 22 | 6:00pm

THE HATE U GIVE EN EL SÉPTIMO DÍA Based on a wrenching bestseller and inspired by Black Lives Matter, the film focuses on a teenager Jim McKay, who directed episodes of , Treme, and more, creates suspense worthy of living two lives: one as a black ghetto kid, and the other as a student among wealthy whites at a Hitchcock in the service of transforming what seems like a trivial problem into a profound dilemma ritzy private school. These worlds collide when she witnesses a white cop shoot and kill her best within the immigrant community in Brooklyn. Set in Sunset Park, the film follows Jose, an friend, an unarmed black teenager in the ‘hood.’ The cops blame the victim, launch a desultory undocumented Mexican worker and soccer star, who has to choose between playing in the investigation, etc., etc. Called upon to testify, she is torn between her neighbors, who have taken championship, and his job at a restaurant. This is a small film about a big subject, with consequences to the streets, and her white friends, who couldn’t care less. Played the Toronto Film Festival. for all of us. Directed by George Tillman Jr.; Written by Audrey Wells; 2018; Courtesy of Fox 2000; Drama; USA; Cast: Issa Rae, Amanda Stenberg, , Written and Directed by Jim McKay. 2018; Courtesy of Cinema Guild; Drama; USA, in Spanish, English and Mixta with subtitles; Cast: Fernando K.J. Apa, , . Runtime: 132 min. Cardona, Ricardo Gonzalez, Alfonso Velazquez. Runtime: 92 min.

20 21 CRANDELL THEATRE á Monday, October 22 | 8:00pm CRANDELL THEATRE á Tuesday, October 23 | 2:30pm

WILDLIFE ASH IS THE PUREST WHITE Paul Dano, an actor best known for his roles in several key American independent films like Little Jia Zhang-ke is one of the world’s great filmmakers and Ash is the Purest White is a brilliant example Miss Sunshine and , makes his directorial debut with Wildlife. The film is a low- of his mastery. It is part martial arts gangster thriller, part love story, part social critique, and part key stunner. Dano deftly captures the subtle currents and unspoken tensions that undercut a family awesomely beautiful. Told in three sections, it portrays the tortured relationship between Qiao, a living in a small town in Montana in 1960. From its lauded premiere at Sundance, on through Cannes, tough young woman, and Bin, a low-level mobster in 2001, in 2006, and finally in 2018 when changes Toronto, and New York, Wildlife has received some of the best reviews of the year. in China have so altered the mores of a nation that it seems China has swallowed America whole. Directed by Paul Dano; Co-written by Paul Dano and , from ’s novel; 2018; Courtesy of IFC Films; Drama; USA; Cast: Carey A Palme d’Or nominee at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Mulligan, , Ed Oxenbould. Runtime: 104 min. Directed and written by Jia Zhang-ke; 2018; Courtesy of Cohen Media; Drama; China/France, in Mandarin with English subtitles; Cast: Zhao Tao, Liao Sponsored by Herrington’s Fan. Runtime: 122 min.

CRANDELL THEATRE á Tuesday, October 23 | 12:00 noon CRANDELL THEATRE á Tuesday, October 23 | 5:30pm

THE INVISIBLES CHEF FLYNN In January 1943, the Nazis pronounced Berlin “Judenfrei,” free of Jews. Little did they know that close On August 7th, 2018, the New York Times restaurant critic, Pete Wells, gave a two-star Critic’s Pick to 7,000 Jews were still in the German capital, most in hiding, but some living recklessly in plain review to a new Lower East Side restaurant. The headline read, “At Gem, a Teen Wonder plays in the sight. By war’s end, less than 2,000 Jews were still there. The Invisibles is about four of these survivors. Big Leagues”. That teen wonder is Chef Flynn McGarry who at age 19 has been creating exciting Director Claus Räfle seamlessly integrates interviews of the survivor’s with dramatic recreations of menus and meals for ten years. Tired of his parents’ reliance on take-out, Flynn began to cook at 10 their remarkable stories from this dark period to make a spellbinding documentary of resilience and and he did so well that his parents outfitted his bedroom with a kitchen. Cameron Yates documents resistance. with discretion and humor Flynn’s bumpy road to adulthood and stardom. Directed by Claus Räfle; Co-written by Claus Räfle and Alejandra López: 2017; Courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment; Documentary/Drama; Directed by Cameron Yates; 2018; Courtesy of Kino Lorber; Documentary; USA. Runtime: 82 min. Germany, in German with English subtitles; Cast: Max Mauff, Alice Dwyer, Ruby O. Fee. Runtime: 110 min.

22 23 CRANDELL THEATRE á Tuesday, October 23 | 8:00pm CRANDELL THEATRE á Wednesday, October 24 | 2:30pm

DOUBLE FEATURE ALGO, POLLY & TURCOT THE CHILDREN ACT A terrific true tale of two peregrine falcons, Algo and Polly, who live under the massive Turcot Workaholic Fiona Maye () is an eminent High Court judge in London whose highway exchange in the gentrifying neighborhood of Saint-Henri. When the highway expertise is family law, although she ignores her American husband, professor Jack Maye (Stanley is slated for demolition, the falcons refuse to leave. Tucci), who pursues an affair. While her marriage is crumbling, she is asked to rule on the case of Directed and written by Alexandre Sheldon; 2017; Courtesy of Rapide-Blanc; Canada, in French and English with subtitles. Runtime: 27 min. a teenage Jehovah’s Witness, Adam, who refuses a blood transfusion that will save his life. Adam forces Fiona to face emotions that she’d rather ignore. Adapted from a novel by Ian McEwan. Directed by Richard Eyre; Written by Ian McEwan, based on his novel; 2017; Courtesy of A24; Drama; ; Cast: Emma Thompson, , Fionn Whitehead. Runtime: 105 min.

CRANDELL THEATRE á Wednesday, October 24 | 12:00 noon

THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR FEET CLAIRE L’HIVER Jeremy Workman’s award-winning documentary, produced by actor , is about a man No, this upside down still is not a mistake. In this winsome comedy, Claire is a young Montreal artist on a mission. The irrepressible Matt Green aims to walk every street, alley, path, park, and cemetery in about to have a spring show. In the grip of an idée fixe—she fears that a space station is about to fall every borough in NYC—and after seven years and more than 8,000 miles, he is still at it. A former to earth—Claire is not getting down to business. Instead, she spends her days in bed or hanging out civil engineer and now homeless by choice, Green records his urban discoveries on his website, with friends. Director Sophie Marcotte will attend. “imjustwalkin.com,” and cheerfully invites you to join him on a walk. You might want to get a new pair Directed and written by Sophie Bédard Marcotte; 2018; Courtesy of La Distributice de Films; Comedy; Canada, in French with English subtitles; of comfy shoes. Cast: Sophie Bédard Marcotte, Alexa Jeanne-Dubé, Samuel Brassard. Runtime: 63 min. Directed and written by Jeremy Workman; 2018; Courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment; Documentary; USA. Runtime: 95 min.

24 25 CRANDELL THEATRE á Wednesday, October 24 | 5:30pm

THE GALLERY@CHATHAM á Wednesday – Saturday, October 24 – 27 | 3:00 – 6:00pm THE EVERYDAY PEOPLE PROJECT INTERVIEWS FILMCOLUMBIA As part of his ongoing series, The Everyday People Project, Hudson-based documentarian/ photographer/videographer JD Urban will film brief, man-on-the street conversations with FilmColumbia attendees over the course of four days. Stop by The Gallery@Chatham to participate by musing on the power of art, what freedom means, and what work of art (film or otherwise) has changed your life. Edits from the previous day's interviews will play on a loop on monitors hosted by local eateries Pieconic and Our Daily Bread. Some footage will become part of JD’s upcoming documentary film exploring the making of art.

CRANDELL THEATRE á Thursday, October 25 | 12:00 noon

MARIA BY CALLAS Through letters, interviews, and rare archival material, director Tom Volf lets the opera diva speak in her own words as we follow her from birth in 1923 as Ana María Cecilia Sofía Kalogeropoulos in New York, until her death as Maria Callas, in , in September, 1977. The film treats the painful events of her life, especially the Onassis-Jackie Kennedy affair, whose marriage broke her heart, with elegance and care. Directed by Tom Volf; 2017; Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics; Documentary; France, in English. Runtime: 113 min.

CRANDELL THEATRE á Wednesday, October 24 | 8:00pm

OF FATHERS AND SONS Talal Derki, a Syrian filmmaker slash activist now living in exile in Berlin, secretly returned to explore the roots of the radicalism that is tearing his country apart. Concentrating on Islamic militancy, Derki lived with Abu Osama, one of the founders of Al-Nusra, the Syrian arm of Al-Qaeda, and his two eldest sons, Osama and Ayman, 13 and 12, as they were being readied for jihadist camp. Derki captures the chilling complexity of a father who loves his sons, and in the name of that love is eager for them to die martyrs. Won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary, World Cinema, at Sundance. Directed by Talal Derki; 2018; Courtesy of Kino Lorber; Documentary; Syria/Germany/, in with English subtitles. Runtime: 98 min. EVERYBODY KNOWS Every new film by the Iranian master, , is an occasion, especially when it stars Penélope Cruz and . Everybody Knows differs from two of his earlier films, which both won Oscars for Best Foreign Language Films ( and The Salesman), in that it is not set in but sun-dappled Spain. Laura arrives from Argentina with her daughter and son to celebrate her younger sister’s wedding in her home village. All goes well until it suddenly doesn’t. Opened this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Directed and written by Asghar Farhadi; 2018; Courtesy of Focus Features; Drama; Spain, in Spanish with English subtitles; Cast: Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Ricardo Darín. Runtime: 132 min.

26 27 CRANDELL THEATRE á Thursday, October 25 | 2:30pm CRANDELL THEATRE á Thursday, October 25 | 5:30pm

STUDIO 54 For almost three years in the late 1970s, New York’s Studio 54 became the epicenter of the celebrity universe. The club founders, Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, wanted to make it big in and did so beyond their wildest dreams, with a little help from their friend, a fixer by the name of Roy Cohn. Director Matt Tyrnauer intercuts contemporary footage of interviews with a talkative Schrager and a host of other key figures in this shady tale that Variety called a “thrilling and definitive documentary.” Introduced by FilmColumbia’s own Managing Director Calliope Nicholas, who worked at Studio 54 during its heyday. Directed by Matt Tyrnauer; 2018; Courtesy of Zeitgeist Films; Documentary; USA. Runtime: 98 min.

CRANDELL THEATRE á Thursday, October 25 | 8:00pm

MONROVIA, INDIANA The latest documentary from , America’s greatest documentarian, known for films such as Titticut , , and Ex Libris: The New York Public Library. Meet “middle America” in Monrovia, Indiana, a “representative” farming community founded in 1812 with a population of 1400 people. Wiseman probes beyond the stereotypes and presents as real a picture of small town life as big city-ers are likely to get. Played the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals. Directed by Frederick Wiseman; 2018; Courtesy of Zipporah Films; Documentary; USA. Runtime: 143 min.

THE GALLERY@CHATHAM á Thursday, October 25 | 3:30 – 4:30pm A PRIVATE WAR ’s story is a paean to the enduring importance of investigative journalism, now under FILM JEOPARDY! attack by the powers that be. Colvin () is one of the most celebrated war Have fun testing your knowledge of film trivia, while surrounded by great regional art. Hosted by correspondents of our time, driven by the desire to bear witness and speak for the speechless. This veteran trivia emcee Gianni Lovato (with Melissa Pollack as Vanna White to Gianni’s Pat Sajak), hair-raising tale of derring-do comes straight from the world’s most dangerous battlefields, including this brief break from watching films promises to be a lot of fun. Snacks provided and prizes go to the Syrian city of Homs, under attack by the forces of president Bashar al-Assad. the winners. Play by yourself or as a team. No charge, but advance signup is required. Directed by ; Written by ; Courtesy of Aviron Pictures; Drama; USA/UK; Cast: Rosamund Pike, , Stanley Tucci, Tom Hollander. Runtime: 106 min. Sponsored by T Backer Fund 28 29 CRANDELL THEATRE á Friday, October 26 | 12:00 noon CRANDELL THEATRE á Friday, October 26 | 3:30pm

3 FACES How does do it? Forbidden to make films by the Iranian government, the director does it anyway. Three Faces takes a journey far outside Teheran in the company of , a well- DOUBLE FEATURE known actress. Jafari wants to find the body of a young Azeri girl who made a video of her suicide MIRETTE that was sent to Jafari because she never responded to the young girl’s pleas for help to escape her family and become an actress. As Panahi and Jafari head north into the mountains they have many Adapted from a Caldecott Medal-winning book by Emily McCully, Mirette tells the story of a high- unexpected encounters that teach them much about their country. wire walker who appears at a boarding house in Paris and changes the life of young girl, played by newcomer Dixie Egerickx—destined for a brilliant career. McCully will answer questions after the Directed by Jafar Panahi; Written by Jafar Panahi and Nader Saeivar; 2018; Courtesy of Kino Lorber Films; Drama; Iran, in Farsi and Azeri with short. English subtitles. Cast: Behnaz Jafari, Jafar Panahi, Marziyeh Rezael. Runtime: 100 min. Directed and written by Helen O’Hanlon; 2018; Drama; UK; Cast: Tom Conti, Miriam Margolyes, Dixie Egerickx. Runtime: 28 min.

CRANDELL THEATRE á Friday, October 26 | 2:00pm

CIELO Attempting to explain the impossible—our fascination with the heavens—director Alison OUR NEW PRESIDENT McAlpine presents the night sky from the vantage point of Chile’s Atacama Desert, where it can be Is there any question Russia was involved in the election of Donald Trump? Maxim Pozdorovkin, a seen at its clearest, purest, and most magnificent. She interviews both desert dwellers, who see the Russian now living and working in Brooklyn as an independent filmmaker (: A Punk Prayer) sky with naked eyes, and the scientists who chart it at La Silla Observatory, 7,500 feet above the answers no, if indirectly, in his gobsmacking assemblage of clips taken from Russian news broadcasts desert floor. during the 2016 Presidential campaign. Trump is portrayed as America’s savior while Clinton is seen Directed, written, and narrated by Alison McAlpine; 2017; Courtesy of Juno Films; Documentary; Chile/Canada, in Spanish and English with as a murderous witch who belongs in an asylum. Since Russian television is controlled by the subtitles. Runtime: 78 min. Kremlin, there’s little question whose candidacy Putin vigorously promoted. This is horrifyingly entertaining and, in its willful awfulness, absurdly comic. Directed by Maxim Pozdorovkin; Satirical Documentary; USA, in Russian with English subtitles; Runtime: 77 min.

30 31 CRANDELL THEATRE á Friday, October 26 | 5:45pm CRANDELL THEATRE á Friday, October 26 | 8:30pm

BIRDS OF PASSAGE Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra, who gave us the magnificent Embrace of the Serpent three years ago, present the story of an indigenous Wayu family who become tangled up in the pre-Escobar birth of Colombia’s booming drug trade in the 1970’s. This lushly shot film focuses on the impact of the drug culture on the Wayu, and pulls off an unusual marriage of ethnography and thriller unlike anything we’ve ever seen. Imagine the best of National Geographic wedded to Narcos or Sicario and you’ll get some idea of just how unusual this film is. Directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra; Written by Maria Camila Arias and Jacques Toulemonde Vidal; 2018; Courtesy of The Orchard; Drama; Colombia, Denmark, Mexico, in Wayu, Spanish, and English with English subtitles; Cast: Natalia Reyes, Carmiña Martínez, José Acosta. Runtime: 125 min.

WIDOWS From Academy Award-winning director Steve McQueen (“”) and co-writer and bestselling author Gillian Flynn (“”) comes a blistering, modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption. “Widows" is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica (Oscar-winner ), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez), Alice () and Belle (Cynthia Erivo) take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. Directed by Steve McQueen; Written by Gillian Flynn and Steve McQueen, based on the television series entitled “Widows,” produced by Euston Films, Ltd., Written by Lynda Laplante; Produced by Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan; 2018; Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox; Thriller; USA; Cast: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, , Brian Tyree Henry, , Garret Dillahunt, Carrie Coon, Jacki Weaver, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, with and Liam Neeson. Runtime: 128 min. Sponsored by MetzWood Insurance

32 33 PEOPLE’S PUB á Friday, October 26 | 10:30pm CRANDELL THEATRE á Saturday, October 27 | 12:00 noon

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CRANDELL THEATRE á Saturday, October 27 | 10:30am

HUGH HEFNER’S AFTER DARK: SPEAKING OUT IN AMERICA Hugh Hefner’s two pioneering cable shows, Playboy’s Penthouse (1959-1960) and Playboy After Dark CHILDREN’S INTERNATIONAL SHORTS PROGRAM (1969 -1970) dealt with racial integration, free speech, and the environment. Among the programs’ guests were James Brown, Lenny Bruce, Ray Charles, Sammy Davis Jr., Moms Mabley, Pete Seeger, A worldwide selection of short films by adults—for for the kid in all of us. Ages 1-99, come enjoy these and Sarah Vaughan. In addition to performance clips of these and other artists, filmmaker Brigitte short films curated by Patti Greaney and Johnny Moran of GIRALDIMedia, NYC. Sure to delight the Berman speaks with Joan Baez, Tony Bennett, , Bill Maher, Smokey Robinson, Linda senses. Ronstadt and others about the significance of these shows and the influence they had on the Runtime: 60 min. celebrities themselves. Brigitte Berman will attend. Sponsored by Hudson River Bank and Trust Foundation Directed by Brigitte Berman; 2018; Courtesy of the filmmaker; Documentary; Canada. Runtime: 101 min.

34 35 CRANDELL THEATRE á Saturday, October 27 | 2:30pm CRANDELL THEATRE á Saturday, October 27 | 4:30pm

SHOPLIFTERS FilmColumbia welcomes back the work of master Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda (After the Storm) with his Palme d’Or-winner Shoplifters, fresh from its screenings in Toronto and New York. The film is an emotionally rich drama about a tightly-knit, three-generation family of small time thieves who “adopt” an abandoned and abused young girl. In awarding Shoplifters Cannes’ most coveted prize, jury president reported that the judges were completely “bowled over by the intermeshing of performances with the directorial vision,” which is at once humane, astringent, and utterly compelling. Directed and written by Hirokazu Kore-eda; 2018; Courtesy of ; Drama; Japan, in Japanese with English subtitles; Cast: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka. Runtime: 121 min.

COLD WAR CRANDELL THEATRE á Saturday, October 27 | 8:00pm After winning the Oscar for Ida in 2015, Pawel Pawlikowski returned to to shoot Cold War, in ravishing back-and-white. A love story set in Warsaw, Berlin, and Paris, and loosely based on his SNEAK PREVIEW parents’ experience, it earned him the Best Director award at Cannes this year. This quietly An important new film from a major distributor. { spectacular film takes place between 1949 and 1964, and charts a relationship compromised by a political system that perverted human emotion. Sponsored by Jack Shear Directed and written by Pawel Pawlikowski; 2018; Poland; Courtesy of Studios; Drama; Poland, in Polish with English subtitles. Cast: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Agata Kulecza. Runtime: 88 min. BLUE PLATE RESTAURANT á Saturday, October 27 | 10:15pm POST-SNEAK PARTY @ BLUE PLATE Cheer another fabulous Sneak movie at FilmColumbia with drinks & appetizers!

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NEVER LOOK AWAY DIANE Inspired by real life events spanning three eras of German history, Never Look Away tells the story of Winner of the Best Narrative Film award at the , Diane is quite an achievement a young art student, Kurt who falls in love with a fellow student, Ellie. Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband, for first-time director Jones, who is also the artistic director of the New York Film Festival. Shot a renowned German doctor, is disappointed by his daughter’s choice of a boyfriend and vows to in the Hudson Valley and starring the remarkable May Kay Place as the title character, Diane is about destroy their relationship. What none of them know is that their lives are already connected through a a widow who lives to serve her friends and family, and is anxious about her drug-addict son, recently terrible crime Seeband committed decades ago. Played this year’s Venice and Toronto Film Festivals. released from a rehab clinic. She is surrounded by women of her age who anchor one another’s lives. Directed and written by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; 2018; Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics; Drama; Germany, in German with English The film celebrates the humanity of an ordinary woman like Diane, recognizing that she is someone subtitles; Cast: Tom Schilling, , Paula . Runtime: 188 min. worthy of consideration, respect, and even quiet applause. Kent Jones will attend. Directed and written by Kent Jones; 2018; USA; Courtesy of IFC Films; Drama; Cast: Mary Kay Place, Jack Lacy, Estelle Parsons, , Joyce van Patten. Runtime: 95 min.

CRANDELL THEATRE á Sunday, October 28 | 3:15pm CRANDELL THEATRE á Sunday, October 28 | 8:15pm

CAPERNAÜM SCOTTY AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD Nadine Labaki’s third film, Capernaüm, tells the story of Zain, an old-beyond-his-12-years boy who , a handsome young World War II veteran, was “discovered” on Hollywood Boulevard sues his parents for “giving him life.” It received the longest standing ovation at Cannes this year. by Walter Pidgeon when Bowers pumped Pidgeon’s gas. The actor introduced him to Hollywood’s gay Cast with non-professionals and shot in the slums, the film vividly captures the poverty and elite and Scotty turned that providential encounter into a career—as Tinseltown’s procurer to the stars. social disorder children navigate with wiles and toughness. (Think Bicycle Thief, 400 Blows.) Labeki’s In 2012, at the ripe old age of 89 he published a memoir, Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and access to the back streets of Beirut is simply astonishing. the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars, in which he cheerfully named names of the rich and famous who, Directed and co-written by Nadine Labeki; 2018; Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics; Drama; Lebanon, in Arabic with English subtitles; Cast: Zain Al given the homophobic nature of the industry, were incognito. Matt Tyrnauer’s sunny portrait is as Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole. Runtime: 120 min. surprising as the ex-marine himself. The film’s editor, Bob Eisenhardt, will attend. Directed by Matt Tyrnauer; 2017; Courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment; USA. Runtime: 98 min.

38 39 MORRIS MEMORIAL á Friday, October 26 | 12:00 noon MORRIS MEMORIAL á Friday, October 26 | 4:30pm SHORTS PROGRAM YEAR OF THE HAUNTED HOUSE A young boy and his friends create a haunted house for Halloween with help from his grieving engineer father. Directed by Matt Greene-DeLanghe; 2017; USA; Runtime: 10 min.

HELLO A modern fable of a young introverted Brooklyn man whose sole companion is a goldfish. Directed by Sidney Lloyd Smith; 2017; USA; Runtime: 12 min.

GIRL TALK The complexities of love and intimacy through the lens of a young gay woman. Directed by Erica Rose; 2018; USA; Runtime: 17 min. LE SILENCE A moving film about a poverty-stricken ten-year old boy, Vanya, who lives in a shack by the sea and BLUEBIRDS witnesses a savage fight between two men on the beach. Vanya embarks on a perilous journey into A tour de force featuring a handicapped husband arguing violently with his wife, who is obsessed town to find help that turns into a struggle to save a man caught in a police sweep of illegal with adopting a child. immigrants. The boy’s desperate search becomes a fable about illusion, loneliness, and the inability of Directed by Yunfan Hu Zolian; 2018; USA; Runtime: 12 min. humans to communicate with each another. Directed by Chapour Haghighat; 2018; Courtesy of the filmmaker; French with English subtitles; Cast: Rayane Machouche, Franck Machouche, BODEGA Maelya Beurive. Runtime: 94 min. An uplifting story of two female teenagers from the ‘hood who encounter a pervert at their local bodega. Directed by Rebecca Halfon; 2018; USA; Runtime: 12 min.

MORRIS MEMORIAL á Friday, October 26 | 2:00pm SUMMER In the wake of losing their father, siblings spend the summer together in the family house as the annual summer party approaches. Shot in Canaan, NY. Directed by Mikhaela Mahony; Written by Lee Havlicek; 2018; USA; Runtime: 23 min.

DARCY Darcy is an idealistic 15-year-old living on the edge of town in her family's motel. The prostitutes, addicts, and malcontents also residing in the motel have their own stories and secrets, and her fate is interwoven with theirs. When an alluring stranger enters her world, Darcy finds herself with a choice: remain in the place she knows, or move forward into an unknown future. Shot in Pallenville, NY. Directed by: Heidi Philipsen-Meissner and Jon Russell Cring; 2017; Courtesy of Entertainment Pictures; Drama; USA; Cast: Gus Birney, Johnathan Tchiakovsky, Paula Singer, Bernadette Quigley. Runtime: 96 min.

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SOLO 306 HOLLYWOOD Solo is Mamma Mia on a small scale, with elements of , The Commitments, Step Up, When brother-and-sister filmmakers lose their grandma, they face a profound question: what should Pitch Perfect, and Brassed Off, thrown in for good measure. If you liked La La Land, you'll love Solo, an be done with everything that’s left behind? The Bogaríns embark on a magical-realist journey that upbeat, rom-com musical. transforms her cluttered home into a visually exquisite ruin where tchotchkes become Directed by Nic Cornwall; Written by Jonathan Hall; 2018; Courtesy of Jonathan Hall, producer; Comedy/Musical/Romance; UK/Spain, in English artifacts and the siblings become archaeologists. With help from physicists, curators, and archivists, and Spanish; Cast: Tristam Summers, Candela Gómez, Jaime Pujol, Ben Freeman. Runtime: 90 min. they excavate the extraordinary universe contained in a family home. Directed by Elan and Jonathan Bogarín; 2018; Courtesy of the Filmmakers; Documentary; USA. Runtime: 94 min.

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ANIMATION FOR GROWNUPS WRITE WHEN YOU GET WORK Once again, animator Gary Leib (American Splendor) scouts the world for us to screen an array of the A poor boy-poor girl rom-com/heist thriller set in a posh private school in . Emily best in cutting-edge animation. Several animators will be on hand to discuss their work, including Mortimer and Scott Cohen shine in supporting roles. Played the SXSW Festival. Bill Plympton. Directed and written by Stacy Cochran; 2018; Courtesy of the filmmaker; Rom-com/thriller; USA; Cast: Isabella Blassingham, Finn Wittrock, Emily Runtime: 90 min. Mortimer, Scott Cohen. Runtime: 99 min.

42 43 MORRIS MEMORIAL á Saturday, October 27 | 7:30pm MORRIS MEMORIAL á Sunday, October 28 | 2:30pm

THE SILK AND THE FLAME WHEN WE GROW UP Jordan Schiele’s revelatory documentary about China today. Yao Shuo, a Beijing executive in the city’s The death of the family dog sends the family matriarch into a tailspin of grief, and prompts her to call arts and media sector, is turning 40. He supports his extended family that lives in a dusty village in on her three grown children for comfort. Divulging secrets, the family is drawn into confrontation. Henan Province. When Yao returns home to see them, they wonder why he is single. The film explores The film was created by an exclusively female crew and shot in Chatham and Ghent. the unbearable pressure of family, and the unease of being comfortably gay. Directed by Zorinah Juan; Written by Hannoy; 2018; USA; Cast: Cathy Curtain, Grace Hannoy, Simone Stadler, Clyde Voce, Lauren Lim Jackson, Directed and written by Jordan Schiele; 2018; Courtesy of Juno Films; China, in Mandarin with English subtitles. Runtime: 87 min. Danuel Ison. Runtime: 97 min.

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VIRGIN BLACKTOP: A SKATE ODYSSEY CONSTRUCTING ALBERT An uplifting and sometimes heart breaking coming-of-age story about a diverse group of NYC kids in El Bulli, perhaps the most famous and influential restaurant in the world, closed its doors in 2011. Two 1977. Their passion for skateboarding brings them together despite their different ages, races, and years later, Albert, the younger brother of El Bulli’s owner and chief chef, Ferran Adrià—who Ferran economic backgrounds. With their parents blessing, they go on to form a competitive skating team said “is the best chef I have ever known”—opened five restaurants in , each with its own called The Wizards. Nearly 40 years later, they have followed different paths, from boardrooms to jail distinct cuisine and atmosphere. The filmmakers followed Albert on his culinary venture and mapped cells, but still remain friends. his ambitious project as a multi-course offering of food, architecture, and psychological insight. Directed by Charlie Samuels; 2018; Courtesy of the Filmmaker; Documentary; USA. Runtime: 83 min. Directed by Laura Collado and Jim Loomis; 2017; Courtesy of Juno Films; Documentary; Spain, in Spanish with English subtitles. Runtime: 82 min.

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CHATHAM FILM CLUB MEMBERS Online for CT Members only: Available as of October 6, 9:00am, through our website, You start out with a little bit of oil. Then you fry some garlic. Then you throw in some tomatoes, tomato paste, you fry it; you make sure it doesn’t stick. You get it to a boil; you shove in all your sausage and filmcolumbia.org. Member-only sales runs through October 12. CT members will receive a special discount code via email to receive member pricing and have first access to online tickets. If you are your meatballs. And a little bit of wine, and a little bit of sugar—that’s my trick. 1 a current CT member and have not received your code, email: offi[email protected] 2 or call 518-392-3445. A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti. You bring in a sous-chef from an Italian restaurant and I’m the one in therapy? 3 In person: Pre-Sales ticket dates for CT Members only, Crandell Theatre, Main Street, Chatham. Please bring your membership card. Saturday/Sunday, October 6 & 7, 10am–1pm. Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get. 4 Cash and checks only, no credit cards, please. Remind me to tell you about the time I looked deep into the heart of an artichoke. 5 GENERAL PUBLIC Online: Available as of October 13, 9:00am through our website, filmcolumbia.org. I have some salmon salad left. In person: Tickets available at the Crandell Theatre, Main Street, Chatham on the following dates: What do you mean, left? When did you make it? Saturday, October 13, 10:00am–1:00pm ,Q$SULOEXWLI\RXVPRWKHULWZLWKSHSSHULW¶V¿QH6 Friday, October 19, 12:30pm–4:00pm Saturday, October 20, 11:30am–2:00pm Bring us some fresh wine, the freshest you’ve got—this year! No more of this old stuff! 7 Sunday, October 21, 11:30am–8:00pm Cash and checks only, no credit cards, please.

DURING FILMCOLUMBIA We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: Candy, Candy Canes, Candy Corns and Syrup. 9 October 19–21: Tickets for all venues will be available until start of last screening at the Crandell Theatre. ,FDQQRWVWDQGOLWWOHQRWHVRQP\SLOORZ³:HDUHDOORXWRIFRUQÀDNHV)8´,WWRRNPHWKUHHKRXUVWR October 22–28: ¿JXUHRXW)8ZDV)HOL[8QJHU 10 FilmColumbia Ticket Sales will be at the Tracy Memorial located at the traffic circle.

5HGZLQHZLWK¿VK7KDWVKRXOGKDYHWROGPHVRPHWKLQJ11 TICKET PRICES Day films: Obie, when do we get our bread and water? 12 CT Members: $11; General Public $13 Evening films (5:00 pm onwards, Crandell Theatre only): You took worst, because you have best-quality heart. 13 CT Members: $14; General Public $17 GOLD PASS (Access to all films and events, except Brian Cox honoring party): 0\ER\VD\VKHFDQHDW¿IW\HJJVKHFDQHDW¿IW\HJJV14 CT Members; $220; General Public $275 ALL FILM PASS (Access to films only, does not include events): CT Members: $200; General Public $250 There’s something wrong with this yogurt. 15 Saturday, October 27, 10:30am, Crandell Theatre – Children’s International Film Program: Free Ah, that’s not yogurt, that’s mayonnaise.

EVENTS Every time I see you you’re buying a chicken. 16 Sunday, October 21, 3:30pm – PS21, [R]evolution is Uncomfortable: CT Members $15; General Public $20 I’m in love. I’m having a relationship with my pizza. 17

Wednesday–Sunday, October 24–27, 3:00pm–6:00pm –

(2010) Love Pray Eat 17. (1986) Weeks 9½ 16. (1999) Hill Notting 15. (1967) Luke Hand Cool

The Gallery@Chatham, Every Day People Project Interviews: 14. (1993) Club Luck Joy The 13. (1969) Restaurant Alice’s 12. (1963) Love with Russia From 11. (1968) Couple Odd The 10.

(2003) Elf 9. ) (1991 Story L.A. 8. (1979) Jerk The 7. (1965) Pussycat New What’s 6. (1951) About All Free, sign up at Tracy Memorial 5.

(1994) Gump Forrest 4. (2007) Reservations No 3. (1991) Lambs the of Silence he T 2. (1972) Godfather The 1. Thursday, October 25, 3:30pm – The Gallery@Chatham, Film Jeopardy: ANSWERS: Free/Reservations required Friday, October 26, 12:00pm, 3:00pm – Tracy Memorial, Industry Panel Discussions: $15 1 KINDERHOOK STREET Friday, October 26, 10:30pm – The People’s Pub, Pub Party: Free/Cash Bar JUST A SHORT nd CHATHAM NEW YORK OUR 22 YEAR! Saturday, October 27, 10:15 pm – Blue Plate, Post-Sneak Party,: $15/Cash Bar WALK FROM SERVING DINNER 518.392.7711 Enjoy! YOUR SEAT! WEDNESDAY — SUNDAY chathamblueplate.net 66 {

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