2018 SOUND & VISION See Something Different! Music in film Series
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JUN - SEP SOUND & VISIONamherstcinema music in film series 28 Amity St. Amherst, MA 01002 • www.amherstcinema.org • 413.253.2547 2018 SOUND & VISION See something different! music in film series In addition to the special events in this newsletter, Amherst Cinema shows current-release film on four screens every day. Visit amherstcinema.org and join our weekly e-newsletter for the latest offerings. SOUND & VISION music in film series Rubén Blades Is Not My Name Betty: They Say I’m Different Wednesday nights this summer, our hit RUBÉN BLADES IS NOT MY NAME BETTY: THEY SAY I’M DIFFERENT music series returns with concert films, Dir. Abner Benaim, 2018, NR, 85 min, Spanish w/subtitles Dir. Phil Cox, 2018, NR, 60 min biographies, and documentaries. Tune WED AUG 1, 7PM WED AUG 29, 7PM This doc celebrates living legend Rubén Blades, a The story of the elusive Betty Davis, from the young in, turn on and get down with these Latin American icon at the center of the New York girl growing up on a North Carolina farm, to the leg- artists - loud and larger than life! Salsa revolution in the 1970’s. Introduction by endary funk pioneer and wife of Miles Davis, to the Pablo Yglesias. After-party with Peace & Rhythm startling mystery of Betty’s 30 year disappearance. DJs spinning vinyl. YELLOW SUBMARINE LINEFORK Dir. George Dunning, 1968, PG, 85 min CONCERT FOR GEORGE Dir. Vic Rawlings and Jeff Silva, 2016, NR, 96 min WED JUL 11, 7PM Dir. David Leland, 2003, PG-13, 146 min WED SEP 5, 7PM This 4k restoration on the big screen is a rare WED AUG 8, 7PM An immersive view of the daily rituals of Lee Sexton, opportunity to fully submerge yourself in The This concert film features Paul McCartney, Ringo retired coal miner and revered banjo legend, and his Beatles’ timeless musical and visual delights. Starr, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Ravi Shankar, Monty wife Opal. Directors Vic Rawlings and Jeff Silva in Python, and more paying tribute to George Harrison. person. GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT & BAMI Dir. Sophie Fiennes, 2018, NR, 115 min HERE TO BE HEARD: THE STORY OF HIT SO HARD WED JUL 18, 7PM THE SLITS Dir. P. David Ebersole, 2012, NR, 103 min This electrifying journey through the public and Dir. William E. Badgley, 2018, NR, 86 min WED SEP 12, 7PM private worlds of Grace Jones contrasts musical A documentary that follows Hole drummer Patty WED AUG 15, 7PM sequences with intimate personal footage. HERE TO BE HEARD is a film about the world’s first Schemel as she struggles with fame and addiction. all-girl punk band who formed in London in 1976. Patty Schemel in person. Presented in collabora- MAMA AFRICA: MIRIAM MAKEBA tion with Women of Rock Oral History Project. Dir. Mika Kaurismäki, 2011, NR, 90 min RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: CODA WED JUL 25, 7PM Dir. Stephen Schible, 2018, NR, 100 min, Japanese w/subtitles Through interviews and rare archival performance WED AUG 22, 7PM footage, MAMA AFRICA introduces the music, life, An intimate portrait of Ryuichi Sakamoto, spanning and legacy of South African singer Miriam Makeba his early days in Yellow Magic Orchestra, his film to a new generation. scores, his cancer diagnosis, and his activism work. Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda Yellow Submarine June - September 2018 28 Amity Street • Amherst, MA 01002 • amherstcinema.org • 413.253.2547 Page 1 Art on Screen takes you into the lives of history’s best-loved artists, and behind the scenes of the world’s most in-demand exhibitions. David Hockney At The Royal Academy Of Arts DAVID HOCKNEY AT THE ROYAL VINCENT VAN GOGH: A NEW WAY OF I, CLAUDE MONET ACADEMY OF ARTS SEEING Dir. Phil Grabsky, 2017, NR, 87 min Dir. Phil Grabsky, 2018, NR, 85 min Dir. David Bickerstaff, 2015, NR, 90 min SAT AUG 18, 12:30PM SUN JUN 10, 1PM SAT JUL 21, 12:30PM & TUE JUL 24, 7PM Told through Monet’s own words and shot on loca- Featuring intimate and in-depth interviews with pro- This documentary showcases Van Gogh’s iconic tion at the very spots he painted, the film features his lific British painter David Hockney, this revealing film works like never before and features exclusive most loved paintings in an immersive art experience. focuses on two blockbuster exhibitions held in 2012 interviews with the curatorial team at the Van Gogh and 2016 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Museum. THE CURIOUS WORLD OF HIERONYMUS BOSCH BRITISH MUSEUM PRESENTS: HOKUSAI CANALETTO AND THE ART OF VENICE Dir. David Bickerstaff, 2016, NR, 87 min Dir. Patricia Wheatley, 2017, NR, 87 min Dir. David Bickerstaff, 2017, NR, 85 min SAT AUG 25, 12:30PM SAT JUN 23, 12:30PM SAT AUG 4, 12:30PM Who was Hieronymus Bosch? Why, after 500 years, This documentary illustrates the great Japanese Take a journey into the life and art of Venice’s do his strange and fantastical paintings resonate artist Katsushika Hokusai’s influence and legacy, and famous view-painter. No artist better captures the with people now more than ever? Delve into the presents an exclusive private view of the British Mu- essence and allure of Venice than Giovanni Antonio vivid imagination of this true visionary. seum exhibition “Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave.” Canal, better known as Canaletto. NT LIVE: FOLLIES (ENCORE) Dir. Dominic Cooke, 2017, 150 min WORLD STAGE ON SCREEN SAT SEP 8, 12:30PM Theater and dance productions from Don’t miss this dazzling production of Stephen Sond- around the globe shine on the Amherst heim’s legendary musical, starring Imelda Staunton. Cinema big screen. Macbeth THE ROYAL BALLET: BERNSTEIN BOLSHOI BALLET: THE FLAMES OF PARIS BOLSHOI BALLET: COPPÉLIA CENTENARY Music by Leonard Bernstein and choreography by Wayne Music by Boris Asafiev and choreography by Alexei Music by Léo Delibes and choreography by Sergei Vikharev McGregor, Liam Scarlett, and Christopher Wheeldon, 180 min Ratmansky, after Vasily Vainonen, 135 min after Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti, 165 min SUN SEP 16, 12:30PM SUN JUN 3, 12:55PM SUN JUL 8, 12:55PM The Royal Ballet of London celebrates the centenary In the era of the French Revolution, Jeanne and her The Bolshoi’s unique version of COPPÉLIA exhibits of Leonard Bernstein’s birth with an all-Bernstein brother Jérôme leave Marseille for Paris, and both a fascinating reconstruction of the original 19th dance program. encounter love along the way. century choreography of this ebullient comedy NT LIVE: MACBETH NT LIVE: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF WEST END THEATER: AN AMERICAN Dir. Rufus Norris, 210 min IN PARIS THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (ENCORE) Dir. Christopher Wheeldon, 160 min TUE JUN 5, 7PM & SAT JUN 16, 12:30PM Dir. Marianne Elliott, 2012, 170 min THU SEP 20, 7PM & SAT SEP 29, 12:30PM Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie Duff are Macbeth PM PM SAT JUL 14, 12:30 & TUE JUL 17, 7 This Tony Award-winning musical features the music and Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s most terrifying This acclaimed production has astonished audiences and lyrics of George and Ira Gershwin. tragedy. worldwide and received 7 Olivier and 5 Tony Awards. Fridays at 9:45, join us for the best cult, genre, and other outré film. Late Nights goes on break for July and LATE NIGHTS August, but will return in September. THE LOST BOYS LIFE OF BRIAN Dir. Joel Schumacher, 1987, R, 97 min Dir. Terry Jones, 1979, R, 94 min FRI JUN 8, 9:45PM FRI JUN 22, 9:45PM After moving to a new town, two brothers discover Monty Python delivers a scathing, anarchic, hilarious that the area is a haven for vampires in this 80’s satire of both religion and Hollywood’s depiction of The Shining classic. all things biblical with their second film. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND CARRIE THE SHINING Dir. Steven Spielberg, 1977, PG, 138 min Dir. Brian De Palma, 1976, R, 98 min Dir. Stanley Kubrick, 1980, R, 146 min FRI JUN 1, 9:45PM FRI JUN 15, 9:45PM FRI JUN 29, 9:45PM An ordinary man follows a series of psychic clues to Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenager, unleashes “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” - or, the first scheduled meeting between representatives her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her rather, a homicidal boy in Stanley Kubrick’s eerie of Earth and visitors from the cosmos. classmates at her senior prom. adaptation of Stephen King’s horror novel. June - September 2018 28 Amity Street • Amherst, MA 01002 • amherstcinema.org • 413.253.2547 Page 2 Amherst Cinema Members get in free FREE to these great summer screenings! Not MEMBER a Member? Our Summer Membership SCREENINGS! Drive is a great time to join or renew. CALL OF THE FOREST: THE JUDGE THE FORGOTTEN WISDOM OF TREES Dir. Erika Cohn, 2017, NR, 76 min, Arabic w/subtitles Dir. Jeffrey McKay, 2016, NR, 82 min THU AUG 9, 7PM THU JUL 5, 7PM A verité legal drama about Judge Kholoud Al-Faqih, CALL OF THE FOREST investigates our profound the first woman appointed to a Shari’a court in the biological and spiritual connection to forests. This Middle East, whose career provides rare insights into The Judge film sold out in April - reserve your tickets now! both Islamic law and gendered justice. MARRIAGE IN THE SHADOWS THE NAKED MAN ON THE SPORTS FIELD CULTURE IN THE COLD WAR: Dir. Kurt Maetzig, 1947, NR, 104 min, German w/subtitles Dir. Konrad Wolf, 1973, NR, 99 min, German w/subtitles TUE JUN 19, 7PM TUE JUL 3, 7PM EAST GERMAN ART, MUSIC & FILM The first German feature to address the persecution This tongue-in-cheek, episodic film about a conflict- of Jews in Nazi Germany calls on Germans to accept ed sculptor is based on the life of Werner Stötzer, This series is part of an extensive public film and collective responsibility for the crimes of the Third one of East Germany’s most important visual artists.