PRESENTED BY FilmScene Staff Joe Tiefenthaler, Executive Director A YEAR OF Movie MAGIC Andrew Sherburne, Associate Director Rebecca Fons, Programming Director Kate Markham, Dir. of Operations 2017 was another amazing year of growth and gratitude at FilmScene, and the start Ross Meyer, Head Projectionist Thought-provoking, visually-arresting of another new year is the perfect time to reflect on what your support makes and Facilities Manager Connie White, Film Booker films paired with curated wines in a possible here at Iowa’s only 365-days-a-year nonprofit art house cinema. Aaron Holmgren, Operations Asst. search for truth in cinema that brings Dominick Shults, Projection and fresh filmmaking voices to Iowa City. projection hours, charitable gifts Facilities Assistant 4160 fully staffed 2423 from $1 to $5,000 Abby Thomas, Marketing Assistant Theater Staff: Adam Bryant, FilmScene pounds of Cara Anthony, Graham Bly, 1939 members like you 970 Iowa popcorn Sean Demers, Galen Hawthorne, Spencer Williams a lot of sound checks, sodas and sweat to deliver... Projectionists: Jack Christensen, Feb. 11, 7pm + Mac Chuchra, Felipe Disarz, Tyler Hudson, Tristen Kopp moviegoers in different 42 GRAMS (2017) Dir. Jack 39,500 our fourth year 2600 showtimes Board of Directors C. Newell. After working at some of Laura Bergus, Chair Doug Ongie, Vice Chair the world’s best restaurants, Jake’s students filmmaker distinct Emma Barnum, Secretary personality kept him from finding a 1800 served 18 visits 310 feature films Chris Ameling, Treasurer kitchen to call home, so instead, he Hannah Bonner, Nina Lohman Cilek, begins cooking 15-course menus Karen Chappell, Corey Creekmur, and another plaque out of his apartment. Alongside Michael Davis, Will Downing, his wife Alexa, their “underground” to hang in our lobby Evan Evans, David Gould, restaurant becomes a foodie hot Tommy Haines, Hans House, Adam Ingersoll, Jake Nelson, spot. DIALOGUE Newell in person. Thank you making FilmScene an essential part of Iowa City’s cultural landscape. Kembrew McLeod, Ryan O’Leary, TICKETS $25 / $20 Members As we look ahead to our fifth birthday, we will be unveiling new expanded Andre Perry, Jamie Powers, Laura includes hand-picked wine from the programming initiatives, educational opportunities, extra padding in those plush Seegmiller, Nick Westergaard red seats, and details on big plans for our future. It’s gonna be another magic year. Bread Garden Market wine experts. In partnership with

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GRAND MARSHALL v5.1 On MLK Day, a screening of a new film honoring the civil rights leadership of Thurgood Marshall.

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION Awards season brings nominees I, Tonya, Killing of a Sacred Deer and Call Me By Your Name.

PICTURE PERFECT Our family and childrens’ series continues with Back to the Future, Happy Feet and more.

January 2018

Daniel Day Lewis plays a renowned dressmaker in P.T. Anderson’s Phantom Thread. ALL WOMEN, ALL MARCH! NEW RELEASES Celebrating female filmmakers The every day of the month of March. PictureShow Family and Children’s Series

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Our winter season of big-screen classics continues! Join us for special activities with select films. Opens January 5 Opens January 12 Tickets FREE for kids, $5 for adults! Films play Saturday and Sunday at 10am and Thursday at 3:30pm. KILLING OF A SACRED DEER I, TONYA (2017, USA) Dir. Craig Gillespie. BACK TO THE FUTURE (2017, UK/Ireland/USA) Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. A darkly comedic tale based on the unbelievable (1985) Dir. Robert Zemeckis. A charismatic surgeon takes a teenage boy under but true story of American figure skater Tonya Marty McFly is accidentally sent his wing. But, when the boy’s behavior turns Harding (an uncanny portrayal by Margot Robbie). 30 years into the past in a time- Jan. 6, 7 & 11 sinister, his life falls apart and he is forced to make Though Harding was the first American woman to traveling DeLorean invented by an unthinkable sacrifice. “With uniformly great complete a triple axel in competition, her legacy his friend, scientist Doc Brown. performances...and Lanthimos’ stunning eye for detail was forever defined by her association with an SONG OF THE SEA (2016) and composition, this is one of the most unforgettable infamous attack on a fellow Olympic competitor. Dir. Tomm Moore. A young Irish films of the year.”— RogerEbert.com “A cast that gets it exactly right.” —Deadline boy and his little sister, a girl who can turn into a seal, go on an Jan. 13, 14 & 18 adventure to free the fairies and save the spirit world. Opens January 19 HAPPY FEET (2006) Dir. George Miller. In the world of CALL ME BY the Emperor Penguins, who find their soulmates through song, a YOUR NAME Jan. 20, 21 & 25 penguin is born who cannot sing. (2017, /France/Brazil/USA) But...he can tap dance! Dir. Luca Guadagnino. In 1983 Italy, 17-year-old Elio (Timothée Clalamet) A MONSTER CALLS (2016 Dir. J. A. Bayona. Conor is begins a relationship with Oliver (Armie dealing with far more than other Hammer) with whom he bonds over boys his age. He seeks the help his emerging sexuality, their Jewish Jan. 27, 28 & of a tree monster to cope with his heritage, and the beguiling Italian Feb. 1 single mother’s terminal illness. landscape. AFI Movie of the Year. ANIMATION SHOW OF “Languid and intoxicating, a visual feast of dappled light.” SHOWS (2017) Sixteen – animated shorts that resonate with compelling ideas about our Feb. 3, 4 & 8 place in society and how we fit into the world.

Opens January 26

PHANTOM THREAD January 15 Noon & 3pm (2017, USA) Dir. . Set in the glamour of 1950s MARSHALL post-war London, Reynolds Woodcock Special MLK Day Screenings (Daniel Day-Lewis in his supposed A young Thurgood Marshall final role) is a renowned dressmaker (Chadwick Boseman) faces whose fastidious life is disrupted by one of his greatest challenges a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, while working as a lawyer for who becomes his muse and lover. the NAACP, a pivotal moment on his path to becoming a “It’s a rare combination of audacity and supreme court justice. precision, impeccably tailored yet full “One of the year’s freshest, of mystery and magic.” —NPR most entertaining films.” —St. Louis Post Dispatch

Coming Soon OSCAR SHORTS BIG BREW (2017, Various) Our popular annual HOME BREW FEST tradition of screening the Oscar- nominatedOpens December short films 29 returns in Coming Soon January 20, 4-7pm February with the five selected shorts at Big Grove Brewery in each of three categories: Live Action, Suggested $20 donation to Documentary and Animation. A rare FilmScene at the door. big screen treat for awards season die- Our biggest home brew event yet! hards and lovers of the short form. Classic and unique creations from thirty talented local homebrewers. “These films are at the vanguard Plus a Big Grove wort challenge, of innovation in our artform.” held inside the brewhouse! —CartoonBrew WED, 1/3 WED, 1/10 WED, 1/17 WED, 1/24 WED, 1/31

Punch in for weird CANNIBAL NIGHT OF THE BUNNI (2013) Dir. NATURAL BORN SUPERSTARLET Wednesdays at 10pm for CORPSE KILLERS LIVING DEAD Daniel Benedict. A group KILLERS: THE A.D. (2000) Dir. John b-movies, camp classics, (2017) Dir. Joaquin (1968) Dir. George of teens break into an DIRECTOR’S CUT (1994) Michael McCarthy. A and fright favorites. Montalvan. An apocalyptic Romero. They won’t stay abandoned toy factory on Dir. Oliver Stone. The quest to find grandma’s Cheap tickets, cheap horror western in an old dead! New 4K restoration Halloween. But someone controversial Tarantino- lost stag film in a post- beer & cheap fun! mining town. of the genre-creating film. is waiting for them. penned social satire. apocalyptic world.

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