The Bijou Film Board is a student-run UI organization dedicated to the exhibition of American independent, foreign and classic FilmScene Staff cinema. Established in 1972, the Bijou Film Board assists FilmScene with program curation and operations. Joe Tiefenthaler, Executive Director Andy Brodie, Program Director Andrew Sherburne, Associate Director Emily Salmonson, AFTER HOURS A late-night series featuring cult FILM FORUM In cooperation with UI departments and organizations, Bijou Director of Operations presents special screenings and discussions of acclaimed and provocative films. classics, fan favorites, recent releases, and the best in Ross Meyer, Head Projectionist modern genre films. Saturdays at 11pm during the semester. and Facilities Manager Aaron Holmgren, Shift Supervisor Francis Agnoli, Theater Staff Wendy DeCora, Theater Staff SAT, 9/5 SAT, SAT, 9/12 SAT, Sept 15, 6pm Sept 29, 6pm Sean Demers, Theater Staff Jon Graf, Theater Staff Anna Lee, Theater Staff (2015) (2015) Dir. Rick Famuyiwa. BEST OF ENEMIES DOPE Amanda Rossmiller, Theater Staff (1995) Dir. Larry Dirs. Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon. Life changes for Malcolm, a geek who’s JENNIFER’S BODY KIDS Spencer Williams, Theater Staff (2009) Dir. Karyn Kusama. Clark. A day in the life of A documentary on the momentous surviving life in a tough neighborhood, Emily Brown, Projectionist A high school cheerleader a group of teens as they series of televised debates in 1968 after a chance invitation to an Dominick Shults, Projectionist between the liberal Gore Vidal and underground party leads him and his turns into a succubus who travel around New York City David Trudell, Projectionist specializes in killing her skating, drinking, smoking, the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. friends into a Los Angeles adventure. Sarah Ulanowicz, Projectionist male classmates. and deflowering virgins. DIALOGUE with panel to follow. DIALOGUE to follow. Board of Directors Michael Finlayson, Chair HORIZONS A world cinema showcase that broadens understanding of diverse Tommy Haines, Vice Chair cultures through film.STAMP YOUR PASSPORT on a cinematic world tour. One lucky Emma Barnum, Secretary SAT, 9/19 SAT, 9/26 SAT, UI Student will win a study abroad package provided by UI International Programs! Chris Ameling, Treasurer COURT (2014) Dir. Chaitanya Tamhane. Laura Bergus, Karen Chappell, An aging folk singer in India is accused of Corey Creekmur, Will Downing, TOM AT THE FARM GHOST WORLD performing an inflammatory song which Evan Evans, David Gould, (2014) Dir. Xavier Dolan. (2001) Dir. Terry Zwigoff. incited a worker to commit suicide. As Adam Ingersoll, Kembrew McLeod, A grieving man meets his Scarlett Johansson and the trial unfolds, the personal lives of the Ryan O’Leary, Doug Ongie, lover’s family, who were Thora Birch star in a Andre Perry, Katherine Steinbach, Sept 22, 6pm lawyers and the judge involved in the case not aware of their son’s deadpan comedic about Andy Stoll, Damon Terrill, are observed outside the court. sexual orientation. two social misfits. Leah Vonderheide In partnership with BIJOU PROGRAMMING IS FREE FOR UI STUDENTS $5 FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC Join our email list at www.icfilmscene.org for weekly updates! About FilmScene FilmScene is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the cultural vitality of the Iowa City area through the presentation and discussion of film as an art form. With programming that entertains, inspires, and 118 E. College St. #101 educates, FilmScene works to build and connect community through film. Iowa City, IA 52240 For more information, visit www.icfilmscene.org. Tickets Getting Here Online: www.icfilmscene.org Located at 118 E. College St. on the Box Office: open at 11am daily Ped Mall in Downtown Iowa City. Members: $5.00 See all the benefits of FilmScene membership at www.icfilmscene.org. CLINTON ST CLINTON DUBUQUE ST COLLEGE ST Evening: $9.00 Matinee: $7.50 Senior (60+): $6.50 PARKING PARKING RAMP RAMP Youth (12 & under): $6.50 BURLINGTON ST UI Students: $6.50 Programs, showtimes and ticket prices subject to change. Special events may be priced differently. Movie Hotline: 319-358-2555. OVERHEARD...It was love at first sight. They have everything I have ever wanted in a theatre: stellar picks in flicks at fantastic prices, locally owned, delicious CONNECT with @ICFilmScene on popcorn, and draft beer. Catie C. / Yelp social media for updates and giveaways! www.icfilmscene.org v2.9 GRANDMA KNOWS BEST Lily Tomlin provides heart, soul and humor to a tale of two women and a 1955 Dodge Royal. THE BIJOU IS BACK A full month of Saturday late nights, an international showcase, and discussion-worthy new works. ONE NIGHT ONLY A slate of special events feature Jackson Pollock, Arcade Fire, Ninja Turtles and more. September 2015 Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. pummel each other with policy and personal insults in Best of Enemies. TERRY GILLIAM! NEW RELEASES The inventive director visits in October. THE ROOFTOP www.icfilmscene.org/terry-gilliam SERIES Our ode to summer features well-loved classics, beneath the stars and above the streets of Iowa City. It’s always a unique experience—you never know what we’ll add to each rooftop screening! DIRTY DANCING SOLD OUT! (1987) Dir. Emile Ardolino. We’re putting baby Opens September 4 Opens September 4 on the rooftop! It’s the Sept. 6, 8pm summer of 1963, and Baby is about to get some major THE LOOK OF SILENCE THE END OF THE TOUR lessons from Johnny. (2015) Dir. Joshua Oppenheimer. In this powerful (2015) Dir. James Ponsoldt. Magazine reporter TEENAGE MUTANT companion piece to director Joshua Oppenheimer’s and novelist David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) NINJA TURTLES 1 & 2 (recipient of the prestigious MacArthur “Genius recounts his travels and conversations with author (1990/1991) Dir. Steve Barron / Michael Pressman Grant”) Oscar-nominated “The Act of Killing,” an David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel) during a Sept. 20, 8pm A double feature celebrating optician confronts the men who killed the brother promotional book tour after the publication of the beloved heros in all of that he never knew during the 1960s Indonesian Wallace’s groundbreaking epic novel, “Infinite Jest.” their ‘90s glory. Pizza party! genocide. “One of the greatest and most powerful “No conventional biodrama...very much the film that OCTOBER documentaries ever made.” —Errol Morris lovers of Wallace’s dazzlingly perspicacious fiction 4 — POLTERGEIST 18 — FARGO and essays would want.” —The Hollywood Reporter COMING SOON October 3 Opens September 11 Opens September 18 HEADROOM: VANESSA RENWICK Since 1981, Renwick has been working in experimental films, photography, and sculpture that have appeared at PHOENIX (2015) Dir. Christian Petzold. BEST OF ENEMIES (2015) Dirs. film festivals around the world. FREE ADMISSION. With hints of Hitchcock, acclaimed director Petzold Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon. In 1968, struggling teams with his muse, Nina Hoss, for a spellbinding ABC hired two towering public intellectuals to debate mystery of deception. Nelly (Hoss) is a disfigured each other during the Democratic and Republican concentration-camp survivor who, unrecognizable conventions. Gore Vidal vs. William F. Buckley Jr. October 8 after facial reconstruction surgery, searches was a heavyweight battle, of policy and personal postwar Berlin for the husband who might have insult—live and unscripted. Viewers were riveted, VERY BEST OF RURAL ROUTE The betrayed her to the Nazis. “A rapturous noir thriller, and a new era in public discourse was born. World Premiere of a new touring program of 10 top-shelf so beautifully made that it comes close to perfect. “Wickedly entertaining. A history lesson that also films from the acclaimed Rural Route Film Festival. Fest Nina Hoss is extraordinary.” —The Village Voice manages to be extremely timely.” —The Wrap director Alan Webber (an Elkader, Iowa native) in person! Opens September 18 Opens September 25 Opens October 2 THE STANFORD PRISON GRANDMA (2015) Dir. Paul Weitz. FINDERS KEEPERS (2015) EXPERIMENT (2015) Dir. Kyle Patrick Elle Reid (Lily Tomlin) has just broken up with Dirs. Bryan Carberry, J. Clay Tweel. Recovering Alvarez. What happens when a college psych study her girlfriend when her granddaughter Sage addict and amputee John Wood finds himself goes shockingly wrong? Billy Crudup stars in this unexpectedly shows up needing $600 before in a stranger-than-fiction battle to reclaim his tense, psychological thriller based on the notorious sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and mummified leg from Southern entrepreneur true story a 1971 experiment casting 24 student Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the Shannon Whisnant, who found it in a grill he volunteers as prisoners and guards in a simulated cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and bought at an auction and believes it to therefore jail to examine the source of abusive behavior in flames rattle skeletons and dig up secrets. “A story be his rightful property. A riotously funny favorite the prison system. “Chilling. A riveting, powerful, about three generations of women. Tomlin adds heart, at Sundance and True/False. “This is one crazy provocative film.” —The New York Post soul, and, naturally, tons of comedy.” —The Guardian movie...riotously funny, yet poignant.” —The NY Times SPECIAL EVENTS JACKSON POLLOCK’S MURAL ARCADE FIRE: THE REFLEKTOR TAPES (2015) Dir. Kevin Kelley. UIMA and FilmScene present (2015) Dir. Kahlil Joseph. A kaleidoscopic, sonic and the premiere of “Jackson Pollock’s Mural: The Story of visual, treat following the making of Arcade Fire’s #1 a Modern Masterpiece.” DIALOGUE Emmy Award- album “Reflektor.” Only for cinema audiences, includes Fri, Sept. 4, 5:30pm winning filmmaker Kelley in person! Wed, Sept. 23, 8pm never before seen footage captured by the band. SOMEONE YOU KNOW: THE HPV EPIDEMIC IOWANS RETURN TO FREEDOM SUMMER (2014) Dir. Frederic Lumiere. A documentary examining (2015) Dir. Angelo Wemmje. The story of Iowans who the widespread but little known leading cause of cervical traveled to Mississippi in 1964 to help African-Americans cancer.