JUNE 2017 REVOLUTIONS THE IRISH FILM INSTITUTE The Irish Film Institute is Ireland’s national cultural institution for film. EXHIBIT It aims to exhibit the finest in independent, Irish and international cinema, preserve PRESERVE Ireland’s moving image heritage at the IFI Irish Film Archive, and encourage EDUCATE engagement with film through its various educational programmes. IFI FRENCH FILM CLUB MYSTERY MATINEE June's French Film Club screening – where IFI The IFI once again invites audiences to take a leap of faith and Alliance Française members pay just €7.50 per ticket – on Sunday 11th at 15.30 and attend a screening of a film takes place on Wednesday 28th at 18.15. This month’s film whose title will only be revealed when it appears onscreen. is From the Land of the Moon, written and directed by Sometimes it will be a preview, but not always; sometimes, Nicole Garcia. The film stars Marion Cotillard as Gabrielle, it will be a title one might expect to see at the IFI, but not a rebellious spirit in post-WWII France. See www.ifi.ie or always. We look forward to surprising audiences and, ask at the Box Office for further details. at just €5 a ticket, we hope that you will enjoy taking a chance with us on a Sunday afternoon! WHITNEY: FEAST YOUR EYES CAN I BE ME Our monthly Feast Your Eyes strand of a film and dinner Whitney: Can I Be Me opens at the IFI on Friday 16th. for €20 will be the excellent screen translation of See it before anyone else on Sunday 11th at 18.15 Daphne du Maurier's literary romance, My Cousin Rachel. with our special preview screening, followed by a satellite Following the screening on Wednesday 21st at 18.30 Q&A with director Nick Broomfield and a live tribute enjoy a main course inspired by the film in the IFI Café Bar. performance from Michelle John, former contestant on See page 7 for film notes. The Voice. See page 9 for film notes. 2 DIRECTOR’S NOTE Welcome to the IFI June programme which is packed with great new releases and classics, including a retrospective of the work of Dustin Hoffman. JUNE AT THE IFI My Life as a Courgette To mark the 50th anniversary and re-release of We also have three superb documentaries this month The Graduate, this month we’re delighted to be celebrating tackling a varied range of topics. In Whitney: Can I the work of Oscar–winning actor Dustin Hoffman. Be Me, Nick Broomfield documents the rise and fall of Born in Los Angeles in 1937, Hoffman began acting at the the iconic Whitney Houston through an examination Pasadena Playhouse, and landed his breakout film role of three key relationships in her troubled life; Irish director in The Graduate (1967). In 1969, Hoffman struck gold Laura McGann enters the world of women’s roller derby again with the gritty Midnight Cowboy, in which he played in Revolutions, exploring the commitments and rivalries the part of ‘Ratso’ Rizzo, a con man living in New York City. of these remarkable amateur athletes as they prepare This performance earned him his second Oscar nomination, to compete in their World Cup; while Ceyda Turun’s Kedi before going on to win Academy Awards for his provides a unique insight into Istanbul through the eyes performances in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Rain Man of its feral cats! (1988). This retrospective takes a look at the range of work (and roles) over his long and illustrious career. Whether Finally, to keep on top of all of the IFI’s plans for the seeing some of these films for the first time, or experiencing future, keep an eye out for the IFI Strategy 2017–22 them all again on the big screen, the IFI is pleased to which publishes later this month. be presenting its first actor retrospective in many years, focussing on one of cinema’s great acting talents. Ross Keane Director The Graduate isn’t our only classic getting a re-release this month, as Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust has been beautifully restored for its 25th anniversary; Beyoncé’s bestselling visual album Lemonade drew greatly on Dash’s work. For fans of German Expressionism, Fritz Lang’s first international success, the fantasy tale Destiny, gets a new digital restoration and goes on release from June 9th. Following on from the success of the documentary Citizen Jane: Battle for the City in last month’s programme, we’re pleased to also be taking to the streets this month! The IFI and the Irish Architecture Foundation will be presenting two walking tours, experiencing our city through a different lens with a range of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive at various stop-off points along the chosen route. Since places are very limited for these tours, we strongly advise early booking. 3 NEW RELEASES, IFI SEASONS & DOCS & IFI CLASSICS EVENTS CALENDAR AFTER THE STORM OPENS JUN 2ND DATE SCREENING TIME DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST OPENS JUN 2ND 6TH OPEN CAPTIONED (OC) SCREENING: TUE MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE* 14.00 MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE OPENS JUN 2ND IFI CAFÉ BAR PUB QUIZ (FREE EVENT) 21.30 BERLIN SYNDROME OPENS JUN 9TH 7TH TRAVELLER PRIDE DAY 13.00 DESTINY OPENS JUN 9TH WED OPEN CAPTIONED (OC) SCREENING: MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE* 18.30 MY COUSIN RACHEL OPENS JUN 9TH 10TH DUSTIN HOFFMAN RETROSPECTIVE: BY THE TIME IT GETS DARK OPENS JUN 16TH SAT MIDNIGHT COWBOY 20.40 11TH MYSTERY MATINEE 15.30 CARDBOARD GANGSTERS OPENS JUN 16TH SUN WHITNEY: CAN I BE ME + SATELLITE Q&A 18.15 WHITNEY: CAN I BE ME OPENS JUN 16TH 12TH OPEN CAPTIONED (OC) SCREENING: FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON OPENS JUN 23RD MON MY COUSIN RACHEL* 18.30 15TH DUSTIN HOFFMAN RETROSPECTIVE: LENNY 18.30 THE GRADUATE OPENS JUN 23RD THU KEDI OPENS JUN 30TH 16TH FROM THE VAULTS: NORA 18.30 A MAN CALLED OVE OPENS JUN 30TH FRI 17TH IFI & AEMI PROJECTIONS: REVOLUTIONS OPENS JUN 30TH SAT PEGGY AHWESH & JULIE MURRAY 13.00 CARDBOARD GANGSTERS + Q&A 18.15 DUSTIN HOFFMAN RETROSPECTIVE: MARATHON MAN 20.30 18TH DUSTIN HOFFMAN RETROSPECTIVE: PAPILLON 14.00 SUN 19TH IFI FILM CLUB: WHITNEY: CAN I BE ME 18.20 MON GET SOCIAL! 20TH IRISH FOCUS: SMOLT + Q&A 18.30 Excited about this month’s programme? So are we! TUE Tell your friends which film you’re planning to watch, 21ST OPEN CAPTIONED (OC) SCREENING: WED MY COUSIN RACHEL* 16.00 share your movie reviews and show us your best pics FEAST YOUR EYES: MY COUSIN RACHEL 18.30 on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook! 22ND DUSTIN HOFFMAN RETROSPECTIVE: Join the IFI Community online: THU ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN 18.20 23RD DUSTIN HOFFMAN RETROSPECTIVE: linkedin.com/company/irishfilminstitute FRI STRAIGHT TIME 20.40 24TH DUSTIN HOFFMAN RETROSPECTIVE: TOOTSIE 18.00 @IrishFilmInstitute @IFI_Dub SAT 25TH IFI FAMILY: TREASURE ISLAND 11.00 SUN DUSTIN HOFFMAN RETROSPECTIVE: @IrishFilmInstitute KRAMER VS. KRAMER 16.00 DUSTIN HOFFMAN RETROSPECTIVE: RAIN MAN 18.10 27TH THE BIGGER PICTURE: Open Captioned screening TUE THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE 18.30 28TH WILD STRAWBERRIES: LA LA LAND 11.00 Audio Described screening WED IFI FRENCH FILM CLUB: FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON 18.15 30TH WILD STRAWBERRIES: LA LA LAND 11.00 FRI REVOLUTIONS + Q&A 18.15 1ST DUBLIN PLAYS ITSELF 2017 11.00 SAT 14.30 TIMES JULY For a breakdown of times and dates of IFI New * Denotes screenings which are open captioned. For more information Releases, IFI Docs & IFI Classics, check out our on our Accessible Screenings, please visit www.ifi.ie/accessible weekly schedule on www.ifi.ie/weekly-schedule † The exclusivity status of films is correct at time of going to print or the IFI ads in The Irish Times on Fridays. You can also sign up to receive our weekly ezine by joining at www.ifi.ie/signup. 4 JUNE 2017 AFTER THE NEW RELEASE STORM OPENS JUN 2ND Hirokazu Kore-eda, the prolific and reconnect with his estranged wife remarkably consistent director of Kyôko (Yôko Maki) and young son EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI† I Wish (2011), Like Father, Like Son Shingo (Taiyô Yoshizawa) with limited (2013) and Our Little Sister (2015), success. He steals from his mother UMI YORI MO returns with another finely and abuses his sister’s generosity, MADA FUKAKU calibrated drama of contemporary yet Kore-eda is too empathetic to FILM INFO: Japanese domesticity, once again paint him in an entirely unflattering 117 mins, 2016, Japan, focusing on the often fraught light, casting him as an incorrigible Digital, Subtitled relationships between parents and rogue. A turning point occurs with the Notes by David O’Mahony their children. The setting is Kiyose imminent arrival of a typhoon, forcing on the outskirts of Tokyo, where Ryôta, Kyôko and Shingo to stay at failed novelist and compulsive gambler his mother’s house, precipitating a Ryôta (Hiroshi Abe) attempts to reconciliation of sorts. DAUGHTERS IFI CLASSIC OF THE DUST OPENS JUN 2ND Restored for its 25th anniversary in enslaved Africans – prepare to resettle 2016, Julie Dash’s seminal Daughters on the mainland. Dash refrained from FILM INFO: of the Dust was reissued to coincide what she described as ‘the typical 112 mins, USA, 1991, Digital with the release of Beyoncé’s visual male-oriented western-narrative Notes by Alice Butler album Lemonade, a work which draws structure’, instead allowing the story greatly on Dash’s powerful imagery as to ‘unravel and reveal itself in a way a source of inspiration.