coming this semester at JANUARY 10-11: ENCORE WEEKEND THE FAREWELL MOTHERS’ INSTINCT WINTER 2020 SERIES: Billi (Awkwafina), a second This thriller, set in a 1960s Bel- generation Chinese-American gium suburb, channels Hitchcock woman, learns that her beloved with its sudden turns and plot Anthropocene Cinem a INTERNATIONALgrandmother only has a short twists. Two women, bestCINEMA friends time to live—a secret that her and both mothers, find them- Upstairs/Downstairs relatives plan to keep from the selves locked in a psychological family matriarch. A Sundance hit, duel after the death of one of this poignant comedy-drama deals their sons turns their idyllic world Directed by Satoshi Kon with the complexities of identity in upside down. the Chinese diaspora. C Mandarin, English. 100 min. Lulu Wang. 2019. French. 97 min. Olivier Masset-Depasse. 2018.* JANUARY 15-18 DOCUMENTARY BLINDED BY THE LIGHT THE GODFATHER (FIRST HALF) THE CORDILLERA OF DREAMS TEL AVIV ON FIRE Widely considered one of the great- The last installment of acclaimed Javed, a British-Pakistani teenager A fledgling writer for a popular est films of all time, this gangster filmmaker Patricio Guzmán’s in 1987 England, finds inspiration soap opera gains success by saga focuses on the struggle of the poetic trilogy about his native Chile, and hope in Bruce Springsteen’s collaborating with a brusque aging patriarch of the powerful Cor- meditates on the mountain chain music and lyrics along with an army commander in this comedy leone mob family (Marlon Brando) making up the country’s rocky spine. escape from racism, familial ex- set against the backdrop of the and his youngest son (Al Pacino) to The seeming timelessness of the pectations, and everyday life in an Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The film maintain family bonds amidst the landscape enters into a dialogue with irresistible blast of music and joy. finds unexpected humor in the betrayal and violence of the criminal the nation’s tempestuous history in A hit at last year’s Sundance Film most precarious of situations while underworld of 1950s America. First this exploration of place, art, and Festival. providing a timely reminder of the half will run 90 minutes. belonging. importance of listening. English, Italian. 175 min. Francis Ford Coppola. 1972.* Spanish. 84 min. Patricio Guzmán. 2019. Hebrew, Arabic. 100 min. Sameh Zoabi. 2018. English. 118 min. Gurinder Chadha. 2019. ANTHROPOCENE CINEMA JANUARY 22-25 THE HUMAN EPOCH THE GODFATHER (SECOND HALF) ANTHROPOCENE: EVERYBODY KNOWS PHOTOGRAPH Widely considered one of the great- An exploration of humanity’s Starring in their ninth film together, Street photographer, Rafi, est films of all time, this gangster massive reengineering of the Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz convinces a shy stranger, Miloni, saga focuses on the struggle of the planet, this documentary—four play former lovers facing a shock- to pose as his girlfriend so as to aging patriarch of the powerful Cor- years in the making and based on ing event on the heels of her sister’s convince his lovable but persistent leone mob family (Marlon Brando) the photography of Edward wedding. Set in Spain’s sun-baked grandmother that he is engaged. and his youngest son (Al Pacino) to Burtynsky—traverses the globe to wine country, the film displays - Mumbai is featured as a character maintain family bonds amidst the create a provocative and unforget the well-known gift for human itself in this romantic comedy betrayal and violence of the criminal table experience of our species’ observation of its Oscar-winning about chance encounters and love underworld of 1950s America. Sec- breadth and impact on the planet. director, Farhadi ( , The across boundaries by the director A Separation ond half will run 87 minutes. ). of The Lunchbox. Salesman Multiple languages. 87 min. Jennifer Baichwal, English, Italian. 175 min. Francis Ford Coppola. 1972.* Hindi. 110 min. Ritesh Batra. 2019. Spanish. 133 min. Asghar Farhadi. 2018.* Edward Burtynsky, & Nicholas de Pencier. 2019. ANTHROPOCENE CINEMA JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 01 THE BAKER’S WIFE IN THE AISLES WAR & PEACE: ANDREI BOLKONSKY EL RÍO In this engaging and richly human In the 1960s, Soviet film set out to Galeano takes an anthropological The warmth and wit of Pagnol prove it could outdo Hollywood with approach to understanding the shine in this slice-of-life comedy set story, Christian, newly hired at a wholesale market, discovers the a production that would dazzle the Amazon river by allowing those in his native Provençal countryside. world: a titanic, awe-inspiring who live closest to the river to Droll and perceptive, the film uses magic of his night shifts where forklifts dance to canned music and adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s speak. El Río gives credence an understated but judged visual classic novel. Innovative and epic, to the importance of ecological style in this portrait of a close-knit a candy worker inspires hope. The absurdities of working in a big box Bondarchuk conjures a sweeping knowledge and belief systems for village where the marital woes of a vision that overwhelms with its the entangled natural and human baker and his wife snowball into a store are on display in this quiet comedy-drama about everyday life. expressionistic power. New digital histories of Amazonia. Filmmaker scandal engulfing the town. restoration. Q&A, 30 Jan. Russian. 147 min. Sergei Bondarchuk. 1966. Spanish. 58 min. Juan Carlos Galeano. 2019. French. 134 min. Marcel Pagnol. 1938. German. 125 min. Thomas Stuber. 2018. ANTHROPOCENE CINEMA FEBRUARY 05-08 JINPA WAR & PEACE: NATASHA ROSTOVA OF FATHERS AND SONS STILL LIFE Under false pretenses, documentary On an isolated road passing Natasha, a young girl, attends her Winner of the top prize at Venice, filmmaker Derki gains the trust of through the vast barren plains of first ball and falls in love with a Still Life is a lyrical pre-apocalyptic the Osamas, a radical Islamist family Tibet, a truck driver chances upon handsome military leader, Andrei vision of Fengjie, China as it is living on the frontline of the Syrian a young man hitching a ride. Little Bolkonsky. Her tragic love story about to be overtaken by the lake Civil War. With intimate does he realize that their short time shows the opulence of the created by the Three Gorges super- access to the family’s daily life, together will change everything, Russian aristocracy of the dam. A man and a woman come to Derki gives a face to Jihadi radical- and that their destinies are inexo- nineteenth century as well as a find their estranged spouses and ism through a chilling depiction of a rably intertwined in this film that is fascinating look at the Russian become witnesses to the radical father preparing his young sons for a both a road movie and a western. countryside. transformations of the Anthropo- life of violence. cene. Russian. 98 min. Sergei Bondarchuk. 1966. Arabic. 99 min. Talal Derki. 2017. Mandarin. 111 min. Zhangke Jia. 2006.* Tibetan. 86 min. Pema Tseden. 2018.* ANTHROPOCENE CINEMA FEBRUARY 12-15 BROKEN HILL BLUES WAR & PEACE: 1812 BANKSY DOES NEW YORK JOJO RABBIT A truly massive depiction of October 2013, the anonymous Jojo, whose imaginary friend is Norlin’s visual poetry follows Napoleon’s 1812 invasion of street artist Banksy secretly Adolf Hiter (played by Waititi), must a group of teenagers about to Russia, this ambitious depiction installed a new work of art each day decide whether to reveal a Jewish become adults in a small town in the of war puts Hollywood films of the at locations around New York City, teenager hiding in his attic. What far North of Sweden. As the earth same era to shame with its providing clues of their whereabouts appears at first to be an irreverant around them shakes and rattles from extensive use of extras only on Instagram, while keeping a step - comedy about Nazi youth, turns out the mine underneath it, we are con possible in a state-sponsored ahead of police. Documenting this to be a tale of compassion, fronted with the vulnerability of these production. A must see on the big month-long scavenger hunt, the forgiveness, and understanding. restless characters as they dream of screen. film addresses the social role of change and dig for a better future. public art. Russian. 82 min. Sergei Bondarchuk. 1966.* English. 79 min. Chris Moukarbel. 2014.* English. 108 min. Taika Waititi. 2019.* Swedish. 80 min. Sofia Norlin. 2013.* FEBRUARY 19-22 MILLENNIUM ACTRESS WAR & PEACE: PIERRE BEZUKHOV AND THEN THEY CAME FOR US THE WAVE This account of the persecution In this anime classic, a filmmaker Napoleon’s advance through No one believes geologist Kristian and forced incarceration of 120,000 sets out to interview the reclusive Russia continues, and Moscow is Elkjord’s feeling that something is Japanese-Americans during WWII actress Chiyoko Fujiwara about in flames. The destruction is epic wrong with the mountain overlook- uses photos by Dorothea Lange to her illustrious career. What follows as is the fall of Napoleon’s Grande ing his scenic town, especially with show the human experience of is a genre bending, breathtaking Armée. Bondarchuk’s adaptation tourist season at its peak. But when racism and injustice drawing journey across stories within captures the scale of the drama a landslide sends rock and earth parallels with America’s current stories highlighting the mastery of without losing sight of the impact of crashing into the sea, everyone has immigration crisis. director/animator Satoshi Kon. New war on individuals trying to come to ten minutes to outrace the resulting grips with their place in the universe. tsunami in this action spectacular. restoration. Russian. 97 min. Sergei Bondarchuk. 1966.