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th
Anniversary Celebrattion
104 Willard Straight Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
featuring a 9 pm screening of King VIdor’s Show People
and the Charlie Chaplin Short Behind the Screen
with live piano accompaniment by Dr. Philip Carli
S a t u r d a y, F e b r u a r y 6 t h s t a r t n i g a t
7: 30 pm i n W i l l a r d S t r a i g h t T h e a t r e
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ornell Cinema’s annual Elegant Winter Party has become a must-attend event on the social calendars
Elegant Winter Party
Masters of World Cinema
Hits from the ‘70s
Cities Inside Out
Oscar Doc Nominees
Ithakid Film Fest
Quay Brothers
Africana @ 40
Jewish Film Fest
… and more!
of cinema-loving Ithacans, and this year it doubles as a celebration of Cornell Cinema’s 40th anniversary, and that’s a lot of films
to celebrate! Dress up in your winter best and join us for scrumptious hors d’oeuvres and desserts, courtesy of some of Ithaca’s finest dining
and catering establishments, a cash bar, live music, drawings for an array of wonderful door prizes, and a 9 pm screening of the Charlie Chaplin short
Behind the Screen, followed by King Vidor’s Show People, both with accompaniment by silent film pianist extraordinaire Dr. Philip Carli, all in
the always elegant Willard Straight Theatre.
oth short and feature take an insider’s look at
Hollywood in the early years. Behind the
Screen is a slapstick featuring Chaplin as
a stagehand on a movie set under the thumb of a
tyrannical boss named Goliath. Show People is a
comedic satire of Tinseltown’s early days, and is considered silent film star (and lover of William Randolph
Hearst) Marion Davies’s best performance. (Lucille
Ball cited Davies as a huge comedic influence.) It also
features cameo appearances by many of the great film
stars of the day, including Charlie Chaplin, Douglas
Fairbanks, William S. Hart, and John Gilbert, as well
as an appearance by director King Vidor. In 2003,
Show People was selected for preservation in the
United States National Film Registry by the Library of
Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” Aside from all that, though, it’s just
IMAGES FROM ‘SHOW PEOPLE’
a lot of fun, and we’ll be screening a lovely print from the Library of Congress.
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ould there be a better way to greet the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday, beat the winter blues, celebrate the 40 anniversary of your favorite
repertory cinema, and have a fabulous evening—all at the same time—than attending our Elegant Winter Party? We think not! Proceeds from this
event will help Cornell Cinema continue to provide its eclectic slate of cinematic offerings from around the world.
Tickets: $45 general ($80 a pair) and $25 student ($40 a pair); available now at CornellCinemaTickets.com,
and starting Monday, February 2 from 104 Willard Straight Hall, or by calling 607-255-3522.
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Cornell Cinema celebrates its 40 anniversary with…
Hits from the ‘70s!
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HITS FROM THE ‘70S
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
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Feb 1 & 2
L AST TANGO IN PARIS
Feb 8 & 9
MONTY P YTHON
& THE HOLY GRAIL
Feb 13, 15 & 16
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
Feb 22 & 23
DR . NO
March 1 & 2
TAXI DRIVER
March 6, 8 & 9
BUTCH CASSIDY AND
THE SUNDANCE K ID
March 11, 13 & 19
SMALL CHANGE
March 15 & 16
hat’s right, Cornell Cinema turns 40 in 2010
and we’ve got events planned throughout the coming year to commemorate what is
truly a monumental achievement (have you noticed there aren’t that many repertory
cinemas around anymore??) It hasn’t been easy, to say the least, but by continually adapting
to the changing cinema landscape over the past four decades, we have managed to maintain
a stellar program with devoted past and present patrons. So, raise a glass to toast Ithaca’s
year-round film festival and plan on attending as many films in this series as possible—ten of
Cornell Cinema’s most popular films of the 70s—to show your support. Besides,
it’s been years since some of these classics graced our screen.
In addition, we’re holding a contest: every time you attend one of these screenings
in this calendar, you’ll be eligible to cast a vote for which film you think was
the most popular of the 70s. During spring break, we’ll collect all the correct
entries and then draw three lucky winners from the bunch, who will be awarded
one of three prizes:
early spring 2010
1st Prize: A Ten-Admission Discount Card, valid for a full year
2nd Prize: Five guest passes, valid for a full year
3rd Prize: A Reel Culture T-Shirt
URSULA ANDRESS IN ‘DR. NO’
…and remember, 40 is the new 20! Cheers to us!
‘LA DANSE: THE PARIS OPERA BALLET’ SCREENING FEB 26–28
Film captures the spark of creativity in these three excellent and enlightening documentaries, each about a different
creative art. The series begins with Valentino: The Last Emperor, which takes the viewer behind the scenes
of legendary couturier Valentino Garavani, one of the most celebrated fashion designers in ART DOCUMENTARIES X 3
history. Following the designer through his last collection before retiring, the film captures VALENTINO : THE
the end of an era in global fashion. Visual Acoustics examines the photography of Julius L AST EMPEROR
Shulman, called the greatest photographer of architecture in the world. Shulman made his Feb 20 & 21
ACOUSTICS
name by beautifully photographing the work of such modern giants as Frank Lloyd Wright, VISUAL
Feb 20, 21 & 23
Mies van der Rohe, Richard Neutra, and Frank Gehry, especially in and around Los Angeles. L A DANSE
Moving from the camera to the stage, La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet gives the Feb 26 - 28
viewer an intimate look at one of the best dance companies in the world as they prepare for
and perform in their demanding 7-ballet season, culminating with Waltz’s Romeo and Juliette.
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ITHAKID FILM FESTIVAL BACK / MOVING FORWARD
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE BEHIND THE R AINBOW
Feb 18
OF MEATBALLS
Jan 30
TESTAMENT
Feb 19
WHERE THE WILD
THINGS ARE
DORMITORIUM: FILM DECORS
Feb 13
BY THE QUAY BROTHERS
E ARTH
Feb 20 & 27
TALES FROM THE BROTHERS QUAY
Jan 26 & 28
FANTASTIC MR. FOX
March 6
THE PIANO TUNER OF
E ARTHQUAKES
Jan 28 & 30
FOR
P ERFORMING A RTS F ILM F ORUM • A DMISSION : ( UNLESS
Dr. Philip Carli performs live piano accompaniment for Show People
Festival Director John Columbus presents The 29th
Annual Black Maria Film and Video Festival
Feb 18 Filmmaker Jihan El Tahir presents Behind the Rainbow
Feb 19 Filmmaker John Akomfrah presents Testament
Feb 25 Temple Grandin, a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of ‘56 Professor, and
Producer Scott Ferguson ’82 present Temple Grandin
Mar 2 Filmmaker Naomi Uman presents The Ukrainian
Time Machine and other shorts
Mar 13 Mary Brett Lorson and the Soubrettes perform live with
Cyclonic: The Dance and Life of Eva Tanguay
Mar 14 Mary Brett Lorson performs live piano accompaniment for The Wild Girl
Feb 6
Feb 9
SPECIAL GUESTS
E A R LY S P R I N G 2010
jan 24–mar 19
Art Documentaries x 3
OTHERWISE NOTED ):
$6.50
Films Jan 24–Feb 20 (see reverse for Feb 21–Mar 19)
SUN
MON
jan 25
jan 24
The Informant!
The Informant!
[$4] WSH 4:30
Whip It
[$2 NEW STUDENTS W/ID]
WSH
7:15
WSH
Whip It
WSH
TUES
jan 26
Tales from the
7:15 Brothers Quay
WSH
9:30 The Informant!
WSH
WED
Bright Star
jan 27
WSH
THUR
jan 28
Tales from the
7:15 Brothers Quay
WSH
7:00 Zombieland
WSH
FRI
Bright Star
7:00 This Is It
9:45 The Piano Turner
of Earthquakes
8:45
WSH
7:15
WSH
9:15
WSH
9:30
WSH
9:45
WSH
WSH
WSH
URIS
Zombieland
URIS
[$4] WSH
Good Hair
WSH
7:15
7:15
Last Tango in Paris
feb 14
feb 15
Monty Python
Where the Wild Things Are & The Holy Grail
[$4] WSH 4:30
WSH
SAT
7:15
WSH
Bright Star
WSH
WSH
9:30
7:15
9:15
Zombieland
[$4] WSH 5:00
A Serious Man
WSH
7:15
WSH
The Men Who
7:15 Stare at Goats
WSH
WSH
feb 17
9:00
Monty Python
& The Holy Grail
WSH
7:00 City of God
WSH
The Men Who
9:20 Stare at Goats
WSH
feb 18
9:20
WSH
Behind the Rainbow
7:00
9:45
W/FILMMAKER
[FREE] WSH 7:00 City of God
WSH
W/FILMMAKER Where the Wild Things Are
7:00 URIS 7:15
10:15
WSH
Pirate Radio
9:30 URIS 9:30
7:15
9:15
feb 6
URIS
7:15
URIS
9:30
Zombieland
feb 13
Black Dynamite
URIS
The Men Who
Stare at Goats
URIS
7:15
9:15
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
9:30
[$3 ADULTS/$2 KIDS 12 & UNDER]
[FREE] WSH
Bad Lieutenant:
Port of Call New Orleans
7:15
feb 19 Earth
Testament
URIS
A Serious Man
7:30
WSH
The Beaches of Agnes
7:00
URIS
Whip It
W/LIVE MUSIC
9:15
9:15
feb 16
WSH
9:20
URIS
9:35
[$45/$25 STUDENTS]
WSH
URIS
jan 30
Zombieland
9:45 The Piano Turner of Earthquakes
WSH 7:30
feb 5 ELEGANT WINTER PARTY
Show People
URIS
2:00
feb 8 The th
feb 9
feb 10
feb 11 The Beaches of Agnes
feb 12 Where the Wild Things Are
29 Annual
[$3 ADULTS/$2 KIDS 12 & UNDER]
WSH 7:00 The Men Who
Last Tango in Paris
WSH 2:00
The Garden
Black
Maria
Film
&
Video
Fest
WSH 7:00
WSH 7:00 The Beaches of Agnes
Stare
at
Goats
W/GUEST
The Garden
WSH 7:00 Where the Wild Things Are
[$4] SCPA 7:15
WSH 9:25 URIS 7:15
4:30 Capitalism: A Love Story
[$4] WSH 5:00
[GRADS
$2]
A Serious Man
The
Cove
WSH 9:30
Coco Before Chanel
WSH 9:00 Coco Before Chanel
Black Dynamite
WSH
WSH
Coco Before Chanel
MORE INFO: 255-3522
HTTP://CINEMA.CORNELL.EDU
This Is It
feb 7
The Cove
/ $5 S ENIORS / $4 S TUDENTS & K IDS 12 + U NDER
[$3 ADULTS/$2 KIDS 12 & UNDER]
7:15 Whip It
9:45
GENERAL
jan 29 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
8:45
feb 2
feb 3
feb 4 The Cove
Cloudy with jan 31 Young Frankensteinfeb 1
Chinatown
Capitalism:
A
Love
Story
Capitalism:
A
Love
Story
a Chance of Meatballs
WSH 7:00
WSH 7:00
WSH 7:00
WSH 7:00
[$4] WSH 4:30
Good Hair
A Serious Man
Bright Star
This Is It
Young Frankenstein
Good Hair
WSH
COMING IN MAY
ANNIE HALL
COMING IN JULY
A WOMAN UNDER
THE INFLUENCE
WSH
2:00
Valentino: The Last Emperor
[$4] WSH 5:00
Visual Acoustics
WSH
Bad Lieutenant:
Port of Call New Orleans
WSH
7:15
9:15
feb 20
Pirate Radio
URIS
Where the
Wild Things Are
URIS
7:15
for jan 24–feb 20 Last Tango in Paris
th Annual Black Maria Film and Video Festival
HITS FROM THE ‘70S
29
The
Feb 9
with festival director John Columbus
directed by various
NAMED FOR THOMAS Edison’s 1893 experimental motion picture studio,
this touring festival features cutting edge films from prominent avantgarde, documentary and animation film and videomakers world-wide.
Line-up at cinema.cornell.edu more at blackmariafilmfestival.org
VIDEO PROJECTION .
APPROX. RUNNING TIME: 1 HR 45 MINS
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ad Lieutenant: Port
of Call New Orleans
Feb 18•20•22
directed by Werner Herzog
with Nicholas Cage, Eva
Mendes, Val Kilmer
IN WERNER HERZOG’S pulpy
thriller, very loosely based
on Abel Ferrara’s 1992
shocker Bad Lieutenant, Nicholas Cage gives a bravado performance
as a drug-addicted cop whose grasp of reality and his own humanity
begins to fracture. “[The film’s] maniacal unpredictability is such a blast
that it reminds you just how tidy and dull most crime thrillers are these
days.” (NY Times) more at badlt.com 35MM
2009>COLOR>2 HRS 1 MIN>USA
MASTERS OF WORLD CINEMA
OSCAR DOCS: AND THE
NOMINEES ARE…
ITHACA PREMIERE
B
eaches of Agnes
Feb 11•12•16
The
directed by Agnes Varda
with Agnes Varda
LEGENDARY FILMMAKER AGNES
Varda, the now 81-year-old
grand dame of the French New Wave whose debut works predated
the first films of Godard, Truffaut or Rivette, takes us for a stroll
through this retrospective patchwork of her own films, photo albums,
home movies, souvenirs, flea market finds, ruminations on everything
from feminism to Fidel Castro, revelations about the changing nature
of cinema, and poignant memories of husband Jacques Demy. “The
images are as delightful, unexpected and playfully uninhibited as Ms.
Varda, perhaps the only filmmaker who has both won the Golden Lion
at the Venice Film Festival and strolled around an art exhibition while
costumed as a potato (not at the same time).” (NY Times) Shortlisted
for Best Feature Documentary Oscar. SUBTITLED more at cinemaguild.
com/beachesofagnes 35MM
2009>COLOR>1 HR 50 MINS>FRANCE
AFRICANA@40
ITHACA PREMIERE
B
ehind the
Rainbow
Feb 18 [free]
with filmmaker
Jihan El Tahri
directed by Jihan El Tahri
with Jacob Zuma,
Kgalema Motlanthe, Pallo Jordan, Thabo Mbeki and Terror Lekota
FOCUSED ON THE conflicts within the ANC, in power in South Africa
after the end of Apartheid, this rigorous, complete and richly documented film deals with the fratricide struggle between Thabo Mbecki
and Jacob Zuma. It is not restricted to the political analysis but also
studies in depth their psychology. The destructive nature of power
emerges and in particular the threats that hang over a country, the
evolution of which is decisive for the future of the whole of the African
continent. VIDEO PROJECTION.
2009>COLOR>2 HRS 4 MINS>SOUTH AFRICA/FRANCE/EGYPT
B
lack Dynamite
Feb 12•13
directed by Scott Sanders
with Michael Jai White, Arsenio
Hall, Tommy Davidson
W HEN THE M AN murders his
brother and poisons the ghetto’s
malt liquor, the ex-CIA, kung
fu-choppin’, all-around baadasss
Black Dynamite vows to clean up
the streets. Joyfully embracing the
blaxsploitation classics of the 70s, “Black Dynamite blends satire,
nostalgia, and cinema deconstruction into a one-of-a-kind comedy high.”
(Entertainment Weekly) more at blackdynamitemovie.com 35MM
2009>COLOR>1 HR 30 MINS>USA
B
right Star
Jan 27•29•30 Feb 1
directed by Jane Campion
with Ben Wishaw, Abbie
Cornish, Paul Schneider
J A N E C A M PIO N (TH E
Piano) returns to the
screen with an indelible
love story, fraught and
poignant as any seen
recently - except this
one is set in 1818 and
pertains to John Keats and his saucy neighbor in the two years before
his untimely death of tuberculosis. Campion’s sure treatment of the
period, her pitch-perfect actors, and the celebration of the poetry itself
make for a transcendent experience: “It’s a tribute to all concerned,
especially the letter-perfect actors and the wonderful language Campion
has given them, that this film holds us from first to last even though
history has told us exactly how it will end.” (Kenneth Turan, LA Times)
more at brightstar-movie.com 35MM
2009>COLOR>1 HR 59 MINS>UK/AUSTRALIA/FRANCE
C
apitalism: A Love Story
Feb 2•4•8
directed by Michael Moore
M ICHAEL M OORE , THE incendiary documentarian who has
tackled the thorny issues of
guns, 9/11, and health care, takes
on capitalism in light of massive government bailouts and
bank foreclosures. “[This] fireball of a movie could change your life.
It had me laughing with tears in my eyes.” (Rolling Stone) more at
capitalismalovestory.com 35MM
2009>COLOR>2 HRS>USA
CITIES: INSIDE OUT
C
hinatown
Feb 3
directed by Roman Polanski
with Jack Nicholson, Faye
Dunaway, John Huston
9:45
JACK NICHOLSON’S PRIVATE
eye is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest
and municipal corruption all related to the city’s water supply in what
“is undoubtedly one of the great films of the ‘70s.” (Time Out Film
Guide) 35MM ‘SCOPE
1974>COLOR>2 HRS 11 MINS>USA
C
ity of God
Feb 17•19
MARLON BRANDO, AS an American expatriate
in Paris whose wife has just committed suicide,
creates the compelling center of this dark film
as he enters into a tragic sexual liaison with
a stranger (Schneider). Considered by many
to be Bertolucci’s fi nest achievement. One
of the most frequently screened films in all of
Cornell Cinema’s history. In English and French.
directed by Fernando
Meirelles and Katia Lund
with Alexandre Rodrigues,
Leandro Firmino da Hora
THIS B RAZILIAN GANG LAND epic, an exposé of the underbelly of Rio de Janeiro, is as kinetic
and impassioned as GoodFellas or Amores Perros, and was an
international sensation and multiple Oscar nominee. SUBTITLED more at
cidadededeus.globo.com 35MM
2002>COLOR>2 HRS 10 MINS>BRAZIL
ITHAKID FILM FESTIVAL
C
$2 kids 12 & under Jan 30)
2009>COLOR>1 HR 33 MINS>USA/UK
M
directed by Terry Gilliam
with the Monty Python Cast
KING ARTHUR AND the Knights
of the Round Table set out to
find the most holy of grails, braving killer rabbits, holy hand grenades,
and the knights who say “Nee!” in this absurdist comedy. Widely
considered Python’s best film, this is a must-see for all fans of comedy
and Camelot, even if you’ve already seen it a hundred times! more at
directed by Anne Fontaine
with Audrey Tautou, Benoît
Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola
pythonline.com 35MM
THE BROTHERS QUAY
ITHACA PREMIERE
forechanel 35MM ‘SCOPE
2009>COLOR>1 HR 45 MINS>FRANCE
C
THE Q UAYS SECOND feature after 1995’s Institute Benjamenta
merges live action and animation in a vaguely 18th century imaginary
world where a beautiful opera singer falls prey to an evil inventor on
the eve of her wedding, and later becomes captivated by the doctor’s
piano tuner who bears a resemblance to her lost lover. But the story
is mainly a foundation for the Quays’ exquisite animated tableaux,
the sets for which can be viewed in the John Hartell Gallery in Sibley
Dome as part of the exhibition Dormitorium: Film Decors by the Quay
Brothers from Jan 25–Feb 5. In Portuguese and English. SUBTITLED. more
at zeitgeistfilms.com 35MM ‘Scope
ove
Feb 5•7•9
directed by Louie Psihoyos
2006>COLOR>1 HR 25 MINS> GERMANY/UK/FRANCE
P
irate Radio
Feb 19•20•24•27
directed by Richard Curtis
with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rhys
Ifans, Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branaugh
2009>COLOR>1 HR 32 MINS>USA
INSPIRED BY TRUE events, Pirate
Radio is the rollicking story of a
band of outlaw DJs who set up a
radio station aboard an old tanker
anchored in the North Sea during the mid-sixties. With a great
soundtrack taking center stage (The Who, Rolling Stones, Hendrix,
the Troggs, Beach Boys, and many others are represented), “Pirate
Radio does what it sets out to do. It rocks.” (Miami Herald) more at
ITHAKID FILM FESTIVAL
E
arth
Feb 20•27
[$3 adults/$2 kids
12 & under]
directed by Alastair
Fothergill & Mark Linfield
EARTH, THE FIRST film in the Disney nature series, follows three animal
families on their remarkable journeys across the great blue planet, doing
what they need to do to survive. Up in the Arctic, a mother polar bear
and her two cubs make an appearance and look for food in the barren
snows. In Africa’s considerably warmer Kalahari Desert, elephants fight
off drought as they head for the promised lushness of the Okavango
Delta. And, under the sea, a humpback whale and her calf navigate the
4,000-mile migration that is the longest of any for a marine mammal.
Featuring “eye-popping, state-of-the-art nature photography” (LA
Times), Earth is a knock-out! Recommended for ages 6 and up. more
at disney.go.com/disneynature 35MM
2009>COLOR>1 HR 35 MINS>UK/USA/GERMANY
CITIES: INSIDE OUT
The
G
arden
Feb 10•13
directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy
with Danny Glover, Darryl Hannah
WHEN THE LARGEST community garden
in the United States—in the middle of
South Central LA—is threatened, the low-income Latinos who farm
there band together to fight corrupt politicians, greedy developers, and
racism to save their oasis. “This intricate and compelling documentary
paints a saddening portrait of American politics.” (NY Times) Nominated
for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2009. more at
thegardenmovie.com 35MM
filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/pirate_radio 35MM ‘SCOPE
A
2009>COLOR>1 HR 56 MINS>UK/GERMANY/USA/FRANCE
S
erious Man
Feb 3•5•6•10
directed by Joel and Ethan Cohen
with Michael Stuhlbarg, Fred
Melamed, Richard Kind
L ARRY GOPNIK IS a physics professor at a suburban midwestern
college in 1967. “He’s on the
tenure track; his son, Danny, is about to be bar mitzvahed; the world is
in order and Larry is content. Enter the Coens, with banana peel.” What
follows is a string of misfortunes out of the Book of Job, and “it’s a work
of cruel comic genius, in some ways even crueler than No Country
for Old Men. Some have already labeled the film despicable. I think it’s
Jewish Bergman and one of their very best movies—a pitch-black Old
Testament farce in which God is either absent, absent-minded, or mad
as hell. It’s a film to haunt you for a long time to come.” (Boston Globe)
more at filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/a_serious_man 35MM
2009>COLOR>1 HR 45 MINS>USA
G
directed by Jeff Stilson
with Chris Rock, RavenSymone, and Ice-T
S
how People
Feb 6
$45 general; $25 students
(pairs $80/$40)
THIS DOCUMENTARY, PRODUCED
and narrated by comedian
Chris Rock, delves into the multi-billion dollar industry behind hair
care for black women. “Good hair” refers to a number of things:
straightened, relaxed, weaved, or otherwise treated in accordance
with the belief that the straighter, the better. “Spirited, probing and
frequently hilarious, [Good Hair] coasts on the fearless charm of
its front man and the eye-opening candor of its interviewees....” (NY
Times) more at goodhairmovie.net 35MM COSPONSORED WITH THE CU WOMEN’S
RESOURCE CENTER.
2009>COLOR>1 HR 36 MINS>USA
I
The nformant!
Jan 24•25•26
directed by Steven Soderbergh
with Matt Damon, Scott Bakula
MATT DAMON PLAYS the feckless Mark Whitacre, an Archer Daniels Midland VP who
volunteers to help the FBI
expose a price-fixing scheme in the early 1990s. Whitacre’s motives
are unclear, and then appear downright delusional once the FBI agents
involved with him become less and less confident in the man’s ability to
keep everything undercover. A human comedy-of-errors, based on true
events. (Whitacre received a Ph.D. from Cornell in 1983 in Nutritional
Biochemistry!) more at theinformantmovie.warnerbros.com 35MM
2009>COLOR>1 HR 48 MINS>USA
live piano accompaniment
by Dr. Philip Carli
NO COMPS, PASSES OR DISCOUNT CARDS
directed by King Vidor
with Marion Davies, William Haines, Charlie Chaplin
2009>COLOR>1 HR 51 MINS>USA
ART DOCUMENTARIES
OSCAR DOCS: AND THE NOMINEES ARE…
V
alentino: The Last Emperor
Feb 20•21
VALENTINO : THE L AST Emperor goes behind the catwalks and
editorials to take the viewer into the unique world of one of the most
famous and luminary fashion designers in history, Valentino Garavani.
The film follows Valentino in the last days of his career as the head of one
of the most celebrated fashion houses in the world, and gives the viewer
an inside look at the relationship between Valentino and his business
partner and companion of 50 years, Giancarlo Giammetti. In English,
Italian and French. SUBTITLED. more at valentinomovie.com 35MM
2009>COLOR>1 HR 36 MINS>USA
ART DOCUMENTARIES
ITHACA PREMIERE
V
isual Acoustics
Feb 20•21•23
directed by Eric Bricker
narrated by Dustin Hoffman
V ISUAL A COUSTICS CELEBRATES the life and career of
architectural photographer
Julius Shulman, who expertly captured the work of nearly every modern
and progressive architect since the 1930s, including Frank Lloyd Wright,
Richard Neutra, John Lautner and Frank Gehry. “A really terrific, intensely focused documentary on a fascinating personality.” (Hollywood
Reporter) more at juliusshulmanfilm.com VIDEO PROJECTION
2009>COLOR>1 HR 23 MINS>USA
ITHAKID FILM FESTIVAL
W
here the Wild Things Are
Feb 12*•13•14•19•20
$3 adults/$2 kids 12 & under on Feb 13
*Grads pay just $2 on Feb 12, courtesy of the Big Red
Barn Professional & Graduate Student Assoc
directed by Spike Jonze
with Max Records, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener
THE CHILDREN ’ S CLAS SIC is writ large on the
big screen by two big
talents: director Spike
Jonze ( Being John
Malkovich) and writer
Dave Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius). With Max
Records as the King of All Wild Things and the wild things themselves
voiced by James Gandolfini, Catherine O’Hara, Forrest Whitaker, Paul
Dano, and Chris Cooper, among others. Strange and psychologically
loaded as the book, Jonze and Eggers’ film fleshes out the story behind
Max’s meltdown and gives real pathos to the monsters he encounters.
“As wish-fulfillments go, this is a movie lover’s dream.” (Wall Street Journal) Recommended for ages 8 and up. more at wherethewildthingsare.
warnerbros.com 35MM ‘SCOPE
2009>COLOR>1 HR 41 MINS>USA
W
hip It
Jan 24*•25•29•30
*$2 new students
with ID Jan 24
directed by Drew Barrymore
with Ellen Page, Kristen Wiig,
Juliette Lewis, Drew Barrymore
AN ELEGANT WINTER PARTY
2008>COLOR>1 HR 20 MINS>USA
ood Hair
Feb 4•5•7
P
iano Turner of
Earthquakes
Jan 28•30
directed by Quay Brothers
with Amira Casar, Gottfried John
OSCAR DOCS: AND THE
NOMINEES ARE…
THIS IS IT takes the viewer behind the scenes as the late King of Pop
Michael Jackson developed, created, and rehearsed for his would-be
concerts in London’s O2 Arena, before his untimely death. “What this
strange yet strangely beguiling film does is capture one of pop culture’s
great entertainers in the feverish grips of pure creativity.” (Hollywood
Reporter) more at thisisit-movie.com 35MM
directed by Matt Tyrnauer
with Valentino Garavani,
Giorgio Armani, Tom Ford
1974>COLOR>1 HR 30 MINS>UK
The
T
his Is It
Jan 29•30•31
directed by Kenny Ortega
with Michael Jackson
onty Python and
the Holy Grail
Feb 13•15•16
C
THE COASTAL J APANESE
village of Taiji, where
most of the world’s
aquarium dolphins are
trapped, harbors a dark
secret – and a team of divers, activists and special effects experts are
determined to expose it. “At once an astonishing feat of advocacy
filmmaking and a white knuckle eco-thriller; think Michael Moore
meets Michael Mann.” (Film Threat) Winner of multiple festival Audience Awards, the film was also nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at
last year’s Sundance Film Festival and is shortlisted for Best Feature
Documentary Oscar. more at takepart.com/thecove 35MM
1988>COLOR>1 HR 16 MINS>GHANA/UK
HITS FROM THE ‘70S
oco Before Chanel
Feb 11•13•14
The
en Who Stare at Goats
Feb 12•13•15•17
more at themenwhostareatgoatsmovie.com 35MM ‘SCOPE
2009>COLOR>1 HR 21 MINS>USA
B EFORE COCO CHANEL was
synonymous with high fashion and expensive perfume, she was an orphan girl named Gabrielle,
a café chanteuse who became a wealthy man’s mistress to sidestep
outright prostitution. “This refreshing alternative to the usual potted
biopic provides an absorbing look at a singular, steely determination
as it was forged and annealed, long before it made itself known to the
world.” (Washington Post) SUBTITLED more at sonyclassics.com/cocobe-
M
A SECRET MILITARY unit is determined to become “warrior
monks” who can walk through
walls, read enemy minds, and kill
goats just by looking at them. Incredibly, this is based on true events.
“A refreshingly unpredictable and fizzy comic fantasy.” (Baltimore Sun)
directed by Chris Miller & Phil Lord
with Anna Faris, Bruce Campbell, James Caan, Neil Patrick Harris (voices)
com 35MM ‘SCOPE
H ISTORIC ARCHIVAL FOOTAG E , dream sequences
and political reflections
are interwoven to create a
complex experiment that is
intensified by the ritualistic music: twenty years after Ghana’s socialist
experiment under Kwameh Nkrumah, a former activist returns to her
home country as a reporter. She is supposed to do a report on Werner
Herzog’s Cobra Verde, part of which was filmed in a former slave
fort in Ghana. VIDEO PROJECTION.
directed by Grant Heslov
with George Clooney, Jeff Bridges,
Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey
loudy with a Chance
of Meatballs
Jan 30•31 ( $3 adults
A WHIMSICAL TOWN where food falls from the sky like rain suddenly
starts experiencing violent pancake storms and pea soup fogs that
threaten its very existence in this fun film based on the popular
children’s book. A resident inventor may just have the solution to
save his beloved town and its residents. “Any moviegoers possessed
of funny bones will laugh their fool heads off.” (Washington Post) Recommended for ages 6 and up. more at cloudywithachanceofmeatballs.
directed by John Akomfrah
SUBTITLED 35MM
1973>COLOR>2 HRS 5 MINS>FRANCE/BRITAIN
The
T
with filmmaker
John Akomfrah
directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
with Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider
CITIES: INSIDE OUT
AFRICANA@40
estament
Feb 19 [free]
Feb 8•9
(see reverse for feb 21–mar 19)
more info at cinema.cornell.edu
FOR PARTY DETAILS,
SEE BOX ABOVE LEFT
C ONSIDERED SILENT FILM star Marion Davies’s best performance,
Show People is a comedic satire of the early days of film, featuring
cameos by many of the greats of the day, including Charlie Chaplin
and Douglas Fairbanks. This entertaining look inside 1920s Hollywood
reflects on the actual acting career of starlet Davies, whose real-life
lover was newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst. Lucille Ball
frequently cited Davies as a major comedic influence and all of Ball’s
facial techniques and comic behaviors are startlingly apparent in Davies’
performance. 35MM
1928>B&W>1 HR 19 MINS>USA
THE BROTHERS QUAY
T
ales from The
Brothers Quay
Jan 26•28
D REW BARRYMORE DIRECTS this “unreasonably entertaining movie”
(Roger Ebert) about a rebellious Texas teen (Ellen Page) who trades
in her beauty pageant crown for the raucous and rambunctious world
of roller derby. “Clicks on so many levels—heartwarming family story,
rough-and-tumble display of grrrl power and a secondary but tender
and convincing romance.” (Hollywood Reporter) more at foxsearchlight.
com/whipit 35MM ‘SCOPE
2009>COLOR>1 HR 51 MINS>USA
HITS FROM THE ‘70S
Y
oung Frankenstein
Feb 1•2
directed by Mel Brooks
with Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn,
Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman
MEL BROOKS’ HILARIOUS parody
of the original Frankenstein
movies. 35MM
1975>B&W>1 HR 45 MINS>USA
Z
ombieland
Jan 27•29•30 Feb 5•6
directed by Ruben Fleischer
with Woody Harrelson,
Jesse Eisenberg, Emma
Stone, Abigail Breslin
directed by The Brothers Quay
SETS FROM THESE six shorts are on
display in the John Hartell Gallery in Sibley Dome as part of the touring
exhibition Dormitorium: Film Decors by the Quay Brothers (Jan 25–Feb
5.) These American-born, London-based twin brothers who possess
“imaginations so wild you will forget everything you have come to
expect from animated films” (Village Voice), are perhaps best known for
their surreal shorts. Films: Street of Crocodiles (1986); Rehearsals
for Extinct Anatomies (1987), The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer
(1984); The Epic of Gilgamesh (1985); Stille Nacht I (1988); and
The Comb (1991). Most in recently struck new prints! 35MM/16MM
A N UNLIKELY DUO of survivors
(Harrelson and Eisenberg) and
their pals take down as many
zombies as they possibly can
in every way imaginable in this gory, “wicked fun” zombie romp.
“The four protagonists aren’t about to let something as minor as the
complete breakdown of society get in the way of having a good time,
and their fun proves infectious.” (Onion AV Club) more at zombieland.
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2009>COLOR>1 HR 20 MINS>USA
com 35MM ‘SCOPE
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feb 21
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feb 23
Visual Acoustics
Visual Acoustics
A Clockwork Orange
24 City
WSH 7:15
[$4] WSH 4:30
WSH
A Clockwork Orange
feb 28
Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
Dr. No
WSH
mar 2
The Ukrainian Time Machine
WSH
La Danse:
The Paris Opera Ballet
[$4] WSH
Oscar Nominated
4:00 Shorts: Live Action!
Oscar Nominated
Shorts: Animation!
WSH
WSH
$9.99
[$4] WSH 11:00am
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Taxi Driver
WSH
35 Shots of Rum
WSH
[$4] WSH 11:00am
The Wild Girl
Small Change
W/LIVE MUSIC
[$4] WSH 2:00 Precious
WSH
WSH
WSH
4:30
WSH
9:20
7:00 $9.99
mar 3
7:00
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Shorts: Animation!
WSH
Fantastic Mr. Fox
35 Shots of Rum
The Sun
9:30
WSH
WSH
WSH
SAT
[$3 ADULTS/$2 KIDS 12 & UNDER]
WSH
URIS 7:00 35 Shots of Rum
[$4] WSH 5:00
9:30
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Sun
10:00
WSH
9:15
mar 16
WSH
9:15
9:30 WSH
mar 17
The Greening of Southie
WSH
WSH
5
9:00 Disgrace
[GRADS $2] URIS 7:15
9:25
mar 19
Disgrace
7:00
WSH
9:25
WSH
WSH
Butch Cassidy and
the Sundance Kid
WSH
7:00
Pirate Radio
The Road
7:00
9:30
URIS
WSH
9:45
10:00
URIS
mar 6
7:15
URIS
Red Cliff
URIS
7:15
9:45
mar 13
Butch Cassidy and
the Sundance Kid
URIS
The Road
URIS
7:15
9:30
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directed by Tatia Rosenthal
with the voices of Anthony
LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush
BASED ON THE short stories of Israeli writer Etgar
Keret, this beautifully crafted claymation feature ponders the meaning
of life through the lives of a dozen people living in a Sydney apartment
complex. “[Israeli animator] Tatia Rosenthal concocts an artful film
that’s enchanted, enchanting, and meaningful, too.” (Entertainment
Weekly) Not for kids! more at 9dollars99movie.com 35MM
2008>COLOR>1 HR 18 MINS>ISRAEL/AUSTRALIA
Taxi Driver
9:30
mar 12
Cyclonic
Fantastic
Mr.
Fox
7:00
W/LIVE MUSIC & DANCE
9:15
mar 18
7:00 Precious
WSH
2:00
WSH
Red Cliff
7:00
URIS
[$3 ADULTS/$2 KIDS 12 & UNDER]
Fantastic Mr. Fox
WSH
2:00
7:15 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Live Action!
[$4] WSH 5:00
Red Cliff
URIS 9:45 La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
WSH 7:45
URIS
URIS
mar 10
mar 11 Precious
$9.99
The End of Poverty?
WSH 7:15
WSH 7:00
7:15
Disgrace
Butch Cassidy and
The Road
the Sundance Kid
feb 27
Red Cliff
mar 5 Fantastic Mr. Fox
7:15
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9:15
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7:00
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10:00
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The Sun
7:15 Red Cliff WSH
9:15
9:30 Taxi Driver WSH
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7:15
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7:00
Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
mar 15
Temple Grandin
Pirate Radio
Oscar Nominated
9:15
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[$4] SCPA 7:15
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Lemon Tree mar 14
Precious
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[$4] WSH
9:45
7:15
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Port of Call New Orleans
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CITIES: INSIDE OUT•ITHACA PREMIERE
24
City
Feb 24•26
directed by Zhang Ke Jia
with Joan Chen, Lv Liping, Zhao Tao
24 C ITY CHRONICLES the conversion of an aircraft parts plant into
a mixed-use high-rise development
that will cover 3.3 million square feet and house 60,000 people, weaving
together stories of three generations of factory workers in an experimental fiction-nonfiction hybrid. The film takes place in Chengdu City
in Sichuan Province, and portrays “a culture on the verge of erasure
with the advent of redevelopment and gentrification…reflecting the
idea of a city built from the rubble of abandoned, forgotten histories”
(Strictly Film School), as China transitions from planned to market
economy. In Mandarin and Shanghainese. SUBTITLED more at cinemaguild.
com/24city 35MM
2009>COLOR>1 HR 52 MINS>CHINA/HONG KONG/JAPAN
MASTERS OF
WORLD CINEMA
CITIES: INSIDE OUT
ITHACA PREMIERE
35
Shots of Rum
Mar 3•5•6•8
directed by Claire Denis
with Alex Descas, Mati
Diop, Nicole Dogue,
Gregoire Colin
✭ Students: $35
✭ Seniors: $40 ✭ General: $50
Masters of World Cinema
— New Work
CLAIRE DENIS, ONE of France’s most gifted filmmakers, offers one of her
finest films yet with 35 Shots of Rum, based loosely on her mother’s
relationship with her grandfather and an homage to Ozu’s Late Spring
(1949). Starring the wonderful Alex Descas as a long-widowed African
immigrant who works as a train conductor, and Mati Diop as his daughter, a college student, the two live in a suburb of Paris where their easy
relationship is on the brink of change, as Diop’s character is wooed by
a handsome neighbor (Colin). One of the best reviewed films of 2009.
(see reverse for jan 24–feb 20) JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
MASTERS OF WORLD CINEMA
ART DOCUMENTARIES
ITHACA PREMIERE
La
more info at
cinema.cornell.edu
D
anse: The Paris
Opera Ballet
Feb 26•27•28
directed by Frederick Wiseman
CALL IT BALLET immersion. In
documentary auteur Wiseman’s latest (and second film
about this subject) we are
dropped into the center of
Palais Garnier, the neo-Baroque opera house where the
legendary Paris Opera Ballet
company rehearses and performs. Very little exists in the
way of traditional documentaries—“traditional” not being Wiseman’s
style—so a viewer not well-versed in ballet terms or business matters
should sit back, relax, and take pleasure in this privileged peek into
the inner-workings of an artistic behemoth. “A superb portrait of the
perennial pas de deux between art and commerce.” (eyeweekly.com)
L
emon Tree
Mar 14•16
directed by Eran Riklis
with Hiam Abbass,
Doron Tavory
A PALESTINIAN WIDOW’S
livelihood is threatened
when her lemon grove is
marked for destruction by her Israeli government minister neighbor.
The grove, situated along the Green Line, serves as a metaphorical
divide between two cultures, a delineation between powerful and powerless, and a tangible reminder of the countless battles fought by people
in the region. As Salma takes a stand against the Israeli government
with the help of a handsome young lawyer and begets sympathy from
her neighbor’s cultured yet browbeaten wife, there is a distinct uproar
of support among the news media that threatens to embarrass her opponent. Winner of the Audience Award at the Berlin International Film
Festival, Lemon Tree is “a wrenching, richly layered feminist allegory
as well as a geopolitical one.” (NY Times) In Arabic, Hebrew, French
and English. SUBTITLED more at lemontreemovie.com 35MM
2008>COLOR>1 HR 46 MINS>ISRAEL/GERMANY/FRANCE
O
scar Nominated Shorts
Animation!
Feb 25•26•28
Live Action!
Feb 27 Mar 1
SUBTITLED more at zipporah.com/films/37 VIDEO PROJECTION
2009>COLOR>2 HRS 39 MINS>FRANCE/USA
FROM PAGE TO SCREEN
ITHACA PREMIERE
D
directed by various
isgrace
Mar 12•14•18•19
AS WE GO to press the Oscar nominations for best animated and
live action shorts have not been decided, but we have no doubt
these will be terrific programs. Nominations will be announced
on February 2, so we’ll get the info up on our website soon
after. See all the nominees before the winner is declared at the
Academy Awards Ceremony on March 7! VIDEO PROJECTION
directed by Steve Jacobs
with John Malkovich, Jessica
Haines, Eriq Ebouaney
B A S E D ON TH E Booker
Prize winning novel by J.M
Coetzee, Disgrace takes
us into the heart of the ethical complexities of post-apartheid South
Africa, as a disgraced university professor—played convincingly by
Malkovich—is forced to confront irrevocable changes in his country.
“The austere economy of Coetzee’s writing, crisply adapted for the
screen by Anna Maria Monticelli, plays out the melodrama with quietly
brooding menace.” (Village Voice) In English, Xhosa, Afrikaans and Zulu.
SUBTITLED 35MM ‘SCOPE
2009>COLOR>2 HRS>AUSTRALIA/SOUTH AFRICA
HITS FROM THE ‘70S
D
r. No
Mar 1•2
directed by Terence Young
with Sean Connery, Ursula Andress
BOND : SEAN CONNERY. Villain: Joseph
Wiseman, in the title role, as an outrageous precursor of Darth Vader. Bond Girl: Ursula Andress, emerging
from the surf in a killer bikini. Best line: “World domination—the same
old dream.” 35MM
RUNNING TIMES: TBA
P
irate Radio
Feb 19•20•24•27
directed by Richard Curtis
with Philip Seymour
Hoffman, Rhys Ifans, Bill
Nighy, Kenneth Branaugh
INSPIRED BY TRUE events,
Pirate Radio is the rollicking story of a band of
outlaw DJs who set up a radio station aboard an old tanker anchored
in the North Sea during the mid-sixties. With a great soundtrack
taking center stage (The Who, Rolling Stones, Hendrix, the Troggs,
Beach Boys, and many others are represented), “Pirate Radio does
what it sets out to do. It rocks.” (Miami Herald) more at filminfocus.
com/focusfeatures/film/pirate_radio 35MM ‘SCOPE
2009>COLOR>1 HR 56 MINS>UK/GERMANY/USA/FRANCE
FROM PAGE TO SCREEN
P
recious
Mar 12•14•15•18
ost films that
1962>COLOR>1 HR 51 MINS>UK
SUBTITLED more at cinemaguild.com/35shots 35MM
directed by Lee Daniels
claim to be
2009>COLOR>1 HR 40 MINS>FRANCE/GERMANY
ITHAKID FILM FESTIVAL
with Gabourey Sidibe,
about cities, in
arth
ad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Mo’Nique, Paula Patton,
ornell
Cinema’s
Early
Spring
2010
Flicksheet
boasts
five
Ithaca
premieres
of
recent
work
by
five
of
the
world’s
truth, are not.
Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz
Feb
20•27
most
renowned
filmmakers,
and
each
one
is
among
the
makers’
best
films.
Agnès
Varda
has
been
making
Feb
18•20•22
There are many films
THE FILM STARS newcomer
features
and
documentaries,
both
with
a
distinct
experimental
style,
since
the
1950s,
and
her
latest,
The
directed by Werner Herzog
[$3 adults/$2 kids]
that feature cities in a
Gabourey Sidibe as the titular
with Nicholas Cage, Eva
Beaches of Agnes (2009), is a thoroughly enjoyable self-referential work, which recently won France’s
directed by Alastair
glamorous, but passive,
Claireece “Precious” Jones, an obese, illiterate, pregnant, 16-year-old
Mendes, Val Kilmer
Cesar
Award
for
best
documentary
film.
Fothergill & Mark Linfield
way. At best, one learns
African American girl living with her abusive mother. Things begin to
I
N W ERNER H ERZOG ’ S
EARTH, THE FIRST film in the Disney nature series, follows three animal
Frederick Wiseman, a contemporary of Varda’s, has produced a tremendous body of documentaries since the 1960s,
from these films how
turn around when Precious meets a lovely teacher, Miss Rain, and when
pulpy thriller, ver y
families on their remarkable journeys across the great blue planet, doing
films offering intimate depictions of social institutions. His latest, La Danse (2009), reveals the inner workings of
cities look, but gain little
Social Services finally become involved. “Precious avoids the traps of
loosely based on Abel
what
they
need
to
do
to
survive.
Up
in
the
Arctic,
a
mother
polar
bear
the Paris Opera Ballet, from discussions about health care coverage for the dancers to observations of dancers and
insight into how they
well-meaning, preachy lower-depths realism. It howls and stammers,
Ferrara’s 1992 shocker
and her two cubs make an appearance and look for food in the barren
choreographers breaking down complex movements into their constituent gestures.
are or how they work.
but it also sings.” (NY Times) more at weareallprecious.com 35MM
Bad Lieutenant,
snows. In Africa’s considerably warmer Kalahari Desert, elephants fight
MASTERS OF WORLD CINEMA
But there is value in the THE GREENING OF SOUTHIE
Aleksandr Sokurov is a generation younger, and has been hailed as the successor THE BEACHES OF AGNES
COSPONSORED WITH THE CU WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTER.
Nicholas Cage gives a
off
drought
as
they
head
for
the
promised
lushness
of
the
Okavango
THE BEACHES OF AGNES (AGNES VARDA) to the great Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky, making poetic films exploring
2009>COLOR>1 HR 50 MINS>USA
depiction of a city as a
bravado performance
Feb 11, 12 & 16
Delta. And, under the sea, a humpback whale and her calf navigate the
dynamic unit, a character every bit as vital and rich as an individual actor. And the medium of cinema 24 CITY (ZHANG-KE JIA)
a variety of themes, many specifically Russian in nature, since the 1980s. The Sun (2005)—just now making its way to American screens—is the third in Mr.
ed Cliff
as a drug-addicted cop whose grasp of reality and his own humanity
4,000-mile migration that is the longest of any for a marine mammal.
is uniquely suited to depict with visceral clarity the city’s complexity, taking into account political,
Sokurov’s trilogy about 20th-century dictators, which began with Moloch (1999), about Hitler, and continued with Taurus (2001), about the dying Lenin. The
Feb 24 & 26
begins to fracture. “[The film’s] maniacal unpredictability is such a blast
Feb 26•27 Mar 3•5•6
Featuring
“eye-popping,
state-of-the-art
nature
photography”
(LA
economic and cultural dimensions.
Sun is a fascinating act of historical imagination, depicting Hirohito’s last days as Emperor.
L A DANSE (FREDERICK WISEMAN)
that it reminds you just how tidy and dull most crime thrillers are these
directed by John Woo
Times), Earth is a knock-out! Recommended for ages 6 and up. more
Feb 26 - 28
days.” (NY Times) more at badlt.com 35MM
In this calendar, Cornell Cinema and the Department of City and Regional Planning present a series
French filmmaker Claire Denis, a contemporary of Sokurov, was raised in colonial Africa, and this upbringing has had a profound effect on her filmmaking. Her
with Tony Leung, Takeshi
at disney.go.com/disneynature 35MM
35 SHOTS OF RUM (CLAIRE DENIS)
2009>COLOR>2 HRS 1 MIN>USA
that explores cities as full characters in the drama. We begin with Roman Polanski’s classic Chinatown
debut feature film Chocolat (1988), was a semi-autobiographical meditation on African colonialism and her recent 35 Shots of Rum (2008), portrays an
Kaneshiro, Chang Chen
March 3, 5, 6 & 8
2009>COLOR>1 HR 35 MINS>UK/USA/GERMANY
th
HITS FROM THE ‘70S•NEW PRINT!
(1974), which explores the central urban planning dilemma, water, of Los Angeles’s early 20 century THE SUN (A LEKSANDR SOKUROV)
JOHN WOO’S IMMENSE and inAfrican immigrant and his daughter living in Paris, reflecting the new face of Europe.
CITIES:
INSIDE
OUT
March 4 – 6
growth. A sordid subplot tries to steal the show, but the city never fades as a presence. L.A. is a formidable
tense tale of a Han dynasty
utch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Finally, there is the youngest of the bunch, Chinese filmmaker, Jia Zhangke, born in 1970, who is regarded as a leading figure of the “Sixth Generation” movement
ITHACA PREMIERE
general determined to take down two warlords that stand in the way
adversary years later in The Garden (2008), the Oscar-nominated documentary about a group of in Chinese cinema. 24 City is a fascinating hybrid of both fiction and non-fiction, which weaves together the stories of three generations of factory workers into an oral history of post-revolutionary
Mar 11•13•19
The nd of
of expanding the Empire. The warlords band together to defeat the
Latinos fighting City Hall and the deep pockets of a developer to save the biggest community garden in China and a bracing meditation on the massive physical and psychological changes transforming the country.
directed by George
Poverty?
general, and change the fate of China forever. “Anyone who enjoys
the nation, incongruously located in the South Central neighborhood.
Roy Hill
stylized hyper-violence should be enthralled by this long, sweeping,
Mar
10
husband
Jacques
Demy
made,
the
film
itself
is
a
reminder
with
Paul
Newman,
CITIES: INSIDE OUT
Two depictions of cities in economic and social flux come from opmurderously vivid dramatization of ancient Chinese warfare, circa
Robert Redford
has become a tradition for us to host a Sunday morning Jewish
directed by
we go to press, we of all that Agnes Varda has contributed to cinema over her
posite sides of the world. In 24 City (2009), an aircraft parts plant
CHINATOWN
Philippe Diaz
A.D. 208.” (SF Chronicle) In Mandarin. SUBTITLED more at redclifffilm.
S TARRING THE HE ARTFilm Festival in March, and this year you can join us at 11am
Feb 3
know the f if teen long career, including both documentaries and features, as
is converted into a high-rise development in Sichuan Province, and
with John
com 35MM ‘SCOPE
THROBS of the day, Newman and Redford, as two affable bandits, and
for
three
great
films
with
Jewish
themes
(with
additional
evening
THE GARDEN
well
as
a
voice
and
presence
like
no
other.
You’ll
leave
the
films that have been shortthe process highlights the social disparity running rampant in China
Christensen,
Feb 10 & 13
2009>COLOR>2 HRS 28 MINS>CHINA
Katharine Ross as their gorgeous moll, Butch Cassidy is a playtheatre after watching The Cove and want to write a letter to screenings for late risers). As added enticement, complimentary
listed
to
be
one
of
the
five
as
the
nation
retools
from
a
planned
to
a
market-based
economy.
William
Easterly,
Amartya
Sen
CITY OF GOD
ful—even hilarious—Western that borrows from both Peckinpah’s
FROM
PAGE TO SCREEN
nominees for Best Documen- the Japanese embassy; you’ll leave the theatre after watching bagels & coffee are offered at the morning screenings. This year we
Feb 17 & 19
Similarly, in The Greening of Southie (2008) the first entirely
DIRECTOR DIAZ TRAVELS to the favelas of Brazil and the shantytowns
The Wild Bunch and Truffaut’s Jules and Jim. Dedicated to our
feature the delightful Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, by the maker of
The oad
24 CITY
tary Feature of 2009. We’d Beaches, and want to write a love letter to Agnes!
“green” residential building is constructed in the working-class neighof
Kenya
to
give
voice
to
the
human
cost
of
global
capitalism
in
his
own dynamic duo: Tyler and Dan. Thanks you guys: you’re the best!
Feb 24 & 26
love to be able to screen all We’re not sure what you’ll want to do after seeing Valen- The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, telling the humorous
Mar 10•12•13•17
borhood of South Boston, by union workers who will never be able
devastating, radical critique of the colonialist enterprise as inextricable
35MM ‘SCOPE
35 SHOTS OF RUM
and
eye-opening
story
of
television
pioneer
Gertrude
Berg.
Berg
was
fifteen
titles
for
your
conto afford living there.
tino: The Last Emperor, but we do agree with the LA
from
the
current
global
economic
model.
Diaz
proposes
a
historidirected by John Hillcoat
March 3, 5, 6 & 8
1969>COLOR>1 HR 50 MINS>USA
with Viggo Mortensen, Kodi
sideration (actually, we’ve Times that it’s an “unexpectedly involving documentary.” the creator, principal writer, and star of “The Goldbergs,” a popular
cal-analytical framework that posits a direct link between the legacy
THE END OF POVERTY?
In Claire Denis’s 35 Shots of Rum (2009), which intimately
radio show for 17 years, which became television’s very first character- HITS FROM THE ‘70S
Smit-McPhee, Charlize
March 10
already
shown
Food
Inc.),
of colonization and the current unequal distribution of wealth that
Made
by
Vanity
Fair
writer
and
editor
Matt
Tyrnauer,
the
depicts a mixed-race middle-class suburb of Paris, the college student
Theron, Robert Duvall
A lockwork Orange
THE GREENING OF SOUTHIE daughter of an African immigrant and metro train conductor debates
but instead we’re offering film follows the lives and careers of the Italian design guru driven domestic sitcom in 1949. Next up is $9.99, a stop motion
leaves much of the world’s population in a stunning state of poverty.
March 17
THE SCREEN ADAPTATION of Cormac McCarthy’s bleakly haunting novel
puppet animation film, based on the surreal short stories of Etgar
Feb
22•23
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OSPONSORED
WITH
THE
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at
three
of
the
fifteen,
three
we
and
his
business
partner
Giancarlo
Giammetti.
Valentino
colonialism in her classes, railing against the ways “the global South”
about a father and son trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic America
Keret, one of the leading voices in Israeli contemporary literature.
theendofpoverty.com
35MM
think
are
top
contenders
for
directed
by
Stanley
Kubrick
made
the
short-list
whereas
the
more
financially
successful
is perpetually indebted to the industrialized world. These ideas are fleshed out in The End of
is “compellingly enervating and a marvel in the filmmaking process.”
We
end
with
Lemon
Tree,
which
is
based
on
a
true
story
about
life
with
Malcolm
McDowell
2008>COLOR>1 HR 46 MINS>USA
the five nominee slots.
fashion doc, The September Issue, considered a realPoverty? (2009), a documentary that posits a direct link between the legacy of colonialism THE COVE
(Film Threat) more at theroad-movie.com 35MM ‘SCOPE
around the Green Line. Starring Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass,
A
DAPTED FROM ANTHONY
ITHAKID
FILM
FESTIVAL
life
Devil
Wears
Prada,
did
not.
Fashion
critics,
at
least,
First up is The Cove, which
and the current unequal distribution of wealth that leaves much of the world’s population in a
2009>COLOR>1 HR 59 MINS>USA
who
won
the
Best
Actress
Award
from
the
Israeli
Film
Academy
for
Burgess’s
1962
novel,
Stanley
Kubrick’s
classic
is
set
in
a
vaguely
antastic Mr. Fox
stunning state of poverty. To make its case, the film travels to the shantytowns of Kenya and the was recently awarded the top prize by the National Board of Review and say Tyrnauer has earned one of the five nominee spots, due her portrayal of a widow whose livelihood is
HITS
FROM THE ‘70S
socialist
future
and
depicts
a
dreary,
Orwellian
England
overcome
by
slums of Brazil to give voice to the human cost of global capitalism. Another film in the series tied with another one of our selections, The Beaches of Agnes, for the to having shadowed one of the notoriously most difficult threatened when her lemon grove is marked JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
Mar 4•5•6•7•12*
NEW PRINT!
roving
gangs
of
teenage
thugs.
Gang-leader
Alex,
after
assorted
crimes,
people
to
work
with
in
the
industry
(he
documented
a
full
YOO HOO, MRS GOLDBERG
goes there as well: City of God (2002), one of the city’s darkest characterizations, set in Rio award from the LA Film Critics. Winner of the Audience Award at last year’s
mall Change
[$3 adults/
for destruction by her Israeli government Feb 28 & March 2
is finally apprehended and quite forcibly, most inhumanely set on the
Sundance Film Festival, Roger Ebert declared it a certain Oscar nominee. two years of the designer’s life). More than that, though,
de Janeiro’s favelas.
minister
neighbor.
painfully straight and narrow. 35MM
$9.99
Mar 15•16
$2
kids
on
Mar
6]
the
work
paid
off,
in
what
we
think
will
land
him
one
of
Variety
wrote
“Eco-activist
documentaries
don’t
get
much
more
compelling
Join us for this eclectic group of films that reveal the city from the inside out.
1971>COLOR>2 HRS 17 MINS>BRITAIN
The Festival is cosponsored with March 7, 9 & 11
directed by Francois
*Grads pay just $2 on Mar
than The Cove, an impassioned piece of advocacy filmmaking that follows the coveted slots.
L
EMON
T
REE
Temple Beth El, Tikkun v’Or, Cornell March 14 & 16
Truffaut
yclonic: The Dance
12, courtesy of the Big
PRECIOUS
‘Flipper’ trainer-turned-marine crusader Richard O’Barry in his OSCAR DOCS
Hillel Jewish Student Union and the
with Georgy Desmouceaux
Red
Barn
Professional
&
&
Life
of
Eva
Tanguay
efforts to end dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan.” Featuring amaz- AND THE NOMINEES ARE…
Program of Jewish Studies.
TRUFFAUT, A MASTER of
Graduate Student Assoc
ing cinematography and a great score in a film that plays more like THE COVE
Mar 13
directed by Wes Anderson
the French New Wave,
a thriller than anything else, we have to agree with Roger.
Feb 5, 7 & 9
with the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman
scored his greatest European success since The 400 Blows with this
★ All screenings open to the public
with
live
music
by
INDIE DIRECTOR WES Anderson (The Life Aquatic, The Darjeeling
The Beaches of Agnes, made by the grand dame of the THE BEACHES OF AGNES
film. He constructed an intricate and graceful mosaic around the lives
Mary
Brett
Lorson
★
Theatre
locations:
WSH
Willard
Straight
Theatre;
URIS
URIS
Hall
Auditorium;
SCPA
Schwartz
Feb 11, 12 & 16
Reading a good book is a marvelously visual process in its
Limited) turns his inimitable style to Roald Dahl’s classic children’s
French New Wave, Agnes Varda, now in her 80s, was the most
of several children in the town of Thiers, France, and although the story
Center for Performing Arts Film Forum
VALENTINO : THE
and
the
Soubrettes
own, unique, way—the scenes occur in our mind’s eye, as
novel, and the stop-motion results are, truly, fantastic. “An adventure
well reviewed documentary of the year according to metacritic. L AST EMPEROR
abounds with charm and vitality, the film also ranks with Truffaut’s
★
Box
office
opens
20
mins.
before
and
closes
30
mins.
after
showtimes
T
HIS MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
vivid as any Technicolor concoction on a movie screen. The
in pure imagination that plays to the smart kid in all of us.” (Rolling
com, and the distinction is well-deserved. A beautiful, playful
Feb 18 & 21
deeper and more ambitious films, demonstrating a vision of childhood
is the brainchild of local mulure of adapting those images to an actual screen is too great
★ Ticket Prices: $6.50 general / $5.00 senior citizens / $4.00 students & kids 12 and under; matinees
Stone)Recommended for ages 7 and up. more at fantasticmrfoxmovie.
and insightful look back at her life and the movies she and her
that is profound and wise, realistic and entertaining. SUBTITLED 35MM
sician Mary Lorson, whose
for most screenwriters and directors, and countless novels
are $4
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MASTERS
OF WORLD CINEMA
for legendary vaudevillian Eva
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Tanguay,
who
Lorson
describes
=parking lot,
staying true to its source material and fleshing it out with
ITHACA PREMIERE
tower rd.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER ROSS HAARSTAD P open after 5pm
west ave.
The un
★ Advance ticket sales available at the WSH Ticket Desk (open 10am-5pm Mon-Fri );
mcgraw
as “contradiction personified.
day hall
stellar performances, a strong director’s vision, and a tight
reening
of
The
tower
*behind wsh
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Tough but puny, maternal but
screenplay. Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by
*behind anabel taylor
willard straight
Southie
� uris hall garden ave. ★ Cornell Card can also be used to purchase tickets and discount cards at the WSH box office during unmarriageable, smart but undirected by Aleksandr Sokurov
Sapphire wears its pedigree in its title, the heart wrench- MANAGING EDITOR CHRISTOPHER RILEY *along south ave.
ho
delta upsilon via south ave.
with Issei Ogata, Robert Dawson, Kaori Momoi
educated, appealing but bizarre,” with a style of dancing like no other.
P � plaza
Mar 17
evening hours
ing and controversial 1996 novel about Clareece “Precious” W R I T E R S
C H R I S T I N A F I N G E R *near
*near edgemoor lane via south ave.
sage hall
IN AUGUST 1945, with Tokyo under siege
Tanguay
starred
in
two
silent
films:
Energetic
Eva!
(1916)
and
The
directed
by
Ian
Cheney
gannett
Jones, an obese and abused black teenager pregnant with
barton
★ Discount Cards (10 admissions, valid for 1 year)—$35 for students / $40 for senior citizens
S I N E A D LY K I N S , A S I A
by American forces, Emperor Hirohito
campus
rd
Wild
Girl
(1917)–screening
March
14–and
Mitzi
Gaynor
portrayed
T
HE
CONSTRUCTION
OF
delta
upsilon
FROM PAGE TO SCREEN:
her second child at 16. Aus(62+over)/ $50 general—can be purchased at the WSH box office & URIS box offices during evening
statler
olin hall
BONACCI, MOLLY WINDOVER
made his first ever address to the Japanese
her in the bizarre The I Don’t Care Girl (1953). Lorson has been
the first truly “green”
tralian director John Hilcoat
THREE RECENT ADAPTATIONS
hours,
from
the
WSH
Ticket
Desk
&
SCPA
box
office
(where
Cornell
Card
and
credit
cards
can
be
people, who were not as stunned by his
south ave. P
researching Tanguay’s life and writing songs inspired by it for a full-length
P
residential
building
in
P
hoy
rd.
adapted
Cormac
McCarthy’s
used) during their regular business hours and online by credit card at cornellcinematickets.com
THE ROAD
command to cease all fighting as they were to simply hear the voice of
anabel taylor central ave.
stage
play.
Tonight’s
program
displays
part
of
that
exploration,
including
Boston
was
a
luxury
condo
in
South
Boston,
and
this
insightful
docuP
March 10, 12, 13 & 17
stewart ave.
Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
Mary Fessenden — Director / Programmer
★ Rent the Willard Straight Balcony (seats 40) for just $150—call for details
their reincarnated sun god. “This engrossing, supremely assured movie”
what she calls the “Eva Tanguay dance detective project,” which takes
myron taylor
mentary tracks its rise as well as its problems, from the unsympathetic
edgemoor lane
PRECIOUS
The Road to screen with
Christopher Riley — Managing Director
PG
(Village Voice) chronicles, in an act of historical imagination taking place
March 12, 14, 15 & 18
★ Both URIS Auditorium & Willard Straight Theatre equipped with Dolby Surround Sound
center stage tonight with live music, theatrical readings about Tanguay,
snee hall
attitudes
of
the
union
workers
to
the
failures
of
environmentallyfree
after
5pm
powerful visuals of a father
Paul Dimmick — Head Projectionist
schwartz center
primarily in a bunker beneath the imperial palace, the events leading
DISGRACE
short
original
dance
films
that
imagine
what
Eva’s
dancing
may
have
been
friendly
materials.
Funny
and
poignant,
this
is
the
story
of
bold
ideas
★
Recorded
info
on
screenings:
call
255-3522
after
5pm
weekdays;
all
day
weekends
walk to wsh < 10 mins!
and son trying to survive in
for performing arts
Christina Finger — Administrative Asst
March 12, 14, 18 & 19
up to that monumental speech, including meetings between Hirohito
�
like, and a clip from The Wild Girl depicting the real Eva dancing,
and
unlikely
environmentalists,
and
points
to
the
future
of
how
we
live.
a post-apocalyptic America.
★
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be
added
to
our
weekly
email
reminder
list,
send
request
to
cjr20@cornell.edu
collegetown
PG
Ross Haarstad — Graphic Designer
and General MacArthur, and the historic renunciation of the emperor’s
which
Lorson
will
be
seeing
for
the
first
time.
A
talk-back
with
Lorson
more
at
greeningofsouthie.com
VIDEO
PROJECTION
And Disgrace, the Booker Prize-winning novel by J.M
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divine status. In English and Japanese. SUBTITLED more at lorberfilms.
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performers
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T
axi Driver
Mar 6•8•9
directed by
Martin Scorsese
with Robert DeNiro, Jodie Foster
MARTIN SCORSESE’S CLASSIC vision of the New York underworld follows a taxi driver who goes on a rampage when he blows his chance
with a beautiful socialite and fails to save a child prostitute from the
streets. 35MM
1976>COLOR>1 HR 53 MINS>USA
ITHACA PREMIERE
T
emple Grandin
Feb 25
with Frank H.T.
Rhodes Class of ‘56
Professor Temple
Grandin and Producer
Scott Ferguson ’82
directed by Mick Jackson
with Claire Danes, Catherine O’Hara, Julia Ormond, David Strathairn
CLAIRE DANES STARS in this biopic about Temple Grandin, scientist,
innovator, professor of animal science at Colorado State University,
renowned animal welfare activist, much-in-demand veteran of the
speaking circuit, and arguably the world’s most accomplished and
well-known adult with autism. Her experience growing up with severe
autistic symptoms allowed her unique insights into the behavior of cows
and other animals, leading her to her life’s work of developing more
humane methods and facilities for livestock handling. This new biopic
from HBO chronicles her life in the 1960s and 1970s, beginning with
her high school years and ending after she had established her business,
Grandin Livestock Handling Systems. VIDEO PROJECTION
2010>COLOR> 1 HR 48 MINS>USA
The
U
krainian Time Machine
Mar 2
with filmmaker
Naomi Uman
directed by Naomi Uman
UMAN HAS BEEN making
16mm films since the
late 1990s and is known
for her signature handmade aesthetic, often
shooting, hand-processing and editing her films
with the most rudimentary of practices, films that have been screened
in museums and festivals around the world. In 2006 she set off on a
reverse journey that her great grandparents made from the Ukraine
in 1906, hoping to experience what it is like to be an immigrant. She
began life in a small village where people still live as if it were 100 years
ago, not knowing the language or anyone there. Tonight we’ll show four
short films she’s made as part of what she calls The Ukrainian Time
Machine: Clay (12 min), Coda (3 min), Kalendar (10 min) and On
This Day (5 min), as well as some of her earlier work. more at canyoncinema.com 16MM COSPONSORED WITH THE CENTRAL NEW YORK PROGRAMMERS
GROUP AND PRESENTATION FUNDS FROM THE EXPERIMENTAL TELEVISION CENTER.
ART DOCUMENTARIES
OSCAR DOCS: AND THE NOMINEES ARE…
V
alentino: The
Last Emperor
Feb 20•21
directed by Matt Tyrnauer
with Valentino Garavani,
Giorgio Armani, Tom Ford,
Giancarlo Giammetti
VALENTINO : THE L AST
Emperor goes behind the catwalks and editorials to take the viewer
into the unique world of one of the most famous and luminary fashion
designers in history, Valentino Garavani. The film follows Valentino in
the last days of his career as the head of one of the most celebrated
fashion houses in the world, and gives the viewer an inside look at the
relationship between Valentino and his business partner and companion
of 50 years, Giancarlo Giammetti. In English, Italian and French. SUBTITLED
more at valentinomovie.com 35MM
2009>COLOR>1 HR 36 MINS>USA
ART DOCUMENTARIES
ITHACA PREMIERE
V
isual Acoustics
Feb 20•21•23
directed by Eric Bricker
narrated by Dustin Hoffman
V I SUAL A COUSTIC S CELE BRATES the life and career of
architectural photographer
Julius Shulman, who expertly
captured the work of nearly
every modern and progressive architect since the 1930s,
including Frank Lloyd Wright,
Richard Neutra, John Lautner
and Frank Gehry. “A really terrific, intensely focused documentary on
a fascinating personality.” (Hollywood Reporter) more at juliusshulmanfilm.com VIDEO PROJECTION
2009>COLOR>1 HR 23 MINS>USA
The
W
ild Girl
Mar 14
with live piano
accompaniment
by Mary Lorson
directed by Howard
Estabrook
with Eva Tanguay
and Tom Moore
EVA TANGUAY STARS as
a gypsy girl in this Selznick-produced comedy, which was intended to capture on screen,
and capitalize on, Tanguay’s lusty stage vitality. One of Tanguay’s many
nicknames was “The Girl Who Made Vaudeville Famous,” and boy, did
she, with both her on- and offstage antics. Local musician Mary Lorson
has been researching Tanguay’s life and writing songs inspired by it for
a full-length stage play—see Cyclonic program on Mar 13—and this
screening is part of that process. Read more about the first “rock
star” of the 20th century, Eva Tanguay, at slate.com/id/2236658/
pagenum/all/ 35MM
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Y
oo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
Feb 28 Mar 2
directed by Aviva Kempner
with Gertrude Berg, Ruth Bader
Ginsberg, and Susan Stamberg
DOCUMENTARIAN AVIVA KEMPNER revives
the memory of Gertrude Berg, writer,
producer, and star of “The Goldbergs,” for which Berg won the firstever Best Actress Emmy. The film critiques the “collective forgetfulness
in the age of information... [with] a generous helping of old kinescopes...
and admirers, including Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”
(NY Times) more at mollygoldbergfilm.org 35MM
2009>COLOR>1 HR 32 MINS>USA