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Fassbinder: romantic anarchist (part 2) Lola scary movies fassbinder part 2 mountainfilm nastassja KinsKi new romanian cinema spanish comedy john huston special programs new releases nov/dec 2014 film lives here sm elinor bunin munroe film center 144 w 65th st | walter reade theater 165 w 65th st | filmlinc.com e r e hs t table of contents s r ea kt os vm ol Dear Friends, Festivals & Series 2 rfi p We hope you enjoyed the New York Film Festival and that this year’s wide-ranging scary movies (october 31 – november 6) 2 m Fassbinder: romantic anarchist (part 2) (november 7 – 26) 4 e lineup has whetted your appetite for even more great cinema. lr mountainfilm (november 21 – 23) 7 i fe Our year-end schedule is anchored by extensive retrospectives of Rainer Wer- nastassja kinski: From the Heart (november 27 – December 3) 8 h s ner Fassbinder and John Huston, two of the 20th century’s greatest and most prolific making Waves: new romanian cinema (December 4 – 8) 10 e re auteurs. Fassbinder worked almost at the speed of thought, leaving behind a body of the last laugh: an alternate History of spanish comedy (December 12 – 18) 12 r e hpi work so improbably large, so dense with unruly passions and big ideas, that we still seem let there be light: the Films of John Huston (December 19 – January 11) 15 ss to be digging our way through it. Fassbinder: Romantic Anarchist picks up where we left Special Programs 20 gn off in May, with the second half of this prodigious career, including many of the classics New Releases 22 n i m November Schedule 24 o that first brought the German titan international renown. ll December Schedule 26 i ef While Fassbinder directed some 40 movies in an astonishing 13-year span, Hus- Give the Gift of Film 28 b m e ton made about as many over five decades. A screenwriter turned director during the Film Society Staff 29 lr heyday of the studio system (and later a fine character actor in his own right), Huston GO GREEN! The Film Society bimonthly calendar is always available online at filmlinc.com. ie f long outlived Hollywood’s golden age. An extraordinarily versatile renaissance man, he Members and Patrons, please consider joining us in our effort to go green by opting out of receiving the h s was also the rare artist who grew bolder with age—this complete retrospective includes printed calendar. Learn more at filmlinc.com/GoGreen. er many films long overdue for reappraisal. r e et VENUE & TICKET INFORMATION h For new releases, we are bringing back some favorites from past programs: A Spell t Walter Reade Theater & Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center (Francesca beale theater, sa to Ward Off the Darkness from New Directors/New Films and Actress from Art of the howard Gilman theater, amphitheater) W. 65th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam em To Purchase Online Visit filmlinc.com To Purchase in Person Film Society box offices open ism Real. Other highlights include a pair of documentaries on art and architecture (Levitated 30 minutes before the first screening and close 15 minutes after the start of the last r Mass and Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation) as well as two French revivals: the classic screening. For more information, call 212.875.5600. l pi rf animation The King and the Mockingbird and Eric Rohmer’s late-career masterpiece $8 Film society members & patrons | $9 students & seniors (62+) | $13 General public u A Tale of Winter. se SPECIAL DISCOUNT PACKAGES & PASSES m r There’s much more to savor here, including our popular horror series, Scary Mov- 3+ Film Packages available for all Nov/Dec series and festivals – Starts at $21 / $24 / $30 e All Access Passes available for Scary Movies 8, Fassbinder (Part 2), and An Alternate History of lh ies; a lively, eye-opening survey of Spanish comedy; and a tribute to Nastassja Kinski, Spanish Comedy – Just $99 | New Romanian Cinema – Just $75 | Note: Available online only i f 5+ Film Package available for The Films of John Huston – Starts at $25 (Tickets just $5!) s elusive muse and indelible screen presence. e ct Happy holidays and we look forward to seeing you at the movies. ProgPrleamasse, tnicoktee:t Vparilcide sID, a rnedq usuirrecdh aforgr easll darisec souubnjtesc. tS tpoe cchiaaln pgreic. inLagt eacpopmlieesr sto w vilal rbioeu sse faetsetdiv aalts t,h see rdieissc, raentido ns eolfe tcht es cmreaennaignegms.e nt. re Admission to the theater cannot be guaranteed once the screening has started. en hn Dennis Lim so nc Director of Programming NOW INTROdUCING ThE FIlM SOCIETy APP! i am Browse the upcoming schedule, receive special alerts, tl share your picks with friends & more. ri f e DownloaD toDay—available for ioS anD anDroiD DeviceS t n e m l i f What We Do in the Shadows slasher film, long out of circulation in the U.S., finds a The Pack detective assigned to the case of tracking down a scuba- Robert Clouse, USA, 1977, 35mm, 95m masked psycho lurking beneath Amsterdam’s canals. In this vintage title from the When Animals Attack November 6, 6:30pm pantheon, dogs abandoned by summer vacationers form a ravenous pack of man-eaters that terrorizes the island Backcountry community’s few permanent residents in search of a Adam macDonald, Canada, 2014, DCP, 91m square meal. In this tightly constructed, gory, and gut-wrenching November 1, 2:00pm survival story, a young couple’s romantic camping trip in a National Park goes from bad to much worse when A Reflection of Fear on top of getting hopelessly lost they realize they are William A. Fraker, USA, 1973, 35mm, 89m not alone—and whatever’s out there is hungry. A severely troubled 16-year-old (Sondra Locke) lives with November 3, 8:45pm her overbearing mother in a sprawling desolate estate, whose all-female household is thrown seriously off kilter Cub when the girl’s absentee father shows up. Things are not Jonas Govaerts, Belgium, 2014, DCP, 85m what they seem, and people soon start turning up dead in In Jonas Govaerts’s riveting, smart, and skillfully directed this genuinely unsettling Gothic psycho-thriller. feature debut, a troop of preteen Cub Scouts and two November 2, 4:00pm capable twentysomething Scout Leaders (plus their cute female cook) head into the woods for a summer camping Spring trip. Will any of them be coming back? Justin Benson & Aaron moorehead, USA, 2014, DCP, October 31, 6:00pm 109m November 5, 9:30pm Visiting an idyllic Italian coastal village, Evan (Lou Taylor Pucci) falls for the charming and elusive Louise (Nadiar Dark Was the Night Hiker)—but little does he know that she’s hiding a ter- Jack Heller, USA, 2014, DCP, 94m rifying secret. What comes next defies standard genre The quiet lives of a sheriff (The Strain’s Kevin Durand) categories and, in the name of love, brings Evan face to and his deputy (Lukas Haas) are put to the test when an face with monstrous primordial forces rooted in a realm ancient creature begins preying on the local livestock that’s nothing short of mythic. and the small logging town’s human residents in this November 2, 6:00pm o c to b e r 3 1 – n ov e m b e r 6 wholly entertaining old-school monster movie. N ovember 1, 6:00pm (Q&A with Jack Heller and actor Starry Eyes Kevin Durand) Kevin Kölsch & Dennis Widmyer, USA, DCP, 2014, 98m Fear not—the 8th edition of the popular fright fest returns! The series kicks off with a vampire-themed A modern masterwork of body horror, the biting and grue- costume party on Halloween and features highly anticipated new works from around the globe, first- The Harvest some Starry Eyes features a fearless lead performance rate creature features, retrospective screenings, in-person appearances, and much more. So, don’t John mcNaughton, USA, 2013, DCP, 104m by Alex Essoe as a striving young actress who goes to miss out... unless of course you’re afraid. Samantha Morton is the stuff of great screen villainy as extreme lengths in the name of success. the mother of a deathly ill, bed-ridden boy, whose new N ovember 2, 8:30pm (Q&A with Kevin Kölsch & neighbor persistently tries to befriend him and uncov- Dennis Widmyer) See it all and SAVE with an All Access Pass for just $99! ers some seriously sinister goings-on in the process. N ovember 5, 7:00pm (Q&A with John McNaughton, Starry Eyes actor Michael Shannon, producer Steven A. Jones, and writer Stephen Lancellotti) OPENING NIGHT its way to cult status, is best appreciated by those with What We Do in the Shadows a cast-iron stomach. Late Phases Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi, New Zealand, 2014, November 6, 9:00pm (followed by a reception with Viva Adrián García Bogliano, USA, DCP, 2014, 95m DCP, 86m Radio) Soon after a hard-ass blind Vietnam vet (Nick Damici) In this hilarious and ultra-quotable horror-comedy, four moves to a retirement home, he experiences a strange endearingly unhip vampire roommates squabble over Among the Living animal attack—and it turns out these attacks are a household chores, go to clubs, struggle to keep up with Alexandre Bustillo & Julien maury, France, 2014, DCP, monthly occurrence, synchronized to the full moon... the latest technology and fashion trends, and antagonize 90m November 1, 9:00pm (Q&A with actor Nick Damici) the local werewolves whenever their paths cross. Oh, and The final installment in dynamic French shock duo they suck people’s blood, too... Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury’s trilogy of American- Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s October 31, 8:00pm (followed by Halloween party) influenced horror flicks sees three 14-year-old boys get Island of Dr. Moreau When Animals Dream more than they bargained for after accidentally uncover- David Gregory, UK/USA, 2014, DCP, 98m Jonas Alexander Arnby, Denmark, 2014, DCP, 84m CLOSING NIGHT ing the hideout of a unhinged family at an abandoned This doc tells the outrageous story of the dysfunctional Both a melancholy coming-of-age film and a tragedy- Angst movie backlot. production of the 1996 horror-movie remake of The Island tinged tale of young love, When Animals Dream, featuring Gerald Kargl, Austria, 1983, 35mm, 83m November 4, 9:00pm of Dr. Moreau originally to be directed by one visionary, a teenage girl who learns she is gradually transforming A deeply disturbing yet spellbinding story of a psycho- decidedly weird, and in-over-his-head South African film- into a monster, recalls Let the Right One In with its raw path, played by Erwin Leder with brilliant creepiness, Amsterdamned maker, Richard Stanley, who talks about the film’s many and moody feel, and its structure, built on slow charac- just released from prison who immediately falls back to Dick maas, The Netherlands, 1988, digital projection, 109m failures—an epic cinematic travesty for the ages—with ter development and then topped off with a merciless his murderous ways when he happens upon a house in Featuring top-notch murder scenes and extravagant admirable composure. unleashing of carnage and revenge. the woods. This rare screening of a film that’s well on action, this delicious blend of police procedural and November 3, 6:30pm November 4, 7:00pm SFEESRTIEIvSA LS & SERIES 22 3 SCARy mOvIES 8 FASSBINDER in the 1950s to venality and vice. November 14, 6:30pm November 17, 9:00pm The Marriage of Maria Braun ROmANTIC ANARCHIST (PART 2) West Germany, 1979, 35mm, 120m One of Fassbinder’s most praised films, the saga of a poor soldier’s wife who uses her wiles and savvy to rise in business brought him the acclaim and popularity he always sought. (left) The Marriage of Maria Braun November 8, 8:50pm (above) Fox and His Friends November 13, 6:30pm This bleak exposé of socioeconomic sadomasochism stars Fassbinder himself as a carnival entertainer who Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven becomes a prime target for predatory suitors after he West Germany, 1975, 35mm, 113m wins the lottery. The widow of a factory worker who inexplicably killed November 7, 4:00pm & 9:00pm his boss’s son and himself is exploited by friends, family, November 9, 3:30pm and strangers alike in Fassbinder’s jet-black satire. November 8, 4:00pm Germany in Autumn November 14, 4:00pm Alf Brustellin, Hans Peter Cloos, Rainer Werner Fass- binder, Alexander Kluge, maximiliane mainka, Beate The Niklashausen Journey mainka-Jellinghaus, Edgar Reitz, Katja Rupé, volker West Germany, 1970, 35mm, 86m Schlöndorff, Peter Schubert & Bernhard Sinkel, West A shepherd turns to preaching when he is visited by the trio/albatros/W GOFmaenasredsm eba ioninnfdy ,er 1e1r19 s p7cd8ooi,nnr e3tsrce5itb motuormts e t,s h1 oe2na 3 kmistdhc naisat phiponimgnlgny i bapunesd r smeousnsradal ey sr hfioolfm rta,, MfieNlmoloevbtdher eamwrci bitonhefg r a Gh2 dio4sisd, os4, aw:b3tnius0 tsfp aewmclfht-iidoleen sththrisau tcs ctuiaopnnp .boert aibnscorelvaesde so, nhlye biys d r/the Kobal c peNvooewvneetmrsf ubklne orG w2e5nrm ,a 8as: n3G 0emprmamganna Ateu tu(pmrenc).ipitating a series of NQWouevesetr emGlleberemr a2n5y, /6F:r3a0npcem, 1982, 35mm, 108m n ov e m b e r 7–2 6 ollection IW Oenstly G Weramnat nYyo, u1 9to75 L,o HvDe CMAem , 105m Fstaosrsyb ionfd ae rB’se slgwiaann ssaoinlogr taenllds hthise ilnuvroidlv, esmemeni-ts uwrirteha lhisist Fassbinder’s rarely seen TV production about a couple brother and the proprietors of a brothel. Rainer Werner Fassbinder made nearly 40 feature-length films in just 13 years and left behind one of sucked into an endless cycle of purchases on credit and November 23, 1:00pm overtime is an indictment of capitalism that feels timely November 26, 8:30pm the most cohesive and provocative bodies of work in the history of cinema. Part two of our retrospec- almost 40 years later. tive continues, highlighting Fassbinder’s work from 1974–1982, and features all of his theatrical movies November 10, 4:15pm & 8:30pm Rio das Mortes and many of his television films, along with several works connected with his eternally relevant artistry. West Germany, 1971, 16mm, 84m In a Year of 13 Moons In this early film made for television, Fassbinder presents West Germany, 1978, 35mm, 124m the follies of a pair of Munich-dwelling deadbeats who See it all and SAVE with an All Access Pass for just $99! Volker Spengler, a Fassbinder mainstay, gives the per- improbably gain possession of a Peruvian treasure map. formance of a lifetime as Elvira, a transsexual searching November 10, 2:15pm & 6:30pm for love and finding only rejection in what is perhaps the speciaL thanKs: museum of modern art; Gaumont; national Film & sound archive, australia; eisbach studios; rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation; Ziegler Film; cineteca di bologna director’s most compassionate work. Satan’s Brew November 7, 6:30pm West Germany, 1976, 35mm, 112m November 14, 9:00pm An avant-garde poet with writer’s block and a nagging Chinese Roulette losing his grip on reality. wife must take drastic measures to make ends meet in West Germany/France, 1976, 35mm, 96m November 9, 6:00pm Lili Marleen Fassbinder’s Theatre of Cruelty–inflected attack on the Forever experimenting with form and tone, Fassbinder November 14, 1:30pm West Germany, 1981, 35mm, 120m 1970s German art scene. ventures into Edward-Albee-meets-Gothic-thriller terri- An unabashed tearjerker in the Hollywood vein about November 7, 1:30pm tory with this tale of a wealthy couple and their respec- Fear of Fear the star-crossed love affair between a German cabaret November 8, 6:30pm tive lovers forced to play a cruel party game by their West Germany, 1975, 35mm, 88m singer (Hanna Schygulla) and a Swiss-Jewish songwriter paralyzed daughter. Fassbinder revisits Sirkian territory with this melodrama (Giancarlo Giannini). Despair November 8, 2:00pm about a bourgeois housewife stricken with anxiety, November 15, 4:20pm November 13, 2:30pm whose breakdown is unfathomable to her family and the November 18, 8:30pm clueless doctors she consults. Despair November 13, 4:30pm & 9:00pm Lola West Germany/France, 1978, DCP, 119m November 16, 6:00pm West Germany, 1981, 35mm, 113m Adapted by Tom Stoppard from Nabokov’s novel, Fassbinder’s homage to The Blue Angel, a tale of a Fassbinder’s first English-language feature is a riveting Fox and His Friends singer-whore corrupting an honest commissioner, attri- portrait of a Russian émigré in 1930s Germany gradually West Germany, 1974, 35mm, 123m butes the “Economic Miracle” of Germany’s renaissance FESTIvALS & SERIES aLL FiLms directed by Fassbinder unLess otherWise noted. 4 5 FASSBINDER: ROmANTIC ANARCHIST (PART 2) Telluride mountainfilm returns to the Film Society for its fifth year with a weekend of The Stationmaster’s Wife The Third Generation West Germany, 1977, 35mm, 112m West Germany, 1979, 35mm, 110m documentaries about adventure, environment, and culture. But mainly adventure. With echoes of Madame Bovary, Fassbinder’s account A razor-sharp and politically astute take on terrorism as speciaL thanKs: ronnie planalp of a Bavarian railway stationmaster and his unfaithful, bourgeois diversion, and on how the newest (“Third”) manipulative wife allegorizes the breakdown of order generation of radicals has no particular ideology, mak- that ushered in the Third Reich. ing them easy prey for exploitation by the state. mountainfilm 2014 November 15, 6:50pm November 24, 8:30pm November 16, 3:30pm November 25, 4:15pm November 19, 3:30pm Veronika Voss Theater in Trance West Germany, 1982, 35mm, 104m West Germany, 1981, digital projection, 91m Fassbinder’s take on Sunset Boulevard concerns a Fassbinder’s only documentary was shot at Cologne’s once-celebrated film star, now addicted to morphine n ov e m b e r 2 1 –2 3 “Theatres of the World” festival, with commentary by the and kept in thrall to a malicious physician. director supplementing images of the performances. November 15, 9:15pm November 24, 6:30pm November 18, 6:15pm Emptying the Skies Crossing Boundaries Shorts fassbinder and his friends Douglas & Roger Kass, USA, 2014, HDCAm, 78m Whether a boundary is real or imagined, crossing over is Just as The Cove exposed the tragic slaughtering of the usually left to mavericks, visionaries, and the brave. The dolphins of Taiji, Emptying the Skies considers the plight subjects of these three documentaries all cross different of European migratory songbirds with a similar purpose. kinds of boundaries. In 14.c, a young black athlete excels in Free and open to the public! Screening with a sport that normally has little diversity: climbing. Duke and Rainer Werner Fassbinder – Last Works Fear of Flying the Buffalo documents a rancher who has made an alliance Wolf Gremm, West Germany, 1982, digital Conor Finnegan, Ireland, 2012, digital projection, 9m with a large conservation group. And in Mending the Line, projection, 60m November 22, 6:00pm (Roger Kass in person) Frank Moore fulfills his dream of returning to France to fly- this short and exceedingly rare made-for-tV docu- fish 60 years after landing on the beaches of Normandy. mentary follows Fassbinder at the end of his career, The Grand Rescue N ovember 23, 3:30pm (14.c subjects Kai & Connie capturing him both as director (at work on his final film, William A. Kerig, meredith Lavitt & Jenny Wilson, Lightner + Duke and the Buffalo’s director Alfredo Querelle) and as actor (in Gremm’s Kamikaze ’89). November 16, 3:15pm (Q&A with Wolf Gremm) USA, 2013, HDCAm, 53m Alcantara in person) November 23, 3:15pm The Grand Rescue tells the legendary story of the 1967 three-day rescue of an injured climber by a group of Risk & Reward Shorts Shadow of Angels national park rangers in the Grand Tetons. All great adventures potentially have an equally great Daniel Schmid, Switzerland/West Germany, 1976, Screening with price. For those who make adventure sports a career, 35mm, 105m Sufferfest 2: Desert Alpine the rewards can be great as well. Living on the line daniel schmid’s adaptation of Fassbinder’s play about a Shadow of Angels Cedar Wright, USA, 2014, digital projection, 27m between risk and reward, this group of exciting short downtrodden streetwalker in love with her lazy, abusive November 22, 8:30pm (Meredith Lavitt in person) films—El Sendero Luminoso, Wedge, 64 mph, Off-Width pimp (played by rWF himself) is a grim but undeniably Baal haunting summation of the writer’s worldview. Outlaw, The Balloon Highline, Likebomb Skiing, and volker Schlöndorff, West Germany, 1970, DCP, 85m November 16, 8:00pm Queens & Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo SuperMom—culminates with the featurette Walled In. Featuring Fassbinder as the title character, a dropout November 18, 4:00pm matt Livadary, USA, 2014, DCP, 93m N ovember 21, 8:30pm (Off-Width Outlaw subject who accosts and defiles those who cross his path, This film follows a year in the lives of a number of extraor- Pamela Shanti Pack + Likebomb Skiing director this bertolt brecht adaptation co-stars margaretha von The Wizard of Babylon dinary cowboys and cowgirls as they follow their dreams. Erik Henriksson in person) trotta and showcases three of the era’s most provocative Dieter Schidor, West Germany, 1982, digital November 21, 6:00pm (Matt Livadary and producer talents. new york premiere projection, 83m November 9, 1:30pm & 8:30pm a privileged glimpse into the visionary vortex that was Erin Krozek in person) Water Shorts They say whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting, but Fassbinder, featuring interviews with the stars of his final The Damned film, Querelle, and footage of the director shot just hours Valley Uprising we would respectfully add that water is also for playing. Luchino visconti, Italy/West Germany, 1969, DCP, 156m before his death. Peter mortimer & Nick Rosen, USA, 2014, digital projec- Who Owns Water highlights the conflicts that can arise Kinky and perverse, Luchino Visconti’s epic chronicle November 21, 3:30pm tion, 95m when water becomes scarce, but all three films in this of the downfall of a wealthy family in pre-WWii November 26, 6:30pm Narrated by Peter Sarsgaard, Valley Uprising tells the story program are broadly about finding joy in and above Germany was one of Fassbinder’s favorite films, of the bold men and women who broke with convention water. Includes Begin Again and The Fortune Wild. and a clear inspiration on his later work. and redefined the limits of human possibility in America’s November 23, 5:45pm (Who Owns the Water direc- November 15, 1:15pm November 20, 3:00pm legendary national park. tors David Hanson, Michael Hanson & Andrew Kornylak November 23, 8:00pm in person) Kamikaze ’89 Wolf Gremm, West Germany, 1982, 35mm, 102m 64 mph the final film to star Fassbinder filters dystopian parables like Blade Runner through the West berlin punk scene, resulting in a uniquely chilling vision of the near future. November 16, 1:00pm (Intro by Wolf Gremm) November 17, 6:15pm (Q&A with Wolf Gremm) Queens & Cowboys: Celebrate the master filmmaker with a limited-edition illustrated tote bag and T-shirt. Available on-site or online at filmlinc.com/shop. A Sttrhaeig Ghat yY eRaord oeno The Balloon Highline 7 Walled In FESTIvALS & SERIES 6 7 mOUNTAINFILm 2014 Paris, Texas Tess Maria’s Lovers inN paestrhtsaoes nss ejtaor i Kepisrne!sskein t renn/burrill/sFp/the Kobal collection cannon/the Kobal collection Cat People One from the Heart Paul Schrader, USA, 1982, 35mm, 118m Francis Ford Coppola, USA, 1982, 35mm, 107m In this audacious reimagining of Jacques Tourneur’s Francis Ford Coppola’s shimmering, Vegas-set noc- supernatural horror classic, Kinski perfected her abil- turnal reverie—his doomed follow-up to Apocalypse ity to balance timid innocence with raw sexuality. With Now—cries out for rediscovery. With Kinski as a Malcom McDowell, John Heard, and Annette O’Toole. beguiling circus tightrope walker and a cast including November 27, 8:45pm Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia, and Harry Dean December 3, 9:30pm Stanton. November 27, 6:30pm the Kobal c EJNaxampsoteassse sTdjoab Kaicnksk, iU pSlaAy, s1 9th8e3 p, 3ar5tm omf a, 1M0i0dwmestern English DPaercies,m Tbeexra 3s, 4:30pm ollection/road/argos/c FWszitagui rNmzdaaeo wgWnvgaete iytmnnu,g drbSn eueoerrr sdbC 2, a NlG8one,es owe8rdm !:Y3yaos0nrspkey m,sy .u1 9(pQ9e&3rmA, 3o w5dimethl mi nJ, a J1ma4me4esm sT Toobbaacckk)’s W3TAprehe5msiirmmstefro ar mrWiicemn,am eta1.n n4onW dotc7iieeodmth,rny s saaH,s l laWceyroy re nyios ndDtvce eeGlnurasewdnereh mdSse t alsawmnhnhioytnao/wgtFn c, rm aaanisPngdeach leDmto /febUe aea Kn llKd / SUhi’nOteSosrrckA –ski,w’ks w1 iiln9fiel nnl8al.ie4nnsdg, t hannel 4 Ttehnisu ouunsdley rurantiefide ds eBqeurleinl ,t og aWvien gKsin osfk Di oenseir eo,f sheet ri nfi nae st No Nveomvebmebr e2r8 3, 05,: 37:03p0mpm (Q&A with Nastassja Kinski) mid-career roles, a sympathetic, trench coat–clad angel. Tess November 29, 8:30pm Roman Polanski, France/UK, 1979, DCP, 186m In her breakthrough performance, Kinski gave the hero- The Hotel New Hampshire ine of Roman Polanski’s beautifully shot Thomas Hardy Tony Richardson, UK/Canada/USA, 1984, 35mm, 109m adaptation a forceful, smoldering presence and a tragic Tony Richardson’s adaptation of John Irving’s epic, plot- breadth of spirit. stuffed tragicomic novel moves from the funny to the hor- November 27, 3:00pm n astassja KinsKi rifying at the drop of a hat. With Kinski as a young woman November 29, 4:00pm (Q&A with Nastassja Kinski) who spends most of the film in a full-body bear suit. Also starring Rob Lowe and Jodie Foster. Cat People November 29, 1:30pm Maria’s Lovers f r o m t h e he a r t Andrei Konchalovsky, USA, 1984, 35mm, 109m As a Yugoslav immigrant in 1940s Pennsylvania, Kinski is the undeniable center of fascination, bickered over by the movie’s male characters but keeping the rest of the film at n ov e m b e r 2 7 – d e c e m b e r 3 a restless remove. With John Savage and Robert Mitchum. u NInaw Fafsiosrmttapharoetndshcncsr igaiajbsaL we o FtKtntohwhi.nra eeTdnsreo kK Cfindsi ol :aw mEupyuacps srLs,oo ah Kln peaFioine ’lrsmt se a Oyk&mnie nt damtee li1etn afh5vossies trwioe o Utnnhrh e.eaeeSd rn oc.H h tfashi evtnheeahde; r eha t bw,arm rtWeov oogarirsfkmad tbi n Fn eWe ilghlmiune e wasgnrir i dvcrtaheehetivm rasoes;onan’ snmdrc akPe sfeaat aap brosshislscfejy a,it n sThKaaieieccntxa stiwkainlnil;sgo ygJ, r o fi alpscdgnera’feuds rcsr e spReeeorsonnre ,gmti m nebyai ;oiem aenutnr o Pdnm fid ocJyleailmnmasrntgenme s sc brtakiioanokib’ceuesakm scrTks laeya. sn .sd, NTJWcgtbDreoaehaeoia-vthencvshnei ceetn M- ateJmmKdhra oia ribbnctsoishnqse en hegkuarr y i ei3w 2Gwpnps,8eh ée otB6,rerahs -ea:3elsse4tiri:tnlh d5b 0yGoey lpl0D,yifiu xz m pmaet,eh t mFpydeberasr,rra itrnmgnedohcrioeiietors-u-/rutiI, ent msaJfd ulefey eFsa,m mee1n9odr-mrJ8r apaae3rsbc i,f yqla3Secut5p hasemioldcsedrme eBprr,ea.e e1mnir3nc 7aeehm,ni ex- d niversal /the Kobal colection/James Zenk FESTIvALS & SERIES 8 9 NASTASSJA KINSKI: FROm THE HEART Winter Journey sPECIAL PRogRAm: CREATIVE FREEdom THRougH CINEmA making Waves continues its special program about Winter Journey the relationship between art and politics in Eastern Sergei Taramajev & Liubov Lvova, Russia, 2013, 95m Europe, and the importance of art in addressing con- The tempestuous attraction between a talented opera troversial topics and forging a dialogue around chal- student and an aggressive provincial bully is charted in lenging issues. This year’s focus is on LGBT rights. this provocative film whose release was restricted by Russian officials. Children 404 december 6, 1:30pm Pavel Loparev & Askold Kurov, Russia, 2014, digital projection, 76m Creative Freedom Through Cinema Panel (FREE) Forty-five Russian teens share their stories through The topic of LGBT rights and how the arts help in anonymous interviews and video diaries in the wake of addressing them will be at the core of this conversation Putin’s 2013 law forbidding “propaganda of nontradi- between artists and activists from Romania, Russia, and tional sexual relations with minors.” the U.S. december 6, 3:30pm december 6, 5:00pm making waves: FREE sPECIAL EVENT: New Romanian shorts FREE sPECIAL EVENT: Hedda sterne Rediscovered Inspired by the biggest hit of Romanian pop singer Visual artist Hedda Sterne created a body of work Angela Similea, the inventive musical Dying from a known for its stubborn independence from styles and Wound of Love leads this eclectic bunch of seven shorts trends. After fleeing to the U.S. from Bucharest, the work that also includes the Fassbinder-eque The Walk. she left behind, closely guarded by her friend and fellow D ecember 6, 7:00pm (Q&A with Horsepower direc- artist Medi Wechsler Dinu for over 50 years, has been tor Daniel Sandu) recently rediscovered by the director of PostModernism new romanian cinema December 7, 6:30pm (Q&A with Horsepower director Museum, who will be in person to share for the first time Daniel Sandu) Sterne’s early output and Wechsler Dinu’s testimonies. D ecember 7, 5:00pm d e c e m b e r 4 – 8 The vibe of the ninth edition of making Waves: New Romanian Cinema is perhaps best captured by Faulkner’s famous words “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” Twenty-five years have passed since the fall of Communism, but for most of the films in this series, the past is still unfin- ished business. Co-presented with the Romanian Film Initiative. See it all and SAVE with an All Access Pass for just $75! The Japanese Dog Roxanne OPENING NIGHT I’m an Old Communist Hag Quod Erat Demonstrandum The Second Game The Japanese Dog Stere Gulea, Romania, 2013, DCP, 94m Andrei Gruzsniczki, Romania, 2013, DCP, 107m Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania, 2013, DCP, 97m Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, Romania, 2013, DCP, 90m A bittersweet drama about the generation gap that con- A brilliant mathematician, his best friend’s wife, and the Director Corneliu Porumboiu watches a 25-year-old his- This understated first feature about family reconciliation trasts Romanian national identity before and after the ’89 secret police agent who’s tracking them both are drawn toric soccer match with his father, who was the referee, has a touch of Ozu and is Romania’s entry in the upcom- Revolution. New York Premiere together in this tense story of paranoia and betrayal shot in this look at the ways in which we relate to our troubled ing foreign-language Oscar race. (New Directors/New December 5, 6:00pm (Q&A with Stere Gulea and in black and white. (New Directors/New FIlms 2014) national past. (Art of the Real 2014) FIlms 2014) actress Ana Alaru) December 5, 8:30pm (Q&A with actor Florin December 7, 3:30pm December 4, 7:00pm (Q&A with Tudor Cristian Jurgiu) D ecember 7, 1:00pm (Q&A with Stere Gulea and Piersic Jr. and producer Velvet Moraru) December 5, 4:00pm (Intro by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu) actress Ana Alaru) Where Are You Bucharest? Roxanne vlad Petri, Romania, 2014, DCP, 80m CLOSING NIGHT The Journey valentin Hotea, Romania/Hungary, 2013, DCP, 98m This frantic and mordantly funny documentary chronicles Viktoria Stere Gulea, Romania, 2013, DCP, 94m A decent but immature guy in his late thirties finds out from the street protests that took over Bucharest 23 years maya vitkova, Bulgaria/Romania, 2014, DCP, 155m This remarkable adaptation of Marin Preda’s novel cov- his secret police file that he might have fathered a son, but after the Revolution. North American Premiere A Romanian/Bulgarian co-production, Viktoria is a truly ers the years leading up to World War II in a Danubian this proves to be just the first blast from a complicated past… D ecember 6, 7:30pm (Q&A with Vlad Petri) innovative epic infused with strikingly surreal images that Plain village and features a monumental lead perfor- December 6, 5:15pm D ecember 8, 4:30pm (Q&A with Vlad Petri) offers a unique perspective on the Communist chimera. mance by Victor Rebengiuc. December 7, 5:30pm December 8, 7:00pm December 7, 7:45pm (Intro by Stere Gulea) FESTIvALS & SERIES 10 11 mAKING WAvES: NEW ROmANIAN CINEmA Dying Beyond Their Means The LasT Laugh A n A lter n Ate H i sto ry 20 Centimeters / 20 centímetros Caution to the Wind / Con el culo al aire Ramón Salazar, Spain, 2005, 35mm, 112m Carles mira, Spain, 1980, 35mm, 94m Somewhere in between queer comedy, musical, and a Carles Mira took his iconoclastic passion for festivity to o f spA n i sH co m edy grotesque portrait of the darker side of Spanish society, the extreme in Caution to the Wind, an irreverent flash- 20 Centimeters is a distorted and unfettered depiction back view of Spain’s past focused on an insane asylum of a still-chauvinistic country where fears, beliefs, and through which all types of characters parade. prejudices endure. Screening with December 18, 4:15pm Meeting with Sarah Jessica d e c e m b e r 1 2 – 1 8 vicente villanueva, Spain, 2013, DCP, 20m Amanece, que no es poco December 14, 1:00pm José Luis Cuerda, Spain, 1989, 35mm, 106m Get ready to laugh! This is not, however, a showcase of Spanish comedies, strictly speaking. Rather, Amanece, que no es poco might seem to be an incoher- The Certificate / El certificado this series focuses on the tradition of grotesque humor present in myriad forms throughout the his- ent jumble of sequences, but in fact it is one of the high vicente Lluch, Spain, 1969, DCP, 100m points of Spanish comedy, combining Buñuel’s surreal- In The Certificate, Vicente Lluch draws on the Medi- tory of Spanish cinema. All of the films and filmmakers featured in the lineup are concerned with ist derisiveness and Goya’s darkest, most biting humor. terranean farce in order to hurl scathing criticism at the Spain’s social and political conditions. The Last Laugh is not merely a historical journey, it’s also a December 12, 6:15pm (Q&A with José Luis Cuerda) ethically reproachable and socially ridiculous Barcelona provocative investigation into the essence of Spanish national identity—spotlighting some very dark bourgeoisie. Astronauts / Astronautas December 17, 8:30pm humor while also illustrating a host of strategies for surviving in a modern society constantly in flux. Santi Amodeo, Spain, 2003, 35mm, 88m Programmed by Josetxo Cerdán and Gonzalo de Pedro Amatria. A 40-year-old junkie decides to follow a psychiatrist’s Dying Beyond Their Means / Murieron por encima de somewhat absurd list of dos and don’ts and finds love with sus posibilidades a 16-year-old in Santi Amodeo’s taboo-pushing comedy. Isaki Lacuesta, Spain, 2014, DCP, 104m See it all and SAVE with an All Access Pass for just $99! Screening with Five desperate, common citizens from a fictitious country Holy Thriller pretty much identical to Spain concoct a crazy plan to save speciaL thanKs: spanish Film institute (icaa) in madrid; instituto de la cinematografa y de las artes audiovisuales; Filmoteca catalunya; maría Cañas, Spain, 2011, digital projection, 2m their nation’s economy in this dark and rowdy comedy. instituto cervantes; and consulate General of spain in new york December 17, 6:30pm December 14, 8:40pm (Q&A with Isaki Lacuesta) FESTIvALS & SERIES 12 13 THE LAST LAUGH: AN ALTERNATE HISTOR y OF SPANISH COmEDy The Last Circus Let there Be Light: the FiLms oF John husTon d e c e m b e r 1 9 — Ja n ua ry 1 1 Justino: A Senior Citizen Killer / Justino, un asesino Germán Scelso, Spain, 2009, digital projection, 15m de la tercera edad December 13, 9:15pm La Cuadrilla, Spain, 1994, 35mm, 93m This black comedy takes full advantage of its having Mommy’s a Fool / Mamá es boba been made after the end of the censorship restrictions Santiago Lorenzo, Spain, 1997, 35mm, 96m of the Franco regime, and the creative duo La Cuadrilla Produced on a shoestring budget, and with a visual revive the figure of the retired man that appears in The style accentuating the cruelty of its content, Santiago Little Coach and Not on Your Life. Lorenzo’s satirical feature debut is a comedy that December 13, 6:45pm (Q&A with co-director evokes both raucous laughter and smiles of recognition. Santiago Aguilar) December 15, 6:30pm The Last Circus / Balada triste de trompeta Not on Your Life / El verdugo Álex de la Iglesia, Spain, 2010, 35mm, 107m Luis García Berlanga, Spain, 1963, 35mm, 89m Álex de la Iglesia’s film returns to the idea of a violent This no-holds-barred portrayal of people fighting to and self-destructive Spain in the guise of circus clowns survive brutal situations follows Amadeo, an execu- dueling for the love of a gorgeous trapeze artist. (Award tioner on the verge of retirement who meets José Luis, a winner, Venice International Film Festival 2010) funeral parlor employee he tricks into becoming his heir. December 18, 6:45pm Screening with Don Pepe Popi The Last Horse / El último caballo Carlos vermut, Spain, 2012, digital projection, 16m Edgar Neville, Spain, 1950, 35mm, 85m December 14, 3:30pm A stroll through Madrid on the brink of a makeover that changed both the city’s outer appearance as well People in Places / Gente en sitios as the lifestyles of those who live there—in particular Juan Cavestany, Spain, 2013, DCP, 83m Fernando, recently discharged from the army, which has A comedy with bitter undertones painted in muted col- decided to put down his faithful horse Bucéfalo. ors, Cavestany’s fourth feature is an episodic succession Screening with of sketches of daily life in a desolate, crisis-ridden Spain. u MCDTmhheayeecrs cemtLoemiat rFt ybGle ee/ar rrMCr e1co2riísiaa,,t cS9Iebhpr:a0 ia/or0 irEnapl,, m c1S9opc6ah0ien, c,3 i25t0om1m3,, D8C3mP, 12m DTSJJooeaelrrnclgg ceMeehm eTicbT uAouer,rbrr rS’ oso1pu 8taat,t i r9nSa,:ag 02ni0c0coph1m3mic,i ocH,r DrofCetAaa tm/u D,r e6im-2lemen qguthié nd oercau mentary nited artists/the Kobal c TPhroish afirlmán p, ao rrtertaiyrese t hwei lltirniagl sto a dnod atrnibyuthlaintigo,n esv oefn Adnos aewlmaoy dnoerlvthe so ifn Stop athine, wlehgoe nrodb obfe ad 1 t6hteh -rcicehn ttuor gy ibvea ntod itth fero pmo othr.e ollection with his family, in order to get himself a mobility scooter Screening with like those owned by his elderly cronies at the park. Mr. Easter / Salve Melilla Screening with Óscar Pérez, Spain, 2006, digital projection, 52m El engaño / The Cheating December 14, 5:45pm (Q&A with Óscar Pérez) A renaissance man unbound to genre and a painterly stylist attuned to the look of each People in Places Amanece, scene, Huston was one of the greatest filmmakers of Hollywood’s golden age: an artist of que no es poco great toughness, conviction, and eloquence; a master storyteller; a hardened cynic; a reluctant romantic; a stellar director of actors, and a brilliant actor himself. HOLIDAY PRICING! 5+ film package starting at just $25 speciaL thanKs: museum of modern art; academy Film archive; Fox; harvard Film archive; Library of congress; national archives and records administration; national park service; swedish Film institute; disney; and George eastman house FESTIvALS & SERIES 14 15 LET THERE BE LIGHT: THE FILmS OF JOHN HUSTON c Annie olumbia/the Kobal collection sasDDDTUCadcDptondhioSeeeeerendaeemccccAacflp ceeeelB/PmiiittInmmmmacoatiealgbtit rs bbbbtil ba leosyteeeeesiher,inmu:o rrrr 1et ILmnw2222o9 n oasef54066em htrttd 6,,,,erhho iHe 4414n,neebw 0 u3:::g y400sffiB: s5 a p1p500ruDte5imslootpapppgihtpnnom ym mmih m’anoafiisna, nn n Dlg1cofgdi7 a nweo a 4drgt fgenhLm otae aheuMirueinbr’sra stbe r.ltwoot netloytoesipikresst e ,oh aF)Hf . naoGudlfcse ottnJhoneein nns(’kwsins iimni ffteohgar u m BonJonmdo g nottahhetreehst iJcDDJJFUJHbateaaahnrisSeeuoennnao ccsAdpeunuuulteeiixi,odc-raaac mmp1Pe n:,rrrc9 racyyyaT’bbees6u thee s145nso2fl,eorr sta,, r, r4 ir12’83saSo3sSt9:c0 ::l0 n5eo33 al,ip,a nci0mfr 003s 6etrtacpte:rppemr :1trem1h fitmmo5nco 5, o sPp ag1r p rswm4amr,rm eobs0apa esremsrn ior tmoc.wfneotoeh uvbeeniyen d , M alofy eorp isangstttyirugncaraohninlmo ggleeos arcgSy risi ecgCuaemlblin fdtutwl.ernar,di mtm eFarer ealaunonddn- In This Our Life Warner bros./First national/the Kobal collection/six, bert Casino Royale Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison Across the Pacific Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph mcGrath, Robert USA, 1957, 35mm, 108m Let There Be Light USA, 1942, 16mm, 97m Parrish, val Guest & Richard Talmadge, UK/USA, 1967, Star chemistry ignites Huston’s World War II drama of a USA, 1946, DCP, 58m Huston’s third feature reteams much of the Maltese Falcon 35mm, 131m rough-hewn marine (Robert Mitchum) and a novice nun Huston’s first documentary—and his first contribution cast and crew, but it never actually crosses the Pacific—the Producer Charles K. Feldman assembled a dream cast— (Deborah Kerr) marooned on a Japanese-occupied island to the war effort—features “Lieutenant James Stewart” locale changed from Pearl Harbor to Panama when the Peter Sellers, Orson Welles, Woody Allen, David Niven, in the South Pacific. introducing a B-17 bomber and its nine-man crew. plot’s scenario became a reality before it could be filmed. Deborah Kerr—for this omnibus James Bond satire, now December 30, 3:45pm Screening with January 8, 1:45pm & 6:15pm a cult classic. Huston, who also makes a brief appearance January 3, 3:45pm Independence on-screen, directed one of the segments. USA, 1976, 16mm, 30m and The African Queen December 21, 8:30pm In This Our Life USA, 1951, 35mm, 105m USA, 1942, 35mm, 97m Winning Your Wings (Note: 6:00pm screening only) Arguably the director’s most popular film pairs Humphrey Chinatown Huston’s sophomore feature is a drama of two sisters, one USA, 1942, 16mm, 18m Bogart and Katharine Hepburn as a crude Canadian skip- Roman Polanski, USA, 1974, DCP, 130m good and one evil, with a high-voltage turn by Bette Davis January 7, 3:30pm & 6:00pm per and the uptight missionary who helps him steer the Cinema has few villains more odious, entitled, and self- and a powerful subplot indicting racism. titular vessel downriver to torpedo a German gunboat. possessed than Huston’s Noah Cross, a fat cat in 1930s December 29, 3:15pm The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean December 25, 8:00pm L.A. in Polanski’s brilliant neo-noir. December 31, 8:45pm USA, 1972, 35mm, 120m Huston’s final Western is an ambling, charming December 28, 3:10pm December 22, 1:00pm shaggy-dog story peppered with outbursts of violence, December 23, 6:00pm Key Largo anchored by a performance by Paul Newman at the Annie USA, 1948, 35mm, 100m UWShAe,n 1 9H8u2s,t oDnC Pa,g 1r2e7emd to bring the incredibly successful param Bmoagjoarr th ereldtu hrnoss ttaog ree bluyc ata gnat nhgesrtoe rm ino dae r aams sah afocrkmlee Fr lAorrimday hpeoirgtihntg o cf ahsits ipnoclwuedrins,g a Anvda b Guattrrdenseser, dS btayc ay Ksteeallcahr , saunpd- BAshDTiihrnvesoeen cla a ieAefidtme lswtmo pbcas heaty,ha rr oa eel2tdne 4sJearc.,up ro1net:af0ge th0lnieois,p n tmoh oenf lHrye amsruoulltsd iwc Gaarlssa ,oy an’sne cd oo tfmh heicis b Lmiigtotgleset O setr xphpihte anon-f ount/the Kobal collection htDDTUhoheeSisteccAe eec l,K.l mm a1rL9uebbas7meeut0rrrrl oe,12i npn935 h,5L, B 1om5e:ab0:tcm4it0cae5 ,pltr lp h1mpm2ri a0l&lierm 6sr. :w30itph mB o gie for the last time in JJJTUTaaohhSnnhieAsuun ,Laa dH1irrs9yyeut 6f 39sot3t,,,f o,68 eAn3::03l 5duh00mrsipmpiiavmmmsnee, M9lwf.8ehmsosdeunngiet rtakes place in postwar Britain, but its logic of concealment, mystery, and decep- USA, 1950, 35mm, 112m Jean-Pierre Melville raved over Huston’s grim, fiercely tion suggests a 19th-century detective story. With guest Huston returns to his noir roots with another tale of unlikely sharp-witted Cold War–era spy thriller, in which a group appearances by Tony Curtis, Frank Sinatra, Robert partners, delivering what may well be the great American Chinatown of American intelligence agents travel undercover to Mitchum, and Burt Lancaster. heist movie. Moscow under the leadership of a deposed officer. December 28, 1:00pm December 19, 8:45pm The Dead December 28, 8:10pm December 29, 1:00pm December 21, 6:00pm UK/Ireland/USA, 1987, 35mm, 83m January 2, 3:45pm Adapted from the magisterial final story in James The Barbarian and the Geisha Joyce’s Dubliners, Huston’s final film is one of the medi- The Mackintosh Man cUTJtiaaohSpsniAstas i,n1n, 91ig n9ot hsi5ffnp-8e cit,rrhe esDen dtC tlh uebPeray,y d1t tcw0h.oe5ins ms tpuelmtetiaensrg ua, rabenosdu o tJ fto hHheun Us Wt.oSan.y ’Asn mes’tbsil als scasoyam-wdpohora sttoi?- uiDDmmeepcc’seee cmmgcrbbaeeebarrlt e 22s 46gw,,r aa78cn::33e 0s0.oppnmmg s, a work of quiet grandeur and Warner bros./First n JHsHdpoyuilyhilsn: nttgaho Hrngnil eulorenessrrtt tseeoaca.nlgrm,ii pcUet edSlod Avw b,e iy1t h 9lte h7Ptet3ae ,lure 3lg f5rNeomenmwdm ama,r ny9a n8aa cgmftoiinorg nt h fidislimr elamcbtaoykrre iWnrt ahtolitn eear JBUCBaeeaSnaalAluett, a dtt1hhr 9ytee5h 8De3D, ,e e fi43vvr:5is0ill tmo0 cffpmaemm,r 8s p& 9a mm8 w:o3rvy0i eps embnyd n-uop l eosf sn othira cnl aRsosgicesr, tEabkeinrgt, FUHymboaeSuiluteAsd tCntl,hoy i1 t mn9fypo 7edrr2no rt,tem ho3wii5rss— mioNnomngen w,e hfi1 i0gosJ0h ef otmrteshwree ny a i–nnbsddoei xsthi pnfiiusglm t aoe blaxdlbpeeoe rm,ur iteaa slnact coehehra ponfirledioccsm eoh smah oesis-f, The Maltese Falcon ational/the Kobal collection DDTU“ThSeeheccAe eeM, mms1a9tbbul4tffeee1 rr,s t 333he501a F,mt, a 28dlm:c:1r5eo5, 0an1p0mpm0msm are made of”: Huston’s directorial aLL FiLms directed by huston unLess otherWise noted. 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