FRIDAY FILMS
Shows at 2:30 p.m., 5:15 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium.
Tickets available at the door immediately before the show. Admission is free for members and $3 for all others. Members MUST show card for admission.
January 8 • The Duchess
2008 • Rated PG13 • 1 hour 50 minutes • English • Color • 35mm
Directed by Saul Dibb • Starring Keira Knightley, Charlotte Rampling, Ralph Fiennes, Dominic Cooper, Simon McBurney, Hayley Atwell, Aidan McArdle, Richard McCabe, Angus McEwan, and Mercy Fiennes Tiffin
Keira Knightley stars as Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire, in this adaptation of Amanda Foreman’s novel. Unhappily married to the duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes, in a Golden Globe-nominated role), Georgiana indulges in extravagant vices and begins a scandalous affair with politician Charles Grey (Dominic Cooper). Director Saul Dibb’s drama about the aristocratic 18th-century femme fatale also stars Charlotte Rampling, Hayley Atwell, Simon McBurney and Aidan McArdle.
January 15 • Before Tomorrow
2008 • Not Rated • 1 hour 33 minutes • Inuktitut with English Subtitles • Color • 35mm
Directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Piujuq Ivalu • Starring Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Paul-Dylan Ivalu, Tumasie Sivuarapik, Madeline Piuiug Ivalu and Mary Qulitalik
In 1840, Inuit grandmother Ningiuq (Madeline Piujuq Ivalu) and her grandson, Maniq (Paul-Dylan Ivalu), unexpectedly find themselves fighting for their lives on an isolated, harsh tundra island after they dry their clan’s cache of fish in preparation for the long winter. Filmmakers Ivalu and Marie-Hélène Cousineau beautifully mesh storytelling traditions of the Arctic Circle’s Inuit clan with European filming methods.
January 29 • Captain Abu Raed
2008 • Not Rated • 1 hour 40 minutes • Arabic with English subtitles • Color • 35mm
Directed by Amin Matalqa • Starring Nadim Sawalha, Rana Sultan,Hussein Al-Sous, Ghandi Saber, Udey Al-Qiddissi, Dina Ra’ad-Yaghnam.
Airport janitor Abu Raed (Nadim Sawalha) has long wanted to travel the world, but he’s had to settle for imagined experiences through books and conversations. When a group of children mistakes him for a pilot, he captivates them with made-up tales of adventure. As he begins to form close friendships with these poor neighborhood kids, it dawns on him just how challenging their lives really are.
February 5 • Brideshead Revisited
2008 • Rated PG13 • 2 hours 14 minutes • English • Color • 35mm
Directed by Julian Jarrold • Starring Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Greta Scacchi, Felicity Jones, Hayley Atwell, Patrick Malahide and Joseph Beattie
Matthew Goode, alongside Michael Gambon and Oscar winner Emma Thompson, stars as Capt. Charles Ryder, an officer stationed at England’s Brideshead Castle during World War II, in this big-screen adaptation of the classic novel by Evelyn Waugh. The suspenseful drama builds as Captain Ryder becomes infatuated with the castle’s owners, the aristocratic Marchmain family – particularly their grown son, Sebastian Flyte, and his elegant sister, Julia.
February 12 • The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
2008 • Rated PG-13 • 1 hour 33 minutes • English with Spanish Subtitles • Color • 35mm
Directed by Mark Herman • Starring David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, Sheila Hancock, David Heyman, Jack Scanlon, Vera Farmiga, Richard Johnson, Jim Norton,and Asa Butterfield
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno (Asa Butterfield) befriends Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone wears striped pajamas. Unaware of the fate of those Jewish prisoners or the role his own Nazi father plays in it, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp. Mark Herman directs this gripping adaptation of the novel by John Boyne.
February 19 • Valentino: The Last Emperor
2008 • Rated PG13 • 1 hour 36 minutes • English • Color • 35mm
Directed by Matt Tyrnauer • Starring Giancarlo Giammetti and Valentino Garavani
Tracing Valentino’s life from his 70th birthday to his final couture show, this fashionable documentary captures the spirit of the legendary designer’s influence on the style and substance of the way we look. Highlights include an intimate, behind-the-scenes peek at his relationship with longtime business partner and lover Giancarlo Giammetti, as well as an up-close and personal look at the designer’s creative process.
March 5 • Gloomy Sunday
1999 • Not Rated • 1 hour 54 minutes • English • Color • 35mm
Directed by Rolf Schubel • Starring Erika Marozsan, Joachim Krol , Ben Becker, Stefano Dionisi, Andras Balint, Geza Boros, Rolf Becker, Ilse Zielstorff and Ferenc Bacs
A romantic melodrama set in 1930s Budapest, Gloomy Sunday centers on a love triangle with tragic consequences. Restaurant owner Laszlo hires pianist András to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona, who inspires András to write his only composition. The resulting song, “Gloomy Sunday,” is at first loved by the public … but soon, its melancholic melody appears to trigger a chain of suicides.
March 19 • Prisoner of the Mountains
1996 • Rated R • 1 hour 39 minutes • Russian with English Subtitles • Color • 35mm
Directed by Sergei Bodrov • Starring Oleg Menchikov, Susanna Mekhraliveva, Aleksandr Burevev, Aleksei Zarkov, Sergei Bodrov Jr., Dzhemal Sikharulidze, Valentina Fedotova and Pavel Lebeshev
When an oddball pair of Russian soldiers are captured and taken prisoner by a Chechen father who hopes to barter the soldiers for the release of his captive son, the two hostages begin to develop an unexpected – and humorous – bond of friendship. Inspired by the Leo Tolstoy novella A Prisoner of the Caucasus.
March 26 • Roman De Gare
2008 • Rated R • 1 hour 43 minutes • French with English Subtitles • Color • 35mm
Directed by Claude Lelouch • Starring Dominique Pinon, Fanny Ardant and Audrey Dana
In the still of the night, three lives are about to cross…a woman abandoned, a stranger awaiting his chance, and a best-selling author who imagines the thriller of the year. Deceptively layered and intriguingly misleading, this highly anticipated new film from Oscar-winning director Claude Lelouch (A Man and A Woman) stars Dominique Pinon and Fanny Ardant as an unlikely pair caught up in a game with high stakes – and deadly consequences.
April 2 • Lemon Tree
2008 • Not Rated • 1 hour 46 minutes • In Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles • Color • 35mm
Directed by Eran Riklis • Starring Hiam Abbass, Doron Tavory, Ali Suliman, Rona Lipaz-Michael, Tarik Kopty, Amos Lavi, Amnon Wolf, Smadar Jaaron, Danny Leshman, and Hili Yalon
A Palestinian widow (Hiam Abbass) fights to keep her lemon grove from being uprooted when Israeli security forces declare it a threat to the Israeli defense minister living next door (Doron Tavory) in this foreign-language drama based on a true story. Teaming up with a young lawyer (Ali Suliman), the widow takes her case to the Israeli Supreme Court. But in the process of seeking justice, she’s forced to hide the forbidden bond growing between them.
April 9 • Last Chance Harvey
2009 • Rated PG13 • 1 hour 33 minutes • English • Color • 35mm
Directed by Joel Hopkins • Starring Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Kathy Baker, James Brolin, Eileen Atkins , Richard Schiff, Liane Balaban, Michael Landes, Daniel Lapaine, Patrick Baladi and Nadia Cameron-Blakely
Dustin Hoffman stars in this romantic “dramedy” as Harvey Shine, a struggling jingle writer who risks losing his job to attend his daughter’s London wedding, only to discover he is not exactly welcome at the ceremony. While seeking refuge in the airport bar, Harvey meets a lonely statistician named Kate (Emma Thompson) and soon finds himself happily thrust into an unexpected romance. Hoffman and Thompson both received Golden Globe nominations for their roles.
April 16 • Elsa & Fred
2005 • Not Rated • 1 hour 48 minutes • Spanish with English Subtitles • Color • 35mm
Directed by Marcos Carnevale • Starring Manuel Alexandre, China Zorrilla, Blanca Portillo, Jose Angel Egido, Omar Muñoz, Roberto Carnaghi, Carlos Alvarez-Novoa, Gonzalo Urtizberéa, and Fanny Gautier
After his wife dies, reserved septuagenarian Alfredo (Manuel Alexandre) moves into a small Madrid apartment, where sparks fly with his neighbor Elsa (China Zorrilla), a fiery 82-year-old widow who christens him “Fred.” Elsa’s wild capriciousness lures Fred into a whirlwind romance – and a celebration of life – in this award-winning romantic comedy from Spain and Argentina.
Sunday Film Series
Films begin at 2:30. Admission is free.Location: The Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium.
January 31• Heroes of Conscience
1992 • Not Rated
New York Emmy winner Principal Oboist Joseph Robinson produced this 1992 documentary with twenty-four other New York Philharmonic musicians donating their services honoring Dietrick Bonhoeffer and the German resistance against Hitler on behalf of Union Theological Seminary, New York. In 1943 Bonhoeffer and his brother-in-law were charged with treason against the Nazi state for assisting Jews to escape to Switzerland. Two years later Hitler signed their execution order condemning them to die just before liberation of Germany by American forces. The reunification of Germany has given global impetus to reconsideration of Dietrick Bonhoeffer’s life and work. His kinship to Christoph von Dohnanyi and the maestro’s preeminence among the world’s great conductors has led to the particular musical tribute expressed in this documentary.
February 14• WorldScape by John Stobart
1992 • Not Rated • 60 minutes
Experience the joys of painting outdoors with renowned artist John Stobart. Join John as he travels the globe, painting directly from life, demonstrating the simplicity of the method that has made him the foremost living maritime artist. His belief as an artist is you must capture the emotion evoked by nature and record these feelings. In this film, Stobart travels to three locations: St. Barthelemy, French Antilles; Maui, Hawaii; and Lyme Regis, England to find locales with unique characteristics sharing with the viewer critical observations about culture, topography, and ambiance. His completed painting captures the charm and beauty of each location.
