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Tuesday, January 05, 2010
IN SEARCH OF MEMORY opening at the IFC Center NYC on Friday 8th Dr. Eric Kandel in person for a Q&A!
We are thrilled to announce the theatrical opening of the film IN SEARCH OF MEMORY, the documentary on the life and work of one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century, Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel.
Do not miss your chance to ask questions to Dr. Kandel during the Q&A following the 7:35pm screening on Friday 8th. Get your tickets now!
The IFC Center is located on Sixth Avenue at West 3rd street in New York City. Showtimes: 1pm, 3:10pm, 5:25pm, 7:35pm, and 10pm. It will run for one week only!
Click here for more details and to purchase tickets.
OPERATION FILMMAKER opens on June 4th at the IFC Center in NYC!
Nina Davenport's award winning film, OPERATION FILMMAKER is opening on Wednesday, June 4th at the IFC Center in New York. It will play for two weeks only so don't miss out on your chance to see this thought provoking documentary.
Don't miss your chance to see this film, for showtimes and tickets visit the Grande's webpage or call 310-478-1041.
I FOR INDIA is a chronicle of immigration in Britain, from the Sixties to the present day, as seen through the eyes of one Asian family and their movie camera.
SALVADOR ALLENDE at Laemmle's Grande 4-Plex in L. A.
Patricio Guzmán's (The Battle of Chile) new film tells the story of Salvador Allende, from his youth in Valparaiso and his early career, to his presidency of Chile and death during the coup of September 11, 1973. It is the film that Andrew O'Hehir of salon.com called, "A haunting exploration of the Allende paradox... deserves to be widely seen."
LOSERS AND WINNERS at the Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival
Two cultures collide when 400 Chinese workers move to Germany for a year and a half to take apart an entire gigantic modern coke factory—and ship it back to China. Tensions quickly become evident between the Germans and Chinese over workplace issues, especially the Germans' concerns about safety measures and environmental issues, and the Chinese indignation over their hosts' cultural condescension and criticism of the lazy work habits of the "old foreigners." In providing a human view of the effects of globalization, LOSERS AND WINNERS reveals the ironies and ambiguities inherent in global economic changes, the respective sensations of loss and accomplishment, and of differing personal prospects for the future.
In 1965 Yash Pal Suri, a young doctor, left India for the U.K. with hopes of improving his family's life. Over the next forty years, through regular mailings of his Super8 films and taped thoughts and observations, he shared his new life abroad with family members back home, providing a unique record of the eccentricities-and occasional racism-of his new English hosts. Back in India, his relatives, in turn, responded with their own Super8 "cine-letters," sending tales of weddings, festivals and village life, along with impassioned pleas for his return.
By the end of the film,I FOR INDIA becomes not only a bittersweet time capsule of cultural alienation, discovery, racism and belonging, but also a contemporary exploration of universal, emotionally compelling themes of family separation and the quest for personal happiness, wherever it may take you.
In its US theatrical premiere, I FOR INDIA will play at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater in New York City from Wednesday, November 14th until Tuesday, November 20th.
Today is the US Theatrical Premiere of Heddy Honigmann's lustrous new film FOREVER. Paris' famed Père-Lachaise Cemetery comes alive through the stories of its visitors. It is not only a place to mourn the loss of loved ones, it is also a unique place where the living connect to the immortal power of art by remembering the artists buried there. The graveyard gradually reveals itself not only as a resting place for the dead, but also as a source of peace and inspiration for the living. For a beautifully written review, check out Stuart Klawans "Grave Thoughts" for The Nation.
The film screens daily until September 25. Go to Film Forum for times, tickets and directions.
SALVADOR ALLENDE Opens at Anthology Film Archives, September 5!
Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzman began filming the saga of his country's political turmoil in 1973. From the bloody, U.S.-backed coup d'etat that overthrew the democratically-elected Salvador Allende, his suicide, and then to years living under the dictator General Augusto Pinochet until his final arrest. Guzman's films, beginning with THE BATTLE OF CHILE, have become an epic record of political cinema, unparalleled in the history of cinema.
In this autobiographical portrait, Camila Guzmán Urzúa returns to Havana where she grew up during the “golden years” of the Cuban Revolution to reflect on her childhood . Through the intimate personal experiences of a disillusioned but nostalgic generation, THE SUGAR CURTAIN offers a provocative historical perspective on one of the most significant turning points in 20th-century world history. The film has screened at Toronto, Berlin and Tribeca, and won prizes at Buenos Aires and Cinéma du réel festivals. Times and ticket information at Two Boots Pioneer website. One week only!
Tickets are available now for the upcoming limited engagement of LOOKING FOR AN ICON screening with THE DAY YOU'LL LOVE ME (El Dia Que Me Quieras). Both films examine the significance, from historical to emotional, behind iconic photographs of the last century. CBC News said of ICON, "Much more than the story of four photographs... It is also an exploration of the meaning and importance of photojournalism itself." The two-week run begins on May 9 at New York City's Film Forum.
This 2006 selection from the Sundance Film Festival traces the life and impact of errant monk Gendun Choephel (1903-1951), who left Tibetan monastic life in 1934 and traveled in search of alternatives to the traditions of his homeland. ANGRY MONK: Reflections on Tibet begins a limited engagement on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 7:00 PM at New York City’s Rubin Museum of Art. The opening screening will be followed by a discussion with director Luc Schaedler, Gehlek Rimpoche, and Prof. Donald Lopez, moderated by James Sheehan, publisher and editor of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.
Two award-winning films will premiere at New York City's Film Forum on March 14, 2007. Both films use found footage and photographs to reconstruct the World War II experience in Russia. Called “Absorbing... poignant viewing!” by Variety, BLOCKADE (2005, 52 min.) reconstructs the siege of Leningrad in 1941 as life turns to death in the city's streets when no supplies can move into the country. On the other side of the battle, a German soldier chronicles his daily life as a soldier in the Nazi army as they invade Russia. AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER (2004, 26 min.) is the life of one soldier captured in his personal diaries and photos. Tickets are available online beginning March 7 at www.filmforum.org.
US Premiere of NOTES ON MARIE MENKEN in NYC, Feb. 9!
NOTES ON MARIE MENKEN tells the story of this legendary artist (1909—1970), a Lithuanian immigrant who became one of New York's outstanding underground experimental filmmakers of the 1940’s through the 1960’s, inspiring artists such as Stan Brakhage, Andy Warhol, Jonas Mekas, Kenneth Anger and Gerard Malanga. The film will kick off a series celebrating this avant-garde pioneer at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City from February 9 – 18, 2007.
Variety calls the film "a handsome tribute," NOTES ON MARIE MENKEN features interviews with the filmmaker’s friends, relatives and colleagues, as they discuss her distinctive film technique, artistic struggle and personal life, and provide colorful reminiscences of both Menken and the New York art scene of the era. Composer and musician John Zorn contributes a wonderful film score for this revealing documentary.
After its successful runs in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, the acclaimed film EXCELLENT CADAVERS opens at the Roxie Cinema this Friday, November 3. Based on the book by Italian-American author Alexander Stille and featuring the photos of Sicilian photojournalist Letizia Battaglia, EXCELLENT CADAVERS chronicles the recent history of the Mafia and its integral—and seemingly ineradicable—relationship to postwar Italian politics.
Maria Ramos' critically-acclaimed film JUSTICE, winner of several international prizes, premieres at Film Forum in New York on October 18, 2006. The early reviews of this searing vérité look at Brazilian Criminal Courts have been great, with Time Out giving it four stars, and comparing Ramos to Wiseman and Ozu, and New York Magazine hailing it as, "a detailed blueprint of the favelas’ justice system...with artful character studies that reveal complicated motivations." JUSTICE plays for one week only, so buy your tickets online now!
Acclaimed, Controversial, Classic Irish Film Has U.S. Theatrical Premiere
Screening for the first time in the U.S.—in a newly restored version—the landmark film ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN is a captivating portrait of Ireland in the Sixties. In 1967, inspired by the French ‘New Wave,’ the Paris-based, Dublin-born journalist Peter Lennon decided to make a film about his native land. Featuring the photography of legendary cinematographer Raoul Coutard it was the last film screened at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival before the festival was stopped in solidarity with the then-erupting May ‘68.
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