UW Cinematheque Spring 2014 Screening Calendar

8/13/2019 UW Cinematheque Spring 2014 Screening Calendar

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All Cinematheque screenings are free and open to the public. Please seebelow for a complete listing of programs and series descriptions. TheCinematheques website ( http://cinema.wisc.edu ) will go live with thesummer calendar at noon on Monday, December 16, 2013.

Friday and Saturday programs screen at:

4070 Vilas Hall821 University AveMadison, WI 53706

Sunday programs screen at:

Chazen Museum of Art750 University AvenueMadison, WI 53706

Monday programs screen at

Marquee Theater at Union South1308 W. Dayton StreetMadison, WI 53715

Admission free for all screenings, seating limited.

Our website: http://cinema.wisc.edu

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SERIES AT-A-GLANCE:

TREASURES FROM THE ACADEMY FILM ARCHIVE Dedicated to the preservation, restoration, documentation, exhibition andstudy of motion pictures, the Academy Film Archive, established in 1991 atthe Academy of Motion Picture Arts & sciences, is home to one of the mostdiverse and extensive motion picture collections in the world. This extensivescreening series includes both independent and studio features anddocumentaries and will kick off on January 31 with a special visit from


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Academys Film Preservationist Mark Toscano, who will present an excitingprogram of recently restored avant-garde treasures.

FILM NOIR DOUBLE FEATURES Step into the shadowy side of film history with two pairs of rarely screenedfilm noir gems. On January 25, we will present the hard-to-see 1949Paramount version of The Great Gatsby , followed by Ray Milland as thediabolical title character in Alias Nick Beal . Then, on February 1, the UCLAFilm & Television Archive provides us with two exciting but neglected noirmasterpieces of the early 1950s, Cy Endfields devastating study of lynchmob violence, Try and Get Me! , and Lewis R. Fosters pulse-pounding prisonescape drama Crashout .

LACIS PRESENTS NEW CHILEAN CINEMA In February, 2013, our annual series co-sponsored by the UWs departmentof Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies focuses in on severalterrific new filmmakers from Chile, with a special emphasis on emergingwomen directors. The series will conclude on February 22 with the complete

features of Pablo Larrain, Post Mortem , Tony Manero , and No, whichtogether form a masterful trilogy about life in Chile during the regime ofAugusto Pinochet.

GUY MADDIN IN PERSON! The emergence of filmmaker Guy Maddin as an internationally championedauteur is an occurrence that is as anomalous as his distinctive work. On thesurface, his movies appear to be pastiches of the conventions of late silentand early sound cinema. However, the films (which include Careful , TheSaddest Music in the World , and, most recently, Keyhole ) are infused with adeeply personal set of preoccupations and obsessions, not the least of whichis life in Maddins native Winnipeg. On February 20 and 21, UWs MaterialCulture program, in collaboration with the Cinematheque, will celebrate theweird and wonderful artistry of Guy Maddin as we welcome him to campusfor three separate programs: a special lecture on the theme of loss in thecinema; a screening of one of his signature films, 2008s My Winnipeg ,followed by a panel discussion; and a screening of one of Maddins personalfavorites, James Whales 1935 comedy whodunit, Remember Last Night?

3 X CLAIRE DENIS Modern cinemas greatest poet of sound and image, Claire Denis makes films

that take the form of reveries. Working closely with a team of trustedcollaboratorsthe cinematographer Agnes Godard and the band Tindersticksforemost among themDenis crafts mood pieces that are at once deeplysubjective and gloriously physical. She has called this uniquely sensuousand beguiling body of work open cinema, a term reflective of films that areas aesthetically entrancing as they are politically complex. Our seriesincludes her astonishing debut Chocolat , in which the Paris-born, Africanraised director tackles colonialism head-on, the hypnotic masterpiece BeauTravail , and its visceral followup, Trouble Every Day . As Sight and Sound


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recently declared, theres no better filmmaker working in the world rightnow, and there is no better way to experience her singular visions than onthe big screen, on 35mm. (MK)

RICHARD FLEISCHER: CINEMASCOPE KILLERS AND THRILLERS One of the most talented journeymen directors of the studio era, RichardFleischers specialty was the crime film, whether a procedural look at akillers crimes, like The Boston Strangler or a multi-character thriller likeViolent Saturday . These two films, plus The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing , alook at the scandalous Stanford White/Evelyn Nesbitt/Harry Thaw love-murder triangle, and Compulsion , a fictionalization of the Leopold & Loebmurders, will screen in excellent 35mm CinemaScope prints from thearchives of 20th Century Fox.

LE MONDE ENCHANT DE JACQUES DEMY Although he rose to prominence as a director at the same time as Truffautand Godard, Jacques Demy (1931-1990) found his own distinct voice in theFrench New Wave of the early 1960s. He delighted in creating precise worlds

of destiny and chance populated with characters who were usually eitherpossessed by the raptures of a new romance or filled with a melancholiclonging for a lost love. The deliberately artificial and frequently candy-coatedvisuals and the embracing of musical conventions in Demys films do notdisguise the fact that his films were very much about real love and realheartbreak. Instead, they remind us even more strongly of the precariousbalancing act that is life. This series will begin during the 2014 WisconsinFilm Festival, April 3-10, with screenings of new restorations of Demys Lola and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg , and others! Special thanks to the CulturalServices of the French Embassy NY, Institut Franais, Paris, and to Cine-Tamaris, Janus Films, Sony Pictures Repertory.

SUNDAY CINEMATHEQUE AT THE CHAZEN: HITCHCOCKMASTERWORKS The Cinematheque-Chazen Museum of Art collaboration for Spring, 2013salutes Alfred Hitchcock, perhaps the best-known director in film history andthe greatest, most influential practitioner of the thriller. Hitchcock will berepresented by 13 masterworks of suspense that will screen Sundayafternoons in the Chazen Museum of Arts auditorium. The selections willtake viewers from Hitchcocks late British period, with films like The LadyVanishes and The 39 Steps , through his decades in Hollywood, which yielded

such all-time classics like Notorious , Psycho , and North By Northwest . Theseries will also extend to include Hitchcock screenings in the 2014 WisconsinFilm Festival, April 3-10, including an original Technicolor print of Vertigo ,recently selected as the greatest film ever made in Sight and Sound magazines once-a-decade poll of filmmakers and critics.

PREMIERE SHOWCASE Premiere Showcase is the Cinematheques effort to bring the boldest andmost exciting new cinema back to the big screen. Crafted with the same


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curatorial acuity we bring to our repertory series, Premiere Showcasepresents exciting new work by contemporary directors that would otherwisehave no theatrical venue in the area. This calendars lineup includes twoacclaimed new documentaries: Zachary Heinzerlings Cutie and the Boxer and Frederick Wisemans At Berkeley . Plus, the latest from celebrated Frenchauteur Bruno Dumont, Camille Claudel 1915 , starring Juliette Binoche; and agem of independent cinema, It Felt Like Love , which will be presented inperson by writer/director Eliza Hittman.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS Spring 2013 special presentations include new 35mm prints of AndreiTarkovskys Nostalghia and Jean-Luc Godards Le Petit Soldat . The latter titlewill be presented with two rarely-screened short films by Godard, episodeshe directed for early 1960s European portmanteau features.

MARQUEE MONDAYS In collaboration with the student-run WUD Film Committee, theCinematheque brings back our Monday evening series of fun screenings that

celebrate contemporary pop cinema. This seasons offerings include 35mmscreenings of the unsurpassable original versions of Carrie and Robocop ;Robert Zemeckis rowdy comedy I Wanna Hold Your Hand , which will screen50 years and one day after The Beatles first appearance on Ed Sullivan; andGrindhouse Trailer-Bration , a 100-minute program of great and grungycoming attractions previews! The screenings take place on at the MarqueeTheater in Union South. Grab a beer in the Sett and join us for movie fun!

SCREENINGS AT-A-GLANCE:

Fri., 1/17, 7 p.m.PREMIERE SHOWCASECUTIE AND THE BOXER USA | 2013 | HD Projection | 82 min. | English and Japanese with subtitlesDirector: Zachary HeinzerlingA one-of-a-kind portrait of marriage between artists, this unforgettabledocumentary captures a long-term relationship in all its grace and tension.Creation itself is a visceral spectacle for 80 year-old painter Ushio

Shinohara, who pummels massive canvases with boxing gloves doused inbrightly colored paints; operating at the other end of the spectrum, his wifeNoriko depicts their tumultuous 40-year union through illustration. A joint

gallery show rekindles the mutual competition and affection that hascharacterized their decades together. Nothing short of breathtaking awork of art in its own right ( Indiewire ).

Sat., 1/18, 7 p.m.SPECIAL PRESENTATIONNOSTALGHIA Soviet Union, Italy | 1983 | 35mm | 125 min. | Russian and Italian withsubtitles


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Director: Andrei TarkovskyCast: Oleg Yankovsky, Erland Josephson, Domiziana GiordanoIn one of Tarkovskys most enigmatic and beautifully-composed films, world-weary Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov (Yankovsky) travels to Italy withtranslator Eugenia (Giordano) to study the life of an 18 th -century Russiancomposer. Haunted by memories of his family back home, Andrei becomesincreasingly unmoored after an encounter with a local madman (IngmarBergman regular Josephson), who purportedly locked away his wife andchildren for seven years in fear of the forthcoming apocalypse. Tarkovskyevokes his protagonists psychic and spiritual malaise through a series ofextraordinary long takes, crafting a visual symphony of flooding ruins, fog-shrouded vistas, and echoing corridors bathed in fading afternoon light. Anew 35mm print will be shown .

Fri., 1/24, 7 p.m.PREMIERE SHOWCASECAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915 France | 2013 | HD Projection | 95 min. | French with subtitlesDirector: Bruno DumontCast: Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Vincent, Emmanuel KauffmanBinoche gives a staggering performance as sculptor Camille Claudel, aformer protg and mistress of Auguste Rodin who was confined to aChurch-run asylum for the final decades of her life. Rigorously authentic,this harrowing, feminist vision from French auteur Bruno Dumont(Humanite , Twentynine Palms ) is based on Claudels written accounts, andwas shot in a real-life mental hospital with actual patients and nurses.

Sat., 1/25, 7 p.m.

FILM NOIR DOUBLE FEATURESTHE GREAT GATSBY USA | 1949 | 35mm | 92 min.Director: Elliott NugentCast: Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald CareyIn the second big-screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgeralds landmark jazzage novel, Ladd portrays the dreaming, scheming nouveau riche titlecharacter and Field is Daisy, the object of Gatsbys obsession. Less faithful tothe book than the other movie versions, veteran director Nugents shadowytake places emphasis on the storys gangsters and violence.

Sat., 1/25, 8:45 p.m.FILM NOIR DOUBLE FEATURESALIAS NICK BEAL USA | 1949 | 35mm | 93 min.Director: John FarrowCast: Ray Milland, Audrey Totter, Thomas MitchellAn honest politician (Mitchell) begins a steady slide into corruption when hebegins to associate with the sinister Nick Beal (Milland). Milland is downright


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devilish in this terrific, undeservedly neglected gem that merges the politicalthriller with the Faust legend.

Sun., 1/26, 2 p.m. - ChazenHITCHCOCKTHE 39 STEPS UK | 1935 | 35mm | 86 min.Director: Alfred HitchcockCast: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Peggy AshcroftIn this witty and fleet-footed take on Hitchcocks classic wrong manstoryline, debonair Canadian Richard Hannay (Donat) visits a London musichall and meets a mysterious spy who is later found dead in his apartment.Suspected of murder, Richard embarks on a mission to the ScottishHighlands to stop an espionage plot, while staying one step ahead of thepolice. In the unlikely chemistry that develops between Richard and Pamela(Carroll)a no-nonsense woman convinced of Richards guiltHitchcockproves himself as deft at showcasing screwball-style repartee as he is atconstructing quotidian paranoia and thrill-a-minute suspense.

Mon, 1/27, 7 p.m. - Marquee TheaterMARQUEE MONDAYSCARRIE USA | 1976 | 35mm | 97 min.Director: Brian De PalmaCast: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, John TravoltaIn the ultra-stylish first screen version of Stephen Kings pop novel, Spacekgives an Oscar-nominated performance as the much-abused adolescent whouses her telekinetic powers to exact revenge on her tormentors. De Palma

elevates the teen-horror genres to operatic levels with an arsenal of visualtricks including split-screen and slow-motion photography.

Fri., 1/31, 7 p.m.ACADEMY TREASURES - MARK TOSCANO IN PERSON!BURSTING AT THE SEAMS - RESTORED AVANT-GARDE FILMS16mm, 35mm | program running time: approx. 90 min.This program of experimental work restored by the Academy Film Archivefocuses on films that examine, prod, and break down many of theconceptual and structural foundations of standard filmmaking practice. Youwill see the image fractured, defaced, multiplied, and divided. You will seeone movie that was created in a fraction of a second, and another moviemade with a squirtgun. You will experience the sound of Kirk Douglas'shead. Filmmakers represented include James Benning, Stan Brakhage, ChickStrand, David Rimmer, Scott Stark, and several others. The films in thisprogram are Projection Instructions (Morgan Fisher, 1976); No Art ofMemory (James Otis, 1982); Under the Juggernaut (Robert Russett, 1969);Grain Graphics (Dana Plays, 1978); The Sound of his Face (Scott Stark,1988); Chicago Loop (James Benning, 1976); Squirt Gun/Step Print (PatO'Neill, 1998); Madame Mao's Lost Love Letters (Tom Leeser & Diana


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Wilson, 1983); Night Mulch & Very (Stan Brakhage, 2001); Cartoon LeMousse (Chick Strand, 1979); Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper (DavidRimmer, 1970)Now Playing (Susan Rosenfeld, 1983). Academy Film Archives Mark Toscanowill appear in person as your guide through this dazzling selection.

Sat., 2/1, 7 p.m.FILM NOIR DOUBLE FEATURESTRY AND GET ME! (THE SOUND OF FURY) USA | 1950 | 35mm | 85 min.Director: Cy EndfieldCast: Frank Lovejoy, Lloyd Bridges, Richard CarlsonIn one of his most memorable roles, Bridges plays a sharp-dressed, smooth-talking psychopath who talks sympathetic, unemployed family man Lovejoyinto a string of small-time robberies. When they botch a kidnapping job, thetwo criminals find themselves hunted by the law and more terrifyingly bya bloodthirsty lynch mob. One of the best films of the 50s, Endfieldsenormously tense masterpiece is both film noir at its finest and adevastating critique of American society. 35mm restored print courtesy ofthe UCLA Film & Television Archive. Restoration funding provided by the FilmNoir Foundation .

Sat., 2/1, 8:30 p.m.FILM NOIR DOUBLE FEATURESCRASHOUT USA | 1955 | 35mm | 89 min.Director: Lewis R. FosterCast: William Bendix, Arthur Kennedy, Gene Evans

Six hardened convicts break out of stir in the middle of a riot and decide tostick together in a search for a buried cache of stolen money. Along theroute to riches, the criminals are picked off one at a time by various hostileelements, not the least of which are their own violent tendencies. Crashoutbelongs to that whole class of unassumingly ambitious, quietly accomplishedlittle films whose prolific existence contributes so much to the unique statureof classical American cinema (Dave Kehr, The New York Times ).

Sun., 2/2, 2 p.m. - ChazenHITCHCOCKTHE LADY VANISHES UK | 1938 | 35mm | 96 min.Director: Alfred HitchcockCast: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May WhittyA young woman (Lockwood) traveling by train befriends an elderly Englishgoverness (Whitty) then undertakes a search for her when she goes missing.However, none of the other passengers claim to have seen the old woman atall, and all evidence of her existence has disappeared. The quintessentialtrain murder mystery is also a reminder that Hitchcock could make youlaugh just as easily as he could stop your heart with suspense. Two


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particular delights in the cast are Naunton Wayne and Basil Radford as a pairof cricket-loving fellow passengers Caldicott and Charters. These charactersproved so popular that Wayne and Radford reprised the roles in three moremovies!

Fri., 2/7, 7 p.m.ACADEMY TREASURESHUD USA | 1963 | 35mm | 112 min.Director: Martin RittCast: Paul Newman, Patricia Neal, Melvyn DouglasIn one of his signature anti-hero roles, Newman is the title character, awomanizing, self-interested son of a Texas cattle rancher (Douglas) whodestroys his familys business just as coolly as he seduces the devotedfamily maid (Neal, in an Oscar-winning performance). Ritts unsentimentaldirection, James Wong Howes marvelous cinematography, and a peerlesscast make undeniably compelling material out of Larry McMurtrys earlynovel Horseman, Pass By .

Sat., 2/8, 7 p.m.LACISIL FUTURO Chile, Italy, Germany | 2013 | 35mm | 95 min. | English and Italian withsubtitlesDirector: Alicia SchersonCast: Rutger Hauer, Manuela Martelli, Luigi CiardoOrphaned teenaged twins Bianca and Tomas aimlessly wander the streets ofRome searching for distractions in their upended lives. Intending to set-up

the blind former movie star Maciste ( Blade Runner s Hauer) for robbery,Bianca instead finds comfort in the older mans hermit-like existence.Strange surprises abound in this hypnotic, sometimes erotic, psychodrama,adapted from a novel by prize-winning Chilean writer Roberto Bolao.

Sat., 2/8, 9 p.m.LACISAFTERSHOCK Chile, USA | 2012 | 35mm | 89 min. | English and Spanish with subtitlesDirector: Nicols LpezCast: Eli Roth, Andrea Osvart, Ariel LevyIn the Chilean coastal town of Valparaiso, a group of international touristsfind themselves fighting for survival after a powerful earthquake. Inspired byhis experiences in Chile during the time of the devastating 2010 seismicactivity, veteran horror filmmaker Roth produced, co-wrote, and co-stars inthis intense, gory, and decidedly shocking update of the classic disastermovie.

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REBECCA USA | 1940 | 35mm | 130 min.Director: Alfred HitchcockCast: Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier, Judith AndersonThe nameless new wife (Fontaine) of an enormously wealthy widower(Olivier) must deal with the constraints of the dead womans memory. Withsurprising confessions and transformations, the new couple struggles againstsinister forces to come to terms with Rebeccas death. This Oscar-winningadaptation of Daphne Du Mauriers novel is told with the requisite shocksand twists by Hitchcock in his first Hollywood production.

Mon., 2/10, 7 p.m. - Marquee TheaterMARQUEE MONDAYSI WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND USA | 1978 | 35mm | 104 min.Director: Robert ZemeckisCast: Nancy Allen, Eddie Deezen, Bobby DiCiccoFive hopped-up Maplewood, NJ teens on the daytrip of a lifetime try theirbest to cross paths with The Beatles during their first trip to NYC. Theres nobetter way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of John, Paul, George andRingo's first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show than with this sweet,sassy, frenetic and fab blast of Beatlemania from first-time directorZemeckis. Featuring many of the hallmark elements of his later triumphBack to the Future (a race against the clock, perfectly nostalgic perioddetails, and a lightning storm infused climax) this rarely seen gem is worthscreaming and shouting about. Uniformly winning performances abound, butin particular you will wonder how comic juggernauts Deezen, Di Cicco andWendie Jo Sperber didn't wind up bigger stars.

Fri., 2/14, 7 p.m.ACADEMY TREASURESBARRY LYNDON UK, USA | 1975 | 35mm | 183 min.Director: Stanley KubrickCast: Ryan ONeal, Marisa Berenson, Hardy KrugerAn adaptation of Thackerays novel, Kubricks masterful follow-up to AClockwork Orange follows the picaresque exploits of Redmond Barry (ONeal)from romantic duellist to British Army deserter to titled nobility. Barrys riseand fall is told in a series of measured, carefully selected, and verycompelling episodes that lead to perhaps the most moving conclusion in allof Kubricks films. John Alcotts Academy Award winning cinematography setnew, innovative standards for filming with natural light.

Sat., 2/15, 7 p.m.LACISTHE SUMMER OF FLYING FISH (EL VERANO DE LOS PECESVOLADORES) Chile, France | 2013 | HD Projection | 95 min. | Spanish with subtitles


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Director: Marcela SaidCast: Gregory Cohen, Francisca Walker, Maria IzquierdoA lush and atmospheric coming-of-age tale that doubles as a politicalawakening, The Summer of Flying Fish marks an exceptionally promisingfiction debut for documentarian Marcela Said. Ensconced in her wealthyfathers vacation home in the south of Chile, rebellious teen Manela uncoversthe underlying turf war between her family and the local Mapuche natives,who claim ancestral rights to the land. (MK)

Sat., 2/15, 8:45 p.m.LACISTHURSDAY TILL SUNDAY (DE JUEVES A DOMINGO) Chile, The Netherlands | 2012 | HD Projection | 96 min. | Spanish withsubtitlesDirector: Dominga Sotomayor CastilloCast: Francisco Prez-Bannen, Paola Giannini, Santi AhumadaIn a last-ditch effort to save their marriage, Fernando and Ana take their twokids in on a journey across the Chilean countryside in this uncommonlyelegant road movie, much of which unfolds within the cramped confines ofthe family station wagon. A major prizewinner on the festival circuit,Sotomayers debut racked up awards at the prestigious Rotterdam, Valdivia,New Horizons, and Indie Lisboa film festivals.

Sun., 2/16, 2 p.m. - ChazenHITCHCOCKSHADOW OF A DOUBT USA | 1943 | 35mm | 108 min.Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Cast: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Macdonald CareyThis slow-building, disquietingly cynical small-town thriller was alsoHitchcocks avowed personal favorite of his own films. A suspected murdererof widows, Charlie (Cotten, both charming and menacing in a brilliantperformance), returns to his hometown to visit his teenaged niece (Wright).Harrowingly insidious, this was the closest Hitchcock ever came to film noirand remains entirely deserving of its description by critic Dave Kehr as OurTown turned inside out. Not coincidentally, Thornton Wilder collaborated onthe script!

Thurs., 2/20, 6 p.m. - ChazenGUY MADDIN IN PERSON!SPECIAL LECTURE - LOSS IN THE CINEMA One of contemporary cinemas most exciting artists, Guy Maddin will speakon the theme of loss in film history and how it relates to his own work. Thisspecial program is a collaboration of the Cinematheque and the UWsMaterial Culture Program.

Fri., 2/21, 2 p.m.GUY MADDIN IN PERSON!


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MY WINNIPEG Canada | 2008 | 35mm | 80 min.Director: Guy MaddinCast: Darcy Fehr, Ann Savage, Amy StewartA chronicle of the life of the wintry Canadian city, director Maddinprovocatively mixes the fictional and real to explore various aspects ofWinnipeg life. Maddins self-described docu-fantasia on his Canadianhometown contains some of the strangest and most stirring imagery in anyfilm of recent memory: dreamy sleepwalkers in the snow, a floatingkielbasa, and horses encased in ice. Alternately hilarious and haunting, MyWinnipeg is an enormously entertaining meditation on myth and memory.Following this screening, Guy Maddin will participate in a panel discussion onthe Poetics of Memory, Space, and Architecture in My Winnipeg .

Fri., 2/21, 7 p.m.GUY MADDIN IN PERSON!REMEMBER LAST NIGHT? USA | 1935 | 35mm | 81 min.Director: James WhaleCast: Edward Arnold, Robert Young, Constance CummingsA group of young, wealthy socialites wake up from an all-night revelry tofind their oldest member murdered. The district attorney (Arnold) who iscalled in to solve the mystery cant get anywhere with his investigationbecause all parties involved were too drunk to remember anything! Thisfast-paced comedy whodunit from the director of Frankenstein and Bride ofFrankenstein is a personal favorite of director Guy Maddin. He will talk aboutRemember Last Night? and his own cinephilia in a post-screening discussion.

Sat., 2/22, 2 p.m.NEW CHILEAN CINEMAPOST MORTEM Chile | 2010 | 35mm | 98 min. | Spanish with subtitlesDirector: Pablo LarrainCast: Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, Jaime VadellIn the days leading up to the 1973 military coup in Chile, a lonely bureaucratworking in Santiagos morgue seeks out the companionship of his neighbor,an exotic dancer. As the country moves towards martial law and the bodiesbegin to pile up, our ambiguous hero is summoned to perform an important,historical task. This simple, direct, and powerful film evokes a troubling erawith great precision.

Sat., 2/22, 4 p.m.NEW CHILEAN CINEMATONY MANERO Chile | 2008 | 35mm | 98 min. | Spanish with subtitlesDirector: Pablo LarrainCast: Alfredo Castro, Amparo Noguera, Antonia Zegers


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In 1978 Santiago, under the rule of the repressive Pinochet regime, dancerRal (Alfredo Castro) stops at nothing to win a televised contest for the bestimpersonation of John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever . Masterfully told andbrutally honest, this is a powerful, violent, and sometimes frightening studyof life under fascism with a main character who is equal parts fascinatingand repellent. An extremely dark meditation on borrowed cultural identity.(Stephen Holden, The New York Times )

Sat., 2/22, 7 p.m.NEW CHILEAN CINEMANO Chile | 2012 | 35mm | 118 min. | Spanish with subtitlesDirector: Pablo LarrainCast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia ZegersAdvertising executive Ren (Bernal) convinces his firm to let him head upthe television campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in the 1988 plebiscite.Instead of dwelling on poverty and other horrors of the Pinochetdictatorship, Ren produces a series of positive shows featuring inspirationalmusic, dancing, and rainbow imagery. Shot on a relatively primitive videoformat, the Oscar-nominated No is nonetheless one of the most compellingand gratifying political dramas ever made. Larrain concludes his trilogy of lifeunder Pinochet on a decidedly upbeat note.

Sun., 2/23, 2 p.m. - ChazenHITCHCOCKNOTORIOUS USA | 1946 | 35mm | 101 min.Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude RainsIn Hitchcocks great post-war spy thriller, G-man T.R. Devlin (Grant)convinces Alicia Huberman (Bergman) to infiltrate a group of Nazis living inSouth America. Devlin, despite his obvious romantic feelings for Alicia,pushes her into marriage with the groups leader, Alex Sebastian (Rains).

There is never a moment when improper behavior is actually stated orshown, but the film leaves no doubt. (Roger Ebert)

Fri., 2/28, 7 p.m.ACADEMY TREASURESJOI BABA FELANAUTH - THE ELEPHANT GOD India | 1979 | 35mm | 112 min. | Bengali with subtitlesDirector: Satyajit RayCast: Soumitra Chaterjee, Siddhartha Chatterjee, Santosh DuttaThe second of legendary filmmaker Rays films about the detective Feluda(Chaterjee) finds the Bengali Sherlock Holmes searching for a lost Ganeshaidol along the banks of the Ganges. A playful departure from Rays moretypical social dramas, this whodunit was adapted from one of the directorsvoluminous Feluda short stories.


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where the ersatz coffin doubles as a serving table, but the murderers formermentor (Stewart) proves an unlikely challenger to their sick game.Hitchcocks film version of Patrick Hamiltons Leopold-and-Loeb-inspired playprovides uninterrupted, real-time suspense through a series of innovativeten-minute camera takes.

Fri., 3/7, 7 p.m.ACADEMY TREASURESMARJOE USA | 1972 | 35mm | 88 min.Director: Sarah Kernochan, Howard SmithBilled in the 1950s as the worlds youngest ordained minister, MarjoeGortner returned to revival tent preaching in the late 1960s as a way tomake money. Looking to escape the evangelical limelight, Gortner inviteddocumentary filmmakers Kernochan and Smith to follow him around on afinal holy-rolling tour, admitting privately to the cameras that hes a fraudand an atheist. This mesmerizing film won the Academy Award for BestDocumentary Feature.

Sat., 3/8, 7 p.m.DENISBEAU TRAVAIL France | 1999 | 35mm | 90 min. | French with English subtitlesDirector: Claire DenisCast: Denis Lavant, Gregoire Colin, Michel SuborOne of the most original, sensuous, and beautiful films of the 90s, this looseversion of Melvilles Billy Budd transposes the sea-bound story to a group ofFrench Foreign Legionnaires in the East African outpost of Djibouti. Here,

Denis renders the almost wordless drama of sexual jealousy that arisesbetween two soldiers and their commander with an exquisite subtlety. As itmoves along, the film gains the power and rhythm of a wonderful tonepoem, using an eclectic soundtrack featuring Brittens Billy Budd opera, NeilYoung, and techno dance.

Sun., 3/9, 2 p.m. - ChazenHITCHCOCKSTRANGERS ON A TRAIN USA | 1951 | 35mm | 101 min.Director: Alfred HitchcockCast: Robert Walker, Farley Granger, Ruth RomanTennis pro Guy Haines (Granger), traveling by train, meets the charming butpsychopathic Bruno Anthony (the brilliant Walker, in his penultimate filmperformance). Before you can say Criss Cross, Guys made a Faustian dealwith Bruno that leads to murder. Filled with witty, dark humor and twomarvelous lead performances, Strangers on a Train builds to one of the mostsuspenseful conclusions in all of Hitchcock.

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Injured and homebound in his Manhattan apartment, photographer (andvoyeur) Stewart witnesses what he thinks is foul play while peeping in on hisneighbors. With the help of friends (Ritter and Wendell Corey), thestationary Stewart gets to the bottom of the mystery, but not before placinghimself and his girlfriend (Kelly) in serious danger. Recently restored to itsoriginal luster, Hitchcocks innovative classic is just as smart and fun as itwas when first released 60 years ago.

Fri., 3/28, 7 p.m.ACADEMY TREASURESTHE BIG COUNTRY USA | 1958 | 35mm | 166 min.Director: William WylerCast: Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Jean SimmonsLooking to marry the daughter (Carroll Baker) of a cattle baron, pacifist Peckfinds himself caught in an increasingly violent feud over water rightsbetween his bride-to-bes wealthy father (a great performance by CharlesBickford) and his more slovenly neighbor (an Oscar-winning turn from BurlIves). Released the year before Ben-Hur , Wylers underrated and much morepersonal epic reveals a director who, having honed his talents in silentwesterns, knows precisely where to place a camera for maximumeffectiveness. Jerome Moross memorable score enhances Wylers vision.Restored by the Academy Film Archive with funding from the FilmFoundation.

Sat., 3/29, 7 p.m.DENISTROUBLE EVERY DAY

France, Germany, Japan | 2001 | 35mm | 102 min. | English and Frenchwith English subtitlesDirector: Claire DenisCast: Vincent Gallo, Batrice Dalle, Tricia VesseyGallo stars in this disturbing and shocking allegory about two diseasedindividuals driven to cannibalize their sexual partners. The horrifyingviolence in Denis variation on the vampire genre underscores the directorsideas about the often-devouring nature of contemporary relationships. At itsCannes Film Festival premiere, Trouble Every Day notoriously caused severalmembers to faint in the aisles!

Sun., 3/30, 2 p.m. - ChazenHITCHCOCKNORTH BY NORTHWEST USA | 1954 | 35mm | 112 min.Director: Alfred HitchcockCast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James MasonIn one of the most entertaining classics of all time, Grant is Hitchcocksprototypical wrong man Roger Thornhill, an ad exec sucked into an intrigueof mistaken identity. The ensuing chase plays out across the American


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landscape, including one particularly memorable Midwestern farm, andconcludes with a showdown at Mount Rushmore.

Fri., 4/11, 7 p.m.DEMYMODEL SHOP USA, France | 1969 | 35mm | 95 min.Director: Jacques DemyCast: Anouk Aime, Gary Lockwood, Alexandra HayIn Demys only American film, a married and disillusioned architect about tobe drafted ( 2001 s Lockwood) meets an exotic model (Aime, reprising herrole from Demys Lola ) who rents herself out to amateur photographers.Exquisitely and evocatively shot on sun-drenched and neon-lit Los Angeles

locations at the height of the Vietnam War, the film recalls a very specifictime and place for our country.

Sat., 4/12, 7 p.m.FLEISCHER

THE GIRL IN THE RED VELVET SWING USA | 1955 | 35mm | 109 min.Director: Richard FleischerCast: Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley GrangerIn 1906, there was no more sensational or scandalous story than the loveaffair between model Evelyn Nesbitt and celebrated architect StanfordWhite; an affair which ended when White was murdered by Nesbittsviolently jealous husband, Harry Thaw. The true story of this deadly triangle(which was dramatized again later in the novel and film, Ragtime ), is toldwith style and finesse by director Fleischer.

Sun., 4/13, 2 p.m. - ChazenHITCHCOCKPSYCHO USA | 1960 | 35mm | 109 min.Director: Alfred HitchcockCast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera MilesMarion Crane (Leigh) checks into the Bates Motel for a destiny-changingshower; a scene that also forever altered the expectations of moviegoers.Hitchcock's most unrelentingly dark work is greatly enhanced by BernardHerrmann's chilling score and Perkins' unpredictable performance as NormanBates. Though its one of the most imitated horror movies, nothing equalsthe power of seeing Psycho in a cinema.

Fri., 4/18, 7 p.m.DEMYLE SABOTIER DU VAL DE LOIRE France | 1956 | 35mm | 26 min. | French with subtitlesDirector: Jacques DemyJACQUOT DE NANTES


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France | 1991 | 35mm | 118 min. | French with subtitlesDirector: Agns VardaCast: Philippe Maron, Edouard Joubeaud, Laurent MonnierVarda was the wife of director Jacques Demy and Jacquot is not only a love-letter to her late spouse, but a fluid cinema essay about the way in which wesee movies. Varda juxtaposes her tender recreations of young Jacques lifein the smalltown of Nantes with clips from Demys earlier films, as well asrare interviews with the filmmaker shortly before his death. The feature willbe preceded by Demys early short documentary Le Sabotier .

Sat., 4/19, 7 p.m.FLEISCHERCOMPULSION USA | 1959 | 35mm | 99 min.Director: Richard FleischerCast: Bradford Dillman, Dean Stockwell, Orson WellesThe notorious crimes of Leopold & Loeb, originally dramatized in Rope , are

again fictionalized in this riveting adaptation of Meyer Levins novel. Intelling this bleak but compelling story, director Fleischer makes effective useof the black and white CinemaScope format. He also has a fine cast thatincludes a memorable Welles as a very Clarence Darrow-like attorney. Afterthe screening, a discussion with Jerry Hancock, former assistant attorneygeneral and current director of the Prison Ministry Project at FirstCongregational Church. This program presented with the support of MadisonOperas production of Dead Man Walking on April 25 & 27 .

Sun., 4/20, 2 p.m. - ChazenHITCHCOCKTHE BIRDS USA | 1963 | 35mm | 120 min.Director: Alfred HitchcockCast: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica TandyIn Hitchcocks viscerally intense study of nature gone wild, a plague ofhomicidal feathered creatures descend upon the small, sleepy community ofBodega Bay, CA. Simultaneously, aggressive Melanies (Hedren) attempts toromance Mitch (Taylor) are thwarted by Mitchs cold and domineeringmother (Tandy). In the psychologically-charged cinema of Hitchcock, thesetwo seemingly unrelated plot strands have a lot to do with each other. Come

for the shocks, but dig that Oedipal subtext!

Fri., 4/25, 7 p.m.DEMYDONKEY SKIN (PEAU DNE) France | 1970 | 35mm | 90 min. | French with subtitlesDirector: Jacques DemyCast: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Delphine Seyrig


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A young princess in a faraway land (an ultra-radiant Deneuve) must fleefrom the incestuous designs of her father the king (Marais), taking alongonly her fairy godmother (Seyrig) and the skin of her fathers magicaldonkey. Deneuve, Demy, and Michel Legrand, the star, director, andcomposer of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Young Girls of Rochefort reunited for this charming fantasy, one of the most extravagant of all filmmusicals.

Sat., 4/26, 7 p.m.FLEISCHERTHE BOSTON STRANGLER USA | 1968 | 35mm | 116 min.Director: Richard FleischerCast: Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George KennedyFleischer goes out on an artistic limb with this recounting of Albert DeSalvos infamous murder spree that paralyzed the Boston area in the early'60s. A smorgasbord of split screens and sexual perversities ultimately givesway to an unnervingly intimate portrayal of madness. In a performanceunique in his career, Curtis's De Salvo is delicately understated, andsurprisingly naturalistic, even with the aid of some theatrical nose putty. Apolice procedural that is equal measures dated and daring, and featuring astark, minimalist conclusion, The Boston Strangler will follow you home fromthe theater after the lights go up.

Sun., 4/27, 2 p.m. - ChazenHITCHCOCKMARNIE USA | 1964 | 35mm | 129 min.Director: Alfred HitchcockCast: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane BakerHedren is the title character, a troubled kleptomaniac who becomesobsessive object of wealthy Connery. A gripping sexual drama that pitsobsession against repression and rotating roles of predator and prey, Marnie was Hitchcocks last film with music by Bernard Herrmann. The composerlater wrote a score for Torn Curtain that was rejected by the director.

Mon., 4/28, 7 p.m. - Marquee TheaterMARQUEE MONDAYS

ROBOCOP USA | 1987 | 35mm | 103 min.Director: Paul VerhoevenCast: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood SmithWeller stars as the title character in the unsurpassable original saga of thepart human/part cyborg law enforcement officer, keeping the streets safe inan ultra-violent Detroit of the not-so-distant future. In director Verhoevensbreathtakingly stylish dystopian satire, we learn the origins of


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