JBFC May/Jun 07 Masterlist

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MAY/JUNE 07 MASTERLIST


Sicko BUY TICKETS	SICKO Members-Only Preview & Discussion Thurs. June 21 at 7:40 Michael Moore. 2007. 116 min. PG-13. US. "As both harangue and movie tragicomedy, Sicko is socko." (Richard Corliss, Time) Acclaimed filmmaker Michael Moore sets out to investigate the American healthcare system. Sticking to his tried-and-true one-man approach, Moore sheds light on the complicated medical affairs of individuals and local communities. In theaters June 29. Click Here for the Time review. New York Times critic Janet Maslin will moderate an audience discussion following the screening. Tickets: $9/members. Exclusively for JBFC Members, who are entitled to 1 or 2 tickets to this event, depending on membership level. Tickets are available online or at the box office on a first-come/first-served basis. No phone orders or email replies, please. If you are not already a JBFC Member, Click Here for info or call 914-773-7663 ext. 6 during office hours to become a member today so that you won’t miss out on our next Members-Only Event!

approved photo Barney Rosset in his Grove Press office, New York, circa 1970. Courtesy Astrid Myers/Evergreen Review Collection. BUY TICKETS	NEW SERIES: "ROUGH CUTS: DOCUMENTARIES IN PROGRESS" BARNEY ROSSET VS. OUR WAY OF LIFE* Tues. June 26 at 7:30 Neil Ortenberg and Daniel O'Connor. 2007. 100 min. NR. US. Barney Rosset was the maverick publisher of Evergreen Review and Grove Press, who fought key First Amendment battles in the 1950s & 60s to publish Lady Chatterley's Lover, Tropic of Cancer and Naked Lunch, and to distribute the film I Am Curious (Yellow), among other ground-breaking works. Over the years he exhausted a family fortune pursuing his passions, never backing down from controversy, and eventually losing control of his own company. This documentary-in-progress uncovers an invigorating chapter of American cultural history, making lively use of Rosset's personal film collection. A must-see for anyone who cares about books, movies and freedom of expression. Q&A with host Thom Powers, documentary programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival; and filmmaker Daniel O’Connor. Tickets: $6/members; $10/nonmembers. Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts *Join host Thom Powers and a different filmmaker each session to screen and discuss a documentary that’s still in the works. It’s a great chance to learn about and participate in the creation of a movie.

Joshua BUY TICKETS	JOSHUA Preview and Q&A w/director Thurs. July 5 at 7:30 George Ratliff. 2007. 106 min. R. US. "Harrowing, controlled and diabolically self-assured" (Washington Post) A psychological thriller about Brad and Abby Cairn (Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga), a perfect Manhattan couple in a perfect Manhattan apartment whose perfect life begins to crack after the birth of their second child Lily. Shortly after Lily arrives home, a dark side of prodigy son Joshua slowly begins to reveal itself. Also starring Celia Weston, Dallas Roberts & Michael McKean. In theaters July 6. *Q&A with director George Ratliff and New York Times* critic Janet Maslin.** Tickets: $9/members; $13/nonmembers.

Ten Canoes SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	TEN CANOES Opens Fri. June 22 Rolf de Heer & Peter Djigirr. 2007. 90 min. NR. Australia. In Aboriginal & English with subtitles. "To watch this movie (shot in breathtaking widescreen by cinematographer Ian Jones) is to enter into a whole new language of symbols and meaning" (Village Voice) This first feature film to be shot entirely in Aboriginal language takes place both in the distant past and in the Ganalbingu mythical past. Dayindi covets one of the wives of his older brother. To teach him the proper way, he is told a story from the mythical past, a story of wrong love, kidnapping, sorcery, bungling mayhem and revenge gone wrong. Featuring Crusoe Kurddal, Jamie Gulpilil and Richard Birrinbirrin. Special Jury Prize, Un Certain Regard - Cannes.

	LADY CHATTERLEY Opens Fri. June 22 Pascale Ferran.2007. 168 min. NR. Belgium / France / UK. In French, with subtitles. Sexually explicit. "Every frame of the film seems alive with a sensuality that is both wild and intelligent." (New York Times) A lesser known version of D.H. Lawrence's controversial novel detailing the affair of an upper-crust woman and a virile gameskeeper is adapted for the screen in this sumptuous, intelligent film. Winner of Best Film and four other Césars including a Best Actress award for Marina Hands in the title role. Also featuring Jean-Louis Coulloc'h and Hippolyte Girardot.

BUY TICKETS	Preview w/director Frank Oz & Janet Maslin DEATH AT A FUNERAL Thurs. June 7 at 7:30 Frank Oz. 2007. 90 min. R. US/UK. There's nothing like a death to spoil a good funeral. In this raucous British comedy, with echoes of Arsenic and Old Lace and Gosford Park, an upper class family gathers to honor their late patriarch, but things go terribly wrong from the start ending with all hell breaking loose. Featuring Peter Dinklage, Matthew Macfadyen and Rupert Graves. Audience Award prize, U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. The film is scheduled for release June 29. *Q&A w/director Frank Oz (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Bowfinger) and JBFC Board President Janet Maslin.* Tickets: $9/members; $13/nonmembers. Click Here for the film's website.

	ONCE Opens Fri. June 1 John Carney. 2007. 85 min. R. Ireland "Not a single false note" (New York Times) "As smart and funny as it is sweet" (Wall Street Journal) A modern day musical set on the streets of Dublin, featuring Glen Hansard from the Irish band "The Frames," as a street musician and Marketa Irglova as a Czech immigrant. Their story takes place during an eventful week as they write, rehearse and record songs that reveal their unique love story. Click Here for the New York Times review.

	PARIS, JE T'AIME Opens Fri. May 18 Eighteen directors. 2007. 120 min. R. Liechtenstein/ Switzerland/ Germany/ France. "Blithe, worldly and enchanting" (Entertainment Weekly) Eighteen different writers and directors - including Gus Van Sant, Alfonso Cuarón, Wes Craven, and Tom Tykwer - come together for this cinematic homage to the City of Light, each contributing a five-minute short film set in a different Paris arrondissement. Each tale is markedly unique, specific to the quirky style of its director, and the collection is a veritable "Who's Who" for indie buffs with actors including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Elijah Wood, Steve Buscemi and Natalie Portman, among many others. Click Here for the film's website.

	Preview w/director Tom DiCillo & Janet Maslin DELIRIOUS Thurs. May 17 at 7:15 Tom DiCillo. 2006. 100 min. U.S. "Delirious is hilarious." (Variety) "No one is spared in this whip-smart comedy about the entertainment industry." (Hollywood Reporter) Steve Buscemi plays a hapless paparazzo who befriends a young homeless man (Michael Pitt) who aspires to be an actor. Alison Lohman plays the starlet of the moment whose romantic interest in Pitt's character creates a wedge between the two unlikely friends. A hit at film festivals worldwide. Q&A with screenwriter/director Tom DiCillo and JBFC Board President Janet Maslin. Tickets: $9/members; $13/nonmembers.

	Preview GRACIE Mon. May 28 at 12:15 Davis Guggenheim. 2007. 80 min. PG-13. U.S. Set in 1978 and based on true events in actress Elisabeth Shue's life, Gracie is an inspirational film about a teenage girl who fights the odds to achieve her dream of playing competitive soccer at a time when girls' soccer did not exist. Featuring Carly Schroeder, Dermot Mulroney, Andrew Shue and Elisabeth Shue; and directed by Shue's husband Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth). Click Here for the film's website. Tickets: $6/members; $10/nonmembers

	Preview with director LA VIE EN ROSE Mon. May 28 at 7:00 Olivier Dahan. 2007. 140 min. PG-13. France/UK/Czech Republic. In French w/subtitles. *"...the most astonishing immersion of one performer into the body and soul of another I’ve ever encountered in a film." (Stephen Holden, New York Times)* From the slums of Paris to the limelight of New York, Edith Piaf's life was a battle to sing and survive, live and love. Edith's magical voice and her romances and friendships with the greatest names of the period - Yves Montand, Jean Cocteau, Marlene Dietrich, Marcel Cerdan and others - made her a star all around the world. But in her attempt to tame her tragic destiny, the Little Sparrow - her nickname - flew so high she could not fail to burn her wings. Stars Marion Cotillard, Emmanuelle Seigner and Gerard Depardieu. Q&A with director Olivier Dahan and JBFC Board President Janet Maslin. Tickets: $9/members; $13/nonmembers.

	Preview with director CRAZY LOVE Wed. May 30 at 7:30 Dan Klores & Fisher Stevens. 2006. 92 min. PG-13. U.S. An unsettling documentary about one of the most bizarre romances of the 20th Century. Burt Pugach was a 32-year-old lawyer in the late 1950s when he began an affair with the 21-year-old Linda Riss. After the relationship turned sour, he hired three men to throw lye in Riss's face, blinding her. During 14 years in prison for the crime, he remained obsessed with Ms. Riss, sending her letters and eventually persuading her to meet him after he was released in 1974. The two were married that year, and are still married today. Nominated for Grand Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Q&A with director Dan Klores and JBFC Board President Janet Maslin. Tickets: $9/members; $13/nonmembers.
BEST OF CURRENT CINEMA

Away From Her Sarah Polley	AWAY FROM HER Sarah Polley 2006. 110 min. NR. Canada, in English. Lionsgate. With her stunning feature directorial and screenwriting debut, Sarah Polley adds an extraordinary achievement to her acclaimed work as an actor. She has appeared in more than 30 films, including The Sweet Hereafter, My Life Without Me, and Go, and has written and directed award-winning shorts since 1999. With a focus on her craft rather than on stardom, the 28-year-old Polley has gained the deep respect of her peers. An opening night gala film at the Sundance Film Festival, Away From Her is one of the most awaited movies this spring. With dazzling performances by Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent, it's a "deep and sensitive" (Hollywood Reporter) love story that navigates a loving couple's journey through the intimacy of the later years of marriage and the fragility of memory. Adapted from an Alice Munro short story.



ONE-NIGHT STANDS
SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	THE GROUND TRUTH Wed. May 16 Patricia Foulkrod. 2006. 80 min. R. US. "A powerful, polemical, probing examination of the devastation the war has taken on returning soldiers." (Newsweek) This series of interviews with Iraq war veterans about the mental and physical challenges they face when returning home combines their intimate stories with uncensored combat footage to create one of the strongest films about the conflict. A savage indictment of war and militarism from Iraq war veterans.


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	FACTORY GIRL Mon. June 18 George Hickenlooper. 2006. 87 min. R. US. MGM. "A tawdry, fascinating tale (one loaded with outrageous style and, of course, great clothes)." (Salon.com) Sienna Miller stars as '60s "it girl" Edie Sedgwick, the wealthy young woman who came to New York to become a star, and met Andy Warhol (Guy Pearce), who made it happen. This is the story of her meteoric rise and fall, which have come to represent both the glamour and the tragedy of our celebrity-obsessed culture.


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	THE BRIDGE Thurs. June 28 Eric Steel. 2006. 93 min. R. US. Libero Films. "An eerie and indelible documentary about suicide that juxtaposes transcendent beauty and personal tragedy as starkly as any film I can recall." (New York Times) Focusing on the Golden Gate Bridge, the most common site for suicides in the world, this film is a strange and haunting exploration of its mythic beauty and dark allure. Training his camera on the bridge for all of 2004, Steel captured 24 people ending their lives and presents the footage here along with their harrowing stories.


SPECIAL EVENTS

BUY TICKETS	SHOWBUSINESS: THE ROAD TO BROADWAY with filmmaker Dori Berinstein and guests from Broadway Mon. May 14 at 7:15 Dori Berinstein. 2007. 102 min. NR. US. Regent Releasing. Join Euan Morton, star of Taboo (currently appearing with Alfred Molina in Howard Katz), Jeanine Tesori, composer of Caroline, or Change (currently working on Shrek: The Musical), Journal News theater critic Jacques Le Sourd and filmmaker Dori Berinstein for a very special screening. A peek behind the curtain, this acclaimed new documentary captures the most risky, passionate, and high-profile Broadway musical season in decades (2003–2004), following Wicked, Taboo, Avenue Q, and Caroline, or Change, from casting call through opening night. Allowed unprecedented access, director Dori Berinstein gets it all on film, from rehearsals to staging, backstage antics to performance highs and lows, previews to red-carpeted opening nights, and Tony Award nominations to the ceremony itself, shedding light on the inner workings of Broadway musicals and on the mysteries of the dramatic creative process. Tickets: $9/members; $13/nonmembers.


Photo: Art Resources BUY TICKETS	TRIUMPH OF THE WILL Tues. June 19 at 7:15 with Riefenstahl biographer Steven Bach Leni Riefenstahl. 1935. 110 min. NR. Germany. In German. British Film Institute. The most notorious propaganda film ever made, Triumph of the Will documents the 1934 Nazi party congress in Nuremberg, Germany, an elaborate glorification of Hitler and his power. In Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl, Steven Bach separates fact from fiction in filmmaker Riefenstahl's lifelong denial of complicity with the criminal regime she both used and sanctified and in her claim that she knew nothing of the Holocaust. Cynthia Ozick says, "If you haven't thought of 'Nazi artist' as a noxious and corrupting oxymoron, Bach's scrupulous account of a zealously masked life may persuade you otherwise." New York Times critic Janet Maslin will interview Bach, and a book signing will follow. Steven Bach was in charge of worldwide production for United Artists, where he was involved in such films as Raging Bull, Manhattan, and Heaven's Gate, about which he wrote the bestseller Final Cut. He is also the author of biographies of Marlene Dietrich and Moss Hart. Tickets: $9/members; $13/nonmembers.


BUY TICKETS	Brand New 35 mm Print! Direct from Moscow WAR AND PEACE Sun. June 24 at 11:00 a.m. An all-day event hosted by Simon Schama Sergei Bondarchuk. 1968. 425 min. NR. Soviet Union, in Russian with subtitles. Note: There was an error in the runtime listed in the print calendar. The correct runtime is 425 minutes. This titanic eight-hour adaptation of Tolstoy's masterpiece, unseen in theaters for years, is "the definitive epic of all time!" (Roger Ebert) Every aspect of this great film defies belief. It was shot over a period of seven years. The battle sequences use 120,000 soldiers from the Red Army dressed in period costume, and the retreat from Moscow stretches for miles. Every scene—from ballrooms, to battlefields, to sleigh rides—is rich in lavish detail, as costumes, paintings, furnishings, and pottery from museums all over Russia were used on set. It's a thrilling re-creation of a historical moment as well as a dazzling take on one of the world's great pieces of literature. At a cost of $100 million in 1968, it's also the most expensive picture ever made—by a mile. Click Here for Roger Ebert's 1969 review of the film. Simon Schama is a renowned historian whose many works include Rough Crossings, Landscape and Memory, Dead Certainties, Rembrandt's Eyes, and Citizens, his history of the French Revolution. He is also the writer and host of the hugely popular 15-part BBC series A History of Britain and the upcoming Power of Art series. There will be a one-hour intermission. Tickets: $30/members; $45/nonmembers Presented by Seagull Films and Concern Mosfilm.


BUY TICKETS	MATTHEW BARNEY: NO RESTRAINT Thurs. May 10 at 7:15 w/Alison Chernick Alison Chernick. 2006. 70 min. NR. US. IFC First Take. How did installation artist Matthew Barney—best known to film audiences for his “Cremaster” series—commandeer a whaling vessel and employ 45,000 pounds of petroleum jelly and traditional Japanese ritual in his latest work? And just what makes him such a sensation? Follow Barney as he constructs his massive film project Drawing Restraint 9, a “narrative sculpture,” telling a sometimes unsettling story about life’s passages. Director Alison Chernick will talk about Barney's work process, from storyboards through final film, with artist and art historian Marcy B. Freedman. Alison Chernick directed the documentary The Jeff Koons Show and has launched numerous television programs on art. Tickets: $9/members; $13/nonmembers. This event was originally scheduled for Feb. 14 as part of the "Frameworks: Art on Film" series, but was cancelled due to inclement weather. If you purchased tickets for that event and chose not to receive a refund, use them for admittance to this event. If you purchased your tickets online, bring your order number to the Box Office for tickets to thise event.

MOVIES FOR KIDS

SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	Wallace & Gromit in THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT May 5, 6, 12, 13 Steve Box & Nick Park. 2005. 85 min. G. UK. DreamWorks. "The animation is a marvel" (New York Times) in this goofy, Academy Award–winning feature debut of the cheese-loving Wallace and his ever-faithful dog Gromit. With only days to go before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition, it's up to the beloved pair to confront a huge, vegetable-ravaging monster and save the day.


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	HOT LEAD AND COLD FEET MAY 19, 20, 26–28 Robert Butler. 1978. 90 min. G. US. Buena Vista. The wildly talented Jim Dale (Harry Potter audiobooks, anyone?) plays two sons vying for their father's inheritance, and for good measure he plays the father too. His crazy antics will keep everyone amused. This live-action Disney blend of comedy, western, and adventure also features Don Knotts as a rubber-faced sheriff.


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH June 2, 3, 9, 10 Henry Levin. 1959. 132 min. G. US, in French/English/Icelandic/Italian. 20th Century Fox. Visually exciting and opulently produced, this Jules Verne adventure stars James Mason and Pat Boone on a rollicking voyage that starts by entering a volcano in Iceland. Along the way the explorers meet all manner of prehistoric monsters and life-threatening hazards—but there's plenty of room for comedy and even a song or two from Pat. It's all great fun.


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	RAGGEDY ANN & ANDY: A MUSICAL ADVENTURE June 16, 17, 23, 24 Richard Williams. 1977. 84 min. G. US. 20th Century Fox. It's time for a new generation of kids to fall in love with this wonderfully weird and always inventive animated tale of toys that spring to life. (Yes, it might remind you of Toy Story.) Directed by Richard Williams, the animation director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and featuring the work of some of the best animators of the '70s.


DANCE ON CAMERA May 11–16 The incomparable Mark Morris comes to the JBFC to kick off our annual series celebrating the art of dance on film. A selection of exhilarating dance from Africa, France, and the U.S. shares the spotlight with a rare, exclusive program of clips and discussion about Dame Margot Fonteyn, hosted by her close friend and protégé Ken Ludden. This Series is Made Possible Through the Generosity of an Anonymous Donor. Dido and Aeneas May 11, 12, 13 Movement R(Evolution) Africa May 12, 14 Serge Lifar Musagète May 12, 15 Margot Fonteyn: Through the Eyes of Friends May 13 War/Dance May 13 Invitation to the Dance May 16

Photo: Cylla von Tiedemann SHOWTIMES/TICKETS Mark Morris Photo: Amber Darrag	DIDO AND AENEAS May 11, 12, 13 Barbara Willis Sweete. 1995. 55 min. NR. Canada. Rhombus International. "Faultless, from stunning photography to brilliant choreography." (Starweek)* In a tour-de-force performance Mark Morris himself plays both Dido and the Sorceress in his company's much acclaimed contemporary interpretation of Purcell's tragic 17th-century opera. Opening Night Fri. May 11 at 7:30: Q&A w/choreographer/dancer Mark Morris and author Joan Acocella. Mark Morris formed the Mark Morris Dance Group in 1980 and has since created more than 120 works for the company. In 1988–91, he was Director of Dance at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, and in 1990, he founded the White Oak Dance Project with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Joan Acocella, dance critic for The New Yorker,* wrote the biography Mark Morris. Her latest book is Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints, essays on some of the most influential artists of our time. Reception and book signing after the discussion. Tickets: $12/members; $16/nonmembers


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	MOVEMENT (R)EVOLUTION AFRICA May 12, 14 Joan Frosch/Alla Kovgan. 2007. 65 min. NR. US, in English/French/Wolof/Portuguese/Japanese/Shona/Lingala with subtitles. "A knockout." (Village Voice) In this invigorating documentary, eight African choreographers from Burkina Faso to Zimbabwe introduce America to their emergent art form. With beauty, tragedy, and daring physicality, 21st-century African dance explodes on the screen—and the stunning choreography and narratives in this soul-shaking work erase all prevalent notions of how Mother Africa "should" dance.


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	SERGE LIFAR MUSAGÈTE May 12, 15 Dominique Delouche. 2005. 88 min. NR. France, in French and English with subtitles. "Dance is my mistress," said Serge Lifar (1905–1988), the Ballets Russes dancer and choreographer whose significant imprint on the style of the Paris Opera Ballet is bountifully evident in this revealing film. Lifar, who worked with renowned choreographers including Balanchine, Massine, and Ashton, was known for developing a strong presence for the male dancer. This absolute must for balletomanes includes footage of Lifar with a galaxy of other stars.


Photo: Keith Money Photo: Keith Money BUY TICKETS	MARGOT FONTEYN: THROUGH THE EYES OF FRIENDS Sun. May 13 at 5:00 An evening of film clips and discussion Seventeen years after her death, prima ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn remains the one against whom all others are measured. Fonteyn's friends, collaborators, and students talk about the life and legacy of the most celebrated dancer of our time, and show film clips from some of her most beloved roles: Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Le Corsaire, and Sleeping Beauty. GUESTS: Ken Ludden protégé and friend of Fonteyn, director of the new Margot Fonteyn Academy of Ballet in Peekskill, author of articles about Fonteyn and Nureyev, and currently working on a book about his work with the ballerina Joy Williams Brown Fonteyn's close friend and Director, in America, of the Royal Academy of Dance Tai Jimenez principal with the Boston Ballet, previously with Dance Theatre of Harlem Keiko Nakamura from the Vaganova Choreographic Institute, St. Petersburg Dartanion Reed Founder and Artistic Director of the Hartford City Ballet, longtime ABT dancer Autumn Mathisen-Edoff, dancer, choreographer, and playwright who currently dances with Ken Ludden; and Eleanor D'Antuono, student of Fonteyn, longtime ABT dancer, previously with Joffrey Ballet and Ballet Russe of Monte Carlo.

BUY TICKETS	Special Preview Screening! WAR/DANCE May 13 Sean Fine/Andrea Nix Fine. 2007. 105 min. NR. ThinkFilm. "A refreshingly upbeat film that finds its roots in some seriously sobering events." (Hollywood Reporter) Best Directing & Best Documentary, Sundance 2007 When students from a remote displaced-persons camp in wartorn Uganda are invited to compete in an annual music and dance festival, their historic journey to the nation's capital is an opportunity to regain a part of their childhood and taste the possibility of victory for the first time in their lives. Their experience reveals the immeasurable strength of the human spirit and the power of music and dance to transcend unimaginable violence and grief. Recent Winner of Audience Award, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.


BUY TICKETS	INVITATION TO THE DANCE May 16 Gene Kelly. 1956. 93 min. NR. US. Warner Classics. Gene Kelly's bold full-length feature comprises three separate stories that are told with no dialogue at all. The narratives rely instead on brilliant dancing, acting, music, and costumes. Circus (in which Kelly plays a lovesick clown), Ring Around the Rosy (he appears as a marine), and the inimitable Sinbad the Sailor (which combines live action with Hanna-Barbera animation accompanied by the music of Rimsky-Korsakov). Among the cast are ballet dancers Igor Youskevitch, Tamara Toumanova, Diana Adams, and the lovely jazz dancer Carol Haney.


Direct from The Museum of Modern Art India is one of the world's fastest growing nations, with a film industry to match. Over a thousand features are produced each year, from Bollywood blockbusters to intimate Malayalam, Bengali, and Tamil "art films." In a spectacularly diverse country now more than a billion strong, the one thing that everyone seems to share is a passion for cinema. *India Now* features a selection of eight new feature films and two short films that capture the astonishing range of fiction and documentary styles and genres evident in India today. The series comes direct from MoMA, where many of the films received their New York theatrical premieres. *Special thanks to The Museum of Modern Art: Series organized by Joshua Siegel, Assistant Curator, Department of Film, and Uma Da Cunha, guest curator.* *And, to our longtime collaborator Aroon Shivdasani, President and Executive Director, Indo-American Arts Council; and Pooja Kohli, Director, IAAC Film Festival.* Film descriptions condensed from those of The Museum of Modern Art. Khosla Ka Ghosla Tues. May 1 at 7:00. Opening Night Reception Dor Wed. May 2 at 7:30 Shoonya (Zero Zone) with Printed Rainbow Thurs. May 3 at 7:30 The Bong Connection Fri. May 4 at 7:30 A Cry in the Dark with Bare Sat. May 5 at 3:00 Omkara Sun. May 6 at 2:30 Parzania Mon. May 7 at 7:00 Kaalpurush (Memories in the Mist) Wed. May 9 at 7:30
BUY TICKETS	KHOSLA KA GHOSLA Tues. May 1 at 7:00 Dibakar Banerjee. 2006. 135 min. India. In Hindi with subtitles. A runaway hit comedy featuring many of Bollywood's most beloved stars. A middle-class family man from Delhi sinks his entire life savings into a suburban plot on which to build his dream house, only to be swindled by a greedy land shark. The family’s triumph over the crotch-scratching extortionist and his goons is a shaggy (under)dog story worthy of Frank Capra. Opening Night Reception with food catered by Bollywood Bistro of Pleasantville. Tickets: $11/members; $15/nonmembers.

BUY TICKETS	DOR Wed. May 2 at 7:30 Nagesh Kukunoor. 2006. 124 min. India. In Hindi with subtitles. When Zeenat, an independent, headstrong Muslim woman from the mountains of Himachal Pradesh, learns that her husband stands accused in Saudi Arabia of the murder of another Indian man, she embarks on a dramatic journey across the deserts of Rajasthan to seek the forgiveness of the only one who can pardon him, the dead man's widow.

BUY TICKETS	SHOONYA (Zero Zone) Thurs May 3 at 7:30 Arindam Mitra. 2006. 100 min. India. In Hindi with subtitles. Mitra's debut feature is a finely wrought tale of temptation, treason, and honor, inspired by T.S. Eliot's The Murder in the Cathedral. A star cricketer is seduced into fixing his team's matches, only to find the law and his guilty conscience closing in on him when the scandal breaks. With PRINTED RAINBOW Gitanjali Rao. 2006. 15 min. India. In Rao's gorgeously animated short, winner of three prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, a lonely old woman dreams of traveling the magical worlds printed on her precious collection of matchboxes.

BUY TICKETS	THE BONG CONNECTION Fri. May 4 at 7:30 Anjan Dutt. 2006. 110 min. India. In Bengali with subtitles. This utterly endearing and smart satire follows the parallel stories of two young Indian men who have difficulty adjusting to life and love in a new country: one a charismatic Indian musician from New York who moves to Kolkata to discover his cultural roots, and the other a conservative but ambitious Bengali computer technician who seizes a job opportunity in Houston.

BUY TICKETS	A CRY IN THE DARK Sat. May 5 at 3:00 Haobam Paban Kumar. 2006. 56 min. India. In Manipuri and English with subtitles. In 2004, Thangiam Manorama, a thirty-two-year-old woman from a village in India's eastern state of Manipur, was arrested and reportedly raped and killed while in police custody. The circumstances of her death, and its subsequent cover-up, are the subject of this documentary about resistance in the face of overwhelming military force. with BARE Santana Issar. 2006. 11 min. India. A poignant short in which the filmmaker uses home movie footage and recorded telephone conversations to reach out to her alcoholic father.

BUY TICKETS	OMKARA Sun. May 6 at 2:30 Vishal Bhardwaj. 2006. 151 min. India. In Hindi with subtitles. Transforming the bandlands of Uttar Pradesh into a modern-day mob underworld, Bhardwaj's freewheeling, feverish adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello is one of Indian cinema's triumphs of 2006. Saif Ali Khan plays the dastardly Iago-figure Langda Tyagi, a loyal henchman to chief Omkara (Ajay Devgan plays the brooding Othello). When the politically calculating Omkara favors an impetuous playboy over Langda to be his lieutenant, the villainous gangster plots revenge on both.

BUY TICKETS	PARZANIA Mon. May 7 at 7:00 Rahul Dholakia, 2005. 118 min. India. In Hindi and English with subtitles. In 2002, a pogrom organized by radical Hindus against Muslims in the West Indian state of Gujarat resulted in the deaths of more than 1,100 people. Director Dholakia, a native of Gujarat now living in Los Angeles, was inspired to make a film about Parsi family friends whose thirteen-year-old son disappeared during the riots. Theater owners in Gujarat still refuse to screen this powerfully humanist statement against fundamentalism, citing fears of violent protests.

	KAALPURUSH (Memories in the Mist) Wed. May 9 at 7:30 Buddhadeb Dasgupta. 2005. 120 min. India. In Bengali with subtitles. An intimate portrait of a father, his son, and the women in their lives, told with characteristic melancholy and sardonic humor by master Bengali filmmaker Dasgupta. Rahul Bose, described by Time Magazine* as "the superstar of Indian arthouse cinema," plays a mild-mannered office clerk coping with his faltering career, his ambitious wife's sudden celebrity, and haunting memories of his father. As in Dasgupta's Tale of a Naughty Girl and Chased by Dreams, the past impinges on the present in mysterious, almost surreal ways. *FREE Members-Only Screening. Tickets available to JBFC Members only at the box office beginning on Friday, April 20 on a first-come, first-served basis. Membership ticket limitations apply.

OUT AT THE MOVIES LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER FILMS May 18 – 31, 2007 Sponsored by Adam R. Rose and Peter R. McQuillan

SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	FOLLOW MY VOICE: With the Music of Hedwig May 18, 21, 24 Katherine Linton. 2006. 100 min. NR. US. Rainlake Productions. When musicians from Rufus Wainwright and Cyndi Lauper to Yo La Tengo and Polyphonic Spree recorded an album to benefit the Hetrick-Martin Institute (home of the Harvey Milk School for at-risk and LGBT youth), what better songs to include than those from the cult sensation Hedwig and the Angry Inch? Hedwig's search for identity echoes the struggles of the school's students, four of whose stories are interwoven with recording sessions in this look at youth, gender, and the power of music. "This is a film that should be shown in every high school in the country—a film that teaches tolerance while it entertains through music and performance." (Being There) Opening Night Fri. May 18 at 7:00 Dave Karger, senior writer at Entertainment Weekly and regular contributor to "The Today Show," will moderate a discussion after the screening with filmmaker Katherine Linton, film editor Jillian Buckley, and students featured in the film, including Tenaja Jordan and Mey Bun. The celebration continues with a reception in the Jane Peck Gallery. CDs of the tribute album, Wig in a Box, will be available for purchase. Tickets: $9/members; 13/nonmembers; $8/students with valid ID.


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	THE GYMNAST May 19, 20 Ned Farr. 2006. 96 min. NR. US. Lunar Fish. "Delivers emotional intensity in tastefully spectacular wrappings." (Variety) A huge favorite on the LGBT film circuit — with awards from festivals in L.A., New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, and Tampa — The Gymnast is an engrossing, highflying love story of midlife liberation. It's "a drama with a rare kind of beauty and power" (AfterEllen.com). First-time feature director (and Purchase College grad) Ned Farr conveys the joy and physicality of a 43-year-old ex-gymnast who teams up with a younger woman in an aerial fabric act in the style of the Cirque du Soleil.


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	BEYOND HATRED May 19, 22 Olivier Meyrou. 2005. 85 min. NR. France, in French. First Run/Icarus Films. BEST DOCUMENTARY, BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL. "A charged drama....Viewers will be struck by the quiet, contained dignity of Chenu's family." (Variety) Examining the roots of homophobia and other hate crimes as well as the rare human quality of forgiveness, Beyond Hatred solemnly recounts the brutal murder by three skinheads of a young gay man, François Chenu, in France. It follows the investigation into the incident, the counsel of social workers and lawyers, and the trial of the accused killers, offering a firsthand account of the struggles of the victim's family to understand the source of the perpetrators' hatred.


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	SHORTBUS May 19, 25, 27, 31 John Cameron Mitchell. 2006. 101 min. NR. US. ThinkFilm. No one under 17 admitted. "An ode to the joy and sweet release of sex...that finds humor where you might least expect it." (New York Times) The outrageous hardcore comedy from John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig) is a gleefully frank and festive journey into the world of sexuality, and a hilarious romp of energy, music, and imagination. A downtown club dedicated to liberated '70s-style carnality is presided over by the glorious Justin Bond in this tale of assorted couples searching for love and sex in contemporary New York. These are the first theatrical Westchester screenings of this acclaimed cult film, which the Village Voice calls "a triple-X midnight movie with a heart of squarest gold."


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEROS May 19, 26, 30 Auraeus Solito. 2005. 100 min. NR. Philippines, in English/Filipino/Tagalog, with subtitles. Unico Entertainment. "Buoyant and endearing." (Village Voice) A gay cross-dressing preteen in a squalid Manila neighborhood is unquestioningly devoted to his family of smalltime criminals, serving as their maid and cook. But when he is befriended by — and develops a crush on — a principled, handsome rookie cop, everything begins to change. With festival awards from Berlin to Montreal, the film's "a joy and a revelation with the insouciant wit of Almodóvar," says critic Godfrey Cheshire.


BUY TICKETS	THE BUBBLE May 20 Eytan Fox. 2006. 114 min. NR. Israel, in Hebrew/Arabic with subtitles. Strand Releasing. "Breathtakingly urgent, convulsively funny, and then impossibly tragic." (Toronto International Film Festival) In 2002 Eytan Fox brought us Yossi & Jagger, about a gay love affair in the Israeli army, and now he's tackling another tough subject: love between a Jewish and a Muslim man in today's Israel. With appealing performances and a sure touch, Fox chronicles how the slacker existence of a trio of 20-somethings living in Tel Aviv's hippest neighborhood is irrevocably altered when one of them falls for the wrong man.


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	Special Event SAINT OF 9/11 May 20, 24, 28 Glenn Holsten. 2006. 95 min. NR. US. IFC Films. "A tender memorial to a complicated man who devoted his life to service." (New York Times)* In an enduring photograph from September 11, rescue workers carry a priest's body from the World Trade Center — and so the world came to know Father Mychal Judge. The son of Irish immigrants, Father Judge was a beloved Fire Department chaplain, champion of the homeless, compassionate caregiver to AIDS patients, rousing balladeer, and gay man who kept his sexuality private so he could freely serve all who sought his ministry. Narrated by Ian McKellen. *May 24 at 7:15: Q&A with producer/director Glenn Holsten and former nun/AIDS activist Mary Lanning, a close friend of Father Mychal. Tickets: $9/members; $13/nonmembers; $8/students


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	VICTIM May 23, 26 Basil Dearden. 1961. 100 min. NR. UK. Janus Films. This historic film was the first in Britain to use the word "homosexual," which was enough to ban it from American screens at the time. It features then–matinee idol Dirk Bogarde in a breakout role that prompted him to turn to what became his deeper, more memorable work (The Servant, Death in Venice). Working at a time when homosexuality was illegal in the UK, the filmmakers used the devices of noir (Bogarde himself called it a "modest, tight, neat little thriller") to make a plea for changing the law by telling the story of a married lawyer fighting a ring of blackmailers who extort money from gay men in London.

SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	PUCCINI FOR BEGINNERS May 25, 26, 28 Maria Maggenti. 2006. 82 min. NR. US. Strand Releasing. "A deliriously funny romantic roundelay." (Hollywood Reporter) Girl leaves girl. Girl meets boy. Girl meets boy's girl. Made by Maria Maggenti (The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love) and starring Elizabeth Reaser (Sweet Land) and Gretchen Mol (The Notorious Bettie Page), this romantic comedy combines the high drama of a Puccini opera with the hilariously neurotic self-absorption of vintage Woody Allen.


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	OUTLAUGH! May 26, 27 Gene Merker. 2006. 90 min. NR. US.Wolfe Releasing. A hilarious performance film from Outlaugh!, the first LGBT comedy festival in America. Hosted by L.A.'s Gay Mafia comedy troupe, and including 30 LGBT acts from across the country, this historic gathering was a huge success, and Emmy-winning director Gene Merker was there to capture the highlights, both onstage and off. Featuring Rye native Sabrina Matthews, The Nellie Olesons, Mark Davis, Bob Smith, Lea DeLaria, and many others.

SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	FOUR MINUTES May 27, 28 Chris Kraus. 2006. 112 min. NR. Germany, in German with subtitles.Wolfe Releasing. Best Picture, German Film Academy. Two terrific performances anchor this award-winning story of an embittered elderly piano teacher (Monica Bleibtreu) at a women's prison and her new student, a supremely gifted musician and brutally violent criminal named Jenny (Hannah Herzsprung). Director Chris Kraus skillfully employs feverishly intense imagery and music to show us two very different women coming to terms with one another. A rare screening of a compelling film.


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS Inside Out	SCREAMING QUEENS: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria May 27, 28 Victor Silverman/Susan Stryker. 2005. 57 min. NR. US. Frameline. "Fascinating...made with extraordinary care and attention to detail." (San Francisco Chronicle) The first collective gay resistance to police harassment was not in 1969 at New York's Stonewall Bar, but three years earlier at Gene Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco, a popular hangout of the transgender community. For the first time, drag queens banded together to resist the police and overturn discriminatory laws, hurling furniture and wielding their heavy purses in the effort. This Emmy Award–winning documentary brings the little-known story to life. Shown with INSIDE OUT Zohreh Shayesteh. 2006. 39 min. NR. Iran, in Persian with subtitles. First Run/Icarus Films. A portrait of three transgender persons living in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Full of surprises, not the least of which is the response of most Iranian religious leaders to gender reassignment surgery.


BUY TICKETS	PANDORA'S BOX Tues. May 29 at 7:00 New Print! With guests from the acclaimed Broadway musical Spring Awakening G.W. Pabst. 1929. 110 min. NR. Germany. Silent. Kino International In this silent classic, 22-year-old Louise Brooks stars as the dangerous and hedonistic young dancer and prostitute Lulu, who causes the downfall of nearly everyone she meets. Her sexual independence and exotic allure make her irresistible to men (fathers, sons, married, engaged) and women alike. Seldom has an actress been more closely identified with a particular part. Years later, Brooks confessed, "It was clever of Pabst to know even before he met me that I possessed the tramp essence of Lulu." Q&A with composer Duncan Sheik and book writer/lyricist Steven Sater from the Broadway production of Spring Awakening. New York Times critic Janet Maslin will lead a discussion about Pandora's Box and Spring Awakening, both based on plays by Franz Wedekind. Spring Awakening CD sale to follow. Tickets: $9/members; $13/nonmembers; $8/students








BUY TICKETS	FRAMEWORKS: ART ON FILM MATTHEW BARNEY: NO RESTRAINTS


CLASSIC ITALIAN CINEMA JUNE 1–20 Join us in celebrating the extraordinary film tradition of Italy with this series of great films, some recently rereleased in fully restored prints and three with scores from Ennio Morricone. We kick it all off with a weeklong run of the rediscovered masterpiece Mafioso, which has been showing in Manhattan to enormous acclaim. Mafioso June 1 - 7 (Opening Night June 1 w/Vincent Patrick & Janet Maslin) La Strada June 8, 10, 12 The Organizer June 9, 11, 13 A Quiet Place in the Country June 15, 16, 19, 20 Burn! June 16, 18 The Good, The Bad and the Ugly June 17

SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	MAFIOSO One Week Run June 1–7 Alberto Lattuada. 1962. 105 min. NR. Italy, in Italian with subtitles. Rialto Pictures. "Delightful! The kind of zesty, irreverent wit that helped define the golden age of Italian comedy." (Premiere) "Clamors for rediscovery... It manages to swerve from culture-clashing farce to alarming suspense without losing control." (New Yorker) "A giddy mixture of farce, satire, and opera buffa and a closely observed drama of social dislocation and cultural confusion." (New York Times) A showstopper at last year's New York Film Festival, this impeccably restored classic wittily and sympathetically takes on the stereotypes of Italian culture in an often uproarious farce with a bitter edge. Italian cultural icon and actor Albert Sordi soars as a factory worker who takes his wife on a trip to meet his Sicilian family—and the visit quickly veers off course. Fri. June 1 at 7:15: Opening Night Q&A w/author Vincent Patrick, reception. Vincent Patrick, screenwriter for Sidney Lumet, Alan Pakula, and other directors, gives us his personal take on Mafioso and the depiction of the mafia in movies and fiction. Among many film and television credits, Patrick adapted his novels The Pope of Greenwich Village and Family Business for the screen. He will be interviewed by New York Times critic Janet Maslin. Following the discussion, join us for a wine and cheese reception provided by the Wine Enthusiast. Tickets: $9/members; $13/nonmembers


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	LA STRADA June 8, 10, 12 New 35mm Print! Federico Fellini. 1954. 115 min. NR. Italy, in Italian with subtitles. Janus Films. "A film of the greatest joy, the bleakest despair, and the most delicate heartbreak." (Film Society of Lincoln Center) Oscar Winner: Best Foreign Language Film. The plot of Fellini's classic about a performer in a traveling carnival (Anthony Quinn) who mistreats his young, naïve assistant (Giulietta Masina) is deceptively simple: Fellini called it "the complete catalogue of my entire mythological world." It's a multilayered look at everything from poverty to Catholicism that reaches a devastating finale—and no less than Martin Scorsese says it's "even more compelling and lyrical" now than it was when it was made.


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	THE ORGANIZER June 9, 11, 13 New 35mm Print! Mario Monicelli. 1963. 130 min. NR. Italy/France/Yugoslavia, in Italian with subtitles. Janus Films. "Engrossingly human, compassionate and humorous." (New York Times)* Marcello Mastroianni triumphs as a shaggy-haired idealist who visits a textile factory, is appalled by the brutal conditions, and stays on to organize a strike. Upon its release, the New York Post called it "one of the all-around best pictures of the year," while Time said "Mastroianni is brilliant." June 11 at 7:00: Q&A w/Jacqueline Reich. Jacqueline Reich heads the Cinema and Cultural Studies program at SUNY Stony Brook. She is the author of Beyond the Latin Lover: Mastroianni, Masculinity, and Italian Cinema.*


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	A QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY June 15, 16, 19, 20 Elio Petri. 1969. 106 min. R. Italy/France, in Italian with subtitles. Sony Pictures Entertainment. "Will absolutely nail you to the seat. A bizarre and brilliantly wrought study of encroaching madness... a dazzling, hypnotic knockout." (New York Times) Franco Nero plays a haunted painter whose manager/lover (Vanessa Redgrave) arranges a trip to the country—to a lonely villa where strange things begin to happen. This bizarre and disturbing horror film features Ennio Morricone's unforgettable, experimental score— one of his favorites—which helps create the genuinely creepy mood.


SHOWTIMES/TICKETS	BURN! June 16, 18 Gillo Pontecorvo. 1969. 132 min. R. Italy/France, in Italian with subtitles. MGM. "No one, with the possible exception of Eisenstein, has ever before attempted a political interpretation of history on this epic scale." (Pauline Kael) Pontecorvo's (The Battle of Algiers) "incandescently furious Vietnam allegory" (Washington Post) about a ruthless and charming colonialist Brit who stirs revolution on a Caribbean island in the 1840s. Marlon Brando stars, offering what he said was "the best acting I've ever done," and Ennio Morricone contributes a score that "has you just about leaping out of your seat" (Film Comment). RESTORED PRINT


BUY TICKETS	One Screening Only THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY Sun. June 17 at 4:30 Sergio Leone. 1966. 161 min. R. Italy/Spain, in English. MGM "Leone's masterpiece and the greatest of all Spaghetti Westerns." (Village Voice) Don't miss the reconstructed full-length English-language version of Leone's three-way Mexican standoff, "the ultimate rush in Spaghetti Westerns" (Time Out New York), in which a bounty hunter (Lee Van Cleef ), a Mexican bandito (Eli Wallach), and a con man (Clint Eastwood) search for buried gold. With Morricone's masterful score and Leone's over-the-top storytelling—and more than 15 minutes restored to the already-classic original U.S. release.


ROUGH CUTS: Documentaries in Progress Join host THOM POWERS and a different filmmaker each session to screen and discuss a documentary that's still in the works. It's a great chance to learn about and participate in the creation of a movie. Sign up for e-bulletins or check the website (www.burnsfilmcenter.org) after April 30 for more information. Thom Powers is the international documentary programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival and head of Sugar Pictures in New York. He is writing a history of documentary film and teaches filmmaking at New York University. SUPPORTED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS


JONATHAN DEMME'S RARELY SEEN CINEMA

BUY TICKETS	Sun. May 6 at 6:00 Aram Avakian & Bert Stern's JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY Aram Avakian/Bert Stern. 1960. 85 min. NR. US. New Yorker Films. The classic music documentary that gives us the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, celebrated by a joyous crowd of jazz enthusiasts. "One of the most pleasurable of all concert films" (Pauline Kael), it features Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Dinah Washington, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, and other music greats. Q&A w/host Jonathan Demme.


BUY TICKETS	Sun. June 3 at 6:00 Péter Gothár's TIME STANDS STILL Péter Gothár. 1982. 103 min. NR. Hungary, in Hungarian with subtitles. Magyar Filmunio. Winning awards at Cannes and from the New York Film Critics Circle, this film set in Budapest after the 1956 revolution focuses on changing times in Hungary through the experience of one family. The moody, evocative cinematography is by the great Lajos Koltai, who directed Fateless and the upcoming Evening (starring Meryl Streep). Q&A w/host Jonathan Demme.


CELEBRATING WOMEN FILMMAKERS

BUY TICKETS	Georgia Lee presents RED DOORS Thurs. May 31 at 7:30 Georgia Lee. 2006. 90 min. NR. US. Emerging Pictures. Red Doors is the story of the Wongs, a quirky, dysfunctional Chinese- American family whose New York suburban life defies the Chinese belief that painting one's front doors red brings harmony to the household. Ed Wong has just retired and repeatedly seeks an escape from his detached existence, but the tumultuous lives of his three irrepressible daughters force a change in plans. Winner of the best narrative feature prize at the Tribeca Film Festival, this gentle, charming film is "hilariously funny and unbelievably revealing" (Wall Street Journal). Q&A w/director Georgia Lee. Georgia Lee fell in love with film as a biochemistry student at Harvard and managed to complete five award-winning shorts during a brief business career. Her first, The Big Dish: Tiananmen '89, found its way to Martin Scorsese, who asked her to apprentice on Gangs of New York. "It was a dream come true...the best film education I could ever have hoped for," Lee says. Red Doors, which is inspired by Lee's own family, is her first feature.