AN EVENING WITH EUGENE JARECKI
Tues. Oct. 21, 7:15
One of the most popular and engaging political speakers at the Burns,  Eugene Jarecki (Why We Fight, The Trials Of Henry Kissinger) returns for an evening of film clips and discussion on the subject of his new book, The American Way of War: Guided Missiles, Misguided Men, and a Republic in Peril. In his first New York area book appearance, his talk will range from issues of politics to questions of media; from the challenges that America faces, to the nature of internet, film, and modern communication. As a public intellectual focusing on foreign policy and the dangers of militarism, Jarecki has been featured on Bill Moyer's "NOW," "The Daily Show," "Charlie Rose," "NPR Marketplace," and "Fox and Friends." His writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Financial Times, Parade Magazine, Playboy, and The Huffington Post. In this season of heightened interest in politics and economics, it's an evening you won't want to miss!
Books will be on sale for Jarecki to sign after the discussion. View the trailer for the book
Tickets: $9 (members), $13 (nonmembers)

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Jonathan Demme's "Rarely Seen Cinema"
ZATOICHI Sun. Oct. 26 at 5:00
Takeshi Kitano. 2003. 116 m. R. Japan, in Japanese with subtitles.
"A riot of samurai lore, peppered with quicksilver fights and winking humor." (New York Magazine)
This big-budget celebration of the 19th-century blind warrior Zatoichi features spectacular swordplay and a rich lode of emotion. Starring cult filmmaker, writer, and actor Takeshi "Beat" Kitano, this is "the rare exploitation film that values relationships over bloodshed. But the bloodshed is still pretty awesome" (San Francisco Chronicle).
Q&A w/host Jonathan Demme.
Tickets: $9 (members), $13 (nonmembers)

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STEALING AMERICA: VOTE BY VOTE
Thurs. Oct. 16 at 7:30
Dorothy Fadiman. 2008. 90 min. NR. US.
"The year's scariest movie....Stealing will send you out of the theater terrified for the future of democracy in America." (Hollywood Reporter)
This new documentary on the shadowy world of voting irregularities is by emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated director Dorothy Fadiman. Including interviews with Robert Kennedy Jr., Greg Palast, Paul Craig Roberts, John Zogby and others, Stealing America chronicles an unsettling pattern of electoral irregularities going back to 1996, pointing straight at the heart of the integrity of the voting process. An investigative piece on one of the least covered issues of this over-heated election cycle.
Tickets: $6 (members), $10 (nonmembers)
Official website/trailer

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY Opens Fri. Oct. 17
Mike Leigh. 2008. 118 min. UK.
"A delightful comedy that sinks its teeth into your heart with unexpected power." (Times, UK)
Fresh from raves at the New York Film Festival, Happy-Go-Lucky is a comedic departure for director Mike Leigh (Secrets and Lies, Vera Drake). Sally Hawkins (All or Nothing) won Best Actress at the Berlin Intl. Film Festival for her portrayal of Poppy, a North London schoolteacher whose childlike enthusiasm and relentlessly positive approach to life have very different effects on the people who surround her. Also featuring Alexis Zegerman and Eddie Marsan.
Official website/trailer

A SECRET Opens Fri. Oct. 3
Claude Miller. 2008. 105 min. NR. France, in French.  
"A harrowing and wrenching coming-of-age story." (Los Angeles Times)
Based on the book Memory: A Novel by France's best-selling author Philippe Grimbert, A Secret is the devastating autobiographical account of a boy in postwar Paris who discovers his family's history of terrible wartime tragedy and guilt. Featuring Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) and Ludivine Sagnier (8 Women, Swimming Pool, A Girl Cut in Two), this fine drama uses a complex series of flashbacks to explore how Jewish identity and survivors' guilt take a toll on a couple—and then on their son.

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THE DUCHESS Opens Fri. Sept. 26
Saul Dibb. 2008. 105 min. PG-13. US.
Director Saul Dibb takes the helm for this period drama adapted from Amanda Foreman’s best-selling novel, Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire. The film involves the romantic entanglements of a popular, beautiful woman (Keira Knightley) whose unhappy marriage to the Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes) threatens to erupt into scandal when she falls for a young politician.

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TROUBLE THE WATER Opens Fri. Sept. 19
Carl Deal & Tia Lessin. 2008. 90 min. US.
“Superb....One of the best American documentaries in recent memory” (New York Times)
Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner.
The day before Hurricane Katrina made landfall, Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rap artist, turned her new video camera on herself and her 9th Ward neighbors and continued to film throughout the rise of the floodwaters, the retreat to higher ground and the return to the devastation. Directors Tia Lessin and Carl Deal (producers of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine) have woven her footage into a redemptive tale of self-described street hustlers (Roberts and her husband) who survive the storm and seize a chance for a new beginning.
Official website/trailer | New York Times review

I Served the King of England
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Preview with Filmmaker Kevin Smith
ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO
Sept. 10 at 7:30
Kevin Smith. 2008. 101 min. R. US.
Seth Rogan (Knocked Up, Superbad) and Elizabeth Banks (The 40-Year-Old Virgin) play lifelong platonic friends who get into the amateur porn business to combat their rising debt, only to realize their real feelings for each other as the cameras roll. The film opens in theaters on Oct. 31.
Preview and Q&A w/filmmaker Kevin Smith and New York Times critic Janet Maslin.
Tickets: $20 (members), $30 (nonmembers)

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THE DUCHESS Sept. 11 at 7:15
Saul Dibb. 2008. 105 min. PG-13. US.
Director Saul Dibb takes the helm for this period drama adapted from Amanda Foreman’s best-selling novel, Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire. The film involves the romantic entanglements of a popular, beautiful woman (Keira Knightley) whose unhappy marriage to the Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes) threatens to erupt into scandal when she falls for a young politician. The film opens in theaters on Sept.19. 
Preview and Q&A w/filmmaker Saul Dibb, author Amanda Foreman and New York Times critic Janet Maslin.
Tickets: $15 (members), $20 (nonmembers)

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Support the JBFC and the Village Bookstore! Pick up a discounted copy of the book Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic in the theater lobby.

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE
Sept. 20, 21, 27, *28
Hayao Miyazaki. 2001. 125 m. PG. Japan, in Japanese with subtitles. Buena Vista.
Going down one rabbit hole after another, this tale of a girl who is cursed and turned into an old woman by a jealous witch could only have been made by Miyazaki at the top of his form. Sometimes fantastically weird, it's always intensely poetic and richly imaginative.
*Book Chat for Families Sun., Sept. 28, 12:00 noon: After Howl's Moving Castle, Anne Marie Santoro, acclaimed educator and founder of our third-grade visual literacy program, SEE HEAR FEEL FILM, will lead a talk about the film and the book from which it was adapted.
Tickets: $6 (members), $10 (nonmembers)

HEY KIDS! Show us any book report you've written, and we'll give you a free child's ticket to this screening.

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FRITZ LANG IN GERMANY
Sept. 12-25
Master of the medium: Ten early films spanning multiple genres

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse Sept. *12-14
   *Q&A Sept 12 at 7:15 w/Vicente Rodriguez Ortega
Vier um die Frau Sept. 12 & 22
M Sept. 13 & *15
   *Reel Talk Sept. 15 at 7:15 w/Chris Funderburg
The Spiders, Part 1: The Golden Lake Sept. 14
The Spiders, Part 2: The Diamond Ship Sept. 14
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried Sept. 17 w/Live Piano by Ben Model
Die Nibelungen: Krimheld's Revenge Sept. 18 w/Live Piano by Ben Model
Destiny Sept. 19 w/Live Piano by Ben Model
The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse Sept. 20, 25
Metropolis Sept. 21, 23, 24

Sponsored by the Westchester Community Foundation and made possible through The Rudyard and Emanuella Reimss Fund, which is dedicated to promoting Germanic culture in Westchester County.


While you're in the theater, buy the book, Fritz Lang: Interviews, at a discount and support the JBFC and the Village Bookstore. More info...


Fritz Lang Interviews, a book edited by Barry Keith Grant, will be available for purchase in the lobby for $20 with tax, which is a 15% discount. Book selections at JBFC are made possible through a special arrangement with The Village Bookstore, 10 Washington Avenue, Pleasantville.

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UNITED ARTISTS: THE STUDIO AT 90  
Sept. 26-Oct. 9

"United Artists' adventurous tradition is on glorious display"
(Dave Kehr, New York Times)

Annie Hall Sept. 26, 28, 29
The Great Escape Sept. 26, 30
Midnight Cowboy Sept. 27, 28
The Pink Panther Sept. 27, 28
Thieves Like Us Sept. 27, *Oct. 1
   Q&A Oct. 1, 7:15: Reel Talk w/Chris Funderburg
Sunday Bloody Sunday Sept. 27, Oct. 2
Marty Oct. 3, 4
Last Tango in Paris Oct. 3, 9
Some Like It Hot Oct. 4, 5
The Thomas Crown Affair Oct. 4, 5
Raging Bull Oct. 4, 7
The Magnificent Seven Oct. 5, 8

Since 1919 United Artists has engaged in "some of the most varied and high-quality mainstream picture making in the history of American movies" (New York Sun). Presenting films from the '50s through 1980, this series is an opportunity to re-view these hugely entertaining, provocative, and beloved movies, back on the big screen. We've got films by Billy Wilder, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Bernardo Bertolucci, and others -  and three of the funniest comedies ever made: Some Like It Hot, The Pink Panther, and Annie Hall. Featuring new prints struck for the 90th anniversary.

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FROM BACH TO GLASS: A FEAST FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC LOVERS Oct. 10 - 29

The glorious sounds and remarkable lives of Bach, Mozart, Glenn Gould, Yehudi Menuhin, Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass, and more

Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037 Oct. *10-14
   *Opening Night Oct. 10 at 7:00 w/filmmaker and performance
The Silence Before Bach Oct. 15 & 18
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts Oct. 17 & 20
Olivier Messiaen et le Oiseaux Oct. 17 & *21
   *Oct. 21 at 7:30 intro by Michael Boriskin
Alexander Nevsky Oct. 18 & 23
Yehudi Menuhin: The Violin of the Century Oct. 19 & 21
Music From the Inside Out Oct. 19 & *22
   *Oct. 22 at 7:30: w/musicians of the Westchester Philharmonic
The Master and His Pupil Oct. 24 & 27
Glenn Gould: Hereafter Oct. 24 & *29
   *Oct. 29 at 7:30 Reel Talk w/Brian Ackerman
In Search of Mozart Oct. 25 & 28
Brief Encounter Oct. 25 & 28
Arvo Pärt: 24 Preludes for a Fugue Oct. 26 & 27
Tous les Matins du Monde Oct. 26 & 29

Glorious sounds will reverberate through the Burns in our crowded three-week series devoted to composers, performers, their instruments, and classical music. Films on Bach, Mozart, Glenn Gould,Yehudi Menuhin, Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass, and others will be seen - and heard! - along with Brief Encounter and Alexander Nevsky, two masterpieces that showcase the power of classical music scores in cinema.

Presented in Association with Copland House and The Westchester Philharmonic

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