[Press release from the Cleveland Museum of Art.]
Museum Hours
Friday, August 30, 2013, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 1, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
Directed
by Jem Cohen. A guard at Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum befriends an
eccentric Canadian visitor in this new movie that critic Jonathan
Curiel calls “the best drama ever made about museums and the connection
between visual art and everyday life.” Cleveland premiere.
Austria/USA, 2012, color, 107 min.
Admission
is $9; CMA members, seniors 65 & over, and students $7; or one CMA
Film Series voucher. Vouchers, in books of ten, can be purchased at the
Ticket Center for $70 (CMA members $60).
Becoming Traviata
Friday, September 6, 2013, 6:45 p.m.
Sunday, September 8, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
Directed
by Philippe Béziat. Director Jean-Francois Sivadier works with soprano
Natalie Dessay on a 2011 French production of Verdi’s La Traviata in
this new documentary that strips away the opulence of grand opera to
expose the hard work done in stark rehearsal rooms prior to opening
night. “An exquisitely observed look at performance and the creative
process.” –L.A. Times. Cleveland premiere.
France, 2012, color, subtitles, 120 min.
Admission
is $9; CMA members, seniors 65 & over, and students $7; or one CMA
Film Series voucher. Vouchers, in books of ten, can be purchased at the
Ticket Center for $70 (CMA members $60).
The Wall
Friday, September 13, 2013, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 15, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
Directed by Julian Roman Pölsler. With Martina Gedeck (The Lives of Others).
A woman hiking in the Alps finds herself cut off from civilization by a
mysterious invisible wall, forcing her to fend for herself in a
beautiful but forbidding wilderness. “Riveting and emotionally involving
from start to finish.” –Screen International. Cleveland premiere.
Austria/Germany, 2012, color, subtitles, 108 min.
Admission
is $9; CMA members, seniors 65 & over, and students $7; or one CMA
Film Series voucher. Vouchers, in books of ten, can be purchased at the
Ticket Center for $70 (CMA members $60).
Computer Chess
Friday, September 20, 2013 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 22, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
Directed
by Andrew Bujalski. In this unique new indie film set three decades
ago, brainy computer programmers try to make a machine beat a human at
chess during a weekend tournament. “An endearingly nutty, proudly analog
tribute to the ultra-nerdy innovators of yesteryear.” –Variety. Cleveland premiere.
USA, 2013, b&w/color, 92 min.
Admission
is $9; CMA members, seniors 65 & over, and students $7; or one CMA
Film Series voucher. Vouchers, in books of ten, can be purchased at the
Ticket Center for $70 (CMA members $60).
Dave Filipi presents: Rare Football Newsreels
Wednesday, September 25 , 2013, 6:45 p.m.
Dave
Filipi, Director of Film/Video at the Wexner Center in Columbus, is
familiar to CMA moviegoers for his annual program of rare baseball
films. Tonight he departs the diamond for a special show of vintage pro
and college gridiron highlights culled from the Metrotone News
Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Before television,
theatrical newsreels allowed fans to see football players from around
the country in action. Thanks to film, these greats are still in motion
and still larger than life: the Browns’ Otto Graham and Jim Brown;
OSU's Hopalong Cassady; Knute Rockne of Notre Dame; and many others.
Special admission $10; CMA members, seniors 65 & over, students $8;
no vouchers or passes. Gartner Auditorium.
Special Thanks to Steven Hill and Todd Wiener, UCLA Film & Television Archive.
USA, 1903-1970s, b&w/color, approx. 90 min.
Admission
is $9; CMA members, seniors 65 & over, and students $7; or one CMA
Film Series voucher. Vouchers, in books of ten, can be purchased at the
Ticket Center for $70 (CMA members $60).
Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
Friday, September 27, 2013, 6:45 p.m.
Saturday, September 28, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
Filmmaker in Person!
Directed
by Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, and Jeremy Newburger. With Stanley
Crouch, Sally Jessy Raphael, Al Sharpton, et al. Morton Downey Jr., the
angry, inflammatory NYC talk show host who insulted his guests and
espoused rabidly right-wing views during his controversial late 1980s TV
show, opened the door for the obnoxious TV and radio blowhards of our
own era. Downey’s spectacular rise and precipitous fall are chronicled
in this new film. “This pull-no-punches portrait shocks and amuses with
equal frequency.” –N.Y. Times. Filmmaker Daniel A. Miller will answer questions after each screening. Cleveland theatrical premiere.
USA, 2012, color, 90 min.
Admission
is $9; CMA members, seniors 65 & over, and students $7; or one CMA
Film Series voucher. Vouchers, in books of ten, can be purchased at the
Ticket Center for $70 (CMA members $60).
Ai Weiwei Film Series
See
four films inspired by the Chinese artist, activist and provocateur
whose Zodiac Project is on view in the museum’s atrium. All shown in the
Morley Lecture Hall. Admission free.
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 7:00 p.m.
Directed
by Alison Klayman. This portrait captures the Chinese dissident artist
as he prepares for a major museum exhibition, interacts with friends and
family members, and clashes publicly with Chinese government officials.
USA, 2012, color, subtitles, 35mm, 91 min.
Admission free.
Double feature!
So Sorry
Disturbing the Peace
Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 6:30 p.m.
Both
directed by Ai Weiwei. These two recent documentaries by Ai address the
aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, in which thousands of
students died in collapsed school buildings. The first film concerns the
identification of quake victims; the second revolves around the trial
of civil rights advocate Tan Zuoren, who criticized the government for
shoddy school construction.
China, 2009/2012, subtitles, color, 55/78 min.
Admission Free.
The World
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 6:30 p.m.
Directed
by Jia Zhangke. This piquant take on urbanization and globalization
focuses on two Chinese twenty-something transplants from the provinces
who work at Beijing World Park, a theme park boasting scale replicas of
some of the world’s most iconic buildings. From the director of Still Life.
China/Japan/France, 2004, color, subtitles, 139 min.
Admission Free.
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