[Press release from the Cleveland Cinematheque.]
The
Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque will show 50 films during
September and October, including 18 restored classics in a series
entitled “Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema.”
Forty-seven of the films will show in the Cinematheque’s new,
state-of-the-art Peter B. Lewis Theater inside the new Cleveland
Institute of Art building at 11610 Euclid Avenue. The other three will
be offsite Cinematheque screenings showing at the Capitol Theater at W.
65th and Detroit.
The
films will be a mix of new international films, film classics (most in
new digital restorations) and worthy second-run films. The Cinematheque
has presented the same mix of the old and the new throughout its 30-year
history. As always, every movie shown will be a Cleveland exclusive at
the time of its showing, and formats will include both digital and film.
The
series “Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema” will
run from September 13 through October 25. It consists of 18 Polish film
classics from the 1950s through the 1980s that Scorsese hand-picked to
circulate throughout North America as part of this overview. Scorsese
says: “These are films that have great emotional and visual power. They
are serious films that, with their depth, stand up to repeated viewings.
The themes in these films will resonate, as they did profoundly for
me...There are many revelations in the ‘Masterpieces of Polish Cinema’
series, and whether you’re familiar with some of these films or not,
it’s really an incredible opportunity to discover for yourself the great
power of Polish cinema, on the big screen in brilliantly restored
digital masters.”
The
retrospective includes WWII dramas, historical epics, love stories, a
cult fantasy, modern social dramas, contemporary moral inquiries, and a
couple of comedies. The directors represented comprise a who’s who of
Polish cinema, one of the world’s great film traditions. All filmmakers
are represented with major works, and some especially significant
auteurs (Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Krzysztof Zanussi) have
multiple movies in the series, creating mini retrospectives within the
larger exhibition. Two of the Polish films will show at the Capitol
Theatre. The schedule:
SUN 9/13 4:00 PM THE WEDDING
THU 9/17 6:45 PM THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER
THU 9/17 8:15 PM JUMP
THU 9/24 6:45 PM INNOCENT SORCERERS
SAT 9/26 8:15 PM THE PROMISED LAND
TUE 9/29 7:00 PM BLACK CROSS shown at the Capitol Theatre
SAT 10/3 7:00 PM PROVINCIAL ACTORS
SAT 10/3 9:05 PM TO KILL THIS LOVE
TUE 10/6 7:00 PM THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT shown at the Capitol Theatre
THU 10/8 6:45 PM ILLUMINATION
THU 10/8 8:35 PM CAMOUFLAGE
SAT 10/10 5:00 PM THE CONSTANT FACTOR
SUN 10/11 6:30 PM PHARAOH
THU 10/15 6:45 PM EROICA (HEROISM)
THU 10/15 8:30 PM NIGHT TRAIN
FRI 10/23 7:30 PM A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING
SAT 10/24 5:00 PM MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS
SUN 10/25 4:00 PM AUSTERIA (THE INN)
Unless
noted below, admission to Cinematheque films is $9; members, CIA I.D.
holders, and those age 25 & under $7. A second film on the same day
generally costs an additional $7. Currently all tickets are sold only at
the door, cash/check only. Free parking for available in two Cleveland
Institute of Art lots accessed from E. 117th Street: Lot 73 and the Annex Lot. Moviegoers should enter the building thorough entrances C or D (both face E. 117th St.) or entrance E (which faces E. 116th St.).
Below
is the complete September-October film schedule. For further
information, images, or screening links, call John Ewing or Tim Harry at
(216) 421-7450, send an email to cinema@cia.edu, or visit www.cia.edu/cinematheque. The Cinematheque receives valued support from Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.
SEPTEMBER 3-6
Thursday, September 3, at 6:45 pm &
Friday, September 4, at 9:35 pm
ROAR
USA, 1981, Noel Marshall
Where’s
Minnesota dentist/hunter Walter Palmer when you really need him? Lions
and tigers and other wild animals terrorize the family of a wildlife
preservationist in this all-too-real thriller made by Tippi Hedren and
her then husband Noel Marshall. Filmed at the Shambala animal sanctuary
in California and touted as “the most dangerous movie ever made,” the
film (which also stars Marshall and Hedren and their children, including
Melanie Griffith) caused injuries to 70 cast and crew members
(including all three leads), resulting in broken bones, scores of
stitches, and even gangrene! Many of the attacks and accidents can be
seen on screen. “There almost certainly will never be anything like Roar again, and that's reason enough to check it out.” –The Playlist. DCP. 94 min. http://drafthousefilms.com/film/roar
Thursday, September 3, at 8:40 pm &
Sunday, September 6, at 4:00 pm
GÜEROS
Mexico, 2015, Alonso Ruiz Palacios
“The foreign-language discovery of 2015 so far, and pretty close to the best film I’ve seen all year” (Andrew O’Hehir, Salon)
is a comedy that pays tribute to the early films of the French New Wave
and other 1960s b&w classics. A mischievous Mexican teen is sent to
stay with his equally feckless college student brother in 1999 Mexico
City during a student strike. These two güeros (light-skinned
Mexicans), along with the dynamic (and sexy) strike leader Ana, go in
search of a legendary sixties folk singer who allegedly made Bob Dylan
cry. “Best debut feature I've seen in the last year, best Mexican film
in recent memory.” –Godfrey Cheshire, RogerEbert.com. Cleveland
premiere. Subtitles. DCP. 102 min. www.kinolorber.com
Friday, September 4, at 7:30 pm
TOM AT THE FARM
TOM À LA FERME
Canada/France, 2013, Xavier Dolan
The fourth feature by Canadian enfant terrible Xavier Dolan, made between Laurence Anyways and Mommy,
is a tense, stylish psychological thriller about a young gay man
(Dolan) who travels to Canada’s homophobic heartland for his partner’s
funeral. Once there he realizes that his lover’s grieving mother is
unaware of her late son’s sexual orientation, though her knowing other
son threatens and brutalizes the visitor. “Taut, creepy, compelling, and
sexy.” -Time Out London. Subtitles. DCP. 102 min. amplifyreleasing.com
Friday, September 4, at 9:35 pm
ROAR
See 9/3 at 6:45 for description
Saturday, September 5, at 5:00 pm &
Sunday, September 6, at 6:30 pm
Back by Popular Demand!
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER
USA, 1984, Tom Schiller
So
strange and unclassifiable that it was never released theatrically,
this 1980s sci-fi comedy written and directed by longtime Saturday Night Live writer
and filmmaker Tom Schiller (and produced by Lorne Michaels) stars Zach
Galligan, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Mort Sahl, among others. Set in a
surreal future where the iron-fisted Port Authority controls NYC (they
regulate travel into Manhattan, administer a test for would-be artists,
etc.), the film follows an art student who goes to work in the Holland
Tunnel but eventually finds himself on a bus to the moon. Old newsreels,
classic film clips, and assorted celebrity cameos add to the comic
craziness of this sweetly funny oddity that charmed our audience in
June. 35mm. 82 min.
Saturday, September 5, at 6:45 pm &
Sunday, September 6, at 8:15 pm
New Digital Restoration!
A POEM IS A NAKED PERSON
USA, 1974/2015, Les Blank
Shot
between 1972 and 1974 but never released due to creative differences
between filmmaker Les Blank and the movie’s subject Leon Russell, this
long forgotten documentary is finally seeing the light of day. Regarded
by Blank as his greatest feature, the movie captures singer-songwriter
and Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famer Russell at work and at play in his
Oklahoma recording compound, a kind of commune visited by other artists
and musicians. With Willie Nelson and George Jones. “A time capsule
capturing the flavor of early-'70s bohemian life.” –Hollywood Reporter. Cleveland premiere. DCP. 90 min. www.janusfilms.com
Saturday, September 5, at 8:35 pm
KURT COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK
USA, 2015, Brett Morgen
This
authorized, comprehensive biography of Nirvana front man and late
grunge superstar Kurt Cobain is one of the most acclaimed films of 2015.
Cleveland theatrical premiere. DCP. 132 min. www.montageofheckfilm.com
Sunday, September 6, at 4:00 pm
GÜEROS
See 9/3 at 8:40 for description
Sunday, September 6, at 6:30 pm
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER
See 9/5 at 5:00 for description
Sunday, September 6, at 8:15 pm
A POEM IS A NAKED PERSON
See 9/5 at 6:45 for description
SEPTEMBER 10-13
Thursday, September 10, at 6:45 pm
STRAY DOG
USA, 2014, Debra Granik
Acclaimed indie filmmaker Debra Granik follows up her powerful dramas Down to the Bone and Winter’s Bone with
a frank and surprising documentary about a Missouri Vietnam vet.
Sixty-something Ron Hall is a Harley riding, trailer park residing good
ol’ boy with ample tattoos and facial hair. He also suffers from PTSD,
is learning Spanish, and loves dogs, his granddaughter, and his Mexican
wife. Won the documentary award at the 39th Cleveland Int’l
Film Festival. “Dedicates itself to breaking through the debris of
clichéd, one-dimensional public impressions of vets, bikers, immigrant
wives and kids and trailer-park lifestyles.” –Hollywood Reporter. DCP. 98 min. www.straydogthemovie.com
Thursday, September 10, at 8:45 pm &
Saturday, September 12, at 5:00 pm
Rediscovered African American Classic!
New Digital Restoration!
LOSING GROUND
USA, 1982, Kathleen Collins
The
second movie written and directed by celebrated playwright, professor,
and indie filmmaker Kathleen Collins, who died in 1988 at age 46, was
one of the first feature films by an African American woman. It was also
almost a lost film. Never released theatrically (though we showed it in
1993), this seriocomic tale of two married black professionals (a
philosophy professor and a philandering painter) at a crossroads in
their life together was rescued from obscurity by Milestone Films, who
have restored and rereleased it to rave reviews. With Bill Gunn and
Duane Jones. “A nearly lost masterwork.” –The New Yorker. Cleveland revival premiere. DCP. 86 min. www.milestonefilms.com/collections/art-artists/products/losing-ground
NO FILMS FRI., 9/11
Saturday, September 12, at 5:00 pm
LOSING GROUND
See 9/10 at 8:45 for description
Saturday, September 12, at 6:50 pm
35mm Studio Archive Print!
FREUD
aka FREUD: THE SECRET PASSION
USA, 1962, John Huston
“Huston’s most remarkable film” (Time Out Film Guide)
stars Montgomery Clift as the young Sigmund Freud, living in Vienna and
refining his psychoanalytic theories as he treats a seriously neurotic
young woman (Susannah York). Never released on video or DVD in the U.S.,
and shown here in its uncut version, Freud features striking dream sequences that make it “an extraordinary, uncanny film noir” (TOFG). The original script was written by Jean-Paul Sartre! 139 min. Special admission $10; members, CIA I.D. holders, age 25 & under $8; no passes, twofers, or radio winners.
Saturday, September 12, at 9:30 pm &
Sunday, September 13, at 6:30 pm
HORSE MONEY
CAVALO DINHEIRO
Portugal, 2014, Pedro Costa
One of the film events of the year! The first feature in eight years from the director of Ossos, In Vanda’s Room, and Colossal Youth
finds Portuguese auteur Pedro Costa returning to Fontainhas, the
decrepit immigrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Lisbon that was the
setting for his previous movies. Ventura, the elderly émigré worker from Cape Verde who was the central figure in Colossal Youth, is also the star of this movie. He
wanders down corridors and hallways, and through history—a kind of
sleepwalker flanked by friends and phantoms from his own and Portugal’s
tragic past. The result is a dreamy, hallucinatory tone poem that
embraces the underclass, seduces the viewer, but safeguards its secrets.
“Strange, hauntingly beautiful…Working about as far as possible from
the commercial mainstream of the movie business, Costa has again made a
singular docu-fiction hybrid that defies classification as readily as it
reimagines the possibilities of cinema.”-Variety. Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. DCP. 103 min. www.cinemaguild.com
Sunday, September 13, at 4:00 pm
Martin Scorsese Presents:
Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
New Digital Restoration!
THE WEDDING
WESELE
Poland, 1973, Andrzej Wajda
The late 19th-century
wedding between an urban poet and a peasant girl is crashed by phantoms
from Poland’s tortured past. This film version of a famous Polish play
was brought to the screen by the country’s greatest filmmaker, Andrzej
Wajda (Ashes and Diamonds, Man of Iron, Katyn, and many others). Subtitles. DCP. 106 min. www.mspresents.com
Sunday, September 13, at 6:30 pm
HORSE MONEY
See 9/12 at 9:30 for description
Sunday, September 13, at 8:35 pm
FRESH DRESSED
USA, 2015, Sacha Jenkins
This
new documentary charts the influence of hip-hop on the fashion
world—chronicling how African American style migrated from Southern
churches to northern cities, and on to international runways and the
malls of Middle America. Includes lots of music, vintage film clips, and
interviews with Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, Sean Combs, and others.
“Snazzy.” –Variety. Cleveland premiere. Blu-ray. 90 min. freshdressedmovie.com
SEPTEMBER 17-20
Thursday, September 17, at 6:45 pm
Martin Scorsese Presents:
Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
New Digital Restoration!
THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER
OSTATNI DZIEŃ LATA
Poland, 1965, Tadeusz Konwicki
The
first film directed by an important Polish writer, critic, and
filmmaker who died earlier this year won the Grand Prize at the Venice
Film Festival. The movie focuses on a nameless man and woman, both
lonely and damaged by WWII, who meet one day on the deserted sand dunes
of a Baltic beach and try to relate to each other. Subtitles. DCP. 62
min. www.mspresents.com
Thursday, September 17, at 8:15 pm
Martin Scorsese Presents:
Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
New Digital Restoration!
JUMP
SALTO
Poland, 1965, Tadeusz Konwicki
In
this Kafkaesque drama, a mysterious man (Zbigniew Cybulski, “the Polish
James Dean”) jumps from a train and ends up in a small Polish town
where he claims to have lived during the German occupation of WWII. The
townspeople aren’t certain whether they remember him, but his mere
presence stirs up uncomfortable memories for them. Subtitles. DCP. 105
min. www.mspresents.com
Friday, September 18, at 7:15 pm
THE LOOK OF SILENCE
Denmark/Indonesia/Finland/Norway/UK/Israel/France/USA/Germany/Netherlands, 2014, Joshua Oppenheimer
In Joshua Oppenheimer’s blistering follow-up to his take-no-prisoners 2012 documentary The Act of Killing, an
Indonesian optician confronts the rightwing thugs who murdered his
older brother during the country’s brutal anti-communist purge of the
1960s. “Staggering…A superior work of confrontational
boldness…Essential.” –Time Out New York. Subtitles. DCP. 103 min. thelookofsilence.com
Friday, September 18, at 9:20 pm &
Sunday, September 20, at 8:35 pm
EDEN
France, 2014, Mia Hansen-Løve
The new film from the acclaimed French director of Father of My Children and Goodbye First Love (both
shown at the Cinematheque) follows the life of a pioneering, teen DJ
(modeled after the director’s brother, who wrote the script) during the
heady days of the early 1990s club and rave scene in France. With Greta
Gerwig, Golshifteh Farahani, Brady Corbet, et al. A 2014 New York Film
Festival selection. “[A] graceful, deeply affecting movie.” –Hollywood Reporter. Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. DCP. 131 min. www.facebook.com/thefilmEden
NO FILMS SAT., 9/19
Sunday, September 20, at 4:00 pm
Post-film Discussion!
THE WANTED 18
Palestine/Canada/France, 2014, Amer Shomali, Paul Cowan
How
did 18 cows owned by Palestinians during the First Intifada become “a
threat to the national security of the state of Israel”? This funny,
whimsical mix of claymation and documentary details an absurdist,
stranger-than-fiction 1987 episode that saw the Israeli army hunting for
a herd of hidden dairy cows that Palestinians in the town of Beit
Sahour had purchased and raised in order to avoid buying Israeli milk.
“Beautiful and important and very strange.” –Village Voice. Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. DCP. 75 min. www.kinolorber.com Co-sponsored
by Cleveland Peace Action Education Fund, Interfaith Council for Peace
in the Middle East, and Interfaith Peace Builders—Ohio. Members of all
three organizations pay $7.
Sunday, September 20, at 6:30 pm
Ice Cream Sunday!
35mm Studio Archive Print!
COMFORT AND JOY
UK, 1984, Bill Forsyth
Singular Scottish writer and director Bill Forsyth made this rarely shown film right after his delightful Gregory’s Girl and brilliant Local Hero. It’s
a quirky comedy-drama about a Glasgow radio host (Bill Paterson) who
becomes embroiled in an ice cream war between two rival Italian families
operating ice cream trucks in the city. Never released on DVD in the
U.S. 106 min. The first 80 patrons receive a certificate from Mitchell’s Ice Cream for a “free scoop.”
Sunday, September 20, at 8:35 pm
EDEN
See 9/18 at 9:20 for description
SEPTEMBER 24-29
Thursday, September 24, at 6:45 pm
Martin Scorsese Presents:
Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
New Digital Restoration!
New Digital Restoration!
INNOCENT SORCERERS
NIEWINNI CZARODZIEJE
Poland, 1960, Andrzej Wajda
The great Andrzej Wajda followed his celebrated WWII trilogy (A Generation, Kanal, Ashes and Diamonds)
with a contemporary portrait of Poland’s modern youth. Condemned by
Communist Party officials, this unflattering film focuses on a dissolute
doctor who is unwilling to commit to his girlfriend. Zbiegniew
Cybulski, Roman Polanski, and Jerzy Skolimowski (who co-wrote the
script) play three of the physician’s cynical, aimless friends.
Subtitles. DCP. 91 min. www.mspresents.com
Thursday, September 24, at 8:35 pm &
Sunday, September 27, at 6:30 pm
WE COME AS FRIENDS
France/Austria, 2014, Hubert Sauper
For his latest look at life in contemporary Africa, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Hubert Sauper (Darwin’s Nightmare) designed and built a lightweight plane that he piloted into remote corners of newly independent South Sudan. There he interviewed politicians, tribal lords, and impoverished citizens of the war-torn, oil rich nation, along with foreign do-gooders and profiteers who are temporarily living and working there. The result is a sad, infuriating, often surreal snapshot—and one of the best reviewed movies of 2015. “A masterfully composed and suitably outraged look at the neocolonialist exploitation of South Sudan.” –Variety. Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. DCP. 110 min. www.wecomeasfriends.com
Friday, September 25, at 7:15 pm &
For his latest look at life in contemporary Africa, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Hubert Sauper (Darwin’s Nightmare) designed and built a lightweight plane that he piloted into remote corners of newly independent South Sudan. There he interviewed politicians, tribal lords, and impoverished citizens of the war-torn, oil rich nation, along with foreign do-gooders and profiteers who are temporarily living and working there. The result is a sad, infuriating, often surreal snapshot—and one of the best reviewed movies of 2015. “A masterfully composed and suitably outraged look at the neocolonialist exploitation of South Sudan.” –Variety. Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. DCP. 110 min. www.wecomeasfriends.com
Friday, September 25, at 7:15 pm &
Sunday, September 27, at 8:40 pm
New Digital Restoration!
REBELS OF THE NEON GOD
QING SHAO NIAN NUO ZHA
Taiwan, 1992, Tsai Ming-liang
Never released theatrically in the U.S. until earlier this year, the first film from the master Taiwanese filmmaker of The Hole and What Time Is It There? is
another of Tsai’s studies of urban alienation and aimlessness. The
director’s longtime muse, Lee Kang-sheng, plays a disaffected cram
school student who becomes fixated on a pair of motorcycle-riding petty
hoods and starts stalking them around Taipei. “As a first film, it is
incredibly accomplished.” -L.A. Times. Cleveland revival premiere. Subtitles. DCP. 106 min. bigworldpictures.org
Friday, September 25, at 9:25 pm &
Saturday, September 26, at 6:45 pm
Curated by Christopher Nolan
THE QUAY BROTHERS IN 35MM
UK, 1986-2015, Stephen and Timothy Quay, Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception)
has assembled this program of three stop-motion animated classics by
the Brothers Quay—all in newly struck 35mm prints—and supplemented them
with a new short film of his own about the filmmakers (Quay,
2015). Born in Pennsylvania but living and working in London, twins
Stephen and Timothy Quay have spent decades animating ordinary objects
(dolls, pencils, combs, etc.) and incorporating them into creepy,
textured dreamscapes redolent of European fairy tales. (They are the
spiritual successors to the great Czech stop-motion master Jan
Švankmajer.) The Quay shorts in this program include Street of Crocodiles (1986), The Comb (1991), and In Absentia (2000). Not for children. Cleveland premiere. Total 67 min. www.zeitgeistfilms.com Special admission $10; members, CIA I.D. holders, age 25 & under $8; no passes, twofers, or radio winners.
Saturday, September 26, at 5:00 pm &
Sunday, September 27, at 4:30 pm
2015 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL AWARD-WINNING SHORTS
USA/Japan/Singapore/Australia/France/Poland, 2014-15, various directors
World of Tomorrow, a
mind-bending new animated film by Don Hertzfeldt, is one of the
highlights of this all-new touring program of award-winning shorts from
this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The show’s other five works—Frankie
Shaw’s SMILF; Atsuko Hirayanagi’s Oh Lucy!; Kitty Green’s The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul; Paul Cabon’s Storm Hits Jacket; and Paulina Skibińska’s Object—range
from live action to documentary to “poetic,” but each movie won one of
the festival’s short film jury prizes. Cleveland premiere. Some
subtitles. DCP. 83 min. sundance.org/shortfilmtour
Saturday, September 26, at 6:45 pm
THE QUAY BROTHERS IN 35MM
See 9/25 at 9:25 for description
Saturday, September 26, at 8:15 pm
Martin Scorsese Presents:
Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
New Digital Restoration!
THE PROMISED LAND
ZIEMIA OBIECANA
Poland, 1975, Andrzej Wajda
This
rarely shown, Oscar nominated epic by Poland’s greatest living
filmmaker follows three men—a Pole, a Jew, and a German—who band
together to open a textile factory in ruthless, corrupt, industrialized
late 19th-century Łódź. From a novel by Nobel prize winner Władysław Reymont. With Daniel Olbrychski. Subtitles. DCP. 179 min. www.mspresents.com
Sunday, September 27, at 4:30 pm
2015 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL AWARD-WINNING SHORTS
See 9/26 at 5:00 for description
Sunday, September 27, at 6:30 pm
WE COME AS FRIENDS
See 9/24 at 8:35 for description
Sunday, September 27, at 8:40 pm
REBELS OF THE NEON GOD
See 9/25 at 7:15 for description
Tuesday, September 29, at 7:00 pm
Special Offsite Event!
The Cinematheque at the Capitol Theatre
Martin Scorsese Presents:
Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
New Digital Restoration!
BLACK CROSS
KRZYŻACY
aka KNIGHTS OF THE TEUTONIC ORDER
aka KNIGHTS OF THE BLACK CROSS
Poland, 1960, Aleksander Ford
Poland’s
first superproduction, made to compete with the colossal historical
spectacles coming out of the U.S. and the rest of Europe at the time,
became the country’s all-time box office champ. Based on a novel by
Nobel laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz (Quo Vadis),
the film recreates the events leading up to 1410’s decisive Battle of
Grunwald, when the Poles and Lithuanians defeated the invading
German-Prussian warrior-monks of the Teutonic Order. Subtitles. DCP. 165
min. www.mspresents.com Shown on the big screen at the Capitol Theatre, 1390 W. 65th
St. Special admission $10; members, CIA I.D. holders, age 25 &
under $8. No passes, twofers, or radio winners. No Cleveland Cinemas
passes or discounts. Special thanks to Jon Forman and Dave Huffman.
OCTOBER 1-6
Thursday, October 1, at 6:45 pm &
Friday, October 2, at 7:15 pm
HOME FROM HOME: CHRONICLE OF A VISION
DIE ANDERE HEIMAT – CHRONIK EINER SEHNSUCHT
Germany/France, 2013, Edgar Reitz
Edgar Reitz continues his career-long Heimat saga with an epic prequel to the 20th-century events chronicled in the 15-hour Heimat (1984), the 26-hour Heimat II (1993), and the 11.5-hour Heimat 3 (2004)—all
shown exclusively in Cleveland at the Cinematheque! Set during the
1840s in the Hunsrück region of Prussia that will encompass the
fictional German village of Schabbach and the multi-generation Simon
family in the later films, Home from Home focuses on Jakob Simon,
a blacksmith’s son and forbear of the future Simon clan, as he
experiences poverty and social injustice in the Rhineland. Though
revolutionary ideas are in the air, Jakob contemplates emigrating to
Brazil along with many of his countrymen. Winner of both the German Film
Award and the German Film Critics Association Award for best film of
2014, Home from Home is handsomely photographed in b&w and
color and scope, and brilliantly cast. “A magnificent, career-capping
achievement from one of the great storytellers of our era.” –Time Out London. “Nearly four hours, but never a dull moment.” –The Guardian. Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. DCP. 231 min. www.corinthfilms.com Special admission $12; members, CIA I.D. holders, age 25 & under $9. No passes, twofers, or radio winners.
Saturday, October 3, at 5:00 pm
Sebastian Birch accompanies
GREED
USA, 1924, Erich von Stroheim
Unbelievably,
one of the all-time great films has never been released to DVD! Erich
von Stroheim’s potent silent film version of Frank Norris’ novel McTeague chronicles how the love of money destroys the lives of three friends in 19th-century California. Originally 9-10 hours long, Greed remains
the most mutilated masterpiece in film history. Although the complete
version remains lost, what survives is impressive, inflammatory, and
indelible. Sebastian Birch, composer and Assistant Professor of Music at
Kent State, will provide live piano accompaniment. 35mm. Shown at 24
frames per second. Approx. 100 min. Special admission $10; members, CIA I.D. holders, age 25 & under $8. No passes, twofers, or radio winners.
Saturday, October 3, at 7:00 pm
Martin Scorsese Presents:
Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
New Digital Restoration!
PROVINCIAL ACTORS
AKTORZY PROWINCJONALNI
Poland, 1979, Agnieszka Holland
The feature debut by the Oscar-nominated Polish director of Europa Europa, The Secret Garden, and In Darkness is
a comic drama (with political overtones) about a rising young theater
director who produces a classic play in a small Polish town and clashes
with the company’s aging star over the actor’s intended “performance of a lifetime.” Subtitles. DCP. 104 min. www.mspresents.com
Saturday, October 3, at 9:05 pm
Martin Scorsese Presents:
Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
New Digital Restoration!
TO KILL THIS LOVE
aka KILL THAT LOVE
TRZEBA ZABIĆ TĘ MILOŚĆ
Poland, 1972, Janusz Morgenstern
Two
young lovers in early 1970s Poland desperately want to live together in
a shared apartment. But to afford the rent, they engage in some morally
dubious behavior. This unknown-in-America film is reputedly one of the
best Polish movies of its era. Subtitles. DCP. 97 min. www.mspresents.com
NO FILMS SUN. AFTERNOON 10/4
Sunday, October 4, at 7:00 pm
A Special Event!
Hitchcock’s Unseen Holocaust Film!
New Digital Restoration!
GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS FACTUAL SURVEY
UK, 1945/2015, Sidney Bernstein, Alfred Hitchcock
This
sobering record of the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration
camp by British troops in April 1945 was shot on the spot by army and
newsreel cameramen. Producer Sidney Bernstein of Britain’s Ministry of
Information hired editors and writers—and Alfred Hitchcock, whom he
considered the film’s “director”—to sift through, shape, and clarify the
horrific raw footage. The intent was to produce a definitive document
of Nazi atrocities that would be shown to the German people and shame
them into accepting the Allied occupation. But the film was never
completed and the project shelved. In 1984 a five-reel version of the
movie (entitled Memory of the Camps) was shown around the world.
But it took three more decades (and five years of painstaking research
and restoration work conducted by Britain’s Imperial War Museum) for the
planned six-reel film to be finished and released. That restored movie
is what we will show tonight—in a DCP imported from London’s British
Film Institute. No one under 18 admitted! Cleveland premiere. Approx. 90
min. Special admission $12; members, CIA I.D. holders, age 25 & under $9. No passes, twofers, or radio winners.
Tuesday, October 6, at 7:00 pm
Special Offsite Event!
The Cinematheque at the Capitol Theatre
Martin Scorsese Presents:
Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
New Digital Restoration!
THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT
REKOPIS ZNALEZIONY W SARAGOSSIE
Poland, 1965, Wojciech Has
Jerry
Garcia’s favorite movie is a trippy, surrealistic, mind-blowing epic
with a Chinese box structure of stories within stories. A Napoleonic
army officer in Spain discovers a book that lures him into a series of
nested narratives populated by ghosts, hermits, cabalists, gypsies, and
bodacious princesses. It’s part Alice in Wonderland, part Arabian Nights. With Zbigniew Cybulski. Music by Krzysztof Penderecki. Subtitles. DCP. 184 min. www.mspresents.com Shown on the big screen at the Capitol Theatre, 1390 W. 65th
St. Special admission $10; members, CIA I.D. holders, those age 25
& under $8. No passes, twofers, or radio winners. No Cleveland
Cinemas passes or discounts. Special thanks to Jon Forman and Dave
Huffman.
OCTOBER 8-11
Thursday, October 8, at 6:45 pm
Martin Scorsese Presents:
Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
New Digital Restoration!
ILLUMINATION
ILUMINACJA
Poland, 1973, Krzysztof Zanussi
Krzysztof
Zanussi’s penetrating portrait of the intellectual, moral, and
spiritual growth of a young scientist follows him from his university
days through his first intimations of mortality years later. “The best
film of 1973…Zanussi’s considerable gift lies in his apprehension of the
mysteries of growing up—not childhood, but that vital, crowded region
between 18 and 30.” –Int’l Film Guide 1975. Subtitles. DCP. 91 min. www.mspresents.com
Thursday, October 8, at 8:35 pm
Martin Scorsese Presents:
Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
New Digital Restoration!
CAMOUFLAGE
BARWY OCHRONNE
Poland, 1977, Krzysztof Zanussi
In
Krzysztof Zanussi’s wry drama, two university professors—a young
idealist dedicated to teaching and a cynical veteran prone to deception
and expediency—clash over their opposing values during a tense summer
session. Subtitles. DCP. 106 min. www.mspresents.com
NO FILMS FRI., 10/9
Saturday, October 10, at 5:00 pm
Martin Scorsese Presents:
Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
New Digital Restoration!
THE CONSTANT FACTOR
CONSTANS
Poland, 1980, Krzysztof Zanussi
A
young idealist who yearns for the beauty of mountains and the clarity
of mathematics finds himself mired in a messy world of injustice, petty
corruption, and disease. Writer-director Krzysztof Zanussi (a
Cinematheque guest in 1988) majored in physics and philosophy in
college. Subtitles. DCP. 96 min. www.mspresents.com
Saturday, October 10, at 7:00 pm &
Sunday, October 11, at 4:00 pm
Two Tavianis Times Three
New Digital Restoration!
THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS
LA NOTTE DI SAN LORENZO
Italy, 1982, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
In
the summer of 1944, on a night when wishes supposedly come true,
Italian villagers flee their Fascist-controlled Tuscan town after dark
and venture into the countryside to meet and greet the rumored partisans
and Americans who are coming to liberate them. The events of this
fateful night are recalled and rendered with lyrical, mythic,
magical-realist flourishes, lending the whole movie a fairy tale
quality. One of the most beloved and moving foreign films of the 1980s.
Cleveland revival premiere. Subtitles. DCP. 105 min.
Saturday, October 10, at 9:05 pm
THE CONNECTION
LA FRENCH
France/Belgium, 2014, Cédric Jimenez
Oscar winner Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
plays a French magistrate trying to take down the kingpin of the
Marseille heroin trade in this 1970s-set crime drama that is essentially
The French Connection on the other side of the Atlantic. Like
William Friedkin’s 1971 Oscar winner, this police thriller was shot on,
and will be shown from, 35mm. Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. 135 min. http://drafthousefilms.com/film/the-connection
Sunday, October 11, at 4:00 pm
Two Tavianis Times Three
THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS
See 10/10 at 7:00 for description
Sunday, October 11, at 6:30 pm
Martin Scorsese Presents:
Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
New Digital Restoration!
PHARAOH
FARAON
Poland, 1966, Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Young
Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with the powerful temple priests for
control of ancient Egypt in this lavish historical epic that, when first
released, resonated with young, freedom-loving Poles living under
Communism. Has battle scenes worthy of Hollywood. Co-written by Tadeusz
Konwicki. Subtitles. DCP. 175 min. www.mspresents.com
OCTOBER 15-20
Thursday, October 15, at 6:45 pm
Martin Scorsese Presents:
Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
New Digital Restoration!
EROICA (HEROISM)
Poland, 1957, Andrzej Munk
Rejecting the passion and romanticism that was de rigueur for
big-screen depictions of WWII heroism, Polish Jewish filmmaker Andrzej
Munk (1921-61) tells two wartime stories full of irony, satire, and
bitter comedy. The first focuses on a Polish black marketeer who
accidentally becomes a Resistance hero. The second concerns a group of
Polish POW’s in a German camp who don’t really want to escape.
Subtitles. DCP. 81 min. www.mspresents.com
Thursday, October 15, at 8:30 pm
Martin Scorsese Presents:
Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
New Digital Restoration!
NIGHT TRAIN
POCIAG
Poland, 1959, Jerzy Kawalerowicz
In
this Polish “Hitchcock” film, a man and a woman who each seem to be
running away from something end up sharing the same sleeping compartment
on an overnight train. With Zbigniew Cybulski. Subtitles. DCP. 100 min.
www.mspresents.com
Friday, October 16, at 7:30 pm &
Sunday, October 18, at 7:00 pm
TAXI
Iran, 2015, Jafar Panahi
For this third shot-on-the-sly feature since being officially banned from filmmaking for 20 years, master Iranian director Jafar Panahi drives a taxi cab around Tehran, picking up an assortment of passengers (a DVD bootlegger, an injured man, a young girl, et al.) who talk and argue about life in their beleaguered nation. Is what we’re watching real, or is it scripted and acted? The cagey Panahi won’t tell, but small cameras, confinement, and cinema itself are recurrent elements in his recent films. “A film of quiet but profound outrage, laughing on the surface, but howling in anger just beneath.” –Variety. Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. DCP. 82 min. www.kinorlorber.com
For this third shot-on-the-sly feature since being officially banned from filmmaking for 20 years, master Iranian director Jafar Panahi drives a taxi cab around Tehran, picking up an assortment of passengers (a DVD bootlegger, an injured man, a young girl, et al.) who talk and argue about life in their beleaguered nation. Is what we’re watching real, or is it scripted and acted? The cagey Panahi won’t tell, but small cameras, confinement, and cinema itself are recurrent elements in his recent films. “A film of quiet but profound outrage, laughing on the surface, but howling in anger just beneath.” –Variety. Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. DCP. 82 min. www.kinorlorber.com
Friday, October 16, at 9:15 pm &
Sunday, October 18, at 4:30 pm
35mm Scope Print!
THE GOONIES
USA, 1985, Richard Donner
Seven
kids living in an Oregon coastal town find an old pirate map and search
for buried treasure. This comedy-adventure cult classic turns 30 this
year. With Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, and Martha Plimpton.
114 min.
Saturday, October 17, at 5:00 pm
Two Tavianis Times Three
New Digital Restoration!
PADRE PADRONE
Italy, 1977, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Winner of the Palme d’Or (top
prize) at the Cannes Film Festival, the Taviani brothers’ international
breakthrough film is a potent portrait of an illiterate Sardinian
shepherd who manages to escape an impoverished upbringing, brutal
father, and patriarchal society via education. Subtitles. DCP. 114 min.
Saturday, October 17, at 7:15 pm
World War I + 100
4K Digital Restoration!
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
Britain, 1962, David Lean
Recently
named the #1 film you must see on the big screen, David Lean’s most
celebrated epic will never look and sound better than it will in this
new 4K digital restoration in our grand, new, state-of-the-art theater!
Peter O’Toole stars as T.E. Lawrence, a British adventurer who united
Arab tribes against the Turks during WWI. Stunning desert landscapes and
an all-star supporting cast (Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, the recently
deceased Omar Sharif, et al.) helped earn the film seven Oscars,
including Best Picture, Director, and Cinematography. 4K DCP. 227 min.
Special admission $10; members, CIA I.D. holders, those age 25 & under $8; no passes, twofers, or radio winners.
Sunday, October 18, at 4:30 pm
THE GOONIES
See 10/16 at 9:15 for description
Sunday, October 18, at 7:00 pm
TAXI
See 10/16 at 7:30 for description
Tuesday, October 20, at 7:00 pm
Special Offsite Event!
The Cinematheque at the Capitol Theatre
3-D RARITIES
USA, 1922-53, various directors
The
first documented public exhibition of a 3-D motion picture took place
on June 10, 1915, at New York’s Astor Theatre. We commemorate this
centennial with a special program of treasures (assembled by the 3-D
Film Archive) dating back to the dawn of stereoscopic cinematography.
Program includes: Kelley’s Plasticon Pictures: Thru’ the Trees, Washington, D.C. (1922), the earliest extant 3-D demonstration film with incredible footage of Washington and NYC; New Dimensions (aka Motor Rhythm), the first domestic full color 3-D film, originally shown at the New York World’s Fair in 1940; Thrills for You, a fascinating 1940 promotional film for the Pennsylvania Railroad; Boo Moon, a 1954 stereoscopic color cartoon; Doom Town,
a controversial anti-atomic testing film which was mysteriously pulled
from theatrical release after a few playdates in July 1953; I’ll Sell My Shirt, a burlesque comedy unseen in 3-D for over 60 years; the trailer for The Maze,
with fantastic 3-D production design by the legendary William Cameron
Menzies; and much more! Cleveland theatrical premiere. DCP. 94 min. www.flickeralley.com Shown on the big screen at the Capitol Theatre, 1390 W. 65th
St. Special admission $10; members, CIA I.D. holders, those age 25
& under $8. (Prices include 3-D glasses.) No passes, twofers, or
radio winners. No Cleveland Cinemas passes or discount offers. Special
thanks to Jon Forman and Dave Huffman.
OCTOBER 22-25
NO FILMS THU. 10/22
Friday, October 23, at 7:30 pm
Martin Scorsese Presents:
Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
New Digital Restoration!
A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING
KRÓTKI FILM O ZABIJANIU
Poland, 1987, Krzysztof Kieslowski
A
young thug kills, then is killed by the state. Kieslowski’s harrowing,
matter-of-fact chronicle of illegal and legal murder—with eerily
stylized cinematography—is an expansion of Episode Five (Thou Shalt Not Kill) of The Decalogue, the
director’s celebrated 10-part series based on the Ten Commandments.
Winner of the Felix Award for Best European Film of 1987. Subtitles.
DCP. 84 min. www.mspresents.com
Friday, October 23, at 9:15 pm
New Digital Restoration!
CRIME WAVE
aka THE BIG CRIMEWAVE
Canada, 1985, John Paizs
Never
heard of this bizarre dark comedy from Winnipeg wunderkind and indie
filmmaker John Paizs? It’s a huge cult favorite to those who know it
(read the “user reviews” on IMDb.com) and it has never been released to
DVD. (We first showed it in 1987.) Paizs plays a young writer who wants
to pen “the greatest color crime movie ever.” But though he’s good at
writing beginnings and endings, he’s perpetually stymied by middles. So
he seeks help from a mysterious Kansas-based script doctor known as “Dr.
Jolly.” Paizs spoofs 1950s noir movies, TV shows, and educational films
in his deadpan classic. DCP. 80 min. Special thanks to Brigitte Hubmann, Telefilm Canada.
Saturday, October 24, at 5:00 pm
Martin Scorsese Presents:
Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
New Digital Restoration!
MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS
MATKA JOANNA OD ANIOLÓW
Poland, 1960, Jerzy Kawalerowicz
A priest is sent to investigate demonic possession among nuns at a convent in this celebrated classic set during the 17th century. The film was inspired by the same real-life case in 1634 Loudun that also spawned Ken Russell’s The Devils (1971). Subtitles. DCP. 103 min. www.mspresents.com
Saturday, October 24, at 7:05 pm
50th Anniversary!
RED BEARD
AKAHIGE
Japan, 1965, Akira Kurosawa
In 19th-century
Japan, a gruff slum doctor (Toshiro Mifune) tries to convince an
arrogant young intern that caring for poor people is nobler than being a
society physician. Kurosawa’s humanistic epic is perhaps the only
hospital drama with swordplay. Kurosawa and Mifune’s 16th, and final, film together was voted the best Japanese film of 1965 in the Kinema Jumpo magazine poll. 35mm scope print! Subtitles. 185 min. Special admission $10; members, CIA I.D. holders, those age 25 & under $8. No passes, twofers, or radio winners.
Sunday, October 25, at 4:00 pm
Martin Scorsese Presents:
Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
New Digital Restoration!
AUSTERIA (THE INN)
Poland, 1983, Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Polish master Jerzy Kawalerowicz (Mother Joan of the Angels, Pharaoh)
remembers Poland’s lost Jewish population and culture with this drama
set at the start of WWI (but clearly looking forward to WWII). Based on a
long-suppressed script originally written in the 1960s, the film tells
of a Jewish innkeeper who houses a diverse group of people (a stranded
Hungarian hussar, some city-dwelling Jews, a band of Hasidic zealots, et
al.) who have fled Cossack hostilities. Subtitles. DCP. 102 min. www.mspresents.com
Sunday, October 25, at 6:30 pm
Two Tavianis Times Three
New Digital Restoration!
KAOS (CHAOS)
Italy/France, 1984, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
The Taviani brothers’ follow-up to their international art house hit The Night of the Shooting Stars (see
10/10 & 11) is a visually sumptuous epic consisting of four
folkloric stories by Luigi Pirandello, all set in Sicily, plus a
prologue and a rapturous epilogue. The tales are alternately sad, funny,
lyrical, and fantastic. The strangest may be the second episode, in
which a frightened young wife discovers that her new husband goes
outside and bays like a werewolf during the full moon. Subtitles. DCP.
188 min.
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