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Over the last ten years, BAMcinématek has shared many incredible filmmakers with Brooklyn audiences—from classic auteurs to up-and-coming directors and from international superstars to local artists just breaking out. Now celebrating our tenth anniversary, we are more committed than ever to creating a platform where major new filmmakers can present their work to our intelligent, passionate audience. It is to this end that we present our first annual BAMcinemaFEST,
a festival of eighteen new films, many by filmmakers right here in Brooklyn. BAMcinemaFEST is also a celebration of our audience. BAMcinématek wouldn’t be here without the support you’ve given us over the years—so this festival is designed as
one big film party for you with outdoor
screenings, special guests, all-night movie marathons, and much more. We hope to see you at many of the events, and if you want to know where to find us, we’ll probably be exiting demonlover at 5am following the movie marathon, wide awake and wired from the thrill of a great movie.
Enjoy the festival! —Your Friendly BAMcinématek Team Front cover image: Bronson
WED, JUN 17
7:30PM DON’T LET ME DROWN (102 MIN) CO-PRESENTED BY SUNDANCE POSSE
Opening night screening & party
THU, JUN 18 new films
FRI, JUN 19 new films
SAT, JUN 20 new films
SUN, JUN 21 new films
6:30PM CHILDREN OF INVENTION (86 MIN) 9:30PM BROCK ENRIGHT: GOOD TIMES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME (79 MIN)
6:30PM BIG FAN (91 MIN) 9:30PM YOU WON’T MISS ME (81 MIN)
12:30PM WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE (85 MIN) 3:15PM CHILDREN OF INVENTION (86 MIN) 6PM HUMPDAY (94 MIN) 9PM IN THE LOOP (109 MIN) 12:30PM HUMPDAY (94 MIN) 3:30PM EVERYTHING STRANGE AND NEW (84 MIN) 6:15PM BEESWAX (100 MIN) 9PM BRONSON (92 MIN)
MON, JUN 22 new films
TUE, JUN 23 new films
6:30PM THE GLASS HOUSE (92 MIN) 9:30PM BIG FAN (91 MIN)
6:30PM YOU WON’T MISS ME (81 MIN) 9:30PM EVERYTHING STRANGE AND NEW (84 MIN)
WED, JUN 24
6:30PM BROCK ENRIGHT: GOOD TIMES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME (79 MIN)
new films
9:30PM SORRY, THANKS (93 MIN)
THU, JUN 25
6:30PM THE EXPLODING GIRL (79 MIN) 9:30PM THE SQUARE (105 MIN)
new films
FRI, JUN 26 new films
SAT, JUN 27 Centerpiece
OUTDOOR SCREENING: 9PM WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE (85 MIN) 6:30PM PROM NIGHT IN MISSISSIPPI (90 MIN) 9:30PM REPORTER (92 MIN)
5:30 & 9PM 3EPKANO PERFORMS WITH METROPOLIS 11:15PM—5AM BAMCINÉMATEK ALL NIGHT OUTDOOR SCREENING: 9PM WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE? (73 MIN)
SUN, JUN 28 shorts sunday
12:30PM PROGRAM 3:15PM PROGRAM 6:00PM PROGRAM 9:00PM PROGRAM
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MON, JUn 29 BAM cinématek alogue
7:30PM MARKETA LAZAROVÁ (162 MIN)
TUE, JUn 30 BAM cinématek alogue
6:15PM SISTERS (70 MIN)
WED, JUl 1 BAM cinématek alogue
AN EVENING WITH ARNAUD DESPLECHIN: 6:15PM THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (110 MIN) 9:30PM MISSISSIPPI MERMAID (123 MIN)
THU, JUl 2 BAM cinématek alogue
6:30PM DEAD MAN (121 MIN)
8PM THE LEOPARD (185 MIN)
9:30PM INTIMATE CONFESSIONS OF A CHINESE COURTESAN (86 MIN)
Tickets on sale
Monday, May 25 Available online at BAM.org/BAMcinemaFEST Individual film tickets: General admission:$11 BAM Cinema Club members: $7; Movie mogul members: free; seniors 65 and over, children under 12, and students 25 and under with valid I.D. Mon—Thu: $8
Opening Night: General admission: $20; BAM Cinema Club members: $10; Movie Mogul level members: Free 3epkano Performs with Metropolis: General admission: $15; BAM Cinema Club members: $11 BAMcinématek All Night: General admission and BAM Cinema Club members: $15 Screenings take place at BAM Rose Cinemas, Peter Jay Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, unless otherwise noted
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The first annual BAMcinemaFEST opens with the New York premiere of Don’t Let Me Drown, a beautiful and understated Brooklyn love story. This breakout feature film debut by Cruz Angeles was one of the major discoveries of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Co-presented by Sundance Posse.
Don’t Let Me Drown + Opening Night Party wednesday, June 17 at 7:30pm Director, cast, and crew in attendance General admission: $20 BAM Cinema Club: $10 Director: Cruz Angeles
“One of the best film portraits yet of New York City in the aftermath of 9/11” (Hollywood Reporter), Don’t Let Me Drown explores the moving love story between two teens as they deal with the repercussions the WTC attacks had on their families, as well as prejudices within their Latino communities. With incredibly moving and realistic performances by the young leads, an emotionally affecting and humorous script, a neo-realist aesthetic, and authentic Brooklyn locations, director Cruz Angeles crafts a love story that delicately captures New York City overcoming adversity and struggling to begin anew. NY Premiere! In English and Spanish with English subtitles. US, 2009, 102 min EXP: Ian McGloin, Virgil Price, Jamie Mai, Charlie Ledley PR: Maria Topete, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, James Lawler, Ben Howe PC: E.J. Bonilla, Gleendilys Inoa, Damián Alcázar,
Ricardo Antonio Chavira, Gina Torres, Yareli Arizmendi
Opening Night Party: Brooklyn Blowout post-screening free
All opening night ticket holders are invited to join fellow filmgoers at the post-screening BROOKLYN BLOWOUT, where we’ll celebrate Brooklyn-style—that means music, dancing, and refreshing libations from Brooklyn Brewery. Borough pride encouraged; Brooklyn fun mandatory. OPENING NIGHT FILM AND PARTY ARE CO-PRESENTED WITH SUNDANCE POSSE, THE ALUMNI ORGANIZATION OF SUNDANCE INSTITUTE
CREDITs Legend EXP: Executive Producer PR: Producer COP: Coproducer PC: Principal Cast
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BAMcinemaFEST presents eighteen new films that provide a snapshot of some of the most vital new voices in independent cinema today. Most screenings followed by Q&As with artists.
Sunday, June 21 at 6:15pm Director: Andrew Bujalski
Bujalski’s (Funny Ha Ha, Mutual Appreciation) latest is a legal thriller for anyone who finds ‘legal thriller’ to be an oxymoron—sort of an indie cinema spin on The Pelican Brief. With a unique mix of realism and humor and uncanny authenticity from his performers, Bujalski employs an improvisational style that allows conversations to play out in full. The story follows twins Jeannie, a paraplegic shopowner, and Lauren, who is between jobs (played by real-life siblings). Jeannie, believing her co-owner might sue her, enlists the help of her law student ex-boyfriend, who becomes increasingly involved in the sisters’ lives. Opens at Film Forum on August 7. US, 2009, 100 min, NY PREMIERE PR: Dia Sokol, Ethan Vogt, Houston King, Gary Stewart PC: Tilly Hatcher, Maggie Hatcher, Alex Karpovsky
Big Fan Friday, June 19 at 6:30pm Monday, June 22 at 9:30pm Director: Robert Siegel
US, 2009, 91 min, NY PREMIERE EXP: Jen Cohn PR: Jean Kouremetis, Elan Bogarin PC: Patton Oswalt, Michael Rapaport, Kevin Corrigan, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Matt Servitto
Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be the Same
Thursday, June 18 at 9:30pm Wednesday, June 24 at 6:30pm Director: Jody Lee Lipes
In this provocative documentary, Lipes creates an intimate portrait of Brock Enright, an artist who challenges what is acceptable (he often incorporates scatological, violent, and sexually graphic material in his work). As Enright and his girlfriend create a video installation for his first solo show in Manhattan, the film also blurs reality and art as the artist puts himself, friends, and family in uncomfortable scenarios and then videotapes what happens. This beautifully-shot film is destined to be one of the most talked about films of the festival. US, 2009, 80min, NY PREMIERE PR: Kyle Martin, Jody Lee Lipes
All photos courtesy of the filmmakers
Beeswax
Paul is a 35-year-old toll booth operator from Staten Island who lives and dies by his New York Giants. When he has a chance encounter with Giants linebacker Quantrell Bishop, however, things go horribly wrong and a brutal beating at the hands of his idol tests Paul’s allegiance to the team. Comedian Patton Oswalt delivers a heartbreaking, layered performance in this pitch-black comedy that reveals the disturbing side of obsessive fandom. This is the directorial debut of Robert Siegel, screenwriter of The Wrestler.
American children. When they are evicted from their home, Elaine is lured into a crooked pyramid scheme with promises of easy money. Soon a series of events unfold that leave the Cheng children to their own devices, pursuing their own dreams of wealth and prosperity. Building on his short Windowbreaker, Tze Chun crafts a sobering, yet playful portrait of the quest for shortcuts to that elusive American Dream.
Bronson
US, 2009, 86 min, NY PREMIERE EXP: Dan Cogan PR: Mynette Louie, Trevor Sagan PC: Cindy Cheung, Michael Chen, Crystal Chiu
Sunday, June 21 at 9pm Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Director of the explosively brilliant The Pusher Trilogy, Refn beats the overly-sanitized biopic formula to a pulp with this stylized portrait of Britain’s most notorious prisoner: a former bare-knuckle boxer who has spent 34 years plus behind bars, most of it in solitary confinement. Tom Hardy inhabits Bronson completely, a man at once polite and vulnerable, brutal and sadistic. Propelled by a soundtrack of Verdi, Wagner, New Order, and Pet Shop Boys, Bronson is uncompromising filmmaking that throws down the gauntlet at mainstream cinematic depictions of violence. Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures. Opens Oct 2009. UK, 2009, 92 min, NY PREMIERE PR: Rupert Preston, Danny Hansford PC: Tom Hardy, Matt King, James Lance, Kelly Adams, Amanda Burton
Children of Invention Thursday, June 18 at 6:30pm Saturday, june 20 at 3:15pm Director: Tze Chun
Single mom Elaine Cheng struggles working several jobs to support her two first-generation
Everything Strange and New Sunday, June 21 at 3:30pm Tuesday, June 23 at 9:30pm Director: Frazer Bradshaw
In his directorial debut, accomplished cinematographer Bradshaw reveals not only a gift for framing prosaic scenes in a way that pins you in your seat, but also a narrative style that is beautiful and hazy, riveting yet tranquil. Wayne, a carpenter, copes with difficult children, an unstable wife, an overdrawn mortgage, and the problems of his friends in this authentic, disquieting portrait of contemporary life. Building a mood of mounting unease, this film taps into current anxieties about the recession to question the notions of success and prosperity. US, 2009, 84 min, NY PREMIERE EXP: Stephen Bannatyne, Marcia Carver, Willie Mae Webb PR: Laura Techera Francia, A.D. Liano PC: Jerry McDaniel, Beth Lisick, Luis Saguar, Rigo Chacon Jr.
lower-class Iranian women dealing with sexual abuse, drug addiction, and broken families. These women on the fringe of Iranian society find refuge at a rehabilitation center devoted to getting troubled young women back on their feet. Shot over a year in cinema verité style, this extraordinary film overturns stereotypes about the experiences of women in Iranian society by allowing many perspectives and voices to be heard.
The Exploding Girl
US/Iran, 2008, 92 min PR: Melissa Hibbard
Thursday, June 25 at 6:30pm Director: Bradley Rust Gray
This moving new work by Bradley Rust Gray (Salt) is a quiet masterpiece—a delicate portrait of body language and things left unsaid. Zoe Kazan plays the cherubic Ivy, a young woman spending a college break at home in Brooklyn. Throughout the week she struggles to connect with her boyfriend through awkward cell phone conversations while deepening her intimacy with childhood friend Al. Abetted by Eric Lin’s gorgeous cinematography, Gray incisively details romantic awakening not by crafting a conventional love story, but by focusing on the richness of his characters and the subtleties of emotional communication. US, 2009, 79 min PR: Karin Chien, So Yong Kim, Ben Howe PC: Zoe Kazan, Mark Rendall, Maryann Urbano
Humpday Saturday, June 20 at 6pm sunday, june 21 at 12:30pm Director: Lynn Shelton
The Glass House Monday, June 22 at 6:30pm Director: Hamid Rahmanian
This heart-wrenching documentary offers unprecedented access into the lives of
Director Lynn Shelton slyly subverts the “bromances” of Apatow and ilk with this incisive comedy about Ben and Andrew, two straight best friends who, on a dare, decide to have sex…and film it. This bold and hilarious take on contemporary masculinity features pitch-perfect performances from Duplass and Leonard and was a huge hit at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures. Opens July 10, 2009. US, 2009, 92 min, NY PREMIERE PR: Lynn Shelton COP: Jennifer Maas, Steven Schardt PC: Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, Alycia Delmore, Lynn Shelton, Trina Willard
In the Loop Saturday, June 20 at 9pm Director: Armando Iannucci
in Mississippi if the students agreed to discontinue their segregated proms and have one integrated event with both black and white students. This film follows the day-today discussions and drama among the various factions of Charleston High as they struggle with generational prejudices, class and racial divisions, and conflicts among friends and families. Canada, 2008, 90 min, NY PREMIERE PR: Paul Saltzman, Patricia Aquino AP: Thabi Moyo, Paul Hay
Set in the period leading up to the outbreak of an unidentified war in the Middle East, this dagger-tongued, excruciatingly funny satire follows the political fall-out when a bumbling British cabinet minister publicly states that war is “unforeseeable,” sending the Prime Minister’s potty-mouthed Director of Communications (Capaldi) into a tailspin. Iannucci expands on his award-winning BBC comedy series The Thick of It with this quickpaced farce following the shenanigans of those who walk the corridors of power. Featuring hilarious turns by James Gandolfini and Steve Coogan. Courtesy of IFC Films. Opens July 24 in theaters and video on demand. UK, 2008, 109 min PR: Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy PC: Peter Capaldi, James Gandolfini, Tom Hollander, David Rashe, Gina McKee, Chris Addison, Anna Chulmsky, Mimi Kennedy
Reporter Friday, June 26 at 9:30pm Director: Eric Daniel Metzgar
Prom Night in Mississippi Friday, June 26 at 6:30pm Director: Paul Saltzman
In 2008, Morgan Freeman offered to pay for the prom at Charleston High School
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Nicholas Kristof has spent years trying to spotlight global poverty and human rights abuses in his New York Times column. Reporter follows him on a 2007 journey to the Congo where he once again focuses on the injustices and inequalities of the human condition. The film is a deft exploration of how journalists like Kristof grapple with communicating such unimaginable tragedies to an audience reading about it over Sunday brunch. US, 2008, 90 min EXP: Ben Affleck PR: Mikaela Beardsley, Steven Cantor
and singular cinematic vision. Preceded by Nash Edgerton’s short film Spider (9 min). Australia, 2009, 105 min, NY PREMIERE PR: Nicole O’Donohue PC: Nash Edgerton, Mirrah Foulkes, Chum Ehelepola, Bruno Xavier, Tony Lynch, Joel Edgerton
William Kunstler: Sorry, Thanks Wednesday, June 24 at 9:30pm Director: Dia Sokol
This wryly observant story of two San Francisco 20-somethings and the fallout of a one night stand is a casually insightful romantic comedy about the perils of postmillennial romance. Two beautiful and smart women vie for lovable loser Max (a brilliantly dead-pan Wiley Wiggins), begging the question of why women are drawn to manboys who resist growing up. Look for Beeswax director Andrew Bujalski as Max’s painfully honest (and amusing) buddy.
Disturbing the Universe
Saturday, June 20 at 12:30pm Directors: Emily & sarah Kunstler
This documentary about famed civil rights lawyer William Kunstler is the directorial debut of his daughters, Sarah and Emily. For a full description, see the next page. Q&A is moderated by Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman. Film also screens outdoors on Thursday, June 25. US, 2009, 90 min, NY PREMIERE EXP: Vanessa Wanger PR: Jesse Moss, Susan Korda
US, 2009, 93 min, NY PREMIERE PR: Lauren Veloski PC: Wiley Wiggins, Kenya Miles, Andrew Bujalski, Ia Hernandez
You Won’t Miss Me The Square Thursday, June 25 at 9:30pm Director: Nash Edgerton
Veteran stuntman Edgerton’s first feature is a stylish noir thriller with jaw-crunching suspense that had audiences at SXSW yelling back at the screen. A secret take-the-moneyand-run plan, hatched by a married man and his younger mistress, goes horribly wrong in this twisted and violent take on the classic crime film. The Square is co-written by and stars the director’s brother Joel, and the Edgerton duo has been compared to the Coen Brothers for their darkly humorous storytelling
Friday, June 19 at 9:30pm Tuesday, June 23 at 6:30pm Director: Ry Russo-Young
This absorbing character study features a startlingly raw performance from Stella Schnabel as an aspiring actress who drifts through a series of meaningless sexual encounters, failed auditions, and public breakdowns, repeatedly lashing out at the world she struggles to comprehend. Like an updated version of Cassavetes’ A Woman Under the Influence, You Won’t Miss Me astutely taps into the psychology of a frustrated generation—privileged and talented but, for all its potential, unfulfilled. US, 2009, 81 min, NY PREMIERE PR: Ry Russo-Young PC: Stella Schnabel, Simon O’Connor, Carlen Altman, Rene Ricard, Sarah Ball, Donald Eric Cumming
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What’s a summer film festival without outdoor screenings? BAMcinemaFEST presents two dynamic and entertaining documentaries for your outdoor viewing pleasure. 8PM Doors Open / 8:30PM Live Music / 9PM Film Screening
PARKING LOT DIAGONAL TO BAM AT LAFAYETTE & ASHLAND
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe Thursday, June 25 at 9pm Directors: Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler Tickets: $11
William Kunstler’s fingerprints are on many of the most crucial cases in American history—from fighting for civil rights with Martin Luther King, Jr. to defending the Chicago Eight, and from supporting the Attica prison uprising to defending the leaders of the standoff at Wounded Knee. Directed by his daughters, this film is not only the story of a lawyer who represented some of the most controversial and reviled defendants of the time, but also the story of how those choices affected his family. US, 2009, 90 min, NY PREMIERE EXP: Vanessa Wanger PR: Jesse Moss, Susan Korda
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What’s On Your Plate? Saturday, June 27 at 9pm Director: Catherine Gund This screening is free
You’ve read Omnivore’s Dilemma and Fast Food Nation, and you try to buy local and organic produce at your neighborhood farmer’s market. But do you really know how your food ends up on your table? Through the eyes of two intelligent and inquisitive eleven-year-old girls from Lower Manhattan, we follow the many paths, the conflicting economics, and the disparate decision makers who all play a part in what we eat. A great film for families to watch together that presents a variety of perspectives on how food reaches our urban community and its associated challenges. US, 2009, 73 min, NY PREMIERE PR: Catherine Gund, Tanya Selvaratnam AP: Heather Greene, Nell Marantz COP: Sadie Hope-Grund, Safiyah Riddle Presented in conjunction with:
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Outdoor screenings are supported, in part, by GGMC Parking, LLC.
Shorts Sunday June 28
BAMcinemaFEST presents 29 short films, including animation, narrative, documentary, and experimental work. Each program features Q&As with a selection of the filmmakers.
Shorts Program 1: Animation at 12:30pm
Shorts Program 2: at 3:15pm
Shorts Program 3: at 6pm
Shorts Program 4: at 9pm
Shorts Program 1: Animation Sunday, June 28 at 12:30pm (90 min)
Hot Dog
Dear Beautiful
Director: Bill Plympton
Director: Roland Becerra
A loveable pup struggles to get more recognition from his firefighter pals.
A married couple confronts their relationship issues as well as external challenges.
US, 2008, 6 min
US, 2007, 15 min
All photos courtesy of the filmmakers
Shorts Program 1: Animation continued From Burger It Came Director: Dominic Bisignano
A boy eats a hamburger of unknown origins and fantasizes about the horrific consequences. US, 2008, 7 min
Out of Control Director: Sofia Carrillo
Dark, beautiful, and ethereal musings on solitude. Mexico, 2008, 11 min
Western Spaghetti Director: PES
Common household objects metamorphose into familiar food items. US, 2008, 2 min
This Way Up Directors: Adam Foulkes, Alan Smith
Two undertakers encounter unexpected adventures as they attempt to transport a recently deceased customer. UK, 2008, 9 min
Good: Internet Censorship Directors: Lindsay Utz, Morgan Currie, Jason Jones
A whirlwind survey of global internet regulatory practices. US, 2008, 3 min
The Real Place Director: Cam Christiansen
This is a spirited telling of the life of playwright John Murrell. Canada, 2008, 5 min
GOOD: Atomic Alert Director: Max Joseph
The state of nuclear weapons in the modern world, and the supposed effects of a nuclear attack on New York. US, 2007, 4 min
Keith Reynolds Can’t Make It Tonight Director: Felix Massie
Keith Reynolds leaves his hat in his car; this isn’t the only mistake he makes today. UK, 2007, 7 min
I Am So Proud of You Director: Don Hertzfeldt
A follow-up to Sundance Jury Prize Winner, Everything Will Be Ok. In this installment, Bill tries to deal with some family issues. US, 2008, 22 min
Shorts Program 2 Sunday, June 28 At 3:15Pm (93 min)
Acting for the Camera Director: Justin Nowell
What’s the process by which an actor can convincingly feign a believable orgasm…on screen? US, 2008, 15 min
Abbie Cancelled Director: Dumb Bunny
Agitated hosts and reticent guests are not the formula for dinner party success in Brooklyn. US, 2008, 16 min
Utopia, Part 3: The World’s Largest Shopping Mall Directors: Sam Green, Carrie Lozano
Does a huge mall in one of the world’s most densely populated countries equal retail success? US, 2009, 13 min
Lessons from the Night Director: Adrian Francis
An overnight janitor in a foreign country expounds on human nature. Australia, 2008, 9 min
My Friends Director: Louis Garrel
Three twentysomethings in Paris discuss life and love. France, 2008, 26 min
Jerrycan Director: Julius Avery
Bullies, adolescent egos, pyromania, go-carts, and a heart-pounding soundtrack. Australia, 2008, 14 min
Shorts Program 3
The Blindness of the Woods
Sunday, June 28 at 6pm (91 min)
Directors: Martin Jalfen, Javier Lourenco
Netherland Dwarf Director: David Michôd
A single father tries to brighten his son’s day by buying him the bunny the boy has been yearning for. Australia, 2008, 15 min
Crocodiles and I Director: Marcela Arantes
A teenage girl deals with the social perils of her antagonistic older brother and his obnoxious friends. Brazil, 2008, 18 min
Little Minx Exquisite Corpse: She Walked Calmly Disappearing into the Darkness Director: Malik Hassan Sayeed
A shooting in the numinous darkness of the city causes confusion. US, 2008, 10 min
Instead of Abracadabra Director: Patrick Eklund
An aspiring magician makes a bloody mistake. Chimay! Sweden, 2008, 22 min
Lady Chatterley meets the Muppets. Argentina, 2008, 11 min
Love You More Director: Sam Taylor-Wood
The latest single from the Buzzcocks leads to a steamy after-school romp. UK, 2008, 15 min
Shorts Program 4
575 Castro Street
Sunday, June 28 at 9pm (81 min)
Director: Jenny Olsen
No Idle Hands Director: Sabrina Gshwandtner
Part travelogue, part Surrealist narrative, the three-part film takes us on a symbolic tour through the history of knitting. US, 2008, 9 min
Memorias de una familia cubana Director: Yan Vega
Fictional film created with the photo album of a Cuban family, whose destiny is woven together with the history of the Revolution from 1959 to today.
Set to the original audio cassette recorded by Harvey Milk in November 1977 to be played “in the event of my death by assassination.” US, 2008, 8 min
Le Feu, le Sang, Les Etoiles Director: Caroline Deruas
Left-wing youth react the day after the elections. From feelings of helplessness to tears and anger. How to cope with it, or where to flee? France, 2008, 16 min
France, 2007, 16 min
Happy 95th Birthday Grandpa Director: Gary Huggins
Illumination comes to a young boy at his grandfather’s 95th birthday. US, 2008, 6 min
Out of Our Minds Director: Tony Stone
Featuring original music by Melissa Auf der Maur (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins), the film depicts a fantasy world where a Viking heart, a car crash, and a bleeding forest connect. US, 2008, 28 min
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BAMcinemaFEST presents the Centerpiece Event, a special all-night celebration featuring two performances by Irish rock collective 3epkano with their original score for Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, followed by an all-night movie marathon on all four screens.
Metropolis, courtesy of Photofest
3epkano Performs with Metropolis Saturday, June 27 at 5:30 & 9pm General admission: $15 BAM cinema Club: $11
One of the most exciting musical discoveries of BAMcinématek’s ten years, ambient rock collective 3epkano was first introduced to New York audiences at BAM in 2007 with its explosive, intense (some might call it lifechanging) performance to G.W. Pabst’s silent masterpiece Pandora’s Box. They returned to BAM in 2008 with a sold-out, equally transcendent score to F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise. This seven-piece band composes original music for some of the greatest masterpieces in silent film, paying deep respect to the tone and dynamics of the image on screen, resulting in a thrilling and incredibly modern visual and aural experience.
Metropolis (1927), 124min Director: Fritz Lang With Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich
For this special performance, 3epkano takes on Metropolis, Fritz Lang’s towering masterpiece set in a mechanized, dystopian future in which society has been divided into two groups: thinkers and laborers. When a young man resolves to break out of this rigid social structure, the city is thrown into chaos. Featuring a singular performance by Brigitte Helm as a lecherous robotic woman and some of the most spectacular sets ever designed, Metropolis still looks ahead of its time. “Lang’s impossibly vast skyscraper-ziggurats (inspired, it’s said, by his first view of the Manhattan skyline) are the blueprint for nearly every science-fiction movie city of the past 30 years” (The Village Voice).
Major Support for Metropolis is provided by the Frederick Loewe Foundation, in recognition of Loewe’s early career as an accompanist for silent films. The Frederick Loewe Foundation’s gift is made in memory of its late and beloved President Floria Lasky.
June 27 11:15pm—5:15am
BAMcinématek Mahogany, courtesy of Photofest
Top Gun, courtesy of Photofest
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Before They Were Scientologists
Diana Ross Coming Out
BAMcinemaFEST presents three of your favorite stars as you’d like to remember them…before the couch jumping, Jenny Craig commercials, and, er, Battlefield Earth.
Music, glamour, and 70s schmaltz collide in this pair of films featuring superstar Diana Ross. This double feature will have you in rapture from the moment the words “gowns designed by Diana Ross” hit the screen.
Top Gun (1986) 110 min
The Wiz (1978) 134 min Director: Sidney Lumet. With Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Richard Pryor. We’re definitely nowhere near Kansas in this urban re-telling of the classic tale. 12am
Mahogany (1975) 109 min Director: Berry Gordy. With Diana Ross,
Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Perkins. Ross, in glamorous 70s couture, is paired with Williams—the paramour to her rising fashion model—while Perkins is the disturbed photographer who tries to split them up. 2:30AM
Director: Tony Scott. With Tom Cruise,
Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer. Tom Cruise stars as Lt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, a hot-shot young aviator with a “need for speed” in this VHS classic featuring a killer 80s soundtrack. 11:15pM
Look Who’s Talking Too (1990) 81 min Director: Amy Heckerling. With John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Bruce Willis, Roseanne Barr. This sequel to Look Who’s Talking finds toddler Mikey learning he’s got to “fight for his right to potty.” 1:30AM
Staying Alive (1983) 93 min Director: Sylvester Stallone. With John Travolta. Travolta’s crotch practically co-stars in this awesomely cheesy follow-up to Saturday Night Fever. Don’t miss the climactic, psychedelic S&M-themed dance sequence. 3am
Join us for four movie marathons that are sure to satisfy the popcorn flick lover in everyone (don’t worry, there’s one screen for arthouse lovers, too!). And if you need help keeping your energy up between film screenings, we'll also be running an all-night dance party in BAMcafé. Tickets are $15 and include access to all screens and dance party. In the Mood for Love, courtesy of Photofest
Friday, courtesy of Photofest
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All Night Bong Whether you’re in the mood to see really good, funny movies, or feeling unusually relaxed, hungry, and/or paranoid, this screen is for you.
Smiley Face (2007) 88 min Director: Gregg Araki. With Anna
Faris, John Krasinski. When Jane eats her roommate’s pot-filled cupcakes, she stumbles through LA to find replacements. With subtle social commentary throughout, some of this is actually kind of deep, dude. 11:15pM
Pineapple Express (2008) 111 min Director: David Gordon Green. With Seth Rogen, James Franco. Green revitalizes the classic pot plot in this 80s-action-flick-inspired comedy. “The Casablanca of pot comedies” (Cinematical). 1am
Friday (1995) 91 min Director: F. Gary Gray. With Ice Cube, Chris Tucker. Craig and Smokey share a joint and chillax in South Central when Smokey’s dealer threatens to kill them if they don’t pay their debt by the end of the night. Boyz in the Hood with bongs. 3am
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BAMcinématek Favorites Among the many films BAMcinématek has shown over the past ten years, these three hold a special place in our hearts.
In the Mood for Love (2000) 98 min Director: Wong Kar-wai. With Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung. Leung and Cheung star in this lushly photographed tale of unconsummated love. 11:15pM
Millennium Mambo (2001) 119 min Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien. With Shu Qi, Jack Kao. A young girl drifts through endless parties and hookups in neon-soaked Taipei. 1:15am
demonlover (2002) 115 min Director: Olivier Assayas. With Gina Gershon, Chloë Sevigny, Charles Berling. A thriller about corporate greed, porn, and video games, set to a score by Sonic Youth. 3:15am
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In this sidebar, the BAMcinématekalogue, we pay tribute to unique moments in BAMcinématek’s ten-year history with a series of special repertory film screenings. Marketa Lazarová (1967) 162 min monday, June 29 at 7:30pm ˇil Director: František Vlác
With Magda Vášáryová, Josef Kemr As part of BAMcinématek’s ongoing commitment to bringing Czech film to New York audiences, we’ve screened this rarely seen landmark of Czech cinema three times, including during a rare Vlácil retrospective in 2002. A portrait of Europe at the crossroads of Paganism and Christianity, it’s a haunting, surreal, and deliriously strange work of art that recalls Bergman, Kurosawa, and Tarkovsky while also managing to be unlike any other film. In a 1998 poll of the Czech film industry and critics, Marketa Lazarová was named the almost unanimous choice for Best Czech Film of all time. Rare archival print. In collaboration with the Czech Center, NY and the National Film Archive, Prague. Courtesy of Photofest
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Sisters (Sorelle) (2006) 70 min tuesday, June 30 at 6:15pm Director: Marco Bellocchio
With Donatella Finocchiaro, Elena Bellocchio, Pier Giorgio Bellochio, Letizia Bellocchio Ever since his debut Fists in the Pocket, Marco Bellocchio has observed the family unit in compelling, politically-subversive dramas that are shot through with ironic humor. As a tribute to BAMcinématek’s April 2004 Bellocchio retrospective, we are screening his most recent film, Sisters. Elena lives with her two older sisters and young brothers while their actress mother is frequently absent on tour. When Elena’s mother returns and urges her to move with her to Milan, she struggles to come to terms with how this will affect her life. US Premiere!
Courtesy of Photofest
An Evening with Arnaud Desplechin One of the most acclaimed contemporary French directors, Arnaud Desplechin (A Christmas Tale, Kings and Queen) received his first US retrospective at BAM in April 2005. We are thrilled to welcome him back to discuss two of his favorite films, The Royal Tenenbaums and Mississippi Mermaid.
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) 109min wednesday, July 1 at 6:15pm
Screening followed by discussion with Arnaud Desplechin and film critic Kent Jones. Director: Wes Anderson
Courtesy of Photofest
The Leopard (1963) 185 min tuesday, June 30 at 8pm Director: Luchino Visconti
With Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale We look back at our landmark 2004 Visconti retrospective with this screening of his masterpiece, one of the most significant uses of CinemaScope in cinema history. In this lavish recreation of 19th-century Sicily, Lancaster plays Prince Salina, a member of the aristocracy decaying under Garibaldi’s revolution. Their slow fade from glory through marriage—between the lovely Cardinale and the dashing Delon—is illustrated at the climactic ballroom scene, one of the greatest set-pieces in cinema. In Italian with English subtitles.
With Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson Pastel colors, eyeliner, and track suits rule in this quirky comedic drama from Wes Anderson about a family of prodigies—each with their own set of hang-ups. With this instant classic of American independent cinema, Anderson’s delightfully offbeat sensibility has informed a generation of indie comedies. Courtesy of The Film Desk
Mississippi Mermaid (1969) 123 min wednesday, July 1 at 9:30pm
Screening introduced by Arnaud Desplechin. Director: François Truffaut
With Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Belmondo When isolated tobacco farmer Louis (Belmondo) meets his mail-order bride Julie (Deneuve), he’s unsure this beautiful woman is the same one he has been corresponding with and only seen in photographs. Ignoring his doubts, he falls head over heels and the two begin a life together...until she disappears with a large portion of his assets. Based on a book by William Irish (also the source writer for Truffaut’s The Bride Wore Black), this tale of sexual obsession and betrayal unfolds in the lush tropical landscape of Africa’s Reunion Island. Truffaut draws on the conventions of American noir, while peppering Mississippi Mermaid with eclectic allusions to film and literature—Renoir, Ray, Balzac. In French with English subtitles. Courtesy of The Film Desk. BAMcinématek will screen Mississippi Mermaid in a week-long run, July 10—16.
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Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972) 86min Courtesy of Photofest
Dead Man (1995) 121min thursday, July 2 at 6:30pm Director: Jim Jarmusch
With Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Gabriel Byrne A BAMcinématek audience favorite that screened to full houses in both our Jim Jarmusch and Johnny Depp retrospectives, Jarmusch’s enigmatic western stars Depp as William Blake, an accountant who travels west from Cleveland in hopes of landing a job. Hauntingly photographed in black and white and featuring a plaintive score by Neil Young, Dead Man inverts a familiar genre, reconfiguring the desolate western landscape as a backdrop for existential exploration.
thursday, July 2 at 9:30pm Director: Yuen Chor
With Lily Ho, Betty Pei Ti, Hua Yueh Originally shown at BAMcinématek as part of a restrospective of the Shaw Brothers (the legendary Hong Kong studio that turned out classic martial arts films) Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan is a quintessential midnight movie. Part samurai epic, rape revenge tale, and skin flick, it tells the story of Ainu, a beautiful young woman who is kidnapped and forced into a life of prostitution. After being violated, however, she begins exacting gruesome revenge on the men who took advantage of her. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Newly remastered 35mm print licensed by Celestial Pictures Limited.
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Thank You New Films: Special thanks to all the filmmakers and John Cooper and Lisa Odgie/Sundance Institute, Matt Cowal/Magnolia Pictures, Erin Owens/Arthouse Films, Sam Sibble/The Film Sales Company, Ryan Werner/IFC Films, Aida LiPeira/Visit films, Tanya Selvaratnam/Aubin Pictures, James Spooner, James Malanga/Stick Figure Productions, Houston King, Tony Liano/Blue Rain, Karin Chien, Ben Howe and Marion Klotz/Memento Films, Kyle Martin, Mynette Louie, Michael Tully, Lucas Joaquin and Jay Van Hoy, Dan Nuxoll/Rooftop Films Shorts: Florence Faure/Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Charles Pignal/Mezzanine Films, Orly Ravid/New American Vision, Olivier Berlemont/ Les Films de Long Cours, Violaine Huisman BAMcinématek All Night and BAMcinématek Sidebar: Sonia Pachmayer/Focus, Paul Ginsburg/ Universal, Dan Johnson/First Look, Jared Sapolin/Sony, Brian Block/Criterion, Mary Tallungan/Buena Vista, Kate Brennan/Paramount, Alison Matheis/Miramax, Marilee Womack/Warners, Cindy Banach/ Palm Pictures, Irena Kovarova, Marcel Sauer/Czech Center, NY, Vladimir Opela/NFA, Prague, Georges Gund III, Eric Chung/Celestial, Kent Jones
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