THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE GUIDE TO THEATRE AND MEMBER EVENTS

CRASHDon Cheadle & Director Paul Haggis LIVE with

With an ensemble including Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock,

Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser, Ryan Phillippe, Jennifer Esposito

and more!

The Films of Jacques Demy

Plus Andrei Tarkovsky Retrospective

John Le Carré Series Luis Bunuel Showcase

Henry Fonda Centennial Series48 Hour Film Project

MAY IS MEMBERS MONTH Free popcorn and more!

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THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURGTHE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG

VOLUME 2• ISSUE 3April 15-June 12, 2005April 15-June 12, 2005

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FEATURE PRESENTATIONNOW PLAYING2 Actor Don Cheadle & Writer/Director

Paul Haggis Live with CRASH3 Russian Icon: Andrei Tarkovsky

ANDREI RUBLEV, SOLARIS & more

4 Nollywood and Beyond: cinemAFRICAVUGA & YELLOW CARD

5 Master of Intrigue: John Le Carré on filmTHE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, THE RUSSIA HOUSE & more

6 Discreetly Charming: The Golden Years of Luis BuñuelTHE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE, BELLE DE JOUR & more

8 About AFI9 Calendar

10 New Wave Romantic: Jacques DemyTHE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, LOLA, DONKEY SKIN & more

11 An American Legend: Henry Fonda CentennialTHE GRAPES OF WRATH, JEZEBEL & more

12 Western Original: Sam PeckinpahTHE WILD BUNCH, MAJOR DUNDEE & more

13 Digital Maverick: Hal HartleyTHE GIRL FROM MONDAY

13 Back By Popular Demand: The 48 HOUR Film Festival

13 Coming SoonMEMORIES OF MURDERAFTER MIDNIGHT

14 Mid-Atlantic Regional ShowcaseWINTERLUDE

14 Mongomery College Film SeriesHOUSE OF GAMES

14 From the Brothers GrimmDavenport Films’ FAIRYTALES

14 Pare Lorentz Classics with LIVE Orchestral AccompanimentTHE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS and THE RIVER

15 SILVERDOCS 2005: A Preview

On the cover: Don Cheadle in CRASH, courtesy of Lions Gate Films

Inset: Catherine Deneuve in THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG,courtesy Zeitgeist Films, LTD

AFI Preview designer: Melissa Kelly, Auras Design

Information is correct at press time. Films and schedule subject tochange. Check www.AFI.com/Silver for updates.

AFI PREVIEW (ISSN-0194-3847) is published every six weeks by the American FilmInstitute’s office at 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD. Signed articles do notnecessarily reflect the official institute policy. © 2004 American Film Institute. Allrights reserved. Reproduction in part or whole without permission is prohibited.Editorial, publishing and advertising offices: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center,8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301.495.6720). Subscription price:$50.00 per year. All subscriptions also include membership in the American FilmInstitute. Send all remittances and correspondences about subscriptions, unde-livered copies and address changes to: American Film Institute, 2021 N. WesternAve., Los Angeles, CA 90027, Attention: Membership. Periodicals postage paid atSilver Spring, Maryland and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Sendaddress changes to AFI PREVIEW at American Film Institute, MembershipDepartment, 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027.

Oscar Nominees DonCheadle & Paul Haggis Live On Stage!

CRASHSunday, April 17, 4:30 A challenging, unflinching look at the com-plexities of racial tolerance in contemporaryAmerica from MILLION DOLLAR BABYwriter/producer Paul Haggis in his directo-rial debut. The colorful LosAngeles characters—portrayed bya brilliant ensemble featuringSandra Bullock and Don Chea-dle—include a Brentwood house-wife and her DA husband, a Per-sian store owner, two whitepolice detectives, an African-American television director, aMexican locksmith, two carjack-ers, a rookie cop and a Koreancouple—all of whom collide overthe course of 36 hours, withthought-provoking results. DIRPaul Haggis; SCR Paul Haggisand Bobby Moresco (from a story by Haggis); PROD CathySchulman, Don Cheadle, Bob Yari, Mark R. Harris, BobbyMoresco, Paul Haggis; EXEC PROD Andrew Reimer, TomNunan, Jan Körbelin, Marina Grasic; DP J. Michael Muro;MUS Mark Isham; CAST Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle,Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, BrendanFraser, Terrence Howard, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, ThandieNewton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate. US, 2005, color, 100min. RATED R

Tickets for this screening are $50. Currentlyavailable online or at the box office to AFImembers (who need to show membership cards when picking up tickets),tickets will go on sale to the general public Thursday, April 7.

*We are hoping to arrange a very special AFI Silver private fundraisingevent with Paul Haggis and Don Cheadle. If we are able to do so, informa-tion will be posted on the AFI Silver website no later than Friday, April 8th,and members will be notified by e-mail.

*Passes Excluded

May is Members Month!Honoring and Celebrating Members To thank Members for their much-appreciatedcontinued support of the AFI Silver, special offershave been created for the month of May. Look forthe●M icon for special member offers.

Popcorn—It's On Us! No movie-going experience is complete withoutsomething to snack on. Members can receive afree small popcorn at the concession stand onany day in the month of May. Just show a mem-ber card and ticket stub to enjoy this specialbenefit. Limit of two bags per day.

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ALL CRASH PHOTOS: LOREY SEBASTIAN

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ANDREI RUBLEVSat, Apr 16, 3:00; Sun, Apr 17, 5:15Tue, Apr 19, 7:45Tarkovky’s most spectacular work: asweeping, medieval epic set in 15th-century Russia. Icon-master Rublevobserves the ambiguities and hor-rors of his era from the artist’spoint of view, including the hair-raising sack of Vladimir by theTartars. In the final, tour-de-forcesequence, a novice bell-caster (KolyaBurlyaev, grown since his portrayalof Ivan in IVAN’S CHILDHOOD)attempts to mold an enormous bell,restoring Rublev’s faith in life andart. The screen turns to color withRublev’s real-life icons in the tran-scendent climax. DIR AndreiTarkovsky; SCR Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky and Tarkovsky; PRODTamara Ogorodnikova. USSR, 1965,b&w with a color sequence, scope,205 min. In Russian with Englishsubtitles. UNRATED ●M

NOSTALGHIA Wed, Apr 20, 6:15; Thu, Apr 21, 6:15A Russian expatriate wanders win-try Italian landscapes while return-ing in memory to his homeland.An inspired madman finds the fateof the world hanging on a candle’sflight across a dry pool—arguablythe most agonizingly suspensefulsequence in recent cinema. All thestory’s pieces come together in anoverwhelming final shot thatarrives before the audience realizeswhat it’s seeing via a baffling spe-cial effect. Special Prize for Creativ-ity, Cannes Film Festival. DIRAndrei Tarkovsky; SCR ToninoGuerra and Tarkovsky; PRODFranco Casati and Daniel Toscandu Plantier. USSR/Italy/France, 1983, color, 120 min. InRussian and Italian with Englishsubtitles. UNRATED ●M

THE SACRIFICE [Offret]Mon, Apr 18 6:20; Wed, Apr 20, 8:40; Fri, Apr 22, 8:30Tarkovsky’s final film, shot in Swe-den, at first evokes Ingmar Bergmanwith its small group isolated in atense situation, but soon expandsto Tarkovsky’s more epic, cosmicview. Faced with nuclear holocaust,a mystic sacrifice must be offeredto restore the world—with unfore-seen results. In perhaps thesupreme example of his disciplinedmastery, a burning building col-lapses on cue to devastating dra-matic effect. (How did he do it?For an answer, see DIRECTED BYANDREI TARKOVSKY.) DIR/SCRAndrei Tarkovsky; PROD Anna-LenaWibom. Sweden, 1986, color/b&w,145 min. In Swedish with Englishsubtitles. UNRATED ●M

THE MIRROR [Zerkalo]Sun, Apr 24, 7:15; Mon, Apr 25, 6:20Tarkovsky’s most personal and auto-biographical film features his father’spoems studded throughout thesoundtrack, and some actual loca-tions from his childhood. A collageof diverse elements, the story movesback and forth among three timeframes, with the same actress play-ing both the protagonist’s motherand wife. Tarkovsy’s only really

“non-linear” work was minimallyreleased by the Soviet authorities—then acclaimed around the world.DIR Andrei Tarkovsky; SCR Alexan-der Misharin and Tarkovsky; PRODErik Waisberg. USSR, 1975,color/b&w, 106 min. In Russianwith English subtitles. UNRATED ●M

The Complete Feature Films of Andrei TarkovskySaturday, April 16 through Saturday, April 30From his first internationally exhibited film, IVAN’S CHILDHOOD, it was clear thatRussian director Andrei Tarkovsky’s (1932-1986) warmth and humanity, dazzlingvisuals—even religious imagery in the Communist Soviet Union—signaled anexceptional talent. But it was his second, long-suppressed film, ANDREI RUBLEV,that revealed a genius for epic sweep combined with subconscious probings—on alevel reached by Ingmar Bergman—that created a whole moved by a mystical sen-sibility unique to film. Tarkovsky maintained this epic, mystical vision throughouthis all-too-brief career, creating the most personal works without slipping intoobscurity—and remaining an eerily gripping narrator.

“An extraordinarilybeautiful movie.”

—J. HOBERMAN, VILLAGE VOICE

“Andrei Tarkovsky is for me the greatest,the one who inventeda new language, trueto the nature of film,

as it captures life as a reflection, life

as a dream.”—INGMAR BERGMAN

ANDREI RUBLEV

ANDREI TARKOVSKY

RETROSPECTIVENOSTALGHIA

STALKERSat, Apr 23, 9:00; Mon Apr 25, 8:30In this futuristic parablebased on astory by the Soviet sci-fi honchoStrugatsky brothers, tormented seek-ers guided by a licensed Stalker ven-ture into a forbidden region calledthe Zone. Perhaps Tarkovsky’s sub-tlest evocation of beauty and dread:colored bottles float on an indoorpool, cars chase each other in first-gear through grimy industrial bywaysand a dead telephone nerve-shatter-ingly rings in an abandoned building.DIR Andrei Tarkovsky; SCR Arkadyand Boris Strugatzky, from theirnovel Picnic by the Roadside; PRODAleksandra Demidova. USSR, 1979,color/b&w, 161 min. In Russian withEnglish subtitles. UNRATED ●M

MY NAME IS IVAN/IVAN’S CHILDHOOD [Ivanovo detstvo]Sat, Apr 16, 1:00 & 8:55; Sun, Apr 17, 1:00; Tue, Apr 19, 6:00Tarkovsky burst the bonds of theSoviet Union’s Patriotic War genrewith his first feature’s portrait ofIvan (Kolya Burlyaev), the 12-year-oldrunner/spy whose only knowledge oflife is war. Tarkovsky’s religiousimagery was immediately noted, butthe film’s eye-popping black &white photography, surrealisticepisodes and juxtaposition of nature(birch trees) and carnage proved thetrue precursors of his uniquely per-sonal works to come. Golden Lion,Venice Film Festival. DIR AndreiTarkovsky; SCR Vladimir Bogomolovand Mikhail Papava. USSR, 1962,b&w, 84 min. In Russian with Eng-lish subtitles. UNRATED ●M

SOLARISWed, Apr 27, 8:30; Sat, Apr 30, 3:20 & 8:20Within the debris-strewn corridorsof a decrepit space station, KrisKelvin struggles with the enigma ofa sentient planet, accompanied byan embodiment of hisown past. In adaptingthe novel by PoleStanislaw Lem—thenthe world’s best-sell-ing sci-fier—Tarkovskyadded the scenes onEarth. In what is con-sidered Tarkovsky’s

most positive work, the movingresolution is held until the last sec-onds of the very last shot. SpecialJury Prize, Cannes Film Festival.DIR Andrei Tarkovsky; SCRFriedrich Gorenstein andTarkovsky, from the novel byStanislaw Lem; PROD ViacheslavTarasov. USSR, 1972, color, scope,167 min. In Russian with Englishsubtitles. RATED PG ●M

DIRECTED BY ANDREITARKOVSKYMon, Apr 18, 9:10; Fri, Apr 22, 4:15A Swedish film crew followsTarkovsky during the filming ofTHE SACRIFICE, with the direc-tor’s Q&A sessions, rural musingsand clips from his films intercutwith the hair-raising highlight—thejamming of the camera during thehouse burning that concludes THESACRIFICE. One of the finest docu-mentaries on a director ever, withTarkovsky an illuminating commen-tator on his own work and must-viewing for THE SACRIFICE audi-ences. DIR/SCR MichalLeszczylowski. Sweden, 1988, color,101 min. UNRATED ●M

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CinemAFRICAMay 21 through June 1After the overwhelming success ofFebruary’s Hooray for Nollywood filmseries, AFI Silver again partners withxxiv/vii AFRICA to present a regularmonthly showcase of films from Nige-ria and beyond, highlighting the bestin African cinema. Advance ticket pur-chase is strongly advised as all of thefilms in the Nollywood series sold out!

VUGASat, May 21, 5:15; Wed, May 25, 9:00This Nigerian Thema Awards best-film winner presents the movingstory of a hero who, as a youngboy, witnessed the murder of hisfather at the hands of vicious laborcamp leaders. The boy later growsup to fight the oppressors whohave destroyed his home andenslaved his community. DIR/SCR/PROD Simi Opeoluwa. Nigeria,1999, DV, 110 min. ●M

YELLOW CARDSat, May 28, 6:15; Wed, June 1, 8:45Zimbabwe’s box office smash is a fast-paced, harrowing story oflove and passion—teenage love anda passion for soccer! A boy whodreams of success as a professionalsoccer player for ManchesterUnited finds his dreams dashed by his reckless and philanderingways. After fathering a baby, hisrecklessness also puts him at riskfor HIV. The Jury Prize winner atthe Los Angeles Pan African FilmFestival. DIR/SCR/PROD John andLouise Riber. Zimbabwe, 2000, DV, 85 min. ●M

YELLOWCARD

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THE SPY WHO CAME INFROM THE COLDSun, May 1, 6:30; Thur, May 5, 9:00A dark, gritty adaptation ofLeCarré’s first bestseller. Going ona drunken binge that ends in jail,then getting involved with ClaireBloom’s Brit Communist, RichardBurton is clearly all done as a spyand prime material for defection.But is it all a sham? And when hedoes go over, is his mission whathe thought it was? Archival Print.DIR/PROD Martin Ritt; SCR PaulDehn and Guy Trosper, from thebook by John Le Carré. UK, 1965,b&w, 112 min. UNRATED ●M

THE DEADLY AFFAIRSun, May 8, 6:25; Thu, May 12, 7:20Sidney Lumet’s brilliant adaptationboasts an incredible cast topped byMaximilian Schell and a strikingQuincy Jones score. Shortly afterspy James Mason’s uneventful inter-view about an official’s alleged Redbackground, the official ends updead—an apparent suicide—to thecynical disgust of his widow, con-centration camp survivor SimoneSignoret. Was it murder? Aided byex-cop Harry Andrews, Mason triesto find out. DIR/PROD SidneyLumet; SCR Paul Dehn, from LeCarré’s A Call for the Dead. UK,1966, color, 115 min. UNRATED ●M

THE LOOKING GLASS WARSun, May 15, 5:00; Tue, May 17, 8:30Are there Red missiles in EastGermany in defiance of disarma-ment? Agency head Ralph Richard-son dispatches Polish refugeeChristopher Jones to find out, aftertraining by a very young AnthonyHopkins. But once he’s there,intrigue takes a bad second placeto romance with Pia Degermark(Elvira Madigan)—and soonthey’re on the run from bothsides. DIR/SCR Frank Pierson;PROD John Box. UK, 1969, color,scope, 108 min. RATED PG ●M

THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRLSun, May 22, 5:00; Thu, May 26, 8:50A controversial adaptation ofLeCarré’s most controversial novel.On the track of a terrorist, Israeliintelligence agent Klaus Kinskirecruits frivolous, vaguely pro-Pales-tinian American actress-in-LondonDiane Keaton to infiltrate theorganization and eliminate him. Butall plans go awry as Keaton’s sym-pathies change, even as she’s being

trained as a terrorist herself. DIRGeorge Roy Hill; SCR Loring Man-del; PROD Robert L. Crawford. US,1984, color, 130 min. RATED R ●M

THE RUSSIA HOUSESun, May 29, 6:30; Wed, June 1, 6:20Two terrific performances highlightthis first Russian location shoot byWesterners post-communism. USSecret Services have a swell job forboozing publisher Sean Connery: goto Russia to check out the sender ofan unsolicited manuscript that seemsto contain important Russian secrets.But things change when he meetsthe sender: shy, dedicated andimpeccably accented Michelle Pfeif-fer. DIR Fred Schepisi; SCR TomStoppard; PROD Paul Maslansky andSchepisi. US, 1990, color, scope, 122min. RATED R ●M

THE TAILOR OF PANAMASun, June 5, 8:30; Wed, June 8, 6:20A match made in Hell? In thismainly comic change-of-pace fromLe Carré, Pierce Brosnan is noJames Bond but a spy exiled in

disgrace to Panama who needssomething big. He’s got just theinformant, ex-pat British tailor-to-the-greats Geoffrey Rush. But asthe envelopes full of cash keepcoming, the inside dope being paidfor must keep getting more andmore colorful, regardless of thefacts. DIR/PROD John Boorman;SCR Andrew Davies, John LeCarréand Boorman. US/Ireland, 2001,color, scope, 109 min. RATED R ●M

THE RUSSIA HOUSE

THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD

THE TAILOR OF PANAMA

John Le Carré on FilmSunday, May 1 throughWednesday, June 8For five decades, John Le Carré (realname, David Cornwell) has been thepoet laureate of the world of espionageand international intrigue, his reachspanning from the depths of the ColdWar to the most recent of conflicts. Anovelist who has transcended thebounds of the mystery/spy genre witha riveting sense of narrative, passion-ate humanity and sense of world-weary disillusion, his relentless seriesof best sellers has spawned a bevy ofadaptations by a series of distinguishedfilmmakers. Enjoy a selection of LeCarré intrigues—on screen.

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THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIESat, Apr 16, 6:50; Sun, Apr 17, 9:05; Thu, Apr 21, 8:40A sextet of society types, including Fernando Rey,Delphine Seyrig, Stephane Audran and Bulle Ogier,maintain their decorum in the face of increasinglyfarcical absurdities. A series of surrealisticallydashed dinner plans—reasons ranging from a waketaking place in the adjoining room to soldiersbivouacking on the lawn—escalates into sexual,political—even cinematic—shenanigans. Buñuel dis-penses with any differentiation between “reality”and “dream,” but keeps the chaos cool. Oscar, BestForeign Language Film, 1973. DIR/SCR Luis Buñuel;SCR Jean-Claude Carrière; PROD Serge Silberman.France/Italy/Spain, 1972, color, 102 min. In Frenchand Spanish with English subtitles. RATED PG ●M

THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE[Cet obscur objet du désir]Fri, Apr 22, 6:20; Sat, Apr 23, 5:00; Sun, Apr 24, 9:30A remarkably personal work for the deaf 77-year-old in his seventh decade of filmmaking. Asbombs go off, Fernando Rey boards the train,dumping a bucket of water on a young woman.Thus begins the story of Rey’s encounter with

his maid Conchita, who never allows him toconsummate his passion (though she claims toshare his love)—rendered doubly bizarre byBuñuel’s casting of two actresses, cool French-woman Carole Bouquet and sultry SpaniardAngela Molina, in the same role. DIR LuisBuñuel; SCR Jean-Claude Carrière and Buñuel;PROD Serge Silberman. France/Spain, 1977, color,102 min. In French and Spanish with Englishsubtitles. RATED R ●M

Golden Years: The LaterFilms of Luis Buñuel Saturday, April 16 throughMonday, May 30Collaboration with fellow Spaniard Salvador Dali onsurrealistic classics UN CHIEN ANDALOU and L’AGED’OR may have won director Luis Buñuel early noto-riety, but it also earned him exile from Spain, theChurch’s opprobrium and more than a decade of vir-tual unemployment. During the next two decades, hereinvented his career in Mexico (during which he wonBest Director at Cannes for LOS OLVIDADOS in 1951),culminating in his triumphant return to Spain with aPalme d’Or win a decade later for VIRIDIANA—earn-ing him the freedom to fully explore the Buñuelmotif: the duality of reality verses dream. Until theend of his career, he continued to challenge and lib-erate with characters suffering for their illusion, butdiscovering inspiration in disillusionment—thesacred ever happily consorting with the profane.

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“Passionate and urbane, witty anderotically adventurous... committedto the mystery of the human soul.”

—MOLLY HASKELL, NEW YORKMAGAZINE

THAT OBSCUREOBJECT OF DESIRE

THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE

LUISBUÑUEL

THE PHANTOMOF LIBERTY

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THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY [Le Fantôme de la liberté]Fri, Apr 29, 8:50; Sun, May 1, 8:50Seventy-four-year-old Luis Buñuel’s funniest (andpenultimate) film, moving from constantly inter-rupted highlight to highlight: the “dinner party”with guests seated on toilet bowls; a missing lit-tle girl who provides helpful tips to the copssearching for her; a Montparnasse sniper whowalks out of his courtroom conviction to publicacclaim; and a police crackdown at the zoo bring-ing everything full circle: “Long live chains!” theSpanish prisoners shout. DIR/SCR Luis Buñuel;SCR Jean-Claude Carrière and Buñuel; PRODSerge Silberman. France, 1974, color, 104 min. InFrench with English subtitles. RATED R ●M

BELLE DE JOURFri, May 6, 4:50 & 8:55; Sat, May 7, 3:00 & 8:55One moment doctor Jean Sorel and wife Cather-ine Deneuve are exchanging bland I-love-yousfrom the comfort of a horsedrawn carriage; thenext she’s on the receiving end of a roadsidewhipping—a scene revealed to be Deneuve’sharmless if vivid armchair daydream. But whenthe bored housewife starts spending her after-noons at a high-class brothel—to the delight ofher husband’s lecherous friend Michel Piccoli—who’s to say where reality ends and fantasybegins? Golden Lion, 1967 Venice Film Festival.DIR Luis Buñuel; SCR Jean-Claude Carrière andBuñuel; PROD Henri Baum, Raymond Hakim,Robert Hakim. France/Italy, 1967, color, 101 min.In French with English subtitles. RATED R ●M

THE MILKY WAY [La Voie Lactée]Sun, May 22, 2:50; Mon, May 23, 8:30Two beggars begin a pilgrimage to Santiago deCompostela, but go much further, travelinginstead through time, space and a humorous his-tory of religious heresies. As in Cervantes and thepicaresque novel, characters breeze in and outtelling tales within tales, while Buñuel transmutesdogma-smashing scholarship into playful sketchcomedy. DIR Luis Buñuel; SCR Jean-Claude Car-rière and Buñuel; PROD Serge Silberman.France/West Germany/Italy, 1969, color, 105 min.In French with English subtitles. RATED PG ●M

DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID [Le Journal d’une femme de chambre]Sat, May 28, 1:00; Mon, May 30, 3:25In Buñuel’s unrelenting examination of thebourgeoisie, Parisian femme-de-chambre JeanneMoreau’s new provincial ménage includes a footfetishist paterfamilias, Michel Piccoli’s endlesslyfrustrated son-in-law, a frigid daughter andGeorges Géret’s fascist roughneck groom—whoreally enjoys slaughtering those geese. A remakeof Jean Renoir’s 1946 film, also adapted fromthe 1900 Octave Mirbeau novel, but now with a

focus on fascism in 1939 France. DIR LuisBuñuel; SCR Jean-Claude Carrière and Buñuel;PROD Serge Silberman. France, 1964, b&w,scope, 101 min. In French with English subti-tles. UNRATED ●M

VIRIDIANAFri, May 20, 7:00; Sat, May 21, 7:30Buñuel’s triumphant return to Spain, afternearly three decades in exile, won the Palmed’Or at Cannes in 1961, earning scandalous dis-approval from both Spain’s exile left andFranco’s right. Silvia Pinal returns from conventstudies to overly fond uncle Fernando Rey’sestate. Hoping to convert the house andgrounds to a home for the poor, she soonlearns that no good deed goes unpunished.DIR/SCR Luis Buñuel; SCR Julio Alejandro;PROD Gustavo Alatriste. Mexico/Spain, 1961,b&w, 90 min. In Spanish with English subtitles.UNRATED ●M

BELLEDEJOUR

THE MILKY WAY

DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID

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SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT15Bertrand Tavernier LIVEON STAGE!

★ HOLY LOLA 7:30

16Andrei TarkovskyIVAN’S CHILDHOOD 1:00, 8:55ANDREI RUBLEV 3:00Luis BunuelTHE DISCREET CHARM OF THE

BOURGEOISIE 6:50

17Don Cheadle and PaulHaggis LIVE ON STAGE

★ CRASH 4:30Andrei TarkovskyIVAN’S CHILDHOOD 1:00ANDREI RUBLEV 5:15Luis BunuelTHE DISCREET CHARM OF THE

BOURGEOISIE 9:05

18Andrei TarkovskyTHE SACRIFICE 6:20DIRECTED BY ANDREI

TARKOVSKY 9:10

19Andrei TarkovskyIVAN’S CHILDHOOD 6:00ANDREI RUBLEV 7:45

20Andrei TarkovskyNOSTALGHIA 6:15THE SACRIFICE 8:40

21Andrei TarkovskyNOSTALGHIA 6:15Luis BunuelTHE DISCREET CHARM OF THE

BOURGEOISIE 8:40

22Andrei TarkovskyDIRECTED BY ANDREI

TARKOVSKY 4:15THE SACRIFICE 8:30Luis BunuelTHAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF

DESIRE 6:20

23Andrei TarkovskySTALKER 9:00Luis BunuelTHAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF

DESIRE 5:00Hal HartleyTHE GIRL FROM MONDAY 7:15

24Andrei TarkovskyTHE MIRROR 7:15Luis BunuelTHAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF

DESIRE 9:30Hal HartleyPOSSIBLE FILMS: SHORTS 5:00

25Andrei TarkovskyTHE MIRROR 6:20STALKER 8:30

26Hal HartleyTHE GIRL FROM MONDAY 7:30POSSIBLE FILMS: SHORTS 9:15

27Andrei TarkovskySOLARIS 8:30Montgomery College

Film SeriesHOUSE OF GAMES 5:30

28 29Jacques DemyTHE YOUNG GIRLS OF

ROCHEFORT 4:40THE UMBRELLAS OF

CHERBOURG 7:00Luis BunuelPHANTOM OF LIBERTY 8:50

30Jacques DemyTHE YOUNG GIRLS OF

ROCHEFORT 1:00THE UMBRELLAS OF

CHERBOURG 6:30Andrei TarkovskySOLARIS 3:20, 8:20

1Jacques DemyTHE UMBRELLAS OF

CHERBOURG1:00Luis BunuelPHANTOM OF LIBERTY 8:50Le Carré AdaptationsTHE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM

THE COLD 6:30

2Jacques DemyTHE UMBRELLAS OF

CHERBOURG 6:30THE YOUNG GIRLS OF

ROCHEFORT 8:20

348 HOUR FILM PROJECT

7:15, 9:30

448 HOUR FILM PROJECT

7:15, 9:30

548 HOUR FILM PROJECT

7:15, 9:30Le Carré AdaptationsTHE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM

THE COLD 9:00

6Luis BunuelBELLE DE JOUR 4:50, 8:55Jacques DemyDONKEY SKIN 7:00

7Luis BunuelBELLE DE JOUR 3:00, 8:55Jacques DemyLOLA 1:00MODEL SHOP 5:05DONKEY SKIN 7:00

8Jacques DemyLOLA 1:00BAY OF ANGELS 2:50DONKEY SKIN 4:30, 8:35Le Carré AdaptationsTHE DEADLY AFFAIR 6:25

9Jacques DemyDONKEY SKIN 5:10, 7:00MODEL SHOP 8:50

10Jacques DemyDONKEY SKIN 5:30, 9:15LOLA 7:20

11Jacques DemyDONKEY SKIN 5:10, 7:00BAY OF ANGELS 8:50

12Jacques DemyDONKEY SKIN 5:30, 9:30Le Carré AdaptationsTHE DEADLY AFFAIR 7:20

13Henry FondaTHE GRAPES OF WRATH 6:15Sam PeckinpahTHE WILD BUNCH 8:45

14Henry FondaYOUNG MR. LINCOLN 12:40THE GRAPES OF WRATH 5:15Sam PeckinpahTHE WILD BUNCH 2:40, 9:40RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY 7:45

15Henry FondaJEZEBEL 1:00THE LADY EVE 3:05Sam PeckinpahRIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY 7:10THE WILD BUNCH 9:05Le Carré AdaptationsTHE LOOKING GLASS WAR

5:00

16Henry Fonda 100th

BirthdayYOUNG MR. LINCOLN 6:30THE GRAPES OF WRATH 8:30

17Sam PeckinpahRIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY

6:30Le Carré AdaptationsTHE LOOKING GLASS WAR

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18Henry FondaJEZEBEL 6:20THE LADY EVE 8:30

19BEST OF THE 48 HOUR FILM

PROJECT 7:15

20Luis BunuelVIRIDIANA 7:00Sam PeckinpahTHE GETAWAY 8:50

21Luis BunuelVIRIDIANA 7:30Sam PeckinpahJUNIOR BONNER 1:00THE GETAWAY 9:20Henry FondaTHE WRONG MAN 3:00CinemAfricaVUGA 5:15

22Luis BunuelTHE MILKY WAY 2:50Henry FondaYOU ONLY LIVE ONCE 1:00, 9:35THE WRONG MAN 7:30Le Carré AdaptationsTHE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL

5:00

23Sam PeckinpahJUNIOR BONNER 6:30Luis BunuelTHE MILKY WAY 8:30

24Henry FondaYOU ONLY LIVE ONCE 6:40THE WRONG MAN 8:35

25CinemAfricaVUGA 9:00

26Sam PeckinpahTHE GETAWAY 6:25Le Carré AdaptationsTHE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL

8:50

27Henry FondaONCE UPON A TIME IN THE

WEST 8:30Sam PeckinpahSTRAW DOGS 6:10

28Luis BunuelDIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID

1:00Henry FondaONCE UPON A TIME IN THE

WEST 3:05, 8:00CinemAfricaYELLOW CARD 6:15

29Henry FondaMR. ROBERTS 1:00ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE

WEST 3:25Sam PeckinpahSTRAW DOGS 8:55Le Carré AdaptationsTHE RUSSIA HOUSE 6:30

30Luis BunuelDIARYOFACHAMBERMAID3:25Henry FondaMR. ROBERTS 1:00ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE

WEST 5:30Sam PeckinpahSTRAW DOGS 8:40

31Henry FondaMY DARLING CLEMENTINE

7:00Sam PeckinpahSTRAW DOGS 9:00

1Le Carré AdaptationsTHE RUSSIA HOUSE 6:20CinemAfricaYELLOW CARD 8:45

2Henry FondaONCE UPON A TIME IN THE

WEST 8:30Sam PeckinpahSTRAW DOGS 6:10

3Sam PeckinpahMAJOR DUNDEE 6:00PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE

KID 8:45

4Henry FondaMY DARLING CLEMENTINE 3:25Sam PeckinpahTHE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE

7:50PAT GARRETT AND

BILLY THE KID 10:15Davenport FolktalesASHPET 1:00; WILLA 5:30

5Sam PeckinpahMAJOR DUNDEE 1:00THE BALLAD OF CABLE

HOGUE 6:05Le Carré AdaptationsTHE TAILOR OF PANAMA 8:30Davenport FolktalesMUTZMAG 3:40

6Henry FondaMY DARLING CLEMENTINE

6:30Sam PeckinpahTHE BALLAD OF CABLE

HOGUE 8:30

7MARSWINTERLUDE 9:00

8Sam PeckinpahPAT GARRETT AND

BILLY THE KID 8:30Le Carré AdaptationsTHE TAILOR OF PANAMA 6:20

9 10Sam PeckinpahMAJOR DUNDEE 6:00BRING ME THE HEAD OF

ALFREDO GARCIA 8:45

11 (and Sunday, June 12)Sam PeckinpahMAJOR DUNDEE 6:00BRING ME THE HEAD OF

ALFREDO GARCIA 8:45SILVERDOCSLive Music with:THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE

PLAINS & THE RIVER 3:00

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Andrei TarkovskyRetrospective

John Le Carré Adaptations

Luis Bunuel Showcase

Jacques Demy Showcase

Henry Fonda Centennial Series

Sam Peckinpah Showcase

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THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT [Les Demoiselles de Rochefort]Fri, Apr 29, 4:40; Sat, Apr 30, 1:00; Mon, May 2, 8:20The Demy/Legrand follow-up toTHE UMBRELLAS OF CHER-BOURG adds even more color,dancing and the widescreen formatto the musical mix. In town for thefair, George Chakiris (WEST SIDESTORY) dances through DanielleDarrieux’s snack bar; daughters(actual sisters Catherine Deneuveand Françoise Dorleac) dream ofParis; sailor-on-leave Jacques Perrindreams of his ideal woman; andshop owner Michel Piccoli recallsthe woman who got away. ThenGene Kelly drops in! DIR/SCRJacques Demy; PROD Gilbert deGoldschmidt. France, 1969, color,scope, 125 min. In French with Eng-lish subtitles. RATED G ●M

New 35mm Print!THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG [Les Parapluies de Cherbourg]Fri, Apr 29, 7:00; Sat, Apr 30, 6:30; Sun, May 1, 1:00; Mon, May 2, 6:30 In Jacques Demy’s color-splashedmusical fantasy, the actual streets ofCherbourg, on which lovers Cather-ine Deneuve and Nino Castellnuovomeet, are transformed into the mostethereal of creations; while every lineof dialogue, from mundane carmechanics’ jargon to the transcen-dence of the young amants’ impas-sioned vows, is sung to MichelLegrand’s now-classic score. WinnerBest Film and Actress, Cannes FilmFestival. DIR/SCR Jacques Demy;PROD Mag Bodard. France, 1964,color, 87 min. In French with Englishsubtitles. UNRATED ●M

New 35mm Print!LOLASat, May 7, 1:00; Sun, May 8, 1:00; Tue, May 10; 7:20Demy’s first feature, in many ways, his songless rehearsal for THEUMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG. Aman in a Stetson drives his Americanconvertible along the waterfront, anda sailor wanders into a cabaret. Thenthe meetings, linkups and unknow-ing near misses begin in this fable-like tale of cabaret singer AnoukAimée’s long wait for her lover’sreturn to Jacques Demy’s belovedNantes. DIR/SCR Jacques Demy;PROD Carlo Ponti and Georges deBeauregard. France, 1961, b&w,scope, 90 min. In French with Eng-lish subtitles. UNRATED ●M

BAY OF ANGELS [La Baie des anges]Sun, May 8, 2:50; Wed, May 11, 8:50Uptight Claude Mann’s vacation getsdiverted to Nice’s Bay of Angels anda casino seat next to a blonde JeanneMoreau. As Mann and Moreau con-join at the hip to rollercoaster fromscrounging for change to living it up(hotel suites, cars, haute couture) andback again, it seems life itself is just

a game of chance for Moreau.DIR/SCR Jacques Demy; PROD Paul-Edmond Decharme (uncredited).France, 1963, b&w, scope, 79 min. InFrench with English subtitles.UNRATED ●M

New 35mm Print!MODEL SHOP Sat, May 7, 5:05; Mon, May 9, 8:50 Disaffected architect Gary Lockwoodpursues mysterious Anouk Aimée inDemy’s only American film. Notableboth as an outsider’s look at America(à la Antonioni’s ZABRISKIE POINT),and a priceless time capsule of thefashion, sights and sounds of late1960s Los Angeles (including thepsych-rock sounds of Spirit!). Rumorhas it Harrison Ford was Demy’sfirst choice for the male lead but wasrejected by the studio as lackingcommercial appeal. DIR/SCR/PRODJacques Demy. France/US, 1969, color,85 min. RATED M ●M

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Demy’s Monde: The World of Jacques DemyFriday, April 29 through Thursday, May 12Unique among directors of the French New Wave, Jacques Demy (1931-1990)extensively explored the film musical. Even his first two (non-musical) films,LOLA and BAY OF ANGELS, recall the genre in concrete ways, in no small partthanks to the remarkable scores of Michel Legrand, a regular collaborator. Butit was with THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG that Demy realized his long-awaited dream: a musical where the music never stops and all the dialogue issung. A hit when initially released and again at its 1990s re-release by his widow,director Agnès Varda, the Catherine Deneuve-starring pop opera won both the CannesPalme d’Or and an Oscar nomination for its memorable Legrand score. Followed byTHE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT, featuring Gene Kelly in a nod to the American musi-cals of his youth, Demy’s later oeuvre also includes the little seen American MODELSHOP and DONKEY SKIN, a groovy ‘70s musical take on the Cinderella story. With muchof his work now available in new 35mm prints, it’s a great time to revisit the romanceand delight of the world of Jacques Demy.

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DONKEY SKIN [Peau d’âne] Fri, May 6, 7:00; Sat, May 7, 7:00; Sun, May 8, 4:30 & 8:35; Mon, May 9, 5:10 & 7:00; Tue, May 10, 5:30 & 9:15; Wed, May 11, 5:10 & 7:00; Thu, May 12, 5:30 & 9:30Demy’s most over-the-top stylization, adapted from a 17th century fable,features picture-book costumes, color-coded servants, rampant anachro-nisms and a third Legrand score, now in a new stereo track from

Legrand’s original recordings. Ina fairy tale kingdom, monarchJean Marais (Cocteau’s BEAUTYAND THE BEAST) agrees toqueen Catherine Deneuve’s lastrequest: his remarriage will onlybe to someone more beautiful.But only their daughter (alsoDeneuve) fits the bill! However,fairy godmother Delphine Seyrig(LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD)hides Deneuve disguised asfilthy scullery maid DonkeySkin. And only a prince can seebeneath the hide. DIR/SCRJacques Demy; PROD MagBodard. France, 1970, color, 100min. In French with Englishtitles. UNRATED ●M

“A magical, whirling little film.”

—PAULINE KAEL

LOLA

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YOUNG MISTER LINCOLNSat, May 14, 12:40; Mon, May 16, 6:30Among the heights of John Ford’sAmericana, Henry Fonda’s AbrahamLincoln loves and loses Ann Rut-ledge. Then he studies law, runs hisfirst political race, meets Mary Toddand Stephen A. Douglas, and takeson a climactic murder trial—with itssolution found in a farmer’s almanac.National Film Registry, 2003. DIRJohn Ford; SCR Lamar Trotti; PRODKenneth Macgowan. US, 1939, b&w,101 min. RATED APPROVED ●M

New 35mm Print!THE GRAPES OF WRATHFri, May 13, 6:15; Sat, May 14, 5:15; Mon, May 16, 8:30The exodus of the Joad family, led byFonda (Hero #12: AFI’s 100 Years…100

Heroes & Villains) and Jane Darwell,from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to theEden of California at the height ofthe Depression. Oscars to directorJohn Ford and actress Jane Darwell,and a nomination for Fonda for thisadaptation of Steinbeck’s classic.National Film Registry, 1989. “Fonda’sgrave face and his loping walk werenever better used. A document ofsocial history.”—David Shipman, TheStory of Cinema. DIR John Ford; SCRNunnally Johnson, from the novel byJohn Steinbeck; PROD Darry F.Zanuck. US, 1940, b&w, 129 min.UNRATED ●M

JEZEBELSun, May 15; 1:00; Wed, May 18, 6:20Spoiled ante-bellum Southern belleBette Davis’s headstrong behavior—including wearing a red gown to anall-white ball—loses her straight-arrow fiancé Henry Fonda but pro-vides her salvation when the yellowfever hits. Fonda’s only film forWilliam Wyler, who had also beenpreviously married to Margaret Sul-livan. DIR/PROD William Wyler;SCR Clements Ripley, Abem Finkeland John Huston. US, 1938, b&w,104 min. RATED APPROVED ●M

THE LADY EVESun, May 15, 3:05; Wed, May 18, 8:30In Preston Sturges’ comedy master-piece, owlish herpetologist (“Snakesare my life!”) and Pike’s Pale Ale heir

Henry Fonda is an easy mark for conartist Barbara Stanwyck and dadCharles Coburn. But does love get inthe way of chicanery? DIR/SCR Pre-ston Sturges; PROD Paul Jones. US,1941, b&w, 97 min. UNRATED ●M

THE WRONG MANSat, May 21, 3:00; Sun, May 22, 7:30; Tue, May 24, 8:35Fonda’s only film for Hitchcock,and a rare sober, near-documentary-style treatment of a true story fromthe Master. Stork Club bassistHenry Fonda’s quiet life with wifeVera Miles ends when he’s mis-taken for a look-alike stickup manand thrown into the slammer. Willjustice win out? DIR Alfred Hitch-cock; SCR Maxwell Anderson andAngus Macphail; PROD AlfredHitchcock (uncredited): US, 1956,b&w, 105 min. UNRATED ●M

YOU ONLY LIVE ONCESun, May 22, 1:00 & 9:35; Tue, May 24, 6:40Ex-con Fonda vows to go straightfor wife Sylvia Sydney. But who’sgoing to believe it if he does? Remi-niscent of the Bonnie and Clydestory as they go on the lam, itshighlights are its two intense andpassionate performances and Lang’sGerman Expressionistic direction.DIR Fritz Lang; SCR Gene Towneand Graham Baker; PROD WalterWanger (uncredited). US, 1936,b&w, 86 min. RATED APPROVED ●M

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THEWEST [C'era una volta il West]Fri, May 27, 8:30; Sat, May 28, 3:05 & 8:00; Sun,May 29, 3:25; Mon, May 30, 5:30; Thu, June 2, 8:30Kid-blasting villain Henry Fonda isstalked by revenge-bent Charles

Bronson with the aid of good-badman Jason Robards, as the railroadmarches relentlessly westward. DIRSergio Leone; SCR Sergio Donatiand Leone; PROD Bino Cicogna.US, 1968, color, scope, 165 min.RATED PG ●M

MISTER ROBERTSSun, May 29, 1:00; Mon, May 30, 1:00On a cargo ship in the Pacificbackwaters during World War II,Fonda’s Lt. Doug Roberts—return-ing to his signature, Tony Award-winning stage comedy smash aftersix years off screen—keeps upmorale as he battles palm tree-lov-ing Captain James Cagney. DIRJohn Ford and Mervyn LeRoy; SCRFrank Nugent and Joshua Logan,from the play by Logan andThomas Heggen; PROD LelandHayward. US, 1955, color, scope,123 min. RATED APPROVED ●M

Restored Director’s Cut!MY DARLING CLEMENTINETue, May 31, 7:00; Sat, June 4, 3:25; Mon, June 6, 6:30Henry Fonda’s Wyatt Earp andVictor Mature’s Doc Hollidaysquare off with Walter Brennan atthe OK Corral. One of Ford’s mostatmospheric works, memorable forFonda’s dance in the open air withCathy Downs in the title role.“One of Ford’s finest films, and anAmerican classic.”—LeonardMaltin. Restored by the UCLAFilm Archive: Ford’s version beforeDarryl Zanuck’s re-edit. DIR JohnFord; SCR Winston Miller andSamuel G. Engel; PROD Samuel G.Engel. US, 1946, b&w, 97 min.RATED APPROVED ●M

Henry Fonda: The Centennial Saturday, May 14 to Monday, June 6“The words one associates most often with Henry Fonda are ‘honesty’ and‘integrity.’”—Leonard Maltin. In part that was what AFI was honoring when it choseHenry Fonda (1905-1982) as the sixth recipient of AFI’s Life Achievement Award in1978. In many ways America’s ideal hero, Henry Fonda epitomized the perfect presi-dent, commanding officer or juror. With a range that encompassed a tormented pas-sionate lover (YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE), a feckless light comedian (THE LADY EVE) andan utterly memorable villain (ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST), Fonda’s quiet author-ity—in whatever the part—perhaps allowed us to take him for granted. In the ulti-mate accolade for a truly dedicated actor, he never seemed to be acting. Fonda wasnominated for two Academy Awards, winning for ON GOLDEN POND, but he alsoreceived an Honorary Oscar in 1980. Onthe occasion of his 100th birthday, AFISilver looks at the career of the Americancinema giant who once said, “I’m notreally Henry Fonda. Nobody could havethat much integrity.”

“A dazzling romanticmelodrama”

—PAULINE KAEL

THE GRAPESOF WRATH

THE WRONG MAN

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THE WILD BUNCHFri, May 13, 8:45; Sat, May 14, 2:40 & 9:40;Sun, May 15, 9:05In the Götterdamerung of the West,William Holden’s outlaw band takeshalf of Mexico with them in the finalhecatomb. Peckinpah’s use of bloodspurts and slow-motion made head-lines and revolutionized screen vio-lence, producing an American classicin the process. DIR Sam Peckinpah;SCR Walon Green and Peckinpah;PROD Phil Feldman. US, 1969, color,scope, 145 min. RATED R ●M

RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRYSat, May 14, 7:45; Sun, May 15, 7:10; Tue, May 17, 6:30Peckinpah’s autumnal elegy for theend of the West. Steve Judd andGil Westrum, en route to pickingup a gold shipment at Coarse Gold,must carry a bride there first. Theend of one tradition and the begin-ning of another: Western icons JoelMcCrea and Randolph Scott, in thefinal film for each, play former gun-fighters uneasily teamed up one lasttime. DIR Sam Peckinpah; SCR N.B.Stone, Jr.; PROD Richard E. Lyons.US, 1964, color, scope, 94 min.RATED APPROVED ●M

THE GETAWAY Fri, May 20, 8:50; Sat, May 21, 9:20; Thu, May 22, 6:25Ex-con Steve McQueen tells wife(and real-life love interest) Ali Mac-Graw to “punch it, baby” while fir-ing his pump action shotgun out theback window. Furloughed fromprison to pull a job for a corruptpolitico, when things fall apartMcQueen heads for the Mexicanborder with MacGraw, followed bythugs and the law. Archival Print.DIR Sam Peckinpah; SCR WalterHill, from the novel by Jim Thomp-son; PROD Mitchell Brower andDavid Foster. US, 1972, color, 122min. RATED PG ●M

JUNIOR BONNERSat, May 21, 1:00; Mon, May 23, 6:30Rodeo rider Steve McQueen, back inhis hometown for 4th of July PioneerDays, just wants to stay on thatbucking Brahma bull but falls rightback into the family troubles heabandoned long ago: real estate-crazed brother Joe Don Baker wantsto sell off the family land, while momIda Lupino is estranged from perenni-ally dreaming dad Robert Preston.Practically violence-less Peckinpah,with the tenderest of love scenes asPreston and Lupino reconcile.

Archival Print. DIR Sam Peckinpah;SCR Jeb Rosebrook; PROD JoeWizan. US, 1972, color, scope, 100min. RATED PG ●M

STRAW DOGSFri, May 27, 6:10; Sun, May 29, 8:55; Mon, May30, 8:40; Tue, May 31, 9:00; Thu, June 2, 6:10Perhaps Peckinpah’s most controver-sial film. Math geek Dustin Hoff-man’s a fish-out-of-water in wifeSusan George’s British Cornwall vil-lage, where they’ve moved to getaway from the turbulent US of A.Big mistake—as George’s horrificencounter with her ex-boyfriendand simpleton David Warner leadto what may be Peckinpah’s mostviolent climax. Archival Print. DIRSam Peckinpah; SCR David ZelagGoodman and Peckinpah; PROD

Daniel Melnick. US, 1971, color, 118min. RATED R ●M

THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUESat, June 4, 7:50; Sun, June 5, 6:05; Mon, June 6, 8:30Perhaps Peckinpah’s gentlest work,and his one real love story. Left fordead, but saved when he finds adesert spring, Jason Robards’sCable Hogue soon sets the placeup for business as a stagecoach reststop, even achieving domesticitywhen he finds romance withhooker Stella Stevens. But then thatnewfangled motor car shows up.DIR Sam Peckinpah; SCR JohnCrawford and Edmund Penney;PROD Phil Feldman. US, 1970,color, 121 min. RATED R ●M

SHOWCASESam Peckinpah ShowcaseFriday, May 13 through Sunday, June 12The hard-luck auteur of American film, director Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984) peren-nially battled with studios and producers, with some of his best work shredded inthe editing room. Carelessly typed as a purveyor of horrific violence (although adirector of Tennessee Williams plays in his student days), Peckinpah retainedthroughout his work his strong personal code of honor. A stylist without peer in themontage tradition of Sergei Eisenstein, he was also capable of the most tender andpoignant of romances. With his heretofore butchered works now restored toacclaimed re-evaluation, Peckinpah can finally be fully experienced as one of theworld’s greatest directors of action, and a unique American master.

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NewlyRestored35mm Print!MAJOR DUNDEEFri, June 3, 6:00; Sun, June 5, 1:00;Fri, June 10; 6:00; Sat, June 11, 6:00;Sun, June 12, 6:00Legendarily shredded in theediting room by the producer,Sony Pictures has nowrestored all but six minutes ofPeckinpah’s preferred cut.Charlton Heston’s Dundeeoffers his Confederate prisonerRichard Harris a deal: con-tinue rotting in a Civil Warprison camp or join withhated Union jailers in pursuitof children kidnapped byApache raiders. And a land-locked Moby Dick begins,across the Rio Grande, to contend with the Apaches, Emperor Maximilian’s French lancers—and each other. See it at last as Peckinpahintended. DIR Sam Peckinpah; SCR Harry Julian Fink; PROD Jerry Bresler. US, 1965, color, scope, 145 min. RATED PG-13

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PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KIDFri, June 3, 8:45; Sat, June 4, 10:15; Wed, June 8, 8:30Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett(James Coburn) visits old pal Billythe Kid (Kris Kristofferson) to warnhim “times have changed.” And thenthe long chase begins, underscoredby Bob Dylan’s unconventionalsongs, with the emotional highlightthe farewell of Slim Pickens andKaty Jurado. But it’s all in Garrett’sflashback, between the brilliantlyedited prologue and epilogue,restored after studio cuts. DIR SamPeckinpah; SCR Rudy Wurlitzer;PROD Phil Feldman. US, 1973, color,scope, 122 min. RATED R ●M

BRING ME THE HEAD OFALFREDO GARCIAFri, June 10, 8:45; Sat, June 11, 8:45; Sun, June 12, 8:45Village strongman Emilio Fernandezbellows the words of the title whenhe learns Alfredo has impregnatedhis daughter. And piano-playing bar-tender Warren Oates decides to gofor the million-dollar reward whenbizarre bounty hunters drop in(knowing his lover Isela Vega lovedAlfredo too.) Peckinpah straight-with-no-chaser, as greed, a lover’sanguish and a hissed “kill him” leadOates (imitating Peckinpah himselfthroughout) to a final tragicallyromantic decision. DIR Sam Peckin-pah; SCR Gordon Dawson and Peck-inpah; PROD Martin Baum. US,1974, color, 112 min. RATED R ●M

“Some kind of bizarremasterpiece.”

—ROGER EBERT

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MEMORIES OF MURDER[Sarineui Chueok]Opening SoonBased on Korea’s first serial killercase, this simultaneously chillingand hilarious box office smash wonBest Film, Director and Actor at theKorean Film Awards, plus manyothers around the world. The bodyof a young woman is found in adrainage ditch in 1986, and the localcops’ comically brutal interrogationsproduce an unlikely suspect—butthe murders keep coming anyway.DIR/SCR Bong Joon-ho; SCR: ShimSeong-bo; PROD: Cha Seung-jaeand Romeo Noh. Korea, 2003,color, 129 min. In Korean withEnglish subtitles.

AFTER MIDNIGHT [Dopo mezzonotte]Opening SoonA delightful homage to cinemafrom the silent era to the FrenchNew Wave. On the run from thelaw after an altercation with herabusive boss, fast-food clerkFrancesca Inaudi seeks refuge inthe magical Mole Antonelliana (theMuseum of Cinema in Turin, Italy),guarded nightly by Buster Keaton-esque watchman Georgio Pasotti.Torn between newfound feelingsfor the night watchman and a trou-bled relationship with an irre-sistible carjacker, she’s forced tobalance the affections of two suit-ors—before they settle things them-selves. DIR/SCR Davide Ferrario;PROD Ladsis Zanini. Italy, 2004,color, 89 min. In Italian with Eng-lish subtitles. UNRATED

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SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Hal Hartley: Digital HalSaturday, April 23; Sunday, April 24; Tuesday, April 26Since breaking into the American independent film scene in the late 1980s with simplyplotted, structurally challenging works like THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH, TRUST and SIMPLEMEN, writer/director Hal Hartley has flirted with mainstream success but never pursuedit. He has chosen instead to make works on his own terms—with tireless experimenta-tion, curiosity and playfulness. Hartley has recently focused almost exclusively on thedigital format, exploiting the media’s cold features and embracing its limitations to cre-ate hectically stylized works. In the hands of a gifted artist and innovator like Hartley,the results are provocative and eye-opening.

These two digital programs showcase recent works by Hartley—his tenth featureTHE GIRL FROM MONDAY and POSSIBLE FILMS (a collection of shorts from the past 10years, including film and digital work), plus the premiere of SISTERS OF MERCY star-ring Parker Posey and Sabrina Lloyd.

THE GIRL FROM MONDAYSat, Apr 23, 7:15; Tue, Apr 26, 7:30Taking its cues from Jean-LucGodard’s ALPHAVILLE and ChrisMarker’s LA JETÉE, this low-techsci-fi tale is more concerned withideas than special effects. Set inthe aftermath of a bloodless revo-lution in a familiar-looking future,the brave new consumer societyvalues credit ratings above all.Where one’s identity is defined bybuying power—and increased sex-ual activity can improve one’smarket value—spurned lovers fileinsurance claims to protect theirportfolios. Featuring Bill Sage asthe advertising executive whotakes in Tatiana Abracos, theeponymous visitor from another world. DIR/SCR Hal Hartley;PROD Hal Hartley and Steve Hamilton. US, 2005, DV, 84 min.UNRATED ●M

POSSIBLE FILMS: SHORT WORKS 1994–2004 ●MSun, Apr 24, 5:00; Tue, Apr 26, 9:15

OPERA NO. 1(1994, 7 min., 16mm)

THE OTHER ALSO(1997 7 min., DV)

THE NEW MATH(S)(1999, 15 min., DV)

NYC 3/94(1994, 10 min., 16mm)

THE SISTERS OF MERCY(2004, 17 min., DV)

KIMONO (2000, 27 min., 35mm)

REGARDING SOON: INTERVIEW WITH HAL HARTLEY(2005, 10 min., DV)

EXCERPTS FROM SOON, A WACO INSPIRED PLAYBY HAL HARTLEY(2005, 16 min., DV)

PHOTO: RICHARD SYLVARNES

THE GIRLFROMMONDAY

48 Hour Film ProjectScreenings and Special “Best of” Show!Screenings: Tue, May 3, 7:15 & 9:30; Wed, May 4, 7:15 & 9:30; Thur, May 5, 7:15 & 9:30Best of 48 Hour Film Project: Thur, May 19, 7:15 (on two screens)

The 48 Hour Film Project—an international competition of do-it-yourself filmmak-ing—is back. Teams have just two days to make a short film—from script to finaledit. Come see the results! Purchase tickets early as all shows are expected to SELLOUT! For more information about the project visit www.48hourfilm.com

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Mid-Atlantic RegionalShowcase (MARS)AFI and Montgomery College continue theirshowcase of independent films by local andregional filmmakers in May with Evan Guil-foyle and Jonathan Schultz’s Baltimore-based WINTERLUDE. All MARS screenings arepreceded by casual filmmaker “Meet andGreets” a half-hour before show time in AFISilver’s café, followed by filmmaker Q&Asessions. MARS screenings are $5.

WINTERLUDEJune 7, 9:00 The story of an awkward youngfilmmaker and his attempt to makea movie based on a past relation-ship using “real-life” couple Boband Marianne. As shooting begins,Marianne discovers that being apart of this project is more thanshe bargained for: the filmmaker’sconstant manipulation of theirscreen “life” causes real tensionbetween the couple. Shot almostentirely on location in Baltimore,WINTERLUDE is a portrait ofyoung love and misguided cine-matic agendas that blurs the linesbetween fantasy and reality.DIR/SCR Evan Guilfoyle andJonathan Schultz; PROD JenaeGates. US, 2005, 16mm/BetaCam,84 min. UNRATED ●M

Montgomery CollegeFilm SeriesAFI Silver continues its presentation ofoutstanding films included in Mont-gomery College’s film course curricula.Tickets are $5 for students and generalaudience alike and include an introductionby an instructor, followed by a post-screening discussion.

HOUSE OF GAMESApril 27, 5:30Playwright David Mamet’s directo-rial film debut takes a mark—psy-chiatrist (and the writer/director’sthen-wife) Lindsay Crouse—deepinside the world of grifters and highstakes scams. Joe Mantegna is theconfidence man who draws her intoan elaborate sting engineered by reallife card sharp and con expert RickyJay. Constructed with more twiststhan a yoga studio and punctuatedby Mamet’s trademark staccato dia-logue. DIR/SCR David Mamet;PROD Michael Hausman; 1987. US,color, 102 min. RATED R ●M

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From the Brothers Grimm: AmericanVersions of Folktale Classics Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5These handsome, award-winning adaptations of folk and fairy tales translate tradi-tional old-world settings into an American idiom, faithful to the simple stories,moral power and enchantment of the Brothers Grimm originals. These three specialscreenings coincide with the DVD release of the title series. Suggested viewing age:8 years and above.

SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel DocumentaryFestival Presents the landmark 1930s New Dealdocumentaries with LIVE ORCHESTRAL accompaniment! Classic Virgil Thomson scores played by The Post-Classical Ensemble, conducted by Angel Gil-Ordoñez

THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS and THE RIVERSaturday, June 11, 3:00; Sunday, June 12, 3:00In as stunning an array of artistic forces as the AFI Silver has everassembled, Pulitzer Prize and Kennedy Center Honors winner VirgilThomson’s masterly scores will be played live by one of the nation’smost exciting chamber orchestras alongside Pare Lorentz’s revolu-

tionary Depression-era films (madefor the New Deal’s ResettlementAdministration). Featuring the visualpoetry of such photography and cin-ematography legends as Paul Strand,Ralph Steiner, Leo Hurwitz, WillardVan Dyke and Oscar winner FloydCrosby, which defined the socialdocumentary for generations to come, contributing to theplacement of both films in the Library of Congress NationalFilm Registry of American cinematic treasures. DIR/SCR PareLorentz. US, 1936 & 1938, b&w, 25 & 31 min.

This program is made possible by a grant from theNational Endowment for the Arts. Attendance is strictlylimited. No passes will be accepted. $25 includes admis-sion to the films with live musical accompaniment, plusillustrative commentary with musical experts includingPost-Classical Ensemble Artistic Director JosephHorowitz and NPR’s Andy Trudeau.

SPECIAL EVENTS

“The Post-Classical

Ensemble is awelcome, edgyaddition to themusical life ofWashington.”

—THE WASHINGTONPOST

“Thomson at his shining best.”—MUSIC CRITIC PAUL WITTKE

ASHPET and JACK AND THEDENTIST’S DAUGHTER Saturday, June 4, 1:00ASHPET transposes the story of Cinderellato a World War II setting, with Cinderellaand her two craven sisters attending a vic-tory dance. (45 min.) In JACK AND THEDENTIST’S DAUGHTER, Jack overcomesevery obstacle his beloved’s father puts inhis path to get his girl. (38 min.) ●M

WILLA: AN AMERICAN SNOW WHITESaturday, June 4, 5:30 In this Assn. for LibraryService to Children AndrewCarnegie Medal-winningfeature, Snow White findsadventure and romance ina traveling medicine show.(85 min.) ●M

MUTZMAG and SOLDIER JACKSunday, June 5, 3:40In MUTZMAG, a plucky moun-tain girl outwits a witch and herhusband, a giant ogre. (53 min.)In SOLDIER JACK, Jack catchesDeath in a sack and becomes ahero, but not without a fewconsequences. (40 min.) ●M

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SILVERDOCS 2005 SNEAK PREVIEWSPECIAL SCREENINGSFOREVER YOUNG by Michael J. Sheridan, 2005

2005 marks the 50th anniversary of JamesDean’s untimely death. Dean starred in onlythree films in his short career. This newWarner Bros. documentary, narrated by MartinSheen, celebrates Dean’s life and career andthe power of his legacy, which, 50 years latercontinues to grow. The film covers Dean’sobsession with the craft of acting, focusing notonly on his film work but also on the manytelevision appearances that he made (some notseen since their original airings), starting withhis very first—a Pepsi commercial.

MURDERBALL by Dana Adam Shapiroand Henry-Alex Rubin, 2005

A gripping, nail-biting, adrenaline-charged story of fierce internationalsports competition, MURDERBALLwill challenge any preconceivednotions one might have about life asa quadriplegic. Wheelchair rugby (akaMURDERBALL) is like any othercompetitive contact sport. Justbecause they are in wheelchairs, don’tthink these guys are in it for a hugand a smile. The film follows severalquadriplegic athletes in their struggleto adapt to their new reality, relearn-ing everything they knew—from gro-cery shopping to having sex. Theirgoal: win the gold medal in the 2004Paralympics in Athens.

MUSIC DOCSAFI has long been a champion of the music documentary.Just a few weeks after AFI at the ArcLight in Los Angeleskicks off its annual Music Documentary Series, SILVER-DOCS will join in the celebration of the power of music byshowcasing films that will make you want to get up anddance, sit down and jam, go out and change the world—or all three. FREE outdoor screenings and concerts for thecommunity make downtown Silver Spring the place to bethis June, as SILVERDOCS sings praise to the magical mar-riage of great music and great filmmaking.

Two films featured in the Music Docs series are:

MAKE IT FUNKYby Michael Murphy, 2005

New Orleans is the heart of American music. Itsbeats have resonated for over 100 years. Its tra-ditions go back much farther. MAKE IT FUNKYtraces that story. Interviews and performancesgive voice, face and place to the music thatchanged the world. Come watch The Neville

Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Jon Cleary, AllenToussaint, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, EarlPalmer, the Funky Meters, KeithRichards and many more as theyMAKE IT FUNKY in the Big Easy.

Join SILVERDOCS’ party in thestreets (New Orleans style) onFriday night, June 17. A concertwill be followed by an outdoorscreening of the film.

SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK: RAISE YOUR VOICEby Stanley Nelson, 2005

The Sweet Honey experience is like noother. Six African-American womenjoin their powerful voices, along withhand percussion instruments, to createa blend of lyrics, movement and narrative thatvariously relate history, point the finger atinjustice, encourage activism and sing thepraises of love. The music speaks out againstoppression and exploitation of every kind.Founded by Bernice Johnson Reagon in 1973 atthe D.C. Black Repertory Theater Company,

Sweet Honey in the Rock—an internationallyrenowned a cappella ensemble—has been a vitaland innovative presence in the music culture ofWashington, DC and in communities of con-science around the world. Join us as renowneddocumentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson bringsthe magic and message of Sweet Honey in theRock to the big screen.

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June 14-19, 2005The third annual SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival bringsthe best new documentaries to Washington, DC, area audiences, with six days ofprogramming showcasing over 75 films, plus special screenings featuring guestsfrom behind and in front of the camera. Now in its third year of attracting some ofthe most sought-after filmmakers and films from around the world, SILVERDOCS isfast becoming the most talked about documentary festival in the United States.

For the 2nd year, SILVERDOCS presents the International DocumentaryConference with three full days of seminars, workshops, screenings and pitchsessions, and informal networking opportunities for filmmakers and funders.The Conference is a must-attend event for both veteran and novice documen-tary filmmakers to learn the ins-and-outs of filmmaking from seasoned prosand to forge partnerships that last a lifetime. In its first year, the Conferencedrew 450 filmmakers and guests from more than 50 countries. For more infor-mation, visit www.SILVERDOCS.com.

The 3rd Annual Charles Guggenheim Symposium, named for the late four-time Academy Award winner, honors filmmakers who exhibit a passion fortheir subject, convey a profound respect for democratic values and have mas-tered the power of the documentary to capture current events and frame his-tory. Two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple was honored in 2004.Watch for news of this year’s honoree.

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