May 2016 - FilmScene

A student-run UI org
established in 1972
dedicated to cinema.
FilmScene Staff
Free Mondays! UI students FREE
for the late Monday showing of new
release film during the semester.
FilmScene’s first ever summer camp!
Campers will work in teams to produce, direct,
and edit their own animations—totally from
scratch. The finished work will be premiered for
family and friends in our Scene 1 cinema.
Details: www.icfilmscene.org/animation
AFTER HOURS A late-night series
SAT, 5/7
featuring cult classics and fan favorites.
Saturdays at 11pm.
The
CRIMSON PEAK (2015) Dir.
PictureShow
Family and Children’s Series
Guillermo del Toro. After a family tragedy,
an aspiring author is torn between her
childhood friend and a mysterious outsider.
presented by
SAT, 5/14
Big-screen classics old and new, approved
for movie lovers of all ages! Our 12-week
summer series begins on June 2.
Tickets now FREE for kids! $5 for adults.
Summer films play Thu, Fri, Sat at 10am.
Session 1: June 27-July 1 (Grades 5 & 6)
Session 2: July 11-15 (Grades 7 & 8)
Hours: 8:30am – 3:30pm
Teachers: Mark Jones, Buffy Quintero
Cost: $350, meals included
THE
ROOFTOP
SERIES
Ten summer dates featuring well-loved
classics, beneath the stars and above the
streets of Iowa City. Cake, giveaways,
karaoke, costume contests—you never
know what we’ll add to each screening
to butter up your Rooftop experience.
THE SANDLOT
(1993) Dir. David M.
Evans. A genuinely
sweet and funny
coming-of-age
adventure and
baseball classic for
all ages.
POKÉMON: THE FIRST MOVIE
(1998) Dir. Kunihiko Yuyama, Michael
Haigney. Scientists create a new Pokémon,
Mewtwo, but the results are disastrous.
June 2, 3, 4
FREE FOR UI STUDENTS $6 PUBLIC
PURPLE RAIN
June 7, 10pm
(1984) Dir. Albert
Magnoli. Let’s Go
Crazy! FilmScene
pays tribute to Prince
on his birthday with
the artist’s rock opera
masterpiece.
Joe Tiefenthaler, Executive Director
Andy Brodie, Program Director
Andrew Sherburne, Associate Director
Emily Salmonson,
Director of Operations
Ross Meyer, Head Projectionist
and Facilities Manager
Aaron Holmgren, Shift Supervisor
Francis Agnoli, Wendy DeCora,
Sean Demers, Britt Fowler,
Anna Lee, Amanda Rossmiller,
Spencer Williams, Theater Staff
Emily Brown, Dominick Shults,
Duncan Sinclair, David Trudell,
Sarah Ulanowicz, Projectionists
Board of Directors
Michael Finlayson, Chair
Tommy Haines, Vice Chair
Emma Barnum, Secretary
Chris Ameling, Treasurer
Laura Bergus, Karen Chappell,
Corey Creekmur, Michael Davis,
Will Downing, Evan Evans, David
Gould, Adam Ingersoll, Kembrew
McLeod, Ryan O’Leary, Doug Ongie,
Andre Perry, Monique Singson,
Andy Stoll, Damon Terrill
In partnership with
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About FilmScene
FilmScene is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the
cultural vitality of the Iowa City area through the presentation and discussion
of film as an art form. With programming that entertains, inspires, and
educates, FilmScene works to build and connect community through film.
For more information, visit www.icfilmscene.org.
Online: www.icfilmscene.org
Box Office: open at noon daily
Getting Here
Located at 118 E. College St. on the
Ped Mall in Downtown Iowa City.
Evening:$10.00*
Matinee:$8.50*
Senior (60+): $7.50*
Youth (12 & under): $7.50*
UI Students:
$7.50*
CLINTON ST
Members:$6.00*
See all the benefits of FilmScene
membership at www.icfilmscene.org.
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Tickets
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Iowa City, IA 52240
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Programs, showtimes and ticket prices subject to change.
Special events may be priced differently. Movie Hotline: 319-358-2555.
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Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some!!
is Dazed & Confused meets the Eighties
ROOFTOP REVELRY
A purple birthday for Prince opens up our
summer series of open-air cinema
THE TENSION BUILDS
Maverick moviemakers Jeff Nichols and Jeremy
Saulnier mix bigger budgets with indie sensibilities.
May 2016
Ralph Fiennes and Tilda Swinton rekindle
an old flame in A Bigger Splash.
v3.5
EVERYBODY GET SOME!!
HAPPY HOUR
NEW RELEASES
Indie Auteurs Done Good
One dollar off beer and wine for matinees
before 5:30pm. Sip one on the rooftop!
Building on early successes, Jeff Nichols
("Shotgun Stories," "Take Shelter," "Mud") and
Jeremy Saulnier ("Murder Party," "Blue Ruin")
now helm bigger-budget projects with the
same independent spirt and vision.
“Ridiculously fun and deceptively deep.”
Opens May 6
—TimeOut New York
EVERYBODY
WANTS SOME!!
(2016, USA) Dir. Richard Linklater.
A group of college baseball players
navigate their way through the
freedoms and responsibilities of
unsupervised adulthood in this
laugh-out-loud spiritual sequel
to “Dazed and Confused” from
acclaimed writer/director Richard
Linklater (“Boyhood”).
Opens May 6
GREEN ROOM (2016, USA)
Dir. Jeremy Saulnier. A brilliantly crafted and
wickedly fun horror-thriller starring Patrick
Stewart as a diabolical club owner who squares
off against an unsuspecting but resilient young
punk band.“The most sensational, out-of-the-blue
film I’ve seen.” —Quentin Tarantino
Opens May 13
Opens May 13
APRIL AND THE
EXTRAORDINARY WORLD
(2016, France/Belgium/Canada) Dir. Christian
Desmares, Franck Ekinci. From the producers of
the Oscar-nominated “Persepolis” and the mind of
renowned graphic novelist Jacques Tardi—a riveting
sci-fi steampunk adventure. English and French
versions screened. “Miyazaki meets Pixar! A rousing,
thrilling adventure, beautifully animated!” —The Verge
Opens May 20
Opens May 6
LOUDER THAN BOMBS
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
(2016, Norway/France/Denmark) Dir. Joachim
Trier. A father (Gabriel Byrne) and his two sons
(Jesse Eisenberg, Devin Druid) must confront
differing feelings and memories after the death of
their wife and mother, a famed war photographer
played brilliantly in flashbacks by Isapelle Huppert.
Norwegian director Trier’s English-language debut.
(2016, USA) Dir. Jeff Nichols. Michael
Shannon, Joel Edgerton, and Kirsten Dunst
star in this stunner about a father and his son
who go on the lam upon discovering that the
boy possesses mysterious powers. “On par
with ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind,’...for
slow-burn supernatural thrill.” —Variety
“Beautiful and intimate...like a great novel.” —IndieWire
Opens May 20
Opens Late May
CEMETERY OF SPLENDOR
MY GOLDEN DAYS (2016,
THE OTHER SIDE (2016, France/
your eyes wide open.” —The Hollywood Reporter
“Masterpiece! This is what great cinema looks like.
Richly, fully alive.” —The Nation
aesthetic devices: human empathy.” —Cinema Scope
(2016, Thailand/UK/Germany/Malaysia/et al) Dir.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul. A group of soldiers
in a small town on the Mekong River in northern
Thailand are struck with a bizarre sleeping illness
in the latest from the visionary Apichatpong
Weerasethakul, “among our greatest living
filmmakers” (Reverse Shot). “Like dreaming with
France) Dir. Arnaud Desplechin. Paul (newcomer
Quentin Dolmaire) is preparing to leave Tajikistan,
while thinking back on his adolescent years: his
childhood, his mother’s madness, the parties,
friendship, betrayal, and the love of his life—
writer/director Desplechin delivers another gem.
Italy) Dir. Roberto Minervini. Taciturn adolescents,
addicts trying to escape through love; veterans still
at war with the world; floundering young women;
and old people who have not lost their desire to live.
Through this hidden pocket of humanity, renowned
documentarian Minervini opens a window to the
abyss of America. “[Observed with] that rarest of all
Make a Splash
Opens May 27
A BIGGER SPLASH
(2016, Italy/France) Dir. Luca Guadagnino.
Rock legend Marianne Lane (Tilda Swinton)
is recuperating on the volcanic island of
Pantelleria with her partner Paul (Matthias
Schoenaerts) when iconoclast record
producer and old flame Harry (Ralph
Fiennes) unexpectedly arrives with his
daughter Penelope (Dakota Johnson) and
interrupts their holiday, bringing a blast of
nostalgia from which there can be no rescue.
We’re not just another fish in the sea.
Last year FilmScene hosted over 250
distinct movies and cinematic events
you won’t see anywhere else.
It is our mission, as Iowa City’s nonprofit
cinema, to deliver programming that will make
a splash. And it all starts with you— your
summer gift helps us keep making waves!
“A shimmering tale of
jealousy and intrigue.”
www.icfilmscene.org/give
—The Telegraph
WED, 5/18
WED, 5/25
James Isaac. This Friday
the 13th, Jason massacres
victims in space. Souvenir
space-hockey mask!
Punch in for weird
Wednesdays at 10pm for
b-movies, camp classics,
and fright favorites.
Cheap tickets, cheap
beer & cheap fun!
WED, 5/11
JASON X (2001) Dir.
WED, 5/4
FRI, 5/13
Friday the 13th, 11pm | $10
MOMMY (1995) Dir.
HOUSE ON BARE
MOUNTAIN (1962)
THE RETURN OF
THE LIVING DEAD
CREEPSHOW
Max Allan Collins. She’s
pretty, she’s perfect,
she’s June Cleaver with
a cleaver. DIALOGUE
director Collins in person!
Dir. Wes Bishop & R. Lee
Frost. Hollywood models
meet the monsters! Shot
in NUDERAMA!
(1985) Dir. Dan O’Bannon.
Night of the Living Dead
“sequel” filled with scares,
laughs and killer tunes.
(1982) Dir. George A.
Romero. Stephen King
brings you the most fun
you’ll ever have being
scared!
STEPHEN KING Big screams on the big screen—“Creepshow,” “Maximum Overdrive” and “Children of the Corn”— as Late Shift celebrates the author’s June visit to IC.
Showtimes set and published weekly on Tuesday. Schedule subject to change. Showtimes at www.icfilmscene.org or the Movie Hotline at 319-358-2555.