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MY LIFE IN CINEMASCOPE
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OSCAR® NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS
(2008) Hartford’s home of animation from around the world presents a very special
event – an all-ages screening of the complete set of the 2008 Academy Award® nominees for Best Animated Short Film. And the nominees are: Lavatory Lovestory
(Russia), Oktapodi (France), Le Maison en Petits Cubes (Japan), This Way Up (UK)
and Presto (US). And as a special bonus, five commended cartoons – including Marc
Craste’s stunning ecological tale Varmints and Bill Plympton’s new short Hot Dog- fill
out the bill. Don’t miss these excellent examples of the art of animation, from delicate
line drawing to cutting-edge computer imagery, on the big screen. 95 min.
www.magpictures.com
OSCAR® NOMINATED LIVE ACTION SHORTS
(2008) This year’s Academy Award®-nominated short live action films are not only creative & fun – they are a good place to look for up and coming filmmakers from around
the globe. This year’s nominees are Auf Der Strecke, (security guard in a Swedish
department store falls in love with a bibliophile); New Boy, an adaptation of Irish
writer Roddy Doyle’s short story; Toyland (a German mother distracts her children
with magical tales of a mysterious land during World War II); and The Pig (a Danish
film on aging, whimsical pigs, and religious tolerance). The final film is France’s
Manon on the Asphalt, about a young woman who is hit by a car, while every moment
of joy she has experienced runs through her mind. “The Oscar shorts program offers a
more accurate, more complete glimpse of the state of cinema than the features ... it’s
also, for those whose interest in film extends beyond the red carpet, where the action
is.” - A.O. Scott, New York Times. 99 min. www.magpictures.com
MAN ON WIRE
(UK, 2008) Director: James Marsh. With: Philippe Petit, Annie Allix, Mark Lewis,
Jean-François Heckel.
One of the best documentaries of the year began life in the mind of 14-year-old
Philippe Petit, who saw sketches for the as-yet-unbuilt Twin Towers in a French newspaper - and dreamed of walking through the clouds from one to the other. Man on Wire
is part thriller and part mystery, as Petit and his crew plot his illegal, highly dangerous
and incredible coup. The mystery, as in the documentary Rivers and Tides on Andy
Goldsmith’s transitory sculptures, comes as Petit steps out into the unknown: 110 stories above New York City, he balances between two steel giants whose existence would
turn out to be heartbreakingly brief. “Marsh has done much more than document one
man’s unlikely accomplishment; he has restored those towers to us as symbols of joy
and transcendence.” - Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com. 94 min. www.manonwire.com
CADILLAC RECORDS
(2008) Written and directed by Darnell Martin. Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Adrien Brody,
Beyoncé Knowles, Mos Def, Cedric the Entertainer, Columbus Short.
Before Chicago got its props for giving us a new President, it gave the world Chess
Records and its awesome group of musicians that juiced up the blues with electricity
and major attitude. A fine ensemble cast lets the audience in on the beginning of a
musical movement, with Oscar®-worthy performances by Beyoncé Knowles as the
soulful, hard living Etta James, Mos Def as an ambitious Chuck Berry, and Columbus
Short as spookily intense Howlin’ Wolf. But every ensemble cast needs a star, and in
Cadillac Records it’s Jeffrey Wright, the incredibly versatile actor whose roles include
Colin Powell in W., a CIA agent in Quantum of Solace, and the troubled artist in
Basquiat. His wary and brilliant Muddy Waters - and his complicated relationship with
Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody) - tell us everything we need to know about the birth of
the Chicago Blues. 109 min. www.cadillacrecordsmovie.com
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
(2008) Director: David Fincher. Screenplay: Eric Roth. Director of Photography: Claudio
Miranda. Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tarall P. Henson, Tilda Swinton, Julia Ormond.
The third film collaboration between director David Fincher and Brad Pitt (after Se7en
and Fight Club) gets its unusual premise from a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald: a
baby is actually old at his birth in New Orleans in 1916, and grows younger and
younger until his death. Brad Pitt gives a subtle, Zen-like performance as a man who
meets his true love (Cate Blanchett) when they are both chronologically seven, but
must wait until middle age for a brief, wonderful moment when their biological ages
match up. A marvel of imagination that shows the ever-new magic of cinema. “With
his usual intelligence, technical virtuosity (the reverse-aging effects are astounding)
and storytelling panache, director Fincher gives the film… something unique for a
Hollywood movie — a true spiritual experience” – William Arnold, Seattle Post
Intelligencer. 167 min. www.benjaminbutton.com
RAGA UNVEILED
A film by Gita and Mukesh Desai. With: Ravi Shankar, Samir Chatterjee, Ashwini
Bhide, Amjad Ali Khan, Ashok Ranade, Birju Maharaj, and more.
Immerse yourself in the mesmerizing, sublime music that is raga. For the first time, a
sweeping new film explores the 4000 year old evolution of raga in India, its varied musical form and unique oral teaching traditions, and its use as a path to self-transcendence.
Interviews with Vedic scholars and musicologists are woven together with an amazing
spectrum of sound provided by the best raga musicians living today. A special, one-time
screening presented by the filmmakers . “inspires, moves and transports one to a place
that you never imagined existed. Raga is a spiritual engagement second to none” - Gita
Desai (Yoga Unveiled) 120 min. [email protected] www.ragaunveiled.com
LOLA MONTÈS
New Restoration
(France, 1955) Written and directed by Max
Ophuls, based on the novel La Vie
Extraordinaire de Lola Montès by Cecil
Saint-Laurent. Cinematographer, Christian
Matras. Cast: Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov,
Anton Walbrook, Ivan Desny, Oskar
Werner.
The stunning restoration of Max Ophuls’
Lola Montès, which first played the New
York Film Festival in 1955, made a triumphant return to the festival in ’08, where
it was billed as “ a major cinematic event.”
Quite possibly the most beautiful film ever
made in Cinemascope, Lola Montès is the
final film by Ophuls, a German Jew who
left for Hollywood in 1933, returning to
France, where he would make his masterpieces, including La Ronde and The
Earrings of Madame De... Ophuls’ innovative and fluid camera style is at its best in
Lola, the story of a aging romantic adventurer (Martine Carol) who once seduced the
King of Bavaria and Franz Liszt, but now
sells her celebrity in a circus ring. “SHEER
ECSTASY... I recommend Lola Montès wholeheartedly for its sensuous delights and its
ever exquisite artistry!” - Andrew Sarris, The New York Observer. 110 min.
www.rialtopictures.com http://lolamontes.cinematheque.fr
MILK
(2008) Directed by Gus Van Sant. Screenplay by Dustin Lance Black. Director of photography, Harris Savides. Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Alison Pill,
Diego Luna, Victor Garber.
In one of movie-making’s little miracles, Gus Van Sant’s movie about Harvey Milk is
the polar opposite of the overly reverential biopic: it sizzles with politics, sex, danger,
and humor. Part of the excitement comes from Sean Penn’s electric performance as
Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials who served only a year as a City
Supervisor in San Francisco before being assassinated along with the mayor in 1978.
Van Sant (To Die For, My Own Private Idaho, Finding Forrester) puts the audience
smack in the middle of a major turning point in the (ongoing) California culture wars,
as the gay community stood up for their rights and never looked back. “I have tasted
freedom. I will not give up that which I have tasted. I have a lot more to drink.” –
Harvey Milk. 128 min. www.milkthemovie.com
DEFIANCE
(2008) Directed by Edward Zwick. Screenplay by Clayton Frohman and Edward
Zwick, based on the book by Nechama Tec. Music by James Newton Howard, with violin solos performed by Joshua Bell. Cast: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell,
Alexa Davalos, Mia Wasikowska.
From Glory to Blood Diamonds to Defiance, director Edward Zwick has a passion for
bringing little known stories - and their reluctant heroes - to the screen. His latest film
is based on the true story of a group of Jewish resistance fighters who escaped into the
forests of Belarus, where they banded together to save Jewish refugees and battle the
Nazis. Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, and Jamie Bell are impressive as three brothers
who share a deep bond while holding conflicting ideas on how best to fight for survival. “to hold up the mirror to the world, is an extraordinary opportunity. It’s also a
responsibility I’ve always felt, and I just hope that I’m able to keep doing it.” - Edward
Zwick. 137 min. www.defiancemovie.com
FROST/NIXON
(2008) Directed by Ron Howard. Screenplay by Peter Morgan, based on his stage play.
Cast: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones.
Who would have ever thought that a series of interviews between jet-setting quasi-journalist David Frost and the disgraced President Nixon would turn into a mano-a-mano
duel of wits that actually forced the former President to confront - if not totally admit
- his crimes. Based on Peter Morgan’s devastating stage play, Frost/Nixon is at times
darkly humorous and at others quite chilling - as it always is when a powerful person
tries to justify defying the rule of law. Frank Langella gives an Oscar-worthy performance that captures Nixon’s essential oddness, while Michael Sheen has great fun as
an Austin Power-with-an-IQ tv host, out to convince the world of his gravitas. 122 min.
www.frostnixon.net
WALTZ WITH BASHIR Vals Im Bashir
(Israel, 2008) Written and directed by Ari Folman. Music by Max Richter. Director of
animation, Yoni Goodman.
The third animated film on the Cinestudio flyer (with Academy Award® Nominated
Shorts and Azur and Asmar) is a brave step in a new direction for this versatile art. As
Art Spiegelman’s Maus brought the horrors of Nazi Germany to life in a graphic novel,
Waltz With Bashir uses animation to visualize the memories, nightmares and experiences of a group of Israeli veterans who were stationed in Lebanon in 1982, during the
massacre of 3000 Palestinian civilians by Lebanese Phalangist fighters. Director Ari
Folman interviews the now middle-aged men, each dealing in their own way with the
trauma of the past - and the fact that Israel was proven to be a complicit bystander in
the slaughter. “a work of astonishing aesthetic integrity and searing moral power.” A. O. Scott, New York Times. 87 min. www.waltzwithbashir.com
DOUBT
(2008) Written and directed by John Patrick Shanley, based on his play. Director of
photography: Roger Deakins. Cast: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Viola
Davis, Amy Adams, Joseph Foster III.
Doubt may have been percolating in the minds of many American Catholics in 1964, but
the concept is an anathema to Sister Alyosius, the principal of a Bronx parochial school
brilliantly played by Meryl Streep. What she’s sure of could fill a cathedral: singing secular carols in the Christmas play is wrong, and that new young priest (Philip Seymour
Hoffman) has an ‘unhealthy interest’ in the school’s only African-American student.
What makes John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer prize-winning play (and now film) outstanding is that the audience is left to draw its own conclusions about guilt and innocence. The great ensemble acting won Academy Award® nominations for Meryl Streep
(Best Actress), Amy Adams and Viola Davis (Best Supporting Actress). 124 min.
www.doubt-themovie.com
READY? OK!
(2008) Written and directed by James Vasquez. Cast: Carrie Preston, Kali Rocha, Lurie
Poston, Michael Emerson.
Josh is a Catholic school’s worst nightmare. Not only does this ten-year-old enjoy dressing like Maria von Trapp and perfecting the technique of a French braid, but he also
wants to be a cheerleader for an all-girl’s Catholic school squad. His heavily-caffeinated
single mom (Carrie Preston) finds it just that much easier to cope when she enlists the
help of her gay neighbor, played by Lost’s Michael Emerson. A crowd-pleasing comedy
that’s winning raves on the festival circuit, in a onetime screening sponsored by
OutFilmCT, The Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. 91 min. www.outfilmct.org
AZUR AND ASMAR
(France, 2008) Written, directed and drawn by Michel Ocelot.
(English language version) With the voices of: Steven
Kynman, Nigel Pilkington, Suzanna Nour, Nigel Lambert, and
Frederick Benedict.
The fourth film by celebrated French animator Michel Ocelot
is an all-ages fantasy inspired by One Thousand and One
Nights. The beautiful, jewel-like animation tells the story of a
wealthy young French boy (Azur) who bonds with the son
(Asmar) of his Arab nursemaid. The nursemaid enchants the
boys with the tale of a magical fairy called a Djinn, who has
been captured and can only be rescued by a prince. Although
Azur’s father cruelly sends Asmar and his mother away, the
boys reunite in medieval Maghreb in their quest to free the
Djinn. A brilliant fable that speaks to children’s love of adventure, and the director’s hopes for a peaceful, multiethnic society. The music is by Lebanese-born composer Gabriel Yared
and the legendary Afida Tahri. 99 min www.gkids.tv/azur
www.azuretasmar-lefilm.com
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
(2008) Directed by Sam Mendes. Screenplay by Justin Haythe, based on the novel by
Richard Yates. Cast: Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Shannon, Kathy Bates.
Revolutionary Road reunites Titanic costars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in a
fierce portrait of a marriage gone wrong. The film is based on the novel by Richard Yates
that blew apart the superficial perfection of suburbia circa 1955. Frank and April Wheeler
are an attractive young couple with two children whose discontent with the status quo
turns toxic, fueled by the visits of their realtor’s edgily unbalanced son (Michael
Shannon). Kate Winslet gives an edge of the seat performance as an intelligent woman
who, born before the flowering of feminism, makes her husband’s happiness her measure
of success. Director Sam Mendes, who, like his off-screen wife Kate Winslet, is British,
previously explored undercurrents of the American psyche in Jarhead, American
Beauty, and Road to Perdition. 119 min. www.revolutionaryroadmovie.com
10th ANNIVERSARY APRIL IN PARIS FILM FESTIVAL
www.aprilinparis.org
From the first days of silent film, women have been directing
movies that have surprised, delighted, and challenged the
world’s preconceptions. April in Paris is pleased to present 13
films made by women working ‘behind the lens,’ from 1916 to
today. Don’t miss this year’s April in Paris Festival - and
the closing night event featuring screenwriter Renée Beaulieu
presenting the Connecticut Premiere of Le Ring.
THE OCEAN WAIF (US, 1916) Director: Alice Guy Blaché. Cast: Dorothy Kenyon,
Edgar Norton. The world’s pioneering woman director began making movies in her
native France before being lured to Hollywood where she made this classic film about
a desperate woman who finds love with a gentle writer. Guy Blaché’s naturalist style
paved the way for a new paradigm of film acting. A short film will accompany The
Ocean Waif. Silent, with accompaniment by pianist Patrick Miller.
An opening reception sponsored by The Alliance Française
with French pastries and coffee will follow the films.
CAUSE TOUJOURS! (Mice and Mite, France, 2004) Director Jeanne Labrune. With:
Sylvie Testud, Victoria Abril. A romantic comedy with a twist, Cause Toujours! is a
sophisticated portrait of a group Parisian women living totally at odds with the natural
world - until one of them (Sylvie Testud) falls under the spell of a mysterious mute man
with a secret in his past. When she suddenly follows him to the wilds of the countryside, her friends (including the great Victoria Abril) go into full rescue mode. 97 min.
RACHIDA (Algeria, 2002) Written and directed by Yamina Bachir. Cast: Ibtissem
Diouadi, Bahia Rachedi, Rachida Messaoui En. A powerful look at a schoolteacher in
1990s Algiers and the effect of terrorist activities on her professional and personal life.
Refusing to carry a bomb for a local cell, she hides out in a village and tries to find
normalcy in a new life. Bachir provides a fresh and poignant exploration on the effects
of political violence on the lives of women. 100 min.
VENDREDI SOIR (Friday Night, France, 2002) Director: Claire Denis. Screenplay by
Emmanuèle Bernheim, based on her novel. Cast: Valérie Lemercier, Vincent Lindon,
Hélène de Saint-Pere. Known for breaking boundaires of what a ‘woman’s film’ should
be, the great Claire Denis (Beau Travail, I Can’t Sleep) explores an erotic scenario
which is typically seen from a man’s point of view. En route to moving in with her
boyfriend, a young Parisian woman (Valérie Lemercier) is distracted by a traffic jam,
and what may be her chance for freedom: a liaison an impossibly attractive stranger.
Based on the novel by Emmanuèle Bernheim. 90 min.
VAGABOND (France, 1985) Written and directed by Agnès Varda. Cast: Sandrine
Bonnaire, Macha Meril, Stéphane Freiss. The sole woman director of the New Wave,
Agnès Varda is an icon of intelligent, innovative filmmaking. Made 30 years after her
first film, Vagabond won Best Film at the Venice Film Festival for its unsentimental
portrayal of a young woman (Sandrine Bonnaire) who chooses to live as a drifter.
Living on the outskirts of society, she is remembered by the multiple lives she has
encountered along the way. 105 min.
HAUT LES COEURS! (Battle Cries, Belgium, 1999) Directed by Sólveig Anspach.
Cast: Karin Viard, Laurent Lucas, Julien Cottereau. Karin Viard (La Haine,
Delicatessen) won a César Award for Best Actress for her moving performance of a 30
year old woman whose joy at being pregnant is shattered with a diagnosis of breast cancer. Like The Sea Inside, Haut Les Coeurs! is a story of personal courage that has
rarely been seen from a woman’s point of view - in this case, first time Icelandic director Sólveig Anspach. 110 min.
FRENCH TWIST (Gazon maudit, France 1996) Director: Josiane Balasko. Cast: Victoria
Abril, Josiane Balasko, Alain Chabat. The personal becomes political as the equilibrium
of a so-called perfect couple in Southern France is thrown off balance by the arrival of a
new houseguest who happens to be lesbian, played by actress, screenwriter & director
Josiane Balasko. A complicated triangle that is sexy, irnoic and very funny. 100 min.
MY LIFE IN CINEMASCOPE (Ma vie en cinemascope, Canada, 2006) Written and
directed by Denise Filiatrault. Cast: Pascale Bussières, Michel Barrette. Don’t miss this
great film on the life of Quebecoise chanteuse Alys Robi, directed by Denis Filiatrault!
Although less known in the States than Edith Piaf, Robi was a emotional, gifted and
dramatic performer whose personal highs and lows were as legendary as her music.
Winner, Best Performance by a Starring Actress, Canadian Genie Awards. 105 min.
LE RING (Canada, 2007) Director: Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette. Screenplay by Renée
Beaulieu. Cast: Jean-François Casabonne, Edith Cochrane, Stéphane Demers. A powerful and sensitive film about a young boy living in a rough Montreal neighborhood,
who finds a mentor who introduces him to a new way out of poverty: fighting in the
ring. Screenwriter Renée Beaulieu will attend the screening and answer questions
from the audience. A Connecticut Premiere. 87 min.
Join us for the closing reception beginning 7pm Saturday!
Tickets are $8 and $7, or $10 & $8 for the closing program and reception.
Friends of Cinestudio
Just show your card at any film in this
festival and get a free ticket for a companion!
BEAUTY IN TROUBLE Kráska v nesnázích
(Czech Republic, 2008) Directed by Jan Hrebejk. Screenplay by Petr Jarchovsky, based
on a story by Jan Hrebejk. Director of photography, Jan Malir. Cast: Ana Geislerova,
Jana Brejchova, Josef Abrham.
Jan Hrebejk, like Czech filmmakers Milos Foreman, Jiri Menzel, and Ivan Passer
before him, is a master at mixing up a potent blend of dark humor, political commentary, and unabashed sexuality. Hrebejk’s newest film stars Ana Geislerova as Marcela,
the beautiful & bored wife who lives with her husband above his (illegal) chop shop.
When her husband is sent to jail for stealing a Volvo, Marcela meets the car’s wealthy,
silver-haired owner - and jumps on a possible escape from her gritty life. Once
ensconced in his sunny Tuscan villa, Marcela enjoys the safety and comforts of capitalism - until her still lovestruck husband is released from jail. With music by Prague
chanteuse Raduza and songs by Glen
Hansard/Marketa Irglova, last seen in the
Irish indie hit, Once. 110 min.
www.menemshafilms.com/beauty-in-trouble.html
PARKING FOR CINESTUDIO
The archways leading from
Summit Street to the Main Quad are open again!
You can park in any of the lots along Summit Street
during our showtimes, or, if you prefer, you can take
The Broad Street Route to Cinestudio and park in any
of the on-campus lots - the direct entry to the Trinity
campus is on the west side of Broad Street, close to
the junction with New Britain Avenue. Remember you can park in any of the lots on the campus parking restriction signs do not apply during our
showtimes. For the closest access to Cinestudio, use
the Library or Austin Arts Center lots. From there, the
Raether Library Plaza offers easy walking access to our
ticket lobby via the garden stairways up to the main
Quad. Keep to left at the top of the stairs and you
will come to three gothic doors, with our signature
bright orange lanterns on either side.
You can find a map on the other side of this flyer or
on our website at www.cinestudio.org
HANDICAP ACCESS: The parking lot immediately
behind the Cinestudio building is available for
handicap use: our rear entry door allows level,
no-step access directly to the main floor of Cinestudio.
If you will have a companion with you, please ask
them to come to the boxoffice and advise us of your
arrival, so that our staff can unlock the door and help
you with access to the theater. If you will be arriving
alone, or will need personal assistance, please call us
in advance to arrange entry, at 860.297.2544