ACH Cineclub

Black Orpheus (1959) by Marcel Camus Thursday, 10/1 @ 8pm in the Hans Bethe Seminar Room

2009-09-27T15:39:00.001-07:00

Join us for this week's West Campus International Film Series screening:
"Black Orpheus" (Orfeu negro, 1959) by Marcel Camus.
Movie and popcorn at 8pm in the Hans Bethe House Seminar Room!

From IMDB:
"In Rio, Orfeo is a trolley conductor and musician, engaged to Mira. During Carnival week, he sees Eurydice, who's fled her village in fear of a stalker; it's love at first sight. Her cousin Sarafina, with whom she stays in Rio, is a friend of Orfeo and Mira, so the star-crossed lovers meet again. Later, during the revels, wearing Sarafina's costume, Eurydice dances a provocative samba with Orfeo. Not only is Mira enraged when her rival is unmasked, but she is being stalked by Death: Eurydice is in danger, pursued through noisy crowds and a morgue. Can Orfeo conduct her to safety? Don't look back."

Zhang Yimou's "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles" Thursday, 9/24 @ 8pm in the Alice Cook Seminar Room

2009-09-22T17:30:00.000-07:00

Join us for this week's West Campus International Film Series screening:
"Riding Alone for Thousand's of Miles" (2005) by Chinese director Zhang Yimou.
Movie and popcorn at 8pm in the Alice Cook House Seminar Room!

From IMDB:
"Takada, a Japanese fisherman has been estranged from his son for many
years, but when the son is diagnosed with terminal cancer his
daughter-in-law, Rie, summons him to the hospital. When his son
refuses to see him, Rie gives him a videotape about the work his son
was doing on a documentary film in a remote region of China's Yunnan
province.

Still troubled by the relationship, Takada decides to
complete his son's work in part to develop an understanding of his
son, and in part to do something for him. Once in China a series of
obstacles and relationships bring him unexpectedly closer to both an
understanding of himself and of his son."

Morte a Venezia (Death in Venice; Luchino Visconti, 1971)

2009-04-20T20:00:00.001-07:00

Join ACH Resident Matias Arnal and GRFs Ioana and Ashley
Friday, April 24 @7:30pm.

Caramel (Nadine Labaki, 2007) with Professor Amy Villarejo

2009-04-20T19:55:00.000-07:00

Join House Fellow Professor Amy Villarejo, GRFs Ashley and Ioana and ACH Resident Lamarr Parsons
Thursday, April 23 @7:30 pm in the Seminar Room

Orson Welles's "Touch of Evil" (1958)

2009-03-11T19:16:00.000-07:00

Thursday, March 12 @ 8pm in the ACH Seminar Room

John Farrow's "His Kind of Woman" (1951)

2009-02-24T16:23:00.000-08:00

Thursday, Feb. 26 @ 7:30pm in the ACH Seminar Room.

Robert Siodmak's "The Killers" (1946)

2009-02-18T12:26:00.000-08:00

Thursday, Feb. 19 @ 7:30pm in the ACH Seminar Room.

John Huston's "The Maltese Falcon" (1941)

2009-02-09T02:58:00.001-08:00

Thursday, Feb. 12 @ 8pm in the ACH Seminar Room.

Fritz Lang's "M" (1931)

2009-02-04T16:25:00.001-08:00

Thursday, Feb. 5 @ 7:30pm in the ACH Seminar Room.

New ACH Cineclub Film Series!

2009-02-04T14:56:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!

This semester, Alice Cook will be hosting two film series: Film Noir (Jan. 29 - Mar. 12) and International Directors (Mar. 26 - May. 7).

Join us in the ACH Seminar Room for films every Thursday evening!

Mar adentro (2004)

2008-12-06T10:03:00.002-08:00

Saturday, December 6th
7pm - ACH Seminar Room
Film screening and discussion led by Matias Arnal

Directed by Alejandro Amenábar.
With Javier Bardem, Belen Rueda, Lola Dueñas, and Mabel Rivera.

From Rotten Tomatoes:
Javier Bardem gives a remarkable, unforgettable performance in Alejandro Amenabar's gripping drama about dying with dignity, THE SEA INSIDE. Thirty-five-year-old Bardem plays 55-year-old Ramon Sampedro, a Galician who broke his neck as a young man and has spent more than a quarter of a century as a quadriplegic, confined to bed. Reflecting on his past and considering his future, he chooses to die, petitioning the courts for permission to be euthanized. His radical decision sets off controversy throughout Spain--as well as in his own house, where his family and friends all have different opinions on the fate he has chosen. While Ramon's father (Alberto Gimenez) and brother (Celso Bugallo) refuse to help him die, and his nephew, Javi (Tamar Novas), tries to understand his uncle's decision, Ramon is surrounded by women who virtually fight over him--Rosa (Lola Duenas), a single mother of two who visits him to talk about her difficult life; Manuela (Mabel Rivera), his sister-in-law who takes care of his daily needs; Gene (Clara Segura), who works for the Death with Dignity organization; and Julia (Belen Rueda, in a powerful film debut), a married lawyer with a secret of her own. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Venice Film Festival, THE SEA INSIDE is a special film with marvelous acting, a strong soundtrack, a moving story, and an enchanting visual style that features poetic shots of the countryside as Ramon dreams he can fly.

Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)

2008-11-14T13:20:00.002-08:00

Saturday, November 22nd
7:00pm ACH Seminar Room
Film screening and discussion led by ACH resident Matias Arnal.

Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.

From the New York Times:

Cinema Paradiso offers a nostalgic look at films and the effect they have on a young boy who grows up in and around the title village movie theater in this Italian comedy drama that is based on the life and times of screenwriter/director Giuseppe Tornatore. The story begins in the present as a Sicilian mother pines for her estranged son, Salvatore, who left many years ago and has since become a prominent Roman film director who has taken the advice of his mentor too literally. He finally returns to his home village to attend the funeral of the town's former film projectionist, Alfredo, and, in so doing, embarks upon a journey into his boyhood just after WWII when he became the man's official son. In the dark confines of the Cinema Paradiso, the boy and the other townsfolk try to escape from the grim realities of post-war Italy. The town censor is also there to insure nothing untoward appears onscreen, invariably demanding that all kissing scenes be edited out. One day, Salvatore saves Alfredo's life after a fire, and then becomes the new projectionist. A few years later, Salvatore falls in love with a beautiful girl who breaks his heart after he is inducted into the military. Thirty years later, Salvatore has come to say goodbye to his life-long friend, who has left him a little gift in a film can.

Persepolis

2008-10-09T11:38:00.000-07:00

Thursday, October 16th
7:00pm ACH Seminar Room

Directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi.

From IMDB:
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs.

Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation

2008-09-18T15:33:00.001-07:00

Saturday, September 20th
7:15pm Willard Straight
Sign up sheet at ACH Office, meet @ 6:45pm by New Wing fireplace.
You are also welcome to join Director Eric Zala for dinner at 5:30pm in the ACH Dining Room.

Directed by Eric Zala,with Chris Stompolos, Eric Zala, Angela Rodriguez, Michael Bales. Film will be presented by Director Eric Zala.
FREE for ACH residents.

From Wired.com:
In 1982, three 12-year-olds from Mississippi set out to remake Raiders of the Lost Ark. This was no weekend project: Eric Zala, Jayson Lamb and Chris Strompolos intended to replicate the 1981 George Lucas/Steven Spielberg blockbuster shot-for-shot. They'd use a rented video camera, rather than shooting on 35mm. With no access to A-list (or B- or even D-list) actors, they cast their buddies from middle school instead.

While Lucas and Spielberg spent $26 million on their Raiders, the Mississippi kids had only their pocket money. Plus, none of them had ever made a movie. Nonetheless, over the course of seven sweltering summers, with a total budget of about $5,000, Zala, Lamb and Strompolos completed a 100-minute work that, if passion, commitment and degree of difficulty are your criteria, stands as the greatest fan film yet made.

Savage Grace

2008-09-06T12:30:00.001-07:00

Saturday, September 13th
7:00pm Willard Straight
Sign up sheet at ACH Office, meet @ 6:30pm by New Wing fireplace.

Directed by Tom Kalin, with Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Eddie Redmayne. Film will be presented by screenwriter Howard A. Rodman '71.
FREE for ACH residents.

From IFC Entertainment:
SAVAGE GRACE, based on the award winning book, tells the incredible true story of Barbara Daly, who married above her class to Brooks Baekeland, the dashing heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune. Beautiful, red-headed and charismatic, Barbara is still no match for her well-bred husband. The birth of the couple's only child, Tony, rocks the uneasy balance in this marriage of extremes. Tony is a failure in his father's eyes. As he matures and becomes increasingly close to his lonely mother, the seeds for a tragedy of spectacular decadence are sown. Spanning 1946 to 1972, the film unfolds in six acts. The Baekelands' pursuit of social distinction and the glittering 'good life' propels them across the globe. We follow their heady rise and tragic fall against the backdrop of New York, Paris, Cadaques, Mallorca and London.

Au revoir les enfants (Goodbye, Children) - 1987

2008-09-06T12:21:00.000-07:00

Monday, September 15
8:00pm Alice Cook House Seminar Room

Directed by Louis Malle, with Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö.

From the Criterion Collection:
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss between two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.