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SCREENING
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December
12/27-1/2
MANUFACTURING CONSENT: NOAM CHOMSKY AND THE MEDIA, IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL, and HATARI!
12/20-12/26
Silent shorts from Thanhouser Studios, BRAZIL, and shorts by Fatty Arbuckle and Harold Lloyd
12/13-12/19
THE FLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS, A STAR IS BORN,
PRIMER, WAY
DOWN EAST,
STELLA
MARIS,
HELLBOY, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
(1956), THE
TEN COMMANDMENTS (1923),
THE OUTLAW, HELL'S ANGELS, JET PILOT, DEKALOG
IX, DEKALOG X,
and THE
AVIATOR
12/06-12/12
PENNIES FROM
HEAVEN, JACKIE BROWN, THE
WEATHER UNDERGROUND,
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1920), OLDBOY,
MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON, NEIGHBORS, THE
BALLOONATIC, THE NAVIGATOR, THE BOAT, THE LOVE NEST, GO WEST,
THE SCARECROW, THE PALEFACE, THE SAPHEAD,
THE HIGH SIGN, ONE WEEK,
and assorted Looney Tunes shorts.
11/29-12/05
INFERNAL
AFFAIRS, INFERNAL AFFAIRS 2,
INFERNAL AFFAIRS 3,
EXTASE, ANOTHER
FINE MESS,
THE MUSIC BOX, COUNTY HOSPITAL, BUSY
BODIES,
SONS OF THE DESERT,
and assorted Looney Tunes shorts.
November
11/22-11/28
ORPHANS OF THE
STORM,
KINSEY,
SIDEWAYS, WHITE ZOMBIE, THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE,
SHREK 2
11/15-11/21
THE THREE AGES,
THE GOAT, MY
WIFE'S RELATIONS,
THE PLAYHOUSE, COPS,
A WOMAN OF PARIS, SUNNYSIDE, BREAKING
NEWS, RIFIFI, THROW
DOWN, I HEART HUCKABEES,
THE MISSION,
LE SOURIANTE MADAME BEUDET,
PEPPERMINT CANDY, THE
WOMAN NEXT DOOR,
BAD EDUCATION, LOLA MONTES, GROWING
UP, EL AUTOMOVIL GRIS, MOMENTS CHOISIS,
and TOUCHEZ
PAS AU GRISBI
11/8-11/14
I VITELLONI,
MOANA, LE
TROU, SUBMISSION: PART I, BIRTH,
PORTO OF MY CHILDHOOD, A TALKING PICTURE,
FORD TRANSIT, THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT, and FINDING
NEVERLAND
11/1-11/7
CUTTER'S WAY, THE
THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, MOTHER,
FANTOMAS,
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS, RIPLEY'S GAME,
and THIS IS SPINAL TAP
October
10/25-10/31
REDS,
A PAGE OF MADNESS, JUDEX,
LIFE IS SWEET,
DRACULA, "SPANISH" DRACULA,
I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, THE
THING, and DRACULA: PAGES FROM A VIRGIN'S
DIARY
10/18-10/24
MAD MAX 2: THE
ROAD WARRIOR, MIDNIGHT, BLIND SHAFT,
HIS GIRL FRIDAY, 2046, VERA
DRAKE, THE
NAKED CITY, CARMEN JONES
10/11-10/17
CRISS CROSS,
APPLAUSE, TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC, EXCALIBUR, FANTASIA,
and TOO EARLY, TOO LATE
From
the New York Film Festival: THE WORLD,
CAFE LUMIERE, SARABAND and MOOLAADE
10/4-10/10
WARM WATER UNDER
A RED BRIDGE, THE WAGES OF FEAR,
PARIS QUI DORT/ THE CRAZY RAY,
UNDER THE ROOFS OF PARIS,
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933, BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING, 42ND STREET,
FIXED BAYONETS,
JUDEX (1916), ZERO FOR CONDUCT and
DESERTER
From
the New York Film Festival: TARNATION and HOUSE OF FLYING
DAGGERS
September
9/27-10/03
CLEOPATRA, GERRY,
THE RUN OF THE ARROW,
IT'S A GIFT,
PARK ROW, LA SIGNORA DI TUTTI, MAN OF ARAN, THE
PHILADELPHIA STORY,
VERBOTEN!, THE
GAY DIVORCEE
From
the New York Film Festival:
THE BIG RED ONE RECONSTRUCTED,
TRIPLE
AGENT,
TROPICAL MALADY
and IN PRAISE OF LOVE
9/20-9/26
LES
MODELES DE PICKPOCKET,
TARTUFFE,
THE THIEF OF BAGDAD, CHAUDHVIN
KA CHAND,
THE PARSON'S WIDOW, BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ, KANDAHAR,
SYLVIA SCARLETT,
LEAVES FROM SATAN'S BOOK, MI VIAGGIO IN ITALIA,
BLIND
HUSBANDS,
A TALE
OF TWO CITIES,
and
TOKYO
GODFATHERS
9/13-9/19
THE DECALOGUE PARTS
I AND II,
THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE, RUGGLES OF RED GAP, CITY GIRL, and
THE 39 STEPS.
9/6-9/12
QUAI DES ORFEVRES,
DUEL IN THE SUN, THE
FOUNTAINHEAD, INTOLERABLE CRUELTY,
THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER, THE
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING,
KING KONG (1933),
VANITY FAIR, MR. AND MRS. '55,
IRREVERSIBLE, THE SLEEPY TIME GAL, and I AM FRIGID... WHY?
8/30-9/5
REBECCA, OUTFOXED:
RUPERT MURDOCH'S WAR ON JOURNALISM,
HENRY V (1944), THE COMPANY,
AAR PAAR, and THE GRAPES OF WRATH
August
8/23-8/29
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE,
ZOOPRAXOGRAPHER, STUCK ON YOU,
COLLATERAL, ETERNAL LOVE, ANGELE, LE CORBEAU,
NINOTCHKA, POINT BLANK, THE CANDIDATE, and LES DIABOLIQUES
8/16-8/22
HOUR OF THE WOLF,
SON FRERE, POSTMAN, RAINCLOUDS OVER WUSHAN MOUNTAIN (IN EXPECTATION),
SWIMMING POOL,
L'AGE D'OR,
LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE,
HERO, LIFEBOAT, SHADOW OF A DOUBT,
SUSPICION, RUNNING ON KARMA, JAPANESE
STORY
8/9-8/15
BELLISSIMA,
DURIAN
DURIAN,
FIRES WERE STARTED, DOG
DAYS,
BAD SANTA,
COWARDS BEND THE KNEE, THE DAY
THE EARTH STOOD STILL, and
MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE
8/2-8/8
JOAN THE WOMAN,
LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF, THE
MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK,
DOUBLE INDEMNITY and
LAURA
July
7/26-8/1
THE BLACK PIRATE,
BEAUTIFUL DUCKLING, BEFORE SUNRISE, plus shorts from D.W.
Griffith, Thanhouser Studios and Charlie Chaplin.
7/19-7/25
BEGONE DULL CARE,
GLORIA, LES VISITEURS DU SOIR, LOULOU, LE SANG DES BETES /
THE BLOOD OF THE BEASTS,
SAMSON AND DELILAH, AFTER THE APOCALYPSE,
THE BEAUTIFUL WASHING MACHINE,
AND FREE RADICALS
7/12-7/18
AS TEARS GO BY,
THE LONG GOODBYE,
NASHVILLE,
GODDESS OF MERCY,
KILLER CLANS, I WAS BORN, BUT... (2004)
and
NIGHT
PASSAGE
7/5-7/11
EVERYDAY
PEOPLE, YOUNG
MR. LINCOLN,
STAGECOACH, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, THE
CORPORATION, QUEEN
KELLY
6/28-7/4
BEFORE
SUNSET,
KINDERING, I... DREAMING, THE
DANTE QUARTET, NIGHT
MUSIC, RAGE NET, THE GLAZE OF CATHEXIS, DELICACIES OF MOLTEN
HORROR SYNAPSE, FOR MARILYN, THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS, THE
TIME OF THE WOLF, FATHER AND
SON, BLACK ICE, STUDY IN COLOR AND BLACK AND WHITE,
STELLAR, CRACK GLASS EULOGY, THE DARK TOWER, COMMINGLED CONTAINERS,
LOVESONG, THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR LANGE,
SPIDER-MAN 2,
BADLANDS, FAHRENHEIT 9-11
June
6/21-6/27
VIBRATOR,
THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL,
MIKEY
AND NICKY,
THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE, THE TEXT OF LIGHT, THE ACT OF SEEING
WITH ONE'S OWN EYES, HEAT, FAHRENHEIT
9-11, CAT'S
CRADLE,
WINDOW
WATER BABY MOVING, MOTHLIGHT,
EYE MYTH,
THE WOLD SHADOW,
THE GARDEN
OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS,
THE STARS
ARE BEAUTIFUL
6/14-6/20
BAADASSSS!,
BLUE COLLAR, COFFEE
AND CIGARETTES,
KING-SIZED CANARY, THE
GREAT PIGGY BANK ROBBERY,
THE BIG SNOOZE, RED HOT RIDING HOOD, KIKUJIRO, SWEET SWEETBACK'S
BAADASSSSS SONG, DOLLS,
DESISTFILM, WEDLOCK HOUSE: AN INTERCOURSE, and ZATOICHI
6/07-6/13
FIREWORKS,
RABBIT'S
MOON, EAUX D'ARTIFICE,
INAUGURATION OF THE PLEASURE DOME, MOBY
DICK,
TRASH, MEAN GIRLS, WELFARE, MEDIUM
COOL, HALLOWEEN, TITICUT FOLLIES, KUSTOM
KAR KOMMANDOS, PUCE MOMENT, SCORPIO RISING,
SAVED!, SPRINGTIME IN A SMALL TOWN,
and
THE GREEN
ROOM
5/31-6/06
SEVEN DAYS IN MAY,
THE BLUES BROTHERS, PULL MY DAISY, DRAGNET GIRL, THE
FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS, CONTROL
ROOM, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, and THE BUDDY
HOLLY STORY
May
5/24-5/30
GOODBYE
LENIN!,
YOUNG ADAM,
MISSISSIPPI MERMAID, 28 DAYS
LATER, MANNY AND LO, THE
TWILIGHT SAMURAI, SHANE, and
LOCAL HERO
5/17-5/23
A
VIRGIN STRIPPED BARE BY HER BACHELORS,
THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT,
GODZILLA, ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA,
A SIMPLE STORY,
and
THE SILENCE
5/10-5/16
THE MERCHANT
OF THE FOUR SEASONS
and DANCE, GIRL, DANCE
5/03-5/09
THE MAGICIAN, AUTUMN
SONATA, BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE,
O AMOR NATURAL, SINCE OTAR LEFT, HAPPILY
EVEN AFTER,
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, and
BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ
April
4/26-5/02
THE AGRONOMIST,
KILL BILL VOL. 2,
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS, THE LADY EVE, FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL!
KILL!, ROARING
ACROSS THE HORIZON,
JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN XIA, STOLEN KISSES,
and ONE FINE SPRING DAY
4/19-4/25
SIDEWALKS OF LONDON,
TWENTYNINE
PALMS,
LOOK
BACK IN ANGER,
NAZARIN, SEPARATE
TABLES,
THE PARTY,
DEATH IN VENICE, A TASTE OF HONEY, TAKE
CARE OF MY CAT,
and
MANJI
4/12-4/18
SHREE 420,
THE STRANGER, MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT, THIS
IS A HISTORY OF NEW YORK, BULLITT,
PLANET
OF THE APES (1968),
ROSEMARY'S BABY, SHOWGIRLS, PORN
STAR: THE LIFE OF RON JEREMY, LORD OF THE G-STRINGS: THE FEMALESHIP
OF THE STRING,
A DAY IN THE COUNTRY, LAMERICA,
SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE,
and DRIFT
4/05-4/11
THE AMERICAN FRIEND,
SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER... AND
SPRING, ENJO, A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, ELEVATOR TO THE
GALLOWS, and THE LION IN WINTER
3/29-4/04
IVAN THE TERRIBLE
PART I, THE
SEARCH,
ORPHEE, BLOOD
OF A POET, THE EXORCIST,
MAN OF THE WEST,
and TESTAMENT OF ORPHEUS
March
3/22-3/28
ETERNAL
SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND,
THE TRIAL,
HE WALKED BY NIGHT,
RAW DEAL, UTAMARO AND HIS FIVE WOMEN, and
MON ONCLE
3/15-3/21
FORCE OF EVIL,
TELL
THEM WILLIE BOY IS HERE, HAMLET (1948),
THE RETURN, MACBETH
(1948), and ECHOES
3/8-3/14
MAN WITH A MOVIE
CAMERA, TAKE
OUT,
15, BRIGHT
FUTURE,
A GOOD LAWYER'S WIFE,
THE LOVE
OF JEANNE NEY,
PANDORA'S BOX, THE
SCHOOL OF ROCK,
KEY LARGO, THE BICYCLE THIEF, FAUST, and
LA TERRA TREMA
3/1-3/7
TWO-LANE BLACKTOP,
THE LETTER, MRS. MINIVER, JEZEBEL, THE
SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD, THE
PASSION OF THE CHRIST, THE GREEN SNAKE, THE
TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, THE SCHOOL
OF ROCK
February
2/23-2/29
MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE,
THE ROAD TO MOROCCO, OSAMA, MY
ARCHITECT: A SON'S JOURNEY, THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN
HOOD, TWENTIETH CENTURY, BRINGING UP BABY, PAKEEZAH,
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST.
MATTHEW, METROPOLIS
2/16-2/22
ALEXANDER NEVSKY,
BERLIN: SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITY, SPIDERS, DR. MABUSE: THE
GAMBLER, WELCOME TO DESTINATION SHANGHAI, PAKEEZAH
and SANJURO
2/9-2/15
From the Berlin
International Film Festival: NOTES OF AN ITINERANT PERFORMER,
ME AND MY BROTHER, PROCESS, A TALE
OF TWO SISTERS, COUNTRY OF MY SKULL, END
OF THE CENTURY: THE STORY OF THE RAMONES,
DEMAIN ON DEMENAGE <<TOMORROW WE MOVE>>, BEFORE
SUNSET, SOUTH OF THE CLOUDS, MARIA FULL OF GRACE,
LOST EMBRACE, and MONSTER.
Also, DISTANT VOICES STILL LIVES, THE FRESHMAN,
and WHY WORRY?
2/2-2/8
DR. AKAGI, THE
EDGE OF THE WORLD, YOU AND ME, PYGMALION, THE
SCHOOL OF ROCK. From
the Berlin International Film Festival: INTIMATE
STRANGERS and THE LOVE ETERNE
January
1/26-2/1
LANCELOT DU
LAC, THE SHANGHAI GESTURE, CURE, DISHONORED,
THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN, and LA BETE HUMAINE
1/19-1/25
THE WEDDING
MARCH, MOROCCO, THE LAST COMMAND, SHANGHAI
EXPRESS, PICCADILLY, YOJIMBO and TOKYO STORY
1/12-1/18
DRUNKEN ANGEL,
STRAY DOG, THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, THE HIDDEN
FORTRESS, THE BAD SLEEP WELL, THE HOURS and THE SCARLET
EMPRESS
1/05-1/11
RABBIT PROOF FENCE,
SPIES, OUT OF THE PAST, A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH,
VOYAGE TO ITALY and SHOW PEOPLE
12/29-1/04
THE CIRCUS,
THE FOG OF WAR, FINDING NEMO,
A VERY MORAL NIGHT, MASTER AND COMMANDER:
THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD, THE
MAN WITHOUT A PAST, THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE, THE
CUCKOO, SWEET SIXTEEN, DOWN WITH LOVE, PISTOL
OPERA, STROSZEK, THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK
and KES
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