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Special Engagements Exclusive Area Premiere! Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 at 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 (2008) dir dir Kevin Rafferty [105 min] Harvard Stadium, November 23, 1968: for the first time since 1909, the football teams of Harvard and Yale are both undefeated as they meet for their final game. Yale is heavily favored, with Brian Dowling, its captain and quarterback, satirized in classmate Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury strip. Harvard's lineman is Tommy Lee Jones - Al Gore's roommate. Kevin Rafferty (Atomic Cafe) intercuts original footage with the hilarious, suspenseful recollections of the 50 men who played in what has become one of college football's most famous games. - Notes from the Film Forum, NYC We're thrilled to be hosting this engaging new documentary on the eve of the 40th Anniversary of this famous game! Please join us for an illuminating walk down memory lane that, not only opens up the details of this momentous match-up, but also touches on politics, sex, ethics, war, and class. showing through wednesday

Box Office Babies Presentation Fri, Nov 28 @ 1:00 pm Gay Rights Activist. Friend. Lover. Unifier. Politician. Fighter. Icon. Inspiration. Hero. His life changed history, and his courage changed lives. In 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man to be voted into major public office in America. His victory was not just a victory for gay rights; he forged coalitions across the political spectrum. From senior citizens to union workers, Harvey Milk changed the very nature of what it means to be a fighter for human rights and became, before his untimely death in 1978, a hero for all Americans. Academy Award winner Sean Penn stars as Harvey Milk under the final showing

Fri, Oct 17 @ 1:00 Box Office Babies Presentation Tues, Oct 21 @ 7:30 Off the Couch Presentation with discussion leader Steven Cooper, PhD Please note: This show replaces our program originally scheduled for Oct 14 When Kym (Anne Hathaway) returns to the Buchman family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel (Rosemarie Dewitt), she brings a long history of personal crisis, family conflict and tragedy along with her. The wedding couple’s abundant party of friends and relations have gathered for a joyful weekend of feasting, music and love, but Kym—with her biting one-liners and flair for bo final showing

"There's never been anything like this densely detailed phantasmagoria -- groundbreaking in substance, damned near earth-shaking in style." - Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal From director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Millions) and screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (The Full Monty) comes this darkly funny rags-to-riches story that was a breakout hit at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE is the story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” But when the show breaks for t final showing

Special Engagements Exclusive Area Premiere! Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 at 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 (2008) dir dir Kevin Rafferty [105 min] Harvard Stadium, November 23, 1968: for the first time since 1909, the football teams of Harvard and Yale are both undefeated as they meet for their final game. Yale is heavily favored, with Brian Dowling, its captain and quarterback, satirized in classmate Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury strip. Harvard's lineman is Tommy Lee Jones - Al Gore's roommate. Kevin Rafferty (Atomic Cafe) intercuts original footage with the hilarious, suspenseful recollections of the 50 men who played in what has become one of college football's most famous games. - Notes from the Film Forum, NYC We're thrilled to be hosting this engaging new documentary on the eve of the 40th Anniversary of this famous game! Please join us for an illuminating walk down memory lane that, not only opens up the details of this momentous match-up, but also touches on politics, sex, ethics, war, and class. showing through wednesday

Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, The Mistress and The Tangerine by Amei Wallach and Marion Cajoli (2008, 99 min.). This complex, fascinating, and unpredictable documentary about sculpture artist Louise Bourgeois shows how the emotions of the past reveal themselves in her evocative and often terrifying works. Strongly influenced by Surrealists like Brancusi and Picasso, the aggressive nature and elemental design is still used in her sculptures, installations, and drawings today. Bourgeois use of unorthodox materials and techniques fused with a postwar sensibility helped her create artwork that represented the emerging radical ideas of the body, gender and sexuality. The uncommonly elegant and evocative portrait reveals much about this haunting and haunted master. (The New York Times). showing through nov 30

Special Engagement New 35mm Print! The 39 Steps at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 (1935) dir Alfred Hitchcock Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim [86 min] This fast paced adventure/espionage film was the great Alfred Hitchcock's first big international hit and it is, in fact, one of his most purely enjoyable films. The charming Donat is approached by a woman who insists she is being chased and, after helping her, is told about a plot to smuggle vital information out of the country. Of course he thinks she's totally bonkers but, when she shows up at his hotel room the next morning with a knife in her back, a mysterious map in her hand, and "39 steps" on her lips, he discovers that she really was telling the truth. With the woman dead, and himself the prime suspect, he sets out to uncover the spy ring and prove his innocence in this prototypical thriller. Recently adapted as a stage play, THE 39 STEPS has become a hit again - this time on Broadway - don't miss this chance to see a new print of this final showing

Seven Blind Women Filmmakers by Mohammad Shirvani and others (2008, 116 min.). A dream inspired director Mohammad Shirvani (Navel) to organize a yearlong filmmaking workshop for blind women. The project culminated in the remarkable short films compiled in this film, each made with a compact digital camera and recording a very personal aspect of its makers life. Description provided by the Gene Siskel Film Center. one day only

What Remains by Steven Cantor (2006, 80 min.) Drawing upon her personal experiences as inspiration, Sally Mann creates a haunting series of photographs that speaks about the one subject that affects us allthe loss of life. Dark, beautiful, and revelatory, What Remains, is a five-part meditation on mortality, which explores the ineffable divide between body and soul, life and death, spirit and earth. It is one of the most exquisitely intimate portraits not only of an artists process, but also of a marriage and a life, to appear in recent memory. (New York Times, Gina Bellafante) final showing

Directed by Orson Welles. With Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, John Gielgud Spain/Switzerland 1965, 35mm, b/w, 115 min. Print from the Harvard Film Archive Collection One of the few films over which Orson Welles wielded complete creative control, Chimes at Midnight is a creative, combinatory adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry IV and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Even more than a sublime John Gielgud as the guilt-ridden Henry IV and Jeanne Moreau as a lusty Doll Tearsheet, the most fascinating performance comes from Welles himself in a riveting Falstaff that is a classic Welles grotesque – by turns abrasive, gentle, pathetic and boastful. Among Welles’ most movingfilms, Chimes at Midnight reveals the relationship between Falstaff and Prince Hall to be Shakespeare’s nuanced reflection on the difficult gap between political power and its human instrument. one day only

City of Photos by Nishtha Jain (2005, 60 min.). City of Photos explores the little known ethos of neighborhood photo studios in Indian cities, discovering entire imaginary worlds in the smallest of spaces. Tiny, shabby studios that appear to be stuck in a time warp turn out to be places throbbing with energy. As full of surprises as the people who frequent these studios are the backdrops they enjoy posing against and the props they choose. Yet beneath the fun and games runs an undercurrent of foreboding. Not everyone enjoys being photographed; not every backdrop is beautiful; not all photos are taken on happy occasions. The cities in which these stories unfold themselves become backdrops, their gritty urban reality a counterpoint to the photo palaces. Peppers and Nudes: The Photographer Edward Weston by Joachim Haupt and Sabine Pallmeier (Germany, 2004, 26 min.). This captivating portrait of Weston explores his fascination with female nudes, transformed over time into the effort to find a showing through dec 4

Directed by Richard Wilson, Bill Krohn, Myron Meisel. With Orson Welles France/US 1993, 35mm, color and b/w, 89 min. Print from Swank In 1942, in the midst of the editing The Magnificent Ambersons, Welles famously abandoned Los Angeles for Brazil, accepting an RKO contract for a State Department sponsored film project comprised of a handful of segments set primarily in Mexico and Brazil whose goal was to strengthen relationships with the United States' good neighbors in Latin America. In the early 1990s, a group of scholars and historians rescued the incredible and previously unseen footage from It’s All True to create this insightful documentary that intertwines Welles' own filmed stories with the fascinating tale of the project's genesis and demise. Sunday November 30 at 3pm Othello Directed by Orson Welles. With Orson Welles, Michéal MacLiammoir, Suzanne Cloutier US/Italy/France/Morocco 1948–52, 35mm, b/w, 91 min. Print courtesy of 1955-85, video, 125 min. Among Welles' most legendary unfinished projects is the thriller The Deep, based on a novel by Charles Williams and filmed at the Dalmatian coast in Croatia, and meant by Welles to be a crossover film and more commercial venture. “My hope is that it won’t be an art-house movie. I hope it’s the kind of movie I enjoy seeing myself. I felt it was high time to show that we could make some money.” (Orson Welles). His last project was King Lear, a film that exists only as the revealing explanatory video designed to instruct his producer on the nuances of his proposed Shakespeare adaptation. In addition to important scenes and excerpts of The Deep, this program will also show some footage from The Other Side of The Wind, The Dreamers and Welles' dream project, Don Quixote. imdb mrqe --> one day only

Loose Rope by Mehrshad Karkhani (2008, 82 min.). Two young rural men who work at the animals market in Tehran have only 24 hours to take a large cow from downtown to the northern part of the city or else their jobs and futures are at stake. The spectators follow their obligatory journey with the rope, which is tied around the cow. Karkhani cinematically describes the contrast that exists between the south and the north of Tehran. one day only

Special Engagement New 35mm Print! The 39 Steps at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 (1935) dir Alfred Hitchcock Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim [86 min] This fast paced adventure/espionage film was the great Alfred Hitchcock's first big international hit and it is, in fact, one of his most purely enjoyable films. The charming Donat is approached by a woman who insists she is being chased and, after helping her, is told about a plot to smuggle vital information out of the country. Of course he thinks she's totally bonkers but, when she shows up at his hotel room the next morning with a knife in her back, a mysterious map in her hand, and "39 steps" on her lips, he discovers that she really was telling the truth. With the woman dead, and himself the prime suspect, he sets out to uncover the spy ring and prove his innocence in this prototypical thriller. Recently adapted as a stage play, THE 39 STEPS has become a hit again - this time on Broadway - don't miss this chance to see a new print of this showing through nov 28

Over There by Abdolreza Kahani (2008, 75 min.). A beautiful black and white film that explores the inner workings of a marriage. Over There follows ten days in the lives of Payman and Leila, a young couple who are in the midst of a marital meltdown. Payman has only ten days left to return to the U.S. to renew his green card, but he cant exit the country until he legally leaves his wife with 500 gold coins. one day only

Mama Put by Seke Somolu (Nigeria, 2006, 30 min., video). The power of food to transform, rescue, and wreak havoc is eloquently demonstrated in this Nigerian film. A single woman, who makes and sells street food, is struggling to bring up her family. Moekgo and the Stickfighter (Sekalli le Meokgo) by Teboho Mahlatsi (South Africa, 2006, 19 min., digibeta video). A haunting tale spiced with magical realism, Meokgo the Stick Fighter is the story of Kgotso, a recluse stick fighter, who lives a solitary life high up in the Maluti Mountains of Lesotho. This story of unrequited love and sacrifice captures both the cruelty and the beauty of African magical beliefs. Growing Stronger by Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwe, 2005, 30 min., Beta SP video). After living a high profile life as a model and wife to the coach of the Zimbabwe national football team, Tendayi Westerhof stunned the nation by becoming the first high profile person to go public about her HIV positive status in 2002. Copres one day only

$10 adults/ $8 children/seniors Back by popular demand, BJ Hickman's Magic Show includes dazzling deceptions, audience participation, and grave silliness. BJ Hickman travels throughout New England with magical school assemblies, corporate shows, and speaking engagements. BJ returned recently from his 10th year performing at Hollywood's Magic Castle. one day only

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Its Always Late for Freedom by Mehrdad Oskouei (2006, 52 min.). This documentary follows the lives of three teenage boys living in the Tehran House of Correction. They are the innocent victims of the serious social problems such as addiction, poverty, and divorce, which are all too familiar in Iranian society. one day only find/upload a trailer

Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, The Mistress and The Tangerine by Amei Wallach and Marion Cajoli (2008, 99 min.). This complex, fascinating, and unpredictable documentary about sculpture artist Louise Bourgeois shows how the emotions of the past reveal themselves in her evocative and often terrifying works. Strongly influenced by Surrealists like Brancusi and Picasso, the aggressive nature and elemental design is still used in her sculptures, installations, and drawings today. Bourgeois use of unorthodox materials and techniques fused with a postwar sensibility helped her create artwork that represented the emerging radical ideas of the body, gender and sexuality. The uncommonly elegant and evocative portrait reveals much about this haunting and haunted master. (The New York Times). final showing

Moon Sun Flower Game by Claus Strigel (Denmark, 2008, 90 min.). In 1962 the young poet Forough Farrokhzad visited the lepers in northern Iran to make a film about their lives. Her film, The House is Black, became famous and changed the world of a small boy who had the good fortune to meet her. Overnight, the boy is taken away from the leprosy colony into the midsts of pre-revolutionary Tehranian bohemia. Thousands of miles away in Munich, the Iranian poet in exile, Hossein Mansouri, goes in search of the boy and discovers a real oriental fable about his own roots and the magical power of words. one day only

Special Engagement New 35mm Print! The 39 Steps at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 (1935) dir Alfred Hitchcock Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim [86 min] This fast paced adventure/espionage film was the great Alfred Hitchcock's first big international hit and it is, in fact, one of his most purely enjoyable films. The charming Donat is approached by a woman who insists she is being chased and, after helping her, is told about a plot to smuggle vital information out of the country. Of course he thinks she's totally bonkers but, when she shows up at his hotel room the next morning with a knife in her back, a mysterious map in her hand, and "39 steps" on her lips, he discovers that she really was telling the truth. With the woman dead, and himself the prime suspect, he sets out to uncover the spy ring and prove his innocence in this prototypical thriller. Recently adapted as a stage play, THE 39 STEPS has become a hit again - this time on Broadway - don't miss this chance to see a new print of this showing through nov 28

Directed by Orson Welles. With Orson Welles, Michéal MacLiammoir, Suzanne Cloutier US/Italy/France/Morocco 1948–52, 35mm, b/w, 91 min. Print courtesy of the Library of Congress A follow-up to his innovative 1948 adaptation of Macbeth for Republic Pictures, Welles' Othello was plagued with delays and budget problems from its very first day. Welles’ genius and resourcefulness transformed obstacles into opportunities, such as the famous fight scene staged in a steamy Turkish bath after the production’s costumes failed to arrive. While Welles' cosmetic dark skin has contributed to the film's general neglect, he gives one of his finest performances, conjuring a genuinely moving Othello who is deeply plagued by love and jealousy. Despite the film's renown – it garnered the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1952 – Othello remained virtually impossible to see until a wonderful 1992 restoration made new prints available. one day only

Shadow of the House by Allie Humenuk (2007, 78 min.). Filmmaker Allie Humenuk spent more than 7 years following Cuban-born photographer Abelardo Morell to create this intimate and honest document of one of Bostons most internationally recognized artists. (The first major exhibition of Morells enveloping camera obscura images, Abelardo Morell: The Camera Eye, took place at the MFA in 1999.) Candid glimpses and conversations allow the viewer to truly get to know this extraordinary man as an obsessed artist, husband, and father. Humenuk gains the photographers complete trust during her long and often one-on-one shoots, which becomes evident in this unrestrained and honest portrait. The narrative skips across time and space from his early childhood escape from Castros regime to his status as a world - renowned photographer. The film explores his daily working life as an artist and his eventual return to Cuba after 40 years of living in exile. Shadow of the House un showing through dec 11

Rossini completed all the music for IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA in less than three weeks. This “Opera Buffa”, hated at its first performance only to become a hit within a week, is one of the most performed operas worldwide, and certainly Rossini’s most famous and beloved one. It features numerous Arias that have reached such a status of fame to sound familiar to anyone’s ears (i.e. Figaro’s signature Aria Largo al factotum and Rosina’s final Aria Una voce poco fa ) along with some of Rossini’s most brilliant sextets involving the entire company. In the form of comedy, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA tells the story of Rosina who refuses to marry Doctor Bartolo, her guardian, as she is in love with Lindoro (the Count Almaviva in disguise) one day only

Special Engagement New 35mm Print! The 39 Steps at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 (1935) dir Alfred Hitchcock Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim [86 min] This fast paced adventure/espionage film was the great Alfred Hitchcock's first big international hit and it is, in fact, one of his most purely enjoyable films. The charming Donat is approached by a woman who insists she is being chased and, after helping her, is told about a plot to smuggle vital information out of the country. Of course he thinks she's totally bonkers but, when she shows up at his hotel room the next morning with a knife in her back, a mysterious map in her hand, and "39 steps" on her lips, he discovers that she really was telling the truth. With the woman dead, and himself the prime suspect, he sets out to uncover the spy ring and prove his innocence in this prototypical thriller. Recently adapted as a stage play, THE 39 STEPS has become a hit again - this time on Broadway - don't miss this chance to see a new print of this showing through nov 28

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with astrophysicist Paul Horowitz In Robert Zemeckis’s adaptation of the novel, Dr. Eleanor “Ellie” Arroway (Jodie Foster) is a free thinker seeking evidence of the existence of extraterrestrial life by listening for contact via radio astronomy. Her beliefs soon come into conflict with those of Palmer Joss (Matthew McConaughey), a Christian theology student with whom she becomes romantically involved. When Ellie discovers an intelligent message from deep space, her assumptions regarding science and spirituality are challenged, and she must decide whether to play it safe or risk her life in order to make first contact. (1997, 2h33m) Paul Horowitz is Professor of Physics and of Electrical Engineering at Harvard. At age 8 one day only

Special Engagement A Tribute To Paul Newman New 35mm Print! The Hustler at 4:30, 9:30 (1961) dir Robert Rossen Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie [134 min] Newman is "Fast Eddie", a small time hustler whose bravado forces him into a high stakes game with the reigning pool hall champion, "Minnesota Fats" (Gleason). Eddie is out of his league, and eventually loses everything except his initial bet. Broke and broken, Eddie agrees to join up with the untrustworthy manager Bert Gordon (Scott), who promises to teach him what he needs to know to beat Fats and win his money back (albeit at a steep commission). But Eddie quickly learns that victory may come at a price he was not prepared to pay. showing through dec 5

Jazzmen (1983, 88 min.), Set in the 1920s, Jazzmen takes the shifting cultural politics of jazz in the Soviet Union as studied in such wonderful films as Frederick Starr's Red and Hot and gives it a powerful human dimension. Konstantin, a talented music student, is expelled for his refusal to abide the official opinion that jazz, despite its widespread popularity, is to be frowned upon as a debased form of capitalist art. Konstantin takes to the streets and finds a few kindred souls, who share his passion and are similarly willing to endure the wrath of the cultural establishment. Director present. one day only

Special Engagement A Tribute To Paul Newman New 35mm Print! Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid at 2:15, 7:15 (1969) dir George Roy Howard Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katherine Ross [110 min] Arguably one of Paul Newman's greatest and most beloved roles, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID tells the kind-of true story of the legendary bank robbers and the mutiny that forces them into a life on the lam, an exodus from the states, and a futile attempt at going straight, all of which ends, not surprisingly, in an epic gun battle worthy of such larger than life men. Newman and Redford are spot-on as Cassidy and Sundance, and masterfully portray the Western rogues that our mothers warned us not to love. final showing find/upload a trailer

Special Engagement A Tribute To Paul Newman New 35mm Print! The Hustler at 4:30, 9:30 (1961) dir Robert Rossen Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie [134 min] Newman is "Fast Eddie", a small time hustler whose bravado forces him into a high stakes game with the reigning pool hall champion, "Minnesota Fats" (Gleason). Eddie is out of his league, and eventually loses everything except his initial bet. Broke and broken, Eddie agrees to join up with the untrustworthy manager Bert Gordon (Scott), who promises to teach him what he needs to know to beat Fats and win his money back (albeit at a steep commission). But Eddie quickly learns that victory may come at a price he was not prepared to pay. showing through dec 5

Andy Warhol: Denied by Chris Rodley (United Kingdom, 2006, 52 min.). An attempt to unravel the complex, contradictory and downright bizarre events surrounding the authentication of the work of one of the most original and influential artists of the 20th century. Presenter Alan Yentob travels to New York to meet those who knew or worked closely with Andy Warhol to find out how he really went about making his art, and to discover how the controversial Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board goes about deciding which works are genuine. The Board is one of the most secret clubs in the art world, according to art appraiser Peter Falk. The situation is complex, because of Warhol's use of mass production techniques and numerous assistants, as well as the sheer volume of work made by his studio, tellingly called The Factory. Sometimes, he would even delegate the signing of works to others. Joe Simon, a Warhol collector, has spent the last four years trying to prove that his painting-denied by the Board-is the real showing through dec 28

City of Photos by Nishtha Jain (2005, 60 min.). City of Photos explores the little known ethos of neighborhood photo studios in Indian cities, discovering entire imaginary worlds in the smallest of spaces. Tiny, shabby studios that appear to be stuck in a time warp turn out to be places throbbing with energy. As full of surprises as the people who frequent these studios are the backdrops they enjoy posing against and the props they choose. Yet beneath the fun and games runs an undercurrent of foreboding. Not everyone enjoys being photographed; not every backdrop is beautiful; not all photos are taken on happy occasions. The cities in which these stories unfold themselves become backdrops, their gritty urban reality a counterpoint to the photo palaces. Peppers and Nudes: The Photographer Edward Weston by Joachim Haupt and Sabine Pallmeier (Germany, 2004, 26 min.). This captivating portrait of Weston explores his fascination with female nudes, transformed over time into the effort to find a final showing

Turkish Short Films5:30 pm Thursday, December 4, 2008 Remis Auditorium Enjoy this rare opportunity to view documentaries and short films as a part of the 13th annual Boston Turkish Festival. The selection of documentaries and short films screened as a part of the festival have been transformed into a competition--the first of its kind in North America. The competition has become a tradition and has received international attention. Each year more than hundred submissions are received from numerous countries including Canada, Germany, Holland, Iran, Norway, Turkey, United Kingdo one day only

Vanished Empire (2008, 105 min.). Making its U.S. premier at this retrospective, Vanished Empire is a warm story of young love set against the background of student life in the 1970s when it seemed the USSR would last forever. Three university students go about their daily lives and experience lifes disappoints and victories together, but never dream that their country will soon disappear from maps of the world. Director present. one day only