SPANISH CINEMA NOW December 9-28http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/showing/spanish05.htm Our annual Spanish festival starts on Friday. Directors will be present to introduce the following films in Spanish Cinema Now over the weekend:
FRIDAY 12/96:30 OBABA (Montxo Armendáriz)
Our Opening Night film, and Opening film of this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival. Spain’s candidate for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award.
9:00 HABANA BLUES (Benito Zambrano)A worldwide hit about two Cuban musicians on the verge of fame. SATURDAY 12/104:15 HARD TIMES (Manuel Martín Cuenca)Multiple storylines cross in this beautifully crafted film.
6:45 HABANA BLUES (Benito Zambrano)9:15 EL CALENTITO (Chus Gutiérrez)A look at music and club life in Madrid in the 80s that captures the spirit of freedom of the first years of post-Franco Spain.
SUNDAY 12/11
6pm IDIOT LOVE (Ventura Pons)Adapted from a novel by Lluis-Anton Baulenas about a man who falls “in love” after being slammed in the head by a ladder.
Plus don’t miss SHORTMETRAJE, our annual look at short films from Spain, and this year’s special sidebar celebrating 400 years of DON QUIXOTE, with some rare screenings, including:
DON QUIXOTE BY ORSON WELLES (1957-1992)This legendary project was self-financed and directed by Orson Welles for 15 years. In the 80s and 90s, the “lost” footage and soundtrack were restored and completed by Spanish filmmaker Jess Franco.
Sun 12/11: 1; Thu 12/22: 2 & 6:30; Tue 12/27: 3
THE ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE by G.W. Pabst (1933)Made simultaneously in English, French and German, this version of Cervantes’ classic was made in the shadow of Hitler’s rise to power.
Thu 12/15: 1:30 & 6:20DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA by Rafael Gil (1947)At the time, the most expensive Spanish film ever made. A much-loved Spanish classic.
Thu 12/15: 3:30 & 8:15For complete schedule of Spanish films:http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/showing/spanish05.htm
ON SALE NOWLARRY MCMURTRY’S AMERICAN WEST December 29http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/showing/mcmurtry.htm In honor of Larry McMurtry’s appearance here on December 4 in conjunction with a preview screening of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, we continue our homage of the American West with two classic movie adaptations of McMurtry’s novels.
HUD (1963) Starring Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, and Patricia Neal. Thu 12/29: 6:15 pm
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971) Featuring a great ensemble cast: Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, Cybill Shepard, Eileen Brennan, Clu Gallagher, Randy Quaid, and Ben Johnson.
The 12/29: 8:30 pmFor more information on McMurtry’s American West: http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/showing/mcmurtry.htm ------------------------------CARTOON MUSICALS 2 December 28 – January 4
http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/showing/cartoon2.htm Here comes part two of our Cartoon Musicals series (part one of which played this past August). This installment features restored shorts featuring Betty Boop and Popeye, feature films HOPPITY GOES TO TOWN, RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY, and SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER, AND UNCUT. Works by Walter Lantz, Dave and Max Fleischer, George Pal, and Oskar Fischinger, as well as more Warner Brothers cartoons and works by independent animators. For complete Cartoon Musicals schedule:http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/showing/cartoon2.htm
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