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CAB AND BIJOU CINEMA PRESENT MIDNIGHT MOVIE SERIES AT THE ENGLERT!

An American dark comedy about love and passion, betrayal and lies. It depicts the depths of friendship and relationships in one’s life and raises life’s real and most asked question: Can you ever really trust anyone? A successful banker, Johnny, is madly in love with his fiancé, Lisa, and plans to be married next month. His plans take a horrid turn when he finds the truth about Lisa and the people surrounding him.

Directed by Tommy Wiseau
Starring Tommy Wiseau, Juliette Danielle and Greg Sestero
99 min

Free for UI students w/ID and $3 for community

Trailer: http://www.theroommovie.com/

APRIL 13-14

All screenings are open to the public and free for everyone!

Visit the IC DOCS website for films, showtimes and other information: http://www.icdocfest.com/ICDocs/Welcome.html

On Saturday, April 14 at 9 pm filmmaker Alex Rivera will be in attendance! See a 35mm print of his feature film SLEEP DEALER. It will be preceded by three of Rivera’s short films: Why Cybraceros?, Visible Border, and Dia de la independencia. The film will be followed by a discussion and Q&A with Rivera, and UI faculty members Jason Livingston and Claire Fox.

SLEEP DEALER
Trailer: http://www.sleepdealer.com/trailer_en.html

The near future. Like tomorrow. In a world marked by closed borders, corporate warriors, and a global computer network, three strangers risk their lives to connect, break through the barriers of technology, and unseal their fates.

CAB AND BIJOU CINEMA PRESENT MIDNIGHT MOVIE SERIES AT THE ENGLERT!

Christian, a young wannabe Bohemian poet living in 1899 Paris, defies his father by joining the colorfully diverse clique inhabiting the dark, fantastical underworld of Paris’ now legendary Moulin Rouge. In this seedy but glamorous haven of sex, drugs and newly-discovered electricity, the poet-innocent finds himself plunged into a passionate but ultimately tragic love affair with Satine, the club’s highest paid star and the city’s most famous courtesan. Their romance is played out against the infamous club – a meeting place of high life and low, where slumming aristocrats and the fashionably rich mingled with workers, artists, Bohemians, actresses and courtesans.

Directed by Baz Luhrmann
Starring Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor and John Leguizamo
127 min

Free for UI students w/ID and $3 for community

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtEgAx80NC4

Directed by Steve McQueen
Starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan
101 min, 35mm

Brandon (Michael Fassbender) is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister (Carey Mulligan) moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon’s insular life spirals out of control.

“Four stars. A great act of filmmaking and acting.” -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Trailer: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/shame/

Directed by Lynne Ramsay
Starring Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly and Ezra Miller
112 min, DCP

A suspenseful and gripping psychological thriller, Lynne Ramsay’s WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN explores the factious relationship between a mother and her son. Tilda Swinton, in a bracing, tour-de-force performance, plays the mother, Eva, as she contends for 15 years with the increasing malevolence of her first-born child, Kevin (Ezra Miller). Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN explores nature versus nurture on a whole new level as Eva’s own culpability is measured against Kevin’s innate evilness.

“Lynne Ramsay’s thoughtful, unnerving film works its strange power over viewers who are likely to find themselves as compelled as repelled by its fatally flawed key players.” -Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV7Y5cylhNc&feature=youtu.be

A film by Kevin Breslin
40 min

Sponsored by REACT to FILM. For more information, visit http://www.reacttofilm.com/

LIVING FOR 32 is the inspirational true story of Colin Goddard, a survivor of the tragic Virginia Tech massacre that took place on April 16, 2007. Goddard’s passion, charisma and optimism have commanded the attention of the American public and media ever since that horrific day which left 32 dead and 17 injured. The film is a powerful portrait of Goddard, his account of the terror he and his classmates endured, and the courageous journey of renewal and hope he chose to pursue.

Trailer: http://livingfor32.com/

A film by Vanessa Roth
81 min

Sponsored by Bijou Cinema and West Wind Education Policy, Inc.

Stay for a panel discussion after the film!

Weaving interviews of policy experts and startling facts with the lives and careers of four teachers, AMERICAN TEACHER tells the collective story by and about those closest to the issues in our educational system – the 3.2 million teachers who spend every day in classrooms across our country.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzvD9v7CbEE

The film was produced by Dave Eggers, the author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and Teachers Have it Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America’s Teachers. He wrote the latter with Ninive Clement Calegari, who founded the Teacher Salary Project and also produced the documentary with Eggers. AMERICAN TEACHER is narrated by Matt Damon and includes interviews with several students, teachers, administrators and education leaders. The film has been screened in New York, Los Angeles and other venues and the creators are happy to bring it to Iowa City for discussion as well.

The film will be followed by a panel discussion including teachers-in-training at the UI College of Education, associate professor Renita R. Schmidt from the UI College of Education, Coy Marquardt from the Iowa State Education Association, and Valerie Nyberg, an education policy analyst from West Wind who is also a doctoral candidate at the UI College of Education.

LATE NIGHT MOVIES AT BIJOU CINEMA!

Directed by William Friedkin
Starring Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow and Linda Blair
122 min

Free for UI students w/ID and $7 for community

When a child is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDGw1MTEe9k

Directed by Asghar Farhadi
Starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moadi, Shahab Hosseini and Sareh Bayat
123 min, DCP, Farsi w/English subtitles

Academy Award Winner–Best Foreign Language Film

Set in contemporary Iran, A SEPARATION is a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents’ home, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader. When Nader hires a young woman to assist with his father in his wife’s absence, he hopes that his life will return to a normal state. However, when he discovers that the new maid has been lying to him, he realizes that there is more on the line than just his marriage.

“The best picture of the year!” -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Trailer: http://www.sonyclassics.com/aseparation/

A film by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
94 min, DCP

Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and desire unite them as they chase their dreams and each other from Havana to New York to Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas. With an original soundtrack by legendary Cuban pianist and five-time Grammy-winning composer Bebo Valdés, CHICO & RITA captures a defining moment in the evolution of history and jazz, and features the music of (and animated cameos by) Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Cole Porter, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Tito Puente, Chano Pozo, and others.

“Four Stars! A love-story for the ages! By turns wistful, passionate, indignant and melancholy, this is an exquisitely composed piece of storytelling.” -The Independent

Trailer: http://chicoandrita.com/home.html

Arrive early – free tickets are available now at the University Box Office!

Directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg
Starring Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan and Seann William Scott
114 min, DCP

See AMERICAN REUNION before it hits theaters! The original AMERICAN PIE cast is back!

In the comedy AMERICAN REUNION, all the AMERICAN PIE characters we met a little more than a decade ago are returning to East Great Falls for their high-school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship. It was summer 1999 when four small-town Michigan boys began a quest to lose their virginity. In the years that have passed, Jim and Michelle married while Kevin and Vicky said goodbye. Oz and Heather grew apart, but Finch still longs for Stifler’s mom. Now these lifelong friends have come home as adults to reminisce about—and get inspired by—the hormonal teens who launched a comedy
legend.

Trailer: http://www.americanreunionmovie.com/

Stay for a speaker after the film!

A film by Lucy Walker
39 min, blu-ray

Sponsored by REACT to FILM. For more information, visit http://www.reacttofilm.com/

Also co-sponsored by Bijou Cinema, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Japanese Scholars and Students Club and O.A.S.I.S. (Organization for Active Support of International Students)

Survivors in the areas hardest hit by Japan’s recent tsunami find the courage to revive and rebuild as cherry blossom season begins. A stunning visual poem about the ephemeral nature of life and the healing power of Japan’s most beloved flower. Directed by Academy Award Nominated filmmaker Lucy Walker (WASTE LAND), featuring photography by Aaron Phillips and music by Moby.

“…one of the most memorable this year, winner of a jury prize as well as an Oscar nomination, is Lucy Walker’s unforgettable THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM, a look at the aftermath of the 2011 Japanese disaster that emphasizes the way ‘beauty and terror always exist in nature.’” -Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

Trailer: http://thetsunamiandthecherryblossom.com/

CAB AND BIJOU CINEMA PRESENT MIDNIGHT MOVIE SERIES AT THE ENGLERT!

Peter Pan (Williams) has grown up to be a cut-throat merger and acquisitions lawyer, and is married to Wendy’s granddaughter. Captain Hook (Hoffman) kidnaps his children, and Peter returns to Never Land with Tinkerbell (Roberts). With the help of her and the Lost Boys, he must remember how to be Peter Pan again in order to save his children by battling with Captain Hook once again.

Directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams and Julia Roberts
144 min

Free for UI students w/ID and $3 for community

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdiSr_sn_E0

Watch films made by UI students!

6 pm:  THE THREE OF US (40 min)   Directed by Chris Renaud

7 pm:  BLUSHING (20 min) and CARBON (9 min)   Directed by Craig Webster

8 pm:  DRIFTING IN LOS ANGELES: CHINESE STUDENTS, FILM SCHOOLS AND HOLLYWOOD DREAMS (23 min)   Directed by Zhao Lewis Liu

Short films by, for, and about women
90 min total (for all films)

Free for UI students w/ID and $7 for community

The 9 short films include:
Every Mother Counts: Obstetric Fistula
I Am A Girl!
Life Model
Reluctant Bride, A
Worst Enemy
How To Be Alone
Lady Razorbacks
Missed Connections
The Wind Is Blowing On My Street

Trailer and more information: http://www.lunafest.org/the-films

Directed by Dee Rees
Starring Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker and Aasha David
87 min, 35mm

Alike (Adepero Oduye) is a 17-year-old African-American woman who lives with her parents Audrey and Arthur (Kim Wayans and Charles Parnell) and younger sister Sharonda (Sahra Mellesse) in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood. She has a flair for poetry, and is a good student at her local high school. Alike is quietly but firmly embracing her identity as a lesbian. With the sometimes boisterous support of her best friend, out lesbian Laura (Pernell Walker), Alike is especially eager to find a girlfriend. At home, her parents’ marriage is strained and there is further tension in the household whenever Alike’s development becomes a topic of discussion. Pressed by her mother into making the acquaintance of a colleague’s daughter, Bina (Aasha Davis), Alike finds Bina to be unexpectedly refreshing to socialize with. Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and tenacity – sometimes succeeding, sometimes not, but always moving forward.

“Vibrantly alive! Potently moving and heartfelt!” -Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Trailer: http://focusfeatures.com/pariah

A film by Wim Wenders
106 min, blu-ray, shown in 2D

“Dance, dance, or we are lost.” Pina Bausch’s final words summarize her life and provide the inspiration for acclaimed director Wim Wenders’ (WINGS OF DESIRE, BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB) breathtaking tribute to the legendary choreographer. Bausch and her Tanztheater Wuppertal elevated dance into brilliantly subversive new expressive realms, and in this exhilarating film Wenders captures the raw, heart-stopping intensity of the movement and transforms it into a transcendent cinematic experience. An official selection of the Berlinale, Telluride, Toronto and New York film festivals, and now Germany’s official entry for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, PINA features interviews with and performances by Bausch’s beloved original company members, and offers an indelible image of an artist who went the full distance in her uncommonly rich creative life.

“MESMERIZING. I watched the film in a sort of reverie.” -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Trailer: http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/pina

The film documents David Lynch’s 16 country tour in 2007-2009 where he gave talks concerning meditation and his creative process.

A film by David Lynch Foundation Television
71 min

Stay for a Q&A session after the film with a member of the David Lynch Foundation and a transcendental meditation teacher!

Stay for a Q&A after the screening with the filmmaker!

“American filmmaker Melika Bass. . . an amazing talent yet to be discovered in Europe, author of a unique cinema of atmosphere and historical reminiscences. . .one of the revelations of [the Torino Film Festival].” -Roberto Manssero, Torino Film Festival

SHOALS

A prairie grotesque. On the grounds of a rural sanitarium, three young women search for wellness,
as a cult leader seeks to control their bodies through labor and daily rituals.

52 min, shot in 16mm

“A lulling, singular peculiarity…” -Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

Preview: http://vimeo.com/37775690

WAKING THINGS

In a house in a primeval wood, a mysterious, misfit family prepares a seasonal feast for a visiting party of outlanders. As they shuffle through ritualistic preparations, shadows reveal each creature — one menacing, one wounded, and one worn, stewards of an old tradition, blood for blood.

34 min, shot in 16mm

“Characters announced in exquisite typeface…scurry along paths, dart through doorways and sleep upright. Bass mystifies the work of these plain folk with her own filmic magic.” -Chicago Sun-Times

More information: http://www.tenderarchive.com/waking.htm

FILMMAKER BIO
Named “one of the most promising emergent practitioners in Chicago” by the Chicago Tribune, Melika Bass is the recipient of an Artadia Award, a Media Arts Fellowship from the Illinois Arts Council, and the Kodak/Filmcraft Imaging Award for Best Cinematography from the 2010 Ann Arbor Film Festival.

Her film work has been screened and exhibited in cinemas and art spaces worldwide, among them the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (solo exhibition, February 2011); Torino Film Festival, Italy; Anthology Film Archives, New York; Ann Arbor Film Festival; Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; Northwest Film Center; Segal Center for the Performing Arts, Montreal; Hamburg International Film Festival, Germany; and the Split Festival of New Film, Croatia.

Bass hails from North Carolina and Virginia and teaches in the Department of Film, Video, and New Media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

FREE FOR EVERYONE
Stay for a panel discussion after the film!

From his embed with US Marines Echo Company in Afghanistan, photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis reveals the devastating impact a Taliban machine-gun bullet has on the life of 25-year-old Sergeant Nathan Harris. The film seamlessly transitions from stunning war reportage to an intimate, visceral portrait of one man’s personal struggle at home in North Carolina, where Harris confronts the physical and emotional difficulties of re-adjusting to civilian life with the love and support of his wife, Ashley. Masterfully contrasting the intensity of the frontline with the unsettling normalcy of home, HELL AND BACK AGAIN lays bare the true cost of war.

A film by Danfung Dennis
88 min

“Stunning… a breathlessly paced look at the realities of war.” -Vincent Musetto, New York Post

Trailer: http://hellandbackagain.com/

Sponsored by Bijou Cinema, University of Iowa Veterans Association, University of Iowa Libraries and the College of Public Health