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
Repertory Series: John Boorman's Primeval Screen
Zardoz at 9:30
(1974) dir John Boorman w/ Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman [105 min]
I'm not sure that even John Boorman would be able to tell you what ZARDOZ is about. And you know what? It doesn't matter, this movie rules! Zed (Connery) is some sort of maverick/renegade/warrior who sneaks into another dimension through the mouth of a giant floating stone head, and does so while looking mildly embarrassed and mostly nude. This stone head is Zardoz, a god who promises immortality for all who believe in him. When Zed crosses into this other dimension things go awry and suddenly there are angry septuagenarians, a whole bunch of brief nudity, and a lot of Sean Connery riding a horse while wearing a sarong made of bullets and the gnarliest mustache-ponytail combo you have ever seen.
showing through sunday
Box Office Babies presentation Fri, Sept 5 @ 1:00
“RIVETING. This exhilarating film makes you shake your head in amazement.” – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between New York's twin towers, then the world’s tallest buildings. After nearly an hour dancing on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail before he was finally released.
Following six and a half years of dreaming of the towers, Petit spent eight months in New York City planning the execution of the coup. Aided by a team of friends and accomplices, Petit was faced with numerous extraordinary challe
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
showing through nov 27
"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
showing through nov 27
Off the Couch Presentation Tues, Sept 9 @ 7:00 with discussion leader RACHEL SEIDEL, MD
In Woody Allen' latest, two young Americans spend a summer in Spain and meet a flamboyant artist (Javier Bardem) and his beautiful but insane ex-wife (Penelope Cruz). Vicky (Rebecca Hall) is straight-laced and about to be married. Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) is a sexually adventurous free spirit. When they all become amorously entangled, the results are both hilarious and harrowing.
dir. Woody Allen, w/ Bardem, Cruz, Johansson, and Hall
final showing
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