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Paris, 1960. Jean-Louis lives a bourgeois existence absorbed in his work, cohabitating peacefully with his neurotic socialite wife Suzanne while their children are away at boarding school. The couple's world is turned upside-down when they hire a Spanish maid Maria. Through Maria, Jean-Louis is introduced to an alternative reality just a few floors up on the building's sixth floor, the servants' quarters. He befriends a group of sassy Spanish maids, refugees of the Franco regime, who teach him there's more to life than stocks and bonds.
"The French have a knack for it. They've been making funny and agreeable movie farces for forever, and seeing The Women on the 6th Floor makes you hope they'll never stop." -Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
"The Women on the 6th Floor is a pleasant movie, even-tempered, a romantic fantasy." -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Think of Philippe Le Guay's French-language comedy, set in the 1960s, as a fairy-tale version of The Help." -Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
(France, 104 mins, French and Spanish with subtitles)
Fri. 2/3: 5:20 PM
Sat. 2/4: 3:15 PM; 5:20 PM
Sun. 2/5: 3:15 PM; 5:20 PM
Mon. 2/6: 5:20 PM
Tues. 2/7: 5:20 PM
Wed. 2/8: 5:20 PM
Thurs. 2/9: 5:20 PM
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos, a new feature-length adventure into the world of an international anime sensation.
A fugitive alchemist with mysterious abilities leads the Elric brothers to a distant valley of slums inhabited by the Milos, a proud people struggling against bureaucratic exploitation. Ed and Al quickly find themselves in the middle of a rising rebellion, as the exiled Milos lash out against their oppressors. At the heart of the conflict is Julia, a young alchemist befriended by Alphonse. She’ll stop at nothing to restore the Milos to their former glory – even if that means harnessing the awful power of the mythical Philosopher’s Stone.
(Japan, 110 mins, English dub)
Fri. 2/3: 9:15 PM
Sat. 2/4: 9:15 PM
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Real Art Ways will be presenting three films by documentarian Gary Hustwit to celebrate Design Week. Urbanized, a fascinating look behind urban planning and design, will screen throughout the week. Objectified and Helvetica will screen during the weekend.
About Urbanized
Urbanized is a feature-length documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world’s foremost architects, planners, policy makers, builders, and thinkers. Over half the world’s population now lives in an urban area, and 75% will call a city home by 2050. Urbanized is the third part of Gary Hustwit’s design film trilogy, joining Helvetica and Objectified.
"Urbanized is a fast zoom out to the big picture: The colonies or hives in which we arrange, display and support our lives." -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
"Even viewers with deep knowledge of modern urban planning are likely to learn something from the carefully selected images and thoughtful interviews that make up most of Urbanized." -A.O. Scott, New York Times
(USA, UK, 85 mins, in English/Spanish/German/Portuguese language with English subtitles)
About Helvetica
Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which celebrated its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives.
About Objectified
Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It's a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It's about the designers who re-examine, re-evaluate and re-invent our manufactured environment on a daily basis.
URBANIZED
Fri. 2/3: 7:30 PM
Sat. 2/4: 7:30 PM
Sun. 2/5: 7:30 PM*
Mon. 2/6: 7:30 PM
Tues. 2/7: 7:30 PM**
Wed. 2/8: 7:30 PM
Thurs. 2/9: 7:30 PM
HELVETICA
Sat. 2/4: 1:35 PM
OBJECTIFIED
Sun. 2/5: 1:35 PM
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post-film discussion with Donald Poland, professional planner and geographer. Check out his website.
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post-film discussion with David Panagore, Chief Operating Officer for the City of Hartford. Read his bio.
One of the American Film Institute's 100 Greatest American Movies.
McMurphy pleads insanity to keep out of jail. His plan backfires when he is sent to a mental asylum. There he rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched. Directed by Milos Forman and starring Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher and Danny DeVito.
(1975, USA, 133 mins)
Sunday, February 12, 2012 | 2 PM
A film selected by Alix Lambert
Alix Lambert: CRIME, USA: Hartford is on view in the gallery space February 16 2012 through April 8, 2012
The wife of a cruel headmaster and his mistress conspire to kill him, but after the murder is committed, his body disappears, and strange events begin to plague the two women
(USA, 114 mins, 1955)
Please note we will not be screening the documentaries.
There will be a separate screening times for the Animated and Live Action Shorts.
Animated 2012 Nominations
Sunday/Dimanche Patrick Doyon (10 mins, English)
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore William Joyce & Brandon Oldenburg
(15 mins, no dialogue)
La Luna Enrico Casaroasa
(7 mins, English)
A Morning Stroll Grant Orchard & Sue Goffe (7 mins, no dialogue)
Wild Life Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
(13 mins, English)
Highly Commended (Additional) Animated Titles
Nullarbor Alister Lockhart (10 mins, English)
Amazonia Sam Chen (5 mins, English)
Skylight David Baas
(5 mins, English)
Hybrid Union Serguei Kouchnerov
(4 mins, English)
(Total 80 mins)
Live Action 2012 Nominations
Pentecost Peter McDonald & Eimear O'Kane (11 mins, English)
Raju Max Zไhle & Stefan Gieren (24 mins, English & German)
The Shore Terry George & Oorlagh George (31 mins, English & Gaelic)
Time Freak Andrew Bowler & Gigi Causey (11 mins, English)
Tuba Atlantic Hallvar Witz๘ (25 mins, Norwegian)
(Total 110 mins)
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Thurs. 2/16: No films Creative Cocktail Hour
Join us for a film to get you in the mood (or reinforce your cynicism) this Valentine's Day!
A couple undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories when their relationship turns sour, but it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.
Nicole Dudukovic Assistant Professor of Psychology at Trinity College. Dudukovic is fascinated by the ways in which our memories shape who we are, providing us with our personal identities and giving meaning to the world around us. Dudukovic's most recent research explores the mechanics of memory.
In a battle for power and money, several rival yakuza clans seek gain power and money through a series of ruthless conflicts, short-lived allegiances and betrayals. In this corrupt world where there are no heroes, it’s Bad Guy vs. Bad Guy in a spiraling outrage of gang warfare.
"As violent, amoral and misanthropic as a Jacobean play, Outrage is Takeshi Kitano's first yakuza flick since Brother, and arguably his best film in a decade." -Maggie Lee, Hollywood Reporter
"The results are so visually stunning, why quibble?" -Rob Nelson, Variety
(Japan, 109 mins, Japanese with subtitles)
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Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally. This powerful documentary reveals Belafonte's multifaceted contributions to the arts, the U.S. Civil Rights movement, the fight against Apartheid, ending starvation in Ethiopia, and much more.
"Sing Your Song does three things only a superior bio-doc can do: Tell a stirring life story, place that life in the context of its times, and portray it with the kind of depth and breadth that makes you wonder why it hasn't been told before. " -John Anderson, Variety
(USA, 100 mins)
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 | 2 PM
A film selected by Alix Lambert
Alix Lambert: CRIME, USA: Hartford is on view in the gallery space February 16 2012 through April 8, 2012
A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process.
(USA, 113 mins, 1976)
One of the American Film Institute's 100 Greatest American Movies.
Discharged from the Marines for hay fever, Woodrow Lafayette (Eddie Bracken) returns home, faking an honorable discharge which causes him to be immortalized as a hero despite his best efforts to come clean. Directed by Preston Sturges.
(1944, USA, 101 mins)
A French family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her Jean Seberg haircut and tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids and passes herself off as Michael. Filmmaker C้line Sciamma brings a light and charming touch to this drama of childhood gender confusion.
"Coming-of-age tale tackles gender confusion with humor and heart." -Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter
"A beautiful, matter-of-fact French drama about a young girl who wants to be a boy - and for one singular summer around her 10th birthday passes as one... " -Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
"Tomboy astutely explores the freedom, however brief, of being untethered to the highly rule-bound world of gender codes. " -Melissa Anderson, Village Voice
(France, 84 mins, in French with subtitles)
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A tragicomic romance about two quirky, creative and ambitious children who grow up to be quirky, creative and disillusioned adults. While Herman and Shelly try to figure out who they want to be they're also faced with the question of who they are to each other.
(USA, 75 mins)
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Nominated Best Animated Feature Film Oscar 2012
Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment. From Havana to New York, Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas, two passionate individuals battle impossible odds to unite in music and love.
"A visually hypnotic, musically electric film." -Stephen Farber, Hollywood Reporter
(UK and Spain, 94 mins, English and Spanish with subtitles)
After aspiring poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe fails his law exams, he's sent to a sleepy provincial court to reform. Instead, he falls for Lotte, a young woman who is promised to another man.
"Charming in a way that American romantic comedies have all but forgotten, Young Goethe in Love is by turns cute, campy and endearingly cliched." -Jeannette Catsoulis, NPR
"You needn't know a thing about Goethe or his works to enjoy the picture." -Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
(Germany, 100 mins, in German with subtitles)
In celebration of International Women's Day. There will be a post-film skype with director Pam Yates after the screening.
Sometimes a film makes history; it doesn't just document it. So it is with Granito: How to Nail a Dictator, the astonishing new film by Pamela Yates. Part political thriller, part memoir, Yates transports us back in time through a riveting, haunting tale of genocide and returns to the present with a cast of characters joined by destiny and the quest to bring a malevolent dictator to justice.
"Granito becomes both a humanitarian legal thriller and a quest to find justice through cinema." -Aaron Hillis, Village Voice
(USA, Guatemala, Spain, 80 mins, in Spanish with subtitles)
Sunday, March 11, 2012 | 2 PM
A film selected by Alix Lambert
Alix Lambert: CRIME, USA: Hartford is on view in the gallery space February 16 2012 through April 8, 2012
An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
(Japan, 143 mins, 1963, in Japanese with subtitles)
Sunday, March 18, 2012 | 2 PM
A film selected by Alix Lambert
Alix Lambert: CRIME, USA: Hartford is on view in the gallery space February 16 2012 through April 8, 2012
Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice attempts to gain a better insight into the twisted mind of the killer by talking to another psychopath Hannibal Lecter, who used to be a respected psychiatrist.
(UK, 118 mins, 1991)
This exuberant and deeply moving film follows a new couple, Romeo and Juliette, who must face the ultimate test when they discover their new born child is very ill. Gathering their friends and family together, they confront the ordeal together as a form of warfare. Donzelli infuses the story with unexpected verve using a host of cinematic techniques, music and heartbreaking performances that results in a film about a contemporary couple who surprises even themselves with their ability to fight not only for the life of their child, but for each other.
"An unexpectedly upbeat autobiographical drama made with French New Wave pizzazz about a young boy with brain cancer and the parents who pull together to fight for him. " -Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
"Declaration of War turns autobiography into thrilling expressionist art." -Katrina Longworth, Village Voice
(France, 100 mins, in French with subtitles)
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All In: The Poker Movie, tells the story of poker focusing on why one of our nations oldest games has had a renaissance in the past few years and why for so many poker is the way to chase the American Dream.
(USA, 100 mins)
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Sunday, March 25, 2012 | 2 PM
A film selected by Alix Lambert
Alix Lambert: CRIME, USA: Hartford is on view in the gallery space February 16 2012 through April 8, 2012
A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.
(UK, 101mins, 1960)
Try as he might to get noticed by women, Gianni never seems to get a second glance. His condescending wife treats him more like a punch line than a husband, and his aristocratic mother seems all but blind to her son's romantic plight. Reluctantly striking up a friendship with his daughter's floundering boyfriend, dejected Gianni looks on longingly as his aging pals court gorgeous young women, and starts to question why all of the passion seems to have disappeared from his life.
"This thoroughly delightful Italian comedy by screenwriter-turned-auteur Gianni Di Gregorio is a kind of romantic realist-fantasia with Fellini in its DNA, and a little of Woody Allen." -Peter Bradshaw, Guardian (UK)
"Lustrous, effortless, entrancing, it infects your mood as happily as a hazy Roman afternoon." -Nigel Andrews, Financial Times
(Italy, 90 mins, in Italian with subtitles)
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The powerful and richly textured second feature from Joshua Marston focuses on an Albanian family caught up in a blood feud. Nik is a carefree teenager in a small town with a crush on the school beauty and ambitions to start his own internet café. His world is suddenly up-ended when his father and uncle become entangled in a land dispute that leaves a fellow villager murdered. According to a centuries-old code of law, this entitles the dead man's family to take the life of a male from Nik's family as retribution. His uncle in jail and his father in hiding, Nik is the prime target and confined to the home while his younger sister Rudina is forced to leave school and take over their father's business.
(USA, Albania, Denmark, Italy, 109 mins, in Albanian with subtitles)
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Available films:
Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
Mighty Times: The Children's March
A Place at the Table
Resolved
Bloods and Crips: Made in America
Favela Rising
Read film descriptions and find out more about our Education Programs here.
Contact Nadya Koropey at 860.232.1006 x103 for more information.
Made possible with the support of Real Art Ways Members, Travelers Foundation, the George A. and Grace L. Long Foundation, the Fund for Greater Hartford, the Maximilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation, Inc., The Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Memorial Charitable Trust, and Lincoln Financial Foundation.
