Daytime Programming

Our daytime programming takes several forms:

• Matinée Movies: Every first and third Monday, we present a classic film, including those from the Janus collection. Light refreshments, the screening, and a discussion after.
• Our Day Trips allow you to visit organizations that share Real Art Ways' sensibility with members of our staff.
  

Sweetie

[watch the trailer]

Directed by Jane Campion, this 1989 film explores sisters in the twenties and their disfunctional family.

"[T]his Australian film by New Zealand director Jane Campion comes at you, and keeps coming at you, in peculiar, oddly enchanting bursts of detail." - Desson Howe, Washington Post

"[T]his movie is real, it's the genuine article, and it's there on the screen in all of its defiant strangeness. Most movies slide right through our minds without hitting anything. This one screams and shouts every step of the way." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

(1989, Australia, 97 mins)

Daytrip: Dia:Beacon

Due to popular demand, we're returning to Dia:Beacon. Reserve your space today!

Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries, presents one of the world's most distinguished collections of contemporary art. Situated on the banks of the Hudson River in Beacon, NY, the galleries comprise 240,000 square feet of exhibition space illuminated by natural light.

Contact Nadya Koropey with questions or to purchase tickets over the phone. 860-232-1006 x103.

Ticket options

Members $45.00 Non-members $55.00

• Dia:Beacon Website
  

The Edge of the World

Michael Powell's first major project examines the hardships of life on a lonely, windswept island where survival as a community is no longer an option. Will the inhabitants stay where their families have worked and died to establish this hard-working community or leave and give the next generation a better chance?

(1937, UK, 81 mins)

• Film editor Thelma Schoonmaker speaking about her late husband Michael Powell making the film

Guys and Dolls

[Watch "Fugue for Tinhorns"]

starring Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Stubby Kaye, Jean Simmons

All the hot gamblers are in town, and they're all depending on Nathan Detroit to set up this week's incarnation of "The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York"; the only problem is, he needs $1000 to get the place.

Throw in Sarah Brown, who's short on sinners at the mission she runs; Sky Masterson, who accepts Nathan's $1000 bet that he can't get Sarah Brown to go with him to Havana; Miss Adelaide, who wants Nathan to marry her; Police Lieutenant Brannigan, who always seems to appear at the wrong time; and the music/lyrics of Frank Loesser, and you've got quite a musical.

Includes the songs: "Fugue for Tinhorns," "Luck Be a Lady," and "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat."

(1955, USA, 150 mins)

Rivers and Tides

[watch a clip]

Portrait of Andy Goldsworthy, an artist whose specialty is ephemeral sculptures made from elements of nature.

(Germany, Finland, UK, Canada, 2001, 90 mins)

• Digital catalogue of Goldsworthy's Work
  

Sparrows

produced by and starring Mary Pickford

Evil Mr. Grimes keeps a rag-tag bunch of orphans on his farm deep in a swamp in the US South. He forces them to work in his garden and treats them like slaves. They are watched over by the eldest, Molly.

A gang in league with Mr. Grimes kidnaps Doris, the beautiful little daughter of a rich man, and hides her out on Grimes' farm, awaiting ransom. When the police close in, and Mr. Grimes threatens to throw Doris into the bottomless mire, Molly must lead her little flock out through the alligator-infested swamp.

(1926, USA, 84 mins)

Dodes'ka-den

[watch the trailer]

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Episodes from the lives of a group of Tokyo slum-dwellers: Rokkuchan, a mentally disabled boy who brings meaning and routine to his life by driving an imaginary streetcar; children who support their parents by scrounging or by tedious and ill-paying endeavours; and schemers who plot or dream of escaping the shackles of poverty.

(Japan, 1970, 140 mins)
In Japanese with English subtitles  

White Christmas

[watch the trailer]

Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) are army buddies from World War II who have become a very successful song and dance team. Davis plays matchmaker and introduces Wallace to a pair of beautiful sisters (Betty and Judy, played by Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen) who also have a song-and-dance act.

When Betty and Judy travel to a Vermont lodge to perform a Christmas show, Wallace and Davis follow, only to find their former commander, General Waverly, is the lodge owner. A series of romantic mix-ups ensue as the performers try to help the General.

(USA, 1954, 120 mins)

Schedule of Events

Monday, August 16, 2010, 1PM Light refreshments; 1:30 PM Screening; Discussion to Follow
STOLEN KISSES
Matinée Movies

Monday, September 6, 2010: NO FILMS - HOLIDAY WEEKEND

Monday, September 20, 2010, 1 PM Light refreshments; 1:30 PM Screening; Discussion to Follow
SWEETIE
Matinée Movies

Saturday, September 25, 2010, 8 AM - 6 PM
DIA:BEACON
DayTrip

Monday, October 4, 2010, 1 PM Light refreshments; 1:30 PM Screening; Discussion to Follow
THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
Matinée Movies

Monday, October 18, 2010, 1 PM Light refreshments; 1:30PM Screening; Discussion to Follow
GUYS AND DOLLS
Matinée Movies

Monday, November 1, 2010, 1 PM Light refreshments; 1:30PM Screening; Discussion to Follow
RIVERS AND TIDES
Matinée Movies

Monday, November 15, 2010, 1 PM Light refreshments; 1:30 PM Screening; Discussion to Follow
SPARROWS
Matinée Movies

Monday, December 6, 2010, 1 PM Light refreshments; 1:30 PM Screening; Discussion to Follow
DODES'KA-DEN
Matinée Movies

Monday, December 20, 2010, 1 PM Light refreshments; 1:30 PM Screening; Discussion to Follow
WHITE CHRISTMAS
Matinée Movies