Schedule
Saturday July 31
After creating LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, the Oscar-winning comedy set during the Holocaust, actor/filmmaker Roberto Benigni takes on a no-less-audacious project: a romantic comedy set during the opening days of the Iraq War. Benigni plays a madcap poetry professor hopelessly infatuated with an elegant writer (Nicoletta Braschi). When he learns his beloved is wounded and lying near death in a Baghdad hospital, our hero impersonates a doctor and is soon dodging bullets and bombshells to win her heart. "Winsome, charming and irresistibly romantic" -
Salon.
2006
99 Mins
United States
Among the many legacies of the Nixon era was an effort by the Immigration and Naturalization Service to deport John Lennon as an "undesirable alien." The reason: many Nixon supporters, including Senator Strom Thurmond and J. Edgar Hoover, worried that Lennon - anti-war protester and New York resident since 1971 - might galvanize young Americans to vote Democratic in the 1972 election. Documentarians David Leaf and John Scheinfeld recount the fascinating story utilizing a rich selection of archive film clips and illuminating interviews.
AT NIGHT
Christian E. Christiansen's beautifully acted short film from Denmark presents a moving story of friendship as the lives of three women intersect in a hospital cancer ward during the New Year's holidays. Nominated for an Oscar® for Best Live Action Short Film. "Artful, full-hearted and unafraid, this is a memorable work" -
Salon. (2007)
GUARD DOG
Animator Bill Plympton (THE TUNE) garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short Film with this comic tale exploring the no-longer mysterious mind of an extremely yappy pooch. (2004)
GUIDE DOG
In a sequel to his Oscar nominated short Guard Dog, Animator Bill Plympton (I MARRIED A STRANGE PERSON) follows the travails of an overly eager yet hapless canine who applies for work as a seeing-eye dog. (2006)
EVEN PIGEONS GO TO HEAVEN
French animator Samuel Tourneux presents a comic allegory about the likelihood of a rich man entering heaven and a diligent priest's last-minute attempt to save his soul (and divert his fortune). Nominated for a Best Animated Short Film Oscar®. (2007)
2010
49 Mins
United Kingdom
This episode from the third season features Mika, Bloc Party, and La Roux.
2006
79 Mins
United States
Filmmaker David Munro presents a psychologically savvy, serio-comic contemplation of male arrested development. When his exasperated wife throws Alby (Matt McGrath) and his collection of action figures out of his home, he reunites with his buddy Elias (Judah Friedlander) and heads off on a presumptively redemptive road trip, which becomes a search for his lost childhood. Featuring memorable cameos from Alan Cumming, Deborah Harry and Amy Sedaris.
After creating LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, the Oscar-winning comedy set during the Holocaust, actor/filmmaker Roberto Benigni takes on a no-less-audacious project: a romantic comedy set during the opening days of the Iraq War. Benigni plays a madcap poetry professor hopelessly infatuated with an elegant writer (Nicoletta Braschi). When he learns his beloved is wounded and lying near death in a Baghdad hospital, our hero impersonates a doctor and is soon dodging bullets and bombshells to win her heart. "Winsome, charming and irresistibly romantic" -
Salon.
2006
99 Mins
United States
Among the many legacies of the Nixon era was an effort by the Immigration and Naturalization Service to deport John Lennon as an "undesirable alien." The reason: many Nixon supporters, including Senator Strom Thurmond and J. Edgar Hoover, worried that Lennon - anti-war protester and New York resident since 1971 - might galvanize young Americans to vote Democratic in the 1972 election. Documentarians David Leaf and John Scheinfeld recount the fascinating story utilizing a rich selection of archive film clips and illuminating interviews.
2006
79 Mins
United States
Filmmaker David Munro presents a psychologically savvy, serio-comic contemplation of male arrested development. When his exasperated wife throws Alby (Matt McGrath) and his collection of action figures out of his home, he reunites with his buddy Elias (Judah Friedlander) and heads off on a presumptively redemptive road trip, which becomes a search for his lost childhood. Featuring memorable cameos from Alan Cumming, Deborah Harry and Amy Sedaris.
2008
94 Mins
United States
Zach Galifianakis (THE HANGOVER) stars as a courteous and professional midlevel office drone in this absurdist satire from director Jared Drake and brother/writer Brandon Drake. At the huge Orwellian Jeffers Corporation, productivity and conformity are encouraged under the company mantra "Forget ourselves and work together." However, there is a downside: Jeffers employees have recently begun to spontaneously explode. A sly, subtle and insightful comedy about the meaning of happiness that the
Hollywood Reporter found "unexpectedly moving."
2010
30 Mins
United States
Keith offers to lend his dear friend Helen a hand with her cookbook pitch, an offer which takes him from the office of a Manhattan publishing company to Helens native Cyprus. Inspired by the islands ancient history and traditions, they tour through villages and meet local artisans capturing Cypriot design and flavor to win over the book publisher.
2010
30 Mins
United States
With the mission to prepare the first gallery show in Anthropologie's London store, Keith sets out to Sweden in search of modern ceramics. From Stockholm's art galleries to Varmland's craft shops, Keith is on the lookout for the perfect piece to feature in the debut showcase.
2008
60 Mins
United States
Nobel-prize recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu devotes himself to ending injustice worldwide, fighting HIV and serving as an outspoken advocate for youth at risk. He's also chairman of the Elders, a peacekeeping group that intervenes in conflict areas around the globe, established in part by Sir Richard Branson. Branson, Virgin founder, entrepreneur and renowned adventurer, pledges his time and considerable resources to environmental and humanitarian causes. Join these surprisingly playful spirits and extraordinary allies as they reveal their inspirations and shared belief in the power of the individual to change the world.
2006
122 Mins
United States
Nicole Kidman stars in this "strangely poetic" (
Los Angeles Times) independent feature from filmmaker Steven Shainberg and writer Erin Cressida Wilson (SECRETARY) - an audacious fable about the inner life of photographer Diane Arbus. Shainberg and Wilson venture away from the known facts of Arbus's life to propose a fetishistic fantasy in which the fledgling photographer befriends a furry neighbor (Robert Downey Jr.), a pairing that ignites Arbus's inner muse and liberates her to create the disturbing and iconic images for which she is famed.
2008
125 Mins
South Korea
Fueled by a heady mixture of unsettling suspense and darkly cynical humor, South Korean filmmaker Hong-jin Na's remarkable debut revisits the familiar "serial killer on the loose" thriller formula and flips it inside out. Jung-ho (Kim yun-Seok), a former police detective-turned-pimp, has a problem: his women are disappearing without a trace. However, when the disreputable Jung-ho collars the obvious psychopath and turns him over to the police, law enforcement laziness and ineptitude only make matters worse, endangering additional lives.
2006
137 Mins
United States
Todd Field's directorial follow-up to IN THE BEDROOM (2001) is a "lucid and sensitive" (
Los Angeles Times) adaptation of Tom Perrotta's satiric novel of contemporary suburban angst. Kate Winslet stars as a Massachusetts mom, drowning in a troubled marriage to a marketing consultant with a secret porn addiction. At the local playground, she befriends a handsome stay-at-home dad (Patrick Wilson), a relationship that swiftly turns dangerously adulterous. Oscar nominations to Winslet and costar Jackie Earle Haley, and for adapted screenplay.
2008
60 Mins
United States
Nobel-prize recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu devotes himself to ending injustice worldwide, fighting HIV and serving as an outspoken advocate for youth at risk. He's also chairman of the Elders, a peacekeeping group that intervenes in conflict areas around the globe, established in part by Sir Richard Branson. Branson, Virgin founder, entrepreneur and renowned adventurer, pledges his time and considerable resources to environmental and humanitarian causes. Join these surprisingly playful spirits and extraordinary allies as they reveal their inspirations and shared belief in the power of the individual to change the world.
2008
94 Mins
United States
Zach Galifianakis (THE HANGOVER) stars as a courteous and professional midlevel office drone in this absurdist satire from director Jared Drake and brother/writer Brandon Drake. At the huge Orwellian Jeffers Corporation, productivity and conformity are encouraged under the company mantra "Forget ourselves and work together." However, there is a downside: Jeffers employees have recently begun to spontaneously explode. A sly, subtle and insightful comedy about the meaning of happiness that the
Hollywood Reporter found "unexpectedly moving."