Week of July 28, 2013

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Sunday, July 28

Sunday, July 28, 2013
4:30 pm
Hayao Miyazaki (Japan, 1997). (Mononoke Hime). Ages 12 and up. In a long-ago Japan, a war is raging for the future of the earth, one that sets the animal kingdom against humanity, nature against pollution, and harmony against chaos. An epic cinematic experience. (133 mins)
Sunday, July 28, 2013
7 pm
Henry Hathaway (U.S., 1956). Digital Restoration! Joseph Cotton and Van Johnson star as bitterly estranged brothers, living among the not-so-gentlemanly ranchers of Nogales. Shot in ‘Scope by the great Lee Garmes. “A nice balance of studio-bred opulence and willful leanness, and a keen sense of appropriately Simenonian harshness” (Film Comment). (88 mins)

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Wednesday, July 31

Wednesday, July 31, 2013
7 pm
Agnès Varda (France, 1991). (Jacquot de Nantes). Demy's wife Agnès Varda (Vagabond, The Gleaners and I) crafted this affecting and enlightening portrait of the artist as a young boy in 1940s Nantes. "A one-of-a-kind celebration” (NY Times). (118 mins)

Thursday, August 1

Thursday, August 1, 2013
7 pm
Raoul Walsh (U.S., 1932) Archival print! Critics Dave Kehr and Michael Fox discuss the art of popular film criticism beyond the reach of box office before a screening of Wild Girl, Walsh's affectionate parody of silent Westerns, filmed in Sequoia National Park. (c. 165 mins)

Friday, August 2

Friday, August 2, 2013
7 pm
Claude Chabrol (France, 1992). Imported 35mm Print! Pretty young Betty (Marie Trintignant) washes up at a seedy bar, drunk, bleary, and lost, and begins to recount a tale of marriage and motherhood gone bad to an older, sympathetic woman (Stéphane Audran), in Chabrol's “ferociously accurate portrayal of two women who no longer fit the bourgeois mold” (Variety). (103 mins)
Friday, August 2, 2013
9 pm
Jacques Demy (France/U.S., 1969). Digital Restoration! This sequel to Lola finds Anouk Aimée, now a little older and sadder, in Los Angeles, working in a "model shop" where lonely men go to snap photos of beautiful women. "One of the great movies about L.A." (Time Out). With short, Lust. (106 mins)

Saturday, August 3

Saturday, August 3, 2013
6 pm
Raoul Walsh (U.S., 1953) New print! New York Times critic Dave Kehr discusses and signs copies of his recent anthology, When Movies Mattered, and then introduces The Lawless Breed, with Rock Hudson as Texas desperado John Wesley Hardin. (112 mins)
Saturday, August 3, 2013
8:40 pm
Raoul Walsh (U.S., 1947) Archival print! Introduced by Dave Kehr. Walsh's favorite of his Westerns, Pursued is a fated family tragedy set under cinematographer James Wong Howe's oppressive clouds and menacing cliffs. Starring Robert Mitchum. (101 mins)