Fall 2009

Saturday, September 12
Freshman Orientation Film
American Beauty (USA, 1999) 122 min. 35mm.
Director Sam Mendes
(Peer Liaisons to the Office of LGBTQ Resources, Films at the Whitney, and Film Study Center)
8 pm, Auditorium

Sunday, September 13
A special Freshman Orientation screening with Bruce Cohen ‘83, Producer
Milk (USA, 2008) 128 min. 35mm.
Director Gus Van Sant
(Peer Liaisons to the Office of LGBTQ Resources, Films at the Whitney, and Film Study Center)
2 pm, Auditorium

Friday, September 18
A Festival of Food and Film
(September 17, 18, and 19)
Cooking Demonstration with Jacques Pepin
2 pm, Auditorium (reservations required)
Babette’s Feast (Denmark, 1987) 102 min. 35mm.
Director Gabriel Axel
Screening followed by “Women, Food, and Film: Transcending Expectations,” a panel discussion with Kim Severson (New York Times), Laura Shapiro (Gourmet, Newsweek, Rolling Stone) and Yale faculty
(Film Studies Program, Films at the Whitney, and Yale Sustainable Food Project)
7 pm, Auditorium

Saturday, September 19
(September 17, 18, and 19)
A Festival of Food and Film, Potluck Picnic and Closing Remarks
(Film Studies Program, Films at the Whitney, and Yale Sustainable Food Project)
5 pm, Whitney Humanities Center courtyard

Wednesday, September 30
“a searing exposé”- Variety
American Casino (USA, 2009) 89 min.
Director Leslie Cockburn (MC ‘74)
Q & A with Leslie Cockburn following first screening
(Film Studies Program and Films at the Whitney)
6:30 and 9 pm, Auditorium

Thursday, October 1
Special Screening with Producer Abby Disney and Director Gini Reticker
Pray the Devil Back to Hell (USA, 2008) 72 min. 35mm.
Screening followed by Q & A with Abby Disney and Gini Reticker, moderated by Chris Blattman (Political Science, Yale)
(Silliman College, Film Studies Program, Film Study Center, and Films at the Whitney, with generous support from the Traphagen Alumni Speaker Series and Yale College Office of Student Affairs)
7:30 pm, Auditorium

Monday, October 5
Crossroads of Youth (Korea, 1934) 70 min.
Director Ahn Jong-hwa
A film screening with live accompaniment
(Council for East Asian Studies, Department of Comparative Literature, Film Studies Program, and Films at the Whitney)
5 pm, Auditorium

Tuesday, October 6
The Funhouse Mirror of Experimental Film Screenings and Conversation with experimental filmmaker Lewis Klahr
(Film Studies Program and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Thursday, October 8
Two contemporary Cuban films featuring award-winning actress Annia Bu
Los dioses rotos (Broken Gods; Cuba, 2008) 90 min.
Director Ernesto Daranas Followed by a Q & A with the director and Annia Bu
6 pm, Auditorium
El cuerno de la abundancia (Horn of Plenty; Cuba and Spain, 2008) 107 min.
Director Juan Carlos Tabío
(Council on Latin American Studies, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and Films at the Whitney)
8 pm, Auditorium

Thursday, October 15
Special Pre-release Screening, Sundance Film Festival Award Winner
Precious (USA, 2009) 109 min. 35mm.
Director Lee Daniels with Executive Producer Lisa Cortes ‘82 and Screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher
(Afro-American Cultural Center 40th Anniversary and Films at the Whitney)
5 pm, Auditorium

Friday, October 23
Celebrating Director George Roy Hill
Fortieth Anniversary Screening
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (USA, 1969) 112 min. 35mm.
Screening followed by Q & A with Screenwriter William Goldman and Associate Producer Robert Crawford; moderated by Michael Kerbel (Director, Yale Film Study Center)
(Film Study Center, Films at the Whitney, and Whitney Humanities Center)
7 pm, Auditorium

Saturday, October 24
Celebrating Director George Roy Hill
Slaughterhouse-Five (USA, 1972) 104 min. 35mm
Screening followed by Q & A with Robert Crawford and Nick Doob, moderated by Michael Kerbel
(Film Study Center, Films at the Whitney, and Whitney Humanities Center)
7 pm, Auditorium

Sunday, October 25
Special Encore Screening
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (USA, 1969) 112 min. 35mm.
(Film Study Center, Films at the Whitney, and Whitney Humanities Center)
3 pm, Auditorium

Friday, October 30
Films for Halloween
Hocus Pocus (USA, 1993) 96 min. 35mm.
Scream (USA, 1996) 111 min. 35mm.
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Thursday, November 12
Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica (Australia, 2008) 85 min.
Director Malcolm McDonald
Followed by a Q & A with Tim Jarvis, Yale World Fellow and noted polar explorer, environmental scientist, and documentary filmmaker featured in the film
(Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project ,Yale Mountaineering Club, Yale World Fellows Program, and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Wednesday, December 9
Special Double Feature – including Advanced Screening of NINE
8 1/2 (Italy, 1963) 138 min. 35mm.
Director Federico Fellini
6:30 pm, Auditorium
NINE (USA, 2009) 35mm.
Director Rob Marshall (also directed Chicago)
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
9 pm, Auditorium

Thursday, December 10
Yale Law School Film Series
Doubt (USA, 2008) 104 min. 35mm. 104 min. 35mm.
Director John Patrick Shanley
Introduction by Robert Post (Dean, Yale Law School) Post-screening discussion led by Robert Post and Katie Lofton (Religious Studies).
(Yale Law School and Films at the Whitney)
6:15 pm, Auditorium

Friday, December 11
Special Preview Screening
It’s Complicated (USA, 2009) 35mm.
Director Nancy Meyers
with Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, and Steve Martin
Followed by Q&A with Production Designer Jon Hutman (CC ‘84)
(Calhoun College and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium