Fall 2010

Thursday, September 9
Religion & Film Series @ Yale
In Bruges (UK, 2008) 107 min. 35mm.
Director Martin McDonagh
Introduced and post-screening discussion led by Kathryn Lofton
(Institute of Sacred Music and Films at the Whitney)
6:30 pm, Auditorium

Sunday, September 12
A Special Freshman Orientation Screening
Shut Up & Sing (USA, 2006) 93 min. 35mm.
Directors Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Park
(Yale College Dean’s Office and Whitney Humanities Center)
2 pm, Auditorium

Thursday, September 16
Back Home (USA, Rwanda, 2006) 72 min.
Director J.B. Rutagarama
Introduced and followed by Q&A with Producer Linda Vester
(Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Sunday, September 19
Freshman Orientation Screening
Law Abiding Citizen (USA, 2009) 108 min. 35mm.
Director F. Gary Gray
Introduced and post-screening discussion led by Robert Post, Dean Yale Law School
(Yale College Dean’s Office and Whitney Humanities Center)
2 pm, Auditorium

Wednesday, September 22
New England Festival of Ibero American Cinema
Aquel Querido Mes de Agosto/Our Beloved Month of August (Portugal, 2008) 147 min. 35mm
Director Miguel Gomes
(Films at the Whitney)
6 pm, Auditorium

Thursday, September 23
A Good Day To Die (USA, 2010) 90 min.
A film about Dennis Banks and the American Indian Movement Directors David Mueller and Lynn Salt
Preceded by a performance by Dennis Banks and Michel Tyabji Followed by Q&A with Dennis Banks and the directors
(Beinecke Library; Ezra Stiles College; Film Study Center; Film Studies Program; Native American Cultural Center; Program in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration; Paul L. Joskow, PhD ‘72; and Films at the Whitney)
7:30 pm performance, 8 pm screening, Auditorium

Friday, September 24
Special Screening
Soundtrack for a Revolution (USA, 2009) 82 min.
Director William Guttentag
Followed by Q&A with the director, moderated by Rodney Cohen, Director of Afro-American Cultural Center
(Afro-American Cultural Center, Film Studies Program, and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Saturday, September 25Sunday, September 26
New England Festival of Ibero American Cinema
(Films at the Whitney)
From noon Saturday and from 12:30 pm to 6 pm Sunday, Auditorium Festival runs from Wednesday, September 22
to Sunday, September 26.

Monday, September 27
First Indian film to compete at Sundance Film Festival
Peepli /Live (India, 2010) 104 min. 35mm.
Director Anusha Rizvi
In conjunction with Humanitas: Images of India by Fredric Roberts, Yale ‘65
(Asian American Cultural Center, Film Study Center, South Asian Film Society, South Asian Studies Council, and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Wednesday, September 29
The Poynter Fellowship in Journalism at Yale presents
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (USA, 2010)
Director Alex Gibney
Followed by a discussion with the director
(Office of Public Affairs, Film Studies Program, and Whitney Humanities Center)
7 pm, Auditorium

Thursday, September 30
Icelandic Artists on Film
90 minutes of contemporary Icelandic films: cutting-edge shorts, animation, documentary … and more
(Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Monday, October 4
Anek Ramayan
A Film on a Play Performance on the Diverse Traditions of the Ramayan (India)
Documentary filmmaker Shikha Sen
Followed by a discussion with Shikha Sen
(South Asian Studies Council and Films at the Whitney)
5:30 pm, Auditorium

Wednesday, October 6
Howl (USA, 2010) 90 min. 35 mm.
Directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
James Franco as Allen Ginsberg
Pre-screening discussion with Langdon Hammer, Amy Hungerford, and Michael Warner Post-screening Q&A with James Franco
(Department of English, Film Studies Program, and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Thursday, October 7
Japanese Film Series: Singular Samurai
Vendetta at Sozenji Temple (Japan, 1957) 92 min.
Director Makino Masahiro
(Council on East Asian Studies, Japan Foundation, Film Studies Program, and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Saturday, October 9
Yale Film Society
Full Metal Jacket (USA, 1987) 116 min. 35mm.
Director Stanley Kubrick
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
6 pm, Auditorium

Sunday, October 10
The Stoning of Soraya M (USA, 2008) 114 min.
Director Cyrus Nowrasteh
Introduced and followed by a discussion with the director
(Saybrook College and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Thursday, October 14
Religion & Film Series @ Yale
Black Narcissus (UK, 1949) 100 min. 35mm.
Directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
(Institute of Sacred Music and Films at the Whitney)
6:30 pm, Auditorium

Thursday, October 21
The Delta (USA, 1996) 85 min.
Director Ira Sachs Followed by discussion with the director
(Films Studies Program; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies; and Films at the Whitney)
4:30 pm, Auditorium

Friday, October 22
The Visual Language of Herbert Matter (USA, 2010) 80 min.
Director Reto Caduff
Introduced and followed by a discussion with the director and faculty from Yale School of Art
(Yale School of Art and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Wednesday, November 3
Patti Smith: Dream of Life (USA, 2008) 109 min.
Director Steven Sebring
Introduced and followed by discussion with Patti Smith
in conjunction with Patti Smith’s reading and performance the following evening
(Films at the Whitney)
7:30 pm, Auditorium

Saturday, November 6
Eighth Annual Trans/gender Awareness Week Headline Event
Boys Don’t Cry (USA, 1999) 118 min.
Director Kimberly Peirce
Introduced and followed by a Q&A with the director
(LBGTQ and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Thursday, November 11
Religion & Film Series @ Yale
My Son the Fanatic (UK, 1997) 87 min. 35mm.
Director Udayan Prasad
Introduced and post-screening discussion led by Kathryn Lofton
(Institute of Sacred Music and Films at the Whitney)
6:30 pm, Auditorium

Friday, November 12
127 Hours (USA, 2010), 93 min. 35 mm.
Director Danny Boyle
Starring James Franco
(Film Study Center and Films at the Whitney)
8 pm, Auditorium

Thursday, November 18
Japanese Film Series
Sanada fuunroku /Brave Records of the Sanada Clan (Japan, 1963) 100 mm. 35mm.
Director Kato Tai
(Council on East Asian Studies, Film Studies Program, and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Wednesday, December 1
James Joyce on Film Series
The Dead (USA, 1987) 83 min. 35mm.
Director John Huston
(Film Study Center and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Wednesday, December 8
The Tourist (USA, 2010) 35mm.
Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Followed by a Q&A with Jon Hutman, Production Designer, Yale ‘84
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium