Fall 2011

Saturday, September 10
The Big Lebowski (USA, 1998) 117 min. 35mm.
Directors Joel and Ethan Coen
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Saturday, September 17
Color Me Obsessed: A Film about the Replacements (USA, 2011) 123 min.
Director Gorman Bechard Introduced and followed by Q&A with the director
(Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Tuesday, September 20
Religion & Film Series @ Yale
Babette’s Feast (Denmark, 1987) 102 min. 35mm.
Director Gabriel Axel
Introduced and post-screening discussion led by Kathryn Lofton
(American Studies, Film Studies Program, Initiative for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures and Religion, Institute of Sacred Music, Religious Studies, and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Thursday, September 22
Preview Screening!
Wham! Bam! Islam! (USA, 2011) 55 min.
Director Isaac Solotaroff
Followed by Q&A with the director and animators Reno Msad and Camilla Wycoco
(Chaplain’s Office, Council on Middle East Studies, Religious Studies, Jews and Muslims at Yale, Muslim Student Association, and Films at the Whitney)
Special support provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
7 pm, Auditorium

Friday, September 23
Sneak Preview!
Grassroots (USA, 2011) 94 min.
Director and Screenwriter Stephen Gyllenhaal Introduced and followed by Q&A with the director and producer
Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal
(Bulldog Productions, Environmental Film Festival at Yale, and Films at the Whitney)
Special support provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
7 pm, Auditorium

Saturday, September 24
Rushmore (USA, 1998) 93 min. 35mm.
Director Wes Anderson
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Friday, September 30–Tuesday, October 4
New England Festival of Ibero American Cinema
At the Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium from Saturday, October 1 through Tuesday, October 4
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)

Friday, September 30
Manhattan Short Film Festival
World’s First Global Film Festival
(Yale College Dean’s Office and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Thursday, October 6
Winner-India’s National Award for Best Documentary of the Year
Kanaka-Purandara (India, 1988)
Director Girish Karnad
Introduced and followed by a Q&A with the director
(South Asian Studies Council and Films at the Whitney)
6 pm, Room 208

Friday, October 7
Utsav (India, 1984) 145 min.
Director Girish Karnad Introduced by and followed by a Q&A with the director
(South Asian Studies Council and Films at the Whitney)
7:30 pm, Auditorium

Monday, October 10
Nishant / Night’s End (India, 1975) 140 min.
Director Shyam Benegal
Introduced by Anuradha Needham and followed by a Q&A with actor Girish Karnad
(South Asian Studies Council and Films at the Whitney)
6:30 pm, Auditorium

Tuesday, October 11
Religion & Film Series @ Yale
There Will Be Blood (USA, 2007) 158 min. 35mm.
Director Paul Thomas Anderson
Introduced and post-screening discussion led by Kathryn Loftons
(American Studies, Film Studies Program, Initiative for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures and Religion, Institute of Sacred Music, Religious Studies, and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Monday, October 24
Max Frisch-Year 2011
Homo Faber (Germany, 1991), 117 min.
Director Volker Schlondorff
(Department of German and Films at the Whitney)
6:30 pm, Auditorium

Thursday, October 27
Anton Chekhov’s The Duel (USA, 2010) 95 min. 35mm.
Director Dover Koshashvili
Followed by a Q&A with Screenwriter Mary Bing and Producer Donald Rosenfeld, moderated by Murray Biggs
(Films at the Whitney)
Special support provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
7:30 pm, Auditorium

Friday, October 28
The Melancholy Fantastic (USA, 2011)
Director A.D. Calvo
Introduced and followed by a Q&A with the director and actors Robin Lord Taylor and two-time Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe, Tony, and Emmy Award winner Shirley Knight
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
Special support provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
7 pm, Auditorium

Saturday, October 29
The Shining (USA, 1980) 142 min.
Director Stanley Kubrick
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Sunday, October 30
The Broken Tower (USA, 2011) 99 min.
Director James Franco
(Department of English and Films at the Whitney)
2 pm, Auditorium

Monday, November 7
Jesus Was a Commie and other short films
Director, writer, actor Matthew Modine
(Pierson College, Yale Summer Film Institute, and
Films at the Whitney)
7:30 pm, Auditorium

Friday, November 11–Saturday, November 12
Fashion in Film Symposium
“Secrets of the Orient: Costume, Movement, and Duration in the Cinematic Experience of the East” Presentations by Hilton Als, Mario Montez, and Agosto Machado Screenings include Latcho Drom (1993), Lupe (1966), and The Great Invisible (2002)
(Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Cultural Services of the Embassy of France, Film Study Center, ITS Academic Technologies, Film Studies Program, KG Productions, Museum of the Moving Image, British Council, Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial Fund, and Whitney Humanities Center)
Friday, 4 pm, Auditorium
Saturday, 9:30 am, Auditorium

Thursday, November 17
The River / Le Fleuve (France, 1951) 99 min. 35mm.
Director Jean Renoir
(Yale Center for British Art, Film Study Center, and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium

Thursday, December 1
Day With(out) Art/World AIDS Day Screening
Untitled (USA, 2010) 60 min.
Filmmakers Jim Hodges, Encke King, and Carlos Marques da Cruz
(Yale College Dean’s Office and Whitney Humanities Center with support from the Arts Discretionary Fund)
7 pm, Auditorium

Wednesday, December 7
Special Preview Screening
In the Land of Blood and Honey (USA, 2011) 127 min, 35mm.
Director Angelina Jolie
Followed by a Q&A with Production Designer Jon Hutman moderated by John MacKay
(Film Studies Program and Films at the Whitney)
Special support provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
7 pm, Auditorium