Thursday, January 13
Errol Morris: A Lightning Sketch (USA, 2011) 67 min.
Directors Charles Musser and Carina Tautu
Introduced and followed by a discussion with the directors
(Film Studies Program and Films at the Whitney)
6 pm, Auditorium
Wednesday, January 19
James Joyce on Film Series
Passages from Finnegans Wake (USA, 1965) 92 min. 35mm.
Director Mary Ellen Bute
Restored with a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation
(Film Study Center and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Saturday, January 22
Princess Mononoke (Japan, 1997) 134 min.
Director Hayao Miyazaki
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Tuesday, January 25
South Asian Film Festival
Bhutto (USA, 2010) 111 min.
Director Duane Baughman
Followed by discussion with the director and music composer Herb Graham Jr.
7 pm, Auditorium
Friday, January 28
South Asian Film Festival
Rang De Basanti (India, 2006) 157 min.
Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Followed by discussion with the director
7 pm, Auditorium
Saturday, January 29
South Asian Film Festival
Delhi 6 (India, 2009) 141 min.
Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Followed by discussion with the director
2 pm, Auditorium
Saturday, January 29
South Asian Film Festival
Udaan (India, 2010) 134 min.
Director Vikramaditya Motwane
7 pm, Auditorium
Sunday, January 30
South Asian Film Festival
Tere Bin Laden (India, 2010) 95 min.
Director Abhishek Sharma
2:00 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, February 3
Cuba: The Accidental Eden (USA, 2010) 54 min.
Director Doug Shultz
Introduced and followed by a discussion with Cinematographer and Director of Photography Ann Johnson Prum
7:30 pm, Auditorium
Friday, February 4
Elizabethan Club Centenary Film Series
Henry V (UK, 1989) 137 min. 35mm.
Much Ado About Nothing (UK, 1993) 111 min. 35mm.
Director Kenneth Branagh
(Elizabethan Club of Yale University and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, February 10
Religion & Film Series @ Yale
Earth (India, 1998) 110 min. 35mm.
Director Deepa Mehta
Introduced and post-screening discussion led by Kathryn Lofton
(Institute of Sacred Music and Films at the Whitney)
6:30 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, February 17
Sneak Preview
The Adjustment Bureau (USA, 2011) 35mm.
Director George Nolfi
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Friday, February 18
The Last Emperor (China, UK, 1987) 163 min. 35mm.
Director Bernardo Bertolucci
(Yale Film Society, Office of International Students and Scholars, and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Saturday, February 19
The White Ribbon (Germany, 2009) 144 min. 35mm.
Director Michael Haneke
Introduced by Patrick Reagan, Ph.D. Candidate
(German, Film Studies)
(Yale Film Society, International Students Organization, and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, February 24
Preview Screening
Symphony of the Soil (USA, 2011) 75 min.
Director Deborah Koons Garcia
Introduced and followed by a discussion with the director
(Yale Environmental Film Festival, Yale Sustainable Food Project, and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Friday, February 25–Saturday, February 26
Japanese Film Director Koreeda Hirokazu Visits Yale
Without Memory (Japan, 1996) 84 min.
Friday, 7 pm, Auditorium
Still Walking (Japan, 2008) 114 min. 35mm.
Saturday, 7 pm, Auditorium
Q & A with the director to follow each screening
(Film Studies Program, East Asian Studies, and Films at the Whitney)
Thursday, March 3
Harakiri (Japan, 1964) 133 min. 35mm.
Director Masaki Kobayashi
(Yale Center for British Art, Film Study Center, and Whitney Humanities Center)
7 pm, Auditorium
Monday, March 21
7 Khoon Maaf (India, 2011) 137 min. 35mm.
Director Vishal Bhardwaj
(South Asian Film Society, South Asian Studies Council, and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Tuesday, March 22
Pre-release Screening
Jane Eyre (UK, 2011)
Director Cary Fukunaga
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Wednesday, March 23
Pre-release Screening
The Music Never Stopped (USA, 2011) 105 min.
Director Jim Kohlberg
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, March 24–Sunday, March 27
The 6th Annual Yale Italian Film Festival
Italian Cinema for the New Millennium
(Department of Italian Language and Literature, Italian Study Center, Film Study Center, Office of New Haven and State Affairs, and Whitney Humanities Center)
Auditorium
Monday, March 28–Sunday, April 3
2011 Environmental Film Festival at Yale
(Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Films at the Whitney)
Auditorium
Thursday, April 7
War and Peace (Italy, USA; 1956) 208 min. 35mm
Director King Vidor
(Yale Center for British Art, Film Study Center, and Whitney Humanities Center)
6:30 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, April 7
Premier Screening
Belly of the Whale (USA, 2011) 23 min
Director Caleb Smith
(Films at the Whitney)
5 pm, Auditorium
Friday, April 8–Saturday, April 9
Third Annual Film Studies Graduate Student Conference
Sensing Cinema: History-Theory-Body-Screen
(Film Studies Program and Films at the Whitney)
Friday, 6:30 pm, Auditorium
Saturday, 9 am, Room 208
Monday, April 11
Floating Lives (Vietnam, 2010) 113 min.
Director Phan Quang Binh Nguyen
IntrIntroduced and followed by discussion with the director and actress Hai Yen
(Southeast Asian Studies, Vietnamese Students Association, and Films at the Whitney)
7:30 pm, Auditorium
Tuesday, April 12
Law School Film Series
Juvenile Court (USA, 1973) 144 min.
Director Frederick Wiseman
Followed by discussion between Frederick Wiseman and Dean Robert Post
(Yale Law School and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, April 14
Religion & Film Series @ Yale
Avatar (USA, 2009) 171 min.
Director James Cameron
Introduced and post-screening discussion led by Kathryn Lofton
(Institute of Sacred Music and Films at the Whitney)
6:30 pm, Auditorium
Friday, April 15
Special Event
Men in Black (USA, 1997) 98 min. 35mm.
Presenting the Film Studies Award for
Producer Walter F. Parkes ‘73
Director Barry Sonnenfeld
Saturday, April 16
Gandhi (India, 1982) 191 min.
Director Richard Attenborough
(South Asian Studies Council, South Asian Film Society, and Films at the Whitney)
2 pm, Auditorium
Saturday, April 16
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (USA, 1977) 132 min.
Director Steven Spielberg
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Monday, April 18
Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam (Canada, 2009) 80 min.
Director Omar Majeed
(South Asian Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditoirum
Tuesday, April 19
Starman (USA, 1984) 115 min. 35mm.
Director John Carpenter Followed by Q&A with actress Karen Allen
(Berkeley College, Yale Film Society, and Films at the Whitney)
8 pm, Auditorium
Wednesday, April 20
Bridesmaids (USA, 2011) 149 min. 35 mm.
Director Paul Feig (2011)
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Wednesday, April 20
No One Killed Jessica (India, 2011) 136 min.
Director Raj Kumar Gupta
(South Asian Studies Council, South Asian Film Society, and Films at the Whitney)
9 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, April 21
Pride and Prejudice (UK, 2005) 127 min. 35mm.
Director Joe Wright
(Yale Center for British Art, Film Study Center, and Whitney Humanities Center)
7 pm, Auditorium
Friday, April 22
Boxcar Bertha (USA, 1972) 88 min. 35mm.
Director Martin Scorsese Producers Julie Corman and Roger Corman Followed by Q & A with the producers
(Silliman College, Film Study Center, Film Studies Program, and Films at the Whitney)
8 pm, Auditorium
Friday, April 22
Special Screening
The Intruder (USA, 1962) 84 min. 35mm
Director Roger Corman Introduced by the director
(Films at the Whitney)
2 pm, Auditorium
Monday, April 25
Lage Raho Munna Bhai (India, 2006) 144 min.
Director Rajkumar Hirani
(South Asian Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Tuesday, April 26
The Human Experience (USA, 2008) 90 min.
Director Charles Kinnane
Followed by Skype discussion with writer/actor Michael Campo and actor Jeffery Azize
(Yale Human Rights and Environment Dialogues and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Friday, April 29
The Baroque Page: Image and Text Symposium
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (France, 1966) 100 min.
Director Roberto Rossellini
(Department of Italian and Films at the Whitney)
8 pm, Auditorium
Sunday, May 1
World Premier Screening
College Musical:The Movie (USA, 2011)
Director Kurt Schneider ‘10
Written by Jake Bruene
Produced by Andrew Johnson
Music by Kurt Schneider and Andrew Johnson
Cinematography by Christopher Ripley
Starring Sam Tsui, Julie Shain, Miles Jacoby, Allison Williams, and Brennan Caldwell
First screening followed by Q & A with the filmmakers
(Films at the Whitney)
10:30 pm, Auditorium
Wednesday, May 11
Where Beauty Lies (USA, 2011) 90 min.
Director Carina Rosanna Tautu
Introduced and followed by a discussion with the director
(Mattatuck Museum Arts & History Center, Films Studies Program, and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Sunday, May 15
Sites. Camera. Action! Film Shorts Festival
Screening films by Young Filmmaker winners and Professional/Amateur Filmmaker winners
(Site Projects New Haven, Hull’s Art Supply & Framing, Kennedy & Perkins, Citrin Cooperman, and Whitney Humanities Center)
7 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, July 14
The Gardener’s Shadow A film series with discussion centered on sustainability and gardening
Silent Running (USA, 1972) 89 min. 35mm
Director Douglas Trumbull Introduced by Eric Larson, Marsh Botanical Gardens
(ArtSpace, Marsh Botanical Gardens, and Films at the Whitney)
7:30 pm, Auditorium
Tuesday, July 19
The Gardener’s Shadow A film series with discussion centered on sustainability and gardening
Being There (USA, 1979) 130 min.
Director Hal Ashby Introduced by Eric Larson,
Marsh Botanical Gardens
(ArtSpace, Marsh Botanical Gardens, and Films at the Whitney)
7:30 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, July 21
The Gardener’s Shadow A film series with discussion centered on sustainability and gardening
The Garden (USA, 2008) 80 min.
Director Scott Hamilton Kennedy Introduced by Eric Larson, Marsh Botanical Gardens
(ArtSpace, Marsh Botanical Gardens, and Films at the Whitney)
7:30 pm, Auditorium
Tuesday, July 26
The Gardener’s Shadow A film series with discussion centered on sustainability and gardening
Greenfingers (USA, 2000) 91 min.
Director Joel Hershman Introduced by Eric Larson, Marsh Botanical Gardens
(ArtSpace, Marsh Botanical Gardens, and Films at the Whitney)
7:30 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, July 28
The Gardener’s Shadow A film series with discussion centered on sustainability and gardening
The Secret Garden (USA, 1949) 92 min.
Director Fred M. Wilcox Introduced by Eric Larson, Marsh Botanical Gardens
(ArtSpace, Marsh Botanical Gardens, and Films at the Whitney)
7:30 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, August 11
48 Hour Film Project Screenings
Given only a character, a prop, a line of dialogue, and 48 hours, what’s possible?
Come see!
(48 Hour Film Project, Films at the Whitney)
7 and 9:30 pm, Auditorium