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CASQUE D'OR

(dir. Jacques Becker, 96 mins, 1952)

Fri June 1 7pm - buy tix
Thurs June 14 6:10pm - buy tix

Newly uncovered 35mm print!

Starring international sex symbol Simone Signoret, CASQUE D'OR is often considered director Jacques Becker's masterpiece. Becker was an assistant to the legendary Jean Renoir, and Renoir's influence on Becker is readily apparent in this poetic, impressionist film. Signoret plays Marie, the girlfriend of a minor gangster, who falls in love with a working man.

RADIANT
CITY

(dir. Jim Brown and Gary Burns, 86 mins, 2006)

Thurs May 31 9pm - buy tix
Fri June 1 9pm - buy tix
Sat June 2 9pm - buy tix
Sun June 3 9pm - buy tix
Mon June 4 9pm - buy tix
Tues June 5 9pm - buy tix
Q&A with David Javerbaum

Sun June 10 5pm - buy tix

A National Film Board of Canada release.

"Enlightening and disturbingly funny . . . forceful . . . satirical."
- Aaron Hillis, VILLAGE VOICE


"An urgent dispatch . . .a compelling look at the world we're constructing for ourselves."
- Grady Hendrix, NEW YORK SUN

"Sly . . . surprisingly amusing . . . four stars!"
- Raven Snook, TIME OUT NY

"At once a documentary on the meaning and impact of suburban life, a portrait of a newly suburbanized family, and a kind of visual space proof of another planet, RADIANT CITY is also funny in a shuddery kind of way."
- Geoff Pevere, TORONTO STAR

There's a desperate housewife in the parking lot, a musical chorus line mowing the lawn - and a loaded gun in the upstairs closet.

Welcome to RADIANT CITY.

Gary Burns, Canada's king of surreal comedy, joins forces with journalist Jim Brown to craft a vivid account of The Late Suburban Age.

Sprawl is eating the planet. Politicians call it growth. Developers call it business. The Moss family call it home.

While Evan Moss zones out in commuter traffic, Ann boils over in her dream kitchen and the kids play sinister games amid the fresh foundations of monster houses.

Turning the documentary genre inside out, Burns (waydowntown) and Brown rummage through a toybox of cultural references - from Jane Jacobs to The Sopranos - to consider what happens when cities get sick and mutate.

James Howard Kuntsler (THE GEOGRAPHY OF NOWHERE) and other architectural and urban philosopers contextualize. Cinematographer Patrick McLaughlin evokes an eerie dystopian monoculture while the soundtrack features songs from Joey Santiago of The Pixies.

RADIANT CITY. Welcome to the neighborhood.

ORANGE
WINTER

(dir. Andrei Zagdansky, 72 mins, 2007)

Sat June 2 5pm - buy tix
Sun June 3 5pm - buy tix

ORANGE WINTER's website

One rigged election, two classic operas, one silent classic.
Orange Winter.

They poisoned the opposition candidate. But he survived.
They exerted full control over the media. But one journalist rebelled.
They stole the election. And the streets erupted.
This is the Orange Revolution, in Kiev, Ukraine.

"More than a mere history lesson . . . Like Norman Mailer's nonfiction novel THE ARMIES OF THE NIGHT, about the 1967 antiwar march on Washington, this movie characterizes a body politic as a living thing, and charts its internal changes as if it were the protagonist in a drama."
- Matt Zoller Seitz, NEW YORK TIMES

"Candid and exciting . . .inspiring."
- Bruce Bennett, NEW YORK SUN

"has passion to spare . . . valuable."
- Bilge Ebiri, NEW YORK MAGAZINE

On November 21, 2004 the people of Ukraine were supposed to elect a new president. They had the choice of two candidates: Viktor Yanukovich, prime minister in the government of the very unpopular outgoing president Leonid Kuchma, and Viktor Yushchenko, a former prime minister and popular opposition leader.

Viktor Yushchenko was perceived as a pro-Western, European Union-leaning candidate; Viktor Yanukovich as a pro-Russian, post-Soviet politician with a questionable past.

The outgoing President, Leonid Kuchma, had an important personal stake in this election. For years the opposition had blamed him for various crimes - from corruption to involvement in the murder of an opposition journalist. A hand-picked 'heir' was his best chance to secure post-presidential immunity.

The day after the election, the state controlled media 'projected' Viktor Yanukovich a winner in what was widely believed a fraud-ridden election.

The outraged populace of Kiev took to the streets staging the biggest mass protest in post-Soviet history. ORANGE WINTER chronicles what happened in Kiev in the two weeks that followed the election and reflects upon Ukraine's fate.

THE EVIL DEAD

(dir. Sam Raimi, 85 mins, 1981)

screening with

EVIL NED

(dir. Richard Christy, longer than it should be, 1995)

EVIL DEAD + EVIL NED double bill
Sat June 2 11pm - buy tix

EVIL DEAD only
Sat June 2 11pm - buy tix

EVIL NED only
Sat June 2 12:45 am
(this is technically Sunday morning) - buy tix

Richard Christy in person!

Join Richard Christy from Sirius Satellite Radio for a screening of the horror classic THE EVIL DEAD, followed by a rare and totally unwarranted screening of EVIL NED, which Richard directed.

Richard was last at the Pioneer in January 2006,
for the premiere of "Super Twink."
But we're letting him come back anyway.

Prizes given to anyone who actually watches all of EVIL NED.

Siobhan the Transsexual is also expected to attend.

THE EVIL DEAD
Director Sam Raimi's first film has achieved legendary status since its 1982 release, and for good reason. Though perhaps not as widely seen as its two sequels, EVIL DEAD 2 and ARMY OF DARKNESS, THE EVIL DEAD is arguably the best of the three. It is the story of five college-age friends who travel to a cabin in rural Tennessee where the stumble upon the Book of the Dead, an ancient tome bound in human flesh and inked in blood. After unwittingly awakening the unspeakable terror told of in the book, each of the friends is transformed into the evil dead, one by one, except for Ash (Bruce Campbell). So, Ash is left with no other way to survive than to dismember the living corpses of his sister, girlfriend, and two of his friends. Shot on a shoestring budget, the film boasts some impressive camera work and extremely over the top gore effects as well as a sense of humor much more subtle than the tongue-in-cheek aesthetic of the two sequels.

EVIL NED (aka EVIL NED III: The Return of Evil Ned II: Electric Boogaloo)
From Self Acclaimed Writer-Director Richard Christy comes the tale of an Unstoppable Creature that could not be stopped. When the Creature tries to take over the world by transforming humans into evil ducks, only the most wholesome human in the world can stop him. Hailed by many as possibly the worst movie ever made, this horror comedy film kicked off Richard Christy's non-illustrious film career in 1995.

Chicago City Limits First Sundays Comedy Films

First Sundays

Sun June 3 7pm - buy tix
Sun July 1 7pm - buy tix

filmmakers & special guests will attend!

This is a Sunday Shorts program. Early evenings on many Sundays, the Pioneer presents programs of short films.

Part stand-up comedy act, part film festival, part party, First Sundays is a monthly festival featuring the best in short comedy films from around the world. Each screening features new films, audience and judges awards, and an after party sponsored by Stella Artois.

Hosted by the illustrious Jay Stern and Victor Varnado.

Visit the First Sundays website

OVER
THE GW

(dir. Nick Gaglia, 76 mins, 2007)

Sun June 3 2pm - buy tix
preview screening

Weds June 27 7:15pm - buy tix
Weds June 27 9pm - buy tix
Thurs June 28 7pm - buy tix
Thurs June 28 9pm - buy tix
Fri June 29 7pm - buy tix
Fri June 29 9pm - buy tix
Sat June 30 9pm - buy tix
Sun July 1 9pm - buy tix
Mon July 2 9pm - buy tix
Tues July 3 9pm - buy tix

A Seventh Art Release

Tony (George Gallagher) and Sofia (Kether Donohue) are two troubled teenage siblings from the Bronx. Out of options, their mother brings them over the GW Bridge to a rehab in Jersey. What is meant to be a 30 day stay turns into a traumatic 2 1/2 years in which Tony and Sofia experience abuse, brainwashing and false imprisonment. The director of the program, Dr. Hiller (Albert Insinnia), leads Tony and Sofia to believe this is the only institution that will keep them sober and if they leave they will die. Instead, the siblings enter into a psychological and physical struggle for their lives!

OVER THE GW is a poignant story based on writer/director Nick Gaglia's experience in a cult-like rehab. The film exposes the ongoing threat of corrupt rehabilitation centers that prey upon vulnerable teens and their parents.

Monster Monday!
Fangoria presents

ISOLATION

(dir. Billy O'Brien, 95 mins, 2007)

Mon June 4 6:30pm - buy tix

Showing from 35mm.

The Quarantine Has Begun!

Winner of 9 awards: 2006 Austin Fantastic Fest (Horror Jury Award - Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Picture), 2006 Gerardmer Film Festival (Grand Prize, International Critics Award), 2006 Leeds International Film Festival (Best Film, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Film)

On a dark winter's night, aberrant screams of agony fill the air. Something has gone terribly wrong and five unwilling people find themselves trapped on a remote, desolate farm. Over the next 35 hours we slowly learn the shocking truth; the biotech experiment gone nightmarishly wrong; the awful reality of what has been done; and the possibility that the five people may never escape.

EyeAM:

Women Behind the Lens

Tues June 5 7pm - buy tix

EyeAM website

This is a Tuesdays@7 program. Every Tuesday at 7pm features special guests presenting their film, and is followed by a beer and pizza reception for ticket holders.

Eye Am: Women Behind the Lens presents...

Not AnOther's Fantasy ~ Women exploring the Self by through fact,   fantasy, and fiction.

featuring film, video, animation by:

~Anna van Someren
Certain Things- Anxiety and disorientation increase as technology is   used to fine-tune personality. The gulf widens between a mother and   daughter struggling to understand medicated female identity.
~Lili White
Treasure- My place is your place... - I was here. Hoover Dam, located   outside Las Vegas Nevada, was developed to supply hydroelectricity   for Arizona, Nevada and California, including the city of Los   Angeles, and its surrounding areas. Dam projects in the American West   disrupted the communal life of Native Americans and other peoples by   forcing dislocation upon families who knew no other way of life.   Destruction of their land and submersion of ancient rock art carvings   of religious and archeological interest are also by-products of these   ventures. The character in TREASURE builds a new city while searching   for water by the seaside. Eerie sound and composite images of Hoover   Dam, Las Vegas Nevada, and defunct water springs with Indian   petroglyphs present an ominous mood.

~Naomi White
Daily Practice- Through the repetition of various everyday routines,   we create images of ourselves. In the four vignettes (#4 screened   tonight) that comprise Daily Practice, the filmmaker employs video to   explore issues of balance - the earnest and healthy desires for growth   versus rituals that perhaps go too far, and instead consume our   identities. Does 'practice' improve who we are, or diminish our   reality and sense of self? When do repetition and imitation become   obsession, and how do we gauge when a practice that may have once   been beneficial has become destructive? By depicting different   aspects of ritual /obsession this work investigates how the need to   change ourselves can elevate ordinary practices into transformative   spells in the drive to become something 'more.'

~Oriana Fox
Consciousness, Understanding 'N Trust- Ventriloquism, lip-syncing,   and appropriation all play subversive roles in the post-feminist   retro-spoof, Consciousness, Understanding 'N Trust. In it, Oriana Fox   plays a quirky cast of characters including Betty Crocker brunettes,   soap opera blonds, and airhead redheads, as they become aware of   their collective subjugation as women. The consciousness raising   dialogue comes from varied sources ranging from Laura Cottingham's   feminist documentary Not For Sale to 60s musical Bye Bye Birdie.

~Pavitra Chalam
Anamika- A reconstruction of the story of a young Devadasi brought to   New York. The filmmaker's access to her has been limited. We don't   know of her pain, happiness or her loss. This much we do know, she   has been taken to a foreign land to continue an ancient tradition.   The film is a quest is to raise questions about different women and   the different paths they choose to follow.

~Natalia Surniak
Sylvia & Iga- During one summer day at the lake, two girlfriends   encounter a moment of infatuation that tests both their relationship   and illusions. From now on nothing will be as it was imagined...   Inspired by a short story from Sylvia Plath.

~Irina Patkamian
All Mine Carry With- The filmmaker inter-cuts home movie footage shot   in Russia when as a child with the rehearsals of Chekhov's Seagull,   that was staged in East Village. It's about how working on this   production in New York made the filmmaker remember her life in Russia   and understand why she is here. It combines Video, super-8 mm, and 16mm film.

~Kristi Ryba
The Fairy Tale of Everyday Life- Intertwining embedded messages from   fairy tales to popular culture with the reality of daily life, this   fairy tale depicts the life of many women, including marriage, birth,   death and the continuation of the myth. Based on personal experience   this video addresses the idea of how we internalize embedded cultural   messages and also attempts to question and draw attention to the   value of what has been commonly recognized as women's work and the   domestic sphere.

~Vanessa Woods
The Touch- A meditation on Anne Sexton's poem of the same name. The   film examines melodies within spoken, written and visual language and   how they can interact. By juxtaposing text, image and sound, the   viewer is asked to contemplate disparate forms of human response and   emotion regarding language and imagery. In The Touch, the text from   the poem is first given life through single-frame animation, then   layered audio recording and finally through animated visuals that   reinterpret it. Language and image investigate feelings of   disembodiment, isolation and absence punctuated by sound and silence.   Because the subject of the poem deals specifically with the idea of   touch, the film sustains a highly tactile, textural quality wherein   the filmmaker's hand is overtly present.

~Lani Sciandra
Moon of Honey-
a day in the field
the microcosm of marriage
cloud and sunshine
ebb...
and flow
tea and pee and sympathy
seeds to sow.
A girl
a boy
growing pain
growing joy

~Maya Weimer
Rendez-Vous- More than 200,000 Koreans have been adopted   internationally. Thousands of these adoptees return to Korea every   year to search for biological kin. This is one woman's experience of   meeting her birth mother. Conflating the story of familial reunion   with the trajectory of an illicit affair, Rendez-vous presents an   intimate glimpse into a widespread transnational phenomenon.

  & Sneak Previews from next season with pieces by *Devorah Hill and Annie Novak & Alexis Powell of the Meerkat Media   Collective!!!

GHOST
TRAIN

(dir. Takeshi Furusawa, 93 mins, 2006)

Weds June 6 9pm - buy tix
Thurs June 7 9pm - buy tix
Fri June 8 9pm - buy tix
Sat June 9 9pm - buy tix
Sun June 10 9pm - buy tix
Mon June 11 9pm - buy tix
Tues June 12 9pm - buy tix

An ADV Films release

Death on the Japanese subway!
Beware the haunted train.
Get on. Get dead.

A smash J-horror hit  from director Takeshi Furusawa, Ghost Train (Otoshimono) is the chilling, sinister tale of  schoolgirl Nana (Erika Sawajiri) whose younger sister goes missing in the spooky subway tunnels near Mizunahsi Station after finding a lost train pass. But she is not the only person to vanish in the darkness, and Nana, together with her friend Kanae, must journey into darkness to confront the evil force haunting Tokyo's subterranean depths

  Hold on tight - there's no light at the end of this tunnel.

SHOWBUSINESS

The Road to Broadway

(dir. Dori Berinstein, 102 mins, 2007)

Weds June 6 7pm - buy tix
Thurs June 7 7pm - buy tix
Fri June 8 3:30pm - buy tix
Sat June 9 2pm - buy tix
Sun June 10 3pm - buy tix
Mon June 11 5pm - buy tix
Tues June 12 5pm - buy tix

Starring Alan Cumming, Boy George, Rosie O'Donnell, Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, Jeff Marx, Bobby Lopez, Jeanine Tesori, Euan Morton, Raul Esparza, Tony Kushner, Tonya Pinkins, and the casts of Wicked, Avenue Q, Taboo and Caroline, or Change

Over the course of the 2003-2004 Broadway season, director Dori Berinstein follows the four high-profile productions that would eventually become Tony nominees for Best Musical: Wicked, Taboo, Avenue Q and Caroline, or Change. From casting to staging, from previews to opening nights, from the Tony nominations to the suspense-filled awards, Berinstein provides a never-before-seen look at Broadway's mysterious and wondrous creative process. Featuring Alan Cumming, Rosie O'Donnell, Boy George, Tony Kushner, Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, Jeff Marx, Bobby Lopez, Jeanine Tesori, Euan Morton, Raul Esparza, Tonya Pinkins and others.

LIVE FREE OR DIE

(dir. Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin, 89 mins, 2006)

Fri June 8 11pm - buy tix
Sat June 9 11pm - buy tix

Starring Zooey Deschanel, Paul Schneider, Judah Friedlander, Michael Rappaport

Paul Schneider in person!

An offbeat comedy about a would-be criminal who's struggling to escape the dreariness of his northern New Hampshire hometown. He finds himself in real trouble when he teams up with a dim-witted high school friend and attempts to prove his chops as a local outlaw.

LOUDER THAN BOMBS

(Glosniej od Bomb)

(dir. Przemyslaw Wojcieszek, 97 mins, 2001, 35mm)

screening with

DOWN THE COLORFUL HILL

(W dol kolorowym wzgorzem)

(dir. Przemyslaw Wojcieszek, 114 mins, 2004)

LOUDER THAN BOMBS only
Sat June 9 4pm - buy tix

LOUDER THAN BOMBS and DOWN THE COLORFUL HILL Double Bill
Sat June 9 4pm - buy tix

DOWN THE COLORFUL HILL only
Sat June 9 6:15pm - buy tix

The Polish Cultural Institute and the Pioneer Theater present

Two Films Directed by Przemyslaw Wojcieszek

With Przemyslaw Wojcieszek in person!

Przemyslaw Wojcieszek is one of Poland's best emerging playwrights, screenwriters, and directors. Starting his career as a successful film director, Wojcieszek quickly became a leading representative of Polish independent cinema. His LOUDER THAN BOMBS was honored at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2002, and for DOWN THE COLORFUL HILL Wojcieszek was named Best Director at The Polish Film Festival in Gdynia 2004. Though he won the most important awards in Poland and his films were widely presented abroad, in 2004 he turned to theatre, staging mostly his own scripts and exploring themes of tolerance, personal identity, and being Polish. Made in Poland marked Wojcieszek's debut both as playwright and as theatrical director at the Modjeska Theatre in Legnica. An absolute hit with audiences and critics alike, the play was regarded as the best in Poland in the 2004/2005 season by theatrical critics.

LOUDER THAN BOMBS
Twenty-one-year-old Marcin, a huge fan of James Dean and the British rock band The Smiths, lives in a small town in the south of Poland and works as an automobile mechanic. His mother has been dead for upwards of a dozen years, while his father passed away just a few days ago. Marcin has no close relations, so he must attend to the funeral arrangements himself. He is aided by his girlfriend Kaska. The day before the funeral, Kaska tells Marcin that she will be leaving town to go to school in Chicago. Her parents are very much in favor of her departing and hope that this will prevent her from ever having to stand in line at the local unemployment office. For Marcin, the news is a tremendous blow. He himself dropped out of college to help his ailing father run their automotive repair shop. Now his father has passed away, and if Kaska leaves for Chicago, Marcin will be left all alone. He knows that the girl may never come back again. In the meantime, Marcin's distant relatives arrive for the funeral, some of them from far off. As their host, Marcin must show them hospitality and as a result has less and less time to persuade Kaska to stay, to convince her that even in this "shitty place" they can live "louder than bombs," as long as they do it together.

DOWN THE COLORFUL HILL
After serving time in prison, young Rysiek returns to his hometown in the provinces of Poland. His dream is to return to the quiet life and to the love of his longtime girlfriend, Agata. Of course, nothing is so simple when he discovers that Agata is now married to his brother and the newlyweds are planning on selling the family home in order to move to Warsaw. Not easily discouraged, Rysiek is determined to make a success of himself and win back the lovely Agata. Although DOWN THE COLORFUL HILL is only his second feature film, it demonstrates Wojcieszek's command of the medium. The film speaks with an original voice, has a distinctive visual style and offers an insightful view of life in contemporary, capitalistic Poland.

Sunday Shorts

Blip.TV

Sun June 10 7pm - buy tix

filmmakers & special guests will attend!

This is a Sunday Shorts program. Early evenings on many Sundays, the Pioneer presents programs of short films.

Viral video is so over! The future is at blip.tv, where an army of new talents are creating original, independent episodic content. Join them for a one-hour showcase of the best and most unique video content available online--from producers ranging from animators to journalists to artists. Creators will be on-hand to talk about their work.

Join the gurus behind Blip.TV for a night of short films presented through their pioneering online video forum. Blip.TV is a start-up in New York City that grew out of the videoblogging community.

THE EVIL DEAD

(dir. Sam Raimi, 85 mins, 1981)

Mon June 11 7pm - buy tix

It's back!!

Director Sam Raimi's first film has achieved legendary status since its 1982 release, and for good reason. Though perhaps not as widely seen as its two sequels, EVIL DEAD 2 and ARMY OF DARKNESS, THE EVIL DEAD is arguably the best of the three. It is the story of five college-age friends who travel to a cabin in rural Tennessee where the stumble upon the Book of the Dead, an ancient tome bound in human flesh and inked in blood. After unwittingly awakening the unspeakable terror told of in the book, each of the friends is transformed into the evil dead, one by one, except for Ash (Bruce Campbell). So, Ash is left with no other way to survive than to dismember the living corpses of his sister, girlfriend, and two of his friends. Shot on a shoestring budget, the film boasts some impressive camera work and extremely over the top gore effects as well as a sense of humor much more subtle than the tongue-in-cheek aesthetic of the two sequels.

The Hamptons Film Festival
presents

THE DAYTRIPPERS

(dir. Greg Mottola, 87 mins, 1996)

Tues June 12 7pm - buy tix

This is a Tuesdays@7 program. Every Tuesday at 7pm features special guests presenting their film, and is followed by a beer and pizza reception for ticket holders.

A decade before the LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE crew piled into a beat-up VW van, the Long Island-based Malones crowded into the family station wagon for a day trip into Manhattan.
 
Eliza (Hope Davis) and Louis (Stanley Tucci) have what appears to be the perfect marriage, an illusion that is shattered only when Eliza stumbles upon a love note addressed to her husband. Seeking comfort, she turns to her family, who urge her to drive into the city to confront him. For moral support, her parents (Anne Meara and Pat McNamara), her rebellious sister (Parker Posey), and her sister's pretentious boyfriend (Liev Schreiber) insist on coming along for the ride. What follows are a number of unexpected twists that reveal the complicated nature of the familial and romantic relationships at hand.
 
Despite a cast that reads like a who's-who of what is often called American independent cinema, this overlooked gem was shut out of Sundance in 1996 (a move its programmers have since vocally regretted) but welcomed with open arms at Slamdance, Cannes, and the Hamptons. Its subsequent critical acclaim helped launch the the careers of the then little-known Davis and Schreiber.
 
On Tuesday, June 12 at 7pm, the Hamptons International Film Festival presents a special archival screening of The Daytrippers in celebration of its 15th Anniversary Season. This screening is the first in a series in which friends of the Festival present personal favorites; Tuesday's host will be renowned producer (and 2006 Hamptons Industry Toast honoree) Ted Hope (FAY GRIM, IN THE BEDROOM, 21 GRAMS, THE ICE STORM). Following the screening, Hope will moderate a Q&A with Daytrippers director Greg Mottola and other special guests.

[synopsis adapted from materials supplied by the Hamptons Film Festival]

NORIKO'S
DINNER
TABLE

(dir. Sion Sono, 159 mins, 2005)

Weds June 13 8pm - buy tix
Thurs June 14 8pm - buy tix
Fri June 15 9pm - buy tix
Sat June 16 8pm - buy tix
Sun June 17 9pm - buy tix
Mon June 18 9pm - buy tix
Tues June 19 9pm - buy tix
A Tidepoint Pictures Release

More death on the Japanese subway!

NORIKO'S DINNER TABLE is Japanese filmmaker Sion Sono's semi-sequel to his 2001 cult hit SUICIDE CLUB (Jisatsu Saakuru), a suspense classic concerning a mass suicide of 54 schoolgirls involved in a disturbing cult. Leaving behind its predecessor's horror film structure for a more personal dramatic approach, NORIKO shows us the same world, connected by the events surrounding the suicide circle and the mysterious cult website haikyo.com, but from a more interior perspective - and presents us with enigmas even more seductively intriguing. 17-year-old Noriko Shimabara (Kazue Fukiishi, One Missed Call) who is now a runaway in Tokyo, who gets involved with Kumiko, a friend from the haikyo.com, right before the fabled suicides that initiate the first film. Far from a conventional narrative, however, Sono poses trippy, philosophical questions about the nature of reality, identity, and technology as Noriko struggles with questions about her role in an increasingly alienated society.

IAN McEwan:
On Chesil Beach

(dir. Doug Biro, 23 mins, 2007)

Fri June 15 6pm

Film will be preceded by a brief staging of scenes from the book.

Post-film panel discussion with John Freeman (president of the National Book Critics Circle), novelist Colum McCann (author of ZOLI), Kathryn Harrison (author of THE KISS), and others TBA

Tickets available at McNally Robinson Booksellers, 52 Prince Street, in Soho

The first film production of the Out of the Book project features Ian McEwan and his latest novel, ON CHESIL BEACH. McEwan is the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Atonement, the Booker Prize for AMSTERDAM, and the Whitbread Award for THE CHILD IN TIME.

The centerpiece of the June 15 screening event will be the Out of the Book film about McEwan's latest novel, ON CHESIL BEACH, a story that gives a deep understanding of the innocence of a newly married couple - both virgins - in 1962, when marriage was presumed to be the outward sign of maturity and independence. This first film in the Out of the Book series is directed by Doug Biro. The film will treat literary and film buffs to interviews with McEwan in London, commentary from peers, critics, and fans, and on-location footage from the novel's setting.

The screening will be preceded by a dramatic reenactment of one of the novel's primary scenes by local actors Darrell Glasgow and Jessica Grant, embodying the subtlety of Ian McEwan's dialogue and his character's rich interior lives, and drawing potential readers into the book.

After the film, a live panel of New York literary lights will offer insights on Ian McEwan's life and work. The panelists will include John Freeman, president of the National Book Critics Circle; Colum McCann, novelist (ZOLI), memoirist and novelist Kathryn Harrison (THE KISS), and others. Freeman and McCann are also featured in the film.

The Out of the Book film project is a series of 30-minute films featuring renowned authors in their personal surroundings, discussing their latest works and giving audiences a glimpse of their lives. The films are distributed through independent bookstores across the country. More expansive than traditional readings, the project aims to generate spirited discussion about great new books.

As they leave the theater, ticketholders are invited to walk around the corner to Mo Pitkins House of Satisfaction, where the Out of the Book After Party will take place, to continue the conversation. Copies of ON CHESIL BEACH will be on sale in the lobby before and after the event, and at the bookstore.

BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!

(dir. Guy Maddin, 95 mins, 2006)

Fri June 15 midnight - buy tix
Weds June 20 9pm - buy tix
Fri June 22 midnight - buy tix
Tues June 26 9:30pm - buy tix

Trailer:

"Demented . . . no situation is too bizarre for this brilliant visualist."
- Lou Lumenick, NY POST

"Delirious, ingenious, often very funny and strangely touching!"
- Manohla Dargis, NY TIMES

A bizarre yet compelling spectacle, BRAND UPON THE BRAIN! is a unique cinematic experience.

Guy Maddin (THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD) directs this moving silent satire about several familes and the secrets they posess. Infused with surrealist touches, the film offers a somewhat horrific and original view on the experience of growing up.

TOWNCRAFT

(dir. Richard Matson, 104 mins, 2006)

Sat June 16 7pm - buy tix
$13 ticket includes concert later that night at the Cake Shop

Notes from a local scene

TOWNCRAFT is a feature documentary on the highly successful, continuing independent music scene in Little Rock, AR. Distributed by Matson Films, Towncraft investigates the exciting music that emerges from smaller cities and the importance of these local scenes, as well as their relationship to the larger changing music world.

In the late 80s a few kids in the small, sleepy Southern town of Little Rock, discovered punk rock and the DIY ethic that drove it. Unlike other towns, Little Rock's punk scene was composed almost entirely of Jr. High and High School kids. There was no precedent for youth cult music in Little Rock and the kids had to invent their scene every step of the way. Over the next decade, they would book their own shows, start record labels, open record stores, play with large national acts and formulate a collective set of ideals. But most of all, they would build a community that was all their own. In 1992, they released Towncraft, a compilation album and zine that documented their scene and thrust them onto the national punk stage.

By the mid 90s, punk rock had entered the mainstream and the Little Rock scene had passed its apex. It started to splinter off into cliques and many members left for larger cities and new experiences. The next 10 years would see the remaining scenesters struggle to redefine themselves in Little Rock. They integrated themselves into new bands, branched out into different genres and fought to find the place for music in their lives as they reached their early 30s.

TOWNCRAFT focuses on the roots of the Little Rock scene, how it changed the lives of those involved, the enormous DIY ethos that has shaped the scene for the past 20 years and how the scene continues to thrive outside of the mainstream.

Vision Festival

Sun June 17 6pm - buy tix

Arts for Art is proud to present our annual Film Series, to take place at the Pioneer Theater.  The themes explored in the films are primarily focused on those who we are paying tribute to at this year's Festival, composer/trumpeter Bill Dixon, and violinist Leroy Jenkins.

Bill Dixon - A Collection of Shorts
S. Albahari - 20 minutes
Bill Dixon and Cheryl Neiderman performance in 1986 - 20 minutes
Gene Friedman 1964 - 66 - 5 minutes

Dance Film 1980 - Patricia Nicholson and William Parker
Directed, edited a photographed by Robert Herman

Oh Happy Day
A film by Jorgo Schaefer and Frank N.
No Exit Film, 2006- 3 minutes

Listening to Leroy
Directed by Mary Griffin; Produced by Carlota Schoolman

Leroy Jenkins: Music from Within
Produced by Molly Snyder-Fink and Orlando Richards
Documentary Short

Rep Classics

THE DEVIL'S ENVOYS

(Les visiteurs du soir)

(dir. Marcel Carné, 120 mins, 1942)

Mon June 18 6:30pm - buy tix
Mon July 23 6:30pm - buy tix

Newly uncovered 35mm print!

Starring Arletty and Jules Berry, directed by Marcel Carné!

Based on a medieval French legend, this poetic fantasy begins in a beautiful fairy tale setting, when Gilles and Dominique, two travelling minstrels, mysteriously appear at a grand castle. They proceed to entertain the guests at the wedding banquet for Renaud, a knight, and Anne, the baron's daughter. But their real purpose is a sinister one: they are Satan's envoys sent to Earth to destroy mankind's sense of morality.

Third I and Alwan
present

HOT BUTTON ISSUES

Tues June 19 7pm - buy tix

This is a Tuesdays@7 program. Every Tuesday at 7pm features special guests presenting their film, and is followed by a beer and pizza reception for ticket holders.

A collection of films that address contemporary cultural issues that provoke controversies both here and in the Arab world. From sexual taboos in Egypt, to fractious national identities in Iraq, to profiling of Muslims in post 911 America - these films will no doubt spark heated discussion...

HOUSE OF FLESH / BIET MIN LAHM
(Rami Abdel Jabbar, Egypt / 5 mins / DVCAM / Arabic with English Subtitles)
"House of Flesh" deals with issues of class and sexual taboos. The story involves a blind Quran reciter who marries a widow with three daughters. Knowing her daughters are too poor to marry, the widow allows all three of them to sleep with her blind but young and healthy husband. Each night one of the daughters wears the widow's wedding ring in order to fool him. The Quran reciter suspects something is amiss, but doesn't question his good fortune in the bedroom. A visually stunning adaptation from a banned short story of the same title by renowned Egyptian writer Youssef Idriss.

IRAQ: SONG OF THE MISSING MEN
(Layth Abdulamir, Iraq / 54 mins / DVCAM / Arabic with English Subtitles)
Iraqi filmmaker, Layth Abdulamir examines the common roots of his often mistreated and misunderstood country. His camera captures the cultural, social and historical heritage of men and women who wove the fabric of the nation: Kurds, Arabs, Turkomen, Shiites, Sunnis and Christians. A close-up examination of a particular "identity" that prospered, suffered and finally ended when the Coalition's tanks arrived into what was once the Garden of Eden.

Followed by WIP PREVIEW SCREENING OF
FLYING WHILE MUSLIM
(Lyra Porras Garzon, USA / 30 mins/ DVCAM)
In a post 9-11 era of heightened suspicion and security concerns, is racial profiling a necessary evil? Supporters of racial profiling say that 'although not all Muslims are terrorists' all terrorists are Muslim. They state to be dismissive of race is to be blind to the demographics of crime, and it is only logical to put members of this community under greater scrutiny. This documentary attempts to present a diverse range of voices, tackling contentious issues such as profiling, 'clash of civilizations', civil liberties and national security among others in order for the viewer to have an informed decision and potentially open a space for democratic dialogue,
**Talkback with the Director and Free Pizza & Beer/Soda Reception after screening**

Cinekink presents

ORIGINAL PRIDE:
The Satyrs Motorcycle Club

(dir. Scott Bloom, 2005, USA, 56 minutes)

PISSIES NOT SISSIES (IML 2003 - PART ONE)

(dir. Charles Lum, 2005, USA, 14 minutes)

Weds June 20 7pm - buy tix

This is a Tuesdays@7 program. Every Tuesday at 7pm features special guests presenting their film, and is followed by a beer and pizza reception for ticket holders.

ORIGINAL PRIDE: THE SATYRS MOTORCYCLE CLUB
Audience Choice Award/Honorable Best Mention - CineKink 2005
One of the first gay men's social organizations ever, The Satyrs Motorcycle Club was formed in 1954 and lives on as a vital group of Harley-riding, bearded and leather-clad men-loving men. This documentary is first a journey back to that illustrious start, offering a look at the men who were there and framing their stories, memories and ongoing influences on the leather community. And then a trip of the present-day, a visit with The Satyrs at their annual outing in a remote Northern California location, where thousands of gay bikers gather and play in the woods.

ORPHEUS

(dir. Jean Cocteau, 95 mins, 1950)

screening with

TESTAMENT OF ORPHEUS

(dir. Jean Cocteau, 79 mins, 1960)

Thurs June 21 7pm - buy tix
Sun June 24 7pm - buy tix

Join us for a rare double bill of these classic works.

A celebration of French cinema master filmmaker Jean Cocteau!

ORPHEUS (played by Cocteau's long time lover Jean Marais) concerns a poet who falls in love with Death (Maria Cesares) and then loses his wife to her.  Orpheus proceeds to follow them both into the Underworld.

In TESTAMENT OF ORPHEUS, a poet, this time played by Cocteau himself, looks back on his life.  A self-referential surrealist treat, Testament, co-produced by Francois Truffaut, features appearances by Yul Brenner, Bridgitte Bardot, Roger Vadim, and Pablo Picasso.

UFOs:
The Culture of Contact (1947-2007)
a conference, film retrospective, and multi-media celebration

Get ready for an event the world has never seen! June 22nd kicks off the highly anticipated "UFOs: The Culture of Contact (1947-2007)," a 3-day multimedia celebration of the Kenneth Arnold Sightings, which gave us the term "flying saucer." The program was conceptualized by alien abductees, but is intended for everyone!

Programs take place at the Pioneer over two days. Note that tickets purchased at the links below here are for events at the Pioneer only; they do not apply to events elsewhere. For information - and ticketing - on related events taking place elsewhere, see cultureofcontact.com.

As part of "The Culture of Contact," the Pioneer Theater will host an exhibition of Flying Saucer and Alien invasion paintings by artist Alex Rohr.

Members of the press, please contact Jeremy Vaeni (jeremy at valiens dot com or 718 786 0094).

The program is sponsored by UFO Magazine and JayVay Productions.

UFOs: The Culture of Contact (1947-2007)

Foo Fighter Friday

Tickets for the entire program on Friday, June 22, from 7pm until approximately 10:00pm, are $20.
Tickets for entire Friday program

Introduction by Farah Yurdozu and Harold Egeln

begins Friday June 22 at 7pm
tickets for entire Friday program
tickets for Yurdozu + Egeln talk and William J. Birnes talk

Harold Egeln and Farah Yurdozu tell what the advent of flying saucers means from the points-of-view of an American scientist and an international psychic.

Harold Egeln is a journalist, S.P.A.C.E. founder/facilitator, President of the National Space Society's NYC Chapter, and former executive director of a NYC nonprofit peace organization (1984-89).

Farah Yurdozu is a UFO and paranormal researcher, best-selling author of books in Turkey on UFOs and paranormal phenomena, "Dead Tenants" TV show cast member on The Learning Channel, "Alien in the Attic" columnist for "UFO Magazine" and producer/interviewer for "The Jerry Pippin Show."

William J. Birnes discusses
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND

talk begins Friday June 22 at 7:15pm
tickets for entire Friday program
tickets for Yurdozu + Egeln talk and William J. Birnes talk

Get ready for a ride! William J. Birnes speaks expertly about flying saucers, gives insider knowledge on the Roswell crash and so much more!

William J. Birnes is co-author of the "New York Times" best-selling, "The Day After Roswell," publisher of "UFO Magazine," and is a frequent host of UFO-related programs on The History Channel.

EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS

(dir. Fred F. Sears, 83 mins, 1956, 35mm print)

Friday June 22
begins at approximately 8pm
tickets for entire Friday program
tickets for Earth vs the Flying Saucers + Abductee panel

Space scientist Dr. Russell Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) and his wife Carol (Joan Taylor) are working on a secret missile project, but every time their rockets are launched, they are intercepted and destroyed by the more advanced technology of mysterious flying saucers hovering near the Earth. The alien race has completely surrounded the planet, giving Earth sixty days to surrender. The enemy spacecraft appear indestructible, and Marvin sets out to find a weapon that can defeat them. The special effects of stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen are legendary, most notably in the scene in which flying saucers attack the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

Alien Abductee panel and Q&A

moderated by Alan Steinfeld, Host of "New Realities" TV show.
panel begins Friday June 22 at 9:15pm
tickets for entire Friday program
tickets for Earth vs the Flying Saucers + Abductee panel

What happens when the flying saucers land? What happens when the occupants abduct humans? Is there consensus opinion amongst abductees about what is happening to them and where this is going? Now is your chance to ask! Panelists include:

Harold Egeln
Journalist, S.P.A.C.E. founder/facilitator, President of the National Space Society's NYC Chapter, and former executive director of a NYC nonprofit peace organization (1984-89)

Michael Huggins
Since 1987 he has chronicled his close encounters from childhood to adulthood through paintngs; his work has been featured in "The NY Times" (Sept. 1997) and exhibited at art galleries nationwide, including the American Primitive Gallery and Hudson Bar & Grill

Melissa Reed
Artist/abductee whose work has been featured all around, most recently at the Nobis Gallery in Jersey City.

Jeremy Vaeni
Author of "I Know Why The Alien's Don't Land!," filmmaker of "No One's Watching: An Alien Abductee's Story," columnist for "UFO Magazine"

Farah Yurdozu
UFO and paranormal researcher, best-selling author of books in Turkey on UFOs and paranormal phenomena, "Dead Tenants" TV show host on The Learning Channel, "Alien in the Attic" columnist for "UFO Magazine" and producer/interviewer for "The Jerry Pippin Show"

UFOs: The Culture of Contact (1947-2007)

Stars in the Dark of Space

Tickets for the entire Saturday, June 23 program, from 3pm until approximately 1:30am, are $35.
Tickets for entire Saturday program

Introduction by Jeremy Vaeni

Saturday June 23 at 3pm
tickets for entire Saturday program
tickets for Jeremy Vaeni intro + Invaders from Mars

Jeremy Vaeni is the director/subject of the documentary, "No One's Watching: An Alien Abductee's Story," author of "I Know Why The Alien's Don't Land!," and an insight columnist for "UFO Magazine"

INVADERS FROM MARS

(dir. William Cameron Menzies, 78 mins, 1953, 35mm print)

Saturday June 23
begins at approximately 3:15pm
tickets for entire Saturday program
tickets for Jeremy Vaeni intro + Invaders from Mars

All-American boy, David MacLean, awakens one night and spots an alien spaceship outside his window. His parents decide to investigate but when they return, their personalities have changed -- almost as if they've become different people. Frightened, the boy tells the local police what has happened. He gets little response until a doctor and an astronomer take him seriously. The two scientists fear the Earth has been invaded and that they'd better act fast if humanity is going to be saved.

Alien Abduction Research Lecture

lecture begins Saturday June 23 at 5pm
tickets for entire Saturday program
tickets for Alien Abduction Research Lecture + Stranger from Venus

Legendary alien abductee researcher/author Budd Hopkins brings us up to speed on the latest in alien abduction research.

Budd Hopkins is a famed alien abduction researcher, Intruders Foundation Director, artist, sculptor and author of four seminal books on abductions -- "Missing Time," "Intruders," "Witnessed," and "Sight Unseen."

STRANGER FROM VENUS

(dir. Burt Balaban, 75 mins, 1954, 35mm print)

Saturday June 23
begins at approximately 5:45pm
tickets for entire Saturday program
tickets for Alien Abduction Research Lecture + Stranger from Venus

Tonight, first contact will be made!

A beautifully-crafted tale of a superior being from Venus who has the power of life and death at his touch. Academy Award-winning actress Patricia Neal's glowing and sensitive performance as a woman caught up in the biggest event in history is complemented by Helmut Dantine's powerful, moving portrayal as the Stranger. Suggested by events in the sci-fi classic THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, this film is a touching, humanizing and haunting story of "first contact" with a peaceful and advanced intelligence from another planet coming to Earth with an ultimatum and out-of-this-world powers to back it up.

UFOs in the USA

lecture begins Saturday June 23 at 7:15pm
tickets for entire Saturday program
tickets for UFOs in the USA lecture + Starman

Trish Corbett & Michael Mannion of The Mindshift Institute speak about the evolving image of UFOs in the media and American culture.

Trish Corbett is co-founder of the Mindshift Institute, an award-winning UFO essayist, and a board member of the Anomalous Phenomena Research Center and a member of Rachel Pollack's Tarot Laboratory.  For five years, she was the vice-president of FIONS, the New York City affiliate of the Institute of Noetic Sciences.

Michael Mannion is co-founder of the Mindshift Institute and author of "Project Mindshift: The Re-education of the American Public Concerning Extraterrestrial Life, 1947-Present." He has been a professional health and medical writer for over 25 years, working with major conventional and complementary health organizations and practitioners. He was formerly the Director of Professional Education Publications for the American Cancer Society and the Managing Editor of the Society's flagship journal.

STARMAN

(dir. John Carpenter, 115 mins, 1984, 35mm print)

Saturday June 23
begins at approximately 8pm
tickets for entire Saturday program
tickets for UFOs in the USA lecture + Starman

In 1977, Voyager II was launched into space,
inviting all lifeforms in the universe to visit our planet.

Get ready. Company's coming.

Jenny Hayden never did get over the death of her husband. So when an alien life form decides to model "himself" on the husband, Jenny is understandably confused if not terrified. The alien, or Starman, as he is called, has a deadline to meet, and kidnaps Jenny in order to meet it.

Visit from a Man or Woman in Black

lecture begins Saturday June 23 at 10pm
tickets for entire Saturday program
tickets for Man in Black lecture + Contact

Special surprise guest revealed!!! Stephen Bassett

This year's mystery guest is the founder of Paradigm Research Group, Executive Director of the Extraterrestrial Phenomena Political Action Committee (X-PPAC), and the only registered lobbyist in the United States representing UFO/ET research/activist organizations. That's right, it's Stephen Bassett. He'll be giving us the latest from Washington.

CONTACT

(dir. Robert Zemeckis, 153 mins, 1997, 35mm print)

Saturday June 23
begins at approximately 10:30pm
tickets for entire Saturday program
tickets for Man in Black lecture + Contact

Get ready to take a chance on something that just might end up being the most profoundly impactful moment for humanity, for the history... of history.

Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of intelligent aliens, who send plans for a mysterious machine.

CONTACT, based on the novel of the same name by Carl Sagan, is the story of a free-thinking radio astronomer (Jodie Foster) who discovers an intelligent signal broadcast from deep space. She and her fellow scientists are able to decipher the message and discover detailed instructions for building a mysterious machine. Will the machine spell the end of our world, or the end of our superstitions? Will we take our place among the races of the galaxy, or are we just an upstart species with a long way to go?

HAPPY WALTER

(dir. Zoje Stage, 79 mins, 2006)

Mon Jun 25 7pm - buy tix

This is a "Bizarro Monday" program. Every Monday, the Pioneer presents the finest (and trashiest) in horror, sci-fi, freakshow, exploitation, martial arts, genre, b-movies, z-movies, and just plain weird stuff.

"witty. . . satiric indie feature" - Pittsburgh City Paper

The daughter of an eccentric Andy Warhol-meets-Homer Simpson artist tries to reconnect with her wayward father in this mockumentary about art, fame, and dysfunctional families.

Renowned for his toilet paper sculptures and art films featuring unmoving images, Happy Walter (Hal Weaver) basks in his success.  Happy Walter Jr. (Zenovia) - the eldest of the thirteen children who bear his name - conceives of a documentary as a means of learning more about her uninvolved father and his inexplicable success.

Through interviews with Happy and his uncredited assistant, Violet Brown (Dev Stage) - plus assorted self-declared experts and relatives - Happy Jr. exposes hilarious and poignant truths about the art world, fame, and her own dysfunctional family.

Cinewomen NY
presents

FLYING

Tues June 26 7pm - buy tix

Cinewomen NY website

This is a Tuesdays@7 program. Every Tuesday at 7pm features special guests presenting their film, and is followed by a beer and pizza reception for ticket holders.

FLYING
Director: Jennifer Fox

Don't miss Jennifer Fox's case study and sneak preview screening of one hour episode of her acclaimed six-part film,  FLYING: CONFESSIONS OF A FREE WOMAN.

Never before in our collective human history have so many women had such autonomy to construct a life of their own creation. Yet, the terrain is still rocky and 'choice' does not necessarily bring happiness, let alone freedom.  Meanwhile, old models of femaleness still haunt women everywhere.
 
In this six-hour tour de force, FLYING: CONFESSIONS OF A FREE WOMAN, master storyteller Jennifer Fox lays bare her own turbulent life to penetrate what it means to be a free woman today. As her drama of work and relationships unfolds over four years, our protagonist travels to over seventeen countries to understand how diverse women define their lives when there is no map. Employing an ingenious new camera technique, called "passing the camera", Fox creates a documentary language that mirrors the special way women communicate. Over intimate conversations around kitchen tables from South Africa to Russia, India and Pakistan, she initiates a groundbreaking dialogue among women, illuminating universal concerns across race, class and nationality. Part delectable soap opera, sociopolitical inquiry, and narrative experiments, FLYING sweeps us up into an addictive international adventure chronicled with sincerity, innovation and elegance.
 
Hear how Jennifer trekked solo around the globe, filmed in 17 countries, developed characters and content, raised film funding, secured broadcast on seven networks, international film festivals and theaters, and created a co-production deal with an international programmer.  Jennifer will share what this experiment taught her about the craft of documentary and discuss the business side of creating a six-part personal memoir series -- as a woman. FLYING: CONFESSIONS OF A FREE WOMAN will open theatrically on July 4 at the Film Forum in NYC and is scheduled for a national theatrical and college tour. It will be broadcast on the Sundance Channel in spring 2008.
 
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
JENNIFER FOX is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning director, producer, camera woman and educator who has been involved in countless documentaries over the last 25 years. Her first film, BEIRUT THE LAST HOME MOVIE, was broadcast in 20 countries and won seven international awards, including Best Documentary Film and Best Cinematography at the 1988 Sundance Film Festival and The Grand Prix at the 1988 Cinema Du Reel Festival, in Paris. She directed the groundbreaking ten hour PBS television series AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY, which received a Gracie Award for Best Television Series and was named "One of the Top Ten Television Series of 1999" by The New York Times and five others major American papers. Her current work, the cutting edge six part film, FLYING CONFESSIONS OF A FREE WOMAN was made through a unique Danish American co-production and was funded by the Danish Film Institute, TV-2 Denmark, BBC, ARTE, YLE-1, SBS, SVT, ICON & Humanist Channels Netherlands and HBO -- and was awarded a prestigious Creative Capital Grant. FLYING had its world premieres at IDFA, in Amsterdam, and the Sundance Film Festival 2007 and is gearing up for its American theatrical premiere in New York City at the Film Forum in July to be distributed around the country for the following 9 months. It will air on the Sundance Channel in the US in Spring 2008. Fox is currently preparing to edit a new feature documentary, filmed over fifteen years, called LEARNING TO SWIM, co-produced with the Dutch Buddhist Television Network (BOS). Fox has Executive Produced many films including the award-winners:  LOVE & DIANE; ON THE ROPES; DOUBLE EXPOSURE; PROJECT TEN: REAL STORIES FROM A FREE SOUTH AFRICA; COWBOYS, LAWYERS AND INDIANS; and the soon to be released, ABSOLUTELY SAFE. She has consulted on numerous documentaries, including SOUTHERN COMFORT and STONE READER. Fox is one of the subjects of two documentaries on filmmaking, THE HECK WITH HOLLYWOOD! by Doug Block, and CINEMA VERITE, DEFINING THE MOMENT by Peter Wintonick.

CINEWOMEN NY SCREENS
CineWomen NY is a volunteer-run organization. Our screening team committee is made up of volunteers who solicit, screen, and select films made by female filmmakers from all over the world for exhibition in our monthly series at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater in Manhattan. Whenever possible, the filmmakers are present for discussion and socializing after the films. Our commitment is to provide a slate of films, by emerging female artists at all levels, celebrating the work of women in film, video, and digital media. Aside from general quality, to be included in the series films must be directed or co-directed, written, edited or shot by women.  CineWomen NY Screens is held the fourth Tuesday of every month except for December and August. 
 
CineWomen NY Screens Committee
Programming Director: Maria Pusateri * Curators/Programming:  Maria Pusateri *  Vicki Vasilopoulos * Myra Sito Velasquez * Guest Curators:  Jessica Burstein *  Kelly Shindler *  Louise Fleming * Alison McMahan

screenings@cinewomenny.org *  www.cinewomenny.org