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Monster Monday!
Fangoria presents

PERFECT CREATURE

(dir. Glenn Standring, 2006)

Mon July 2 6:30pm

Showing from 35mm.

Free Screening! But seats no longer available.

Vampires are the ruling class in this alternate universe horror/fantasy/action flick directed by Glenn (THE IRREFUTABLE TRUTH ABOUT DEMONS) Standring. In the world of PERFECT CREATURE, disease-cursed humans make an uneasy alliance with the upper class bloodsuckers. But a series of murders soon upsets the balance between the two races. Described as "UNDERWORLD meets CHILDREN OF MEN," PERFECT CREATURE stars Dougray (DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES) Scott, Leo (STONED) Gregory and Saffron (DEEP BLUE SEA) Burrows.

Reviewing PERFECT CREATURE, Razor Reel said, "This finally is a vampire movie that's got brains, with a nice approach to the mythical creature," while Dread Central praised: "Writer/director Glenn Standring does know how to film the action in a spectacular way, combining some top notch CGI with some great camerawork." Upcoming Horror Movies noted, "PERFECT CREATURE somehow manages to reshape the tired vampires' subgenre into something new."

SEATS NO LONGER AVAILABLE!

OVER
THE GW

(dir. Nick Gaglia, 76 mins, 2007)

Mon July 2 9pm - buy tix
Tues July 3 9pm - buy tix
Thurs July 5 9pm -buy tix
Fri July 6 9pm - buy tix
Sat July 7 9pm - buy tix

A Seventh Art Release

Trailer:

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.

BURNING MAN

Tues July 3 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.

The debut of an hour long film on the Burning Man Festival 2006, the film features New York camp Kostume Kult, the Belgium Waffle, a parade of art cars, raves, gifting, critical tits mass bike ride, burner art, theme camps, insomnia, radical self expression and self reliance, hypothermia, hysteria, mystical and carnal experiences, far too much ultra violet sun and dust than is healthy, serendipitous encounters, exposure to indecent exposure and of course the burn itself.

One of the few films on Burning Man by a New York filmmaker, the film attempts to portray the experience of Burning Man, the sights and sound but above all the ethos of the event through conversations with the burners who travel each year in late August to be a part of the burn in the middle of nowwhere in the Nevada desert.

Corrupted Holiday!

UNCLE SAM

(dir. Bill Lustig, 89 mins, 1997)

Weds July 4 7pm - buy tix

A Corrupted Holiday! The Pioneer frequently attempts to corrupt, distort, or otherwise confuse your cherished holiday experiences.

Celebrate July 4th with Uncle Sam on a murderous rampage!

Deceased Desert Storm hero Sam Harper returns from the dead to wreak vengeance on hometown residents harboring anti-American sentiment, callously slaying dissenters. Depending on how you look at it, this zealous undead soldier is either America's ultimate patriotic crusader, or a maniacal, jingoistic stars-and-stripes-clad vigilante.

BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!

(dir. Guy Maddin, 95 mins, 2006)

Weds July 4 9pm - buy tix
Fri July 6 11pm - buy tix
Sun July 8 9pm - buy tix
Mon July 9 9pm - buy tix
Fri July 13 11pm - buy tix
Fri July 20 11pm - buy tix
Fri July 27 11pm - 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 families and the secrets they possess. Infused with surrealist touches, the film offers a somewhat horrific and original view on the experience of growing up.

SHOWBUSINESS

The Road to Broadway

(dir. Dori Berinstein, 102 mins, 2007)

Thurs July 5 7pm - buy tix
Thurs July 12 7pm - buy tix

Trailer:

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.

BRISTOL BOYS

(dir. Brandon David, 93 mins, 2007)

Fri July 6 7pm - buy tix

Trailer:

BRISTOL BOYS is an action-packed, true-crime drama about a group of drug dealers who were busted by the DEA and called "the biggest drug ring in recent history." FilmThreat Magazine gave it four out of five stars and called it "a stylish, funny and smart film" and "a future classic in the world of true crime flicks."

Thomas Guiry (MYSTIC RIVER, THE BLACK DONNELLYS) stars as Michael "Little Man" McCarthy, a determined kid who gets into the marijuana business to make a better life for himself and his drug-addict mom. When Little Man taps into a supply of sticky green hydro weed from Vermont, he rakes in the profits back in Bristol. Little Man's success brings on heat from the cops who bust down his door, but the real drama begins when Little Man finds out he was ratted on by one of his own friends.

SAVNY

Lovely Surveillance -
students from the Savannah College of Art and Design

Sat July 7 6:30pm - buy tix

Award-winning filmmakers from the Savannah College of Art and Design meet the stylistic flourishes of The Nursery, a collective of animators, illustrators and directors. With The Nursery whetting the appetite with animatic interludes, five live-action SCAD films explore the genres of experimental, comedy, and drama in a two-hour showcase.

BOTTLE NECK - 11mins.
Bottleneck is a short experimental film about desire and obsession. Lost in a dream world, a man must identify his true goals and overcome an inner demon that stops him at every turn.
* Student Shorts 2006, Toronto, CA * Savannah Film Festival * Eat The Young Film Festival * European Media Art Film Festival * ASU Art Museum Short Film Festival * 1st Place HBO Films – Student Competition Award * Panavision Best Student Cinematographer * Student Academy Awards Region 3 Finalist*

NURSERY BLOCK: Predators of the Sprawl – “Quarterwatersaurus” - 1:20 mins
Life in the Sprawl heats up as summer temperatures soar and brainless hipsters take to the streets for relief. There is danger in them hoods hater: QuarterWatersaurs!

President of the Future Episode 1 - 1:02.
Cheney's dominance of the galaxy is predestined. Bear witness to his power and grace. Cheney is .......... President of the Future!

PUSH - 14:50
Kyle, Doug, Heidi, and Tracy are all teenagers working dead-end jobs at a small falling toy store. Dian, an embittered middle-manager, runs the store with an iron fist and attempts to squash any attempts by her employees to enjoy their lives. Their daily routine is upended when Tracy's friend Jamal plays the opening riff to the Salt-N-Pepa classic "Push It."

NURSERY BLOCK: Predators 1 – 1:08
A suburban kid who takes his "dope style" to the ghetto.

NURSERY BLOCK: President 2 – 1:45
Watch as the galaxy's most fearsome arsenal erupts, and unsuspecting volunteers find themselves on the receiving end of Cheney's cunning!

UNTITLED NO.1 - 16:30mins
A female photographer attends her first Gallery Show with her new fiancée. Struggling to fit into a new world and cast off her old self, she has hidden details of her past. The surprise arrival of her mother brings her secrets to the surface, threatening to cause her to lose everything and forcing her to question what is real.

NURSERY: Predators – Staggering Simian - 3:42
Lured by their hunger for dope gear and fresh jams, posers meet a gruesome demise at the hands of the kings of the jungle...

NURSERY: 14th Dimension E.R. Trailer - 39 seconds.
While performing surgery, Dr. Mister cut open a mysterious organ and was sucked into a wormhole...now, watch as he and his doppleganger, Dr. Ter, work side by side in the 14th Dimension ER!

EVER AMADO - 45:00
Ever Amado is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador. He left his country with his wife Flor to escape a brutal civil war, only to find himself alone in a clandestine border hospital as an amputee. In his isolation, the resentment that have ruled Ever for so long finally begin to weaken. Ultimately, as Ever confronts his physical pain, he discovers a life-changing spiritual revelation.
* 57th Berlin International Film Festival * 5th Berlinale Talent Campus * 1st Berlinale Garage Studio * HeART Film Festival *

Classics

RAISE THE
RED LANTERN

(dir. Zhang Yimou, 125 mins, 1991, 35mm print)

Sun July 8 6:30pm - buy tix

Trailer:

One master. Four wives.

"A magnificent film that confirm[ed] Zhang as a world-class director . . . Gong Li delivers a performance of exquisite expressiveness that, like the film itself, is unnerving in its emotional nakedness.."
- ROLLING STONE

Starring Gong Li

When a beautiful young woman is selected to serve as concubine to an affluent man, she sadly accepts -- knowing that she has no other alternative to survive financially. Her fate, however, turns from bad to worse when her master's other wives, all older and not as attractive, callously alienate the newcomer due to their sexual jealousy.

ZZYZX

(dir. Richard Halpern, 81 mins, 2007)

Mon July 9 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.

"An awesome thriller!" - AIN'T IT COOL NEWS

On the way to a weekend in Las Vegas, this question is posed by Lou (Kenny Johnson,The Shield, Saving Grace) to his friend Ryan, as they explore Zzyzx Road, an enigmatic and dusty sidestreet off the beaten path with dark secrets of its own.

As if possessed, Lou puts his challenge to the test in the most grizzly way possible - running over an innocent stranger - pulling himself into a tangled web of murder, meltdowns and double crosses when the dead man's wife Candice (THE LIFE AQUATIC) appears out of nowhere under the searing hot desert sun.

BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!

(dir. Guy Maddin, 95 mins, 2006)

Mon July 9 9pm - buy tix
Fri July 13 11pm - buy tix
Fri July 20 11pm - buy tix
Fri July 27 11pm - 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 families and the secrets they possess. Infused with surrealist touches, the film offers a somewhat horrific and original view on the experience of growing up.

INTERSECTION
INTERVENTION

Tues July 10 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.

Intersection Intervention / StreetFilms from the NYC Streets Renaissance: This StreetFilms program from the NYC Streets Renaissance explores making NYC a more livable and safer community.  Through about a dozen video shorts StreetFilms will explore transportation issues focusing mainly on pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure improvements made in other cities as well as showing what is beginning to happen here in New York.  Items will include Portland, Oregon's "Intersection Repair" where residents reclaim their streets by painting murals on the asphalt to slow down cars and create a community commons.   In a pair of shorts, StreetFilms will take a look at the San Francisco Bay Area and the issue of bike parking possibilities that could be implemented here at major transit hubs.  And finally, "Physically Separated Bike Lanes" will propose experimenting with some bike lanes and making them physically separated from traffic which has been done   successfully all over the world.

Nerve Presents

TIGHT
SHOTS

episodes directed by Lena Dunham

Tues July 10 9pm - buy tix

Oversexed and Underpaid: This is the semi-true story of five film school grads picked to live in a loft and produce an indie film, to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting tight.

NICE BOMBS

Usama's Return to Iraq

(dir. Usama Alshaibi, 76 mins, 2007)

Weds July 11 7pm - buy tix
Weds July 11 9pm - buy tix
Thurs July 12 9pm - buy tix
Fri July 13 7pm - buy tix
Fri July 13 9pm - buy tix
Sat July 14 7pm - buy tix
Sat July 14 9pm - buy tix
Sun July 15 5pm - buy tix
Sun July 15 9pm - buy tix
Mon July 16 9pm - buy tix
Tues July 17 9pm - buy tix
Weds July 18 7pm - buy tix
Thurs July 19 7pm - buy tix
Fri July 20 7pm - buy tix
Sat July 21 7pm - buy tix
Sun July 22 7pm - buy tix

A 7th Art release.

Trailer:

"Critic's Choice!"
- Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

"thoroughly engaging . . .offers a uniquely time-layered vision of the war."
- Ronnie Scheib, Variety

"For 76 flickering mini-cam minutes, "Nice Bombs" retains an honest, passionate, and surprisingly droll tone. . . One does not have to look far for ironies in times of war, and Mr. Alshaibi's cousin and camera capture many. . . offers many different Iraqi and American points of view and portrays a time and place of nightmarish complexity."
- Bruce Bennett, NEW YORK SUN

Both Iraqi and American, Usama Alshaibi documents the lives, voices,
and humor of his family as it reunites in Baghdad.

In NICE BOMBS, filmmaker Usama Alshaibi returns to Baghdad to reunite with his family after nearly 24 years. This documentary navigates through his unique relationship to an Iraq that is much different than the country of his childhood.

Usama captures the conflicting reactions to the conditions of life in Baghdad. Through a wide range of opinions and experiences he provides a broad panorama of voices long neglected under Saddam's regime.

His cousin Tareef enters the room upon hearing an explosion. "It's a bomb. A Nice Bomb," he explains. The phrase is indicative of his family's nonchalance about their situation. As one young boy put it, "We're Iraqis. It's normal."

With humor and resilience, NICE BOMBS explores Usama's dual role as both Iraqi and American.

SHOWBUSINESS

The Road to Broadway

(dir. Dorin Berinstein, 102 mins, 2007)

Thurs July 12 7pm - buy tix

Trailer:

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.

BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!

(dir. Guy Maddin, 95 mins, 2006)

Fri July 13 11pm - buy tix
Fri July 20 11pm - buy tix
Fri July 27 11pm - 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 families and the secrets they possess. Infused with surrealist touches, the film offers a somewhat horrific and original view on the experience of growing up.

WOMEN IN PRISON!!!!!

See The Horrors Paris Hilton Saw!!!

To continue the world's absurd obsession with Paris Hilton, and to reveal some of the horrors Ms. Hilton faced, the Pioneer is ashamed to present a series of women in prison movies. CAGED and SHADOW: DEAD RIOT are below, but we expect to add others real soon!

Two seats reserved at each screening for Paris Hilton, if she would like to join us - and perhaps hold a q&a after the screening.

Series concept: Joe Ferrelli.

Women in prison!!!!!
See the horrors Paris Hilton saw!!!!!

CAGED

(dir. John Cromwell, 96 mins, 1950, 35mm)


Sat July 14 11pm - buy tix


Mon July 16 7pm - buy tix

Will she come out a woman or a wildcat?

"The raving madness of an inmate and the frustration of life behind bars emerge crisply and often frighteningly . . . The savage rebellion of the ladies in Cell C (or was it B!) who wreck the dormitory in a display of frenzy after an inmate commits suicide when the parole board turns her down, is a harrowing experience, fully descriptive of the old adage that 'hell hath no fury like a woman scorned'. . ."
- NY TIMES

Frightened 19-year-old Marie Allen (Eleanor Parker) gets sent to an Illinois penitentiary for being an accomplice in an armed robbery. A sympathetic prison head (Agnes Moorehead) tries to help, but her efforts are subverted by cruel matron Evelyn Harper (Hope Emerson). Marie's harsh experiences turn her from doe-eyed innocent to hard-nosed con.

Women in prison!!!!!
See the horrors Paris Hilton saw!!!!!

SHADOW: DEAD RIOT

Brand New, Special Grindhouse Edition!

(dir. Derek Wan, 2006)

Weds July 25 7pm - buy tix

"A cult classic is born! this berserk little B-movie is obviously the greatest zombie flick ever set in an experimental women's prison, easily the underground treat of the season, and totally off its rocker! All hail the silliest cast of the year! And the plot? Women. Prison. Zombies. The end."
- Nathan Lee, NY TIMES

Tony Todd (CANDYMAN) gives yet another scream-worthy performance in the horror film SHADOW: DEAD RIOT. When a serial killer is put to death after being caught, his spirit refuses to rest, resurfacing on earth in order to cause more misery for mankind. Drawn to a women's jail, Shadow seeks out an inmate by the name of Solitaire. But unfortunately for Shadow, it seems he may have met his match, as the fearless Solitaire eagerly rounds up her own army in order to defeat Shadow's ungodly zombie brigade.

Sunday Shorts

48 HOUR
FILM PROJECT

Sun July 15 7pm - buy tix

Award winners screening!

Tuesdays @7

presented by Alwan and Third I

A BAHRAINI TALE

(dir. Bassam Al-Thawadi, Bahrain 96 mins, 35mm)

Tues July 17 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.

Monthly program of Arab or South-Asian cinema,
presented on the third Tuesday of the month,
co-presented by Alwan and Third I

Set during the Arab-Israeli war of 1967, this epic drama is both the personal story of a middle-class Bahraini family and an account of the hopes and faith the Arab world had in Gamal Abdel Nasser as its leader. Intimately told, it skillfully interweaves the personal and the general to reveal a society struggling against gender inequality and female sacrifice, as women attempt to enjoy freedom of choice. This is the third feature film from Bahrain, and all have been directed by Bassam Al-Thawadi, who shows flexibility in both style and subject, always demonstrating a deep sense of reality and romanticism. The social concerns here are clear and the storytelling simple, yet both are challenging and help the film explore areas of Arab collective memory more powerfully than any other film has done in a long time.

Bahrain¹s first 35mm feature film was shot by Indian cinematographer S. Shamdat, and developed and printed at Prasad Labs, Chennai!

SCRAP HEAVEN

(dir. Sang-il Lee, 117 mins, 2005, 35mm, Japan)

Weds July 18 9pm - buy tix
Thurs July 19 9pm - buy tix
Fri July 20 9pm - buy tix
Sat July 21 9pm - buy tix
Sun July 22 9pm - buy tix
Mon July 23 9pm - buy tix
Tues July 24 9pm - buy tix
Mon July 30 6:30pm - buy tix

A Media Blasters release.

"A striking feast of fear. . . worthy slab of weirdness. . ."
- Ray Pride, NEW CITY

"Sang's helming is inventive!"
VARIETY

Shingo (Ryo Kase) is a frustrated clerk at a police station, Tetsu (Jo Odagiri) is stressed out over his mentally ill father and Saki (Kuriyama Chiaki) has an inferiority complex over her artificial eye. Together they have the misfortune to riding the same bus when a terrorist strikes. Shingo is frozen with fear as he helplessly watches Tetsu get shot and the gunman take aim at Saki.

A few months later, Shingo is back to shuffling paper at his dead end desk job with no hopes of becoming a detective. He also still suffers guilt over the bus incident. One day, Shingo coincidentally runs into Tetsu and he pours out his suppressed feelings about the shooting. Together they fantasize about revenge, talk about retaliation and how they can make a business out of it. Their scheme is simple. A client must provide ID credentials. The request for revenge cannot be revealed to the third party. There is no second chance and nobody gets hurt. They scrawl graffiti to solicit customers and begin to get customers. Their first clients include a patient after a doctor for malpractice and a kid who wants to get back at his abusive mother.

Tetsu and Shingo keep playing the revenge game walking the thin line to becoming full on criminals! Shingo starts to crave the feeling of power and ominipotence. He feels some debt to Saki after the bus attack but his efforts to help her always fail. Meanwhile Tetsu increasingly approaches the revenge game like child's play and hatches a plan to steal guns from police boxes. Eventually, the game goes too far and Tetsu and Shingo dangerously spin out of control. . .

Classics

THE DEVIL'S ENVOYS

(Les visiteurs du soir)

(dir. Marcel Carné, 120 mins, 1942)

Mon July 23 7pm - 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.

Cinewomen NY
presents

Cream of the Crop

Student Shorts 2007

Tues July 24 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.

CineWomen NY honors some of the best student shorts from female filmmakers including many award-winning films from New York's top film schools.

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

THE SUGAR CURTAIN

El Telón de azúcar

(dir. Camila Guzmán Urzúa, 90 mins, 2007)

Weds July 25 9pm - buy tix
Thurs July 26 7pm - buy tix
Thurs July 26 9pm - buy tix
Fri July 27 7pm - buy tix
Fri July 27 9pm - buy tix
Sat July 28 4:30pm - buy tix
Sat July 28 6:30pm - buy tix
Sun July 29 7pm - buy tix
Sun July 29 9pm - buy tix
Mon July 30 9pm - buy tix
Tues July 31 9pm - buy tix

Sugar Curtain Press Kit

A First Run / Icarus Films release.

* Berlin IFF * Toronto IFF * San Francisco IFF * San Sebastian IFF *

* Prix Louis Marcorelles, Cinema du Réel *

* International Critics' Award, Buenos Aires IFF *

THE SUGAR CURTAIN is a documentary which reflects on what has been the Cuban Revolution through the eyes of those that were born and bred within it. It is an intimate portrait of a generation that began their studies in primary school when the Cuban regime was in its best economic moment (in the mid 70s), and still maintained the energy of the early days.

The film recounts this generation's childhood and explores what happened later, when the socialist regimes of Eastern Europe ceased to exist. It was in that moment that Cuba was left without allies, money or petroleum and the ideals of this generation were dismantled under the paralysis of the system.

With clear and sensitive language, the film is a deep-rooted collective autobiography, from the intimacy of everyday life of this generation of Cubans.

ANIMATION BLOCK PARTY

Sat July 28 8:30pm - buy tix
Sat July 28 10:15pm - buy tix
Sat July 29 midnight - buy tix

Animation Block Party's 2007 edition will run from July 27-30 in Brooklyn and Manhattan.  Over 60 films from a record 600 plus entries will be screened at the four-day summer festival. ABP's second evening will show on Saturday July 28th at the Pioneer Theater. There will be three screenings (8:30, 10:15 and 12:00pm) at the Pioneer, focusing on narrative shorts and cult films, with a few hilarious surprises thrown in.

Utopiate - Lee Noble (2:41 min)
In a monochromatic urban landscape, citizens become bored with existence until a giant killer monster comes to destroy their dreadful sprawling city, and deliver them from their tortured lives.

Prey - Tom Kyzivat (2:21 min)
A tale that cautions to not judge a book by it’s cover as might is pitted against meekness.

Eye Sore - Johnny Castuciano (2:11 min)
Catching up with your lost eye can make you sore.

View-O-Rama - Chelsea Manifold (7:03 min)
A young girl saves her family from an evil television.

Jose y Maria - Edward Juan (4:12 min)
A ghost making pies at church leads to disaster.

Snake - Becky James (3:09 min)
Deceptively playful, Snake is a film about stubbornness in the face of change. The film chronicles a failure to deal with growing up while using its extremely appealing characters and sounds to glorify the obdurate attempt to replace what is lost.

Floor Kids (B-Boy Live vs B-Boy Nugs) - Jonathan NG and Kid Koala (4:03 min)
This is what happens when a b-boy dance-off goes awry.

Raccoon and Crawfish - Four Directions Productions (7:37 min)
A hungry raccoon searches for food and finds a crawfish on a quest for glory. Their battle will decide the fate between an ego full of pride or a belly full of food.

The Ballad of Thaddeus Lowe - Kelly Jones (5:01 min)
true historical figure, Thaddeus Lowe's passion for hot air balloons lead to a career as the first member of the Union Army Balloon Corp during the Civil War. The catchy tune in this ballad will ensure that Thaddeus Lowe will never be forgotten! Song, Dance, Guns, and War! What more could you ask for?

Hedgehug - Dan Pinto (5:19 min)
Who loves a Hedge hug?

Cole Needs Women - David Chai (8:17 min)
A heartwarming "coming of age", science fiction, romantic, action, comedic, thriller about an adolescent youth faced with an impossible dilemma; give up everything he’s ever loved or take responsibility for the end of mankind!

Once Upon a Putt in the West - Imran Awan (1:50 min)
Another rough and tumble day at the mini-golf course.

Linear Progression - Kat Kosmala (4:05 min)
Strange creatures! Beautiful animation! Grass! What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? Such conundrums and charm abound in Linear Progression.

Escargo - Hubert Chan (1:06 min)
There are many things to enjoy about about snails.

Zoologic - Nicole Mitchell (4:31 min)
A fussy zookeeper contends with an uncooperative little penguin.

A Faery’s Tale - Sylvia Apostol (3:00 min)
A toothfairy goes into town to search for new teeth for its collection.

Dragon - Troy Morgan (7:02 min)
After her parents die in a tragic fire, a young girl is sent to an orphanage where she takes solace in drawing fiery visions.

Worst Case Scenario # 12, Home Invasion - Katerina Dzolganovski (1:38 min)
What not to do when there’s a monster in your house.

Ape Shit - Bob Ray (4:15 min)
College life can be a blast: keg parties, hot co-eds, human papillomavirus, monkey roommates... and finding yourself.

Cinekink presents

PORNOLOGY NEW YORK

(dir.  Michele Capozzi, 2005, USA, 85 minutes)

Tues July 31 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.

18 AND OVER ONLY

"PORNOLOGY NEW YORK reinvents a time when anybody could. . . indulge in their dirtiest, wildest fantasies and fetishes."
- Stephanie Sellars, New York Press

A paean to the sexual underground of New York, circa 1970-85, this engrossing documentary brings together four of its most colorful protagonists for a look back in time, an assessment of where we are today. . . and one very wild farewell party. Our guide to the gritty action is Michele Capozzi, urban explorer and self-titled pornologist, who brings together Neville Chambers, founder of the infamous porn-producing Fuck Factory; Lenny Waller, long-time front-man of the meat-packing district's now-defunct Hellfire Club and renowned pornstar/mistress/shaman, Porsche Lynn.