All films are shown in the Museum or Art Auditorium
on Wednesdays and Fridays, unless otherwise indicated.
Tickets are on sale 30 minutes prior to each screening.
Matinee Admission: MWPAI Members $4; General Admission $6; Students $3.
Evening Admission: MWPAI Members $5; General Admission $7; Students $3.
Film Passbooks: For 10 discounted admissions are available for
$50 for General Admission or for $35 for
MWPAI members at the Performing Arts Ticket Office.
For more information or to be added to the Film Series E-mail List,
contact the Performing Arts Ticket Office 797-0055, 800-754-0797.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Directed by Mark Herman
2008, US/UK, Rated PG-13, 94 minutes
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
2 and 7:30 pm in the Museum of Art Auditorium
Friday, January 9, 2009
2 and 7:30 pm in the Museum of Art Auditorium
Through the eyes of a fanciful, eight-year-old German boy largely shielded from the reality of World War II, we witness a forbidden friendship that forms between Bruno, the son of Nazi commandant, and Shmuel, a Jewish boy imprisoned in a concentration camp. Though the two are separated physically by a barbed wire fence, their lives become inescapably intertwined. The imagined story of Bruno and Shmuel sheds light on the brutality, senselessness and devastating consequences of war from an unusual point of view, offering a unique perspective on how prejudice, hatred and violence can affect innocent people, particularly children, during wartime. Based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne.
A Poignant and Evocative Drama
Lola Montes
Directed by Max Ophüls
1955, France, Not Rated, 115 minutes
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
2 and 7:30 pm in the Museum of Art Auditorium
Friday, January 16, 2009
2 and 7:30 pm in the Museum of Art Auditorium
The last film by celebrated director Max Ophüls, Lola Montes is one of the most celebrated examples of both wide screen CinemaScope and lush Technicolor in film history. The film was re-released in November 2008 with five minutes of additional footage never before shown in any U.S. release. Martine Carol stars as notorious 19th century Mexican circus performer Lola Montes, who in her heyday counted among her lovers the crowned heads of France, Italy, Poland, and Russia. The film dwells upon Lola's extended affairs with King Ludwig of Bavaria (Anton Walbrook) and composer Franz Liszt (Will Quadflieg). We learn of these various affairs in flashback form, for the film is framed by a prologue and epilogue in a tawdry New Orleans circus, where an old and faded Lola is exploited by a slimy nickel-and-dime ringmaster (Peter Ustinov).
A Restored Print of a Classic Title
A Christmas Tale
Directed by Arnaud Desplechin
2008, France, Not Rated, 150 minutes, Subtitled
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
2 and 7:30 pm in the Museum of Art Auditorium
Friday, January 23, 2009
2 and 7:30 pm in the Museum of Art Auditorium
One of the standout hits of the Cannes, Toronto and New York Film Festivals, A Christmas Tale is Arnaud Desplechin's (Kings and Queen) dazzling, big-hearted and brilliantly black comedy. In the role that garnered her the Special Prize at Cannes, Catherine Deneuve is Junon, the family matriarch, who greets the news of her life-threatening illness with calm equanimity. Desplechin regular Mathieu Amalric gives one of the best performances of the year as the black sheep of the family who returns home after being banished for 6 years. Crowded under the same roof again, solidarity quickly—and hilariously—devolves into feuding, drunkenness and bed-hopping, as everyone struggles to make sense of the mysteries of family, life and what lies ahead.
Black Comedy starring Catherine Deneuve
Stranded:
I've Come from a
Plane That Crashed
on the Mountains
Directed by Gonzalo Arijon
2008, France/Spain, Not Rated, 113 minutes, Subtitled
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
2 and 7:30 pm in the Museum of Art Auditorium
Friday, January 30, 2009
2 and 7:30 pm in the Museum of Art Auditorium
It is one of the most astonishing and inspiring survival tales of all time. On October 13, 1972, a young rugby team from Montevideo, Uruguay, boarded a plane for a match in Chile—and then vanished into thin air. Two days before Christmas, 16 of the 45 passengers miraculously resurfaced. They had managed to survive for 72 days after their plane crashed on a remote Andean glacier. For the first time in thirty-five years later, the survivors return to the crash site—known as the Valley of Tears—to recount their harrowing story of defiant endurance and indestructible friendship. A powerful and sensitive account of an incredible story
A Powerful and Sensitive Account of Human Survival
