Museum of Modern Art’s Film Screening Schedule

July 13, 2009 – July 20, 2009

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MoMA Film Screening Schedule
July 13 – July 20
The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019

Monday, July 13

4:30 Umberto D 1952. Italy. Written and directed by Vittorio De Sica. With Carlo Battisti, Maria-Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova. “The heroic era of Neorealism reached its climax (and box-office disaster) with this wrenching portrait of an elderly, middle-class pensioner slowly losing his home and his dignity. With its episodes of deliberately undramatic activity, Umberto D. comes close to achieving an ideal announced by André Bazin—the perfect aesthetic illusion of reality—and foreshadows the observational cinema of filmmakers such as Hou Hsiao-hsien and Chantal Akerman. With its unabashed emotion, it also breaks your heart” (Stuart Klawans, The Nation). NYFCC Best Foreign Film, 1955. In Italian; English subtitles.. 89 min.
Part of the Critical Favorites: The New York Film Critics Circle at 75 film exhibition

8:00 La Dolce Vita 1960. Italy. Written and directed by Federico Fellini. With Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux. “To address Fellini’s La Dolce Vita in seventy-five words is blasphemy—a quickie replacing an orgy. The sensual 1960 masterpiece is expansive, a feast, the definition of what it was to live the good life in postwar Rome for a people who knew suffering and deprivation, and defiantly chose life. Anita Ekberg is Venus incarnate, a statue that has stepped off her pedestal into the audience’s open arms—and those of the magnetic Marcello Mastroianni! Magnifico!” (Thelma Adams, Us Weekly). NYFCC Best Foreign Film, 1961. In Italian; English subtitles. 174 min.

Part of the Critical Favorites: The New York Film Critics Circle at 75 film exhibition

Wednesday, July 15

4:30 Spellbound 1945. USA. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by Ben Hecht, Angus MacPhail. With Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Rhonda Fleming, Leo G. Carroll. “Bergman won the NYFCC’s Best Actress award for Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller and The Bells of St. Mary’s, released, along with Saratoga Trunk, at the height of her popularity in late 1945. Cast as a dishy ‘dream detective’ who unlocks shell-shocked vet Gregory Peck’s unconscious to solve a murder, it’s a stylish, fascinating window into contemporary attitudes toward psychiatry, as filtered through the disparate sensibilities of Hitchcock, producer David O. Selznick, screenwriter Ben Hecht, and Salvador Dalí, who designed the famed fantasy sequence” (Lou Lumenick, The New York Post). NYFCC Best Actress, 1945. 116 min.

Part of the Critical Favorites: The New York Film Critics Circle at 75 film exhibition

8:00 The Lion in Winter 1968. Great Britain. Directed by Anthony Harvey. Screenplay by James Goldman, based upon his play. With Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle. “Daggers dance in the glances between Peter O’Toole and Katharine Hepburn as King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, his imprisoned wife, in a witty drama that roars with political, sexual, and familial intrigue, The Lion in Winter. Named Best Picture of 1968 by the Circle, the film takes place in a muddy, unwashed 1183, as the king tries to choose a successor among his sons. But it’s the wary, well-worn respect between the old monarch and his long-suffering but still-dangerous queen that give the film its heart” (Kyle Smith, The New York Post). NYFCC Best Picture, 1968. 134 min.

Part of the Critical Favorites: The New York Film Critics Circle at 75 film exhibition

Thursday, July 16

4:30 You, Me, and Him (Café com leite) 2008. Brazil. Directed by Daniel Ribeiro. When life changes dramatically, new bonds are created. 18 min.

That’s It (Apenas o Fim) 2008. Brazil. Written and directed by Matheus Souza. With Érika Mader, Gregório Duvivier, Nathalia Dill. A girl decides to leave her boyfriend and runs away to parts unknown. She agrees to meet him one last time, but they have only one hour to reminisce about their relationship and their lives so far. Brazilian cinema’s answer to the “mumblecore” subgenre of American independent film, That’s It is fueled by the angst, energy, and pop-culture references of its youthful protagonists. This promising first feature was shot on the campus of Rio University, where the director and much of the cast and crew are film students. New York premiere. 80 min.

Part of the Premiere Brazil 2009 film exhibition

8:00 Last Stop 174 (Última Parada 174 ) 2008. Brazil. Directed by Bruno Barreto. Screenplay by Braúlio Mantovani. With Michel Gomes, Cris Vianna, Marcello Melo Jr. In 1983 a baby boy is brutally taken from his mother, Marisa, by the local drug lord. Ten years later, a boy witnesses his mother’s savage murder and is forced to live on the streets. When Marisa mistakes the boy for her own lost son, the two damaged souls develop a touching relationship—until a fateful decision leads to tragedy. Barreto’s gift for visually compelling storytelling generates great psychological suspense and emotional impact in this fictionalized story based on an actual 2001 bus hijacking in Rio de Janeiro. U.S. premiere. 110 min.

Part of the Premiere Brazil 2009 film exhibition

Friday, July 17

5:00 Should Nothing Else Work Out (Se nada mais der certo ) 2008. Brazil. Directed by José Eduardo Belmonte. Screenplay by Belmonte, Luis Carlos Pacca. With Cauã Reymond, Caroline Abras, João Miguel. With tongue-in-cheek gusto and boundless energy, Belmonte captures the postmodern mindset of a group of friends living life near the edge. Such is life: that game didn’t work out; that job didn’t work out; that business with the priest didn’t work out; that bootleg DVD didn’t work; and on and on...but everything’s going to be just fine. New York premiere. 120 min.

Part of the Premiere Brazil 2009 film exhibition

8:00 Beyond Ipanema: Brazilian Waves in Global Music (Beyond Ipanema: Ondas brasileiras na música global) 2009. Brazil/USA. Written and directed by Guto Barra, Béco Dranoff. For decades Brazilian music has captivated audiences worldwide. What makes Brazilian music such a powerful force? Why does bossa nova still lure DJs and producers fifty years after it was created? Why does the Tropicália movement resonate so deeply with the alternative-rock crowd? Beyond Ipanema explores the Brazilian music experience outside of Brazil, accompanied by a specially curated soundtrack featuring Brazilian classics reinterpreted by a new generation of artists. World premiere. 89 min.

Part of the Premiere Brazil 2009 film exhibition

Saturday, July 18

2:00 69-Luz Square (69-Parça da luz ) 2008. Brazil. Directed by Carolina Markowicz, Joana Galvão. Unusual stories told by elderly prostitutes working a town square. 20 min.

outh (Juventude) 2008. Brazil. Written, directed, and with music by Domingos Oliveira. With Paulo José, Oliveira, Aderbal Freire Filho. A veteran of cinema, theater, and TV, director-actor Oliveira cast himself as one of three old friends celebrating their lifelong friendship and successful lives. David, Antonio, and Ulisses have been friends since they met in a high school production of the Portuguese play The Cardinals’ Supper. Fifty years later, with the play as a touchstone, they take stock of their lives, especially their experiences with love. New York premiere. 72 min

Part of the Premiere Brazil 2009 film exhibition

6:00 The Enchanted Word (Palavra (En)cantada ) 2008. Brazil. Directed by Helena Solberg. Screenplay by Solberg, Diana Vasconcellos, Marcio Debellian. Popular music is a vehicle for poetry and literature in Brazil, a country with a strong oral tradition. This meticulously researched film includes rare archival images, a rich soundtrack, and performances and interviews with singers, songwriters, and poets including Adriana Calcanhotto, Arnaldo Antunes, Chico Buarque, Lirinha, Lenine, Maria Bethânia, Martinho da Vila, and Tom Zé. New York premiere. 84 min.

Part of the Premiere Brazil 2009 film exhibition

8:00 December (Feliz Natal) 2008. Brazil. Directed by Selton Mello. Screenplay by Mello, Marcelo Vindicatto. With Leonardo Medeiros, Darlene Glória, Paulo Guarnieri. Popular telenovela star Mello confidently directs an excellent cast in this urban family drama. A fortyish man travels from his calm and modest life in the countryside to join relatives and friends in the city during the season of forgiveness and understanding—Christmas. As his two worlds collide he is forced to choose the values that will define his future. New York premiere. 104 min.

Part of the Premiere Brazil 2009 film exhibition

Sunday, July 19

2:30 Cinderellas, Wolves, and a Prince Charming (Cinderelas, lobos e um príncipe encantado) 2008. Brazil. Written and directed by Joel Zito Araújo. Around 900,000 people are trafficked across international borders every year for the express purpose of sexual exploitation. Yet many young Brazilian women still believe they can change their lives and find their Prince Charming as they plunge into the world of sex tourism. This compelling film journeys from northeast Brazil to Berlin in an attempt to understand the ideas of sex, race, and power behind the dreams of these young Cinderellas and the wolves that await them. New York premiere. 106 min.

Part of the Premiere Brazil 2009 film exhibition

5:00 Contretemps (Contratempo) 2008. Brazil. Written and directed by Malu Mader, Mini Kerti. “Contretemps” is defined as an unexpected circumstance or incident that obstructs or opposes the course of an event or a project; in music it is the weak beat of a bar. The film references both senses of the word as it follows a group of underprivileged youths whose musical talent may be their only chance to escape their harsh and predictable circumstances. Yet in spite of the high stakes at hand, the anticipated magical transformations do not always occur. New York premiere. 98 min.

Part of the Premiere Brazil 2009 film exhibition

8:00 Twenty Years Later—A Man Labeled to Die (Cabra marcado para morrer ) 1964/84. Brazil. Directed by Eduardo Coutinho. This unusual, unlikely hybrid documentary garnered top honors around the world. In 1964 Coutinho went to northeast Brazil to shoot a feature based on the 1962 assassination of João Pedro Teixeira, militant leader of the Peasant Leagues. The film—whose cast was to include, among other nonprofessional locals, Teixeira’s wife Elizabeth, playing herself—was interrupted by Brazil’s military coup of 1964. Mrs. Teixeira and family went into hiding, and Coutinho’s footage was seized, except for one reel. In 1984 Coutinho returned to the region to track down Mrs. Teixeira and family, show them the salvaged footage, and document their reactions to it and to the changing times. New York premiere. 119 min.

Part of the Premiere Brazil 2009 film exhibition

Monday, July 20

4:30 Moscow (Moscou) 2009. Brazil. Directed by Eduardo Coutinho. Continuing his exploration of the thin line between truth and performance, Coutinho turns his attention to the drama generated during rehearsals for the Galpão Theater Company’s performance of Chekov’s The Three Sisters. As he shoots scenes from the play, Coutinho attempts to capture the very moment in which reality becomes fiction and vice versa—whether through the actors’ bodies and words or in backstage scenes of a performance that will exist only on film. World premiere. 80 min

Part of the Premiere Brazil 2009 film exhibition

8:00 Morrinho: God Knows Everything but Is Not a Snitch (Morrinho—Deus sabe de tudo mas não é X9) 2008. Brazil. Directed by Fábio Gavião, Markão Oliveira. Screenplay by Gavião. In the late 1990s, a group of kids in Rio’s favelas embarked on an ambitious and imaginative project in an attempt to stay out of trouble. Almost a decade later, in 2007, the result—an intricate scale model of their favela constructed of broken bricks and inhabited by hundreds of Lego figures—was featured in the Fifty-second Venice Biennale. The film captures over eight years of changes in their lives, their neighborhood, and their travels, creating a stirring glimpse of the transformative power of art. New York premiere. 85 min.

Part of the Premiere Brazil 2009 film exhibition

Public Information: The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019

Hours: Films are screened Wednesday-Monday. For screening schedules, please visit www.moma.org.

Film Admission: $10 adults; $8 seniors, 65 years and over with I.D. $6 full-time students with current I.D. (For admittance to film programs only.) The price of a film ticket may be applied toward the price of a Museum admission ticket when a film ticket stub is presented at the Lobby Information Desk within 30 days of the date on the stub (does not apply during Target Free Friday Nights, 4:00–8:00 p.m.). Admission is free for Museum members and for Museum ticketholders.

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