A Theater Near You
March 5, 2008 - March 30, 2008
Courtesy Cristaldifilm
Our showcase for fresh prints of international classics brings you restored works by American independent Charles Burnett, caustic Sicilian comedies by Pietro Germi, and the searing Mexican surrealism of Luis Buñuel.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
6:30 p.m. Killer of Sheep
Charles Burnett’s poetic evocation of working-class Watts, “a great—the greatest—cinematic tone poem of American urban life.”—New York.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
8:10 p.m. My Brother’s Wedding
Burnett’s new director’s cut of “a treasure that demands to be unearthed in all its funny-sad tenderness.”—Village Voice. With short Quiet as Kept.
Friday, March 7, 2008
9:15 p.m. Los olvidados
Luis Buñuel’s unsentimental portrait of slum kids in Mexico City. “Its matter-of-fact brilliance continues to astonish.”—BBC. Repeated March 12.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
6:30 p.m. Los olvidados
See March 7.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
8:40 p.m. Divorce, Italian Style
Marcello Mastroianni in Pietro Germi’s Sicilian farce, “a terrific entertainment.”—Chicago Reader. Repeated March 30.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
4:15 p.m. Seduced and Abandoned
Pietro Germi’s audacious satire of Sicilian honor.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
6:30 p.m. Divorce, Italian Style
See March 29.
