Santa Fe Institute’s Science on Screen:
Simon DeDeo presents Sneakers
Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley headline an all-star cast in this hacker version of Ocean’s 11, in which a team of computer security experts are recruited to steal a very powerful little box. Astrophysicist and mathematician Simon DeDeo shares his knowledge of the history of hacking to put this cult film in perspective. (U.S., 1992, 126m, 35mm)
7:00pm Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The Santa Fe Opera presents The Picture of Dorian Gray
Celebrate the world premiere of Theodore Morrison’s opera OSCAR with this series of films, inspired by Wilde’s most beloved works!
“Among the many film adaptations, this 1945 MGM version is without a doubt the best … a classic slice of cinema.” –BBC
Albert Lewin’s legendary macabre adaptation—winner of the best cinematography Oscar, and Golden Globes for best drama and best supporting actress—follows a wealthy man (Hurd Hatfield) who falls in with a glamorous hedonist (George Sanders). An ill-fated wish stops his aging process, and he turns into a man whose outer beauty hides a hideous soul. (U.K., 1945, 107m, 35mm, print courtesy of Park Circus)
7:00p Wednesday, May 1
New Mexico Filmmakers Experience:
What Are The Kids Doing?
Each month, in partnership with the Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Arts the Film Office will present a panel discussion on various aspects of New Mexico filmmaking. These panels will be the third Sunday of each month from 11 am to 1 pm and are free and open to the public. Additionally each month there will be screenings of significant films with Skype interviews and Q and A with the filmmakers. This will be a great opportunity for New Mexico filmmakers to get insights from other filmmakers from around the world.
What Are The Kids Doing? - A panel of middle and high school age film students talk about what they are learning and what they are producing. Click Here for More information!
11:00am Sunday, April 21, free and open to the public!
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market presents:
Folk/Art/Cinema
Opening night party with DEVI (The Goddess)
is SOLD OUT!!!
“Ray's feeling for the intoxicating beauty within the disintegrating way of life of the 19th-century landowning class makes this one of the rare, honest films about decadence.” –Pauline Kael
Celebrate Indian culture with food from India Palace, a Kathak dance performance, a Skype interview with market artist Reema Nanavaty and a rare screening of Satyajit Ray’s rarely seen masterpiece. DEVI follows the story of Kalikinkar, an aging patriarch who dreams that his daughter-in-law Doyamoyee is an incarnation of the goddess Kali. After Kalikinkar insists the villagers worship her, Doyamoyee miraculously heals a sick child. As believers line up, Doyamoyee begins to believe in her own powers. Despite its anti-establishment message, the gorgeous, haunting DEVI won the prestigious President’s Gold Medal in 1961. (India, 1960, 97m, digital video courtesy of Janus Films)
Doors open at 5:30p, event begins at 6:00p Wednesday, April 17
Tickets: $20, no passes UPDATE: As of 4:30p on Thursday, April 11, DEVI has SOLD OUT!
AIA Santa Fe presents
16 Acres
"Riviting and emotional." - NY Post
It may be the most architecturally, politically, and emotionally complex urban renewal project in American history: From the beginning, the effort to build at Ground Zero been fraught with controversy, delays and politics. But, eleven years, nineteen government agencies, a dozen projects and over $20 billion later, it is happening. Richard Hankin’s documentary follows the construction, including four giant skyscrapers, a train station, a museum and an arts center, from the start. (U.S., 2012, 95m, digital video)
7:00p Wednesday, April 10 • $10 general/$8 for CCA and AIA Members! Introduced by John Barton, AIA Santa Fe!
The Santa Fe Opera presents The Importance of Being Earnest
Celebrate the world premiere of Theodore Morrison’s opera OSCAR with this series of films, inspired by Wilde’s most beloved works!
“Filmed in unashamedly glorious Technicolor … director and writer Anthony Asquith serves up a truly delightful screen version of Oscar Wilde’s frighteningly witty play.” –BBC
This charming, star-studded version of Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy, directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Michael Redgrave and Joan Greenwood, follows two wealthy bachelors in love. Complications arise with the arrival of an imaginary brother. (U.K., 1952, 95m, 35mm, print courtesy of Warner Brothers)
7:00p Wednesday, April 3
Salt of the Earth
This is our “home. The house is not ours,” a voice tells us at the opening of this classic film of resistance. “But the flowers... the flowers are ours. This is my village. When I was a child, it was called San Marcos. The Anglos changed the name to Zinc Town, New Mexico. Our roots go deep in this place, deeper than the pines, deeper than the mine shaft..." Created by a team of blacklisted writers, SALT OF THE EARTH revisits the true story of Latino miners who go on strike to protest the deadly, slave-like conditions at their workplace. Suppressed upon its initial release, it is now recognized as an essential chapter in independent film history. (U.S. 1954, 111m, 35mm courtesy of Museum of Modern Art)
7:00p Monday April 1, with an introduction by Lois Rudnick, PLUS A FREE SCREENING FOR STUDENTS 11:30a Thursday, April 4th
New Mexico Filmmakers Experience:
Composing for Film
Each month, in partnership with the Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Arts the Film Office will present a panel discussion on various aspects of New Mexico filmmaking. These panels will be the third Sunday of each month from 11 am to 1 pm and are free and open to the public. Additionally each month there will be screenings of significant films with Skype interviews and Q and A with the filmmakers. This will be a great opportunity for New Mexico filmmakers to get insights from other filmmakers from around the world.
Composing for Film - Panel discussion of film composers, what composing means for film, how it is done. Screening of films with and without a score. With Ck Marlow, Jeff Mettling, John Rangel, Andy Gabrys, and Sue Lucas. Click Here for More information!
11:00am Sunday, March 17, free and open to the public!
Santa Fe Institute’s Science on Screen:
Paula Sabloff presents Never Cry Wolf
Dropped alone into the Arctic Circle to study the hunting patterns of wolves, a biologist discovers the deeper mysteries of the wild. Anthropologist Paula Sabloff brings her expert perspective to Carroll Ballard’s Oscar-nominated classic. (U.S.-Canada, 1983, 105m, 35mm)
7:00pm Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The Santa Fe Opera presents Lady Windemere's Fan
Celebrate the world premiere of Theodore Morrison’s opera OSCAR with this series of films, inspired by Wilde’s most beloved works!
“It seems incredible that Lubitsch’s silent was an improvement on Oscar Wilde’s original. He redeemed Wilde’s silly melodramatics through the sardonic wit of his images and players.” –Andrew Sarris
They call it “the Lubitsch touch”: an urbane, efficient and often brilliantly incisive wit that perhaps found its inspiration in…Oscar Wilde? Two great and very funny artists come together in this silent film, in which the marriage of an upper-class couple is nearly destroyed by the suspicion of adultery. Featuring live accompaniment by the legendary pianist Hank Troy. (U.S., 1925, 86m, 35mm, provided by the Museum of Modern Art)
7:00p Wednesday, March 6, with live accompaniment by Hank Troy!
Santa Fe Pro Musica presents a special event with A LATE QUARTET
"Deeply moving ... shows us how music can utterly transport us to another place." –Seattle Times
In honor of the Brentano Quartet's visit to Santa Fe, we'll present this story of a beloved string quartet that receives a shock, opening the floodgates to suppressed emotions, competing egos, and uncontrollable passions. Can their shared love of music and performance save them on the eve of their 25th anniversary concert? Inspired by and structured around Beethoven's Opus 131 String Quartet in C-sharp minor, A LATE QUARTET stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, Anne Sofie von Otter and Wallace Shawn, with music performed by the Brentano Quartet.
Advanced Tickets are highly reccomended by calling 982-1338, or click here.
Visit http://www.santafepromusica.com/ or call 988-4640 for tickets and information about the Brentano String Quartet concert sponsored by Santa Fe Pro Musica on Friday, March 1.
5:45p Thursday, February 28 only!
Santa Fe Institute’s Science on Screen:
Cris Moore presents Primer
Working after hours, two young inventors craft a machine in their garage that opens up a universe of possibility … and severe consequences. Cris Moore, a computer scientist, mathematician, physicist and author of an acclaimed book on computation, provides a window into Shane Carruth’s twisty and unforgettable cult film. (U.S., 2004, 77m)
7:00pm Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
“Tough and intriguingly well-told.” –The Village Voice
Before Occupy, there was the Redwood Summer. In an infamous case, two Earth First! activists survived a bomb blast in the back of their car. The FBI accused Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney of carrying explosives (both known pacifists); many suspected corporate terrorism by those whose financial interests were put at risk by Earth First. Cherney and co-director Mary Liz Thompson follow the victim-suspects as they sue in search of the truth behind a still-relevant unsolved crime. Winner of festival awards at five festivals; preceded by live music by Eric George. (U.S., 2012, 93m, digital video)
7:30p Sunday January 27, Producer Darryl Cherney in person!
Conversation: Living Through the End
Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Tipton Hall
Thursday, January 17, 6-7:15pm
FREE
What does it mean to survive the forecast "end of the world?" How do apocalyptic prophesies come to bare on contemporary society? How have artists responded to notions of the end times? Join SFUAD's Precolumbian Mesoamerican Art Historian Prof. Khristaan Villela in conversation with artist Michelle Blade about how ritual, art, and prophecy might be understood after living through the end.
Wagner & Me
“A dazzling emotional whirlwind of a documentary” –Vancouver International Film Festival
The actor and writer Stephen Fry (the star of WILDE) is both Jewish and a Richard Wagner fan. Can he—and all of us—come to terms with his appreciation for Hitler’s favorite composer? This personal journey takes us to the Bayreuth Festival (a Wagner extravaganza), plays a song on Wagner’s piano and meets the composer’s great granddaughter, the keeper of his legacy. As we learn more about the man, including insights into his masterpiece The Ring, we are treated to Fry’s wit, intelligence and insights. (U.K., 2012, 89m, digital video)
Santa Fe Wagner Society presents a Special Screening and talk-back session for WAGNER & ME, followed by coffee & cookies! - RESCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 13 at 3:00p! With Craig Barnes, Bernard Rubenstein, and Rabbi Marvin Schwab!
A Very Chaplin Holiday: Modern Times
Charlie Chaplin’s films remain among the most masterful, creative, funny and moving ever made. But experiencing them on the big screen remains a rarity. Celebrate the Tramp’s humor and pathos with this series of recently restored 35mm masterpieces.
“There are just too many funny moments to mention, some of them big, some tiny … The sweetness of life was becoming lost, and this was Chaplin's comic response.” –San Francisco Chronicle
Inside a modern factory, the gears turn while workers manically try to keep up. The Tramp’s nervous breakdown bounces him into the ranks of the unemployed, where he teams with a street waif (Paulette Goddard) to find misadventures as a roller-skating night watchman, a singing waiter and a jailbird. In the end, the Tramp and waif walk arm and arm into an insecure future. Though they’ve yet to find bliss or a paycheck, they have each other. (U.S., 1936, 87m, 35mm)
12:30pm Saturday and Sunday Dec 29 & 30; 6:00p Wednesday Jan 2
Tickets: $9.50 general/$8.50 members/$7 students and military
Series passes: $30 adults / $20 children under 12
Chasing Ice
“A documentary put together with grace and artistry. Its proof is undeniable and its visuals unparalleled.” –Film 4
Once a skeptic, the legendary National Geographic photographer James Balog sets off to investigate global climate change. His project deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers, creating hauntingly beautiful videos that compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear. Filled with adventure, mind-bending visuals and a quest of the utmost importance, Jeff Orlowski’s is essential and unforgettable. Winner, SXSW, Big Sky, Full Frame, Sundance, HotDocs festivals. (U.S., 2012, 74m, digital video, Submarine Deluxe)
Starts December 28
7:00p Friday Dec 28 - Join Jack Loeffler, the Rivers Run Through Us artist-team (Bobbe Besold, Valerie Martínez, Dominique Mazeaud), Felicity Broennan Director of the Santa Fe Watershed Association and local poets (Kyce Bello, James McGrath, Barbara Rockman, Melinda Romero Pike) for a poetry reading and screening of “Chasing Ice". This event will be followed by dessert, vibrant conversation with Jack Loeffler and the Rivers Run Through Us project. Tickets are $15.00
A Very Chaplin Holiday: Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin’s films remain among the most masterful, creative, funny and moving ever made. But experiencing them on the big screen remains a rarity. Celebrate the Tramp’s humor and pathos with this series of recently restored 35mm masterpieces.
“One of the flat-out funniest films made in the silent era or any other.” –Hollywood Reporter
In search of gold in turn-of-the-century Alaska, Charlie takes refuge with a fellow prospector in an isolated, comically imbalanced cabin. Hungry? Try a (big) shoe. This masterpiece features more great Chaplin moments than any other: the cabin tottering over the cliff, the giant chicken and more, along with Chaplin’s own compositions and narration, added for a 1942 re-release. (U.S., 1925/1942, 72m, 35mm)
12:30pm Saturday and Sunday Dec 22 & 23; 6:00p Wednesday Dec 26
Tickets: $9.50 general/$8.50 members/$7 students and military
Series passes: $30 adults / $20 children under 12
Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival presents The Flat
Followed by a Skype interview with director Arnon Goldfinger!
When Arnon Goldfinger’s grandmother passed away, at age 98, she left behind a mystery in her overflowing Tel Aviv apartment: a coin with a Jewish star on one side and a swastika on the other. Soon, he is off on a wild journey, to Germany, finding connections between his Jewish family and the architects of the Third Reich. (Israel, 2012, 97m, digital video, Sundance Selects)
3:30p Sunday, Dec 16 • Advanced tickets available through www.santafejff.org
(Regular screenings starts December 21)
A Very Chaplin Holiday: Chaplin Shorts
Charlie Chaplin’s films remain among the most masterful, creative, funny and moving ever made. But experiencing them on the big screen remains a rarity. Celebrate the Tramp’s humor and pathos with this series of recently restored 35mm masterpieces.
These perfect, fully formed comedic gems showcase Chaplin’s physical and conceptual humor. In SUNNYSIDE (U.S., 1919, 30m), the Tramp falls off of a cow, and into reverie about his sweetie. THE IDLE CLASS (U.S., 1921, 32m) follows the Tramp as he embarks upon an illicit golfing expedition. And in PAY DAY (U.S., 1922, 21m), a bricklayer plans to visit the saloon after work. Please don’t tell his wife.
12:30pm Saturday and Sunday Dec 15 & 16; 6:00p Tuesday Dec 18
Tickets: $9.50 general/$8.50 members/$7 students and military
Series passes: $30 adults / $20 children under 12
Santa Fe Institute’s Science on Screen:
Murray Gell-Mann presents The Gods Must Be Crazy
A wayward Coca-Cola bottle upsets the balance in a paradise-like African village, setting off a chain of unlikely events, including bewildering confrontations between a chief and “modern culture.” Nobel Prize-winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann—himself a world traveler—supplies his distinctive insight and wit in an analysis of Jamie Uys’ groundbreaking comedy. (South Africa, 1980, 109m)
7:00pm Thursday, December 13, 2012
New Mexico Environmental Law Center presents The Milagro Beanfield Wars
Preceded by a new short film by Debra Anderson (Split Estate)!
The New Mexico Environmental Law Center (nmelc.org) celebrates twenty-five years of legal defense for our state's environment and communities. Join it for the premiere of a new short film about its work by Emmy-winner Debra Anderson (Split Estate). The premiere will be followed by a screening of Robert Redford's classic The Milagro Beanfield War.
6:00p on Tuesday, Dec 11• $10 Suggested Donation
A Very Chaplin Holiday: The Kid
Charlie Chaplin’s films remain among the most masterful, creative, funny and moving ever made. But experiencing them on the big screen remains a rarity. Celebrate the Tramp’s humor and pathos with this series of recently restored 35mm masterpieces.
“Mixes slapstick and sentiment in a winning combination.” –Leonard Maltin
After the kid heaves rocks through windows, the Tramp happens by in the nick of time to offer his services as a window repairman. Their brilliant partnership blends laughs with pathos. A huge blockbuster upon its release, Chaplin’s first feature stars Jackie Coogan as the Tramp’s adorable ragamuffin sidekick. (U.S., 1921, 54m, 35mm)
11:00am Saturday and Sunday Dec 8 & 9; Benefit screening for thr NM Coalition to End Homelessness 7:00p Monday Dec 10, $10
Tickets: $9.50 general/$8.50 members/$7 students and military
Series passes: $30 adults / $20 children under 12
A Very Chaplin Holiday: City Lights
Charlie Chaplin’s films remain among the most masterful, creative, funny and moving ever made. But experiencing them on the big screen remains a rarity. Celebrate the Tramp’s humor and pathos with this series of recently restored 35mm masterpieces.
“Comes closest to representing all the different notes of Chaplin's genius.” –Roger Ebert
The Tramp becomes a street sweeper, a boxer and a savior for a suicidal millionaire—all to find to help a blind flower girl recover her sight. From its an uproarious skewering of formality to its sublime ending, CITY LIGHTS melts the heart and tickles the funny bone. (U.S., 1931, 87m, 35mm)
12:30pm Saturday and Sunday Nov. 24 & 25; 6:00p Tuesday Nov 27
Series passes: $30 adults / $20 children under 12
Conditions to Flourish
Filmmaker & Special Guests in person!!
This hour-long video presents the perspectives of students, teachers, and parents five to fifteen years after they chose home schooling as their educational path. CONDITIONS TO FLOURISH is filmed and directed by Nanda Currant, who worked as a teacher consultant with Alternative Family Education in Santa Cruz California, and started the Theater of Restoration in Southern New Mexico. The film begins by presenting some of the primary reasons that home schooled children and their families have such rich educational experiences. Interviews with these homeschoolers and educators tease out some of the risks and benefits of taking the home schooling path, and choices along the way. See a trailer here.
7:00p Sunday, December 2 • $10-5 suggested donation
