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GENERAL ADMISSION $9 / CU STUDENTS $7
TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM
A moving doc AboutA brilliAnt Author
WEDNESDAY 8/287:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
THROUGH HER WORk AS TEACHER,EDITOR, AND NObEl-WINNING AUTHOR,
TONI MORRISON TRANSfORMED THElITERARY lANDSCAPE
BLUE NOTE RECORDS:BEYOND THE NOTES
TUESDAY 9/37:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
“A SMART, ExHILARATING LOOkAT AN INfLUENTIAL LABEL.”
—GLENN kENNY, THE NEw YORkTIMES
For lovers oF jazz, blues, and music in general
SWORDOF TRUST
THURSDAY 9/57:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
LYNN SHELTON RETURNSWITH A cONSPIRAcYcOMEDY HELMED bY
cOMEDIAN MARc MARON
The SouTh will riSe again...or noT
SPECIAL ENCORE SCREENING
RAISE HELL: THE LIFE & TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS
SuNDAY 9/82:00 PM ONLY
$9 GA / $7 STuDENT
MuENZINGER
A bEHIND-THE-SCENESLOOk AT THE uPROARIOuS
NEwSPAPER COLuMNIST ANDFREquENT CwA GuEST
RAISE HELL: THE LIFE & TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS
WEDNESDAY 9/47:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
A bEHIND-THE-ScENESLOOk AT THE UPROARIOUS
NEWSPAPER cOLUMNIST ANDFREqUENT cWA GUEST
The beloved Texas journalisTwho spoke TruTh To power
NON-FICTION
Thursday 9/127:30 PM
$9 Ga / $7 sTudENT
MuENZINGEr
FOur PEOPlE arE CauGhT INa whIrlwINd OF INFIdElITy
aNd lITEraTurE
A shArp new comedy by olivier AssAyAs stArring
Juliette binoche
I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY
AS BARBARIANS
SUNDAY 9/152:00 PM ONLY$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
A YOUNG ARTISTRECONSTRUCTS A HORRIFIC
HISTORICAL EvENT FROM 1941
A dArk comedy from the director of “Aferim!” IN FABRIC
“A rAucous, full-tilt descent into bishop-sleeved mAdness.”
—hAnnAh WoodheAd, little White lies
WEDNESDAY 9/187:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
HUMoR AND HoRRoR ENSUEAS oWNERS oF A CURSED
DRESS PASS IT FRoM PERSoNTo PERSoN
HIGH LIFESci-Fi drama From the
incomparable claire deniS
MONDAY 9/307:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
CRIMINALS ON ANExPERIMENTAL SPACE vOYAGEHURTLE TOwARD A bLACk HOLE
THE COMPETITION
“EvEryonE’s Equal, but only thEbEst gEt in”
TUESDAY 10/17:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
REvEAlS THE ADMISSIONSPROCESS AT lA FéMIS, THEwORlD’S MOST ExClUSIvE
FIlM SCHOOl
CLAIRE’S CAMERA
“Brilliant.” —richard Brody, thenew yorker
WEDNESDAY 10/27:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
A SERENDIPIToUS MEETINGAT CANNES TAkES A
PhoToGRAPhER oN A PAThof DISCovERY
12 DAYSA devAstAting documentAry
About broken souls
THURSDAY 10/37:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
A jUDGE DEcIDES wHIcHPSYcHIATRIc PATIENTS cAN bE
lET bAck INTo SocIETY
CELEBRATING
STANSuNdAy 10/6
7:30 PMFREE AdMISSION
ATLAS 100
RARE FILM PRINTS FROM THE BRAKHAGE COLLECTION
HOSTEd By SuRANJAN GANGuLy
HONEYLAND
wED 10/9 & tHur 10/107:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 StuDENt
MuENZINGEr
DIrEctOrS LjubOMIrStEfANOv AND tAMArAKOtEvSKA SPEND tHrEE
YEArS wItH A bEEKEEPEr
A doc About A MAcedoniAnbeekeeper’s conflict
with neighbors
MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN
FRIDAY 10/117:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
TOM SKERRITT STARRED IN RIDLEY SCOTT’S ORIGINAL “ALIEN” AND ALSO IN THE
SHORT FILM PRECEDING TONIGHT’S FEATURE
From Greek myth to modern day sci-Fi, the roots oF“alien” burrow deep
MAMMA ROMA
Banned upon its release in italy for oBscenity, today pasolini’s
MaMMa roMa reMains a classic
FRIDAY 10/187:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
A FORMER STREETwAlkERTRIES TO PROTEcT hER SON
FROM ThE SAME SNARES ThATwOUNDED hER OwN YOUTh
P R I N T
35mm
PIRANHASBased on RoBeRto saviano’s
novel “GomoRRah”
wedNeSdAY 10/167:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUdeNT
MUeNZINGeR
TeeNAGeRS IN NAPleS dReAMof A lUSH lIfe ANd eNTeR
THe PoweR-HUNGRY woRld of cRIMe
PASOLINIWillem Dafoe is the
spitting image of themurDereD Director
SAturDAY 10/197:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 StuDENt
MuENZINGEr
AbEL FErrArA’S rEtELLINGOF thE FINAL DAYS IN thELIFE OF thE 50-YEAr-OLDFILMMAkEr AND wrItEr
FIRST PERSONCINEMAVINCENT GRENIER
MONDAY 11/47:00 PM
$5 GA / STUDENTS FREE
VAC 1B20
DRAGONINN
Hing Ku’s legendarymartial arts classic
suNDAY 10/202:00 PM ONlY$9 GA / $7 sTuDENT
MuENZINGER
MING DYNAsTY swORDPlAY ANDINTRIGuE fEATuRE IN ThIs bEAuTIfullYREsTORED 4K DIGITAl TRANsfER fROM
ThE ORIGINAl NEGATIvE
CELEBRATING
STANSuNdAy 11/3
7:30 PMFREE AdMISSION
ATLAS 100
RARE FILM PRINTS FROM THE BRAKHAGE COLLECTION
HOSTEd By SuRANJAN GANGuLy
KAILIBLUES
From Gan Bi, director oF“LonG day’s Journey into niGht”
WEDNESDAY 10/307:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
A SMALL-ToWN DocToRINTERAcTS WITh PEoPLE fRoM
hIS PAST AND fUTURE
THE GREATBUDDHA+
An outrAgeous, poignAnt punk tAiwAnese blAck comedy.” —michAel
rechtshAffen, los Angeles times
MONDAY 10/287:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
TwO lIvES ARE cHANGEDfOREvER THANkS TO
A BROkEN TElEvISION
THE RIVERMing-Liang Tsai’s fiLM Made beTween
“RebeLs of The neon god”and “goodbye, dRagon inn”
WEDNESDAY 10/237:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
A bEAUTIfUl TAblEAU of THREE loNElY PEoPlE WHo,
UNbEkNoWNST ToTHEMSElVES, ARE RElATED
P R I N T
35mm
UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLDIn 1989, WIm Wenders got
the eU, the Internet, and the IPhone almost rIght
SUNDay 11/32:00 PM ONLy$9 Ga / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
a cRaSH SURvIvOR, a WRITER,a DREaM-REcORDER, WILLIaM
HURT, aND aN aMaZINGSOUNDTRack
NORTH BYNORTHWEST
TUESDAY 11/57:00 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
LIES, SPIES, AND cROP DUSTERS:jUST ANOTHER DAY fOR
cARY GRANT
ClassiC HitCHCoCk tHriller
P R I N T
35mm
FIRST PERSONCINEMAGIbSON + RECOdER
MONdAY 11/117:00 PM
$5 GA / STUdENTS FREE
VAC 1b20
MILFORD GRAVESFULL MANTIS
WEDNESDAY 11/137:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
ThIS DOcUMENTARYPROVIDES AN INTIMATE LOOk
AT ThE RENOWNED jAZZPERcUSSIONIST
A visuAl poem thAt interweAves the pAst And present
THE PHANTOMCARRIAGE
SUNDAY 11/172:00 PM ONLY
FREE SHOW MUENZINGER
THE MONT ALTO MOTION PICTUREORCHESTRA RETURNS TO THE IFS WITH A NEW SCORE FOR VICTORSjÖSTRÖM’S GHOSTLY CLASSIC
A film About ghosts And AnAxe-wielding Alcoholic thAt
predAtes “the shining”
THE IRONGIANTYou are who
You choose to be
SUNdAy 12/82:00 PM ONLy$9 GA / $7 STUdENT
MUENZINGER
20TH ANNIvERSARy Of BRAd BIRd’SANIMATEd TALE Of A yOUNG BOywHO BEfRIENdS AN ENORMOUS
ROBOT fROM OUTER SPAcE
P R I N T
35mm
CELEBRATING
STANSuNdAy 12/1
7:30 PMFREE AdMISSION
ATLAS 100
RARE FILM PRINTS FROM THE BRAKHAGE COLLECTION
HOSTEd By SuRANJAN GANGuLy
FIRST PERSONCINEMAAdjuNCT ShOwMONdAY 12/9
7:00 PM$5 GA / STudENTS FREE
VAC 1B20
THE FAREWELL
FRI 9/20 & SAT 9/217:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
A CHINESE FAMILy STAGESA FAkE WEDDING To
SAy GooDbyE To THEIRbELovED MATRIARCH
“One Of the truest and mOst beautiful lies yOu will see
this year.” —michael J. casey, bOulder weekly
MOVINGPARTS
Feature Film debut oF Cinema StudieS proFeSSor emilie upCzak
TUESDAY 9/247:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
AfTER bEING SMUGGlED INTOTRINIDAD, A ChINESE wOMANDISCOVERS ThE TRUE COST Of
hER ARRIVAl
CROSSCURRENT
Poetry along the yangtze river
TUESDAY 10/297:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
TwO lOvERS GRAPPlE wIThChINA’S MODERNIZATION
DURING A RIvERbOAT jOURNEY
CELEBRATING
STANSuNdAy 9/1
7:30 PMFREE AdMISSION
ATLAS 100
RARE FILM PRINTS FROM THE BRAKHAGE COLLECTION
HOSTEd By SuRANJAN GANGuLy
BECOMINGNOBODY
TUESDAY 9/177:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
HISTORIC ClIPS BAlANCE ANENGAGING CONvERSATION
wITH DIRECTOR JAMIE CATTO
a quintessential portal into ram Dass’ life anD teachings
THE RAVENHenri-GeorGes Clouzot made “le Corbeau” under tHe nazi
oCCupation; it was later remade as “tHe 13tH letter”
SATURDAY 9/287:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
ANoNYMoUS lETTERS TARGETAN AboRTIoN DocToR AND
PRoVokE A TowN To MANIA
FIRST PERSONCINEMADukE AND BATTERSBy
MONDAy 10/147:00 PM
$5 GA / STuDENTS FREE
VAC 1B20
ANTHROPOCENE
WEDNESDAY 9/257:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
A CINEMATIC MEDITATION ONHUMANITY’S MASSIvE
RE-ENGINEERING Of THE PlANET
From the people who broughtyou “mANuFACtureD lANDSCApeS”
FIRST PERSONCINEMASTUDENT AWARD SHOWCASE
MONDAY 9/167:00 PM
$5 GA / STUDENTS FREE
VAC 1B20
THE SOUVENIR
SUNDAY 9/222:00 PM ONlY
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
A fIlM STUDENT fAllSfOR A cHARISMATIc bUT
UNTRUSTwORTHY OlDER MAN
An AutobiogrAphicAlexAminAtion of pAst love
THE RETURNOF THE HEROAn uproArious comedy with A
deceptive twist
SUNDAY 9/292:00 PM ONLY$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
A SOLDIER’S FIANcéE wORRIED SIck wHEN HEIS SENT TO THE FRONT REcEIvES LOvE LETTERS
FORGED bY HER SISTER ON HIS bEHALF. HISHEROIc RETURN PROvOkES FURTHER DUPLIcITY.
GOODBYE,DRAGON INN
A historic chinese cinemAscreens its finAl film
TUESDAY 10/227:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
ThE TRANScENDENT lASTwORD ON ThE END Of A
cINEMATIc ERA
P R I N T
35mm
UNSHAKEN:THE ROAD TO WOO
SATURDAY 11/167:30 PM
SPECIAL RATE $12 GA / $10 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
DOCUMENTARY TO BE fOLLOWED BY A LIvEPERfORMANCE fROM
WENDY WOO
One Of COlOradO’s mOst belOvedsinger-sOngwriters.”
—Caitlin rOCkett, bOulder weekly
IN PERSONCOMPOSER RAFAEL ATTIAS
THE POLLINATORSNOON TO 1:00 PM:POLLINATORS FAIR
A compelling tAle of honey bees And the environment
SUNDAY 10/131:00 PM
$13 GA / $12 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
BEES ARE INDISPENSABLE TO THE FEEDINGOF AMERIcA BUT OUR AGRIcULTURAL
PRAcTIcES SERIOUSLY ENDANGER THEMAND OUR OwN FOOD SEcURITY
BIGGESTLITTLE FARM
A riveting story of trAnsformAtion And
leArning from nAture
SUNDAY 10/133:45 PM
$13 GA / $12 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
Two DREAMERS wITh ThEIR BELovEDDoG UNLock AND UNcovER A
BIoDIvERSE DESIGN FoR LIvING whILEBRINGING ThEIR BARREN FARM To LIFE
THE WAR ROOM
The doc ThaT made James carville and GeorGe
sTephanopoulous famous
MOnDAY 10/77:30 PM
FREE ADMISSIOn!
MUEnZInGER
CHRIS HEGEDUS AnDD. A. PEnnEbAkER GET
ACCESS TO bIll ClInTOn’S1992 CAMPAIGn
THENIGHTINGALE
TUESDAY 10/87:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
IN 1825, A YoUNG IRISHcoNvIcT joINS AN AboRIGINALTRAckER To SEEk HER REvENGEIN THE TASMANIAN wILDERNESS
“The BaBadook” direcTorJennifer kenT’s laTesT film
I VITELLONIFederico Fellini’s second Film
TuEsDAY 10/157:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 sTuDENT
MuENZINGER
FIVE MEN IN LIMbO bETwEENADOLEscENcE AND ADuLThOODDREAM OF EscAPE FROM ThEIR
sMALL TOwN
P R I N T
35mm
Intro by John bacus
Intro by brIan VaLEntE-QuInn, assIstant ProFEssor, DEPartMEnt
oF FrEnch & ItaLIan
Intro by brIan VaLEntE-QuInn, assIstant ProFEssor, DEPartMEnt
oF FrEnch & ItaLIan
MONDAY 9/97:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
TwO lOvERS lEAvE SENEGAlfOR fRANcE IN DjIbRIl DIOP
MAMbÉTY’S AcclAIMED1973 MASTERPIEcE
TOUKI bOUKI
One Of the greatest africanfilms ever made
TUESDAY 9/107:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
A wEAlThY woMAN RETURNS To hERNow-IMPovERIShED hoMETowNwITh A GENERoUS offER To hElP,
bUT hAS A ShockING DEMAND
hYENASA stunning restorAtion of
MAMbÉty’s 1992 sAtire ofweAlth And gender roles
WEDNESDAY 9/117:30 PM
$9 GA / $7 STUDENT
MUENZINGER
TWo GIRlS MUST chooSE bETWEENhAPPINESS AND SAfETY IN A
coUNTRY WhERE ThEIR lovE ISfoRbIDDEN bY lAW
RAfIKITHIS POWERFUL KENYANLGBTQ STORY IS ALSO AN ENTHUSIASTIC STAFF PICK
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FLATIRONS FOOD FILM FESTIVAL
ART HOUSE THEATER DAY
IN MEMORIAM:TONI MORRISON
F I L M S F R O M I T A L Y
F I L M S F R O M A F R I C A
natIonWIDE scrEEnInG tIMED to coIncIDE WIth thE u.n. cLIMatE
suMMIt In nEW yorkIntro by ErIn EsPELIE, assIstant ProFEssor at cInEMa stuDIEs,
co-DIrEctor For nEst stuDIo For thE arts
DIrEctor JaMIE catto In PErsonsPonsorED by LoVE sErVE
rEMEMbEr FILMs In assocIatIon WIth naroPa unIVErsIty
Intro by JIM PaLMEr
Intro by ErnEsto acEVEDo-Muñoz sPonsorED by
thE DEPartMEnt oF cInEMa stuDIEs& MoVInG IMaGE arts
Intro by JIM suPanIck cInEMatoGraPhEr nEIL younG In PErson
sPonsorED bythE DEPartMEnt oF cInEMa stuDIEs
& MoVInG IMaGE arts
IN MEMORIAM:DIRECTOR D. A. PENNEBAKER
Intro by GEnE hayWorthoF unIVErsIty LIbrarIEs
sPonsorED by unIVErsIty LIbrarIEschEck our WEbsItE For IMPortant
trIGGEr WarnInGs rEGarDInG thIs FILM
Intros by “MEMory” cInEMatoGraPhEr robErt
MuratorE & “thE PhantoM 52” DIrEctor GEoFF MarsLEtt
Intro by Laura DELuca, DIrEctor GLobaL sEMInar tanzanIa
Intro by Laura DELuca, DIrEctor GLobaL sEMInar tanzanIa
VIDEo Intro by sabrIna nEGrIthE DEPartMEnt oF cInEMa stuDIEs
& MoVInG IMaGE arts
VIDEo Intro by sabrIna nEGrIthE DEPartMEnt oF cInEMa stuDIEs
& MoVInG IMaGE arts
Intro by ErIn EsPELIE, assIstant ProFEssor at cInEMa stuDIEs,
co-DIrEctor For nEst stuDIo For thE arts
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