All films were screened at Crandell Theatre, located at 46-48 Main Street in Chatham, NY.
Thursday • Friday • Saturday • Sunday
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2006
Thursday, Noon
C.R.A.Z.Y. A family-friendly coming of age comedy about a tight-knit French Canadian Catholic clan with five sons. Of course, the father's favorite, the son he loves best and is trying his hardest to raise as a man's man, finds himself mesmerized by baby carriages and his mother's pearls, with both predictable and unpredictable results. A real crowd pleaser, this picture has done well worldwide, but has never had American distribution. 127 mins. Subtitled. NR
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Thursday, 3:00pm
Two Square Miles
Shot over the course of two years, Barbara Ettinger's documentary on Hudson, N.Y. and the Columbia County-wide battle over the St. Lawrence cement plant is a riveting portrait of a town in turmoil, divided by class and political differences stirred up by the Swiss-owned multi-national that pushed the plant. Ettinger will answer questions after the screening. Rating: NR
Introduction by Branda Miller and Barbara Ettinger. Q&A with Ettinger after the screening. |
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Thursday, 5:30pm
Old Joy
“The best film I saw at this year's Sundance Film Festival.” - Vogue
Set in the wilderness of Oregon's Cascade Mountains, Kelly Reichardt's stunningly photographed, self-described “New age western” was the toast of this year's Sundance Film Festival. The Village Voice's J. Hoberman called it a “grunge" Easy Rider. Reichardt will be present to discuss her film & answer questions. 76 mins. NR
Kodak Film Award presentation by Peter Biskind and Sandi Knakal. Intro to film by Kelly Reichardt. Q&A with Kelly Reichardt after the screening.
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Thursday, 8:00pm
Babel
Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal. Case closed. But wait, there's more. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s (Amores Peros, 21 Grams) latest picture begins with a bang... a rifle shot in the Sahara desert that metaphorically ricochets around the world. In one of the director's signature Rubik cube plots, the tragedy that befalls an American couple pyramids through ignorance, stupidity, and selfishness. Rated R
Introduction by Calliope Nicholas.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2006
Friday, Noon
The Aura
“An engrossing existential thriller…the picture is a must-see." - Variety Familiar to Americans for his tricky, Mamet-like thriller Nine Queens, Fabian Bielinsky, one of South America's most promising directors, was cut off in his prime when he died earlier this year of a heart attack at the tender age of 47. The Aura, his last film, is the alternately amusing and creepy (in the good sense) tale of a unhappy taxidermist who improbably aspires to be a master bank robber. Subtitled. Rating: NR
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Friday, 2:30pm
Candy
No festival would be complete without a junkie film, and this is ours. Starring Brokeback Mountain's Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, and Geoffrey Rush, director Neil Armfield's sure direction elicits strong performances from the entire cast, particularly Ledger and Cornish. Rating: R |
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Friday, 5:00pm
The Lives of Others
"The writer-director, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, has managed to illuminate one of the darkest corners of East Germany's history... with a dramatist's zest for complexity, and a showman's instinct for a terrific tale." - Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal
Set in East Berlin in 1984, the film tells the story of a Stasi (secret police) agent ordered to bug the apartment of an actress and her writer companion at the behest of the Minister of Culture who covets her. The agent becomes disillusioned, providing the engine for a devastating drama. Subtitled. 137 mins. NR |
Official website
(In German)
View the trailer
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SOLD OUT Friday, 7:30pm
Friday Night Sneak
The Friday Night Sneak turned out to be Pedro Almodovar's latest release, Volver.
Three generations of women survive the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition and even death by means of goodness, lies and boundless vitality. Volver is not a surrealistic comedy although it may seem so at times. The living and the dead coexist without any discord, causing situations that are either hilarious or filled with a deep, genuine emotion. It's a film about the culture of death in La Mancha. The people there practice it with an admirable naturalness. The way in which the dead continue to be present in their lives, the richness and humanity of their rites mean that the dead never die. Volver destroys all the clichés about "black" Spain and offers a Spain that is as real as it is the opposite. A Spain that is white, spontaneous, funny, intrepid, supportive and fair.
Introduction by Peter Biskind. |
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Friday, 10:00pm
The Host
“On almost every level, there's never quite been a monster movie like The Host.” - Variety
Based on an actual incident, Bong Joon-ho's South Korean genre-bending monster mash begins on an American military base, where a U.S. Army officer is responsible for introducing formaldehyde into the Han River that runs through Seoul, with dire consequences not too hard to imagine. The combination of convincing CGI effects, off-beat humor, politics, and solid character development makes for a breathless adrenaline rush. 119 mins. Rating: NR |
Official website
(In Korean)
View the trailer
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2006
Saturday, 10:30am
Children’s Program
Now in its fourth year, the children's short film line-up, programmed by Producers Stephanie Fischette and Patti Greaney of GIRALDI, returns with a kaleidoscope of films from around the globe. Selections are sure to delight kids of all ages. Sponsored by Herrington's
Introduction by Stephanie Fischette |
Free Admission!
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Saturday, 12:30pm
Requiem
"stunningly played story of faith vs. family..." - Variety A haunting and disturbing film directed by Hans-Christian Schmid, Requiem is more akin to the Lars von Triers classic Breaking the Waves than it is to the Exorcist. Nevertheless, it treads similar territory - demonic possession and exorcism, albeit with a much lighter, more sensitive step. Subtitled. 93 mins. NR
Introduction by Calliope Nicholas. |
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Saturday, 2:30pm
The Celebration
“Thomas Vinterberg's The Celebration is a…virtuoso feat…” - The New York Times
Co-founder of October Films and former president of United Artists Bingham Ray presents The Celebration, the 1998 classic of the Danish Dogme 95 school written and directed by Thomas Vinterberg. The story takes place at a 60th birthday celebration for the patriarch of a large and prosperous family. As the evening unfolds, the family's dark secrets - involving incest and perversion - are revealed. Subtitled. Rating: R
Introduction by Peter Biskind and Bingham Ray. Bingham Ray will be on hand afterwards to discuss the film and answer questions. |
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Saturday, 5:00pm
Infamous
“Sandra Bullock's understated performance as Capote's friend [Harper] Lee is a high point here…” - Variety The “other” Capote film. Director Doug McGrath lost the race, but he may have won the war. His talent stuffed version -- Sandra Bullock, Jeff Daniels, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hope Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Sigourney Weaver - of the now familiar back-story to Capote's breakthrough book, In Cold Blood, is preceded by a buzz that is electric. 110 mins. R
Director Doug McGrath will be present to introduce Infamous and will be present for a discussion led by Bingham Ray afterwards. |
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Saturday Sneak Peak
The Saturday Night Sneak was Catch A Fire, sponsored by Jack Shear.
Powerfully telling the story of a South African hero's journey to freedom, Catch a Fire is the new film from the director Philip Noyce (The Quiet American, Rabbit-Proof Fence). The political thriller takes place during the country's turbulent and divided times in the early 1980s, and in the new South Africa of today. Stars Tim Robbins and Derek Luke.
Introduction by James Schamus, head of Focus Features. |
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2005
Sunday, 10:30am
High School Film Project
Neighborhood Stranger
Written and filmed by Columbia County students under the mentorship of filmmaker John Holser (DigitalFilmFarm). A tale of two neighbors who are strangers until an accident strips them of their identities and turns their worlds inside out. Sponsored by Hudson River Bank and Trust Foundation |
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Sunday, 12:00pm
Brother's Shadow
“Brother's Shadow has…[a] depth and depth of personality [that] could make it a hit among auds in search of solid emotional content and characters that feel real… Cohen is first rate.” - Variety “Jake Groden” gets out of prison just as his identical twin brother has dropped dead, prompting his sister-in-law (Susan Floyd) to put the family cabinetry business on the block. Enter Groden, who tries to step into his brother's shoes with dramatic consequences. Outstanding are East Chatham's Scott Cohen, who plays the lead, and Judd Hirsch, who plays the twins’ crusty, Old Testament father. Rating: NR
Introduction by Michelle Apland. Q&A afterwards. |
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Sunday, 2:30pm
Animation For Grown-Ups
The best in award-winning shorts by the top animators. This program shows you the wide range and expression possible in this medium, ranging from computer generated to hand drawn. Many of these animators will be on hand for Q&A afterwards. Programmed by Gary Leib, animator for American Splendor. Rated: R
Introduction by Gary Leib. Q&A with animators following the screening. |
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Sunday, 4:30pm
Iraq in Fragments
“Iraq in Fragments is the latest entry in the crowded field of documentaries from that war. It is also one of the best.”- The New York Times
James Longley spent three years in Iraq trying to get up close and personal with the victims of Bush's war. The film is divided into thirds, each one presenting the devastation wreaked by the Anglo-American invasion from the point of view of Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds. Although there is no narrator and hence no overt political point of view, the footage speaks for itself. Subtitled. 94 mins. Rating: R
Intelligence, a short directed by Michael Gaylin, will precede Iraq in Fragments.
Introduction by Michael Gaylin, director of Intellligence. Q&A on Intelligence afterwards. |
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Sunday, 6:30pm
Breaking and Entering
Director Anthony Minghella's (Cold Mountain) lastest triumph, with an incredible cast starring Juliette Binoche, Jude Law and Robin Wright Penn. Not to be missed.
Introduction by Peter Biskind, author, writer, editor. |
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Sunday, 8:45pm
Shut Up and Sing
"Upon hitting the theaters this fall… it'll… make them the poster girls of the HuffPost crowd and the scourge of the Drudge set.”- Chris Willman, Entertainment Weekly
“Shut Up and Sing is a shout of defiance, a chronicle of the price we have to be willing to pay to stand up for what we believe in.”- Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Academy Award winning documentary director Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck (daughter of Gregory Peck) have crafted a revealing behind the scenes look at the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of the Dixie Chicks after band member Natalie Maines' anti-Bush remark (“We're ashamed the president is from Texas”) at a London concert in 2003 created fierce backlash against the band among their hardcore country fans. The Chicks refused to back down in the face of a blitzkrieg launched by the right wing media, and this intimate, sympathetic portrait catches them recreating themselves, their music, and their audience in the face of their new notoriety. (In the film, an unrepetent Maines says about the president, “What a dumb f---k!”) Distributor: The Weinstein Company. 93 minutes. Not rated
Awards and Festivals: Runner up for the Audience Award, Toronto Film Festival, Audience Award Aspen Film Festival.
Introduction by Bob Eisenhardt, lead editor and resident of Malden Bridge. Q&A following the screening. |
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