All films are shown in the Museum or Art Auditorium
on Wednesdays and Fridays, unless otherwise indicated.
Tickets are on sale 30 minutes prior to each screening.
Matinee Admission: MWPAI Members $5; General Admission $7; Students $4.
Evening Admission: MWPAI Members $6; General Admission $8; Students $4.
Film Passbooks: For 10 discounted admissions are available for
$60 for General Admission or for $45 for
MWPAI members at the Performing Arts Ticket Office.
For more information or to be added to the Film Series E-mail List,
contact the Performing Arts Ticket Office 797-0055, 800-754-0797.
Tulpan
Directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy
2008, Kazakhstan, Not Rated, 100 minutes, Subtitled
Thursday, July 9, 2009
2 and 7:30 pm in the Museum of Art Auditorium
Friday, July 10, 2009
2 and 7:30 pm in the Museum of Art Auditorium
Following his Russian naval service, young dreamer Asa returns to his sister's nomadic brood on the desolate Hunger Steppe to begin a hardscrabble career as a shepherd. But before he can tend a flock of his own, Asa must win the hand of the only eligible bachelorette for miles, his alluringly mysterious neighbor Tulpan. Accompanied by his girl-crazy sidekick Boni, Asa will stop at nothing to prove he is a worthy husband and herder. Tulpan's gentle humor and stunning photography transport audiences to this singular, harshly beautiful region and its rapidly vanishing way of life.
A Tender and Subtle Comedy about a Vanishing Way of Life
Summer Hours
Directed by Olivier Assayas
2008, France, Not Rated, 99 minutes, Subtitled
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
2 and 7:30 pm in the Museum of Art Auditorium
Friday, July 17, 2009
2 and 7:30 pm in the Museum of Art Auditorium
The divergent paths of three 40-something siblings collide when their mother, heiress to her uncle's exceptional 19th century art collection, dies suddenly. Left to come to terms with themselves and their differences, Adrienne (Juliette Binoche), a successful New York designer, Frederic (Charles Berling), an economist and university professor in Paris, and Jérémie (Jérémie Renier), a dynamic businessman in China, confront the end of childhood, their shared memories, background and unique vision of the future.
An Elegant, Well-Acted French Drama
Lemon Tree
Directed by Eran Riklis
2008, Israel, Not Rated, 106 minutes, Subtitled
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
2 and 7:30 pm in the Museum of Art Auditorium
Friday, July 24, 2009
2 and 7:30 pm in the Museum of Art Auditorium
Hiam Abbass (The Visitor) is Salma, a Palestinian widow who stands up against her new neighbor, the Israeli Defense Minister, when he moves into a house opposite her lemon grove, on the border between Israel and the West Bank. The Israeli security forces are quick to declare that Salma's trees pose a threat to the Minister's safety and issue orders to uproot them. Together with Ziad (Ali Suliman), her young Palestinian lawyer, Salma goes all the way to the Israeli Supreme Court to try and save her trees. Salma's ordeal leads her deep into the complex, dark and sometimes funny chaos of the ongoing struggle in the Middle East.
A Nuanced Film about the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
The Brothers Bloom
Directed by Rian Johnson
2009, United States, Rated PG-13, 114 minutes
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
2 and 7:30 pm in the Museum of Art Auditorium
Friday, July 31, 2009
2 and 7:30 pm in the Museum of Art Auditorium
Brothers Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody) have perfected the art of swindling fortunes through years of fraternal teamwork. Now they've decided to take on one last spectacular job by luring beautiful and eccentric heiress Penelope (Rachel Weisz) into an elaborate plot. When a genuine romance begins to blossom between Bloom and Penelope, he becomes reluctant to exploit her naiveté. Scheming their way from Athens to Prague to Mexico to St. Petersburg, the stakes get higher and the elaborate web of deceit pulls tighter, causing Bloom to wonder if his brother has devised the most dangerous con of his life.
Deception is an Art and Nothing is as it Seems
Herb and Dorothy
Directed by Megumi Sasaki
2009, United States, Not Rated, 91 minutes.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
2 and 7:30 pm in the Museum of Art Auditorium
Friday, August 7, 2009
2 and 7:30 pm in the Museum of Art Auditorium
This documentary tells the extraordinary story of Herbert Vogel, a postal clerk, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, who managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history with very modest means. In the early 1960s, when very little attention was paid to minimalist and conceptual art, Herb and Dorothy quietly began purchasing the works of unknown artists. Devoting all of Herb's salary to purchase art they liked, and living on Dorothy's paycheck alone, they continued collecting artworks guided by two rules: the piece had to be affordable, and it had to be small enough to fit in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. Within these limitations, they collected over 4,000 pieces and proved themselves curatorial visionaries; most of those they supported and befriended went on to become world-renowned artists.
A Unique and Inspiring Chronicle of the World of Contemporary Art
