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May 17
FRENCH CINEMATHEQUE
Co-promoted by the Alliance Française of Greenwich
Henri-Georges Clouzot’s
THE WAGES OF FEAR
New 35mm print!
“An expertly directed, personally felt film.”
-Rita Kempley, Washington Post
“The film's extended suspense sequences deserve a place among the great stretches of cinema.”
-Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
Thursday, May 17 – 7:30 pm
Carte Blanche: FREE | Members: $6 | Students/Seniors: $8 | Nonmembers: $11
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ABOUT THE FILM: In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route to a faraway oil fire. The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride from France’s legendary master of suspense, Henri-Georges Clouzot, presented in a new 35mm print created from a complete HD digital restoration.
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May 22
The Avon Theatre Presents A Night Of Noir
BORN TO KILL
Directed by Robert Wise (The Day The Earth Stood Still, West Side Story)
& Starring Claire Trevor and Lawrence Tierney
Post-film Q&A with film noir maven Michael Kovner
Tuesday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Carte Blanche: FREE | Members: $6 | Students & Seniors: $8 | Non-Members: $11 |
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ABOUT THE FILM: Born to Kill was a classic and some say archetypal film noir movie directed by Robert Wise who would go on to direct several other movies in the same genre. The notable cast included Claire Trevor who did so many film noir features that she became known as the "Queen of Film Noir," and the controversial Lawrence Tierny whose extensive film career included Reservoir Dogs.
Helen Brent (played by Claire Trevor) knows Sam Wild (Lawrence Tierny) is more than a social climber who married her wealthy foster sister. He's a remorseless killer. And yet she finds his brash confidence square-shouldered good looks and constant aura of menace completely irresistible. Versatile director Robert Wise (The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Sound of Music, West Side Story) shows his film noir chops with this dark gem whose mix of heiress sisters, stone-hearted men, needy hangers-on and inexplicable but inevitable love plays like a soap opera that refuses to wash itself clean. Walter Slezak portrays the verse-quoting shamus and Claire Trevor and Lawrence Tierney portray the illicit lovers who play with fire - and burn their names forever into film-noir lore.
- Amazon editorial review
ABOUT THE HOST: Michael Kovner is a long-time Greenwich resident, having gone to Rye Country Day School as a youngster and still holding a residence here today. While he is an accomplished Vice President and Managing Director with the real estate firm Brown Harris Stevens in his professional life, his personal passion is the cinema. An avid Avon supporter and lover of film noir, Michael has watched movies since his early childhood, he can repeat lines in his sleep, and he has probably spent more time in the dark confines of cinemas than anywhere else. His fascination with film noir began at a young age, starting with The Maltese Falcon all the way up to Psycho, which he first saw at the Avon. He first watched Born To Kill in Aspen while on a ski trip and was glued to the screen. It has remained an all-time favorite of his ever since, largely a result of the art of the unexpected - the beautiful and elegant Claire Trevor, who plays a rich society woman, but acts as rotten and murderous as any thug with no moral compass - perhaps even more so.
An undergraduate of Lafayette College with postgraduate degrees from Georgetown University and the University of Dijon (France), Michael proudly served as an officer in the US Army, and was posted to the 25th Infantry Division in the Republic of Vietnam. His service was exemplary and he was awarded medals and accommodations which included an ARCOM Medal, Bronze Star and Bronze Star 1st Oak Leaf Cluster. Michael and his spouse, Jean Doyen de Montaillou remain active on many boards and institutions, while splitting time between their homes in Greenwich, Palm Beach, Florida, and Nantucket.
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May 30
SPECIAL EVENT
DO YOUR THING
(DIL CHAHTA HAI)
Co-promoted by Global Organization of People of Indian Origin
Wednesday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m. (Reception at 6:30 p.m.)
"Thank you to the sponsors of the reception:
Red Grape Wine & Spirits, 90+ Cellars and
Tawa Restaurant for providing refreshments."
Members: $10 | Non-Members: $15 |
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ABOUT THE FILM: Akash does not believe in love, so he doesn’t keep girlfriends for more than two weeks. Sameer is a romantic but confused guy who believes he has found true love whenever he’s attracted to a girl. Sid, an artist and the most mature of the three, is dedicated to his work and uninterested in trivial romances. All three are set in their ways until each meets the woman of his dreams. Or so it seems.
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May 31
Cult Classics
Jim Henson’s
LABYRINTH
Where everything seems possible and nothing is what it seems.
Thursday, May 31 at 9:00 p.m.
Carte Blanche: FREE | Members: $6 | Students/Seniors: $8 | Nonmembers: $11
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ABOUT THE FILM: Labyrinth is a 1986 British-American fantasy film directed by Jim Henson, produced by George Lucas, and based off concept designs by Brian Froud. The film stars David Bowie as Jareth and Jennifer Connelly as Sarah. The plot revolves around Sarah's quest to reach the center of an enormous otherworldly maze to rescue her infant brother Toby, who has been kidnapped by Jareth, the Goblin King. With the exception of Bowie and Connelly, most of the significant characters in the film are played by puppets produced by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
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95.9 THE FOX (WFOX-FM), Fairfield County’s Only Classic Rock , is the radio sponsor of The Avon Theatre’s 2012 Cult Classic Line Up!
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June 5
The Avon Theatre & Lucky's Classic Burger & Malt Shop Present
An Evening with Steve Guttenberg
30th Anniversary Screening of DINER
Followed by a Q&A, discussion and book signing of his new book
The Guttenberg Bible.
Moderated by film critic Joe Meyers, CT Post
A limited supply of additional books will be available for purchase.
Tuesday, June 5
Food courtesy of Lucky's - 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Film - 7:00 p.m.
Q&A/book signing to follow
For tickets call our administrative office during business hours at 203-661-0321
Or stop by or call the box office during showtimes at 203-967-3660.
Carte Blanche and Members (Including Educators): $25
Nonmembers: $35
Each ticket includes a signed copy of The Guttenberg Bible.
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ABOUT THE FILM: Writer-director Barry Levinson's autobiographical first feature fondly remembers his Baltimore youth. It's late 1959, and six guys in their early twenties are stumbling into adulthood, alternating responsibility with carefree time at their local diner. The story centers on the return from college of Billy (Tim Daly) to serve as best man at the wedding of his pal Eddie (Steve Guttenberg). Billy is consumed by a confusing relationship with a close female friend, while Eddie still lives at home, preparing a football trivia test for his fiancée and vowing to cancel the wedding if she fails. Other characters woven into the narrative include Boogie (Mickey Rourke), a womanizer with a gambling problem, and Shrevie (Daniel Stern), a music addict with a troubled marriage.
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ABOUT THE BOOK: From the actor who starred in such iconic blockbusters as Diner, Police Academy and Three Men and a Baby, THE GUTTENBERG BIBLE is Steve Guttenberg’s hilarious, insightful memoir of the highs and lows of Hollywood, and a man determined to make it there. Guttenberg tells a Horatio Alger story of how he became the star of some of the '80s most successful blockbusters. He spent his early days sneaking onto the Paramount lot (pretending to be Michael Eisner's son) and meeting more celebrities and casting agents than most aspiring actors ever would. Even before the hit Police Academy (which his agent said would be a flop), he had already worked with everyone from Sir Laurence Olivier to Mickey Rourke. Perhaps it was his charisma or perhaps it was his dogged persistence, but his life was filled with unexpected run-ins and connections with dozens of Hollywood hitmakers.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Growing up in Long Island, New York, Guttenberg was inspired by visits from his godfather who had a successful career as a voiceover actor in Hollywood, who always showed up with a flashy car and a beautiful girl on his arm. But his own career beginnings were inauspicious, to say the least. "Forget being an actor. You don’t have the look, you don’t have the talent, and your name is ridiculous. You are the last guy I would ever pick to be a movie star." This was the first piece of advice Guttenberg ever received from an agent. Like many other times in his life, he didn't listen.
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June 7
Shelley Archives Presents
Legends of Rock Live
The Grateful Dead 2
Hosted by Music Archivist Bill Shelley
Thursday, June 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Carte Blanche: FREE | Members: $6 | Students/Seniors: $8 | Nonmembers: $11 |
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ABOUT THE FILM: Take a nostalgia trip back to the 1970s as we revisit The Grateful Dead, the iconic rock group from the golden days of San Francisco’s hippie era, with a new compiliation of concert film clips that spans three decades’ worth of love, peace and cosmic jams. Jerry Garcia and company perform songs such as “Uncle John’s Band,” “Ripple,” “Franklin’s Tower,” “Good Lovin’,” “Mexicali Blues,” “Samson & Delilah,” “Fire on the Mountain,” “The Music Never Stopped,” “Casey Jones” and many more classics from their live concerts. Some of these feature surprise musical guest stars and are rare performances from recently restored 3/4 inch video and 16mm film prints. Known for their live shows that could last up to 8 hours in length, The Grateful Dead have proven to be one of the most successful American bands of all time.
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ABOUT BILL SHELLEY: Bill Shelley has been filming since the 1970s when he recorded bands Twisted Sister and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, then later directed music videos for Public Enemy (PE).
Shelley Archives was started in 1985 and today the company has over 100,000 reels of original 35mm and 16mm films in its archives and over 10,000 hours of rare concerts, television shows, promos, interviews, out-takes and home movies.
Preservation of films and music clips is the main focus of the organization.
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June 11
SPECIAL EVENT
THE INVISIBLE WAR
Co-promoted by The Center for
Sexual Assault Crisis Counseling and Education
Monday, June 11 at 7:30 p.m.
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
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ABOUT THE FILM: THE INVISIBLE WAR is a groundbreaking investigative documentary about one of our country's most shameful and best kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within our US military. Today, a female soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire with the number of assaults in the last decade alone in the hundreds of thousands.
Focusing on the powerfully emotional stories of several young women, the film reveals the systemic cover up of the crimes against them and follows their struggles to rebuild their lives and fight for justice. THE INVISIBLE WAR features hard-hitting interviews with high-ranking military officials and members of Congress that reveal the perfect storm conditions that exist for rape in the military, its history of cover-up, and what can be done to bring about much needed change.
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June 13
Documentary Night
Co-presented by Neighbors Link Stamford
Post-film Q&A with Alcira Mendez and Neighbors Link
Executive Director, Catalina Horak
MADE IN L.A.
Wednesday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Carte Blanche: FREE | Members: $6 | Students/Seniors: $8 | Nonmembers: $11
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ABOUT THE FILM: Made in L.A. is an Emmy award-winning feature documentary that follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from trendy clothing retailer Forever 21. In intimate observational style, Made in L.A. reveals the impact of the struggle on each woman’s life as they are gradually transformed by the experience.
ABOUT NEIGHBORS LINK: Neighbors Link Stamford is a new non-profit organization that provides a comprehensive resource center for recent immigrants in the Stamford, CT area. The mission of Neighbors Link is to strengthen the whole community by actively enhancing the healthy integration of immigrants. We are an affiliate of a successful 10-year-old non-profit organization in Mount Kisco, NY. Stamford is honored to be the innagural partner in this endeavor. Wile our name and programs will be similar to Mount Kisco’s, Neighbors Link Stamford will be led and operated by members of the greater Stamford community.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Catalina Horak is the Executive Director of Neighbors Link Stamford. She has worked in the nonprofit sector for 13 years and brings a wealth of multicultural experience to the organization. A native of Colombia, she has lived in several countries in North America, South America and Europe. Catalina has lived in Fairfield County since 1997. She has served as a board member and officer of several non-profit organizations in the USA as well as in her native Colombia. As former Board Chair on Neighbors Link Mount Kisco, she was a driving force behind the initiative to replicate Neighbors Link and bring it to Stamford. She has a MS in Nonprofit Management from New School University.
Alcira Mendez arrived in California from Guatemala in 1987, where she lived for almost nine years. She worked first as a housekeeper and later as a Certified Nurse assistant in the Los Angeles area, before moving across the country to Rhode Island where she currently lives. After moving to Rhode Island, she worked in several factories, including assembling jewelry, a shoe and a textile factory. Alcira has retired from her factory job and spends her time volunteering, taking classes and practicing her English at an organization called Progreso Latino, near her home in Central Falls RI. She is currently enrolled in a citizenship class and hopes to become a US citizen some time this fall.
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June 21
FRENCH CINEMATHEQUE
Co-promoted by the Alliance Française of Greenwich
A very special presentation of
The restored 1902 George Melies classic film
A TRIP TO THE MOON
(Le Voyage Dans La Lune)
preceded by
THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE
Thursday, June 21 – 7:30 pm
Carte Blanche: FREE | Members: $6 | Students/Seniors: $8 | Nonmembers: $11
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A TRIP TO THE MOON: A landmark event: the hand painted color version of Melies’ legendary A Trip To The Moon, unseen for 109 years until its glorious new restoration. In the first outer space adventure in the history of cinema, six members of the Astronomers’ Club set off on an expedition to the moon, encounter the Selenites, flee their king and return home to a triumphant parade.
“Surely a cinematic highlight of the year, maybe the century.”
-A.O. Scott, The New York Times
THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE: This fascinating documentary chronicling the restoration of Melies’
A Trip to the Moon to its original 1902 colors. Film archivists Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange acquired a damaged print in 1999, digitized the film and waited eight years for the technology to become available to access those digitized images.
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June 27
SPECIAL EVENT
HERMAN & SHELLY
Post-film Q&A with filmmaker Bridget Stokes
Wednesday, June 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Carte Blanche: FREE | Members: $6 | Students/Seniors: $8 | Nonmembers: $11
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ABOUT THE FILM: In this offbeat, quirky romantic comedy, high school chums Herman and Shelly navigate the odd transition from much-hyped youthful art prodigies to overlooked adult artists. Ambitions are pitted against lifelong bonds, with the zany mess of the art world acting as an ever-changing backdrop. A fresh take on coming of age, the murky space between lovers and friends, and the personal sacrifices endured for one's art.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER: Prior to writing and directing Herman & Shelly, Stokes produced the short films Oui Oui Non Non (2010) and Coffee (2008), both written and directed by Vicky Wight. Coffee was an official selection at 2008’s SXSW Film Festival and screened at New York’s IFC Center. Stokes has worked in film distribution at IFC Films and BEV Pictures, film distribution, production and sales at Elephant Eye Films and production on Jonathan Demme’s Untitled Bob Marley project. Currently, Stokes is the Director of Communications at The Avon Theatre in Stamford, CT and teaches in the film department at the University of Hartford. Bridget Stokes received her BA from Brown University with a degree in Art Semiotics and Africana Studies.
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June 28
Cult Classics
The Coen Brothers’
The Big Lebowski
Come dressed as your favorite character from The Big Lebowski to compete in our pre-show costume contest for a chance to win a T-shirt from Imaginations Smoke Shop in Stamford!
Thursday, June 28 at 9:00 p.m.
Carte Blanche: FREE | Members: $6 | Students/Seniors: $8 | Nonmembers: $11
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“A genial spoof of life on the unhinged margins of L.A. that’s a lot more carefully constructed than it pretends to be.”
—Salon.com
ABOUT THE FILM: The plot of this Raymond Chandler-esque comedy crime caper from the Coen Brothers pivots around a case of mistaken identity complicated by extortion, double-crosses, deception, embezzlement, sex, pot, and White Russians. Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) is content in his laid-back Los Angeles lifestyle. He enjoys hanging with his bowling buddies; pompous security-store owner Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) and mild-mannered ex-surfer Donny (Steve Buscemi). However, the Dude's life takes a turn when two goons break into his bungalow, rough him up, and urinate on his living room rug. Suddenly, The Dude has to go to uncover a mystery that goes deeper than he could have imagined.
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95.9 THE FOX (WFOX-FM), Fairfield County’s Only Classic Rock , is the radio sponsor of The Avon Theatre’s 2012 Cult Classic Line Up!
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July 5
Shelley Archives Presents
Legends of Rock Live
The Allman Brothers Band
Hosted by Music Archivist Bill Shelley
Thursday, July 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Carte Blanche: FREE | Members: $6 | Students/Seniors: $8 | Nonmembers: $11 |
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM: By incorporating their own take on blues, jazz country music, and improvisation The Allman Brothers created their own style. This presentation will showcase this group’s superb talent with “Ramblin’ Man,” “Statesboro Blues,” “Midnight Rider,” “Melissa,” “Dreams,” “Blue Sky,” “Southbound” and more. The band was formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman and Gregg Allman, who were supported by Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson. The band achieved its commercial breakthrough in 1971 with the release of the live album At Fillmore East. Even after the tragic early death of guitarist Duane Allman, the band continued into greatness. The Allman Bros. Band have won numerous Grammy’s and have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This exciting presentation brings together a variety of footage not seen in almost 40 years, with rare concert footage, television performances and backstage studio rehersals.
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ABOUT BILL SHELLEY: As a filmmaker, Bill Shelley has been shooting professionally since the 1970s when he captured on film and video bands such as Twisted Sister, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts playing in small bars before they became famous. Shelley later associated with rap group Public Enemy (PE), going on to direct a number of their videos and become an honorary member of PE’s African American Media Network cable television studio. Shelley Archives was started in 1985. After working with Readers Digest Entertainment in 1990, the company’s end product was nominated for an Emmy in 1993 for the three-part series “Legends of Comedy.” The program was broadcast on the Disney cable network and home video sales exceeded a record-breaking 1 million copies sold. Today the company has over 100,000 reels of original 35mm and 16mm films in its archives and over 10,000 hours of rare concerts, television shows, promos, interviews, out-takes and home movies from a wide-ranging variety of subjects. The company has licensed them to numerous documentary projects throughout the world. Preservation of films and music clips is a main focus of the organization, as well as the desire to compensate the artists.
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July 11
Documentary Night
Cape Spin! An American Power Struggle
Post-film Q&A with
directors
John Kirby and Robbie Gemmel,
producers Libby Handros, Daniel Coffin and Josh Levin
Wednesday, July 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Carte Blanche: FREE | Members: $6 | Students/Seniors: $8 | Nonmembers: $11
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ABOUT THE FILM: Cape Spin: An American Power Struggle tells the surreal, fascinating, tragicomic story of the battle over America’s most scandalous clean energy project. Cape Wind would be the U.S.’s first offshore windfarm, but strange alliances formed for and against the project. Kennedys, Kochs, and everyday folks do battle with the developer and green groups over the future of American power. With full access to both sides, a commitment to impartial storytelling and fueled by a satiric ‘revolutionary’ soundtrack, Cape Spin is “a gripping and entertaining study of eco-capitalism and grassroots democracy”.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS:
JOHN KIRBY, Director - John Kirby conceived and directed The American Ruling Class for the BBC and the Sundance Channel which premiered at IDFA in 2005 and at Tribeca where it won Honorable Mention. Kirby edited the highly-acclaimed Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder and the film Bling: A Planet Rock. His next project is called About America: The War On U.S. project. Cape Wind would be the U.S.’s first offshore windfarm, but strange alliances formed for and against the project. Kennedys, Kochs, and everyday folks do battle with the developer and green groups over the future of American power. With full access to both sides, a commitment to impartial storytelling and fueled by a satiric ‘revolutionary’ soundtrack, Cape Spin is “a gripping and entertaining study of eco-capitalism and grassroots democracy”.
ROBBIE GEMMEL, Director - A producer and director, Gemmel's speciality is environmental media. He began his career working at NOVA on documentaries including Saved by the Sun and went on to produce numerous segments for NOVA's ScienceNow. Additional credits include The Future Will Create: Inside the World of TED.
LIBBY HANDROS , Producer - Handros began her career working on the critically acclaimed series Inside Story. Since then she inherited the company, The Press & the Public Project, and has been responsible for documentaries for PBS, ESPN, Showtime and Fox. Recent credits include, Legacy of a Kidnapping: Lindbergh and the Triumph of the Tabloids, The Good Fat Diet, The Future Belongs to the Educated, Trump: What’s the Deal? and Baseball From the Inside Out.
DANIEL COFFIN , Producer - Dan is a technology consultant and energy aficionado. His work for the last several years has been primarily focused on the production of Cape Spin and the development of an innovative web platform called the Electron Project.
JOSH LEVIN , Producer - Josh Levin is the President and CEO of Gallant Films and a documentary film producer. Besides Cape Spin, Josh’s credits include Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (Official Selection at Sundance 2011 and Cannes 2011), Demon on Wheels (in production) and James Blunt: Till You’re Told To Stop.
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July 26
Cult Classics
Vintage movie trailers before the show!
THE GOONIES
Back by popular demand.
Thursday, July 26 at 9:00 p.m.
Carte Blanche: FREE | Members: $6 | Students/Seniors: $8 | Nonmembers: $11
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“The Goonies has every imaginable funhouse flourish. It has crooks, bats, cobwebs, skeletons, a lovable monster, an underground grotto and a treasure hidden by some of the most considerate, clue-loving pirates who ever lived.”
—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
ABOUT THE FILM: A group of misfit kids search for buried treasure in a subterranean cavern. Here they cross the path of criminal Mama Fratelli and her outlaw brood. The kids manage to befriend Fratelli’s hideously deformed son, who comes to their rescue when things look bleak.
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95.9 THE FOX (WFOX-FM), Fairfield County’s Only Classic Rock , is the radio sponsor of The Avon Theatre’s 2012 Cult Classic Line Up!
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August 8
Documentary Night
LOST BOHEMIA
"A spirited elegy for the Carnegie Hall Studios, which for more than a century provided working, living and teaching space for all kinds of artists on the floors above the famous concert hall." - A.O. Scott, NY Times
Post-film Q&A with
Director/Cinematographer Joseph Astor
Wednesday, August 8 - 7:30 p.m.
Carte Blanche: FREE | Members: $6 | Students/Seniors: $8 | Nonmembers: $11
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ABOUT THE FILM: For over 100 years, the most significant 20th century artists and performers have lived and worked in the 165 studios atop Carnegie Hall, including Marilyn Monroe, Isadora Duncan, Barnett Newman, Norman Mailer, Marlon Brando, and George Balanchine. In 2007, the Carnegie Hall Corporation began to systematically evict the artists (some in residence for over 60 years), destroy the studios, and convert the space into offices. Ironically, many of the elderly artists who were faced with eviction had been instrumental in saving Carnegie Hall when it was slated for demolition in 1960.
Alarmed by the situation, photographer Josef Astor, a resident of the Carnegie Hall Studios for over 20 years, began to film his neighboring artists: ballet and drama instructors, dancers, singers, sculptors, painters, and writers. Over a period of eight years, first-time director Astor filmed several hundred hours of the remaining artist tenants as they fought to preserve the studios for future generations. LOST BOHEMIA is Astor’s intimate, affectionate portrait of these extraordinary people, who share the pleasures and struggles of working in a new New York City that has become increasingly inhospitable to artists.
LOST BOHEMIA is the only film documentation of the Carnegie Studios, the artists, and the Studio’s significant history. Through interviews, vintage film and photographs, television footage, materials from the artists’ private collections, and music, the documentary spotlights the Carnegie Studios, the important artists who worked there, and the loss of entire creative legacies fostered by those professionals who taught generations of singers, dancers, writers, and artists.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER: LOST BOHEMIA is Josef Astor’s first feature-length film. In 1985, he opened his photography studio in Carnegie Hall, where he lived and worked for over 20 years. Astor is acclaimed for his theatrically staged, historically informed portraits of individuals from the world of music, architecture, dance, theatre, and art. His photography regularly appears in Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Newsweek, GQ, Esquire, Rolling Stone, House and Garden, and Dance Ink. Astor’s advertising clients range from AT & T and Bergdorf Goodman to Absolut Vodka and Phillip Morris. In 1995, he received the Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography. Astor’s film credits include directing sequences for the documentary PARASOMNIA, and production design for the PBS documentary AARON COPLAND AT 100. His photographic work has been widely collected and exhibited, including shows at The International Center of Photography, Julie Saul Gallery, the Vanity Fair Portrait exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London, and, currently, in the exhibition “The Digital Darkroom” at the Annenberg Space for Photography. Astor is on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts in New York.
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