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Czech Art Nouveau Prague (Praha secesní lé ta 1895-1914) Directed by František Vláčil (Czechoslovakia, 1974, 30 min.)
This short documentary is a sumptuous survey of the art and architecture of Prague at the turn of the 20th century. (Screens with “Glass Skies” and “Sentiment”) AFI Silver Theatre Tue., June 28, 7 p.m., Wed., June 29, 7 p.m.
Glass Skies (Sklenená oblaka) Directed by František Vláčil (Czechoslovakia, 1958, 18 min.)
A young boy and an old man share dreams of flight in this poetic and visually dazzling short film. (Screens with “Sentiment” and “Art Nouveau Prague”) AFI Silver Theatre Tue., June 28, 7 p.m., Wed., June 29, 7 p.m.
Identity Card (Občanský průkaz) Directed by Ondřej Trojan (Czech Republic, 2010,137 min.)
The lives of four boys in the 1970s and their friends, first loves and parents are tracked from the age of 15, when they receive their state identity cards, to age 18, when they try everything possible to get out of military service. The Avalon Theatre Wed., June 8, 8 p.m.
Sentiment Directed by Tomas Hejtmanek (Czech Republic, 2003, 76 min.)
This tribute to director František Vláčil is based on interviews taped with him before he died, which are reenacted and intercut with footage of locations used in some of his films. (Screens with “Glass Skies” and “Art Nouveau Prague”) AFI Silver Theatre Tue., June 28, 7 p.m., Wed., June 29, 7 p.m.
Serpent’s Poison (Hadí jed) Directed by František Vláčil (Czechoslovakia, 1981, 80 min.)
Her mother dead, 18-year-old Vladka travels to a remote village in the dead of winter to find the father she has never met — and is disappointed when she finds that this hardworking man is an alcoholic. AFI Silver Theatre Sat., June 4, 3 p.m., Tue., June 7, 7 p.m.
The Shadow of the Fern (Stín kapradiny) Directed by František Vláčil (Czechoslovakia, 1984, 90 min.)
Caught poaching a deer, two callow teenagers shoot the gamekeeper and flee into
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the forest — imagining a life of escape and adventure for themselves outside the law in this hallucinatory nightmare of pursuit and persecution.
THE WASHINGTON DIPLOMAT Dial M For Murder Directed by Alfred Hitchcock (U.S., 1954, 105 min.)
AFI Silver Theatre Sat., June 18, 2:45 p.m., Sun., June 19, 7:45 p.m.
An ex-tennis pro and jealous husband carries out a plot to murder his wife, and when things go wrong, he improvises with a brilliant plan B.
Dutch
AFI Silver Theatre June 17 to 19
Directed by Félix de Rooy (Netherlands/Curacao/France, 1990, 100 min.)
Formally trained artist Gabriel courts controversy when he chooses the local Antillean beauty Ava, who is engaged to a white police officer, to model for his portrait of the Virgin Mary in the town’s church. (Dutch and Papamientu) AFI Silver Theatre Sun., June 5, 7:20 p.m.
Bride Flight Directed by Ben Sombogaart (Netherlands/Luxembourg, 2008, 130 min.)
Three women leave post-war Holland to join their fiancés New Zealand. On the immigration flight (the “Bride Flight”), the three form a bond of friendship, along with an attractive Dutchman, that over the next 50 years leads to adultery, betrayal, near tragedy and ultimately reunion. (Dutch and English) The Avalon Theatre Opens in June
English ’70: Remembering a Revolution Directed by Alex de Tereuil and Elizabeth Topp (Trinidad and Tobago, 2010, color, 112 min.)
This documentary explores the impact of the 1970 Black Power revolution in the streets of Trinidad and Tobago 40 years after afros have given way to grey beards and the Che berets have been stored away. AFI Silver Theatre Fri., June 3, 7 p.m.
Beginners Directed by Mike Mills (U.S., 2010, 104 min.)
A new love floods a man with memories of his father who — following 44 years of marriage — came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life. Landmark’s E Street Cinema Opens Fri., June 10
Cave of Forgotten Dreams Directed by Wener Herzog (U.S./Canada/Germany/France/U.K., 2011, 90 min)
Werner Herzog filmed this documentary inside the Chauvet caves of southern France, capturing the oldest-known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting. (English and German) AFI Silver Theatre
exploration of themes about modern humanity through his “mobile street theater” mas bands during the Trinidadian Carnival. (Screens with “The Other Side of the Water: The Journey of a Haitian Rara Band in Brooklyn”)
Wed., June 1,8:30 p.m., Thu., June 2, 9:10 p.m.
AFI Silver Theatre Sat., June 4, 7 p.m.
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he’s accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
Midnight in Paris Double Take
Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story (Ava & Gabriel: Un Historia di Amor)
June 2011
Directed by Johan Grimonprez (Netherlands/Belgium/Germany, 2009, 80 min.)
In this documentary disguised as a hallucinatory thriller begins with an anecdote told by Alfred Hitchcock (lookalike actor Ron Burrage) about an encounter with his dopplegänger. His advice if you should ever meet your double: kill him. But what begins like one of Hitchcock’s droll television intros proceeds to chronicle the battle of images during the Cold War. AFI Silver Theatre June 28 to 30
The First Grader Directed by Justin Chadwick (U.K./U.S./Kenya, 2010, 103 min.)
In this dramatization of a true story, an 84-year-old Kenyan villager and exMau Mau veteran now fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford. Landmark’s E Street Cinema
House of Bamboo Directed by Samuel Fuller (U.S., 1955, 102 min.)
In occupied Japan, American military cop Robert Stack infiltrates a gang of criminals — all dishonorably discharged GIs — led by the urbane and unbalanced Robert Ryan. (English and Japanese) National Gallery of Art Sat., June 18, 2:30 p.m.
I Confess Directed by Alfred Hitchcock (U.S., 1953, 95 min.)
Refusing to give into police interrogators’ suspicions, due to the seal of confession, a priest becomes the prime suspect in a murder in this religious thriller set in Quebec. (English, French, Italian and German) AFI Silver Theatre Sat, June 4, 1 p.m., Mon., June 6, 9:15 p.m., Wed., June 8, 9:10 p.m.
Lift Up Directed by Huguens Jean and Philip Knowlton (U.S./Haiti, 2011, 86 min.)
This documentary follows Clifford and Huguens, two Haitian immigrant brothers who now call Maryland home, on an emotional journey back to Haiti in the wake of the devastating earthquake that left the country ravaged. (English and Creole) AFI Silver Theatre Sun., June 5, 5:30 p.m.
Mas Man Directed by Dalton Narine (U.S./Trinidad and Tobago, 2010, 57 min.)
This documentary portrays Caribbean carnival artist Peter Minshall and his
Directed by Woody Allen (Spain/U.S., 2011, 94 min.)
Traveling to the French capital for business with their family, a young engaged couple is forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better. Landmark’s E Street Cinema
The Other Side of the Water: The Journey of a Haitian Rara Band in Brooklyn Directed by Jeremy Robins and Magali Damas (U.S./Haiti, 2008, 52 min.)
This documentary follows the journey of DJARARA, a Haitian “rara” band made up of young immigrants who take this ancient music from the hills of Haiti to the streets of Brooklyn. (Screens with “Mas Man”) AFI Silver Theatre Sat., June 4, 7 p.m.
Paris: The Luminous Years Directed by Perry Miller Adato (U.K./U.S., 2010, 120 min.)
One of America’s most original cultural documentarians, Perry Miller Adato’s latest effort portrays the city and its famed café society as a catalyst in the modernist movement, focusing on the many Americans who made Paris their home.
Stage Fright Directed by Alfred Hitchcock (U.K., 1950, 110 min.)
AFI Silver Theatre Sat., June 4, 4:45 p.m.. Sun., June 5, 1 p.m., Thu., June 9, 9 p.m.
Strangers on a Train Directed by Alfred Hitchcock (U.S., 1951, 101 min.)
Tennis Champ Farley Granger meets mysterious, overly admiring Robert Walker on a train from New York and receives a startling proposal: Walker will kill Granger’s unfaithful wife in return for Granger killing Walker’s father. AFI Silver Theatre Thu., June 2, 7 p.m.
Submarine Directed by Richard Ayoade (U.K./U.S., 2010, 97 min.)
Oliver Tate, 15, has two big ambitions: to save his parents’ marriage via carefully plotted intervention in their love life, and to lose his virginity before his next birthday. Landmark’s E Street Cinema Opens Fri., June 10
The Tree of Life Directed by Terrence Malick (U.S., 2011, 138 min.)
Riseup
This impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950s follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father.
Directed by Luciano Blotta (Argentina, 2009, 88 min.)
Landmark’s E Street Cinema Opens Fri., June 3
National Gallery of Art Sat., June 11, 2:30 p.m.
Three Jamaican musicians fight for a place in an overcrowded reggae field in this documentary set in the dangerous streets, back alleys and crowded dance halls of Kingston, Jamaica. (English and Jamaican patois) AFI Silver Theatre Sun., June 5, 9:25 p.m.
Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae Directed by Stascha Bader (Switzerland/Canada, 2009, 98 min.)
The remaining great singers and musicians of rocksteady — the prevailing style during Jamaica’s Golden Age of music in the late 1960s and precursor of reggae — come together after 40 years to perform and record a reunion concert in Kingston. AFI Silver Theatre Fri., Jun 3, 9:30 p.m.
Rope Directed by Alfred Hitchcock (U.S., 1948, 80 min.)
Two young men strangle their classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the “perfection” of their crime. AFI Silver Theatre
The Trip Directed by Michael Winterbottom (U.K., 2010, 107 min.)
When a man is asked to tour the country’s finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend, but when she backs out, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation. Landmark’s E Street Cinema Opens Fri., June 17
Under Capricorn Directed by Alfred Hitchcock (U.K., 1949, 117 min.)
In Hitchcock’s least-seen film, an Irishman comes to Australia with his uncle, the new governor — and finds himself drawn into a dangerous love triangle with a married couple. AFI Silver Theatre Sat., June 11, 12:20 p.m., Sun., June 12, 12:20 p.m.
French L’Amour Fou Directed by Pierre Thoretton
June 2011