Past Films
GIRL WITH BLACK BALLOONS
Q&A with director Corinne van der Borch and film subject Bettina + short film dir Jeffrey Wengrofsky & film subject Taylor Mead
STF Winter Season Opening Night Winner of DOC NYC 2012 Metropolis Jury Prize “Like “Grey Gardens” reimagined by Chris Marker, “Girl With Black Balloons” maintains a hypnotic effect, evolving into a perceptive diary film about the nature of all ...More info »
TITICUT FOLLIES
Q&A with director Frederick Wiseman
NOTE: 8pm show is sold-out. We just added a second show at 9:55pm that will be introduced by Frederick Wiseman. Pre-Winter Season Special Buy a Season Pass for $100 ($80 for IFC members) that includes this screening plus the regular 8-week ...More info »
THE INTERRUPTERS
Q&A with director Steve James
Pre-Winter Season Special THIS SCREENING IS SOLD-OUT The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. From acclaimed ...More info »
UNDEFEATED (WINTER 2012)
Q&A with directors Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin
Description from TIFF 2011 catalogue by Thom Powers: Football doesn’t build character, coach Bill Courtney tells his players, “football reveals character.” In 2004, Courtney took on the daunting job of volunteer coaching at Manassas High School in ...More info »
BUCK (WINTER 2012)
Q&A with director Cindy Meehl
Winner of the Audience Award at both Sundance and Full Frame, BUCK profiles the real life horse whisperer who overcame an abusive childhood to teach a gentler approach to training horses. “An Irresistible Documentary.” Los Angeles Times “A ...More info »
SEMPER FI: ALWAYS FAITHFUL (WINTER 2012)
Q&A with director Rachel Libert and Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger
As a drill instructor Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger lived and breathed the “Corps” and was responsible for indoctrinating thousands of new recruits with its motto Semper Fidelis or “Always Faithful.” When Jerry’s nine-year old daughter Janey died of ...More info »
PINA (in 3-D) (WINTER 2012)
Q&A with dance critic Deborah Jowitt
Wim Wenders’ (Wings of Desire, Buena Vista Social Club) dazzling foray into 3D began as a collaboration with legendary choreographer Pina Bausch, an attempt to re-imagine her dance on the big screen. When Bausch died suddenly in 2009, Wenders ...More info »
BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN (WINTER 2012)
Q&A with directors Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky
BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN follows the story of reluctant activist Daniel Goldstein as he struggles to save his home and community from being demolished to make way for a professional basketball arena and the densest real estate development in U.S. ...More info »
IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT (WINTER 2012)
Q&A with directors Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
In December 2005, Daniel McGowan was arrested by Federal agents in a nationwide sweep of radical environmentalists involved with the Earth Liberation Front—a group the FBI has called America’s “number one domestic terrorism threat.” For years, the ...More info »
FROM THE SKY DOWN (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
There are precious few acts in the music business that can match the integrity, breadth of appeal, and rugged durability of U2. Yet with the eighties drawing to a close and their epoch-making ...
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URBANIZED (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
Director Gary Hustwit has an impressive track record when it comes to exploring the world of design. His popular essay films Helvetica and Objectified profiled the makers of graphics and ...
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UNDEFEATED (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
Football doesn’t build character, coach Bill Courtney tells his players, “football reveals character.” In 2004, Courtney took on the daunting job of volunteer coaching at Manassas High School in ...
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THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
The Story of Film is a feast for cinema lovers. Mark Cousins adapts his celebrated book of the same title into this audacious fifteen-hour project, screening over multiple days at the Festival. He ...
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SARAH PALIN: YOU BETCHA! (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
Sarah Palin is a galvanizing political force in America’s deepening cultural rift. While her missteps are lambasted by critics and satirists, her base of support only grows. After her defeat as a ...
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SAMSARA (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
Prepare yourself for an unparalleled sensory experience. Samsara reunites director Ron Fricke and producer Mark Magidson, whose previous films Baraka and Chronos were acclaimed for combining ...
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Upcoming Screenings
Feb 7: UNFINISHED SPACES
by Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray“Cuba will count as having the most beautiful academy of arts in the world.” —Fidel Castro (1961) Cuba’s ambitious National Art Schools project, designed by three young artists in the wake of ...
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Feb 14: ZELIG
by Woody Allen”[Allen’s] new, remarkably self-assured comedy is to his career what… Berlin Alexanderplatz is to Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s and… Fanny and Alexander is to Ingmar Bergman’s ... Zelig is not only ...
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Feb 21: TOOTIE’S LAST SUIT
by Lisa Katzman“Tootie represented a kind of soulfulness in the community, and a certain type of style, and everybody loved him.” – Wynton Marsalis TOOTIE’S LAST SUIT explores the complex relationships, rituals, ...
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Feb 28: THE PROMISE: THE MAKING OF DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
by Thom ZimnyDescription from TIFF 2010 catalog by Thom Powers: The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town takes us into the studio with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band for the recording of ...
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Mar 6: SMASH HIS CAMERA
by Leon Gast“Famously and successfully sued by Jackie Onassis, and slugged just as famously and successfully by Marlon Brando, denounced from the pulpits of punditry for decades, Galella has been a man easy to ...
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Mar 13: THE MAN NOBODY KNEW: IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER, CIA SPYMASTER WILLIAM COLBY
by Carl ColbyA son’s riveting look at a father whose life seemed straight out of a spy thriller, THE MAN NOBODY KNEW: IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER, CIA SPYMASTER WILLIAM COLBY uncovers the secret world of a legendary ...
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Mar 20: GIRL MODEL
by Ashley Sabin and David Redmon Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers: Girl Model shows a rarely seen side of the fashion industry. The film brings a novelist’s eye for emotional and psychological complexity to its ...
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