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FRANCES HA

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Frances’s life is a work in progress: she’s a 27-year-old apprentice for a New York dance company who’s still struggling to find her footing. After her best friend and roommate Sophie moves on to a serious boyfriend and a settled life, Frances shuffles from apartment to apartment, friend to friend, in search of who she is. Featuring a joyous breakout performance by Greta Gerwig (who co-wrote the script) and Georges Delerue music from French New Wave classics, FRANCES HA is an ebullient comic fable from Oscar nominee Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale).

FRANCES HA
Human Rights Watch Film Festival

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Fri Jun 14 - Sun Jun 23 -- Tickets now on sale for IFC Center members! Any remaining tickets will be released to the general public Thu May 30. Through the Human Rights Watch Film Festival we bear witness to human rights violations and create a forum for courageous individuals on both sides of the lens to empower audiences with the knowledge that personal commitment can make a difference. The film festival brings human rights abuses to life through storytelling in a way that challenges each individual to empathize and demand justice for all.

Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Modern School of Film May 2013

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Named New York’s “Best Movie Outing” by New York Magazine! Upcoming shows: Laurie Anderson with MIRACLE IN MILAN May 28!

Modern School of Film May 2013
ONE TRACK HEART

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In 1970, a young musician named Jeffrey Kagel walked away from the American dream of rock ’n’ roll stardom—turning down the lead singer slot in the band that would become Blue Oyster Cult. He sold all his possessions and moved from the suburbs of New York to the foothills of the Himalayas in search of happiness and a little-known saint named Neem Karoli Baba (or Maharaji).

ONE TRACK HEART
SOMETHING IN THE AIR

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The celebrated Assayas (IFC Center hits Carlos and Summer Hours) returns with this vibrant, deeply personal account of the tumultuous events after May ’68. Gilles (newcomer Clément Mettayer), a burgeoning young artist, tries to balance his love of painting and filmmaking with his commitments to politics, while his girlfriend Christine (Goodbye First Love’s Lola Créton) dives headfirst into activism. Tempted by sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll and stifled by a complacent society, they struggle to keep the revolution alive.

SOMETHING IN THE AIR
THE SOURCE FAMILY

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Utopian communes and upstart religions were all the rage in the early ’70s, but the Source Family were different: an eccentric group of Sunset Strip kids with colorful robes, a popular health food restaurant and a rock band. Living in a mansion under spiritual leader Father Yod, the Family’s radical lifestyle spawned a national trend, but also created suspicions among the local authorities. THE SOURCE FAMILY offers an intimate view of dramatic rise and fall of a key chapter of the counterculture movement.

THE SOURCE FAMILY
THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST

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Boldly adapting an international bestseller, acclaimed director Nair (Salaam Bombay, Monsoon Wedding and The Namesake) crafts a provocative thriller—the story of a young Pakistani émigré (Riz Ahmed/The Road to Guantanamo, Four Lions, Trishna) whose pursuit of the American Dream seems nearly complete. But Ivy-League success and Wall Street triumph evaporate when the events of 9/11 turn his world upside down. Treated like an outcast in his adoptive country, he finds the lure of his homeland harder to resist. With Kiefer Sutherland, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber, Om Puri.

THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST
PORTRAIT OF JASON

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New restoration! "What I really want to do is what I am doing now: perform," says Jason Holliday in "his" portrait. Jason – black, gay and a self-declared hustler – directs himself, follows directions, narrates, invents, confesses, makes claims and ultimately challenges the camera, the film team composed of Shirley Clarke and Carl Lee (with whom she also collaborated on The Connection and The Cool World) and us, the viewers, as far as our notions of identity and truth are concerned. Reviews of the film continually point out that it cannot be categorised, not as documentary or phantasmagory, as audition reel or feature length interview. PORTRAIT OF JASON is all of those things at once and yet something else too: an extravagant dialogue with a camera and an audience. Since its initial success and distribution through the Filmmakers Coop, it has only been available on VHS and, since 2006, on DVD too; in the latter case, with the added speculation that the film’s persistent unavailability through the years can only be understood as a material expression of its categorical ambiguity. Now PORTRAIT OF JASON has finally been restored: "This is a picture I can save forever" (Jason Holliday). - Berlinale

PORTRAIT OF JASON
UPSTREAM COLOR

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A mythic, mysterious and sensuous romantic thriller, this long-anticipated second feature confirms writer-director Carruth (the award-winning Primer) as one of the most strikingly original voices in American cinema. After a vicious robbery, a man and woman are drawn together, unknowingly entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to find a place of safety and to create something from the loose fragments of their wrecked lives.

UPSTREAM COLOR
ROOM 237

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You think you like The Shining? Meet some serious fans. In the 30 years since the film’s release, a considerable Shining cult has emerged, devotees who claim to have decoded the film’s secret messages addressing everything from the genocide of Native Americans to a range of government conspiracies. Rodney Ascher’s wry and provocative ROOM 237 fuses fact and fiction, interviewing cultists and scholars to create a kaleidoscopic deconstruction of Kubrick’s still-controversial classic.

ROOM 237
Modern School of Film April 2013

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Named New York’s “Best Movie Outing” by New York Magazine! Upcoming shows: Sam Beam (Iron & Wine) in person with Mike Leigh's NAKED Apr 25

Modern School of Film April 2013
SIMON KILLER

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Dark secrets are at the heart of Campos’s visceral neonoir thriller, the tale of a recent college graduate (a haunting Brady Corbet) who has fled to Paris after a bad breakup. Unable to shake his melancholy, he wanders the streets, until he meets a beautiful hooker who causes something troubling to stir in him. Tense, atmospheric and exquisitely crafted, SIMON KILLER marks a new triumph from the team behind Martha Marcy May Marlene and Afterschool.

SIMON KILLER
Disappearing Act V

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Disappearing Act V, European Film Festival in New York, returns to IFC Center for its opening night film PLAY on April 10 and a presentation of the acclaimed DREILEBEN trilogy April 18. Additional screenings at Museum of the Moving Image April 19-21 and screenings at the digital cinema at Bohemian National Hall April 11-20.

Disappearing Act V
GIMME THE LOOT

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Dissed by a rival gang, Bronx graffiti artists Malcolm and Sofia hatch a plan to get revenge by tagging an iconic landmark—but they need $500 to pull off their spectacular scheme. Over the course of two whirlwind, sun-soaked summer days, they travel on an epic urban adventure involving black-market spray cans, illicit bodegas, stolen sneakers, a high-stakes heist and a beautiful, stoned girl who holds the key to their becoming the biggest writers in the city.

GIMME THE LOOT
FROM UP ON POPPY HILL

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8:10 & 10:05pm daily shows in original Japanese version with English subtitles; all other shows in English-language dubbed version -- From the legendary Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro) comes an inspired coming-of-age story set in 1960s Japan. In a lovingly hand-drawn tale, two students develop a budding romance as they join forces to save their high school’s ramshackle clubhouse from demolition. Japan’s biggest box-office hit of the year and winner of the Japan Academy Prize for Animation, FROM UP ON POPPY HILL conjures up a pure, wistful and nuanced evocation of the past and young love through its rich palette and painterly detail of glistening harbors, sun-drenched gardens and bustling cityscapes. Featuring the voices of Jamie Lee Curtis, Christina Hendricks, Ron Howard, Aubrey Plaza and others.

FROM UP ON POPPY HILL
Modern School of Film Apr 2013

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Named New York’s “Best Movie Outing” by New York Magazine! Upcoming: Marina Abramović in person with Sergei Parajanov's masterpiece THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES Apr 1!

Modern School of Film Apr 2013
THE WE AND THE I

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On the last day of school, a busload of Bronx teens takes an epic ride into a summer of possibility in this loose-limbed, innovative and affectionate group portrait. Featuring an infectious soundtrack and the real-life students who developed the story, Gondry’s (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) vision captures an entire world of high school—the bookworms and bullies, mean girls and dropouts—in all its glorious unpredictability.

THE WE AND THE I
Modern School of Film March 2013

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Named New York’s “Best Movie Outing” by New York Magazine! Upcoming shows: Albert Hammond, Jr. (The Strokes) in person with BANANAS Thu Mar 28!

Modern School of Film March 2013
"The Films of Stanley Kubrick"

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In anticipation of the release of ROOM 237 on March 29, we’re thrilled to present a retrospective of all 13 of Stanley Kubrick’s feature films, plus A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, a longtime Kubrick project realized by Steven Spielberg. One of cinema’s great masters, Kubrick brought his trademark stylistic rigor, technical innovation and devilish wit to nearly every genre: war film (PATHS OF GLORY, FULL METAL JACKET), historical epic (SPARTACUS, BARRY LYNDON), black comedy (DR. STRANGELOVE), science fiction (2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY), film noir (THE KILLING), marital drama (EYES WIDE SHUT) and more. Rediscover these timeless classics on the big screen, in 35mm prints and digital restorations.

"The Films of Stanley Kubrick"
BEYOND THE HILLS

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"Devastating... one of the year’s masterpieces." - Stuart Klawans, The Nation -- From the director of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days comes a harrowing, visually stunning tale inspired by a case of alleged demonic possession. At a remote monastery watched over by an austere priest, a young woman (newcomer Cristina Flutur, who shared Cannes’ Best Actress award with co-star Cosmina Stratan), tries to talk her friend into leaving her training as a nun. But unable to convince her, the visitor decides to stay on a while, upsetting the order’s delicate balance of power.

BEYOND THE HILLS
24-hour membership flash sale!

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For the first time ever, save $20 on our most popular memberships. Enjoy member benefits for a full year, but hurry because this offer is good for one day ONLY! Join or renew your membership now and guarantee yourself a spot in at least one of our three free member screenings coming up in the next month: THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, ANTIVIRAL and Ken Loach's THE ANGELS' SHARE. Offer ends Sat Mar 16 at 10:00am.

24-hour membership flash sale!
ELECTRICK CHILDREN

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Rachel is a rambunctious teenager from a fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah. On Rachel’s 15th birthday, she discovers a forbidden cassette tape with rock music on it. Having never heard anything like it, Rachel has a miraculous experience.

ELECTRICK CHILDREN
DOWNEAST

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DOWNEAST is an experiential story that unfolds over the course of a year-and-a-half in the small lobster village of Prospect Harbor, Maine. It observes the closing of the last remaining Sardine Cannery in the United States that shut down in April 2010. A few months later, Boston-based entrepreneur Antonio Bussone purchased the plant, hoping to re-build a lobster processing facility and rehire the laid-off sardine workers (most of whom are women over 65 years old).

DOWNEAST
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2013

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Fri Mar 1 - Thu Mar 7 -- tickets on sale! Rendez-Vous with French Cinema returns downtown to showcase of the best in French filmmaking, with new films starring Isabelle Huppert, Guillaume Canet, Jeanne Moreau, Carole Bouquet, Audrey Tautou, Romain Duris and more, from such directors as Patrice Leconte, Jacques Doillon, Francois Ozon, Claude Miller and others. Co-presented by Unifrance Films and the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2013
LEVIATHAN

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From the makers of the acclaimed Sweetgrass and Foreign Parts comes this visceral look at the high-risk world of commercial fishing. Taking to the waters off the coast of New Bedford, MA—the setting of Melville’s Moby-Dick—Castaing-Taylor and Paravel strapped their waterproof cameras to workers, decks, hulls and cranes, capturing the perspectives of fisherman, fish, and seagulls with a stunning you-are-there immediacy. Part ethnographic investigation and part impressionist experiment, LEVIATHAN represents a whole new kind of documentary.

LEVIATHAN
WELCOME TO PINE HILL

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WELCOME TO PINE HILL is an extension of Miller’s earlier short film PRINCE/WILLIAM about an unexpected encounter surrounding a lost dog. Blurring the line between documentary and fiction, PINE HILL follows that short’s protagonist Shannon, a reformed drug dealer who is now an insurance claims adjuster, in the days following a grim medical diagnosis. Shannon, portrayed in an extraordinarily intimate performance by first time actor Shannon Harper, sets out to make peace with those around him and in turn find his own peace beyond the cacophony of New York City.

WELCOME TO PINE HILL
Movie Night with Michel Gondry: BILLY LIAR

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Thu Mar 7 at 7:30pm -- Post-film discussion with Michel Gondry! 35mm print! “John Schlesinger’s film certainly had an influence on my films, especially The Science of Sleep, just like Walter Mitty or other films intercutting layers of consciousness. Only BILLY LIAR is one of the few to achieve that in the context of a social satire. All Billy’s visions are like explosions coming out of this very crude and bleak reality. And his personality is very unique, nailed in his lack of ambition. This is one of the films that taught me how magic can come just from editing.” – Michel Gondry

Movie Night with Michel Gondry: BILLY LIAR
PAVILION

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Tim Sutton’s debut feature, likened to films by Gus Van Sant and Pedro Costa, follows a laconic teenager (Max) who moves from an idyllic lakeside town to his father’s home in arid suburban Arizona. With mesmerizing imagery of hot summer bike rides and cool lake-bound dives, Pavilion captures the ephemerality and reverie of youth and the fragility of adolescent friendships. A haunting score by the Sea and Cake’s Sam Prekop shadows the storyline, echoing its secrets and shouldering its mysteries.

PAVILION
The Modern School of Film

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New February lineup for Modern School of Film series, with special guests presenting and discussing a favorite movie: Andrew W.K. with Lynch's THE ELEPHANT MAN Feb 28!

The Modern School of Film
Academy Award-Nominated Short Films 2013

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Our annual showcase of the animated, live-action and documentary short films nominated for this year’s Academy Awards. Separate admission for each program. Documentary Short programs must end Thursday, February 28!

Academy Award-Nominated Short Films 2013
56 UP

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No documentary project has rivaled the scope and longevity of Michael Apted’s epic group portrait. Starting in 1964, a film crew interviewed a collection of British seven-year-olds from different social backgrounds. Apted has returned every seven years to check in on their lives through successes, disappointments, births and deaths. Now at the age of 56, the individuals open up again to reflect upon the turns their paths have taken and assess the role of circumstance and self-determination in their fates.

56 UP
HOLY MOTORS

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Join Monsieur Oscar on his rollicking, soulful journey by limousine through the streets of Paris as he transforms into multiple characters for a series of mysterious “appointments”. Melding monster movie, film noir, romantic drama, musical, crime thriller, anime, Léos Carax’s mirthful, mind-bending masterwork is a ravishing fever dream of becoming, unraveling and starting all over again.

HOLY MOTORS
GREENWICH VILLAGE: MUSIC THAT DEFINED A GENERATION

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GREENWICH VILLAGE: MUSIC THAT DEFINED A GENERATION is a feature-length documentary about the Greenwich Village music scene and how it sparked everlasting political, social and cultural changes. For the first time, the greatest singer-songwriters, authors and performers from Greenwich Village reflect on how they collectively became the voice of a generation. Through poignant interviews, rare archival footage and new live performances, GREENWICH VILLAGE: MUSIC THAT DEFINED A GENERATION tells a story about community, courage and most importantly — music.

GREENWICH VILLAGE: MUSIC THAT DEFINED A GENERATION
HAPPY PEOPLE: A YEAR IN THE TAIGA

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With HAPPY PEOPLE: A YEAR IN THE TAIGA, Werner Herzog takes viewers on yet another unforgettable journey into remote and extreme natural landscapes. The acclaimed filmmaker presents this visually stunning documentary about the life of indigenous people living in the heart of the Siberian Taiga. Deep in the wilderness, far away from civilization, 300 people inhabit the small village of Bakhtia at the river Yenisei. There are only two ways to reach this outpost: by helicopter or boat. There‘s no telephone, running water or medical aid, The locals, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, live according to their own values and cultural traditions. With insightful commentary written and narrated by Herzog, HAPPY PEOPLE: A YEAR IN THE TAIGA follows one of the Siberian trappers through all four seasons of the year to tell the story of a culture virtually untouched by modernity.

HAPPY PEOPLE: A YEAR IN THE TAIGA
BIRTH STORY: INA MAY GASKIN & THE FARM MIDWIVES

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The feature-length documentary BIRTH STORY: INA MAY GASKIN AND THE FARM MIDWIVES tells the story of counterculture heroine Ina May Gaskin and her spirited friends, who began delivering each other’s babies in 1970, on a caravan of hippie school buses, headed to a patch of rural Tennessee land. With Ina May as their leader, the women taught themselves midwifery from the ground up, and, with their families, founded an entirely communal, agricultural society called The Farm. They grew their own food, built their own houses, published their own books, and, as word of their social experiment spread, created a model of care for women and babies that changed a generation’s approach to childbirth.

BIRTH STORY: INA MAY GASKIN & THE FARM MIDWIVES
HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE

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Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary! Writer and activist Larry Kramer in person Sunday, January 20 at 12:55pm! This is the untold story of how AIDS activists beat back an epidemic and changed the world. Under attack, a self-made group of young men and women infiltrated government agencies and the pharmaceutical industry to move new drugs through trials and into use in record time, saving lives—and creating a paradigm for patient empowerment and healthcare activism. Their tale stands as a powerful inspiration to future generations, a road map and a call to arms.

HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE
New French Shorts

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Thu Jan 17 at 8:00pm -- “New French Shorts,” a seven-film sampler of new Gallic cinema presented by IFC Center and Unifrance Films, will be screened Thursday, January 17 at 8:00pm at IFC Center. The program boasts the New York premiere of shorts starring such noted French icons as Nathalie Baye and Gérard Depardieu in comedies, dramas and thrillers that have taken awards at festivals around the world, along with the winner of the 2012 Cesar for best short film. The evening includes a discussion with Slony Sow, the director of the short WINTER FROG.

New French Shorts
THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE

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Awarded Best Documentary of the year by the New York Film Critics Circle! In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers were arrested for “the crime of the century”—the brutal attack and rape of a white, female jogger in Central Park. Breathlessly covered by the media, their trials took place against a backdrop of a decaying New York beset by violence and racial tension. In the rush to judgment, the truth was lost, and the youths were unjustly convicted, spending years in prison for a crime they didn’t commit. Now, this story of injustice finally gets the telling it deserves.

THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE
MY BEST ENEMY

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In the picturesque Vienna of the 1930s Victor Kaufmann(Moritz Bleibtreu), the son of wealthy Jewish art gallery owners, Rudi (Georg Friedrich) and Lena (Ursula Strauss) have been friends since childhood. The inseparable trio vows to stick together, come hell or high water. But after the German annexation of Austria, Victor is shocked to discover his best friend Rudi on his doorstep in an SS uniform. Though Rudi tries to prevent it, Victor and his family are sent to a concentration camp. Years later, the Nazis want to present a gift to Mussolini – in the form of a Michelangelo sketch belonging to the Kaufmanns. But when the sketch is proved to be a fake, Victor is taken out of the concentration camp to produce the genuine article. But a dramatic plane crash, switching identities and an elaborate – perhaps crazy – scheme are just what Victor needs to try and set things right. With a fast pace, hilarious characters and a rollicking story this WWII adventure always keeps you guess just what craziness will happen next.

MY BEST ENEMY
HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE

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HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE follows the journey of two of China’s first citizen reporters as they travel the country – chronicling underreported news and social issues stories. Armed with laptops, cell phones, and digital cameras they develop skills as independent one-man news stations while learning to navigate China’s evolving censorship regulations and avoiding the risk of political persecution.   The film follows 57-year-old “Tiger Temple,” who earns the title of China’s first citizen reporter after he impulsively documents an unfolding murder and 27-year-old “Zola” who recognizes the opportunity to increase his fame and future prospects by reporting on sensitive news throughout China.

HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE
ON THE ROAD

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Kerouac’s beloved Beat epic, one of the most iconic and influential of all American novels, finally comes to the big screen in this jazzy, freewheeling adaptation from Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries) and executive producer Francis Ford Coppola. Aspiring writer Sal Paradise (Sam Riley) falls under the spell of “the mad ones”: intoxicating ex-con Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund) and his seductive wife Marylou (Kristen Stewart). The three hit the road to discover the world—and themselves. Featuring Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams, Viggo Mortensen and Steve Buscemi.

ON THE ROAD
Back by popular demand: 4 of 2012's Best Docs

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Critically acclaimed 2012 documentary hits AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY, DETROPIA, HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE, and THE WAITING ROOM have all returned for limited engagements.

Back by popular demand: 4 of 2012's Best Docs
Holiday Membership Drive going on now

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There's never been a better time to join or renew your IFC Center membership -- or to give a membership as a gift. Take advantage of our special membership drive and get an extra TWO months free, guest passes, *and* you'll be entered to win free DVDs, gift certificates, or a year of free movies in our raffle!

Holiday Membership Drive going on now
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

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Frank Capra's American classic IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE returns in a gorgeous 35mm print -- a holiday tradition at IFC Center. Mary Owen, Donna Reed's daughter in person Mon 12/24 at 1:00pm! Capra’s paean to small-town values and the ordinary guy who does the right thing is a classic story of redemption and second chances, with James Stewart as a man who’s come to the end of his rope one Christmas Eve and Donna Reed as the high-school sweetheart who became his wife. The supporting cast includes Lionel Barrymore, Beulah Bondi, Ward Bond and Gloria Grahame. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE was the first release from Liberty Films, the pioneering independent label founded by Capra and fellow producer-directors William Wyler and George Stevens, and went on to become not just a perennial holiday favorite, but one of the most beloved of all American movies.

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Studio Ghibli retrospective continues with MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO

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Our extensive retrospective of Japan's famed Studio Ghibli animation house winds up with daily 11:15am screenings Dec 21-27 of their classic MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, screening on 35mm in the English-language version.

Studio Ghibli retrospective continues with MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
"Road Movies: Directed and Selected by Walter Salles"

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In honor of the release of ON THE ROAD, we’re thrilled to welcome Walter Salles in person to present a sneak preview of his new film, plus a selection of road films he’s directed (including CENTRAL STATION and THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES) and chosen (including (Antonioni's THE PASSENGER, Ford's THE SEARCHERS, and Wenders's ALICE IN THE CITIES).

"Road Movies: Directed and Selected by Walter Salles"
TCHOUPITOULAS

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A kaleidoscopic odyssey into another side of New Orleans, this is a visually exhilarating and aurally immersive record of one night in the many lives of a thriving nocturnal populace. Three young boys are our wide-eyed guides to a parade of entertainers and revelers as they dance through the lamp-lit streets and doorways of the Crescent City. From dusk to dawn, from Rampart to the river, they explore the lives and locales of one of the world’s most unique cities.

TCHOUPITOULAS
ONLY THE YOUNG

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Garrison and Kevin are best friends, skaters who spend their days exploring the underpasses and abandoned homes of their SoCal desert idyll. But all that changes when Garrison discovers the opposite sex. Over one last summer of first loves and heartbreaks, friendship and self-made adventure, they find everything they knew transforming before their eyes. Poised at the moment when the stability of childhood evaporates into an ever-changing adult world, this is a staggeringly beautiful, real-life story.

ONLY THE YOUNG
THE LONELIEST PLANET

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Carefree young tourists Alex and Nica (Gael García Bernal and Hani Furstenberg) spend the summer before their wedding backpacking across the Caucasus Mountains with a local guide. They trek through the majestic wilderness, playing games and sharing stories, until a sudden split-second misstep threatens to tear the couple apart.

THE LONELIEST PLANET
YOUNG AND WILD

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Starts Fri! Filmmakers in person Fri 11/30 & Sat 12/1 at 7:50! A pretty 17-year-old from a strict evangelical family, Daniela is finding it hard to reconcile her raging hormones with the rules of her religion. With no other outlet for her desire, Daniela taps into a rampant underground network of other teens through her sexually charged blog. Director Rivas’s handsome debut is a lively coming-of-age story of a young woman who, torn between the burning fires of religious fervor and youthful sexual energy, refuses to make choices that limit her pleasure.

YOUNG AND WILD
INTERPOL: "Turn on the Bright Lights" 10th year anniversary

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Mon 12/3 at 7:00pm: Early Interpol performances and videos, followed by a discussion with Interpol's Sam Fogarino and Daniel Kessler, Pitchfork founder Ryan Schreiber and others. Plus exclusive first chance to pick up "Turn on the Bright Lights: The 10th Anniversary Edition"--a special double-CD/double-LP + DVD-- a week earlier than it's available anywhere else!

INTERPOL: "Turn on the Bright Lights" 10th year anniversary
WALK AWAY RENEE

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Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation) embarks on a road trip to move his mentally ill mother Renee across the country. As they encounter roadblocks in the present, their story flashes back to moments from the past, giving us insight into this anything- but-ordinary mother/son relationship. Through musical montage, psychedelic sequences and real and imagined instances, Caouette’s intensely personal film raises questions about love, sacrifice and the reality in which we live.

WALK AWAY RENEE
An Evening with Christopher Nolan

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Both shows SOLD OUT! The visionary filmmaker behind the reimagined Batman franchise and the mind-blowing Inception comes to IFC Center to screen his groundbreaking first feature, the microbudget British indie neonoir FOLLOWING, shown in a new 35mm restoration, along with the rare early short DOODLEBUG.

An Evening with Christopher Nolan
PRICE CHECK

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Parker Posey burns up the screen as a take-no-prisoners executive who upends a failing supermarket chain’s pricing department. Setting her sights on Pete, an ex-music guy who’s settled for a quiet family life in the suburbs, she overhauls the department to put them both on the fast track to corporate success. But as Pete works more and more closely with his high-powered, high-energy boss, he starts to wonder just how far he’ll go to become the man he’s always wanted to be.

PRICE CHECK
An Evening with StoryCorps Animated Shorts

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Mon Nov 19 at 6:30: An Evening with StoryCorps Animated Shorts, animated films that bring to the screen true-life stories from the noted oral history project. Timed to coincide with the organization's fifth annual National Day of Listening program, the event includes a selection of StoryCorps shorts, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers and StoryCorps producers.

An Evening with StoryCorps Animated Shorts
TURNING

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The indelible music of Antony and the Johnsons has won the admiration of Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright and many, many more. TURNING captures the band in concert, collaborating with filmmaker Charles Atlas on a series of performances by 13 women who, like Antony himself, are not easily categorized. Many of them are transgendered, some gay, some straight—but all have stories to tell about the hard-won struggle to be themselves, expressed with the transcendent power of Antony’s music.

TURNING
THE FLAT

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The flat on the third floor of a Bauhaus building in Tel Aviv was where filmmaker Arnon Goldfinger’s grandparents lived since they immigrated to Palestine in the 1930s. Were it not for the view from the windows, one might have thought that the flat was in Berlin. When his grandmother passed away at the age of 98 the family called to the flat to clear out what was left. Objects, pictures, letters and documents awaited us, revealing traces of a troubled and unknown past.

THE FLAT
THE ROLLING STONES: CHARLIE IS MY DARLING - IRELAND 1965

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Famed non-fiction filmmaker Whitehead followed the Rolling Stones on their brief Ireland tour in September 1965 and filmed this first-ever documentary of the group, a vital piece of rock history virtually unavailable since 1966. Gorgeously restored from the original sound tapes and live recordings by Mick Gochanour and Robin Klein, this never-before-seen new version offers an electrifying look at a young band about to conquer the world.

THE ROLLING STONES: CHARLIE IS MY DARLING - IRELAND 1965
DOC NYC 2012

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"One of the city's grandest film events" (The Wall Street Journal) continues through Thu Nov 15! Special encore screenings of sold-out faves BIG STAR, BIRTH STORY, MELVIN AND JEAN, ZIPPER and more, plus Closing Night Gala of Ken Burns's THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE still to come, along with dozens of filmmakers in person!

DOC NYC 2012
DETROPIA

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In 1930, Detroit was the fastest-growing American city; today, it’s the fastest-shrinking one, its job-base decimated and its population only half what it was 50 years ago. A lyrical and exquisitely shot meditation on abandonment, decay and unexpected renewal, Ewing and Grady’s (Jesus Camp, 12th and Delaware) latest captures a radically downsized city scrambling to reinvent itself.

DETROPIA
IFC Center back open Sat Nov 3

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After nearly a week without power due to Hurricane Sandy, we're thrilled to be back open! We've got three brand-new films and a roster of great current releases, so come relax and take in a movie. And even better, all customers get a free small popcorn this weekend, through Sunday, November 4.

IFC Center back open Sat Nov 3
DINOTASIA

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Werner Herzog narrates this offbeat animated feature on dinosaurs that’s been called “The Sopranos of the Mesozoic.” The combination of sheer dinosaur carnage (and ambitious CGI) with Herzog’s inimitable storytelling style brings these terrifying creatures back to life and represents a welcome departure from the standard cutesy animated feature. From the production team behind Grizzly Man and Cave of Forgotten Dreams.

DINOTASIA
THE BAY

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Oscar-winning writer-director Levinson’s (Diner, Rain Man, Wag the Dog) eco-horror thriller takes place in a quiet, Chesapeake Bay town. As the annual Fourth of July festivities get underway, something sinister is lurking just out of sight. Told through home movies, security camera footage, cable news reports, webcams and even Skype chats, THE BAY captures the terror of an idyllic seaside community consumed by a gory, envirornmental apocalypse. From the producer of Paranormal Activity.

THE BAY
BONES BRIGADE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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In the early ’80s, an astonishing group of teenage outsiders came together as the Bones Brigade. They would become the most popular skatboarding team in history, revolutionizing the sport and skate culture. This portrait by Brigade member Stacy Peralta (Dogtown and Z-Boys, Crips and Bloods: Made in America) chronicles their rise through amazing archival video and moving first-person accounts from teammates Steve Caballero, Tommy Guerrero, Tony Hawk, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain and Rodney Mullen.

BONES BRIGADE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
THE ZEN OF BENNETT

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The ZEN OF BENNETT is a seductive and soulful view into the mind of singer Tony Bennett as well as an intimate portrait of the artist’s creative process as he turns 85 years old. In a first person narrative, Tony reflects back over his 60 year career while looking ahead within the context of his latest recording project. A stylistic and compelling meditation of contradictions — crowded rooms & isolation, art & commerce, family & career, a golden age & a brave new world, the icon & the everyman — THE ZEN OF BENNETT is a testament to how an artist can endure and still be at the top of his game for over 60 years, true to his art and social conscience. Official selection: Tribeca Film Festival

THE ZEN OF BENNETT
PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY

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Filmmaker Ross McElwee (Sherman’s March, Bright Leaves) finds himself in frequent conflict with his son, a young adult who seems addicted to and distracted by the virtual worlds of the internet. To understand his fractured love for his son, McElwee travels back to St. Quay-Portrieux in Brittany for the first time in decades to retrace his own journey into adulthood. A meditation on the passing of time, the praxis of photography and film, and the digital versus analog divide.

PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY
GASLAND

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Thu Oct 18 at 7:00pm -- A special benefit screening of GASLAND to benefit Water Defense and the International WOW Company. Special guests will include Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Lennon, director Josh Fox, Yuka Honda (of Cibo Matto) and Artists Against Fracking.

GASLAND
SONS OF THE CLOUDS: THE LAST COLONY

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NY premiere -- Javier Bardem in person, Tue 10/16 at 7:00 for Q&A (SOLD OUT) and 9:15 for an intro! Ever since he took part in a film event in Western Sahara Spanish actor Javier Bardem has championed the rights of the population of this former Spanish colony. The documentary SONS OF THE CLOUDS: THE LAST COLONY is one of the results of his engagement.

SONS OF THE CLOUDS: THE LAST COLONY
AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART

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Do you remember when you forgot about Rick Springfield? This is the story about the people who never did! Some may find the rabid devotion of Rick Springfield's fans perplexing, but if his 17 Top 40 hits, including "Jessie's Girl", or his run on General Hospital as Dr. Noah Drake didn't convince you, watching him blast out live performances with straight-on charisma and spontaneously dropping in on fans most certainly will. Somewhere in between the introvert plagued with lifelong depression and the 60-something extrovert who still performs 80 to 100 high energy concerts a year, lies the real Rick Springfield. For most fans Rick Springfield is much more than a celebrity crush; some have overcome deep trauma by connecting with his music, for others he has served as a catalyst for life-long friendships, and without fail all have a unique bond of reciprocity with him. A fascinating look at a singular, multi-generational celebrity culture, AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART is a soulful examination of contrasting individual connections revealed through common universal threads of humanity. Showtimes for Fri Oct 12 - Tue Oct 16 will go on sale Mon Oct 8 after 6:00pm.

AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART
IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY

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Cult animator and Academy Award nominee filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt has combined his recent “Bill” trilogy of short films into one seamless, beautiful, darkly comedic feature, blending traditional animation, experimental optical effects, trick photography, and new digital hybrids printed out one frame at a time. In the full feature, a series of dark and troubling events force Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life—or the lack thereof.

IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY
NOW, FORAGER

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Lucien and Regina are foragers — they gather wild mushrooms and sell them to New York restaurants. Their lifestyle is simple, their income unstable. As Regina seeks more stability and Lucien wants to devote himself to full-time nomadic foraging, their individual desires put the marriage to a test. A food lovers’ film.

NOW, FORAGER
STARS IN SHORTS

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From the presenters of the beloved annual Academy Award-Nominated Shorts program comes a new compilation featuring some of the world’s biggest actors—in their smallest roles yet. Judi Dench is a neophyte internet dater in “Friend Request Pending,” while Colin Firth freaks out neighbor Keira Knightley in “Steve.” Lily Tomlin gets lost on her way to a funeral in “The Procession,” Jason Alexander reaches the end of his rope in the musical “Not Your Time,” Julia Stiles slips up in Neil LaBute’s “Sexting,” and more.

STARS IN SHORTS
TALES OF THE NIGHT

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From the director of Azur & Asmar comes another visual stunner, with silhouetted figures set off against exquisitely detailed back- grounds. Weaving together six fables populated with captive princesses and sorcerers, dragons and werewolves, and unfolding in Tibet, medieval Europe, African plains and even the Land of the Dead, a master of animation crafts a unique blend of history and fairytale.

TALES OF THE NIGHT
THE WAITING ROOM

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This vivid, intimate portrait captures the American healthcare system in microcosm, stretched nearly to the breaking point. Overburdened and underfunded, the Emergency Room at Oakland’s Highland Hospital offers medical help to more than 70,000 people a year. Talented and dedicated doctors, nurses and social workers labor tirelessly to treat a population that’s largely uninsured and disadvantaged, with nowhere else to turn for care.

THE WAITING ROOM
LIBERAL ARTS

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This poignant, smart comedy stars writer-director Radnor as a bookish 35-year-old worried he’s already over the hill. Newly single and uninspired in his work, he returns to his alma mater for a favorite professor’s retirement dinner. But on campus, a chance meeting with a precocious sophomore (Elizabeth Olsen) stirs long-dormant feelings of possibility and connection in him. With Allison Janney.

LIBERAL ARTS
SLEEPWALK WITH ME

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“This American Life” regular Mike Birbiglia expands his acclaimed autobiographical comedy pieces into a hilarious and touching film—the story of a Brooklyn bartender whose hopes of stand-up glory are sputtering out.

SLEEPWALK WITH ME
KNUCKLEBALL!

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From the acclaimed makers of Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work comes a heartfelt, funny and deeply engaging exploration of baseball’s most inexplicable, unpredictable pitch. Focusing on the sport’s best-known knuckleball practitioners, the Red Sox’s Tim Wakefield and Mets phenomenon R.A. Dickey (who’s having a remarkable 2012 season), KNUCKLEBALL! explores the journey and sacrifices it takes to become a true master.

KNUCKLEBALL!
I'M CAROLYN PARKER: THE GOOD, THE MAD & THE BEAUTIFUL

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Demme’s new documentary is an inspiring portrait of an extraordinary woman and a unique tale of personal triumph. Carolyn Parker was the last to leave her New Orleans neighborhood as Hurricane Katrina approached. After the waters subsided, she was the first to return to her devastated community, cherishing what many thought was the “impossible dream” of bringing her ruined home back to life.

I'M CAROLYN PARKER: THE GOOD, THE MAD & THE BEAUTIFUL
BEAUTY IS EMBARRASSING

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Painter-cartoonist-puppeteer-filmmaker extraordinaire Wayne White opens up his life for a funny, irreverent and joyful look at his inspirations and his art. From his Tennessee boyhood to the Pee-wee’s Playhouse gig that was his first break, from the highs and lows of Hollywood to his recent art-world success, Wayne and his odyssey illustrate the importance of following your passions.

BEAUTY IS EMBARRASSING
GIRL MODEL

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To feed fashion’s insatiable need for new faces, every year thousands of girls are lured into modeling with promises of wealth and fame. A portrait of two young women caught up in the system—an American ex-model turned deeply ambivalent scout and a naïve Siberian teen discovered in a casting call—this incisive, unsettling documentary reveals the harsh realities at the heart of selling fantasy.

GIRL MODEL
ORNETTE: MADE IN AMERICA

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New 35mm restoration -- Gorgeously restored, seminal independent filmmaker Shirley Clarke’s (The Connection) ORNETTE captures legendary performances by jazz iconoclast Coleman, filmed everywhere from Fort Worth to Morocco. Enriched by interviews with family, friends and fans (including William Burroughs and Buckminster Fuller) and a vivid recreation of his childhood, this is a kaleidoscopic portrait of a truly singular artist.

ORNETTE: MADE IN AMERICA
BIG RIVER MAN benefit screening

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Tue 9/4 at 7:30pm -- Special benefit screening of the acclaimed documentary: 100% of box office, plus a 50% match from IFC Center, will go to director John Maringouin’s surgery fund. Additionally, 100% of proceeds from IFC Center membership sales/renewals at the event will go to the surgery fund. ""If Werner Herzog had made Borat, the results might have been something like [BIG RIVER MAN]." - Time Out (London)

BIG RIVER MAN benefit screening
"James Bond No. 1: Sean Connery's 007"

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Through Thu Sep 6 -- To celebrate 50 years of Bond movies, we pay tribute to the man who started it all. Outfitted with the coolest gadgets, the driest martinis (shaken, not stirred) and the curviest co-stars, Sean Connery created one of the screen’s most indelible and iconic characters. Although succeeded by other actors, he’s never been surpassed, and, on his golden anniversary, Connery’s effortlessly suave superspy remains the gold standard. After all, you never forget your first Bond.

"James Bond No. 1: Sean Connery's 007"
THE AMBASSADOR

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To investigate the black-market diamond economy, Danish provocateur Brügger (The Red Chapel) goes undercover and buys a diplomatic passport to the Central African Republic. Under the guise of setting up a Pygmy-staffed match factory, he makes contact with corrupt entrepreneurs and bribe-hungry officials. But as the absurdities of his complicated situation pile up, its dangers become all too real.

THE AMBASSADOR
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN

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Since the institution of China’s “one child” policy in 1979, some 80,000 Chinese girls have been adopted by American families. Prompted by her own adoption of a daughter, filmmaker Linda Goldstein Knowlton probes these adoptees’ experiences through a portrait of four remarkable Chinese-American teenagers on a journey to discover their pasts, returning to China to find their birth parents.

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
NEIGHBORING SOUNDS

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A thrilling debut from a new Brazilian filmmaker, NEIGHBORING SOUNDS focuses on one upscale city block in a coastal city, still ruled by an aging patriarch and his sons. When a private security firm is reluctantly brought in to thwart a recent spate of petty crime, it unleashes long-suppressed fears, anxieties and resentments. "Revelatory." - A.O. Scott, New York Times

NEIGHBORING SOUNDS
Cinemetal Megasale

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FINAL DAY -- offer ends Tuesday, August 28! This is hardcore: our wildly popular T-shirts on sale for two weeks only at our lowest price ever -- $20 each while supplies last! Our concession stand is the only place in New York to buy these rockin' shirts, and with all sizes and all 13 designs currently in stock, there's never been a better time to grab one for you or the movie lover in your life.

Cinemetal Megasale
16th Annual DocuWeeks

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Aug 3-23 -- DocuWeeks™ presents some of the year’s best docs from around the world to audiences in Los Angeles and New York. By providing participants a one-week commercial theatrical run, DocuWeeks™ helps to qualify new documentaries for Academy Award® consideration. The showcase has qualified over 205 shorts and features, yielding 25 nominations and seven Oscar® winners. DocuWeeks™ 2012 will screen over 20 films.

16th Annual DocuWeeks
AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY

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AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY is the first feature-length film about the internationally renowned Chinese artist and activist, Ai Weiwei. In recent years, Ai has garnered international attention as much for his ambitious artwork as his political provocations. AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY examines this complex intersection of artistic practice and social activism as seen through the life and art of China’s preeminent contemporary artist.

AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY
BELOVED

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Starring Catherine Deneuve and (her real-life daughter) Chiara Mastroianni, this sly and exquisitely romantic musical drama from Christophe Honoré (Love Songs, Dans Paris) spans over three decades as it follows a mother and daughter’s misadventures in love. In the ‘60s, Madeleine (Ludivine Sagnier) leaves Paris to re-join her Czech husband Jaromil (Rasha Bukvic) in Prague, but his infidelities and the arrival of Russian tanks in the city lead her back to France. Thirty years later we follow the romance of Madeleine’s daughter, Vera, who falls in love with a musician (Paul Scneider) in London who is incapable of devoting himself to her. Meanwhile in Paris, a re-married Madeleine (Deneuve) has rekindled her love affair with Jaromil (Milos Forman).

BELOVED
HARA-KIRI: DEATH OF A SAMURAI in 3D

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From visionary auteur Takashi Miike (13 ASSASSINS) comes the story of a mysterious samurai who arrives at the doorstep of his feudal lord, requesting an honorable death by ritual suicide in his courtyard. The lord threatens him with the brutal tale of Motome, a desperate young ronin who made a similar request with ulterior motives, only to meet a grisly end. Undaunted, the samurai begins to tell a story of his own, with an ending no one could see coming. With stunning cinematography and gripping performances, HARA-KIRI: DEATH OF A SAMURAI is a thrilling exploration of revenge, honor, and individuality in the face of oppressive power.

HARA-KIRI: DEATH OF A SAMURAI in 3D
SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS

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"If it’s a funeral… let’s have the best funeral ever." On April 2nd, 2011, LCD SOUNDSYSTEM played its final show at Madison Square Garden. LCD frontman James Murphy had made the conscious decision to disband one of the most celebrated and influential bands of its generation at the peak of its popularity, ensuring that the band would go out on top with the biggest and most ambitious concert of its career.

SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS
Summer Membership Drive

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Sign up or renew your membership between now and August 5th and get a 13th month FREE! And 2 FREE guest passes (or 6 FREE guest passes for Auteurs and Moguls)! You will also be entered for a chance to win exclusive IFC Center prizes, including signed Werner Herzog merchandise and an upgrade to a Mogul level membership to help you celebrate your love of "Independents!"

Summer Membership Drive
TRISHNA

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Now playing on 2 screens! Based on Thomas Hardy's classic novel Tess of the D'Ubervilles, master filmmaker Michael Winterbottom's newest film stars Frieda Pinto who soars as Trishna in her most revealing performance yet.

TRISHNA
FIRST POSITION

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Every year, thousands of aspiring dancers enter ballet’s Youth America Grand Prix. In the final round, with hundreds competing for only a handful of elite scholarships and contracts, practice and discipline are paramount, and nothing short of perfection is expected.

FIRST POSITION
RETURN TO OZ: Walter Murch in person

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Dir. Walter Murch in person to introduce Friday night's 12:05am show! “Walter Murch’s 1985 adaptation of the second and third Oz books couldn’t have less to do with the MGM classic: in the vein of such underground classics as Invaders From Mars and The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, it’s bleak, creepy, and occasionally terrifying. It opens with a depressive Dorothy (Fairuza Balk) receiving shock treatment at the hands of a mad doctor (Nicol Williamson); a lightning storm propels her to Emerald City, now dominated by a cruel princess (Jean Marsh) with a gallery of interchangeable heads and a malevolent mountain spirit (created by clay animator Will Vinton). Unlike brassy Judy Garland, Balk is distressingly natural and defenseless, lost in a landscape of nonhumans (read: adults). Studio pressure apparently forced Murch to back off from the full fury of his conception, but this is still strong stuff. Like the Oz of Baum’s books, the dazzling art direction is based on Chicago’s Columbian Exposition.” – Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

RETURN TO OZ: Walter Murch in person
KUMARE

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In this hilarious Borat-style experiment, director Vikram Gandhi poses as a guru, complete with a team of young, lithe female assistants, to explore Americans’ embrace of yoga spirituality. But the line between what’s fake and what’s real gets blurry when he attracts loyal followers hanging on his every word. And as he gets more deeply involved with his disciples, it becomes harder to give up the ruse.

KUMARE
CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT

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Filmmaker Yung Chang (IFC Center hit Up the Yangtze) returns with another eye-opening look at contemporary China. In the country’s rural southwest, state boxing coaches recruit talented adolescents for the nation’s next Olympic team. But in the new China, the honor of fighting for their country as amateurs faces tough competition from the personal rewards of turning pro.

CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT
Weekend Classics: Hitchcock

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Catch up with your favorite films from the master of suspense on the big screen, Fridays-Sundays at 11:00am. Coming soon: BON VOYAGE with AVENTURE MALGACHE Jun 29-Jul 1

Weekend Classics: Hitchcock
Blowout DVD/Blu-ray sale

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Now through Thursday, July 5 at the concession stand or via our merchandise page, buy any DVD, Blu-ray or box set and receive a second at HALF PRICE! Celebrate the holiday and save big on our entire selection of great DVDs and Blu-rays, including several favorites from the Criterion Collection.

Blowout DVD/Blu-ray sale
YOUR SISTER'S SISTER

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Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt and Mark Duplass star in this touching new comedy, a hit at the Sundance and Tribeca Film Festivals.

YOUR SISTER'S SISTER
BATTLE ROYALE

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NYC theatrical premiere engagement! High-definition digital projection A long-unavailable underground hit, veteran director Fukasaku’s epically violent, still-shocking and deeply influential genre masterpiece takes place in a dystopic alternate universe. To combat social unrest and economic catastrophe, the government has taken radical steps: every year, a randomly-selected ninth-grade class is sent to a deserted island and forced to battle to the death until only one survivor is left.

BATTLE ROYALE
GHOSTBUSTERS -- live shadowcast

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Fri & Sat, Jun 22 & 23 at 12:10am -- Pride Weekend Gender-Bender Edition! IFC Center will host the Minions of Gozer for two performances accompanying midnight showings of GHOSTBUSTERS. While honoring traditions built by Rocky Horror fans across the world, the Minions of Gozer bring a twist to the art of the shadowcast, with a show chock full of all the Ghostbusters moments you’ve never actually seen but always wanted to.

GHOSTBUSTERS -- live shadowcast
PINK RIBBONS, INC.

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This provocative documentary looks at the iconic pink ribbons of breast cancer philanthropy—and the marketing of brands associated with it—that reassure us we’re fighting this insidious disease. But more and more women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, facing the same treatment options they’ve had for four decades. Who really benefits from the pink ribbons—the cause or the company?

PINK RIBBONS, INC.
WE HAVE A POPE

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Nanni Moretti joins forces with the great French actor Michel Piccoli (Contempt, I’m Going Home) to tell the story of Melville, a cardinal who suddenly finds himself elected as the next Pope. Never the front runner and completely caught off guard, he panics as he’s presented to the faithful in St. Peter’s Square.

WE HAVE A POPE
THE CONNECTION

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Starts Fri! 50th Anniversary! New 35mm restoration! Stunningly restored by UCLA, THE CONNECTION is one of the most vital and fascinating of all American independent films. Banned by censors and panned by critics (“sordid and disagreeable,” sniffed the Times), Clarke’s provocative film focuses on a group of heroin addicts waiting for their dealer in a grungy New York loft.

THE CONNECTION
GOODBYE FIRST LOVE

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In Hansen-Løve’s (The Father of My Children) tender, lyrical portrait of teenage amour fou, 15-year-old Camille (Lola Creton, Breillat’s Bluebeard) falls under the spell of a brooding older boy. But when he departs on a long trip abroad, the young lovers drift apart.

GOODBYE FIRST LOVE
WORLD PEACE AND OTHER 4th-GRADE ACHIEVEMENTS

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Wed at 7:30 [SOLD OUT], show added Thu at 7:30! Director Chris Farina & subject John Hunter in person! WORLD PEACE AND OTHER 4th-GRADE ACHIEVEMENTS interweaves the story of John Hunter, a teacher in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his students’ participation in an exercise called the World Peace Game. The game triggers an eight-week transformation of the children from students of a neighborhood public school to citizens of the world.

WORLD PEACE AND OTHER 4th-GRADE ACHIEVEMENTS
Werner Herzog's DEATH ROW PORTRAITS

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Werner Herzog in person with the US premieres of director's cuts of his DEATH ROW PORTRAITS series! Showing in two programs, separate admission -- Apr 25 & 26 at 6:30 & 9:30. Herzog will also sign books, posters and DVDs at 6:45pm both nights. Presented in association with Investigation Discovery.

Werner Herzog's DEATH ROW PORTRAITS
The Moth Diaries

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Based on the best-selling novel, this chilling story of the anxieties, lusts and fears of adolescence centers on a young girl at an elite boarding school. But the arrival of a mysterious new student disrupts her world.

The Moth Diaries
HERE

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Must end Thu Apr 19! Set against the gorgeous landscape of Armenia, HERE chronicles a brief but intense relationship between an American satellite mapping engineer (Ben Foster, The Messenger) and an expatriate photographer (Lubna Azabal, Incendies) who impulsively set off traveling across the remote countryside together.

HERE
JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI

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This thoughtful, elegant meditation on work, family and the art of perfection centers on 85-year-old Jiro Ono, the world’s best sushi chef. His restaurant, inauspiciously located in a Tokyo subway station, has been honored with three Michelin stars.

JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI
KEYHOLE

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In a house haunted with memories, gangster and father Ulysses Pick (Jason Patric) arrives home after a long absence tow-ing the body of a teenaged girl and a bound and gagged young man. His gang waits inside his house, having shot their way past police. There is friction in the ranks.

KEYHOLE
Disappearing Act: THE SYSTEM

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U.S. Premiere -- Q&A with director Marc Bauder and screenwriter Doerte Franke! Opening night of Disappearing Act IV European film festival, tickets include admission to Opening Night Party. Festival continues with 25 films from 21 countries at French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF) and Bohemian National Hall.

Disappearing Act: THE SYSTEM
THE KID WITH A BIKE

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A deeply moving tale of extraordinary grace, the Dardenne brothers’ (L’enfant, Rosetta) new film focuses on a troubled 11-year-old, abandoned by his father (Dardenne favorite Jérémie Renier). Randomly, he becomes the ward of a kind hairdresser (Cécile de France), who seems surprised to find herself so determined to help him.

THE KID WITH A BIKE
"La Vita e Cinema: The Films of Nanni Moretti"

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A comprehensive retrospective of “perhaps the leading cinematic satirist of our time” (Andrew Sarris) -- the first in New York in over a decade -- including all his feature films and two of his short films. Moretti's latest film WE HAVE A POPE opens Friday, April 6.

"La Vita e Cinema: The Films of Nanni Moretti"
The Believer presents THE WOLF KNIFE

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In honor of the release of The Believer’s new film issue, a special screening of Nakadate’s acclaimed indie feature THE WOLF KNIFE, the story of two 16-year-old girls and four summer days during which their friendship falls apart over lies, obsession, jealousy, and love.

The Believer presents THE WOLF KNIFE
Movie Night with Interpol: Two by David Lynch

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We’re pleased to welcome Interpol drummer Sam Fogarino in person to present a new collaboration between the band and legendary filmmaker David Lynch, plus a screening of Lynch’s Cannes-winner WILD AT HEART.

Movie Night with Interpol: Two by David Lynch
Evenings with Hal Hartley

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FLIRT (1995) Apr 4 -- Hartley in person with with producer Ted Hope and actors Miho Nikaido and Bill Sage!

Evenings with Hal Hartley
FROM HOLLYWOOD TO NUREMBERG: JOHN FORD, SAMUEL FULLER, GEORGE STEVENS

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Stranger Than Fiction special event: a fascinating new look at the WWII experience of three legendary American filmmakers, told through rare archival footage. Working for a special Army film unit, Ford, Fuller and Stevens documented battles and the liberation of the camps, creating a priceless visual history of the war. US Premiere, director in person!

FROM HOLLYWOOD TO NUREMBERG: JOHN FORD, SAMUEL FULLER, GEORGE STEVENS
4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH

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Ferrara’s latest is a haunting vision of apocalypse, as a New York couple (Willem Dafoe and Shanyn Leigh) faces the imminent end of the world.

4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH
An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt

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Final show added March 28 at 8:00! Acclaimed animator Don Hertzfeldt will appear in person to present his newest film and a selection of his award-winning earlier shorts! Hertzfeldt’s new film, It’s Such a Beautiful Day, making its exclusive regional premiere at IFC Center, is the third and final chapter in a trilogy about a mysterious man named Bill.

An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt
PINA in 3D

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Oscar Nominee -- Best Documentary! Wenders’s (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 forged on, turning the project into a moving tribute to her groundbreaking work with the Tanztheater Wuppertal ensemble.

PINA in 3D
2012 Oscar-Nominated Short Films

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One of our most popular annual traditions returns! The short films nominated for the 2012 Academy Awards come to IFC Center in three programs: Animated, Live-Action and Documentary Shorts, separate admission for each.

2012 Oscar-Nominated Short Films
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2012

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Thursday, March 8 is the final day of our popular showcase of the best in contemporary French cinema. We round out this year's program with three New York premieres: at 6:00, THE LAST SCREENING, with director, star and producer in person; at 8:00, Daniel Auteuil's directorial debut THE WELL-DIGGER'S DAUGHTER, with a Q&A with star Jean-Pierre Daroussin; and at 10:25, the harrowing drama GUILTY.

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2012
SING YOUR SONG

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Told with visual style and musical panache, this intimate, inspiring portrait surveys the life and times of singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte. From his rise to fame in a segregated era, to his provocative crossover into Hollywood, Belafonte’s groundbreaking career personifies the civil rights movement.

SING YOUR SONG
Stranger Than Fiction - Special Winter Previews

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In advance of the Winter 2012 season of our popular documentary series, returning in late January, Stranger Than Fiction presents special previews of this year's doc award contenders.

Stranger Than Fiction - Special Winter Previews
Studio Ghibli Retrospective

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"Castles in the Sky: Miyazaki, Takahata & the Masters of Studio Ghibli" - A four-week, fifteen-film retrospective of Japan's most storied animation studio, creators of such beloved classics as MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, SPIRITED AWAY and, in their theatrical premiere engagements, PORCO ROSSO and POM POKO.

Studio Ghibli Retrospective
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

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New 4K Digital Restoration of the Spielberg blockbuster, playing special midnight shows for its 30th anniversary!

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
EAMES: THE ARCHITECT AND THE PAINTER

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This is the first film dedicated to legendary husband-and-wife design team Charles and Ray Eames since their death. Best known for their mid-century furniture, the Eames Office created a mind-bending variety of other products: photography, interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and more.

EAMES: THE ARCHITECT AND THE PAINTER
HOUSE OF PLEASURES

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Starts Fri Nov 25! In this lush, atmospheric look at the final days of an elegant, turn-of-the-century brothel, we go inside the cloistered walls of L’Apollonide to meet the Madam (Noemie Lvovsky), her elite clientele, and some dozen “girls” — veterans and newcomers, romantics and cynics, schemers and innocents.

HOUSE OF PLEASURES
INTO THE ABYSS

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Starting from a Texas triple homicide, master filmmaker Werner Herzog (Cave of Forgotten Dreams) probes the human psyche to explore why people kill–and why a state kills.

INTO THE ABYSS
Drive, They Said: Car Chase Cinema

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Fasten your seatbelts — we’re presenting a late-night tribute to the movies’ best car chases (and crashes).

Drive, They Said: Car Chase Cinema
A Trip Through Strawberry Fields

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An eye-opening exploration of The Beatles' classic, with rare audio and video clips-- one of composer-producer Scott Freiman's acclaimed "Deconstructing The Beatles" lectures.

A Trip Through Strawberry Fields
Stranger Than Fiction Fall 2011

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GIVE UP TOMORROW -- Tue Nov 15 at 8:00pm! As a tropical storm beats down on the Philippine island of Cebu, two sisters leave work and never make it home.

Stranger Than Fiction Fall 2011
LETTERS FROM THE BIG MAN

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Lyrical and subtle aren’t the first adjectives you’d expect to use to describe a Sasquatch tale, but filmmaker Christopher Munch (The Hours and the Times, The Sleepy Time Gal) has always defied expectations.

LETTERS FROM THE BIG MAN
INNI

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INNI is Sigur Rós’ second live film following 2007′s hugely-celebrated Heima. Whereas that film positioned the enigmatic group in the context of their Icelandic homeland, providing geographical, social, and historical perspectives on their otherworldly music...

INNI
DOC NYC

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New York's documentary festival continues through Thu Nov 10! Screenings added of award winners GIRL WITH BLACK BALLOONS and SCENES OF A CRIME, plus JOE FRAZIER: WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS by popular demand! Become a Member

DOC NYC

Now Playing

Frances Ha

Frances’s life is a work in progress: she’s a 27-year-old apprentice for a New York dance company who’s still struggling to find her footing. After her best friend and roommate Sophie moves on to... more...

One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das

Wednesday, May 8 - Thursday, May 23
Called “the chant master of American yoga” by The New York Times, Krishna Das began his life as Jeffrey Kagel, a Long Island resident who, in 1970, had the chance to become the lead... more...

Something in the Air

The celebrated Assayas (IFC Center hits Carlos and Summer Hours) returns with this vibrant, deeply personal account of the tumultuous events after May ’68. Gilles (newcomer Clément... more...

The Source Family

Utopian communes and upstart religions were all the rage in the early ’70s, but the Source Family were different: an eccentric group of Sunset Strip kids with colorful robes, a popular health food restaurant... more...

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Boldly adapting an international bestseller, acclaimed director Nair (Salaam Bombay, Monsoon Wedding and The Namesake) crafts a provocative thriller—the story of a young Pakistani... more...

Upstream Color

A mythic, mysterious and sensuous romantic thriller, this long-anticipated second feature confirms writer-director Carruth (the award-winning Primer) as one of the most strikingly original voices... more...

From Up on Poppy Hill

All other shows English-language version From the legendary Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro) comes an inspired coming-of-age story set in 1960s... more...

Series And Events

FILM LIT

Wednesday, May 29
Organized by Jessica Loudis of Bookforum and Gabriel Winslow-Yost of The New York Review of Books, Film Lit invites a writer to present a personal selection of a movie whose theme or... more...
Next: Three Days of the Condor, Wednesday, May 29

MODERN SCHOOL OF FILM MAY 2013

Tuesday, May 7 - Tuesday, May 28
The Modern School of Film, a popular series that invites special guests to present and discuss a favorite movie, comes to IFC Center in 2013! The Modern School of Film programs a series of screenings and... more...
Next: Miracle in Milan, Tuesday, May 28

QUEER/ART/FILM SPRING/SUMMER 2013

Monday, May 6 - Monday, August 19
Don’t miss out on the queerest series in town! Each month, Queer/Art/Film invites one of New York’s most unique and homosexual artists to pick a film that’s inspired them and share it with our audience.... more...
Next: Performance, Monday, June 3

Weekend Classics

HISTORY OF MEL BROOKS: PART I
Friday, April 26 - Sunday, July 21
A tribute to the silver screen work of the legendary Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy Award-winning writer, director and performer Mel Brooks, the recipient of this year's AFI Lifetime Achievement Award. Rediscover... more...
Next: Blazing Saddles, Friday, May 24

Waverly Midnights

TERRY GILLIAM
Friday, April 26 - Saturday, July 20
"There's a side of me that always fell for manic things, frenzied, cartoony performances. I always liked sideshows, freakshows... Absolutely grotesque, awful, tasteless. I like things to be tasteless."... more...
Next: Time Bandits, Friday, May 24

Waverly Midnights

LATE-NIGHT FAVORITES
Friday, April 19 - Saturday, July 20
A rotating selection of some of our most popular midnight movie offerings. All shows free for Auteur-level members! more...
Next: Jaws, Friday, May 24

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN CINEMA: FILMS FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES’S OP-DOCS 2013

Friday, March 15 - Thursday, May 30
A 12-week series of short documentaries from The Times’s new video initiative, playing before our regular features. Begun in November 2011, The New York Times’s Op-Docs series invites... more...

FRANCES HA

Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Modern School of Film May 2013

ONE TRACK HEART

SOMETHING IN THE AIR

THE SOURCE FAMILY

THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST

PORTRAIT OF JASON

UPSTREAM COLOR

ROOM 237

Modern School of Film April 2013

SIMON KILLER

Disappearing Act V

GIMME THE LOOT

FROM UP ON POPPY HILL

Modern School of Film Apr 2013

THE WE AND THE I

Modern School of Film March 2013

"The Films of Stanley Kubrick"

BEYOND THE HILLS

24-hour membership flash sale!

ELECTRICK CHILDREN

DOWNEAST

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2013

LEVIATHAN

WELCOME TO PINE HILL

Movie Night with Michel Gondry: BILLY LIAR

PAVILION

The Modern School of Film

Academy Award-Nominated Short Films 2013

56 UP

HOLY MOTORS

GREENWICH VILLAGE: MUSIC THAT DEFINED A GENERATION

HAPPY PEOPLE: A YEAR IN THE TAIGA

BIRTH STORY: INA MAY GASKIN & THE FARM MIDWIVES

HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE

New French Shorts

THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE

MY BEST ENEMY

HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE

ON THE ROAD

Back by popular demand: 4 of 2012's Best Docs

Holiday Membership Drive going on now

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Studio Ghibli retrospective continues with MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO

"Road Movies: Directed and Selected by Walter Salles"

TCHOUPITOULAS

ONLY THE YOUNG

THE LONELIEST PLANET

YOUNG AND WILD

INTERPOL: "Turn on the Bright Lights" 10th year anniversary

WALK AWAY RENEE

An Evening with Christopher Nolan

PRICE CHECK

An Evening with StoryCorps Animated Shorts

TURNING

THE FLAT

THE ROLLING STONES: CHARLIE IS MY DARLING - IRELAND 1965

DOC NYC 2012

DETROPIA

IFC Center back open Sat Nov 3

DINOTASIA

THE BAY

BONES BRIGADE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

THE ZEN OF BENNETT

PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY

GASLAND

SONS OF THE CLOUDS: THE LAST COLONY

AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART

IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY

NOW, FORAGER

STARS IN SHORTS

TALES OF THE NIGHT

THE WAITING ROOM

LIBERAL ARTS