Power, Politics, and Paranoia: The Art of Espionage Film Festival
September 1-4
Festival tickets available in advance at www.themodern.org/films.
Thursday, 7 pm - Foreign Correspondent
Friday, 6 pm - 13 Rue Madeleine
Friday, 8 pm - The Ipcress File
Saturday, 1:30 pm - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Saturday, 4:30 pm - The Lives of Others
Sunday, noon - The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Sunday, 2 pm - Our Man in Havana
Sunday, 4 pm - Munich
Love & Friendship
September 9-11
Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm
"Director Whit Stillman has transformed Jane Austen's Lady Susan, an epistolary novel that probably dates from the middle of the seventeen-nineties, into a brisk and cutting comedy of manners." Anthony Lane, New Yorker. Kate Beckinsale stars as the manipulative and seductive Lady Susan, who uses devious tactics to win the heart of the eligible Reginald De Courcy (Xavier Samuel).
92 minutes; PG
Miss Sharon Jones!
September 16-18
Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm
"In the empowering tradition of Shut Up & Sing, Running From Crazy and Force of Nature, veteran documentarian Barbara Kopple serves up another portrait of female strength and resilience with Miss Sharon Jones!" Hollywood Reporter. Kopple follows rhythm and blues singer Sharon Jones as she tries to hold her band together while battling pancreatic cancer.
93 minutes; NR
The Hollars
September 23-25
Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm
A struggling New York artist is forced to navigate the small, middle-American town he left behind when news of his mother's illness brings him home. Back in the house he grew up in, John (John Krasinksi) is immediately swept up in the problems of his dysfunctional family, high school rival, and an over-eager ex-girlfriend as he faces impending fatherhood with his girlfriend (Anna Kendrick) in New York. From a script by James Strouse that is at turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Krasinski's second feature is a poignant look at the bonds of family and friendship.
105 minutes; PG-13
Little Men
September 30-October 2
Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm
"Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Ehle play parents navigating an uneasy situation that affects their son's one real friendship in Ira Sachs's intimate drama. . . . A deceptively small movie that sneaks up and slays you with its emotional authenticity." David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter.
85 minutes; PG
Max Rose
October 7-9
Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm
An aged pianist (Jerry Lewis) learns that his recently deceased wife (Claire Bloom) may have cheated on him in the early years of their marriage.
86 minutes; NR
