February 2019
What could be more romantic for Valentine’s Day than the most romantic film of all time in our jewel box of a theatre? Winner of the 1942 Oscar for Best Picture, and permanent fixture on every list of greatest films of all time, Casablanca follows Humphrey Bogart’s Rick Blaine, who owns a nightclub in the title city. Rick discovers his old flame Ilsa (the incomparable Ingrid Bergman) is in town with her famed rebel husband. With the Germans on their tail, Ilsa must rely on Rick to help get them out of the country, and suspense, romance, and political intrigue ensue.
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Andrew Botsford of Quogue will once again introduce our summer films each Tuesday night and discuss them afterwards with guest commentators, followed by an informal audience discussion.
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Think you’ve got a knack for prognostication? Correctly predict the most Oscar winners, and you could win two free tickets to every WHBPAC presented film in 2020! See ballot for rules.
Fill out your ballot online, or stop in at the Box Office for more information!
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In 1956, four years before Jane Goodall ventured into the world of chimpanzees and seven years before Dian Fossey left to work with mountain gorillas, 23-year-old biologist Anne Innis Dagg made an unprecedented solo journey to South Africa to study giraffes in the wild. When she returned home a year later, the insurmountable barriers she faced as a female scientist proved hard to overcome. In THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES, Anne (now 86) retraces her steps, offering an intimate window into her life as a young woman, juxtaposed with a first-hand look at the devastating reality that giraffes are facing today. Anne and the species she loves have each experienced triumphs as well as setbacks. THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES gives us a moving perspective on both.
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After years in juvenile prison, 20-year-old Daniel is released and sent to a small village to work as a manual laborer. Upon his arrival, a quick lie has him mistaken for a priest. Though untrained, his passion and charisma inspire the community. At the same time, his unconventional sermons and unpriestly behavior raise suspicions.
Anchored by a “dynamically physical, wild-eyed performance” (The Hollywood Reporter) from newcomer Bartosz Bielenia, the Oscar-nominated CORPUS CHRISTI is an incisive, darkly humorous, and “engrossing exploration of faith, second chances and the possibility of atonement” (Screen).
Polish | 1 hour 55 minutes
Nominated for the Best International Feature Film, 2020 Oscars
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In this Romanian neo-noir thriller from acclaimed auteur Corneliu Porumboiu, a police inspector embarks on a high-stakes heist with a beautiful femme fatale. A secret whistling language helps them pull it off.
From now until April 2, Magnolia Pictures will donate 100% of the net proceeds from tickets sold to WHBPAC.
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A confessional and cautionary documentary about Robbie Robertson’s young life, and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music – The Band. The film blends rare archival footage, photography, iconic songs, and interviews with Robertson’s friends and collaborators, including Martin Scorsese, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, and more.
From now until April 2, Magnolia Pictures will donate 100% of the net proceeds from tickets sold to WHBPAC.
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I Am Not Your Negro \ Whose Streets? \ Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am All 3 Titles: $15 This is a permanent download–once you purchase the bundle, the files for each documentary do not expire. *** In I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO, master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, Remember…
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Kwon (Seo Young-hwa) returns to Seoul from a restorative stay in the mountains. She is given a packet of letters left by Mori (Ryo Kase, Like Someone In Love), who has come back from Japan to propose to her. As she walks down a flight of stairs, Kwon drops and scatters the letters, all of…
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New York Times Critic's Pick
New York Times Critics Pick Filmmaker Joong-rae, suffering from writer’s block, takes a trip to the coast with his production designer Chang-wook, who brings along the vivacious Moon-sook. Soon after their arrival, Moon-sook falls for Joong-rae’s advances; however, the fickle hero can’t commit and he awkwardly parts with her. What had been a sardonic Jules…
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The Rolling Stones - Rare Clips 1970s and 1980s
In the early 1970s, The Rolling Stones finances were in shambles. Due to a tax problem in England, they had to flee the country as tax exiles and take up residence in France. Armed with a four track Ampex tape recorder and a lot of hope, The Stones made one of their finest albums, Exiles On Main Street, which provided the hits “Tumbling Dice”, “Happy”, and “All Down The Line”. But during this period, The Rolling Stones went through two career defining moments: One was having Mick Taylor as a guitarist, and the other was the inclusion of Ron Wood on guitar during the second half of the 1970s. Together the band picked up the pieces, and along with the songwriting skills of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, made one of the greatest comebacks of that decade. Besides an almost non stop whirlwind tour of Europe and the Unites States, a succession of hit albums included It’s Only Rock And Roll, Goat’s Head Soup, and Some Girls.
Come and join us as we celebrate the history of The Rolling Stones – Live in rare concert footage during the 1970s and 1980s! Songs include: “Waiting On A Friend”, “Angie”, “Start Me Up”, “It’s Only Rock And Roll”, “Miss You”, “Tumbling Dice”, “Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker”, “Hot Stuff” and more.
Price is per car.
Generously Sponsored by Kathy & Joe Musnicki
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The Ladies Of Rock, Pop and Soul (1960s - 1980s)
Throughout time, there have been strong female vocalists who propelled their songs to fame due to their unique talents and charisma. These women could sing all genres, including the Girl Group style, soul, country, rock, pop, ballads and disco. Many wrote their own songs, which helped them on the road to fame. They owned the record charts and commanded the stage. In the 1960s the recording industry was run by men, but these ladies of rock, pop and soul, kicked down the doors, crashed the gates and showed the boys how to make a hit record!
Among the singers to be featured in this program will be Darlene Love, Janis Joplin, Dusty Springfield, Leslie Gore, Cher, Tina Turner, Donna Summer, The Shangri-La’s, and many more. Join us in celebrating these many women who rock!
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Little Richard - The Inventor Of Rock and Roll
Little Richard was the originator of the sound known as Rock and Roll, and along with his pounding, hard driving piano playing, and raspy whoop and holler singing and original songwriting style, Richard Wayne Penniman became the first super star of rock and roll’s first generation. Dressed in flamboyant clothes, androgynous makeup and a pompadour hair style, Little Richard was a high voltage sensation in concerts and on records, with #1 hit songs like “Long Tall Sally”, “Tutti Fruiti”, and more. His music during the 1950s and 1960s integrated teenagers throughout America.
Join us as we celebrate the life and career of the sensational Little Richard with a vast collection of rare live concert footage and television performances from all around the world. Songs include “Long Tall Sally”, “Good Golly Miss Molly”, “Lucille”, “Rip It Up”, “Jenny Jenny”, “Tutti Fruiti” and many more.
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The Oscar®-nominated and Emmy®-winning documentary RBG, directed by award-winning filmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen, chronicles the inspiring and personal story of Ginsburg’s rise to the nation’s highest court while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. “From her Supreme Court chambers to her exercise room, what a privilege and a joy it was for us to train our cameras on RBG, and capture the story of this feisty, determined, brilliant woman who used her talents to make our world a better place,” said West and Cohen.
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Britain, late-1970s. Punk is exploding. The country is deeply divided over immigration with the National Front, a far-right political party, gaining strength. Outraged by this xenophobic agenda and a racist speech from Eric Clapton, music photographer Red Saunders teams up with like-minded creatives to form Rock Against Racism. Focusing on issues that the mainstream British media ignores, the RAR zine challenges the status quo and sparks a grassroots youth movement that The Clash, Steel Pulse and other top punk bands jump on board.
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Indie Theater Revival Project
Malcolm and Sofia are the most determined teenage graffiti-writers in the Bronx. But when a rival gang buffs their latest masterpiece, they hatch a plan to get their revenge by planning the ultimate graffiti tag – to “bomb” the Mets’ home run apple. The only hitch is that they need to raise $500 to pull off their spectacular scheme. Over the course of two whirlwind, sun-soaked summer days, Malcolm and Sofia travel on an epic urban adventure involving black market spray cans, illicit bodegas, stolen sneakers, a high stakes heist, and a beautiful, stoned girl whose necklace is literally their key to fame. “A uniquely fresh, affectionate and downright huggable debut feature,” (Mark Olsen, LA Weekly) GIMME THE LOOT is the charming, funny, daring story of two taggers that will do anything to become the biggest writers in the city.
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Indie Theater Revival Project
Time Out of Mind, from Academy Award nominated writer/director Oren Moverman (The Messenger, Rampart), is a haunting look at life on the streets immersing viewers in one man’s daily quest to survive. Richard Gere delivers a soul-baring performance as George, a man whose struggle to find food and a place to sleep in New York City is beautifully captured with remarkable realism and heartrending compassion. Shuffled into the unforgiving bureaucracy of a men’s shelter, George seems destined to wind up as just another lost soul swallowed up by the system—until he meets a gregarious, down-and-out ex-jazzman (played by Broadway legend Ben Vereen) who inspires George to reconnect with his estranged daughter (Jena Malone). Cinematically stunning and shot in an eloquently observational style, Time Out of Mind is an unforgettable plunge into a world that is all too easily overlooked.
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Indie Theater Revival Project
HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE is the story of the brave young men and women who successfully reversed the tide of an epidemic, demanded the attention of a fearful nation and stopped AIDS from becoming a death sentence. This improbable group of activists bucked oppression and, with no scientific training, infiltrated government agencies and the pharmaceutical industry, helping to identify promising new medication and treatments and move them through trials and into drugstores in record time. In the process, they saved their own lives and ended the darkest days of a veritable plague, while virtually emptying AIDS wards in American hospitals in the process. The powerful story of their fight is a classic tale of empowerment and activism that has since inspired movements for change in everything from breast cancer research to Occupy Wall Street. Their story stands as a powerful inspiration to future generations, a road map, and a call to arms. This is how you change the world.
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Indie Theater Revival Project
Frances (Greta Gerwig) lives in New York, but she doesn’t really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but she¹s not really a dancer. Frances has a best friend named Sophie, but they aren’t really speaking anymore. Frances throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible reality dwindles. Frances wants so much more than she has but lives her life with unaccountable joy and lightness. FRANCES HA is a modern comic fable that explores New York, friendship, class, ambition, failure, and redemption.
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Indie Theater Revival Project
Iconic ballerina Misty Copeland made history when she became the first African-American woman to be named principal dancer of the legendary American Ballet Theater. Get the incredible, behind-the-scenes story of how she overcame a tumultuous upbringing and near career-ending injuries to become one of the most revered dancers of her generation. More than just a ballet success story, Copeland’s journey is a hugely inspirational, universal tale of perseverance.
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Indie Theater Revival Project
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work takes the audience on a year long ride with legendary comedian Joan Rivers in her 76th year of life. Peeling away the mask of an iconic comedian and exposing the struggles, sacrifices and joy of living life as a ground breaking female performer. The film is an emotionally surprising and revealing portrait of one the most hilarious and long-standing career women ever in the business.
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Indie Theater Revival Project
Discover the art of sake. An age-old staple of Japanese culture and cuisine, the fermented rice wine has recently been winning fans all over the world. Kampai! For the Love of Sake journeys from rice paddies in Japan to breweries around the globe as it chronicles three passionate exponents of the increasingly popular beverage: a British ex-pat who has become Japan’s first foreign master brewer, an American journalist known as the “Sake Evangelist,” and a fifth-generation Japanese brewer determined to shake up the industry. Together, their stories form a fascinating snapshot of how ancient traditions are adapting to the demands of a growing global market.
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Latvia's Official Submission to the Academy Awards
lizzard of Souls pays stark witness to the horrors and brutality of the First World War, as seen through the eyes of an innocent 17-year-old farm-boy turned soldier. Though he is underage, and his dad, a former marksman, is overage for the army, they are both conscripted into one of Latvia’s first national battalions. The thrill of training is soon followed by reality, as shells burst around them in the endless mud. He grows up on the battlefield, fighting at the side of his father and brother, their lives are constantly in jeopardy.
Adapted from the book by Aleksandrs Grins, which was banned in the U.S.S.R., the story was based on Grins’ own war experiences in a Latvian battalion, and the film is the biggest box office success in Latvia in the past 30 years.
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Win the Ultimate Valentine’s Dream Date
Valentine’s Day, 2021: You and your guest park in front of the WHBPAC in a rock star packing space. The marquee is lit with your names or your declaration of love. We whisk you off to the stage for a romantic, candlelit dinner for two, complete with a bottle of champagne. After eating, snuggle in together in our deluxe velvet seats for a private viewing of a movie of your choice. We’ll provide you with movie snacks, but our guess is you’re not going to be interested in food at this point. (We promise the projectionist won’t peek.)
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Virtual Cinema
Filmmaker Lance Oppenheim cracks the manicured facade of The Villages — a massive, self-contained retirement community located in Central Florida. Behind the gates of this utopia lie a small group of Villages residents and one interloper who are unable to find happiness within the community’s pre-packaged paradise.
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Switzerland's Official Submission to the Academy Awards
Lisa, once a brilliant playwright, no longer writes. She lives with her family in Switzerland, but her heart remains in Berlin, beating in time with that of her twin brother Sven, the famous theatre actor. Since Sven has been suffering from an aggressive type of leukaemia, the relationship between them has become even closer. Lisa does not want to accept this blow of fate, she does everything in her power to bring Sven back on stage. For her soulmate she neglects everything else and even risks losing her husband. Her marriage goes awry, but Lisa only has eyes for her brother, who reflects her deepest longings and awakens in her the desire to be creative, to feel alive again.
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This powerful documentary about the role of Native Americans in contemporary music history – featuring some of the greatest music stars of our time – exposes a critical missing chapter, revealing how indigenous musicians helped shape the soundtracks of our lives and, through their contributions, influenced popular culture.
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Sudan's Official Submission to the Academy Awards
Winner of the Lion of the Future Award for best Debut Feature at the Venice Film Festival, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY is visually sumptuous “coming-of-death” fable. During her son’s naming ceremony, a Sheikh predicts that Sakina’s child will die at the age of 20. Haunted by this prophecy, Sakina becomes overly protective of her son Muzamil, who grows up knowing about his fate. As Muzamil escapes Sakina’s ever-watchful eye, he encounters friends, ideas and challenges that make him question his destiny. Sudan’s first Oscar submission, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY is an auspicious debut and a moving meditation on what it means to live in the present.
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Virtual Cinema
Rembrandt, the grandmaster of intimacy, rocks the art world; 350 years after his death, many people, even entire nations are obsessed with his paintings. Aristocrats cherish, experts rule, art dealers investigate, collectors hunt, museums battle. The epic documentary MY REMBRANDT dives deep into the art world of Old Masters, exploring the motives of its elite.
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Japan's Official Submission to the Academy Awards
After a long and unsuccessful struggle to get pregnant, Satoko and her husband decide to adopt a child. Over the next six years, the middle-class couple and their young son Asato settle into a comfortable, albeit routine, life. The family’s orderly existence is shattered by the arrival of Hikari, a young woman claiming to be Asato’s biological mother, demanding his return. As tensions mount, Satoko grows more and more emboldened to defend her family.
Weaving together multiple timelines and genres with a contemplative pacing and keen sense of place, hallmarks of Kawase’s work, TRUE MOTHERS is “is a deeply touching celebration of women who assume duties of love, support and compassion” (Awards Watch).
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Hunted by mysterious forces, a young woman who has supernatural abilities must go on the run when her powers are discovered. With nowhere else to go, she flees back to her family and the farmhouse she abandoned long ago. There, while being pursued by the local sheriff, she begins to mend the broken relationships with her mother and daughter and learns that the power she needed was inside her all along.
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“Stuffed” is a documentary feature film about the surprising and unique world of taxidermy. Through the eyes and hands of passionate renowned artists across the world, the film allows the audience to dip into & explore this diverse subculture, where sculptors must also be scientists. It is a genre of art, formed by a collection of people who have a fanaticism for nature, matched only by their desire to protect it. They love animals and see life where others only see death. In an unexpected twist, “Stuffed” reveals the importance of preserving nature, using taxidermy as its unlikely vehicle, and the taxidermist as its wild driver.
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