Monday, February 25, 7 PM

MY FAVORITE MOVIES Screening Series

Hannah and Her Sisters, 1986 -- 103 mins.

Darren Star, Creator and Executive Producer (Sex and the City; Melrose Place; Beverly Hills, 90210 and other hit TV shows), will present HANNAH AND HER SISTERS, written and directed by Woody Allen.

 Admission to the My Favorite Movies event will be free, as always, but please note that the CSUN Cinematheque will employ the following admission policy so as to guarantee as fair a seating as possible:

One hour before the event, at 6:00 p.m., a table will be set up outside the Armer.  On a first-come, first-served, basis, numbered tickets will be distributed.  Those bearing tickets will be instructed to line up outside the building, to await entry when the theater doors open at 7:00 p.m.  The tickets must be presented at the Armer door.  So as to be sure of gaining entry, it is strongly advised that you arrive as much before 6:00 p.m. as possible.  That line will form just outside the building, and those at the head of the line will have the opportunity to approach the table and receive a ticket at 6:00 p.m.

KRZYSZTOF KIEŚLOWSKI RETROSPECTIVE

Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski was a leading director of documentaries, television and feature films from the 1970s to the 1990s. The social and moral themes of contemporary times became the focus of his many significant films and his unique humanist treatment of those themes secured his place as one of the greatest of modern film directors.

Thurs, Jan 24 -- 7 PM

The Scar (Blizna), 1976 -- 112 mins.

Kieślowski’s feature film debut tells the story of the shifting fortunes of a massive factory project in rural postwar Poland. The Scar is filled with the vivid characters, lucid imagery and the incisive but even-handed social criticism that would define his early films.

Thurs, Jan 31 -- 7 PM

Documentaries and Short Subjects, 1966-1976 -- 120 mins.

A program of short films and documentaries made by Kieślowski between 1969 and 1980. More overtly political than his later feature films, these earlier efforts nonetheless reveal Kieślowski’s talent for capturing the broad complexities of the human condition.

Thurs, Feb 7 -- 7 PM

Camera Buff (Amator), 1979 -- 117 mins.

Camera Buff is a tragi-comic exploration of the craft of filmmaking. Insightful and self-reflexive, this fictional film about a documentary filmmaker is commonly referred to as a watershed in Kieślowski’s transition from documentary to fiction filmmaking.

Thurs, Feb 14 -- 7 PM

Blind Chance (Przypadek), 1981 -- 122 mins.

Kieślowski’s Blind Chance presents three separate storylines, told in succession, about a man running after a train and the different futures that could result from this seemingly ordinary incident. A transcendental meditation on fate, coincidence and choice.

Thurs, Feb 21 -- 7 PM

No End (Bez końca), 1984 -- 109 mins.

In No End, Kieślowski tells the story of a woman coping with the death of her husband during Poland’s turmoil of the 1980s. Here Kieślowski reveals his career-long interest in the connections between the individual psyche and the politics of collective institutions.

Thurs, Feb 28 -- 7 PM

Decalogue I & II (Dekalog I & II) (1988) -- 120 mins.

Kieślowski’s Decalogue explores the timeless moral issues of human existence through ten contemporary tales inspired by the Ten Commandments. The series begins with the first two touching and thought-provoking episodes, Decalogue I and Decalogue II.

Thurs, Mar 7 -- 7 PM

Decalogue III & IV (Dekalog III & IV) (1988) -- 120 mins.

The Decalogue continues with the next two episodes, Decalogue III, which tells the story of a chance encounter between a married man and his former lover, and Decalogue IV, where Kieślowski takes on the commandment to honor one’s mother and father.

Thurs, Mar 14 -- 7 PM

Decalogue V & VI (Dekalog V & VI) (1988) -- 120 mins.

Decalogue V & VI continue Kieślowski’s Decalogue with two episodes that were later expanded into longer feature films. Decalogue V deals with the commandment against killing and Decalogue VI addresses the commandment against adultery.

Thurs, Mar 21 -- 7 PM

Decalogue VII & VIII (Dekalog VII & VIII) (1988) -- 120 mins.

The Decalogue continues with episodes seven and eight of the series. Decalogue VII concerns a woman abducting her own child, who has been raised by her parents as her sister, and Decalogue VIII is about the complicated issue of bearing false witness.

Thurs, Mar 28 -- 7 PM

Decalogue IX & X (Dekalog IX & X) (1988) -- 120 mins.

The Decalogue series concludes with Kieślowski taking on the coveting of another’s wife in Decalogue IX, and the coveting of goods in Decalogue X. A powerful pair of films to close-out the series in a playful way and with a darkly comedic flourish.

Thurs, Apr 4 -- 7 PM

A Short Film About Killing (Krótki film o zabijaniu) (1988) -- 84 mins.

Kieślowski expanded the fifth episode of his Decalogue for this disturbing and violent feature film about a young drifter who murders a taxi driver. A highly provocative statement that became a critically acclaimed and award winning feature for the director.

Thurs, Apr 18 -- 7 PM

A Short Film About Love (Krótki film o miłości) (1988) -- 86 mins.

A Short Film About Love began as the sixth episode of Kieślowski’s Decalogue. In this expanded stand-alone feature film, a young shy postal worker has his illusions about pure ideal love shattered by the woman who is the object of his obsessive fascination.

Thurs, Apr 25 -- 7 PM

The Double Life of Veronique  (La Double vie de Véronique/Podwójne życie Weroniki) (1991) -- 98 mins.

Kieślowski’s international breakthrough remains one of his most well-known and beloved films. The Double Life of Véronique is an unforgettable symphony of emotion and a mysterious, metaphysical rumination on identity, love, and human intuition.

Thurs, May 2 -- 7 PM

Three Colors: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu/Trzy kolory:  Niebieski) (1993) -- 94 mins.

In the devastating first film of Kieślowski’s Three Colors trilogy, a woman reels from the tragic death of her husband and young daughter. More than just a blistering study of sorrow and grief, Blue is also a tale of liberation and a transcendent sensory experience.

Thurs, May 9 -- 7 PM

Three Colors: White Trois couleurs: Blanc/Trzy kolory: Biały) (1994) -- 87 mins.

The most playful and also the grittiest of Kieślowski’s Three Colors films, White manages to be both a ticklish dark comedy about the economic inequalities of Eastern and Western Europe and a sublime reverie about twisted and irrepressible love.

Thurs, May 16 -- 7 PM

Three Colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge/Trzy kolory: Czerwony) (1994) -- 99 mins.

Kieślowski closes his Three Colors trilogy in grand fashion, with an incandescent meditation on fate and chance. Red is an intimate look at forged connections and a splendid final statement from a remarkable filmmaker at the height of his powers.