CHINESE PUZZLE
A 40-year-old father’s life is complicated when the mother of his two children moves to New York. Since he can’t bear them growing up far away from him, he decides to move there as well, and also fathers a child for his lesbian friends, marries a Chinese woman for a green card and falls back in love with an old flame. Starring Romain Duris and Audrey Tautou. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
The Black Pirate (1926)
Silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks and featuring live musical accompaniment by the Silent Cinema Trio. A nobleman Michel (Douglas Fairbanks) vows vengeance on the cutthroats responsible for his father’s death. Becoming the black pirate, he joins their scurvy crew and quickly becomes their leader. But his plans for revenge become more complicated when he meets his first captive — a beautiful Spanish princess. Like a Robert Louis Stevenson adventure come to life, this high seas epic ripples with customary intrigue and a rapid succession of brilliantly inventive stunts. Mastered from a 35mm negative, this edition carefully recreates the authentic palette of two-strip Technicolor (comprised of varying blends of green and orange) so that modern viewers can savor the photography which the New York Times praised as “mindful of the paintings of the old masters.” At Chautauqua Auditorium. — Chautauqua
A COFFEE IN BERLIN
Winner of Six German Film Awards, this tragicomedy is a selfironic portrait of a young man who drops out of university and ends up wandering the streets of the city he lives: Berlin. Shot in black and white, and with a jazz soundtrack, it’s a look at a city and the zeitgeist of a generation. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
See full review above. At Boedecker.
PARTICLE FEVER
Follow six brilliant scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, marking the start of the biggest and most expensive experiment in the history of the planet and pushing the edge of human innovation. As they seek to unravel the mysteries of the universe, 10,000 scientists from more than 100 countries joined forces in pursuit of a single goal: to recreate conditions that existed just moments after the Big Bang and find the Higgs boson, potentially explaining the origin of all matter. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
WORLD CIRCUS
Following five circus acts from around the world to the Academy Awards of circus competitions, the Monte Carlo Circus Festival, this family-friendly film reveals the spectacular life, history and culture inside a world that we usually just see on the surface. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
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