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WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMERTUESDAY, JULY 14, 7:30 PMDir. David Wain (97min, USA, 2001)Narrative

Catch up on the cult classic before Netflix re-launches the epic camp comedy. The last day of Camp Firewood’s summer means finally experiencing “the Ultimate” (sex) for some; for others it revolves around chewing gum, goofing around and frenching. Oh, and there may be a satellite falling from the sky – during the final talent show! Featuring Elizabeth Banks, Janeane Garofalo, Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler.

Before the film, join us for adult summer camp (aka happy hour) from 5-7pm;film tickets come with one free drink!

THE OUTRAGEOUS SOPHIE TUCKERTUESDAY, JULY 28, 7:30 PMDir. William Gazecki (96min, USA, 2014)Documentary

The rags to riches story of Sophie Tucker, an iconic superstar who ruled the worlds of vaudeville, Broadway, radio, television and Hollywood throughout the 20th century. Before Beyoncé, Madonna and Mae West, Sophie Tucker infatuated her audiences with a bold, bawdy and brassy style unlike any other. Using 400-plus recently rediscovered personal scrapbooks, authors Susan and Lloyd Ecker retrace Tucker’s sixty-year career in show business.

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FORBIDDEN FILMSTUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 7:30 PMDir. Felix Moeller (94min, Germany, 2014)German with English subtitlesDocumentary

The Nazi regime produced over 1,200 feature films, mostly political propaganda, a handful of which were crafted specifically to engender anti-Semitism among the masses. Forbidden Films brings us into the vaulted, explosive-resistant compound where the reels are kept and interviews historians and filmmakers who debate the importance of these “Nazi movies of the poison cabinet:” are they worth keeping? Do we need to show them? How do we approach this dark legacy?

70th Anniversary of WWII’s End

BBC WORLDWIDE AMERICA FILM SERIES

Series

Free to Attend SUNDAY, AUGUST 16

12:15 PM THE MAN WHO CROSSED HITLER The true story of Hans Litten, the Jewish lawyer who forced Hitler to testify in a 1931 trial about the rising violence of the Nazi party.

2:15 PM CASTLES IN THE SKYEddie Izzard plays Robert Watson Watt, the inventor of radar technology.

4:15 PM COPENHAGENThe two presiding geniuses of quantum physics, Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, meet for the first time since the breakout of war.

6:15 PM WODEHOUSE IN EXILEThe story of how quintessential English author PG Wodehouse was exiled from his country.

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SCREEN GIANTS SUMMER SERIES AUGUST 22 to 30

Step out of the heat and cool down with four inimitable classics from top Jewish directors – Mel Brooks, Sidney

Lumet, Elaine May and Billy Wilder.

All films play as double features!

DOG DAY AFTERNOONDir. Sidney Lumet (125min, USA, 1975)

The true story of a bank robbery gone haywire. One hot August day two optimistic losers–the frantic master-mind Sonny, and his slow-witted buddy Sal–rob a Brooklyn bank, with a surprising motive. Featuring Al Pacino, John Cazale and Penelope Allen.

THE APARTMENTDir. Billy Wilder (125min, USA, 1960)

Winner of five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay.

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray star in Billy Wilder’s tale of an insurance company middle man who lets management use his apartment for extramarital affairs.

YOUNG FRANKENSTEINDir. Mel Brooks (106min, USA, 1974)

Mel Brooks’ monstrously crazy tribute to Mary Shelley’s classic pokes hilarious fun at every Frankenstein movie ever made. Summoned to his late grandfather’s castle in Transylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) soon discovers the scientist’s step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life.

A NEW LEAFDir. Elaine May (102min, USA, 1971)

May’s first film is a hilarious fantasy about an aging and pampered Manhattan aristocrat who discovers he has burned through his inheritance. The supercilious misanthrope, played with a mannered grace by Walter Matthau, fixes on the unlikely scheme of finding a wealthy bride (May) before he is evicted from his luxurious apartments.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22

6:00 pm A New Leaf

8:00 pm The Apartment

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2312:15 pm Young Frankenstein

2:15 pm Dog Day Afternoon


7:15 pm A New Leaf

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 266:30 pm Young Frankenstein


THURSDAY, AUGUST 276:30 pm A New Leaf


SATURDAY, AUGUST 296:30 pm Young Frankenstein

8:30 pm A New Leaf

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3012:00 pm The Apartment


5:00 pm A New Leaf

7:00 pm Young Frankenstein

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TO LIFETUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 7:30 PMDir. Uwe Janson (86min, Germany, 2014) German with English Subtitles

Fate has taken its toll on the aging cabaret singer Ruth and the young but terminally-ill Jonas. Jonas arrives in Berlin just in time to save Ruth’s life. Evicted from her apartment, the sarcastic but warm-hearted Ruth – an aging Jewish cabaret singer – saw no other way out than suicide. Jonas, meanwhile, is driven by a secret and fleeing from his love and his future.

FAMOUS NATHANTUESDAY, JUNE 9, 7:30 PMDir. Lloyd Handwerker (97min, USA, 2014) Documentary

A Coney Island-inspired, emotionally rich portrait of the original Nathan’s Famous, the iconic eatery created in 1916 by filmmaker Lloyd Handwerker’s grandparents, Nathan and Ida Handwerker. The visually dynamic documentary weaves together decades of archival footage, family photos and home movies, an eclectic soundtrack and never-before-heard audio from Nathan himself.

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