Calendar of Events
(Michael Apted & Paul Almond, 2012). Documentary about a group of British citizens who have been interviewed every 7 years since 1964, when they were all 7 years old. Michigan Theater. Tickets $10 (children under 12, students with ID, seniors age 55 & older, & U.S. veterans, $8; MTF members, $7.50; films before 6 p.m., $7). michtheater.org. [map]
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(Kristi Jacobson & Lori Silverbush, 2012). Documentary about the millions of Americans who go hungry. With Jeff Bridges & Tom Colicchio. Michigan Theater. Tickets: $10 (children under 12, students with ID, seniors age 55 & older, & U.S. veterans, $8; MTF members, $7.50; films before 6 p.m., $7). michtheater.org. 668-TIME. [map]
(Robert Altman, 1992). Satire about a Hollywood studio executive who murders an aspiring screenwriter he believed was sending him death threats. Tim Robbins. 7 p.m., Michigan Theater. $10 (children under 12, students with ID, seniors age 55 & older, & U.S. veterans, $8; MTF members, $7.50.) 668-TIME. [map]
(Michael Haneke, 2012). Drama set in Paris about 2 retired music teachers whose marriage is tested when the woman has an attack. French, subtitles. Michigan Theater. Tickets: 10 (children under 12, students with ID, seniors age 55 & older, & U.S. veterans, $8; MTF members, $7.50; films before 6 p.m., $7). 668-TIME. michtheater.org. [map]
(Rebecca Cammisa, 2010). Documentary that follows the journey of several unaccompanied child migrants as they travel through Mexico en route to the U.S. on a freight train they call “the Beast.” Part of the “UMS on Film” series. 7 p.m., UMMA Auditorium, 525 S. State. Free. 764-0395. [map]
Screening of Kazuhisa Takenouchi's 2003 futuristic animated musical adaptation of an album by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk. 8:30 p.m., Arbor Brewing Company, 114 E. Washington. Free. 763-3500. [map]
.Feb. 13: When the Drum Is Beating (Whitney Dow, 2011). Documentary about the history of Haiti from independence from France to the 2010 earthquake, set to the music Haiti’s most celebrated big band, Septentrional.Feb. 20: Urban Roots (Henry Stephens, 2007). (Mark MacInnis, 2011). Documentary about the spontaneous emergence of urban farming in Detroit. Feb. 27: The Great Culling: Our Water (Paul Wittennberger, 2010). Documentary about heavy metal toxicity and its direct relationship with the current rise in neurological disorders. Mar. 6: Surviving Progress (Mathieu Roy & Harold Crooks, 2011). Documentary exploring whether contemporary global civilization is caught in a “progress trap” that, in his best-selling A Short History of Progress, Ronald Wright argues destroyed past civilizations. Mar. 13: Green Fire (Ann & Steve Dunsky and Dave Steinke, 2011). Documentary about the pioneering 20th-century conservationist Aldo Leopold. Mar. 20: Tears of Gaza (Vibeke Lokkeberg, 2010). Documentary about the impact of contemporary warfare that follows 3 children though the 3-week 2008-2009 Gaza War and its aftermath. Mar. 27: Bitter Pill (Vivek Palavali, 2012) Director Palavali, a Flint neurosurgeon, introduces his documentary (bitterpilldoc.com) about the deteriorating American health care system.. 7 p.m., Elmo's Hideaway, lower level of Elmo’s T-Shirts, 220 S. Main, Free. 662-5414. [map]
(Christopher Guest, 2000). Clever, very funny satire about dog lovers bound for a dog show. Followed by a talk by U-M biopsychology lecturer Camille Ward on the development of social behavior in dogs and human-canine communication. 7 p.m., Michigan Theater. $10 (children under 12, students with ID, seniors age 55 & older, & U.S. veterans, $8; MTF members, $7.50.) 668-TIME. [map]
Feb. 20: “The Big Parade” (King Vidor, 1925). Classic WWI film that blends spectacular, singularly credible battle scenes with an irresistibly charming romance between a young French woman (Renee Adoree) and the American soldier (John Gilbert) who, in one of the films’s most famous scenes, teaches her how to chew gum. Also, film scholar Mary Tubbs gives an introductory talk on “A Mechanized Art for a Mechanized War: Glamor and Trauma in The Big Parade” and leads a discussion of the film.Feb. 27: “Le Grande Illusion” (Jean Renoir, 1937). WWI film about 2 French soldiers who repeatedly attempt to escape a German POW camp until they’re sent to an impenetrable fortress that seems impossible to escape. French, German, English, Russian; subtitles. Also, Tubbs gives an introductory talk on “Looking Forward by Looking Back, Part 1: Race and Class in Le Grande Illusion” and leads a discussion of the film.Mar. 6: “The 49th Parallel” (Michael Powell, 1941). A WWII German U-boat, stranded in northern Canada, tries to escape to the still-neutral U.S. Also, Tubbs gives an introductory talk on “Invasion-Free since 1812: Walking with the Enemy and Talking Freedom in The 49th Parallel” and leads a discussion of the film.Mar. 13: “The Deer Hunter” (Michael Cimino, 1978). 3 Pennsylvania factory workers end up in a Vietcong POW camp. Robert De Niro & Christopher Walken. Also, Tubbs gives an introductory talk on “Over Here Over There: Meanings of Survival in The Deer Hunter” and leads a discussion of the film.Mar. 20: “Catch-22” (Mike Nichols, 1970). Film based on Joseph Heller’s classic WWII black humor novel about a bombardier who tries to escape the insanity of the war. Also, Tubbs gives an introductory talk on “Looking Forward by Looking Back, Part 2: An Enemy for a New Age in Catch-22” and leads a discussion of the film. . 7:30 p.m., Canterbury House, 721 E. Huron. Free. 764-3152. [map]
A chance to sample and learn about 25-30 favorite stouts, including Irish stouts, milk stouts, chocolate stouts, coffee stouts, Russian imperial stouts, and some Belgian and experimental stouts. Also, a drawing for beer-related prizes. The price of admission includes unlimited beer sampling and a German appetizer buffet. 7-9 p.m., Arbor Brewing Company, 114 E. Washington. Tickets $25 in advance, $30 (if available) at the door. 213-1393. [map]
Screening of contemporary feature films. Mar. 15: The Devil’s Own (1997), about a police officer who learns his house guest is an IRA terrorist on the run. Apr. 19: Hope Springs (2012), about a couple who attends counseling in order to save their marriage of 30 years. 2 p.m., DDL, 3255 Alpine, Dexter. Free. 426–4477. [map]
This film portrays the process by which the work of James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and Rosalind Franklin led to the discovery of the double helical structure of DNA. After viewing the film we will have a short Q & A session with the audience. EMU Halle Library 300, 955 W Circle Dr Ypsilanti, MI 48197, Ypsilanti. Free. mmarti50@emich.edu www.emich.edu/womenshistorymonth/ [map]
(Werner Herzog & Dmitry Vasyukov, 2010). Documentary about the indigenous people living in Bakhtia in the heart of the Siberian Taiga whose daily lives have barely changed over the last century. Michigan Theater. Tickets $10 (children under 12, students with ID, seniors age 55 & older, & U.S. veterans, $8; MTF members, $7.50; films before 6 p.m., $7). michtheater.org. 668-TIME. [map]
(Rashid Ghazi, 2011). Award-winning documentary that follows a predominantly Arab American Detroit high school football team as they practice during Ramadan when Muslims traditionally fast during daylight hours. Followed by a discussion led by U-M American culture lecturer Matthew Stiffler. 6-8:30 p.m., AADL multipurpose room (lower level), 343 S. Fifth Ave. Free. 327-4555. [map]
Every Sat. & Sun. and Mar. 29 & Apr. 1-5 Three different audiovisual planetarium shows. The Sky Tonight (11:30 a.m. Sat., 1:30 & 3:30 p.m. Sat. & Sun., and 11:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Mar. 29 and Apr. 1-5) is an exploration of the current night sky. Flight Adventures (Sat. 12:30 p.m.) is an audiovisual show examining the science of flight through the eyes of a young girl and her grandfather as they explore how birds, kites, planes, and models fly and learn about the history and future of human flight. Black Holes (Sat. & Sun. 2:30 p.m.) is an animated show that begins with the formation of the early Universe and the birth and death of stars and concludes with a simulated flight to a supermassive black hole lurking at the center of the Milky Way.Larry Cat in Space (12:30 p.m. Mar. 29 and Apr. 1-5 only) is a playful cartoon about an inquisitive cat that learns more than it wanted to know about life in space when it stows away on a shuttle to be with its owner, a scientist on her way to the Moon. Various times, Natural History Museum, 1109 Geddes at North University. $5. 764–0478. [map]
Screening of Hong Sang-soo's 2012 film about a young film student and her mother who run away to the seaside town of Mohang, Korea, to escape their mounting debt. Korean, subtitles. 2 p.m., Michigan Theater. Free. 764-1825. [map]
Feb. 16: “The Revolutionary” (Irv Drasnin, Lucy Ostrander, & Don Sellers, 2011). Saul Rittenberg, a former GI Chinese language expert who stayed to become an active participant in the Chinese communist revolution and its aftermath, reflects on his life in China from the mod-1940s through the end of the Mao era.Feb. 23: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (Alison Klayman, 2012). Portrait of China’s most famous international artist and its most outspoken domestic critic. Mandarin & English, subtitles.Mar. 16: When China Met Africa (Nick & Marc Francis, 2011). Exploration of China’s expanding footprint in Africa through the stories of 3 people in Zambia: a Chinese farmer, a Chinese multinational’s road project manager, and Zambia’s trade minister. Mandarin & Zambian, subtitles.Mar. 23: The Transition Period (Zhou Hao, 2009). A startlingly candid look inside the unsavory dynamics of Chinese politics at the local level seen through the eyes of a retiring Communist Party secretary in a rural inland province. Mandarin & Henan dialect, subtitles.. 7 p.m. Unless otherwise noted), Angell Hall Auditorium A (entrance at the Fishbowl on the east side of the bldg.) Free. 764-6308. [map]
Screening of a feature film or several shorts with spiritual themes. Followed by discussion. 8 p.m., Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth, 704 Airport Blvd. $5 suggested donation. 327-0270. [map]
