January 10 – The Red Shoes

Moira Shearer, Anton Wallbrook. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Centered around a ballet performance of Hans Christian Andersen’s dark fairy tale, a ballerina is torn between her love for a ballet director and a composer. NR-1948

January 17 – Sewell Ballet

The James Sewell Ballet was founding in New York City by James Sewell and Sally Rouse and brought to Minnesota in 1992. Combining their expertise, vision and chutzpah they envisioned a close-knit company of dance artists willing to both challenge their physical limits and expand their notions about ballet. This performance is part of the Campus Performing Arts Series, tickets much be purchased separately.

January 24 – The Graduate

Ann Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman. Directed by Mike Nichols. Ben has recently graduated college, with his parents now expecting great things from him. At his “Homecoming” party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father’s business partner has Ben drive her home, which leads to an affair between the two. The affair eventually ends, but comes back to haunt him when he find himself falling for Elaine, Mrs. Robinson’s daughter. PG-13-1967.

January 31 – Midnight in Paris

Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams. Directed by Woody Allen. Gil and Inez travel to Paris as a tag-along vacation on her parents’ business trip. Gil falls in love with the city and thinks they should mover there after they get married, but Inez does not share his romantic notions of the city or the idea that the 1920s was the golden age. Gil’s daily walks at midnight in Paris could take him closer to the heart of the city but further from the woman he’s about to marry. PG-13-2011.

February 7 – Persepolis

Vincent Paronnaud. Persepolis is the poignant story of a young girl coming of age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It’s through the eyes of this precocious nine year old, Marjane, that we see a people’s hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power. Fear of the new regime runs deep, and she is sent to school in Vienna. She returns to Iran to be close to her family, only to leave again at 24. PG-13-2007. Presented as part of The Tournees Festival.

February 14 – I’ve Loved You So Long

Philippe Claudel. The women-in-prison film has a long, glorious and tawdry history. Scott Thomas plays Juliette Fontaine, a former physician who’s just completed a 15-year jail sentence for murdering her young son. Her younger sister, literature professor Lea, takes her in, anxiously trying not to upend the snug comfort of her middle-class clan with this new addition. PG-13-2008. Presented as part of The Tournees Festival.

February 21 – Paris

Cedric Klapisch. In this wistful ensemble film about the City of Light, characters of vastly different backgrounds, intersect, providing a sense of the multitudes and complexities contained within one of the world’s greatest metropolises. Regardless of whether you’ve never been to Paris or have visited several times, Klapisch’s stunning compositions of the city will inspire you to book a flight to the French capital right away. R-2007. Presented as part of The Tournees Festival.

February 28 – A Town Called Panic

Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar. The giddy, chaotic pace of A Town Called Panic, originated as a cult-favorite TV show. It is ultimately in a class of its own with playful, nonstop anarchy bound to appeal to children and adults alike. NR-2009. Presented as part of The Tournees Festival.

March 6 – Certified Copy

Abbas Kiatostami. Playing with the question of what is fake versus what is authentic, Iranian master Abbas Kiatostami’s Certified Copy centers on the relationship between an English writer and an anonymous woman. Initially led to believe the two have just met, we are forced to reassess our understanding of the couple when they begin to act like spouses in the midst of a martial crisis. NR-2009. Presented as part of The Tournees Festival.

March 13 – Blood Simple

Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya. Directed by Joel Coen. The newly restored and re-edited director’s cut of the stylish crime thriller that was the 1984 debut feature film from Joel and Ethan Coen. A jealous saloon owner hires a cheap divorce detective to kill the owner’s younger wife and her bartender love. But the detective gets a better idea. R-1984.

March 20 – Rango

Johnny Depp, Isla fisher, Timothy Olyphant. Directed by Gore Verbinski. This animated comedy=adventure follows the comical, transformative journey of Rango, a sheltered chameleon living as an ordinary family pet, while facing a major identity crisis. When Rango accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Rango starts to become the hero he once only pretended to be. PG-2011.

April 3 – Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Directed by Werner Herzog. This film is a breathtaking new documentary from the incomparable Werner Herzog which follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man. This unforgettable cinematic experience provides a unique glimpse of pristine artwork dating back to human hands over 30,000 years ago – almost twice as old as any previous discovery. NR-2011.

April 10 – Notorious*

Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Following the conviction of her German father for treason against the U.S., Alicia Huberman takes to drink and men. She is approached by a government agent (T. T. Devlin) who asks her to spy on a group of her father’s Nazi friends operating out of Rio de Janeiro. A romance develops between Alicia and Devlin, but she starts to get too involved in her work. NR-1946. (Screening in the 143 Castleman Hall)

April 17 – Videos by Lampo Leong

Transformations & Memories: Serving as temporal monuments, the images of the Fortress of Monte and Grand Lisboa Hotel juxtapose and overlap to represent the transformation of Macao, reflecting our memories and aspirations while capturing the distinctive human sensations and social conditions in the 21^st century. Lampo Leong, the Maxwell Weiner Visiting Profess of Art at S&T, will be on hand to screen and discuss his work.

April 24 – Super 8

Ella Fanning, Amanda Michalka. Directed by J. J. Abrams. In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth – something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined. PG-13-2011.