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Coming Attractions
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Showcasing the best in classical, independent and foreign cinema, The Screen cinematheque at Santa Fe University of Art and Design presents new releases, special cinema events and performances all day every day! Here’s what’s playing Feb. 20-26.
Tribute to James Baldwin
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Writers paid tribute to James Baldwin at The Lannan Foundation’s The Fire This Time event Feb. 13.
Coming Attractions
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For the 10th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films with all three categories offered: Animated, Live Action and Documentary. Check them out at The Screen Feb. 6-12.
Oscar Animations
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The 2015 Oscar-nominated Shorts Program, screening Jan. 30—Feb. 5 at The Screen, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary, and as expected the animated selects do not fail to impress! Though disappointed in the lack of animated hosts (the giraffe and ostrich from last year was a hoot) the artistic splendor of the pieces this year needs no help in keeping the audience entertained. From eight selects and four admirable mentions, the Oscar-nominated animations range from Disney’s sentimental story to the independent somber sketch. “Me and My Moulton” A Childhood In Norway (Torill Kove, Norway) Partnering with the National Film Board of Canada, Torill Kove’s depiction of her childhood in 1960s Norway is similar in style to her previous narrative and shape-driven animations. “The film tells the story of me and my family when I was little and how weird I thought things were,” Kove says in an interview with Animated World Network. “It’s not a story of an unhappy childhood. It’s a story about looking back and making sense of things I thought were strange at the time.” Though the plot is a bit scattered, I think most viewers can relate to the awkwardness of growing up in an abnormal family and can especially remember details like the lush carpets of a downstairs neighbor verses the awkward three-legged stools of your home. Perhaps Kove’s exploration of childhood reveals that the abnormalities sometimes make the best memories. “Feast” Through Your Dog’s Eyes (Patrick Osborne, USA- Disney) Disney sure knows how to capture Cute, and I think most of us can agree that we’re suckers for dogs. In this story of friendship and love, a dog is taken in by a food junkie who spoils his new friend by feeding him the bachelor-favorites: pizza, spaghetti, ice cream, pretzels, etc. At first it seems like the story will focus on the connections between man and dog, but of course Disney turns to its best plot device: a love story. The dog, seeing the change of his master with his new girl friend is furious to be suddenly eating healthy. Director Patrick Osborne, who worked as an animator on Bolt and directed the recent Disney film Tangled, is again showing how the large eyes and loyalty of animals can conjure the classic, “awe…” “The Bigger Picture” The Best of Artistic Expression (Daisy Jacobs, UK) Daisy Jacobs’ short “The Bigger Picture” sure does redefine your idea of motion art. The motifs of water, tears and rain pieces this brother feud narrative together in a humorous and dark way. Each set is captivating, making you feel the tension in this domestic and artistically sketched home. A result of her master’s thesis from the Central St Martins School of Art, Jacobs’ hand-drawn animation, stop-motion and life-size paintings allow her characters freedom of movement and interaction with a very 3-D looking environment. “A Single Life” Literally, A Record of Your Life (Job, Joris & Marieke, The Netherlands) Products of the Dutch studio Job & Joris & Marieke is described as cute, funny, poetic and sometimes disturbing. Their Oscar-nominated short “A Single Life” is no exception. Using a clever concept, skipping through your life by literally skipping through a record, managed to induce humor and horror all within two minutes. The music is the best part. The record itself is its own character and the soundtrack makes for a complimentary atmosphere. And no surprise!, the film’s composer, called Happy Camper, is most famous for the music clip “I’ll Take You Along,” a YouTube video that has over 17 million views. “The Dam Keeper” Little Pig, Little Pig, Why So Sad? (Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi, USA) Robert Kondo’s and Dice Tsutsumi’s short “The Dam Keeper” is a colossal short, if you’ll pardon the oxymoron. The complex narrative, intricate animation and masterful soundtrack is a grand feat for a category of filmmaking called Short. After watching it, you will feel like you’ve watched a feature. The lack of dialogue allows us to focus on movements of characters as well as the brooding...
Coming Attractions
posted by Charlotte Martinez
Coming Attractions at The Screen Jan. 30 – February 5 Showcasing the best in classical, independent and foreign cinema, The Screen cinematheque at Santa Fe University of Art and Design presents new releases, special cinema events and performances all day every day! See what critics have to say about the latest screenings, watch a trailer, then visit The Screen for a unique movie-going experience. 2015 Oscar-Nominated Shorts For the tenth consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films with all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary Animation Global – 2014 – 1 hour 22 minutes “Musing on the passage of time runs through this year’s group of Oscar-nominated animated shorts.” -Al Hoff of Pittsburg City Paper NOMINEES “The Bigger Picture” 7 minutes/UK/English “The Dam Keeper” 18 minutes/USA/Non-dialogue “Feast” 6 minutes/USA/Non-dialogue “Me and My Moulton” 14 minutes/Canada/English “A Single Life” 2 minutes/The Netherlands/Non-dialogue Live Action Global – 2014 – 2 hours “The 2015 theatrical release of Oscar-nominated short films has some unusually strong offerings this year, at least in the live-action category.” – Walter Addiego of San Francisco Chronicle NOMINEES “Aya” 39 minutes/Israel and France/English, Hebrew, Danish “Boogaloo and Graham” 14 minutes/UK/English “Butter Lamp” 15 minutes/France and China/Tibetan “Parvaneh” 25 minutes/Switzerland/Dari and German “The Phone Call”21 minutes/UK/English Documentaries Global – 2014 – 2 hours 40 minutes “This year’s Oscar-nominated Shorts are best when true.” Nick Schager of Miami New Times NOMINEES “Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1” 39 minutes/USA/English “Joanna” 40 minutes/Poland/Polish “Our Curse” 27 minutes/Poland/Polish “The Reaper” 29 minutes/Mexico/Spanish “White Earth” 20 minutes/USA/English and Spanish Visit thescreensf.com for movie times 505.473.6494 1600 St. Michael’s Drive Santa Fe, NM 87505...
Coming Attractions
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Coming Attractions at The Screen Jan. 23-29 Showcasing the best in classical, independent and foreign cinema, The Screen cinematheque at Santa Fe University of Art and Design presents new releases, special cinema events and performances all day every day! See what critics have to say about the latest screenings, watch a trailer, then visit The Screen for a unique movie-going experience. Winter Sleep Awarded Best Picture at Cannes Festival 2014 Turkey – 2014 – 3 hours 16 minutes “Beautiful to look at, with its burnished interiors and magnificent Turkish steppes, this long film builds to a powerful conclusion.” – Farran Smith Nehme of New York Post “Intricate, monumental and mysterious. This is masterfully staged and performed.” – Ben Sachs of Chicago Reader The Girl and Death Awarded Best Picture at Netherlands Film Festival Netherlands – 2014 – 2 hours 4 minutes “What emerges is a hypnotic, strangely wistful and affecting portrait.” – Gary Goldstein of Los Angeles Times “Atmosphere and nostalgia trump all in Pushkin-loving romance.” —John DeFore of Hollywood Reporter A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night The First Iranian Vampire Western Ever Made Iran – 2014 – 1 hour 39 minutes “A new classic, one to treasure endlessly.” —The Playlist “One of the best films of the year.” —The New Republic “Moody and gorgeous.” —The Hollywood Reporter Sunday’s 5 p.m. screening features SFUAD Alumni Freedom Hopkins’ Short Film “Capstone,” shot on 16 mm film Performance at the Screen: La Bayadere Sunday Jan. 25 11:15 a.m. – Moscow -2 hours 55 minutes A Bolshoi Ballet “Svetlana Zakharova, the Bolshoi prima, is breathtaking as Nikiya, her hyperextended legs lifting as effortlessly as a helium balloon, her languid musicality filling every phrase beyond the count.” – Carrie Seidman of Herald...
Holiday Glow
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If you’re looking for some Holiday adventures this month, two luminous and art-influenced spots to visit are Glow: A Winter Lights Event at Santa Fe’s Botanical Garden, running Dec. 4-Jan. 3 on Thursdays-Saturdays 5-8 p.m. and Saturdays 5-9 p.m., and the twinkle-lit open house events at Madrid, an artist’s destination on Turquoise Trail National Scenic Highway. On opening night, Dec. 4, Public Relations Director Fran Cole admires that along with the hundreds of holiday light fixtures illuminating Santa Fe’s Botanical Garden, the nearly full moon adds its own ambiance. “Did we order that or what!?” she says. For the month of December, Cole shares that the 1,350-acres of Ortiz Mountains are host to the lighting designs of Joe Dean, whose company Lumenscapes spent over two months planning and installed hexagonal domes and dazzling light projections along paths and courtyards of the gardens. “I came out and did my own aerial photography,” Dean says, “and I worked on a layout to figure out how to make this place glow.” Dean’s first dome, upon entering the site, is most important for it is reserved for Santa Clause himself, who sits among gifts and a Christmas tree, with kids already on his lap. Next stop, the hot chocolate dome. Buy one and get free refills for the rest of the night! Once Santa and the hot cocoa is taken care of, the garden’s circular trails welcome families to warm up by courtyard fires, sit on benches while listening to Christmas or reggae music, or walk through the many moving light fixtures that end by the beautiful red bridge overlook. Along with Glow installations, the garden is also hosting the site specific sculpture show “Morphic Nature,” created by SFUAD’s own students as well as students from the Institute of American Indian Arts. The site pieces, interspersed among the garden’s circular art trail, range from carved logs to shaped branches and were made entirely from the garden’s recovered plant material. Director Cole explains that because the sites are “clearing out for the next phase of Botanical Garden,” she was glad that the extra twigs, branches, leaves, etc. were used in a creative capacity. Cole adds that students from SFUAD will be free to the site during regular business hours, Thursday- Sunday 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., otherwise tickets for Glow nights are $8. 28 miles from Santa Fe’s Botanical Garden, the town of Madrid is also glowing beneath the full moon with its spectacular twinkle lights and shop lights. From the sky, the town might look like a gathering of fireflies in the middle of a dark desert. The story of Madrid is reputably unique. First a mining town from the 1920s to the 1940s, it became a ghost town in the 50s when it shut down. According to Lori Lindsey, owner of Madrid’s famous Mine Shaft Tavern, the town was maintained by a single family until is was revived in the 70s. The “History of Madrid New Mexico” brochure records that the town was sold to “individuals who brought in artists, businesses, tourists, and summer festivals” while retaining the “historic character of the town.” “Nobody’s really from Madrid,” Lindsey says, but “we believe in what we’re doing here.” The business owner addss that instead of being a residential town, Madrid thrives off its commercial reputation, housing artists from all over the world who open shops and galleries for locals and visitors alike. “Here you find a unique gift you won’t find in Santa Fe,” Lindsey says, sitting in Cowgirl Red, an art vintage store she co-manages on Madrid’s two-lane main street. The shop includes shelves of cowboy boots and spurs while a few doors down, Linda Dunnill’s Heaven Boutique evokes a victorian era vibe, the complete opposite of Lindey’s Western motif. And at the end of the street, you can visit “Maggie’s Diner,” a movie set left by the crew of Wild Hogs in 2007. In the spirit of Christmas, the unique townspeople of Madrid revive the traditions of the old mining town by hanging up strings...
Coming Attractions
posted by Charlotte Martinez
Showcasing the best in classical, independent and foreign cinema, The Screen cinematheque at Santa Fe University of Art and Design presents new releases, special cinema events and performances all day every day! See what critics have to say about the latest screenings, watch a trailer, then visit The Screen for a unique movie-going experience.
HEC set to open
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Since January, those attending SFUAD, Santa Fe High School or running on De Vargas Middle School’s track have watched construction at the corner of Yucca Street and Siringo Road transform a vacant lot into the 34,000 square-foot, two-story, energy-friendly structure it is today. The grand opening of Santa Fe’s Higher Education Center is scheduled for Jan. 14, 2015. “The area is now considered the educational hub of the city,” says Henry Mignardot, construction project manager of the city’s new Higher Education Center (HEC) located at 1950 Siringo Road, adjacent to The Santa Fe University of Art and Design campus. Commissioned in 2009 by New Mexico’s Higher Education Department, HEC was built to accommodate the growing need for affordable higher education programs that allow locals, especially students from the Santa Fe Community College (SFCC), to complete their degrees in Santa Fe. “I was very reluctant to be put in a community college program,” says Santa Fe local Brenden Romero, who began his degree in business at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, but decided not to continue after his first year. Returning to Santa Fe, Romero resumed his studies at SFCC through mostly online courses. He explains, however, that as a transfer he faced some obstacles in validating his credits, so the establishment of a higher education center “made that whole process a lot easier and was very helpful,” Romero says. “It gave me that push to finish.” Romero adds that because he is a visual learner, being in a classroom and in a physical university site is important to him. And though he believes the intersection of Yucca Street and Siringo is “going to be pretty clustered” with the addition of HEC, it’s also conveniently just down street from his home. “Having the Center adjacent to SFUAD is a huge plus,” says SFCC President Randy W. Grissom, “and having it easily accessible to...
Coming Attractions
posted by Charlotte Martinez
Coming Attractions at The Screen Dec. 5 – 11 Showcasing the best in classical, independent and foreign cinema, The Screen cinematheque at Santa Fe University of Art and Design presents new releases, special cinema events and performances all day every day! See what critics have to say about the latest screenings, watch a trailer, then visit The Screen for a unique movie-going experience. Viva La Liberta Starring the Great Beauty’s Tony Servillo Italy – 2013 – 1 hour 34 minutes “A smart, refreshingly whimsical and witty political satire that boasts winning performances by Toni Servillo in dual roles. It might as well be called Politics Italian-Style.” —Avi Offer of NYC Movie Guru “Haunting, surprising in its humor and beautifully served by the twin performances of Servillo.” —Marshall Fine of Hollywood & Fine Watchers of the Sky Sundance Film Festival Nomination for Grand Jury Prize 2014 US – 2014 – 2 hours “Watchers of the Sky” is a film that can dash hopes about humanity but also raise them in depicting the stories of these tireless defenders.” —Nicolas Rapold of New York Times “Succeeds in throwing a much-needed light on a man whose hermitlike life remains mysterious, but whose legacy will shine on for the ages.” —Olivia Ward of Toronto Star Performance at the Screen: The Pharaoh’s Daughter Sunday Nov. 23 11:15 a.m. – Russia – 2 hours 30 minutes A Bolshoi Ballet “It is hard to imagine a more sumptuous and elegant ballet, delicate and Romantic, moving deftly from one delightful scene to the next.” —Margaret Putnam of TheaterJones Force Majeure Winner of 2014 Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize Sweden – 2014 – 1 hour 58 minutes “Östlund masterfully manages the marital tensions that drive the film’s plot forward while imbuing the scenario with these carefully layered philosophical reflections.” —Slant Magazine “It’s awkward, it’s...
Q/A: Emily Kendal Frey
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Poet Emily Kendal Frey discusses form, grief and tricks for writers when they’re stuck.
Coming Attractions
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Coming Attractions at The Screen Nov. 21-27 Showcasing the best in classical, independent and foreign cinema, The Screen cinematheque at Santa Fe University of Art and Design presents new releases, special cinema events and performances all day every day! See what critics have to say about the latest screenings, watch a trailer, then visit The Screen for a unique movie-going experience. Pelican Dreams From the Director of “The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill” US – 2014 – 1 hour 10 minutes “Like ‘The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill,’ Irving’s study of brown pelicans is affectionate, at times humorous and reveals a sense of wonder and awe at the birds’ simple beauty.” -Carolyn Jones of San Francisco Chronicle http://vimeo.com/102655510 Performance at the Screen: The Pharaoh’s Daughter Sunday Nov. 23 11:15 a.m. – Russia – 2 hours 30 minutes A Bolshoi Ballet “It is hard to imagine a more sumptuous and elegant ballet, delicate and Romantic, moving deftly from one delightful scene to the next.” – Margaret Putnam of TheaterJones Force Majeure Winner of 2014 Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize Sweden – 2014 – 1 hour 58 minutes “Östlund masterfully manages the marital tensions that drive the film’s plot forward while imbuing the scenario with these carefully layered philosophical reflections.”- Slant Magazine “It’s awkward, it’s biting, it’s uncomfortable, and Force Majeure is undoubtedly one of the most enjoyable films of the year.” – Twitch Film Awake: The LIfe of Yogananda US – 2014 – 1 hour 27 minutes The Story of Yoga’s Journey to the West “The film tapped into Yogananda’s humanity in a way that was profoundly moving and inspiring to me.” —Ram Dass “A beautifully crafted film and a powerful story about a spiritual genius.” —Russell Simmons...
Bed Bugs
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On the week of Nov. 4, SFUAD residents Nick Martinez and Martinez’ roommate, who wishes to be unnamed, were asked to evacuate their Mountain View Apartment due to an unexpected infiltration of bed bugs. Martinez, who had spent that weekend ill in bed, had attributed his past discomfort to the amount of time he spent outdoors and around mountainous areas, but once Anthony Dion, SFUAD’s contracted Ecolabs terminator, came in to investigate, Dion reportedly found Martinez’s mattress full of the quarter inch parasites. “My mattress was ground zero,” Martinez says. “There were stains all over it, bed bugs as big as my pinkie nail.” The evidence, Martinez explains further, was hard to identity due to the color of the dark blue mattress. Though Martinez heard Dion report to maintenance that the source was Martinez’s mattress, later housing director Connor Nelson reported that it was actually a couch left to Martinez’s roommate by the previous apartment resident that brought the quick-spreading visitors. According to Martinez, the previous resident had bought the couch as a secondhand furniture piece from Goodwill. Used furniture, Connor explains, is usually a “very common cause” of bed bugs for any campus or hotel. “Which is why it’s somewhat of a bad idea to buy upholstered furniture from thrift stores, or if you find it at an art sale, or just on the street corner.” If a piece of furniture has been infested, the bed bugs will die off if put in an extreme temperature environments. “General cleanliness kind of helps with the situation,” he adds, “but it’s not the cause. Some people think that you only get them if you are messy, but no, it can happen anywhere. But if you’re in an apartment that’s messy it just complicates the problem. It gives them more of an environment.” And as a...
Coming Attractions
posted by Charlotte Martinez
Coming Attractions at The Screen Nov. 14-20 Showcasing the best in classical, independent and foreign cinema, The Screen cinematheque at Santa Fe University of Art and Design presents new releases, special cinema events and performances all day every day! See what critics have to say about the latest screenings, watch a trailer, then visit The Screen for a unique movie-going experience. Force Majeure Winner of 2014 Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize Sweden – 2014 – 1 hour 58 minutes “Östlund masterfully manages the marital tensions that drive the film’s plot forward while imbuing the scenario with these carefully layered philosophical reflections.”- Slant Magazine “It’s awkward, it’s biting, it’s uncomfortable, and Force Majeure is undoubtedly one of the most enjoyable films of the year.” – Twitch Film That Man From Rio Part of the Ongoing Series Films to See Before You Die France – 1964 – 1 hour 52 minutes “That Man From Rio is a crazy delight, a stylish, early-’60s pastiche that folds in every adventure-movie cliché you’ve ever seen, and possibly invents a few new ones.”– Village Voice Awake: The LIfe of Yogananda US – 2014 – 1 hour 27 minutes The Story of Yoga’s Journey to the West “The film tapped into Yogananda’s humanity in a way that was profoundly moving and inspiring to me.” —Ram Dass “A beautifully crafted film and a powerful story about a spiritual genius.” —Russell Simmons #000000;”> ...
Body Traffic
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LA dance company Body Traffic comes to Santa Fe for a two-week residency to teach master classes in local studios and perform for the Santa Fe audience Nov. 7- 8.
Coming Attractions
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Coming Attractions at The Screen Nov. 7-13 Showcasing the best in classical, independent and foreign cinema, The Screen cinematheque at Santa Fe University of Art and Design presents new releases, special cinema events and performances all day every day! See what critics have to say about the latest screenings, watch a trailer, then visit The Screen for a unique movie-going experience. Awake: The LIfe of Yogananda US – 2014 – 1 hour 27 minutes The Story of Yoga’s Journey to the West “The film tapped into Yogananda’s humanity in a way that was profoundly moving and inspiring to me.” —Ram Dass “A beautifully crafted film and a powerful story about a spiritual genius.” —Russell Simmons The Blue Room France – 2014 – 1 hour 16 minutes Based on the Novel by Georges Simenon “Every revelation registers in the gifted Amalric’s gaze: infinitesimal physical mutations, emotional detonations.” —Sheri Linden of Los Angeles Times “One of most exciting things about The Blue Room is that it celebrates the radical fragmentation of Alain Resnais’s 1963 film Muriel — a nostalgic blast for modernists, reminding us that, by and large, they don’t cut them like they used to.” —Jonathan Romney of Film Comment Magazine...
Crawlers
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Spiders, ants & beetles—oh my! A look at the crawlers on campus.
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