Rumble in the Jungle - Rare clips and outtakes filmed by Albert Maysles

Wednesday, October 22nd, 7:30pm

Rumble in the Jungle - Rare clips and outtakes filmed by Albert Maysles

Albert Maysles,1974, length TBD

2014 marks the 40th anniversary of the Rumble in the Jungle, a historic boxing showdown in Kinshasa that pitted Mohammed Ali against undefeated heavyweight champ George Foreman. The event, bankrolled by Zaire's dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, drew celebrities, musicians, and press from around the world. Filmmaker Albert Maysles was there to film the build-up to the fight, and has generously shared footage from his personal archive for a one-time special screening.

Followed by post-screening discussion with filmmaker Albert Maysles.

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The 2014 New York Film Festival Opening Act Series

Monday, September 15th, 7:30pm

The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Maysles Cinema Present:

The 2014 New York Film Festival Opening Act Series (September 15th – 25th)

The week before the festival kicks off, revisit landmark films from international filmmakers whose newest works will be showcased in the upcoming 52nd New York Film Festival. On Monday, September 15th The Film Society & Maysles Cinema will present the Maysles brothers iconic documentary Salesman followed by a special short sneak preview of Iris, which is having its world premiere in the 52nd NYFF.  A conversation between Albert Maysles and Kent Jones, Director of The New York Film Festival will follow the screening.

Salesman

Albert Maysles, David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, 1968, 91 mins.

In 1968, the Maysles Brothers directed Salesman, a character study/portrait of four traveling Bible salesmen. Salesman is widely considered to be one of the purest examples of direct cinema, with its unflinching and intrusive look at working class America. Equal parts heartbreaking and humorous, Salesman follows the men from rejection to rejection, as sales are down and pressures are up. In 1992, Salesman was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJIqZ9OLbRY

Followed by:

A short preview of Iris

The great documentarian Albert Maysles recently celebrated his 87th birthday, but he and his ever flexible and responsive camera eye are still as fresh as a daisy. His latest film is also a character study/portrait, this time about fashion-and interior-design maven Iris Apfel, who is herself just south of 94 and remains the picture of a saleswoman who continues to enjoy great success, as she celebrates the late wave of popularity she enjoyed on the heels the Met’s 2006 exhibition of her collection of often affordably priced fashion accessories. Maysles, who pops up from time to time as a cheerful on-camera presence, follows Iris as she makes selections for the touring exhibition, advises young women on their fashion choices, and bargains with store owners, usually in the company of her husband of 66 years, Carl, who recently turned 100. Iris’s resilience is a wonder to behold, never more so than when she dismisses the idea of being “pretty”—for her, the only thing that matters is style.

Trailer: http://vimeo.com/45590129

A conversation between Albert Maysles and Kent Jones, Director of The New York Film Festival will follow the screening.

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Summer Show and Tell at the Maysles Cinema

Thursday, August 14th, 7:30pm

Summer Show and Tell at the Maysles Cinema

Curated and Hosted by Patrick Gilfether

Join Albert Maysles as he tells the story of his first camera, a 25c piece of bakelite, and his

discovery of photo-chemical magic. Stories will follow from ten people, maybe even you, who bring an object- and, well, you know the game. Harlem local and recent high school grad Aayaana Sabb will tell a tale of her father and Cal Louis will discuss findings and process behind two months of food-access research Harlem. Brooklyn comedian Jo Firestone will bring you laughs as she shares the story behind an old photo ID and Patrick Gilfether will give you a glimpse inside an Ohio dairy farm with his film MILK. History of Science scholar Eliza Cohen will share unsettling letters between Eugenicists she stumbled across in the archives at the Museum of Natural History and author Lambo Yang will give a reading. Cheryl Humphrey will tell the story behind the cane collection of her late sister. Artist Mimi Leggett will offer a new view on colors and shapes, body-positivity activist Lexi

Bean will lead a contact-improv jam, and Harlem’s own Andre Johnson will take his first go at stand up comedy.

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Meet Marlon Brando

Saturday, June 14th, 7:30pm

Meet Marlon Brando

Albert Maysles, David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, 1965, 29 min.

Call it verité performance: Brando is caught in a Method conundrum—expected to play "movie star," he wants to live in the moment. To help his moribund film Morituri (1965), Brando agreed to participate in a marathon, day-long series of filmed interviews with reporters from local TV stations across the country. This mind-boggling event took place at the Hampshire Hotel in New York and was captured on film by the Maysles. The end result is Meet Marlon Brando, one of the star's least-known films where Brando is himself as master of the put-down and prince of biting sarcasm.

Trailer: http://mayslesfilms.com/films/movies/meetmarlonbrando.mp4

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8:00pm

The Beales of Grey Gardens

Albert Maysles & David Maysles, 2006, 91 min.

The 1976 cinema vérité classic Grey Gardens, which captured in remarkable close-up the lives of the eccentric East Hampton recluses Big and Little Edie Beale, has spawned everything from a midnight-movie cult following to a Broadway musical, to a Hollywood adaptation. The filmmakers then went back to their vaults of footage to create part two, The Beales of Grey Gardens, a tribute both to these indomitable women and to the original landmark documentary’s legions of fans, who have made them American counter culture icons.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLt9zh7sLIQ

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Grey Gardens

Friday, June 13th, 7:30pm

Grey Gardens

Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde & Muffie Meyer, 1976, 94 min.

Meet Big and Little Edie Beale—high-society dropouts, mother and daughter, reclusive cousins of Jackie O.—thriving together amid the decay and disorder of their ramshackle East Hampton mansion. An impossibly intimate portrait and an eerie echo of the Kennedy Camelot, Albert and David Maysles’ Grey Gardens quickly became a cult classic and established Little Edie as a fashion icon and philosopher queen. The film and the Beales themselves have since inspired fashion lines, songs, a broadway musical, several off-broadway shows, and a 2009 HBO film starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange.

Q&A with director Albert Maysles, Jerry "The Marble Faun" Torre, a character in Grey Gardens, comedian/actor/writer Taylor Negron (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Bio-Dome, Stuart Little, The Last Boy Scout and The Aristocrats) and historian Michael Henry Adams ("Harlem Lost and Found" and the upcoming book "Homo Harlem").

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI62e0fRieo

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Albert Maysles and Oscar Buzz Presents: 20 Feet From Stardom

Thursday, February 20th, 7:30pm

Friday, February 21st, 7:30pm

Albert Maysles and Oscar Buzz Present: 20 Feet From Stardom

(Oscar winning documentaries, nominees, and shortlisted films.)

20 Feet From Stardom

Morgan Neville, 2013, 91 min

Millions know their voices, but no one knows their names. In his compelling new film Twenty Feet From Stardom, award-winning director Morgan Neville (Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story, Muddy Waters Can’t Be Satisfied, Johnny Cash’s America) shines a spotlight on the untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century. Triumphant and heartbreaking in equal measure, the film is both a tribute to the unsung voices who brought shape and style to popular music and a reflection on the conflicts, sacrifices and rewards of a career spent harmonizing with others.  

These gifted artists span a range of styles, genres and eras of popular music, but each has a uniquely fascinating and personal story to share of life spent in the shadows of superstardom. Along with rare archival footage and a peerless soundtrack, Twenty Feet From Stardom boasts intimate interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger and Sting to name just a few. However, these world-famous figures take a backseat to the diverse array of backup singers whose lives and stories take center stage in the film. Features the legendary Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Judith Hill (also of NBC's "The Voice"), Claudia Lennear, Lisa Fischer, Tata Vega and the Walters.

Skype Q&A with director Morgan Neville to follow the screening on Thursday, February 20th.

2014 Academy Award® Nominee – Best Documentary Feature

“Sheer perfection! Just watch Morgan Neville’s exhilarating documentary and try not to stand up and cheer. “ - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWyUJcA8Zfo

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The Act of Killing

Tuesday, February 11th, 7:00pm

Thursday, February 13th, 7:30pm

Albert Maysles and Oscar Buzz Present: The Act of Killing

(Oscar winning documentaries, nominees, and shortlisted films.)

The Act of Killing

Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer,Co-Directed by Anonymous & Christine Cynn,

2013, 120 min.

In this chilling and inventive documentary, executive produced by Errol Morris (The Fog Of War) and Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), the filmmakers examine a country where death squad leaders are celebrated as heroes, challenging them to reenact their real-life mass-killings in the style of the American movies they love. The hallucinatory result is a cinematic fever dream, an unsettling journey deep into the imaginations of mass-murderers and the shockingly banal regime of corruption and impunity they inhabit. Shaking audiences at the 2012 Toronto and Telluride Film Festivals and winning an Audience Award at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival, The Act of Killing is an unprecedented film that, according to The Los Angeles Times, "could well change how you view the documentary form."

Q&A with director Joshua Oppenheimer to follow the 7:00pm screening on Tuesday, February 11th.2014 Academy Award® Nominee – Best Documentary Feature

"A masterpiece…& a major achievement.” – The Village Voice

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD5oMxbMcHM

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Albert Maysles and Oscar Buzz Presents: Cutie and the Boxer

Tuesday, January 7th, 7:30pm

Albert Maysles and Oscar Buzz Presents: Cutie and the Boxer

(Oscar winning documentaries, nominees

and shortlisted films.)

Curated by Jenna Bond Louden

Zachary Heinzerling, 2013, 82 mins.

Shortlisted for the 2014 Best Documentary Feature Oscar, Cutie and the Boxer is a reflection on love, sacrifice, and the creative spirit, this candid New York documentary explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of renowned “boxing” painter Ushio Shinohara and his artist wife Noriko. As a rowdy, confrontational young artist in Tokyo, Ushio seemed destined for fame, but he is met with little commercial success after he moves to New York City in 1969, seeking international recognition. When 19-year-old Noriko moved to New York to study art, she fell in love with Ushio—abandoning her education to become the unruly artist’s wife and assistant. Over the course of their marriage, their roles shifted. Now 80, Ushio still struggles to establish his artistic legacy, while Noriko is at last being recognized for her own art—a series of drawings entitled “Cutie,” depicting her challenging past with Ushio. Spanning four decades, the film is a moving portrait of a couple wrestling with the eternal themes of sacrifice, disappointment and aging, against a background of lives dedicated to art.

Q&A with director Zachary Heinzerling and subjects Ushio and Noriko Shinohara, moderated by Jenna Bond Louden.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP8_1hcLpdk

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