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The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2018

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Leaning Into the Wind – Andy Goldsworthy

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Short films are the incubators of the directing stars of tomorrow, and show a remarkable variety of inspiration and technique. Landmark Theatres is once again happy to offer audiences a chance to see the new Academy Award nominees in the categories of Best Animated Short Film and Best Live Action Short Film. Thanks to Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures, audiences will have an opportunity not only to second guess the Academy voters, but to get a leg up in their office pools! Two feature-length programs will be shown—one for the live action nominees and one for the animated nominees. Separate admission is required for each program. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will announce the nominees on Tuesday, January 23. Details about the contents of each program will be made available on our website in the days that follow, once confirmed. And don’t forget to watch the 90th Academy Awards show when it is broadcast live on Sunday, March 4! The ceremony will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network.

Critic’s Pick! “Very enjoyable!”—Manohla Dargis, THE NEW YORK TIMES “Genius. Maverick. Inventor. Feminist pioneer. All of these descriptors apply to Lamarr.” —Joe Baker, DALLAS FILM NOW

Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr (ZIEGFELD GIRL, SAMSON AND DELILAH) was known as the world’s most beautiful woman—Snow White and Cat Woman were both based on her iconic look. However, her incredible beauty stood in the way of her being given the credit she deserved as an ingenious inventor whose pioneering work eventually helped revolutionize modern communication. Mislabeled as “just another pretty face,” Hedy’s true legacy is that of a brilliant technological trailblazer. An Austrian Jewish émigré, she wanted to help defeat the Nazis. She invented a covert “frequency hopping” communications system to make Allied torpedoes unstoppable, and then patriotically gave her 1942 patent to the Navy, who ignored it and told her to sell kisses for war bonds instead. Throughout her life few knew of Hedy’s secret history, but in 2016 director Alexandra Dean and producer Adam Haggiag unearthed four never-before-heard audio tapes of Hedy speaking about her incredible life. Combining this newly discovered interview with intimate reflections from her children, closest friends, family and admirers, including Mel Brooks and Robert Osborne, BOMBSHELL finally sets the record straight, giving Hedy Lamarr the chance to tell her own amazing story. (USA, 2017)

“Meditative…Visually seductive.”—Dennis Harvey, VARIETY “Will inspire anyone who sees it to look for the beauty in every gust, to admire how nature constantly rearranges itself, and us along with it…A fascinating reminder that some art wasn’t made to be owned.”—David Ehrlich, INDIEWIRE

LEANING INTO THE WIND – ANDY GOLDSWORTHY, director Thomas Riedelsheimer’s second documentary on renowned British artist Andy Goldsworthy (following 2001’s memorable RIVERS AND TIDES), takes viewers on a beautiful and entrancing journey into the hillsides, wild terrains and other outdoor spaces that inspire Goldsworthy’s creative spirit. He not only leans into the wind, but also climbs trees, shakes out clouds of pollen, penetrates hedgerows, and lies in the rain. The film chronicles a vibrant journey through the diverse layers of Goldsworthy’s world, including some scenes working with his daughter Holly Goldsworthy. From urban Edinburgh and Glasgow to the South of France and New England, Berlin and San Francisco, each environment he encounters becomes a fresh kaleidoscopic canvas for his art. A lushly-visualized travelogue, Goldsworthy’s work and Riedelsheimer’s exquisite cinematography redefine landscape and inextricably tie human life to the natural world, creating a film experience that is poetic, thoughtful and peaceful. Enhanced by an original jazz-influenced score by Fred Frith. (UK/Germany, 2017)

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The Cured

Oh Lucy!

The China Hustle

STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 2 • ONE WEEK

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“A gloriously terrifying yet thought-provoking horror thriller...Like any great zombie flick, The Cured works on several levels.”—Kerri Craddock, TORONTO INT’L FILM FESTIVAL “Impressive and compelling...A fresh take on zombie terrain…Lends the dimension of political allegory that recently deceased subgenre king George Romero brought to his many Dead films, albeit in a somewhat subtler fashion.”—Dennis Harvey, VARIETY

What happens when the undead return to life? In a world ravaged for years by a plague that turned the infected into zombie-like cannibals, a cure has been at last found. The wrenching process of reintegrating the survivors back into society begins, but the ex-zombies are hated, feared and distrusted by the general population. Among the formerly afflicted, known as the Cured, is Senan (Sam Keeley), a sensitive young man haunted by the memory of the horrific acts he committed while infected. Welcomed back into the family of his widowed sister-in-law (Ellen Page, FLATLINERS, JUNO), whose husband was killed by zombies, and her young son, Senan obeys the government’s restrictive regulations and attempts to rebuild his life—but is society ready to forgive him and those like him? Or will fear and prejudice once again tear the world apart? Pulsing with provocative parallels to our troubled times, THE CURED is a smart, scary and hauntingly human tale of guilt and redemption. Written and directed by David Freyne, making his promising feature debut. (Ireland/France, 2018) ifcfilms.com/films/the-cured

“The story has an idiosyncratic charm that pays off in an unexpectedly touching ending.” —David Rooney, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER “Like a chocolate trifle with an arsenic core, this quirky portrait [gestures] toward broad comic appeal while offering peeks at a profound darkness just beneath.”—Andrew Barker, VARIETY

“Wildly entertaining...Blows the lid off a multibillion-dollar heist…Far from a postmortem, the film uncovers a scandal that’s still ongoing.”—Scott Tobias, VARIETY “Excellent...Unveils massive fraud…but is easy for non-traders to understand.” —John DeFore, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

Setsuko (Shinobu Terajima) is a lonely, chain-smoking, past-her-prime office worker in Tokyo. When her fun-loving twenty-year-old niece Mika (Shioli Katsuna) browbeats her into enrolling in an unorthodox English class she meets a handsome young American instructor, John (Josh Hartnett, PEARL HARBOR), who tries to break through Japanese formality by hugging his students; he requires her to wear a curly blonde wig and take on an American alter ego named “Lucy.” Setsuko finds her new identity liberating, and quickly develops romantic feelings for John—to the degree that when he suddenly disappears without explanation she wants to track him down. Setsuko enlists the help of her grouchy sister Ayako (Kaho Minami), and the pair fly halfway across the world to Southern California in pursuit. In a brave new world of tattoo parlors and seedy motels, family ties and past lives are tested as Setsuko struggles to preserve the dream and promise of “Lucy.” With Koji Yakusho. Recalling the culture clash charm of KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER, OH LUCY! is funny but dark, with a gem of a performance by Terajima. Directed and co-written by Atsuko Hirayanagi in her directorial debut. (Japan/USA, 2017)

The unsettling and eye-opening new documentary THE CHINA HUSTLE begins in the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, when investors on the fringes of the financial world feverishly sought new alternatives for high-return investments in the global markets. With Chinese indexes demonstrating explosive growth, the country suddenly emerged as a gold rush opportunity with one caveat: U.S. investors were prohibited from investing directly into the country’s market. Makeshift solutions led to a market frenzy, until one investor discovered the massive web of fraud left in its wake. A whistleblower on a covert mission to China investigated several companies, revealing that they were over-reporting their revenue by huge amounts. The fraud is gigantic, with a potential running into billions, posing a threat to the world economy. THE CHINA HUSTLE exposes the opportunistic greed behind the biggest heist you’ve never heard of, and rings the alarm on the need for transparency in an increasingly de-regulated financial world. Executive produced in part by Alex Gibney (ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM) and directed by Jed Rothstein (BEFORE THE SPRING AFTER THE FALL). (USA, 2018)

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The Workshop

Itzhak

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FEBRUARY 9 – APRIL 26, 2018

PHILADELPHIA RITZ FILMCALENDAR Lynne Ramsay’s YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE “Bracingly alive…A white-knuckled thriller.”—Jordan Ruimy, THE FILM STAGE “A tense, excitingly topical…socially conscious thriller.”—Guy Lodge, VARIETY “An exquisitely gripping drama…Another razor-sharp study of group dynamics from The Class writer-director Laurent Cantet.”—Justin Chang, LOS ANGELES TIMES

“A love story on many levels—Perlman’s love of music, of the violin, of life itself.” —Ray Rogers, BILLBOARD “Teeming with classical music he performs or conducts, the documentary shows Perlman as a gentle, grateful and generous person who inspires.” —Doris Toumarkine, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

In a depressed former dockyard town near Marseilles, Antoine (newcomer Matthieu Lucci) attends a summer writing workshop with a group of other teens who have been selected to write a crime thriller with the help of Olivia (Marina Foïs, POLISSE), a famous mystery novelist. The creative process will recall the town’s industrial past, a form of nostalgia to which Antoine feels indifferent, and he becomes a disruptive force in the racially diverse group. He’s much more concerned with the fears of the modern world, and when it’s his turn to read his draft proposal, it’s a particularly graphic and disturbing tale of a terrorist’s massacre, seen through the eyes of its perpetrator. The provocative young man clashes with the group and challenges Olivia, who seems at the same time both alarmed by and attracted to Antoine’s potential for violence. An intelligent and timely social thriller, THE WORKSHOP is masterfully directed by Laurent Cantet (THE CLASS, HUMAN RESOURCES, TIME OUT); written by Cantet and Robin Campillo (BPM: BEATS PER MINUTE). (France, 2017)

Hailed as the world’s greatest living violinist, Itzhak Perlman is presented in a highly personal light in ITZHAK, revealing his appealing personality and deep passion for music. The film explores Perlman’s remarkable biography as an immigrant of humble origins and a childhood victim of polio who went from young violin prodigy (debuting at 13 on “The Ed Sullivan Show”) to established international star, balancing a demanding performance schedule with a robust family life. Funny, irreverent and self-deprecating, Perlman is seen rehearsing with fellow musicians  Evgeny Kissin and Mischa Maiskey, trading stories in his kitchen with longtime friend Alan Alda, enthusiastically attending a Mets baseball game, teaching classes with eager young students, and sharing a loving marriage with Toby, his wife of over 50 years, in a close-knit household steeped in Jewish traditions. As delightful and fascinating as the famous violinist himself, ITZHAK is an unforgettable portrait of musical virtuosity enclosed in warmth, humor and love. Directed by Alison Chernick (MATTHEW BARNEY: NO RESTRAINT). (USA, 2018)

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YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE is a hard-edged thriller starring Joaquin Phoenix (HER, THE MASTER, WALK THE LINE) as Joe, a brutal and tormented enforcer on a rescue mission. Unafraid of violence, the traumatized veteran ruthlessly tracks down missing girls for a living. But when one of his jobs—trying to save a politician’s pre-teen daughter (Ekaterina Samsonov) from a sex trafficking ring—goes wrong, Joe’s nightmares overtake him; a conspiracy is uncovered, leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening. Phoenix’s stunningly powerful performance as a damaged soul was honored with a Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. Auteur writer/director Lynne Ramsay (WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, MORVERN CALLAR, RATCATCHER) was also awarded Best Screenplay at the same festival. Her stripped-down direction moves the story at a propulsive pace, in an impressionistic style that reveals Joe’s desperate mindset. Co-starring Alessandro Nivola, Alex Manette, John Doman and Judith Roberts. Music by Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood (PHANTOM THREAD). Based on the novel by Jonathan Ames. (UK/France, 2017)

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