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Wednesday, April 27

8 1/2

1963. Italy/France. Dir: Federico Fellini. With Marcello Mastroianni. 138 min.
As a harried movie director struggles to finish his sci-fi epic, he becomes increasingly trapped in his hopes and fears. Are we watching "reality," or his movie, his dreams, his memories, or something in between? Fellini’s surreally autobiographical film has earned its reputation as a definitive representation of the filmmaking experience.

Thursday, April 28

Farewell to My Country

2002. USA. Dir: Andrzej Krakowski. With Documentary. 100 min.
In 1968, Communist Poland expelled the final remainders of its Jewish community, once the world’s largest. This intimate doc reveals the emigrant experience in the face of state-sponsored persecution. Director Krakowski presents the 2011 Frankel Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Jewish and Israeli Studies.

Friday, April 29

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981. USA. Dir: Steven Spielberg. With Harrison Ford, Karen Allen. 115 min.

Saturday, April 30

Billy Liar

1963. UK. Dir: John Schlesinger. With Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie. 98 min.
The titular twenty-something fibber escapes his mediocre suburban existence through a series of grandiose, extravagant fantasies. This charming, comic twist on the British “Angry Young Man” film is a hilarious, poignant appeal to the daydreaming slacker inside us all.