October 10*
Fight Film Night
*Special Tuesday Night Cinema Date due to Monday night football at Metrodome on Oct. 9
Curators Mike Mosedale and Peter Rudrud present boxing films from the 1920s to the 1970s. Live and in-person commentary provided by past and present members of the Minnesota Boxing community. Scheduled to appear are:
Bill Kaehn, a long-time Minneapolis trainer who worked with the great Del Flanagan; Jim Glancey, proprietor of Glancey's Gym on the East Side of St. Paul.; and Paul Johnson, an ex-fighter, railroad cop, and labor organizer who has been working for the past decade on trying to form a union for boxers.

October 2
Trains in Motion!
THE FEATURE PRESENTATION:
Turksib (USSR 1929)
Director, Victor Turin
Two sections of the Soviet Union, Turkestan and Siberia, seperated from each other by a howling wilderness; each needs the other's products to make life viable. The solution...a railroad. It sounds simple, but in Victor Turin's hands it becomes an exciting and inspiring film. The images are built up through cross-cutting, not merely shot by shot but sequence by sequence, to a point when a shot of a locomotive starting off in a cloud of hissing steam becomes not just a solution but a veritable god from heaven!

TRAIN SHORTS:
The Great Train Robbery (1903)
Edwin S. Porter
One of the most widely seen films of all time and probably the first American film to tell a story. Edwin S. Porter is cinema's nearly forgotten film pioneer who probably did the most to raise the quality and interest value of early American films. For fifteen years, The Great Train Robbery almost invaritably appeared on the opening program of every new nickelodeon theatre. Furthermore, this print is a rare reproduction of the original hand-colored 35mm version of the film, in which the gunshots flash in red-yellow.
The General (1926) super-8
Buster Keaton
One of the all-time comedy classics. Our hero, as a confederate locomotive engineer, foils the Union spies in the recreation of the famous Andrews raid.
The Chicago Railroad Fair (1980)
A movie tour of the colorful 1949 railroad extravaganza. A pageant involving historical original locomotives to the modern diesel streamliners.
Pacific 231 (1944)
Jean Mitry
A beautiful tone poem. A visual and musical trip by a train from one end of its route to the other, blended with a great score by the composer Arthur Honneger.

ANIMATED TRAINS:
Porky's Railroad (1937)
Frank Tashlin
Porky is the engineer on his fathful old "fifteenth Century Limited" train, which is to be replaced by the modern new streamliner "Silver Fish", engineered by the vilainous Dirty Diggs.
Animal Train (Japan 1955)
This contemporary Japanese cartoon depicts various animal charaters and thier all-too human behavior on a train.
The Little Coal Train
Rescued from the educational film dumpster, this twisted little film attempts to demonstrate to children why you should never, ever leave your work! Colorful stop frame animation. Beware of the railroad junkyard.

September 25
Cars, Cars, Cars!
Duel (feature)
FIrst Indy 500
Indy 500 revisited
Autobiography of a Jeep
Demolition Derby
Thrills on Wheels

September 11
An Evening of films by Stan Brackhage

July 17
Films About Filmmakers
Guest Currator Philip Harder dives into the history of the filmmakers who made films in and out of the Hollywood system. A look at the giants of early cinema.

July 24
Knife In The Water (1962)
Directed by Roman Polanski. Starring Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umeckam, Zygmunt Malandowicz. This tense psychological drama served as Polanski's debut. A journalist, his wife and a hitchhiker spend the day aboard a sailboat. The building tension brings both men to feel they must prove their macho images to the wife. All of which explodes on the screen and resolves in a bizarre and ironic way only Roman Polanski could execute.

July 10
French Cinema Night!
Cinematograph en 1895 by Lumiere Brothers (1895) This film was the first film ever made for projection! Some of the very first images ever to be captured on film for display to an audience. On this rare piece of celluloid we see family, friends, factory help and trains at stations. A Lady of Paris/Le Ratelier director unknown, (ca 1900), This is two films in one. The first exhibiting how the beauty of a young woman created havoc among the workman along her way through town. The second involves a strangely active set of false teeth. The Red Spectre by Ferdinand Zecca, (1903), The Pathe Co. created one of the first and very complex color processes for film, Pathecolor, which was in use for many of the early cinema years. The Red Spectre is the most beautiful of all the Pathecolor films created. The Impossible Voyage by George Melies (1904) One of the longest, and one of the most interesting of Melies' "adventure" films. Travelers in the film meet the most ingenious of all Melies' magical creations. Transformation by the Pathe Freres Co., (1910), A girl goes through a metaphorical transformation into a woman. Bewitched Matches by Emil Cohl, (1913), A smug smoker is bewitched by a mysterious woman after insulting her. She turns powers on him and readjusts his demeanor until he even thinks his matches are alive and performing fantastic tricks before his eyes. La Fille De L'Eau by Jean Renoir (1924) This film is the surrealistic nightmare sequence from Renoir's first film, with Catherine Hessling. Entr' Acte by Rene Clair (1924) Clairs' Dada master piece shows touches of humor mirrored only by the likes of Mack Sennett. Les Mysteres Du Chateau Du De by Man Ray (1929) Veiled inhabitants float by windows in an elegant chateau with a secretive feel about them. La Vie Secrete Des Visages by Alfred Guyot (1930?) An experimental film. A study of the human spirit through the lines on peoples faces. Blood of a Poet by Jean Cocteau (1930). This surrealist feature is the blending of poetry and bizarre images that could only come from a genius mind.

June 19
Minneapolis in Motion
Phil Harder curates, Minneapolis in Motion: A collection of 16 mm films documenting
Minneapolis from the 1950's to the present.

SEE! Skid Row, a late 1950's documentary about the people who lived and died on Skid Row in north downtown. OBSERVE! Minneapolis when the Foshay was still the tallest skyscraper. LISTEN! to a debate on Minneapolis' own civil rights movement. WITNESS! the burning of Plymouth in North Minneapolis during the race riot of the 1960's. ANALYZE! excessively prominent and exceedingly poor neighborhoods as part of a mid-60's topic on urban and social blight. CHEER! on the Minnesota Vikings as they challenge the Cleveland Browns at Met Stadium. TURN! to the upbeat 1970's with Minneapolis, City in Motion, a film promoting the city. ROLLER-SKATE! around Lake of the Isles. GO! on a parade on Nicollet. PROMOTE! industry, urban expansion, and technology to a funky '70's groove. WALK! The Walk down 1970's Lake Street. SIT DOWN! with three senior business owners as they reminisce about Minneapolis in Three Shops on Main Street in the 1990's.

June 5
Open Reel Deal
Join the fundamental New Film Forum for Makers of Cinema in the Midwest. Local filmmakers ignite each others fires and burn up the screen with their motion picture masterworks. Any and all are invited to screen their Super 8, 8mm, or 16mm films. Documentary, Experimental, Short, Long, Narrative, Home, Travel, all genres welcome. Bring a film or just bring yourself. Come early to secure a slot for your piece.

May 22
Man Ray, Duchamp, Leger, Bunuel and Dali
Join in this bi-annual meeting of the Minneapolis-St. Paul local 12 Surrealists Union.

May 15
Design in Motion
Director Philip Harder presents an evening of design in motion with featured screenings to include Why Man Creates by Saul Bass, Toccata for Toy Trains and Tops by Ray & Charles Eames, Ghosts Before Breakfast by Hans Richter, John Whitney's Permutations and Experiments in Motion Graphics; Lines, Spines and Porcupines, Designing With Everyday Materials: Straws, The Social Side of Health, Discovering Dark and Light, Where¹s My Left Testicle by Trevor Adams, and Woman Times Seven (title sequence).

May 8
A Pair of Blue Jeans
DJ Boost artfully weaves the life story of a pair of blue jeans with music and moving picture narration.

May 1
The World of Television
Guest curator Mark Harr takes us back in time for a cinematic investigation of television, complete with commercial interruptions.....

April 24
The Blue Angel
German language, german subtitles, translated and narrated live on the spot for your cinematic enjoyment!

April 17
Zero for Conduct (1933)
A feature length motion picture directed by Jean Vigo.

April 3
Snow
A feature length motion picture directed by Eric Tretbar.

March 27
The Study of Science and Industry

March 13
Men In Trees

March 6
An Evening with The National Projects Explorers Club
"Te Pito O Te Henua" - Journey to the Navel of the World
Join the National Projects Explorers Club as we journey through an evening of pure cinematic excitement. We'll navigate precarious waterways with Lewis and Clark, sink into the beautiful blue off the Island of Palau, and top off our evening by constructing a balsa raft and sailing it across the South Pacific to demonstrate the possibility of aboriginal South American voyages to obscure Oceanic islands. Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to swap survival stories, compare compasses, check your maps, and sign on for the expedition of a lifetime. We will journey to the navel of the world!

February 28
Love in Winter

February 21
For Art & Love

February 14
Bloody Love

February 7
Love & Commitment

January 31
The 5th Annual National Projects Two-Minute Film Trials
An evening of films clocking in at under 120 seconds with filmmakers competing for respect, prestige, and gigantic prizes!