Cinemapolis Recommends - Virtual Cinema 🎥 Updates for August 26, 2020

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Greetings, Cinemapolitans,

We are heading into the weekend with another FOUR new additions to our slate of virtual cinema titles arriving on Friday.

We're also heading into an EXCITING construction project at the cinema. The renovations of our bathrooms have begun, and will include new counters, new lighting, and all new TOUCH FREE fixtures throughout. We've raised more than 80% of the $50,000 needed to fund this very important project, and we can use YOUR help to get over the finish line. Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to support these improvements. When we can re-open the theater, we'll be ready to provide an extra safe environment for staff and patrons alike.

And speaking of safety - if you want to be stylishly safe, you can visit our new ONLINE MERCH STORE to pick up one of our BRANDITO facemasks for delivery right to your door. Whether here in town, or anywhere around the globe, showing off your love of Ithaca’s Member Supported Art House Cinema will make you look and feel classy!

As always, the full listing of all current and upcoming virtual films, including those titles ending tomorrow, can be found on our Virtual Cinema page.

NEW VIRTUAL CINEMA

VIRTUAL CINEMA
COUP 53

“Watching this thrilling, energetic doc feels like taking a swim in John le Carré’s brain.”

-Dave Calhoun, Time Out

The story of the 1953 Anglo – American coup in Iran that overthrew the democratically elected Prime Minister Mossadegh and reinstalled the Shah. Featuring never seen before archive which had been hidden for decades. While making a documentary about the Anglo – American coup in Iran in 1953, Iranian director Taghi Amirani and editor Walter Murch discover extraordinary never seen before archive material hidden for decades. The 16mm footage and documents not only allow the filmmakers to tell the story of the overthrow of the Iranian government in unprecedented detail, but also lead to explosive revelations about dark secrets buried for 67 years.

Director: Taghi Amirani
Writers: Taghi Amirani, Walter Murch
Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Walter Murch, Taghi Amirani

VIRTUAL CINEMA
EPICENTRO

“A brilliant mixture of historical-poetic analysis and a ground-level journey among the denizens of Havana. The director’s remarkable eye…will mesmerize you.”

-Vulture.com

An immersive and metaphorical portrait of post-colonial, “utopian” Cuba, where the 1898 explosion of the USS Maine still resonates. This Big Bang ended Spanish colonial dominance in the Americas and ushered in the era of the American Empire. At the same time and place, a powerful tool of conquest was born: cinema as propaganda. Hubert Sauper explores a century of interventionism and myth-making together with the extraordinary people of Havana to interrogate time, imperialism and cinema itself.

Director: Hubert Sauper
Writers: Hubert Sauper
Star: Oona Castillo Chaplin

Spanish with English Subtitles

Presented in collaboration with the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival

VIRTUAL CINEMA
MADE IN BANGLADESH

“Hossain has crafted an urgent cry for workers’ rights, and a vision of feminist solidarity in the face of overwhelming opposition.”

-Dana Reinoos, Cinema Scope

Shimu fled her village as a child when her stepmother threatened to marry her off to a middle-aged man. Now 23 and living in the capital, she works grueling hours for paltry sums at a textile factory while her husband searches for work.

Director: Rubaiyat Hossain
Writers: Rubaiyat Hossain, Philippe Barrière
Stars: Rikita Nandini Shimu, Novera Rahman, Parvin Paru

Bengali with English Subtitles

VIRTUAL CINEMA
VINYL NATION

“Visually stimulating and exhaustively covers much of the record industry with keen interest. It takes the macro to a personal level. That is quite a feat.”

-Rory O'Connor, The Film Stage

Vinyl Nation digs into the crates of the record resurgence in search of truths set in deep wax: Has the return of vinyl made music fandom more inclusive or divided? What does vinyl say about our past here in the present? How has the second life of vinyl changed how we hear music and how we listen to each other?

Directors: Christopher Boone, Kevin Smokler

CONTINUING ON VIRTUAL CINEMA

Wharton Studio Museum Brings Outdoor Movies Home to You

In this summer of pandemic, Wharton Studio Museum is partnering with Cinemapolis and State Theatre of Ithaca to bring you a virtual edition of their popular cinematic end-of-summer tradition. The 10th Anniversary edition of Silent Movie Under the Stars will feature a livestream of the Harold Lloyd classic, The Freshman, along with live music provided by Cloud Chamber and a special introduction from the star's granddaughter, Suzanne Lloyd.

The event will stream live Saturday, August 29 via the Facebook pages of the Wharton Studio Museum and The State Theatre (WSM | State) and their official websites (WSM | State), as well as YouTube.

As always the event begins at sundown — 8:00 pm — and is free. For more information, visit WhartonStudioMuseum.org.

COMING SOON TO VIRTUAL CINEMA

We're doing all we can to ensure that your favorite member supported art house cinema is safe and ready to open the doors as soon as state and local regulations allow us. In the meantime, we continue to need your support to deliver our online programming and to keep all of our living wage employees on the payroll.

Please consider renewing your membership or making an additional tax-deductible contribution today!

Hope to see you at the movies again soon!

Brett Bossard, Executive Director

Cinemapolis is proud to be a certified living wage employer. As a response to the Covid-19 crisis, the cinema is temporarily closed. All staff will receive full pay during this closure. The purchase of virtual screening tickets, gift cards, and theater memberships all help support Cinemapolis to compensate the staff throughout this unprecedented time.

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