German Silents at FLEFF

Here in Ithaca, the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival is currently underway. Two classics of German cinema will be a part of the weekend's screenings downtown.

On Friday, April 3, at 7pm, FLEFF screens the silent horror film Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, Germany, 1922) with live music by Richard Feria, John Stetch, and Nicholas Walker.

Then, Sunday evening at 7, festival-goers will be treated to a screening of Ernst Lubitsch's Die Bergkatze (The Wildcat) (Ernst Lubitsch, Germany, 1921), again with live musical accompaniment, this time by Robby Aceto, Peter Dodge, and Chris White.

Summaries of both films are available here.

Both events will take place at the Cinemapolis theater on the commons.

More information regarding tickets and festival passes, as well as everything FLEFF-related, can be found at http://www.ithaca.edu/fleff

Hope to see you there!

Fatih Akin's "Auf der anderen Seite" at Cinemapolis

Tomorrow night (Sept. 19) at 7pm, Cinemapolis on the Ithaca Commons will screen Fatih Akin's newest film, Auf der anderen Seite. The event will include a panel discussion with Sabine Haenni, professor of Film and American Studies at Cornell, and Paula Ioanide, professor of Gender & Sexuality Studies at Ithaca College.

Fatih Akin, who is only 34, has achieved success with the films "Im
Juli" and "Gegen die Wand." His latest work again examines the lives of
German Turks and their struggle to reconcile their places in the two
cultures.

For more information, see the Cinemapolis website.

"The Counterfeiters" at FLEFF

For those in the Ithaca area, the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival will be screening The Counterfeiters four times this weekend. The film, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film this year, will be shown at Fall Creek Pictures on

Friday, April 4 at 7pm
Saturday, April 5 at 2pm & 9:30pm
Sunday, April 6 at 9:30pm

matinees cost $6.50 and evening screenings $8.50. Additional information is available on the FLEFF website, linked above.

Though this blogger had a negative reaction to the film, it is absolutely worth seeing, and I'd be interested to hear what others think! Also, make sure to check out all the other films being shown at FLEFF this weekend. This festival focuses on community and each screening is followed by a reflection by a volunteer and a group discussion.

Hope to see you there!