Some Like It Hot (1959)   (120 min)

The classic gender-bending romp!  Chased by murderous 1920s gangsters two male musicians  get up in drag and join an all-girl orchestra with hilarious  and telling results.

“One of the all-time greats” (Film4) — and wait til you catch that zinger of a punch line.

Oscar- winning costumes by Orry-Kelly.

$5 Suggested Donation

In a year long collaboration with ArtRage and The Syracuse International Film Festival we will host a screening from the SIFF archives about once a month. Don’t miss these great independent films! $5 Suggested Donation.

FINNSTER
by Thomas Korthals Altes (Netherlands) Fiction, 47 min

Finn (15) is an uncomplicated schoolboy until one day, coming home from school he catches his father Roelof in his moms dress. The man, Finn has looked up to his whole life, wants to become a woman. Finn, just discovering his own sexuality, is troubled by this new discovery. A struggle with feelings of shame, love and loyalty follows. Luckily Lizzie, his new found friend, is there to help him.

What a shock when teenage Finn’s comes home from school and catches dad wearing mom’s dress.  Discovering his own sexuality is trouble enough for Finn, now the man he’s always adored wants to be a woman! Seems like dark days ahead—til newfound friend Lizzie comes along.

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ANDROIDES
by María Pérez (Spain) Fiction, 15 min

Facing a boring and lonely summer,  androgynous teenage Simon takes to trying alien communication. No news is dull news till a mysterious girl comes into the neighborhood – and turns Simon’s life around.

Marriage from the inside…and out. What do you get when you fall in love? Inlaws and Outlaws cleverly weaves together the true stories of couples and singles …both gay and straight…and all into a collective narrative that is hilarious, heartbreaking and inspiring. At the top of the film, you meet real people one on one. You don’t know who’s gay or straight or who’s with whom. As their stories unfold, stereotypes fall by the wayside, and you find yourself rooting for everybody. With candor, good humor, great music, and real heart, Inlaws & Outlaws gets past all the rhetoric to explore what we all have in common. We love. We lose. We all want to belong. And we are all making this up as we go along….

Free to the Public.

MEET FILMMAKER, LORCA SHEPPERD at ArtRage!

When Syracuse native Lorca Shepperd and her husband/collaborator Cabot Philbrick set out to make Other People’s Pictures, they expected their documentary would focus on the trade in vernacular snapshots and albums that goes on at flea markets, auctions, antique and second-hand shops. “We thought it would be about the economics and mechanics of that market,” she said by phone recently from New York City, where the couple both work in television documentary. “But the emotions that collectors had about these photographs were really the whole point.”

Other People’s Pictures comprises overlapping interviews with snapshot collectors and dealers, along with interludes of stills drawn from particular sub-categories of images that people collect. One of the film’s many charms is that Shepperd and Philbrick seem to be equally fond of these quirky, compelling, largely anonymous images and the people who seek and cherish them. Largely filmed at the Chelsea Flea Market, Other People’s Pictures also takes us inside a few of these collectors’ homes.

We might call such collectors vernacular curators and each has evolved a specialty. Lisa, who says she can’t afford “real photographs” but second-hand snaps are within her price range, favors early 20th century images of “women with attitude,” often the proud early drivers behind the wheels of cars. The gallery drawn from her collection alone is worth seeing this film. Japanese-American Dan, transplanted to New York, collects images from his native Hawaii. Dan frames and hangs what he calls “banality of evil” photos – snaps of Nazis at weddings, in family groups and relaxing. Leslie collects what he calls the hidden history of male affection. And there’s Fern and Peter and Ken and Leonie, plus several dealers who expound on the virtues of their chosen display method– single images loose in bins, offered by category in boxes or albums, not counting the fierce debate over whether to break up intact family albums. Other People’s Pictures ranks as a Genuine Find.~ Selections from a review By Nancy Keefe Rhodes

Free to the PublicThis film screening and filmmaker presentation is made possible by funding through The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes/New York State Grants for Electronic Media and Film and the New York State Council on the Arts.

Carved from the Heart - by Ellen Frankenstein and Louise Brady

One man loses his son to a cocaine overdose. Grieving, Stan Marsden, a Tsimpsean wood carver decides to create a totem pole in his son s memory and invites the town of Craig, Alaska to help. Before he is done, the pole becomes a communal project, bringing people of diverse backgrounds and ages together. Carved from the Heart intertwines the process of carving and erecting the Healing Heart totem pole with the participants’ stories of personal loss, grief, substance abuse, suicide and violence. This powerful film explores questions of death and dying, family relationships and parenting, domestic violence, and the impact of the war in Vietnam on veterans and their families. It also acknowledges the intergenerational grief growing out of the rapid changes in lifestyle, and the interruptions to the passing on of tradition and knowledge within Alaska Native and American Indian communities like Craig. But, most importantly, Carved from the Heart demonstrates the enormous power of mutual support, culture, art, and ceremony in enabling a community to face tragedy, provide support to its members, and find a path to healing.

All films are free to the public and no reservations are necessary – seating is on a first come, first serve basis.

In a year long collaboration with ArtRage and The Syracuse International Film Festival we will host a screening from the SIFF archives about once a month. Don’t miss these great independent films! $5 Suggested Donation.

THE MIRACLE
by Jeffrey Jon Smith (USA) Fiction, 29min

When she was born Tekki Lomniki had, as she says, “legs that were twisted like a soft pretzel.”  But that didn’t stop her from making tracks, and THE MIRACLE is her joyous life.

LIFE IS A BITCH
by Michaela Hoffova (Czech Republic) Animation, 8 min

FORMOL
by Noelia Rodríguez Deza (Spain) Documentary, 15 min

In a ‘ghost’ village, apparently deserted,  past, present and future all blend and the traces of hundreds of lives remain preserved in the ‘formol’ of time.

Carved from the Heart by Ellen Frankenstein and Louise Brady

One man loses his son to a cocaine overdose. Grieving, Stan Marsden, a Tsimpsean wood carver decides to create a totem pole in his son s memory and invites the town of Craig, Alaska to help. Before he is done, the pole becomes a communal project, bringing people of diverse backgrounds and ages together. Carved from the Heart intertwines the process of carving and erecting the Healing Heart totem pole with the participants’ stories of personal loss, grief, substance abuse, suicide and violence. This powerful film explores questions of death and dying, family relationships and parenting, domestic violence, and the impact of the war in Vietnam on veterans and their families. It also acknowledges the intergenerational grief growing out of the rapid changes in lifestyle, and the interruptions to the passing on of tradition and knowledge within Alaska Native and American Indian communities like Craig. But, most importantly, Carved from the Heart demonstrates the enormous power of mutual support, culture, art, and ceremony in enabling a community to face tragedy, provide support to its members, and find a path to healing.

All films are free to the public and no reservations are necessary – seating is on a first come, first serve basis.
For more information visit the Gifford Foundation site http://www.giffordfd.org/Initiatives/WhatifFilmSeries.aspx or http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/373_cfth.php

TRUST: Second Acts in Young Lives ~ A Nancy Kelly film.

Many who are familiar with Chicago’s theater scene, know of the Albany Park Theater Project’s (APTP) amazing work with youth. Nancy Kelly’s formidable new documentary TRUST allows us an in-depth look at APTP’s story-telling process and how their work helps transform the lives of young people. The story of Marlin, originally from Honduras, is one of sexual violence, separation from her mother, and the harsh realities of immigration. TRUST follows her harrowing, personal story that then becomes the basis for an original play. The film captures the respect, support and tenderness that APTP’s ensemble members show Marlin and beautifully illustrates the healing power of art and community.

“Trust: Second Acts in Young Lives is one of those brilliant pieces which reminds us what documentary does best: captures small, specific stories which illuminate much broader issues and themes.”  – Rick Ayers, Huffington Post

All films are free to the public and no reservations are necessary – seating is on a first come, first serve basis.

For more information visit the Gifford Foundation site http://www.giffordfd.org/Initiatives/WhatifFilmSeries.aspx or http://trustdocumentary.org/

In a year long collaboration with ArtRage and The Syracuse International Film Festival we will host a screening from the SIFF archives about once a month. Don’t miss these great independent films! $5 Suggested Donation.

A MATTER OF DEGREES
by Rick Godin (USA) Documentary, 24 min

See the Adirondacks in a time when mastodons roamed its valleys, tapirs swam its rivers, and whales slid above places where towns stand today. Exclusively produced for The Wild Centers wide-screen theater, this original film takes you an epic trip and shows how much climate shapes our lives.

WHEN YOU NEED THEM
by Pablo Cubarle (USA) Experimental, 24 min

Meet Marcos: a lonely Argentinean computer whiz, think geek squad, not Genius Bar, living in New York City. All those gadgets and technology networks comfort Marcos yet isolate him from most social interaction. Attempting to achieve a balance between techno and human companionship, Marcos awkwardly navigates his way through a dating website where he finally thinks he’s found life-long romance – or has he?

TRUST: Second Acts in Young Lives ~ A Nancy Kelly film.

Many who are familiar with Chicago’s theater scene, know of the Albany Park Theater Project’s (APTP) amazing work with youth. Nancy Kelly’s formidable new documentary TRUST allows us an in-depth look at APTP’s story-telling process and how their work helps transform the lives of young people. The story of Marlin, originally from Honduras, is one of sexual violence, separation from her mother, and the harsh realities of immigration. TRUST follows her harrowing, personal story that then becomes the basis for an original play. The film captures the respect, support and tenderness that APTP’s ensemble members show Marlin and beautifully illustrates the healing power of art and community.

“Trust: Second Acts in Young Lives is one of those brilliant pieces which reminds us what documentary does best: captures small, specific stories which illuminate much broader issues and themes.” – Rick Ayers, Huffington Post

All films are free to the public and no reservations are necessary – seating is on a first come, first serve basis.

For more information visit the Gifford Foundation site http://www.giffordfd.org/Initiatives/WhatifFilmSeries.aspx or http://trustdocumentary.org/