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Dear film interested,
We have an ambitious schedule planned for the next 4 months: Asian films about robots, A White Trash weekend complete with a white trash meal (and a shot of Jack Daniels), a mini-fest celebrating the pioneers of electronic music, a movie-poster sale day, a slate of the most extreme Midnight Movies ever and a tribute to good films starring very bad women among many other things.
But for the moment the focus is on the upcoming weekend where we replay for one last time a 'strangest hits' selection of the "Environmental disaster films" we ran during COP-15.
The ticket price: 50kr (good for the whole weekend.)
SATURDAY (09.01.10)
17.30: MONSTER FROM THE GREEN HELL
19.00: DAY OF THE ANIMALS
21.00: FOOD OF THE GODS
SUNDAY (10.01.10)
17.30: A BOY & HIS DOG
19.00: THE MUTATIONS
Answer this e-mail for reservations or if you have a question.
Cordially, Jack

FEMMES FROM THE DARKSIDE:

GOOD MOVIES WITH BAD WOMEN



On his posters for the re-release of FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! Russ Meyer claimed the film was a tribute to “the violence in women.” This coming weekend, starting on Friday night, Husets Biograf goes one step further and celebrates the evil in women.

For decades female characters in the movies tended to be either all nurturing or all suffering, but there were a few movies that shattered the mould and depicted female characters that could be just as bad as their male counterparts. From Jan 15 to 17 Husets Biograph is proud to screen 4 of them – THE BAD SEED, DETOUR, KITTEN WITH A WHIP and FOXY BROWN. Thrill to female leads who victimize and physically & mentally abuse good trusting men. By turns chillingly steely-eyed and explosively sexual, they wreck havoc with the paternalistic power structures and claim the right to be just plain bad. What took ‘em so long?!



In 1945 Ann Savage jolted audiences with her anger and defiance as the sultry sadist in DETOUR … in 1956 Patty McCormick shocked viewers (and won the heart of John Waters) with her performance in THE BAD SEED. Could such a sweet little girl really be a …serial murderer?!! In 1964 it was Ann-Margret’s turn to torment a man just for the sheer fun of it in KITTEN WITH A WHIP where this wild beatnik girl-of-the-road kidnaps a married politician. And in 1974 it was Pam Grier’s turn to rebel against the gender and racial power structures in the blaxploitation classic FOXY BROWN.



Friday: 15.01:

19.00 = DETOUR

20.30 = KITTEN WITH A WHIP

Saturday: 16.01.

18.30 = THE BAD SEED

21.00 = FOXY BROWN

Sunday: 17.01

17.00 = FOXY BROWN

19.30 = KITTEN WITH A WHIP



TICKET PRICES: 50 kr. per night (2 FILMS) or 100 kr. for all weekend



THEY’RE BAD!

THEY’RE WOMEN!

THEY’RE HERE!

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“FEMMES FROM THE DARKSIDE:

GOOD MOVIES WITH BAD WOMEN”



Contact jack.stevenson (A) mail.dk for more information or seat reservations.

Husets Biograf celebrates the 70th birthday of American horror director George Romero with a tribute to the concept of the late great “midnight movie” which his film, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, did so much to establish. The Midnight Movie craze went on to give life to the most bizarre and far-out films ever made, and in the spirit of all that is tawdry, shocking, violent, bizarre and sensational we bring a selection of classic “midnight movies” back to life at Husets Bio. Each night starts with a screening of the great 2005 documentary, MIDNIGHT MOVIES, FROM THE MARGIN TO THE MAINSTREAM in which John Waters, George Romero, Alexandro Jodorowsky & others explain the phenomenon & show clips from El TOPO, PINK FLAMINGOS, etc. All films are shown in 16mm & 35mm prints and tickets are dirt cheap at 50kr per night! (come & go as you please)

Friday: 29.01

19.00 = MIDNIGHT MOVIES: From the Margin to the Mainstream (documentary)

21.00 = NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

23.00 = FEMALE TROUBLE by John Waters

Saturday: 30.01

17.00 = MIDNIGHT MOVIES: From the Margin to the Mainstream (documentary)

19.00 = REEFER MADNESS

20.30 = CLOCKWORK ORANGE

23.00 = DEEP THROAT (XXX) + 1 intense hour of 35mmTRAILERS (2 hours total)

HUSETS BIOGRAF’S BIRTHDAY WEEKEND

At a time when it is more difficult than ever for small art cinemas to survive, Husets Biograf - the oldest specialty art cinema in Copenhagen – is still going strong and celebrates its 37th birthday over the weekend of Feb. 12-14 with a variety of treats for its faithful fans. There will be 10 different movies, free prize giveaways and on Sunday a poster sale and free coffee to go along with our film noir mini-festival. Tickets for each night are a paltry 50kr, or all three nights (10 films!) for a mere 100kr. 10kr. per film! Our schedule:

FEB 12th - FRIDAY
“CULT FILM CLASSICS”
19:00 FEMALE TROUBLE by John Waters,1974, 92 minutes. Waters’ most outrageous, inventive and hilarious film has rarely been screened in Denmark. Considered by many in the know to be his greatest achievement, a truly bent masterpiece full of the raw energy, the unhinged performances and the insane dialogue that typified his 70s filmmaking at its despicable best… and Divine was never better. Shown in a 35mm print with German subtitles.
21:00 CLOCKWORK ORANGE, 1971, 2 hours & 16 minutes., D: Stanley Kubrick. Without a doubt Kubrick’s most controversial and notorious film – and clearly his best. This tale of gang brutality, ultra-violence and mod fashion excess in a lawless future London became a cultural icon and not just a film. It clearly needs no introduction. Experience the radical moog soundtrack and Beethoven’s 9th again on our new sound system and re-experience all your favorite scenes on the big screen. If ever a film was conceived as a group experience, this was it. Shown on a good 35mm print, no subtitles.
23:30 DEEP THROAT, 1972, 61 minutes. This is authentic movie history, the original Linda Lovelace classic brought to you totally uncut, totally XXX-rated and shown on a good 35mm print, no subtitles

FEB. 13th – SATURDAY:
“A NIGHT OF PSYCHEDELIC INDULGENCE…”
19.00 – JIMI PLAYS MONTEREY: 1986 / D: D.A. Pennebaker / 50min. This well made documentary about Jimi Hendrix is narrated by John Phillips and features appearances by Jagger, Joplin and all four of The Beatles among other musical celebrities, as well as lavish concert footage of Jimi performing at the legendary 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Shown on a good 35mm print.
20.00 – MEET ME IN WICHITA, 7 min., 2006, short film by Martha Colburn
20.10 – ALTERED STATES, 102 min, 1980, D: Ken Russell, written by Paddy Chayefsky …This is one of Ken Russell's best films. A scientist drinks an hallucinogenic potion seeking to expand his consciousness and instead turns into an ape-like creature. Amazing psychedelic effects. The extraordinary music written by John Corigliano who was nominated for an Academy Award is one of the high points. The stunning psychedelic visuals are extremely well done. This is a wild, original movie unlike any other. Shown on a good 35mm print.

FEB. 14th – SUNDAY:
(“POSTER SALE and THE GREATEST MEANEST HITS OF FILM NOIR”)
12.00 - POSTER SALE starts in the cinema café/ ends at 20.30 (free admission). Posters from Huset’s dusty backrooms will be sold cheap and more choice and collectable original movie posters, stills & related paraphernalia will be on sale by Anders of the shop CURIOUS who will be cutting the price on everything by 20%. He will have on display various horror, cult, sexploitation/porn classics and oddities. To mention a few: 'Hvorfor gør de det?', 'Ormenes nat'('Squirm'), 'Sex og Synd i Storbyen'('London in the Raw'). The selection of original movie stills include 'Star Wars', Russ Meyer's 'Vixen', 'Deep Throat' plus various Hitchcock titles and much more.
13.00 – FILM NOIR MARATHON starts in the cinema (50kr all day) & free coffee all day (and if you are in the spirit of things you’ll drink it black).
Cinema schedule:
“TASTE OF EVIL: GREATEST MEANEST HITS OF FILM NOIR”
Husets Bio presents a collection of some of the greatest film noir movies ever made. These films feature the vivid night-time photography and dramatic jazz scores that characterize the genre, and are populated with cynical characters driven over the edge by lust, greed and paranoia. They represent the dark side of post-war American and are full of attitude – all of it bad.
13.00 – UNDERWORLD USA, 1961, Directed by Sam Fuller. A man witnesses the murder of his father by the mob and seeks out each of its members and takes brutal revenge. A powerful exposé of the hidden world of crime and the evil that lurks under the surface of average American society.
15.00 – BRAINSTORM, 1965, Directed by William Conrad. A young computer genius falls in love with the wife of the president of the company where he works and plans to murder him, pretending to be insane, but something goes terribly wrong. Featuring Anne Francis who starred in FORBIDDEN PLANET in 1956.
17.00 – DETOUR, 1945, Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. A New York jazz musician misses his girlfriend who has moved to Hollywood to make it make big, and he decides to hitch-hike across the country to see her, and yet through no fault of his own he ends up responsible for the murder of 2 people. One of the darkest most doom-haunted films ever made, a true “road movie.”
18.30 – D.O.A. 1950, Directed by Rudolph Maté. A man is told he has been poisoned and has just hours to live, setting him off on a frantic search to find out who is trying to kill him – and why. A fast-moving and stylish masterpiece.
20.30 – UNDERWORLD USA (repeat screening)

Contact jack.stevenson(a)mail.dk for reservations or if you have questions.
Cinema phone: 20297013

COMING SOON TO A THEATER NEAR YOU:

FEB. 26 & 27 = WHITE TRASH (see attachment)

MARCH 5 & 6 = CLASSIC ANIME & HONG KONG CULT CINEMA... The robot is an iconic figure in comic books, movies, video games, toy culture and even the catwalk where in Japan a robot fashion model recently appeared. And nobody "does robots" like the Asians, as these 3 classic Anime & HK action films demonstrate.

Friday, 05.03

19.00 = THE SUPER INFRAMAN

21.00 = ROBOTRIX: 1991, Directed by Jamie Luk

Saturday, 06.03

19.00 = ROBOT CARNIVAL: 1987, directors – various. 8 stories from Japanese directors is a classic of anime

21.00 = THE SUPER INFRAMAN (repreat)

MARCH 12 = "DRUGS & ART" = The audio magazine 3rd Ear celebrates the release of its new issue and throws a party that includes live DJ and the screening of clips from classic drug scare cinema. More details in next newsletter.

Answer this mail for reservations or call me at the cinema phone: 20297013. We still have no Dancard machine so cash only.

Cordially, Jack

Its violent… it’s sexy… it’s WHITE TRASH!

THE CONCEPT:
American exploitation cinema is full of exaggerated archetypes that consist of a drop of truth and a bucket of tawdry fantasy, but no pop-culture stereotype is as trendy today as “white trash,” and the term has even gained fairly widespread circulation in Danish. Hollywood movies like “Baby Doll” and “Deliverance” introduced mainstream movie-goers to the concept decades ago but the true home of this dangerous breed of violent muscle-bound men and lusting well-built women is exploitation cinema, and Husets Bio takes pride in presenting 3 classics of White Trash Cinema from this action-packed genre.

THE FILMS:
SOUTHERN COMFORT was director Walter Hill’s 1981 follow up to The Warriors of 2 years prior which was a tale of gang warfare set on the mean streets of NYC. Hill chose a very different setting indeed for Southern Comfort, which unspools as a beastly revenge drama set in the deepest swamps of Louisiana Cajun country. MUDHONEY was directed by Russ Meyer in ’65 and with this tale of out-of-control lust, boozing, violence and religious dementia in the back woods of Missouri he painted a picture of degenerate hillbilly life that neatly encapsulates what “White Trash” is all about. The Jerry Baerwitz-directed WILD HARVEST from ’62 is a stylized exploitation melodrama about the pitiful plight of America’s migrant farm workers. It tells the story of beautiful women grape-pickers forced to sweat under a hot California sun for a cruel field boss who exploits them in all possible ways …until they take a horrible revenge!

TICKET PRICES: 50kr per night (for all films)

Friday: 26.02
19.00 = WILD HARVEST
21.00 = MUDHONEY
23.00 = SOUTHERN COMFORT
Saturday: 27.02
19.00 = SOUTHERN COMFORT
21.00 = WILD HARVEST
23.00 = MUDHONEY

For more information contact programmer Jack Stevenson at jack.stevenson(a)mail.dk

Text by Mads Jensen

Asiatiske robotter invaderer Husets Biograf!
Den 5. og 6. marts viser Husets Biograf tre klassikere fra Hong Kong og Japan, hvis fælles tema er robotter. Kom og se tre vidt forskellige bud på menneskets møde med maskinerne!

Friday, 05.03
19.00 = THE SUPER INFRAMAN
21.00 = ROBOTRIX
Saturday, 06.03
19.00 = ROBOT CARNIVAL
21.00 = INFRAMAN (repreat)

Tickets are 50kr. per night (includes both films)

The Super Inframan (Hua Shan, 1975)
Hong Kongs legendariske produktionsselskab Shaw Brothers er mest kendt for en lang række af 70’ernes kung fu film. Inspireret af populære japanske tv-serier som Ultraman og Kikaida forsøgte man sig dog også med film inden for superhelte-genren – i Japan kendt som tokusatsu – godt hjulpet på vej af japanske designere og filmfolk. Resultatet er en bizar hybrid af fantasifulde monstre, farverige kulisser og vanvittige kung fu scener. Rollelisten tæller adskillige skuespillere fra Shaw Brothers faste stab. I hovedrollen som Inframan ses Danny Lee, bl.a. kendt fra John Woos The Killer og senest Red River. I en mindre rolle som sidekick ses desuden Huang Chin Lung, som i kølvandet på Bruce Lees død skabte sig en langvarig karriere inden for ’brucesploitation’-genren, under pseudonymet Bruce Le. Filmen vises i den amerikanske biografversion med det originale ’old school dub’ – sådan som kung fu klassikere helst skal lyde!
35mm - engelsk tale/uden undertekster.

Robotrix (Jamie Luk, 1991)
Hong Kongs filmindustri oplevede et højdepunkt i slutningen af 80’erne og i de tidlige 90’ere, såvel kreativt som økonomisk. I denne periode indførte myndighederne tilmed et nyt rating-system, der kom til at give fornyet spillerum til de såkaldte ’category III’-film – som med store mængder af vold og sex henvendte sig til den mere sensationshungrende del af publikum. Robotrix er en sand klassiker inden for genren. Filmen er tydeligvist inspireret af Paul Verhoevens Robocop men tilsat betydelige mængder explicit sex, vold og hæsblæsende kampscener i højt tempo. På rollelisten ses bl.a. Amy Yip, som trods sine mange afklædte roller i film som Sex and Zen, Jailhouse Eros og Erotic Ghost Story altid har haft som sit speciale aldrig at vise det hele, og således har givet navn til fænomenet ’Yip-tease’.
35mm - kinesisk tale/engelske undertekster.

Robot Carnival (diverse, 1987)
Den japanske Robot Carnival er en antologi i bedste Fantasia-tradition, bestående af ni korte animationsfilm, hver med deres egen stemning og unikke udtryk men dog sammenkædet et fælles tema: robotter. Filmen blev i 1987 distribueret i USA og var således blandt de første film, som introducerede anime-filmen for et vestligt publikum. Filmen regnes i dag for en klassiker, og flere af de enkelte instruktører har senere gjort sig bemærket i større kommercielle successer – ikke mindst Katsuhiro Otomo, som er kendt som skaberen af Akira.
35mm - engelsk tale/uden undertekster

The upcoming weekend at Husets Bio looks like this:

Friday, March 26
19:00: ALTERED STATES
21:00: ROBOTRIX
An unforgettable evening of deep psychedelia and violence-ridden Hong Kong sleaze, these 2 films were the highlights of our winter season and we bring them back for another show in case you missed them. Both films shown in excellent 35mm prints, and both for just 50kr.

Saturday, March 27
Together with the Goethe Institute and CPH:PIX we are proud to present the silent classic FAUST with live musicians performing a new soundtrack composed for the occasion. Check the attachment for details.

Friday, April 9 & 10
Together with CPH:PIX we present a weekend of Cult Science-fiction cinema that includes films, parties etc. More details soon! (Note that Husets Bio will be fully participating in the CPH:PIX fest, and they've given us some great films to screen.)

jack.stevenson(a)mail.dk if you have questions or want to make reservations.
Cordially, Jack

Dear Film-goers,

Together with CPH:PIX we are staging a "warm up" to the festival over the weekend of April 9 & 10 that unspools as a tribute to science fiction cult cinema. For the last time we will be screening INFRAMAN, ROBOTRIX and ROBOT CARNIVAL along with the bizarre UK Sci-fi nugget, SPACED OUT, and on Friday evening we're hosting a party with RUMPISTOL providing the music and (hopefully) a psychedelic light show.

April 9 (FRIDAY)

19:00 - INFRAMAN: 50 kr.

21:00 - ROBOTRIX: 50kr.

23:30 –SPACED OUT & Party to follow with music by RUMPISTOL: 75kr.

April 10 (SATURDAY: both films for 50kr)

14:00 – ROBOT CARNIVAL

16:00 - INFRAMAN

If you want to reserve tickets for THIS weekend you can do so now by answering this message, being sent from the computer of a family member, or contact me at my normal e-mail address (jack.stevenson@mail.dk ) Please do not phone. But If you want to order tickets for other PIX screenings taking place at Husets Bio during the festival itself (15-04 to 25-04), we will only start taking reservations on Friday April 9th between 10 and 22:00 by phone (20297013) - These reservations cannot be made by e-mail.

On the 9th & 10th I'll have advance copies of my new book SCANDINAVIAN BLUE on sale, the book that was covered in (and on the cover of) the Politiken film guide Thursday. It is not on sale anywhere else in Denmark, for what that's worth.

Text descriptions of the Asian films are attached.

Please remember we have no Dancard machine so we operate on a cash basis only.

Thanks, Jack

Attention viewers,
Don't forget the 4 films this weekend:
18.09 - (19:00) JOURNEY TO THE 7TH PLANET
18.09 - (21:00) VENUS IN FURS
19.09 - (13:00) X:THE MAN WITH X-RAY EYES
19.09 - (15:00) FLASH GORDON

... Or our EL SANTO WEEKEND on Sept. 25 & 26
25.09 - (19:00) – Doors open: Reception in cinema: snacks, welcome-drinks & photo exhibit of El Santo images

25.09 - (20:00) - EL SANTO AND BLUE DEMON AGAINST THE MONSTERS, 1970 (aka: Santo y Blue Demon contra los Monstruos)

25.09 - (22:00) - Party in Huset cafe on ground floor with guest DJ Diego Vega flown in from Mexico and psychedelic light show by the “Art of the Overhead” group

26.09 - (13:00) - EL SANTO IN THE WAX MUSEUM (1963) (aka: Santo en el Museo de Cera)

26.09 - (15:00) - EL SANTO VS THE SHE WOLVES (1976) (aka: Santo contra las Lobas)



Also .... FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL at HUSETS BIOGRAF October 1,2 & 3:

01.10 - VAMPIRE NIGHT

19:00 STRIGOI (2008 - UK)

22:00 VAMPIRES (2009 - Belgium)

02.10 - FILMS FROM GREECE & JAPAN

15:30 EVIL - IN THE TIME OF HEROES (2009, Greece)

19:00 STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND (2009, Greece)

21:00 ROBOGEISHA (2009, Japan)

03.10 - 19:00 MARS (USA, 2010)



* PLEASE NOTE: Husets biograf is a volunteer(frivillig) run operation and sometimes we need help from our community of viewers. We are planning ambitious programs all of the 5 weekends in October so we could use help in these areas: If there are any graphic designers out there who can make POSTERS, we need posters for our program on October 15-17: CINEMATRONIC: A FUSION FESTIVAL OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC & MOTION PICTURES, and for the following weekend: WILD FOR KICKS: BEATNIKS IN FACT & FICTION (October 22 to 24). We just need them designed - we can print them ourselves in Huset. Additionally we want to explore creating old-school psychedelic lightshows for parties that are connected to our screenings using dias, overhead and 16mm projectors. We have all this equipment, so If anyone is interested in learning the lost art of the light show, please contact me. So if you can design posters or want to learn the lightshow please respond by answering this mail. And as usual please bounce our programs to people who might be interested since we have no advertising budget.

Thanks, Jack