Irish Film Institute -February Repertory and Re-releases at the IFI

February Repertory and Re-releases at the IFI


A fantastic repertory season this February at the IFI including a romantic re-release of Casablanca over Valentine’s Day, five-star favourite L’Atalante, and classic Woody with Hannah and her Sisters and Zelig

February at the IFI is packed full of repertory classics to keep your diary full of cinematic gems.

It is 70 years since Michael Curtiz’s wartime romance Casablanca (10th – 16th) starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman was first released and their characters Rick and Ilsa unexpectedly became one of the most iconic screen partnerships of film history. The dialogue is snappy, the performances are mesmerising and the soundtrack lingers long after the movie ends. Whether you’re bringing a special someone or just enjoying a night of romantic indulgence with a friend Casablanca is a fabulous way to mark Valentine’s Day.

The re-release of L’Atalante (3rd– 9th Feb) is rare chance to see the masterpiece of French director Jean Vigo’s tragically short career. Handsome Jean Dasté runs up and down the Seine in the eponymous L’Atalante barge with his restless wife Dita Parlo. Her desire to revel the bright lights of Paris leads to a separation that both quickly regret, but that is not easily undone. Vigo enters the very psyche of these two lovers searching to be reunited, combining poetic speculation and naturalistic drama to vivid and timeless effect.

Otto Preminger’s Laura (from Feb 24th) provides one of the 1940s most sophisticated thrillers with Gene Tierney in flashbacks as the devastatingly lovely femme fatale and Dana Andrews as the investigating cop who investigates her murder. This mystery classic has now been beautifully restored.

Back by popular demand are two of Woody Allen’s finest films Zelig (17th-19th Feb) and Hannah and her Sisters (24th-26th Feb). Zelig sees Allen as a 1930s human chameleon blending in to archive footage (quite an achievement for the pre-digital age) and supplying a host of one-liners along the way. Hannah and her Sisters is vintage Allen, an engrossing warm-hearted saga of wives, lovers and friends whose social interaction never quite allows a release of their true feelings delivered by a superb ensemble case including Oscar-winning turns from Michael Caine and Diane Wiest.

Martin Scorsese has delivered some expert music documentaries on Dylan, The Rolling Stones and George Harrison in recent years so it is a pleasure to be able to revisit The Last Waltz (10th-12th Feb), his pioneering musical portrait of The Band. Robbie Robertson and cohorts started as Bob Dylan’s backing before becoming legends in their own right. Guest contributions from special guests include Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters and Van Morrison – an unmissable concert from a musical golden age.

February Repertory Season Schedule

L’Atalante                           3rd-9th Feb           13.00

The Last Waltz                  10th-12th Feb       13.20

Casablanca                         10th – 16th Feb    16.20, 20.50

Zelig                                      17th-19thFeb        Times vary

Hannah and her Sisters                 24th-26th Feb       13.10

Laura                                     Re-released from Feb 24th

Tickets are available now from the IFI Box Office on 01 679 3477 or online at www.ifi.ie

For more information and images please contact the Patrick Stewart at the IFI Press Office  (pstewart@irishfilm.ie or 01 679 5744).


 


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