WHATEVER WORKS
July 3 and 5; No Saturday show

Woody Allen returns to New York with an offbeat comedy about a crotchety misanthrope (Larry David) and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south (Evan Rachel Wood). When her uptight parents, (Patricia Clarkson and Ed Begley, Jr.) arrive to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of Whatever Works.
PG-13; 92 minutes

MOON
July 10–12

Premiering at Sundance 2009, this sci-fi feature from Duncan Jones (son of rocker David Bowie ) focuses on an astronaut who has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.

O’HORTON
July 17–19

A 67-year-old train engineer experiences life changing moments as he is forced into retirement. PG 13; 90 minutes; Norwegian/French with English subtitles

LEMON TREE
July 24–26

A Palestinian widow must defend her lemon tree field when the new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down. 106 minutes; German/Israeli with English subtitles

SUMMER HOURS
July 31–August 2

In the latest offering from French director, Oliver Assayas, two brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother's succession. 103 minutes; French with English subtitles

THE GIRL FROM MONACO
August 7–9

A middle-aged barrister, his stiff Arab bodyguard, and a bubble-brained weather girl find themselves in an almost-love triangle in scenic Monaco in this charming bit of comic fluff.
R for some sexual content and language; 95 minutes; French with English subtitles

CATCH THE WAVE
A Film Festival Celebrating the Nouvelle Vague
August 13-16 and 20-23

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and the Lone Star Film Society celebrate the 50th anniversary of the French New Wave with a tribute to the directors who influenced and emerged from the influential Cahiers de Cinema. Screenings include many of the most famous and pivotal, now classic films, from groundbreaking French filmmakers such as Francois Truffaut, Louis Malle, Claude Charbrol and Jean Luc Godard.

The Modern and the Lone Star Film Society gratefully acknowledge: The British Film Institute, The Downtown Film Festival LA and guest curator, Carolyn Schroeder, The French Embassy in the United States, Cultures France, The French Consulate in Houston, Dominique Chastres, French Cultural Attaché
Program notes: Carolyn Schroeder

Film Schedule