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Special Events
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu
An astonishing work of the sociopolitical imagination, Andrei Ujică’s audacious essay film imagines the life of the controversial Romanian president as he himself might have recalled it on the eve of his 1989 execution. Read more…
Sat Oct 9: 11:30am (WRT)
Biographical and Beyond: An Evening with David Thomson, featuring Birth
On the eve of the publication of the revised and expanded Fifth Edition The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, we have invited Thomson to discuss his work, his writing process, and to present a film of his choosing. Read more…
Thu Oct 7: 6:30pm (WRT)
Frederick Wiseman’s Boxing Gym
Taking as his subject Lord’s Boxing Gym in Austin, Texas, master documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman observes men, women, and children as they train and interact in a lively and diverse environment. Read more…
Mon Oct 4: 6:15pm (WRT)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, screening with A Matter of Life and Death
As wonderfully informative as it is delightfully entertaining, Cameraman traces the eight-decade career of cinematographer Jack Cardiff. Read more…
Fri Oct. 8: 6:30 (WRT)
The Cinema Inside Me: Olivier Assayas
Filmmaker turned film critic (at Cahiers du cinéma) turned filmmaker, Olivier Assayas (Carlos) has become over the past two decades one of the most respected filmmakers working anywhere today. Read more…
Sun Oct 3: 2:30pm (ATH)
Dracula
The fascinating and more “full-blooded” 1931 Spanish-language version of the classic tale is freshly accompanied by an eerie live solo guitar performance by guitarist, composer, and Grammy-nominated songwriter Gary Lucas. Read more…
Sat Oct 9: 9:30pm (WRT)
Foreign Parts
Filmmakers Verena Paravel and J.P. Sniadecki have created a revealing and tender portrait of Willets Point, Queens, that captures the many roads the American dream has taken. Read more…
Sun Oct 10: 3:30pm (WRT)
The Hole
Director Joe Dante’s latest frightmare—and his first in 3D—takes place in one of those placid, Midwestern anytowns that, in the sci-fi classics of the 1950s, regularly played host to intergalactic blobs, body snatchers and other strange invaders. Read more…
Sat Oct 9: 6:00pm (WRT)
A Letter to Elia screening with America, America
A Letter to Elia is a heartfelt declaration from one great American filmmaker to another, as Martin Scorsese speaks candidly and passionately about one of his formative filmmaking influences: the late Elia Kazan. Read more…
Mon Sep 27: 6:15pm (WRT)
The Marvelous World of Segundo de Chomón
Known as the “Spanish Méliès,” Segundo de Chomón was a major film pioneer whose inventive special effects and optical processes influenced the cinema for years to come. Read more…
Sun Oct 10: 12:30pm (WRT)
Mike Leigh: Shooting London
Acclaimed director Mike Leigh will discuss the importance of London neighborhoods and sites in his films, and their integration into his films’ themes. Read more…
Wed Oct 6: 6:30pm (WRT)
Nuremberg [The Schulberg/Waletzky Restoration]
One of the greatest courtroom dramas in history, Nuremberg shows how the international prosecutors built their case against the top Nazi war criminals using the Nazis’ own films and records. Read more…
Tue Sep 28: 6:15pm (WRT)
