REEL 13 CLASSIC | THE CHINA SYNDROME This week’s classic is The China Syndrome, the 1979 dramatic thriller directed by James Bridges. America’s simmering post-war anxiety over the safety of nuclear power reached a boiling point with this unexpectedly prescient “what if” scenario. In an Oscar-nominated performance, Jane Fonda stars in one ...
REEL 13 CLASSIC | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT This week’s classic is A River Runs Through It, a 1992 drama directed by Robert Redford. Adapted from the 1976 autobiographical novella by Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It stars Craig Sheffer as Maclean, with Brad Pitt in an early career breakout ...
REEL 13 CLASSIC | LOVE STORY This week’s classic is Love Story, the 1970 romantic drama written by Erich Segal and directed by Arthur Hiller. Released in late 1970, in its own subtle way Love Story signaled the beginnings of a cultural shift from the turbulent 60s into the start of an ...
REEL 13 CLASSIC | ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER The classic this week is the fantasy drama Angel on My Shoulder from 1946 starring Paul Muni as a gangster who is killed and whose spirit in then placed by the devil, played by Claude Rains, in the body of a lookalike – ...
As part of A Weekend Celebration of Tunisia, which will take place at the French Institute Alliance Française during December 6-7, visitors can screen two recent Tunisian movies: Beauty and the Dogs, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, is “a striking critique on a repressive society and a forcefully feminist rallying cry.” Dear ...
Starting on December 5th The Jacob Burns Film Center joins Film ETC Association in co-presenting the 14th edition of Making Waves, a Romanian Film Festival that has been taking place in New York since 2006 and whose programming has “helped define and establish the southeastern European country as a stronghold of socially incisive, independently ...
REEL 13 CLASSIC | MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON This week’s classic is Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, a 1939 political comedy-drama starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur, written by Sidney Buchman and directed by Frank Capra. Capra originally hoped to adapt Lewis R. Foster’s story as a follow up to his ...
From the bustle of neon-lit Shinjuku and its ultramodern skyscrapers to the traditional scenery of Mt. Fuji, cherry blossoms, and Shinto shrines, Tokyo has served as a source of creative inspiration for generations of international filmmakers. Anticipating the 2020 Summer Games, when the eyes of the world will once again ...
On Thursday, December 5, starting at 7 PM, director Hans Petter Moland and actor Liam Neeson will present a screening of Out Stealing Horses, this year's contender from Norway for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. Liam Neeson, who starred in Moland's Hollywood debut feature Cold Pursuit (U.S., ...
