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cinematographer Alex Phillips, Aventurera is a razor-sharp indictment of bourgeois society. Note by Academy Museum Senior Director, Film Programs Bernardo Rondeau. DIRECTED BY: Alberto Gout. WRITTEN BY: Alvaro Custodio, Carlos Sampelayo. WITH: Ninón Sevilla, Tito Junco, Andrea Palma, Rubén Rojo. 1950. 101 min. Mexico. B&W. Spanish. DCP. New restoration by Permanencia Voluntaria and Cinema Preservation Alliance from original camera negative, provided by Cineteca Nacional de Mexico, with the support of the Academy Film Archive and Janus Films. Joe Dante and Jon Davison present The Movie Orgy Sat, Dec 17 | 6pm | TMT | Restoration World Premiere In person: Joe Dante, Jon Davison. FREE ADMISSION Forever fascinated by B-movies, future director of beloved genre classics such as Matinee (1993), Gremlins (1984), and The Howling (1981), Joe Dante, then in his early 20s and studying at the Philadelphia College of Art, poured his filmic obsession into a magnum opus of found footage beginning in 1968. The result, once an ever-morphing supercut of Z-grade science fiction, fantasy, and monster movies from the 1930s to the 1960s, was in some permutations over seven hours long. An early celluloid precedent to YouTube mashups, The Movie Orgy has finally been remastered to its current version by the American Genre Film Archive under the supervision of Dante and the film’s producer, Jon Davison ( Airplane! , Top Secret! ). A B-Movie B-hemoth to B-hold! Note by Academy Museum Associate Director, Film Program K.J. Relth-Miller. DIRECTED BY: Joe Dante, Jon Davison. 1968. 333 min. USA. B&W and Color. English. DCP. Restored by the American Genre Film Archive.
Giordano. 1983. 125 min. Country. Color. Russian. DCP. Restored in 4K in 2022 by CSC – Cineteca nazionale in collaboration with Rai Cinema at Augustus Color laboratory, from the original negatives and the original soundtrack preserved at Rai Cinema.
Two by Lee Grant: The Stronger with Tell Me a Riddle Sun, Dec 18 | 2pm | TMT A case study in resilience, Lee Grant earned her first Oscar nomination in 1951 and tragically found herself blacklisted the following year. After more than a decade of being unable to work in film, Grant was removed from the blacklist in 1964 and began to rebuild her career as an actor, director, and documentarian. She took part in the American Film Institute’s first Directing Workshop for Women, which culminated with her short film The Stronger , an adaptation of August Strindberg’s play. Featuring Susan Strasberg and Dolores Dorn as the wife and the mistress, the short poses the question, “Who is the stronger of the two?” Grant later directed her feature-length debut Tell Me a Riddle , revolutionary in 1980 as the first American feature film to be written, produced, and directed by women. Based on Tillie Olsen’s novella of the same name, the film follows the lives of elderly couple Eva and David, their shared past as revolutionaries, and their journey together when illness strikes Eva and her husband decides to keep it a secret. Academy Award-winners Melvyn Douglas and Lila Kedrova star as David and Eva, with Brooke Adams rounding out the cast as their free-spirited granddaughter Jeannie. Both films have been digitally restored in 4K from the original 35mm negatives. Note by Academy Film Archive Film Preservationist Cassie Blake. The Stronger | Restoration World Premiere DIRECTED BY: Lee Grant. WRITTEN BY: Lee Grant. WITH: Susan Strasberg, Dolores Dorn, Edward Ashley, Katharine Bard. 1976. 26 min. USA. Color. English. DCP. Restored in 2022 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Tell Me a Riddle | Restoration World Premiere DIRECTED BY: Lee Grant. WRITTEN BY: Joyce Eliason, Alev Lytle. WITH: Melvyn Douglas, Lila Kedrova, Brooke Adams. 1980. 90 min. USA. Color. English. DCP. Restored in 2022 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Special thanks to Mindy Affrime, Rachel Lyon, and Susan O’Connell. Preservation Conversation: Bessie Mae Kelly and Women at the Dawn of the Animation Industry Mon, Dec 19 | 7:30pm | TMT | World Premiere Free for Museum Members. At the dawn of the animation industry, one woman animated and directed alongside the men who became titans of the artform, yet her name and work have been lost—until now. The discovery of Bessie Mae Kelley changes everything. In a landmark event, this ground-breaking artist, and her surviving films, are finally introduced to the world, marking the debut of the earliest-known hand-drawn animation animated and directed by a woman. Join author-historian Mindy Johnson, as she once again transforms our animated past with an evening celebrating the pivotal discovery of “the only woman animator,” Bessie Mae Kelley, and other women artists in the earliest days of animation. Note by Mindy Johnson, author and film historian.
Pina Thu, Dec 29 | 7:30pm | TMT
For the week between Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve, the Academy Museum invites you to experience our state-of-the-art Dolby 3D projection system in our beautiful Ted Mann Theater with classic, international, and contemporary films shot in and intended for projection in 3D. Adult and children’s 3D glasses will be available for all screenings.
Programmed by Bernardo Rondeau. Notes by K.J. Relth-Miller and Robert Reneau.
for the insurance payout. Full of delightful gimmicks and blood-chilling implications—Why are bodies missing from the morgue? How are Jarrod’s newest figures so lifelike?— House of Wax retains the wonder audiences felt nearly seventy years ago at the film’s release. DIRECTED BY: Andre de Toth. WRITTEN BY: Crane Wilbur. WITH: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones. 1953. 88 min. USA. Color. English. Rated GP. 3D. DCP. The Mad Magician The tremendous success of House of Wax led Vincent Price to return to the screen with another 3D chiller just one year later, which helped confirm the veteran actor’s status as a top horror star. House of Wax screenwriter Crane Wilbur penned this original tale of Don Gallico, a 19th century magician who plots revenge when his stage illusions are stolen from him. Director John Brahm unites the potential of 3D cinematography with the moody black-and-white visual style he brought to such thrillers as The Lodger (1944) and Hangover Square (1945). DIRECTED BY: John Brahm. WRITTEN BY: Crane Wilbur. WITH: Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery. 1954. 73 min. USA. B&W. English. 3D. DCP.
How to Train Your Dragon Mon, Dec 26 | 3pm | TMT Thu, Dec 29 | 3pm | TMT Cressida Crowell’s popular series of children’s books inspired this critically acclaimed animated fantasy, which itself spawned two Oscar-nominated sequels. Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) is an awkward teenager living on the Viking island of Berk, whose unexpected friendship with an injured young dragon changes the fate of his entire community. The film earned Oscar nominations for Animated Feature and for John Powell’s stirring, Celtic- inspired original score, and Oscar-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins ( Blade Runner 2049 ) served as Visual Consultant, helping to craft the film’s gorgeous 3D imagery. DIRECTED BY: Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois. WRITTEN BY: Will Davies, Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders. WITH: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera. 2010. 97 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated PG. 3D. DCP.
Nostalghia
Nostalghia Sat, Dec 17 | 7:30pm | DGT | North American Restoration Premiere The first film made by Soviet writer-director Andrei Tarkovsky while in exile from his native Russia, Nostalghia is an epic paean to homesickness. Russian researcher Andrei Gorchakov (Oleg Yankovsky) is adrift in memories and visions as he journeys through Tuscany. Written with frequent Michelangelo Antonioni collaborator Tonino Guerra, Nostalghia boasts one of Tarkovsky’s most iconic set pieces: a rustic peasant house amongst baroque ruins. Ingmar Bergman regular Erland Josephson also stars. Note by Academy Museum Senior Director, Film Programs Bernardo Rondeau. DIRECTED BY: Andrei Tarkovsky. WRITTEN BY: Andrei Tarkovsky, Tonino Guerra. WITH: Oleg Yankovsky, Erland Josephson, Domiziana
House of Wax with The Mad Magician Mon, Dec 26 | 7:30pm | TMT House of Wax
This first 3D color film produced by a major studio was an instant box office success and helped usher in the “golden era” of 3D. Vincent Price is in top form as Professor Harry Jarrod, a late-19th century wax sculptor spurned by his business partner when the latter sets their museum ablaze
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