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ONGOING SERIES BRANCH SELECTS EVERY TUESDAY | 7:30PM
Artman, Tom Beckert, Tom Dahl, Art Rochester) and John Williams’s lighthearted yet macabre score, in many ways a predecessor to his beloved music for the Harry Potter films. DIRECTED BY: George Miller. WRITTEN BY: Michael Cristofer. WITH: Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer. 1987. 118 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated R. 35mm.
stars as Amy Adams, Elizabeth Banks, and Jennifer Garner). Christopher Walken was nominated for his touching supporting performance as Abagnale’s father, and John Williams was nominated for his effervescent score, which recalls his early years as a jazz musician and Mancini- esque comedy composer. DIRECTED BY: Steven Spielberg. WRITTEN BY: Jeff Nathanson. WITH: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken Martin Sheen. 2002. 140 min. Color. USA. English. Rated PG-13. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
Born on the Fourth of July
Born on the Fourth of July Sun, Jan 29 | 7:30pm | TMT Tom Cruise’s powerful performance as Ron Kovic, the Vietnam veteran who became a prominent anti-war activist, earned the star his first Oscar nomination in Oliver Stone’s searing film version of Kovic’s memoir. This epic drama about the impact of the war on American soldiers and their families received eight nominations including Best Picture and winning for Directing (Stone) and Film Editing (David Brenner, Joe Hutshing). John Williams was nominated for his emotional score which combined stirring Americana with more experimental music for the film’s traumatic war sequences; he would work with Stone again on JFK (1991) and Nixon (1995), receiving nominations for both scores. DIRECTED BY: Oliver Stone. WRITTEN BY: Oliver Stone, Ron Kovic. WITH: Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick, Raymond J. Barry, Willem Dafoe. 1989. 144 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated R. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
Roma Tue, Dec 6 | 7:30pm | DGT
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Sun, Feb 26 | 7:30pm | TMT MUSEUM MEMBERS-ONLY SCREENING Free for Museum Members.
Branches of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences represent distinct craft and professional areas of moviemaking. Working with members of Academy Branches, the Academy Museum presents a weekly series: Branch Selects. Each week, this series highlights a movie—presented chronologically from silent cinema to contemporary films—that represents a major achievement in the evolution of cinema and its unique crafts. In December, we conclude our first year of Branch Selects with films chosen by the Actors, Music, and Film Editors branches, respectively. In January and February, we begin an all-new year of Branch Selects programming with films chosen by the Visual Effects, Production Design, Actors, Makeup Artists and Hairstylists, Writers, Costume Designers, Executives, and Marketing and Public Relations branches. Notes by Robert Reneau.
J. J. Abrams’s enormously popular restarting of the Star Wars series brought back beloved icons such as Han Solo, Princess Leia, and Chewbacca while introducing a host of new characters to the universe George Lucas created, focusing on a feisty orphan (Daisy Ridley) and a renegade stormtrooper (John Boyega) who team up to battle a new resurgence of the Empire. The film received five Oscar nominations—for Film Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects, and for John Williams’s score. Williams brings back themes from his previous Star Wars scores while contributing a wealth of new musical material. DIRECTED BY: J. J. Abrams. WRITTEN BY: Lawrence Kasdan, J. J. Abrams, Michael Arndt. WITH: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Max Von Sydow. 2015. 138 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated PG-13. DCP.
the author’s passing. Morrison was interviewed in depth for the film, and composer Kathryn Bostic ( Dear White People , Clemency ) wrote a restrained score designed to complement the musical quality of Morrison’s voice. Bostic also wrote and performed the film’s original song “High Above The Water.” DIRECTED BY: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. 2019. 120 min. USA. Color. English. Rated PG-13. DCP.
Roma Tue, Dec 6 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Actors Branch. Free for Museum Members.
Alfonso Cuarón’s lovingly detailed drama inspired by his childhood in Mexico earned the filmmaker Oscars for his Directing and Cinematography, but his expertly chosen cast was a key factor in bringing his story to vivid cinematic life. Best Actress nominee Yalitza Aparicio is Cleo, the devoted housekeeper who faces her own challenges while helping to keep the family together, and Supporting Actress nominee Marina de Tavira is Sofia, the mother of the family, struggling with the breakup of her marriage. DIRECTED BY: Alfonso Cuarón. WRITTEN BY: Alfonso Cuarón. WITH: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta. 2018. 135 min. Mexico/USA. B&W. Scope. Spanish, Mixtec. Rated R. 70mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
Parasite Tue, Dec 20 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Film Editors Branch.
Filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho’s unpredictable blend of comedy and thriller, about a struggling family (led by Bong regular Song Kang-ho) who ingratiate themselves into an affluent household with disastrous results, became the first film not in the English language to win the Best Picture Oscar. The film also won Oscars for International Feature Film, Directing, and Writing (Original Screenplay), and was nominated for its production design and for Yang Jinmo’s editing, a key component of the film’s effortless tonal balance. DIRECTED BY: Bong Joon Ho. WRITTEN BY: Bong Hoon Ho, Han Jin Won. STORY BY: Bong Joon Ho. WITH: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik. 2019. 132 min. South Korea. Color. Scope. Korean. Rated R. DCP.
Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can Sun, Feb 19 | 7:30pm | TMT
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Tue, Dec 13 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Music Branch.
Leonardo DiCaprio is a con man and Tom Hanks is the FBI agent who pursues him in this charming entertainment from director Steven Spielberg, based on the memoir of Frank Abagnale. DiCaprio plays Abagnale, whose elaborate ruses include impersonating a doctor and an airline pilot, all while wooing a string of women (played by such rising
The life and art of Nobel- and Pulitzer-winning novelist Toni Morrison are examined in depth in this powerful documentary, released in theaters only two months before
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