Paris, Texas Wed, Jan 17 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Cinematographers Branch. Free for Museum Members. Wim Wenders directed this original screenplay by acclaimed playwright Sam Shepard, about a drifter (veteran character actor Harry Dean Stanton, unforgettable in a rare and welcome lead role) who tries to reconnect with the family he abandoned. Cinematographer Robby Müller had worked with Wenders on such ’70s classics as Alice in the Cities (1974) and The American Friend (1977), and his peerless eye finds endless beauty and poetry in the film’s desert settings, modern cityscapes, and Stanton’s eloquently weathered face. DIRECTED BY: Wim Wenders. WRITTEN BY: Sam Shepard. ADAPTATION BY: L. M. Kit Carson. WITH: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Hunter Carson. 1984. 145 min. West Germany/ France. Color. English. Rated R. DCP.
Fish Tank Wed, Jan 31 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Directors Branch.
A teenage girl, living unhappily with her mother, embarks on a potentially dangerous relationship with her mother’s new boyfriend in this intense coming-of-age drama, which shared the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Writer-director Andrea Arnold ( American Honey ), who won the 2004 Live Action Short Film Oscar for her film Wasp , drew vivid performances from her cast, led by first-time actor Katie Jarvis and rising star Michael Fassbender, and her distinctive sense of mood, place, and personality marked her as a formidable filmmaking talent. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Andrea Arnold. WITH: Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing, Rebecca Griffiths. 2009. 123 min. UK. Color. English. DCP.
BLACK SWAN
Black Swan Wed, Jan 3 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Actors Branch.
Natalie Portman won the 2010 Best Actress Oscar for her intense performance as a talented ballerina struggling to keep her grip on reality in director Darren Aronofsky’s stylish mixture of dance drama and psychological thriller. The film earned additional nominations for Best Picture, Directing, Cinematography (Matthew Libatique), and Film Editing (Andrew Weisblum), while Portman’s performance was supported by a stellar cast including Vincent Cassel as her demanding director, Mila Kunis and Winona Ryder as rival dancers, and the great Barbara Hershey as Portman’s loving but controlling mother. DIRECTED BY: Darren Aronofsky. WRITTEN BY: Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz, John McLaughlin. STORY BY: Andrés Heinz. WITH: Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder. 2010. 108 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated R. DCP.
UNDER THE SKIN
Under the Skin Wed, Dec 20 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Music Branch. Free for Museum Members.
ROMEO AND JULIET
Romeo and Juliet Wed, Jan 24 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Costume Designers Branch.
Scarlett Johansson plays an alien who takes human form to prey on men—but ends up finding something like humanity within herself—in this bleak and startling thriller directed by Jonathan Glazer ( Sexy Beast , Birth ). With its powerful combination of Johansson’s brave performance, the moody cinematography of Daniel Landin, and the naturalistic (often improvised) dialogue, Under the Skin is a one-of-a-kind science-fiction horror, aided greatly by the unnerving atonal music of Mica Levi’s first score for a feature film. DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Glazer. WRITTEN BY: Walter Campbell, Jonathan Glazer. WITH: Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay, Dougie McConnell. 2014. 108 min. UK/ Switzerland. Color. English. Rated R. DCP.
Director Franco Zeffirelli’s lavish film version of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy about the ill-fated love between two teenage children of warring families was the rare Shakespeare-based film to become a huge box office hit and a pop culture phenomenon. Nino Rota composed the lush score featuring a memorable love theme, and the film received four nominations including Best Picture and Directing, winning for Pasqualino De Santis’s warm cinematography and the exquisite period costumes of five-time nominee Danilo Donati. DIRECTED BY: Franco Zeffirelli. WRITTEN BY: Franco Brusati, Masolino D’Amico, Franco Zeffirelli. WITH: Olivia Hussey, Leonard Whiting, Milo O’Shea, John McEnery. 1968. 138 min. Italy/UK. Color. English. Rated PG. DCP.
THE BIG CHILL
STOP MAKING SENSE
The Big Chill in 4K Wed, Jan 10 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Casting Directors Branch. A group of college friends reunites after the unexpected death of one of their own. They find themselves confronting the choices they’ve made in life and whether they’ve lived up to the ideals of the 1960s in writer-director Lawrence Kasdan’s witty comedy-drama, nominated for three Oscars including Best Picture. Casting director Wally Nicita assembled an incomparable ensemble of rising stars, including Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Meg Tilly, and Glenn Close in the second of her eight Oscar- nominated performances to date. DIRECTED BY: Lawrence Kasdan. WRITTEN BY: Lawrence Kasdan, Barbara Benedek. WITH: Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt. 1983. 105 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 4K DCP.
A White, White Day Wed, Dec 27 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Directors Branch.
Stop Making Sense in 4K Wed, Feb 7 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Documentary Branch.
A police chief in a remote town becomes obsessed with revenge against the man he believes was his late wife’s lover in what writer-director Hlynur Pálmason calls “an emotional detective story,” which was Iceland’s submission for the 2019 International Feature Film Oscar. Ingvar Sigurðsson won a Critics’ Week Rising Star Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his gripping performance, and Pálmason’s offbeat pacing and striking visual style contribute to a demanding and unusually powerful filmgoing experience. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Hlynur Pálmason. WITH: Ingvar Sigurðsson, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir. 2019. 109 min. Iceland/Denmark/Sweden. Color. Scope. Icelandic. DCP.
Oscar-winner Jonathan Demme ( The Silence of the Lambs ) collaborated with cinematographer Jordan Cronenweth ( Blade Runner ) to make the quintessential concert film, documenting three nights of Talking Heads concerts at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre in December 1983. David Byrne and his fellow Heads perform such modern classics as “Psycho Killer,” “Burning Down The House,” and “Once In A Lifetime,” while Demme’s direction, Cronenweth’s camerawork, and the sound recording make you feel as if you’re in the front row of the Pantages. DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Demme. WITH: Talking Heads. 1984. 88 min. USA. Color. English. Rated PG. 4K DCP.
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