Jun–Aug 2024 Film Calendar

We invite you to explore the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures' inaugural Film Calendar. This bi-monthly guide covers our film series, retrospectives, spotlights, and special screenings, all inspired by the museum's dynamic exhibitions.

ACADEMY MUSEUM JUN–AUG 2024

La Bamba Sat, Aug 17 | 7:30pm | DGT SUMMER IN THE CITY

ACADEMY MUSEUM JUN-AUG 2024 FILM

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIMITED SERIES AND SPOTLIGHTS

SUMMER IN THE CITY...................................................4 SPOTLIGHTS...............................................................11 FULL OF PLEASURE.....................................................13 DAMAS DE LA PANTALLA............................................16 THE FILMS OF POWELL & PRESSBURGER..............19 ONGOING SERIES FAMILY MATINEES....................................................22 OSCAR ® SUNDAYS..................................................25 BRANCH SELECTS.................................................28 AVAILABLE SPACE..................................................32

CALENDARS AT A GLANCE........................................34

ACADEMY MUSEUM THEATERS

DGT: DAVID GEFFEN THEATER TMT: TED MANN THEATER

ALL FILMS NOT IN ENGLISH ARE SUBTITLED, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. ALL SCREENINGS, FILM FORMATS, AND GUESTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

Mulholland Drive (2001)

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SUMMER IN THE CITY:

LOS ANGELES, BLOCK BY BLOCK JUN 1–AUG 31, 2024

“We might wonder if the movies have ever really depicted Los Angeles,” muses the voiceover in Los Angeles Plays Itself , filmmaker Thom Andersen’s epic 2003 essay film that weaves hundreds of clips from cinema history into a rich tapestry that showcases the city as a character and as a subject. From Beverly Hills to Watts, filmmakers have been drawn to the region for its alluring light, its year-round mild weather, and the intoxicating gravity of the movie industry—though some were born here, of course, and drew stories from their own backyards. Through cinema, the demolished domiciles of Bunker Hill are erected once again, Valley teens flock to the brand-new Sherman Oaks Galleria, and Central Avenue is bustling with late-night juke joints. This summer, we’re celebrating dozens of neighborhoods around the Southland through a diverse array of films that highlight the “real” people in the City of Angels for a series that creates an idiosyncratic road map of LA location films. Programmed and notes by Hyesung ii, Patrick Lowry, Sari Navarro, K.J. Relth-Miller, and Robert Reneau.

Boogie Nights in 70mm Sat, Jun 1 | 7:30pm | DGT

Los Angeles Plays Itself Sun, Jun 2 | 2pm | TMT

Set in the San Fernando Valley, the capital of the other film industry and filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson’s birthplace, Boogie Nights utilizes the region’s sprawling landscape as the sunbaked stage for adult film star Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg), his ragtag band of pornographers, and an underground industry’s rise and ultimate fall. Set among a memorable collection of Valley locations, including Miss Donuts in Reseda and domestic exteriors in Encino, Studio City, and Van Nuys, Anderson’s second feature is a cautionary tale of lost innocence, the allure of stardom, and the anxiety of changing times. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Paul Thomas Anderson. WITH: Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle. 1997. 155 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated R. 70mm.

Thom Andersen’s film essay is a thoughtful and loving look at the way Los Angeles has been historically presented on the big screen, in three particular ways—as plot, background, and subject. Andersen uses a wealth of clips covering decades of cinema history and a variety of genres, with his narration adding keen insight to his exploration of the city’s use as a narrative setting and a filming location, as well as “a character in itself.” DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Thom Andersen. 2003–14. 169 min. USA. B&W, Color. English. DCP. Real Women Have Curves Mon, Jun 3 | 7:30pm | TMT Ana García (America Ferrera), on the brink of graduating high school, is bright but has dismissed plans for higher education as she grapples with familial obligations. When Ana takes a job working for her sister Estela (Ingrid Oliu) at the family sewing factory, she gains new perspectives on life from

the women she works with, who help her embrace self-acceptance and determine her future path. Based on the play by Josefina López—who co-wrote the screenplay with George LaVoo—the semi- biographical dramedy takes place in the historically Chicano East LA neighborhood of Boyle Heights. DIRECTED BY: Patricia Cardoso. WRITTEN BY: George LaVoo, Josefina López. WITH: America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros, Ingrid Oliu, George Lopez. 2002. 90 min. USA. Color. English, Spanish. Rated PG-13. DCP. Courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.

QUINCEAÑERA

Quinceañera in 35mm Fri, Jun 21 | 7:30pm | TMT

While preparing for her quinceañera, a lavish coming-of-age festivity in Latinx cultures, Magdalena (Emily Rios) discovers she is pregnant. When kicked out of her home, she is taken in by her nurturing great-granduncle Tomas (Chalo González in a heartfelt performance), a beloved street vendor also sheltering her ostracized gay cousin Carlos (Jesse Garcia). Filmmakers Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland were inspired to write the screenplay after attending their neighbor’s quinceañera in Echo Park. While they depict the neighborhood with great love and authenticity, they also exhibit the rapid rise of gentrification that was beginning to affect the predominantly Latinx district in the early aughts. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland. WITH: Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia, Chalo González, Jesus Castaños-Chima. 2006. 90 min. USA. Color. Scope. English, Spanish. 35mm.

SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS

Slums of Beverly Hills in 35mm Fri, Jun 14 | 7:30pm | TMT Based in part on her own childhood, writer- director Tamara Jenkins’s feature debut is a down- to-earth comedy about bright yet incredulous teenager Vivian Abromowitz (Natasha Lyonne) and her family’s peripatetic life between crummy apartments in Beverly Hills as her failed car salesman father (Alan Arkin) is hellbent on maintaining a 90210 address to take advantage of the area’s esteemed schools. Premiering in Directors’ Fortnight at the 51st Cannes Film Festival, this sweet, off-kilter comedy alternates exteriors of neighborhood dingbats and duplexes with period- specific shag interiors for a fully-drawn slice-of-life of a family carving their own path on the fringes of one of the country’s most sought-after zip codes. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Tamara Jenkins. WITH: Natasha Lyonne, Alan Arkin, Marisa Tomei, David Krumholtz. 1998. 91 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 35mm.

Double Indemnity in 35mm Sat, Jun 15 | 2pm | TMT

THE EXILES

Directed by Billy Wilder, who teamed with Raymond Chandler to adapt James M. Cain’s classic novel, this twisted tale of love and murder set the bar for film noir. Fred MacMurray stars as a hardened insurance investigator who falls for a married woman (Barbara Stanwyck). The pair conspires to get Stanwyck’s character out of her marriage and both of them into a fortune, but with disastrous results. The film received seven Oscar nominations including Best Picture and Best Actress (Stanwyck), and its memorable Los Angeles locations include Jerry’s Market and Stanwyck’s Hollywood Hills home. DIRECTED BY: Billy Wilder. WRITTEN BY: Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler. WITH: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall. 1944. 106 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm. New print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.

The Exiles in 35mm Sat, Jun 22 | 2pm | TMT

Director Kent Mackenzie’s 1961 innovative, genre- bending feature, The Exiles , surveys the lives of Indigenous folks who had been displaced from their reservation and are now living in and around what was then Bunker Hill in Downtown LA. Mackenzie employs minimal intent in the formation of his cinematic language, utilizing negative space in his shots, which consist of frequent close-ups of the subjects, transforming their faces into vast landscapes while respectfully keeping distance in his observation. A chronicle of their night with movies, jukeboxes, Brylcreem, and flashy

Kiss Me Deadly Sun, Jun 30 | 2pm | TMT

cars, Mackenzie’s film positions his subjects as very much part of American culture, not as the outsiders many then considered them to be. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Kent Mackenzie. WITH: Yvonne Williams, Homer Nish, Tommy Reynolds, Rico Rodriguez. 1961. 72 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm. Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive in collaboration with the USC Moving Image Archive, and in partnership with Milestone Films. Major funding provided by the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Robert Aldrich’s film version of Mickey Spillane’s pulp novel is one of the most memorably brutal noirs ever produced during what some refer to as the Golden Age of Hollywood. Ralph Meeker plays Spillane’s iconic tough guy private eye Mike Hammer, who finds himself embroiled in a complicated case involving a woman on the run (Cloris Leachman), a femme fatale (Gaby Rodgers), and a mysterious suitcase. Vivid Los Angeles location filming includes many scenes in downtown’s Bunker Hill area, before the neighborhood’s controversial redevelopment. DIRECTED BY: Robert Aldrich. WRITTEN BY: A. I. Bezzerides. WITH: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez. 1955. 105 min. USA. B&W. English. DCP.

Xanadu Thu, Jul 4 | 7:30pm | TMT

A former big band leader (screen musical legend Gene Kelly) and a frustrated painter ( The Warriors star Michael Beck) team up to create the roller disco of their dreams in LA’s Pan Pacific Park with the help of none other than the muse of dance (pop icon Olivia Newton-John). The imaginative musical fantasy has developed a loyal fan base in the four decades since its release, helped by its colorful visual effects and the catchy original songs performed by Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra. DIRECTED BY: Robert Greenwald. WRITTEN BY: Richard Christian Danus, Marc Reid Rubel. WITH: Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck, James Sloyan. 1980. 93 min. USA. Color. English. Rated PG. DCP.

CLUELESS

Clueless in 35mm Sat, Jun 22 | 7:30pm | DGT A Millennial cinematic classic, Clueless not only popularized famous catchphrases like “As if!” but also set new trends in pop culture which linger to this day. The film follows Cher (Alicia Silverstone), a rich and popular teenager from Beverly Hills, who, with the help of her best friend, Dionne (Stacey Dash), engineers a successful matchmaking mission for two teachers, as well as a complete makeover for Tai (Brittany Murphy), the new girl in school. While the film primarily takes place in Beverly Hills, it has also elevated locations around the city, such as Circus Liquor in North Hollywood, into geographic icons. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Amy Heckerling. WITH: Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy. 1995. 97 min. USA. Color. English. Rated PG-13. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Tim Hunter Collection at the Academy Film Archive.

Smog in 4K Sun, Jun 23 | 2pm | TMT

One of many international filmmakers drawn to Hollywood in the 1960s, Franco Rossi brought his cast and crew to Los Angeles to shoot the city’s first-ever Italian-American co-production. As an Italian attorney’s vapid pursuits during a 24-hour layover take him between architectural marvels and anonymous locations, his encounters offer a darker take on the sunbaked vision typically manufactured by Tinseltown—and per the film’s title, his view is anything but rose-tinted. Never officially released in the US, and newly restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, fans of LA’s architectural history will find much to discover under the film’s often cynical microscope. DIRECTED BY: Franco Rossi. WRITTEN BY: Franco Rossi, Pier Maria Pasinetti, Gian Domenico Giagni, Franco Brusati, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa, Ugo Guerra. WITH: Enrico Maria Salerno, Annie Girardot, Renato Salvatori, Max Showalter. 1962. 100 min. Italy. B&W. Italian. 4K DCP. Restored by Fondazione Cineteca Di Bologna and the UCLA Film & Television Archive in collaboration with Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Restoration funding provided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

THE CRIMSON KIMONO

The Crimson Kimono in 35mm Sun, Jul 21 | 2pm | TMT

James Shigeta and Glenn Corbett depict two Los Angeles detectives who fall in love with the same woman, Christine (Victoria Shaw), in Samuel Fuller’s 1959 noir The Crimson Kimono . Fuller’s groundbreaking feature stimulates more than a sensational thrill anticipated by its genre; he dares depict a love story between an Asian man and a white woman in the 1950s, which carries its own intensity incorporated in the narrative of a murder investigation taking place in the Little Tokyo district of LA. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Samuel Fuller. WITH: Victoria Shaw, James Shigeta, Glenn Corbett, Anna Lee. 1959. 82 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm.

Mulholland Drive in 4K Thu, Jul 25 | 7:30pm | DGT

Little Tokyo in Los Angeles—and the only feature Takeshi made outside Japan—this is a rare chance to see LA through his uniquely poetic yet brutal lens. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Takeshi Kitano. WITH: Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, Claude Maki, Masaya Kato. 2000. 108 min. UK/Japan/France. Color. Japanese, English. Rated R. 35mm.

Spirited ingénue Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) sets off to Hollywood with dreams of stardom. When she arrives, she comes upon a mysterious woman, Rita (Laura Elena Harring), overcome with amnesia following a car accident. As they investigate to find Rita’s identity, they discover the dark underbelly of the film industry. One of the longest roads in Los Angeles, David Lynch (ever enamored by the city) was inspired to pay tribute to the titular drive due to its legend, stating that one can feel Hollywood’s history driving through the mysterious winding road that stretches from the Hollywood Hills to the Santa Monica Mountains. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: David Lynch. WITH: Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring, Ann Miller. 2001. 147 min. USA. Color. English, Spanish, French. Rated R. 4K DCP.

Love & Basketball in 4K Sat, Aug 3 | 2pm | TMT

Added to the National Film Registry in 2023, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s directorial debut feature, Love & Basketball , has become a cult classic over the years since its 2000 release, beloved by many millennials who believe in the power of love and of basketball. Set in South Central Los Angeles, the film tells a love story of two young “ball players,” furnished with sweet tunes by Al Green and Chaka Khan, while paying homage to the renowned history of LA basketball and its dynamic culture—shoutouts to the Lakers, Clippers, and Crenshaw High and USC teams. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Gina Prince-Bythewood. WITH: Omar Epps, Sanaa Lathan, Alfre Woodard, Dennis Haysbert. 2000. 124 min. USA. Color. English. Rated PG-13. 4K DCP.

Rebel without a Cause in 4K Sat, Jul 27 | 2pm | TMT

James Dean’s second film as a leading man reached theaters less than a month after the star’s death at the age of 24, and his performance helped solidify his image as the embodiment of youthful angst in the decades since. Dean plays Jim Stark, a Southern California teen with a strained relationship with his parents, who finds solace with a new girlfriend and the troubled, sensitive Plato (Sal Mineo). Director Nicholas Ray was nominated for his original story, and Natalie Wood and Mineo were also nominated for their supporting performances as Jim’s new friends. The film features iconic LA locations including the Griffith Observatory. DIRECTED BY: Nicholas Ray. WRITTEN BY: Stewart Stern. ADAPTATION BY: Irving Shulman. STORY BY: Nicholas Ray. WITH: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus. 1955. 111 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated PG-13. 4K DCP.

HOLLYWOOD STORY

Hollywood Story in 35mm Sun, Aug 4 | 2pm | TMT

Inspired by the unsolved 1922 murder of filmmaker William Desmond Taylor, this punchy whodunit finds new-to-town director Larry O’Brien (Richard Conte) obsessed by the legend of silent film director Franklin Ferrara, whose death on the National Artists Studio lot remains a mystery 21 years later. With Chaplin Studios on La Brea Avenue functioning as the fictional studio (it’s now home to the Jim Henson Company), director William Castle ( The Tingler , House on Haunted Hill ) shot many scenes on location around the city—including the Trocadero nightclub, the Los Angeles Times Building, and the Roosevelt Hotel—a departure from most studio pictures of the time which were filmed exclusively on sets. DIRECTED BY: William Castle. WRITTEN BY: Frederick Kohner, Fred Brady. WITH: Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Richard Egan, Henry Hull. 1951. 77 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm.

BROTHER

Brother in 35mm Fri, Aug 2 | 7:30pm | TMT

Writer-director Takeshi Kitano stars as Yamamoto, an enigmatic, violent Yakuza enforcer who flees Japan and relocates to Los Angeles where he becomes involved in his half-brother’s drug business. Free from the rigid structure of Yakuza culture, Yamamoto builds his own gang with new associate Denny (Omar Epps) and begins taking over rival territories as the two form a close bond and establish themselves as a formidable force in the underworld. Filmed around

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls in 35mm Fri, Aug 9 | 7:30pm | TMT

Released three years after the infamous Valley of the Dolls (1967), director Russ Meyer shows the excess of Hollywood and the rock ’n’ roll lifestyle of the late

1960s through a kaleidoscope of vibrant wardrobes, psychedelic music, skin, and violence. First conceived as a direct follow-up to its predecessor, then given to Meyer to be reworked as an over-the-top satirical take on the melodrama of the original, the film became a hit, doing very well at the box-office, unhindered by its original X rating. Though derided by many critics on its release, it has been the subject of critical reappraisal thanks to its cult following. DIRECTED BY: Russ Meyer. WRITTEN BY: Roger Ebert. WITH: Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, John LaZar. 1970. 109 min. USA. Color. English. Rated NC-17. 35mm.

take care of their ailing father. Carey (Teddy Lee), still embittered over their troubled childhood, has led a rootless existence, while Kasie (Tiffany Chu) suffers through a difficult relationship and her demeaning job at a night club. Chon and his stars create fully realized and challenging characters, while the film depicts the Koreatown setting with an evocative style reminiscent of the films of Wong Kar-wai. DIRECTED BY: Justin Chon. WRITTEN BY: Justin Chon, Chris Dinh. WITH: Tiffany Chu, Teddy Lee, Octavio Pizano, James Kang. 2019. 87 min. USA. Color. Scope. English, Korean. DCP.

The Savage Eye in 35mm Sat, Aug 10 | 2pm | TMT

When the minds responsible for writing The Asphalt Jungle (1950, Ben Maddow), editing Edge of the City (1957, Sidney Meyers), and the eventual directing of Tropic of Cancer (1970, Joseph Strick) joined forces in the late 1950s, the only possible outcome was the fiercely independent ethos that spawned this idiosyncratic experiment. Shot over several years in a handheld, vérité style by celebrated documentary filmmaker Haskell Wexler, Oscar-nominated cinematographer Jack Couffer, and notable street photographer Helen Levitt, viewers lurk alongside freshly-divorced Judith (Barbara Baxley) as she sleepwalks into dive bars, burlesque clubs, and dubious religious congregations for one of the most ominous visions of a mid-century Los Angeles underbelly ever committed to film. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Ben Maddow, Sidney Meyers, Joseph Strick. WITH: Barbara Baxley, Gary Merrill, Herschel Bernardi, Jack Hidey. 1960. 68 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm. Restored by the Academy Film Archive.

VALLEY GIRL

Valley Girl Fri, Aug 16 | 7:30pm | TMT

Martha Coolidge’s second feature, Valley Girl , is a perfect ’80s version of Romeo & Juliet, reimagined, in which its “Romeo” is a nonchalant punk from Hollywood and “Juliet” is a Valley girl from an encapsulating, pink-clad world in the suburbs of LA’s San Fernando Valley. Coolidge’s endearing rom-com, starring a 17-year-old Nicolas Cage and Deborah Foreman, is a timeless classic, tying the two colliding worlds of these young lovers somewhere between the Sherman Oaks Galleria in the Valley and The Central (later The Viper Room) in Hollywood, garnished with tireless making-out, gossip, and house parties. DIRECTED BY: Martha Coolidge. WRITTEN BY: Andrew Lane, Wayne Crawford. WITH: Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily, Michael Bowen. 1983. 99 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. DCP.

Miracle Mile in 35mm Sat, Aug 10 | 7:30pm | TMT Harry (Anthony Edwards) and Julie (Mare

Winningham) have a romantic encounter at the La Brea Tar Pits and quickly fall in love. Harry’s bliss is short-lived when he answers a ringing payphone and hears a frantic warning that nuclear missiles are heading toward his location. Distraught by the thought of never seeing Julie again, he does whatever he can to find her while warning others along the way, unsure whether he is sparking citywide panic unnecessarily. Filmed on location along Wilshire Boulevard, inside LA landmark Johnie’s Coffee Shop, and featuring the May Company Building that would become the Academy Museum, Miracle Mile sees the city descend into chaos in the face of impending doom. DIRECTED BY: Steve De Jarnatt. WRITTEN BY: Steve De Jarnatt. WITH: Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, Mykelti Williamson, Denise Crosby. 1988. 88 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Steve De Jarnatt Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Ms. Purple Mon, Aug 12 | 7:30pm | TMT Actor-turned-filmmaker Justin Chon ( Twilight ) followed his award-winning 2017 drama Gook with this emotional story of two estranged siblings reunited to

LA BAMBA

La Bamba in 4K Sat, Aug 17 | 7:30pm | DGT Free for Museum Members. Writer-director Luis Valdez’s follow-up to his adaptation of his own stage play Zoot Suit was the

Devil in a Blue Dress in 4K Sat, Aug 24 | 2pm | TMT Set in 1948, World War II veteran Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins (Denzel Washington) is paid to investigate the disappearance of Daphne Monet (Jennifer Beals), the girlfriend of a Los Angeles mayoral candidate and a regular among the juke joints. As Easy inches closer to locating Daphne, he uncovers a darker truth connected to her disappearance. Based on the novel of the same name by Walter Mosley, the film takes place in South LA, primarily illustrating the vibrant historical Black jazz strip that once lined Central Avenue. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Carl Franklin. WITH: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle. 1995. 102 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 4K DCP. Los Angeles is where the relationship between reality and representation gets muddled. ”

biography of Chicano icon and Los Angeles native Ritchie Valens. Portrayed by Lou Diamond Phillips in his first leading role, the film chronicles Valens’s overnight success as an impressive guitarist and songwriter, in a life that was tragically cut short. Focusing on family life, first love, and race issues of the 1950s, La Bamba features Valens’s hit songs, performed by Los Lobos for the film’s soundtrack, as it details the life of a high school student from the San Fernando Valley thrust into stardom. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Luis Valdez. WITH: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosana De Soto, Elizabeth Peña. 1987. 108 min. USA. Color. English. Rated PG-13. 4K DCP.

In a Lonely Place in 4K Sun, Aug 18 | 2pm | TMT

A fading screenwriter (Humphrey Bogart) is the prime suspect in the brutal murder of a hat-check girl. The only person who seems able to supply an alibi is the seductive woman next door: Gloria Grahame in one of her greatest performances as an aspiring actress with a troubled past. A claustrophobic noir from legendary director Nicholas Ray, In a Lonely Place adapts Dorothy B. Hughes’s taut novel of the same name and remains one of the director’s most personal films, partially shot in the same courtyard apartment complex where Ray first lived in Los Angeles, West Hollywood’s Villa Primavera. DIRECTED BY: Nicholas Ray. WRITTEN BY: Andrew Solt, Edmund H. North. WITH: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid. 1950. 95 min. USA. B&W. English. 4K DCP.

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Thom Andersen, Los Angeles Plays Itself

Night Tide in 4K Sat, Aug 24 | 7:30pm | TMT

“You think you’ve discovered reality, but you don’t even know what it is.” Written and directed by Curtis Harrington, Night Tide presents a world in which undefined realms float around, blurring boundaries between reality and fantasy. Dennis Hopper is profoundly charming in his portrayal of Johnny, a young sailor who is spellbound by Mora, an enigmatic woman who performs as a mermaid at the Santa Monica Pier carnival. Set near the water in Santa Monica and Venice Beach, Night Tide dives into the purgatory domain of dreamy love, which is cursed by doomed imagination, like a beautiful nightmare underwater. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Curtis Harrington. WITH: Dennis Hopper, Linda Lawson, Gavin Muir, Luana Anders. 1961. 86 min. USA. B&W. English. 4K DCP. Restored in 2018 by Peter Conheim/Cinema Preservation Alliance and by NWR.com from the severely degraded original 35mm negative and track, with partial integration of the previous photochemical restoration by Academy Film Archive/Mark Toscano. Restoration services provided by Hiventy/France with the assistance of Kodak.

THE BIG LEBOWSKI

Model Shop Sun, Aug 25 | 2pm | TMT

The Big Lebowski in 4K Thu, Aug 22 | 7:30pm | DGT

The remarkable Anouk Aimée rejoins Jacques Demy after their first collaboration on Lola (1961), in Demy’s first English-language film, Model Shop , portraying a mysterious woman, Lola, who mesmerizes a recent architecture graduate, George (Gary Lockwood). George’s infatuation with Lola leads to a stalking pursuit through the streets of Los Angeles, captured by Demy, an outsider to the city, who unleashes a surreal tonality in the narrative tunneled through the beauty he finds in Los Angeles. In Demy’s words, “I was really moved by the geometry of the places… it’s a fabulous city.” DIRECTED BY: Jacques Demy. WRITTEN BY: Jacques Demy, Carole Eastman. WITH: Anouk Aimée, Gary Lockwood, Alexandra Hay, Carol Cole. 1969. 97 min. USA. Color. English. DCP.

The Coen Brothers’s follow-up to their smash hit Fargo (1996) did not have great commercial or critical success in its initial release but went on to develop a devoted following, even spawning an annual festival in honor of the film. Jeff Bridges’s now-iconic stoner character, The Dude, is an avid bowler mixed up in a comedy of errors, kidnapping caper, involving mistaken identity, missing money, and a host of colorful characters scheming to come out on top. Watch as he journeys throughout Los Angeles in hopes of finding answers to this ever- changing mystery—if there even is a mystery at all. DIRECTED BY: Joel Coen. WRITTEN BY: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen. WITH: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore. 1998. 117 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 4K DCP.

SOMEWHERE

ESCAPE FROM L.A.

Somewhere in 35mm Thu, Aug 29 | 7:30pm | TMT

Escape from L.A. in 4K Sat, Aug 31 | 7:30pm | TMT

Oscar-winning writer-director Sofia Coppola ( Lost in Translation ) takes an offbeat look at the life of a movie star in this low-key, observational comedy- drama. Stephen Dorff gives an impressively naturalistic performance as actor Johnny Marco, who finds that a visit from his beloved daughter (Elle Fanning) highlights the emptiness of his existence. One of the final films completed by master cinematographer Harris Savides, Somewhere makes use of a variety of distinctive locations, from West Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont to Milan’s Hotel Principe de Savoia. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Sofia Coppola. WITH: Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Chris Pontius, Laura Chiatti. 2010. 98 min. USA. Color. English, Italian. Rated R. 35mm.

John Carpenter’s sequel to his cult hit Escape from New York (1981) is set in a future where Los Angeles has become a heavily guarded island containing the scum of society and those unwilling to live by the ultra-conservative president’s morality laws. Kurt Russell collaborated on the screenplay and returns as Snake Plissken, who is offered a pardon for his past crimes if he infiltrates the island and escapes with a weapon of mass destruction stolen by a rebel. Social commentary and camp abound in Carpenter’s post-apocalyptic vision of iconic Los Angeles locations including Sunset Boulevard and Beverly Hills. DIRECTED BY: John Carpenter. WRITTEN BY: John Carpenter, Debra Hill, Kurt Russell. WITH: Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, Valeria Golino. 1996. 101 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 4K DCP.

BREATHLESS

Breathless in 35mm Fri, Aug 30 | 7:30pm | TMT

Richard Gere is Jesse Lujack, a reckless street hustler, in Jim McBride’s Breathless , a remake of the 1960 French film of the same name by Jean-Luc Godard. Jesse’s aggressive infatuation with Monica (Valérie Kaprisky), a French architecture student at UCLA, persuades her to join him in dangerous shenanigans sweeping through the city of Los Angeles as they stumble upon risky, yet exhilarating adventures, amplified by the dynamic soundtrack featuring artists such as Jerry Lee Lewis and the Los Angeles punk band X. DIRECTED BY: Jim McBride. WRITTEN BY: L. M. Kit Carson, Jim McBride. WITH: Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky, Art Metrano, John P. Ryan. 1983. 100 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.

Gilda (1946)

SPOTLIGHTS

The Thief and the Cobbler: A Moment in Time Sun, Jun 16 | 11am | TMT Legendary animator Richard Williams ( Who Framed Roger Rabbit ) spent three decades developing his animated feature The Thief and the Cobbler , only to ultimately have it taken from his control, recut, and released by others without his approval. In 2013, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences first presented this “Moment in Time” restoration of Williams’s 1992 work print of the film, painstakingly reconstructed by the filmmaker and the Academy Film Archive. This version is the closest audiences have been to witnessing Williams’s original, dazzlingly imaginative and eclectic vision. Animation drawings and cels by Williams for The Thief and the Cobbler are currently on view in the museum’s Animation gallery, part of the Stories of Cinema exhibition. In conjunction with the works on view, the museum presents a screening of this work followed by a conversation with Senior Exhibitions Curator Jenny He and Assistant Curator Nicholas Barlow.

Gilda in 4K Thu, Jun 13 | 7:30pm | DGT North American Restoration Premiere

The dazzling Rita Hayworth again sees her name appear above the title in Charles Vidor’s noir classic, Gilda , which henceforth marked the redheaded screen sensation as Hollywood’s premier femme fatale. Hayworth electrifies in her first major dramatic role with Columbia as the titular Gilda opposite everyman Glenn Ford as crooked gambler Johnny Farrell, making his return to the screen after a four-year stint with the US Marine Corps during WWII. Developed with Hayworth in mind by the legendary “Queen of Columbia” Virginia Van Upp, who worked at the studio as a producer after a long career as a screenwriter, this Buenos Aires–set story of gambling, romance, infidelity, and revenge contains one of the most famous character introductions in the history of cinema. Made even more memorable thanks to elegant costuming by Jean Louis—who spared no expense with Hayworth’s iconic furs and gowns—the film is lensed to perfection by cinematographer Rudolph

Programmed by Amy Homma. Note by Robert Reneau.

DIRECTED BY: Richard Williams. WRITTEN BY: Richard Williams, Margaret French. WITH: Vincent Price, Felix Aylmer, Sara Crowe, Anthony Quayle. 1992/2013. 92 min. USA/UK. Color. Scope. English. DCP. Restored by the Academy Film Archive.

Maté and his striking, shadowy visuals. Programmed and note by K.J. Relth-Miller.

DIRECTED BY: Charles Vidor. WRITTEN BY: Marion Parsonnet. WITH: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia. 1946. 110 min. USA. B&W. English. 4K DCP. Restoration by Sony Pictures Entertainment. Restored from the 35mm nitrate original picture negative and a 35mm nitrate duplicate picture negative. 4K scanning and digital image restoration by Cineric, Inc. Audio restoration by John Polito at Audio Mechanics from the 35mm nitrate original soundtrack negative. Color correction, conforming, additional image restoration and DCP creation at Motion Picture Imaging with colorist Sheri Eisenberg. Restoration supervised by Grover Crisp.

The Academy Museum’s Teen Council Presents: The Perks of Being a Wallflower Sat, Jun 29 | 7:30pm | TMT Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower , adapted from his novel of the same name, was chosen by the Academy Museum Teen Council because the story offers an uncensored view into the semi-horrific but beautiful lives of modern teenagers. The movie

captures the roller coaster ride that is high school by following introverted freshman Charlie (Logan Lerman) as he navigates friendships, mental health, self- acceptance, trauma, and identity. The film attained both critical and box-office acclaim, as well as a cult following of devoted fans who loved the classic tracks by David Bowie and The Smiths which act as a backdrop for adolescence. This movie reminds us all— teenagers and adults alike—that we are infinite! The Teen Council has been an amazing place for meaningful conversations and a safe space to talk all things film. It’s been an amazing experience, and we are so excited for the future! Programmed by the Academy Museum’s Teen Council. Note by Peyton Arthur, Chloe Loquet, Astrid Panozzo, Flora White, and Haley Yoshihata. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Stephen Chbosky. WITH: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd. 2012. 103 min. USA. Color. English. Rated PG-13. DCP. Jawbreaker in 35mm Fri, Jul 12 | 7:30pm | DGT 25th Anniversary cast and filmmaker reunion, moderated by Trixie Mattel! Existing somewhere between high school classics Heathers (1989) and Mean Girls (2004), Darren Stein’s twisted teen crime-comedy about it-clique The Flawless Four and a birthday prank gone wrong premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival and has since ascended to cult status. Encino native Stein infuses his second feature with LA-specific locations and references, including a shout out to the famous- for-being-famous Angelyne, and pays loving tribute to cinema’s past; Rose McGowan claims to have based her portrayal of Courtney on Gene Tierney’s obsessive Ellen in Leave Her to Heaven (1946), and the prom finale pulses with the pressure of Brian De Palma’s Carrie (1976). With cameos from Marilyn Manson, Carol Kane, and Pam Grier and a soundtrack featuring Veruca Salt, The Cars, Transister, The Donnas, and Imperial Teen, Stein’s quippy script skewers the compulsive longing embedded in high school politics and stretches the 1990s concept of “Girl Power” to its most sociopathic extreme. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Darren Stein. WITH: Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz, Judy Greer. 1999. 87 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 35mm. Midnight Mass Live with Cassandra Peterson and Elvira: Mistress of the Dark in 35mm Fri, Jul 19 | 7:30pm | DGT In person: Cassandra Peterson and Midnight Mass co-hosts Peaches Christ and Michael Varrati. On their wildly entertaining podcast Midnight Mass , co-hosts Peaches Christ and Michael Varrati serve hardcore adoration of their favorite cult movies and filmmakers. With episodes on the kindertrauma of Return to Oz (1985) and the films of John Waters, no movement, maker, or genre is off-limits. This summer, Peaches Christ returns to the Academy Museum with her podcast co-host Varrati to kneel at

the altar of the one and only Cassandra Peterson, the genius behind horror hostess Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, a legend of late-night history and a queer icon. Borne of the Los Angeles–based sketch comedy troupe The Groundlings, Peterson channeled her improv talents into her most indelible character, Elvira, whose cheery Valley Girl persona clashes with her over-the-top gothic styling for enduring comedic impact. After the conversation, the museum will screen Peterson’s personal 35mm print of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark from the Academy Film Archive. Until then…unpleasant dreams!

Programmed and note by K.J. Relth-Miller. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

DIRECTED BY: James Signorelli. WRITTEN BY: Sam Egan, John Paragon, Cassandra Peterson. WITH: Elvira (Cassandra Peterson), W. Morgan Sheppard, Daniel Greene, Susan Kellermann. 1988. 96 min. USA. Color. English. Rated PG-13. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Cassandra Peterson Collection at the Academy Film Archive.

Hackers in 35mm Sat, Jul 20 | 7:30pm | DGT

Calling all phone phreaks, cyber-activists, and UNIX obsessives! Iain Softley’s pop–cult classic is an energetic entry from the early days of the commercial Internet featuring a ragtag crew of teenage technophiles. Led by Dade “Crash Override” Murphy (Jonny Lee Miller) and Kate “Acid Burn” Libby (Angelina Jolie), the virtual virtuosos channel their programming prowess into averting an environmental disaster. Featuring a diverse cast clad in eclectic fashion heavily influenced by post-punk and post- apocalyptic aesthetics, Hackers is a candy-colored anticipation of the cutting edge of counterculture, one in which the phrase "Hack the planet!" represents a rallying cry for subversive rebellion. This screening precedes the museum’s forthcoming exhibition, Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures Through Cinema , which is among more than sixty exhibitions and programs presented as part of PST ART. Returning in September 2024 with its latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide , this landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide , please visit pst.art. Programmed and note by K.J. Relth-Miller. DIRECTED BY: Iain Softley. WRITTEN BY: Rafael Moreu. WITH: Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard. 1995. 105 min. USA. Color. English, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Russian. Rated PG-13. 35mm.

Paris Is Burning (1990)

Coined by film scholar B. Ruby Rich in a 1992 piece for The Village Voice , the concept of New Queer Cinema is less a conscious effort by a group of artists with an aesthetic synchronicity and more a watershed moment in independent cinema during which queer identities both on screen and behind the camera were reconfiguring established genres to author their own cinematic languages. Programmed by major festivals such as New Directors/New Films and Sundance, this new genre was defined by the energetic works of then-emerging filmmakers such as Gregg Araki, Cheryl Dunye, Todd Haynes, and Rose Troche, and established auteurs Derek Jarman, Isaac Julien, and Gus Van Sant, all of whom released feature films in the 1990s featuring queer subjects and themes, and were platformed in Rich’s landmark essay. To complement the museum’s installation Outside the Mainstream , on view through August 4, 2024, this series offers a dynamic survey of the pioneering works that jumpstarted a liberating moment of radical self-expression for LGBTQIA+ artists which reverberates today. Programmed by K.J. Relth-Miller. Notes by Sari Navarro and K.J. Relth-Miller. LIMITED SERIES FULL OF PLEASURE: THE BEGINNINGS OF NEW QUEER CINEMA JUN 15–JUL 11, 2024

OUTSIDE THE MAINSTREAM is curated by Exhibitions Curator Jenny He, with support from Curatorial Assistant Manouchka Kelly Labouba.

to get Max on a date with Ely (V.S. Brodie), an older lesbian Max initially disregards. As Max and Ely find themselves drawn to each other, Max realizes Ely isn’t as available as she thought. Go Fish was one of the first films made following B. Ruby Rich’s 1992 article owing its genesis to the piece and to the frustration of the lack of lesbian representation during this pivotal time in queer independent cinema. DIRECTED BY: Rose Troche. WRITTEN BY: Guinevere Turner, Rose Troche. WITH: V.S. Brodie, Guinevere Turner, T. Wendy McMillan, Migdalia Melendez. 1994. 83 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 4K DCP. Digitally restored by the Academy Film Archive and the UCLA Film & Television Archive in conjunction with the Sundance Institute. Funding provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Amazon MGM Studios, Frameline, Sundance Institute, and the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

GO FISH

Go Fish in 4K Sat, Jun 15 | 7:30pm | TMT West Coast Restoration Premiere

The Hours and Times Sun, Jun 16 | 3pm | TMT

Lesbian college student Max (Guinevere Turner) is let down by the current state of her love life. Her roommate Kia (T. Wendy McMillan) devises a ruse

A fly-on-the-wall account of John Lennon and The Beatles’s manager Brian Epstein’s single night in a

Catalonian hotel room is reimagined within a queer reality by American filmmaker Christopher Münch, morphing an otherwise pedestrian evening into a tantalizing will-they-or-won’t-they set on the brink of the Beatlemania that would change them both forever. Though Münch believed the film to be nothing more than an exercise, it was accepted at major festivals such as Toronto, Berlin, New Directors/ New Films, and Sundance, where it won a Special Jury Recognition Award the same year the legendary Barbed Wire Kisses panel took place in Park City. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Christopher Münch. WITH: David Angus, Ian Hart, Stephanie Pack, Robin McDonald. 1991. 57 min. USA. B&W. English. DCP. Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive in conjunction with Oscilloscope Laboratories and Sundance Institute.

to emphasize the isolating reality of Leopold and Loeb’s existence; as gay Jewish men in the 1920s, their feelings of ostracization were implanted long before the pair committed their crimes. DIRECTED BY: Tom Kalin. WRITTEN BY: Tom Kalin, Hilton Als. WITH: Craig Chester, Daniel Schlachet, Michael Kirby, Michael Stumm. 1992. 93 min. USA. B&W, Color. English. 35mm.

THE LIVING END

The Living End Thu, Jun 27 | 7:30pm | DGT

Though Gregg Araki’s third feature has been referred to as a “gay Thelma & Louise ,” the raw ethos of leads Luke (Mike Dytri) and Jon (Craig Gilmore), both named after key French New Wave filmmakers, make this raucous punk flick more akin to a queer nouvelle vague film than a major studio production. This ultra-violent, shoegaze- driven, blissfully nihilistic road movie is also a primal scream in the direction of the mounting AIDS crisis and its accompanying cultural stigma. Shot with Araki’s then-largest budget of only $20,000, the film saw success on its festival run, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the landmark 1992 Sundance Film Festival. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Gregg Araki. WITH: Mike Dytri, Craig Gilmore, Mark Finch, Mary Woronov. 1992. 84 min. USA. Color. English. DCP.

THE WATERMELON WOMAN

The Watermelon Woman Thu, Jun 20 | 7:30pm | TMT

Cheryl Dunye’s queer cult work of autofiction has become a landmark of American indies—and won the Teddy Award for Best Feature at the 1996 Berlin International Film Festival. Dunye herself steps into the role of Cheryl, a young Black filmmaker who spends her days working in a video store. Following Cheryl’s dating life and her aspirations to make a film about a 1930s actress, both of which prove comically hard to navigate, The Watermelon Woman flirts with Jacques Derrida’s concept of “archive fever” as Cheryl’s obsession with her project produces a new lease on her own identity and her position within history as an art-making, Black, lesbian body. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Cheryl Dunye. WITH: Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson. 1996. 90 min. USA. Color. English. DCP. Digital presentation courtesy of the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project for LGBTQIA+ Moving Image Preservation. Swoon in 35mm Mon, Jun 24 | 7:30pm | TMT Winner of the Cinematography Award at the edition of the Sundance Film Festival that inspired B. Ruby Rich to invent the term New Queer Cinema, Tom Kalin’s feature debut “puts the Homo back in Homicide” with a decidedly queer take on the real- life 1924 case of Leopold and Loeb, two teenage lovers who murdered a younger boy in what they considered to be the perfect crime. This Jazz Age black-and-white indie makes strong use of cinematographer Ellen Kuras’s dramatic visuals

EDWARD II

Edward II Sat, Jun 29 | 2pm | TMT

Drawing on Greek drama and modern dance to interpret Christopher Marlowe’s 16th-century play, scholar B. Ruby Rich notes that “Jarman’s time travel” in Edward II “insist(s) on carrying the court into today’s gay world.” British filmmaker Derek Jarman’s output is as varied and rich

as the movements within which his films are positioned. Considered at once experimental, queer, postmodern, and essayistic, Jarman’s films in fact exist within their own milieu. DIRECTED BY: Derek Jarman. WRITTEN BY: Derek Jarman, Stephen McBride, Ken Butler. WITH: Steven Waddington, Andrew Tiernan, Tilda Swinton, Nigel Terry. 1991. 87 min. UK/Japan. Color. English, Italian. Rated R. DCP. Young Soul Rebels in 4K Sat, Jul 6 | 2pm | TMT As B. Ruby Rich notes in her foundational New Queer Cinema essay for The Village Voice , at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival, “Isaac Julien was suddenly cast in the role of the older generation” with the premiere of Young Soul Rebels , his narrative feature debut after a career of shorts and documentaries. Set during the week of Queen Elizabeth’s Silver Jubilee in 1977, Julien’s part-thriller, part-queer love story infuses the raw energy of the early ’90s into a period piece that emphasizes the tension among the punks, skinheads, and Teddy Boys of Britain’s cultural scene. DIRECTED BY: Isaac Julien. WRITTEN BY: Paul Hallam, Derrick Saldaan McClintock, Isaac Julien. WITH: Valentine Nonyela, Mo Sesay, Dorian Healy, Frances Barber. 1991. 105 min. UK/France/Germany/Spain. Color. English. Rated R. 4K DCP.

I and II and is retold through the relationship between two young street hustlers, Mike (River Phoenix) and Scott (Keanu Reeves). The pair form a deep bond, and Mike falls in love with Scott, who is waiting on an inheritance from his rich but distant father. Despite their many journeys together, the complications of admitting male-to-male affection create a definitive Gen X portrait of frustrated longing. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Gus Van Sant. WITH: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, Udo Kier. 1991. 104 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 35mm. New print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.

POISON

Poison Thu, Jul 11 | 7:30pm | TMT

Paris Is Burning Sat, Jul 6 | 7:30pm | TMT

The producing prowess of Christine Vachon cannot be overstated, especially in discussions of the queer independent filmmaking space. Half of the two- woman team that founded production company Killer Films in 1996 (along with Pamela Koffler), Vachon has been the driving force responsible for bringing works by Todd Haynes, Tom Kalin, Todd Solondz, and John Waters into being. Her creative partnership with Haynes has proven to be her most lasting, collaborating on each of his 10 features. Haynes and Vachon’s first feature, Poison , premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and nabbed the Grand Jury Prize, setting her on a trailblazing path toward a queer and independent cinema legacy. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Todd Haynes. WITH: Edith Meeks, Scott Renderer, Larry Maxwell, Susan Gayle-Newman. 1991. 85 min. USA. B&W, Color. English. Rated R. DCP.

Following members of New York City’s ballroom scene started by Black and Latinx gay and transgender communities in Harlem, Paris Is Burning documents the inner workings of ball culture from its origins and competitions to the houses and the mothers who founded them. Shot through interviews conducted between the mid- and late-1980s, the film offers an intimate portrait of ballroom legends as they share their dreams and aspirations, as well as the significance of chosen families and creating a space for expressing themselves freely. Critically acclaimed upon its release, this landmark documentary remains highly influential, and was added to the National Film Registry in 2016. DIRECTED BY: Jennie Livingston. WITH: Carmen and Brooke, André Christian, Dorian Corey, Paris Duprée. 1990. 78 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. DCP.

MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO

My Own Private Idaho in 35mm Mon, Jul 8 | 7:30pm | TMT

A key film of the movement, Gus Van Sant’s third feature film draws from Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts

LIMITED SERIES DAMAS DE LA PANTALLA: THE WOMEN OF MEXICO'S ÉPOCA DE ORO JUN 28–JUL 15, 2024

María Candelaria ( Portrait of Maria , 1944)

In the book Beauties of Mexican Cinema (2001), writer Rogelio Agrasánchez proclaims “the history of Mexican cinema is intimately linked with the cult of its female stars,” and it is truly las mujeres of Mexico’s Golden Age of cinema— Dolores del Río, María Félix, Estela Inda, María Elena Marqués, Leticia Palma, and Ninón Sevilla, among others—who define the collective memory of this two-decade period in the country’s film history. Thanks to the establishment of the Banco Cinematográfico and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor Policy, Mexico saw sustained resources for cinema projects from 1935 to 1955, and these popular films massively benefitted from the birth of a national star system, the growth of radio, and an uptick in the publication of movie magazines. The accessibility of these femmes fatales , rumberas , indígenas , doñas , and reinas alike created widespread, collective identification with these stars. This series pays homage to just a handful of the most influential damas de la pantalla (ladies of the screen) of Mexico’s Época de oro. Programmed and notes by K.J. Relth-Miller.

Generously supported by Televisa Foundation-Univision Foundation in celebration of Mexican Cinema.

María Candelaria ( Portrait of Maria ) Fri, Jun 28 | 7:30pm | TMT Restoration World Premiere

B&W. Spanish. DCP. Restored in 2024 by the Academy Film Archive, TelevisaUnivision, Filmoteca UNAM, and The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project. Restoration funding provided by the Material World Foundation. Screening courtesy of Televisa Foundation–Univision Foundation. La otra ( The Other One ) Mon, Jul 1 | 7:30pm | TMT Brilliant filmmaker Roberto Gavaldón collaborated with screenwriter José Revueltas to create this distinctly Mexican variant on the time-honored Evil Twin plot: this time, it’s the great Dolores del Río as both a meek, bespectacled manicurist and her mercenary, man-eating sister. But in this case, envy proves to be a greater sin than avarice. The film was based on an unproduced screenplay commissioned for Bette Davis, who eventually made her version in 1964— Dead Ringer , directed by Paul Henreid. DIRECTED BY: Roberto Gavaldón. WRITTEN BY: Roberto Gavaldón, José Revueltas. WITH: Dolores del Río, Agustín Irusta, Víctor Junco, José Baviera. 1946. 98 min. Mexico. B&W. Spanish. DCP. Digital copy provided by Filmoteca UNAM.

Set among the waterways of Xochimilco on the outskirts of Mexico City, Emilio “El Indio” Fernández’s masterpiece from Mexico’s Época de oro finds sensation Dolores del Río (1904–1983) in one of her first Mexican films after a 20-year stint in Hollywood. Starring against type as humble indígena María, del Río’s exquisite features, stripped of her usual glamorous makeup, are lovingly lensed by revered director of photography Gabriel Figueroa. This tragedy of star-crossed lovers took home a Grand Prix at the first-ever Cannes Film Festival in 1946 and a trophy for Figueroa’s cinematography, helping bring international attention to the filmmaking team and establish Mexico as a major player on the world cinema stage. DIRECTED BY: Emilio Fernández. WRITTEN BY: Mauricio Magdaleno, Emilio Fernández. WITH: Dolores del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, Alberto Galán, Margarita Cortés. 1943. 102 min. Mexico.

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