period’s history of slavery unflinchingly. Scintillating and infused with youthful curiosity and bisexual electricity, Rozema’s adaptation victoriously remains true to the filmmaker’s ardently independent vision. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Patricia Rozema. WITH: Embeth Davidtz, Jonny Lee Miller, Alessandro Nivola, Frances O’Connor. 1999. 112 min. UK. Color. English. Rated PG-13. 35mm. It’s about the artist in all of us. ”
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White Room Sun, Apr 28 | 7pm | Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum Bursting with charisma, incredible costumes, and a youthful energy, White Room is a modern fairy tale and deeply personal film that tackles obsession, passion, and celebrity culture through a multitude of genres. Norman is a naive writer who stumbles upon a terrible incident involving a famous singer. Through a series of events, he falls for a woman who has an unknown connection to the singer, while dealing with his own guilt of what he witnessed. “ White Room is a semi-unknown masterpiece … A queer-coded character drama about sensitivity, identity, and idealism, its deeply moving arc needs to be more widely seen” (Grant Phipps, Tone Madison). DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Patricia Rozema. WITH: Kate Nelligan, Maurice Godin, Margot Kidder. 1990. 110 min. Canada. Color. English. DCP. Beckett on Film: Happy Days Mon, Apr 29 | 7:30pm | Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum Conceived as a project to make 19 of Samuel Beckett’s plays available on film, Beckett on Film featured a different cast and director—drawn from theater, film, and other artistic fields—for each play. Happy Days is Patricia Rozema’s contribution to the canon, wherein she masterfully directs the plight of two characters stuck in the desert sand. Starring the captivating Rosaleen Linehan, this rarely screened TV movie is a delight of dialogue that purposefully uses the confines of the space, the situation, and the screen to bring the absurd to life. DIRECTED BY: Patricia Rozema. WRITTEN BY: Samuel Beckett. WITH: Rosaleen Linehan, Richard Johnson. 2000. 78 min. Ireland. Color. English. DCP.
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