James Mason, John Gielgud, Deborah Kerr, and Louis Calhern. The film won an Academy Award for its black-and-white art direction (Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt), and was nominated for Best Picture, Brando’s lead performance, Joseph Ruttenberg’s black-and-white cinematography, and Miklos Rozsa’s score. DIRECTED BY: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. WRITTEN BY: William Shakespeare. WITH: Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Greer Garson. 1953. 122 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
of all time. Coppola’s gamble in casting the then-46- year-old Marlon Brando as the elderly Vito Corleone paid off with the star’s iconic, Academy Award– winning performance. The film received 10 Oscar nominations and also won for Best Picture and Puzo and Coppola’s screenplay. DIRECTED BY: Francis Ford Coppola. WRITTEN BY: Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola. WITH: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall. 1972. 177 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 4K DCP.
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
ON THE WATERFRONT
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 35mm Sun, May 5 | 7:30pm | DGT Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee’s wuxia (“martial heroes”) film became an international success and garnered 10 Academy Award nominations, the most for a non-English language film (now tied with Roma ) and won four, including Foreign Language Film (now International Feature Film) and Cinematography for Hong Kong–based director of photography Peter Pau. Set in 19th century China, the film follows a warrior (Chow Yun-Fat) who gives his sword to his lover (Michelle Yeoh). When it is stolen, an epic story unfolds, filled with love and duels, and captured with stunning cinematography and aerial feats that defy gravity. DIRECTED BY: Ang Lee. WRITTEN BY: Wang Hui-Ling, James Schamus, Tsai Kuo-Jung. WITH: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen. 2000. 120 min. Hong Kong/Taiwan/USA. Color. Scope. Mandarin. Rated PG-13. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
On the Waterfront in 4K Sun, Apr 21 | 7:30pm | DGT
Marlon Brando’s Oscar-winning performance as Terry Malloy, a discouraged boxer navigating the corrupt world of his dockworker union, is one of the star’s most unforgettable achievements, with his powerful taxicab scene with Rod Steiger (as Terry’s brother) considered one of the all-time great showpieces of screen acting. The film also marked the screen debut of Eva Marie Saint, for which she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar; the film received 12 nominations and won a total of eight Oscars, including Best Picture and Directing (Elia Kazan). DIRECTED BY: Elia Kazan. WRITTEN BY: Budd Schulberg. WITH: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Eva Marie Saint. 1954. 108 min. USA. B&W. English. 4K DCP.
THE GODFATHER
The Godfather in 4K Sun, Apr 28 | 7:30pm | DGT
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Gangster films were no longer a popular genre when Paramount optioned Mario Puzo’s novel about an aging head of a crime family and the son reluctant to join the family business, but Francis Ford Coppola’s faithful and emotionally resonant film version was a box office blockbuster as well as one of the most critically acclaimed American films
Everything Everywhere All at Once in 4K Sun, May 12 | 7:30pm | DGT Filmmaking duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, known together as “the Daniels,” began helming wildly frenetic music videos before pivoting to independent feature films. Their second feature
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