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Film | Wicked (2024): Broadway Fantasy Musical Adaptation with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande


Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz. Elphaba, a young woman, is misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, and she has yet to discover her true power. And Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, has yet to find her true heart. Director: John M. Chu Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum Cynthia Erivo is a British actor and singer. She's appeared both on stage and on screen, and has been nominated for an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award (EGOT), winning the Emmy, Grammy, and Tony. As a solo singer, she has released one album. Ariana Grande is an American singer, songwriter, and actress, best known for her solo singing career. She has acted on Broadway, television, and film. Wicked is the first feature film in which she has played a significant role. She has two Grammy Awards, a Brit Award, two Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, ten MTV Video Music Awards, and thirty-seven Guinness World Records. For her role in Wicked, she was nominated for an Oscar. Short film discussion to follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Nov 14
1:00 pm

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Films, November 14, 2025, 11/14/2025, Wicked (2024): Broadway Fantasy Musical Adaptation with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande

Film | Moonstruck (1987): Romantic Comedy with Cher & Nicolas Cage


A Brooklyn widow, engaged to a mama's boy, falls in love with her fiance's brother. Director: Norman Jewison Cast: Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello Cher is an American singer, actress, and television personality. Often referred to by the media as the "Goddess of Pop," she has been described as embodying female autonomy in a male-dominated industry. Cher is known for her distinctive contralto singing voice and for having worked in numerous areas of entertainment, as well as adopting a variety of styles and appearances throughout her six-decade-long career. Nicolas Cage is an American actor and film producer. Born into the Coppola family, he is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
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Fri, Nov 14
2:00 pm

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Films, November 14, 2025, 11/14/2025, Moonstruck (1987): Romantic Comedy with Cher & Nicolas Cage

Screening | Dance Critics Present Ballerina Suzanne Farrell's Filmed Performances


Former New York Times dance critic Alastair Macaulay presents a selection of live film footage of the ballerina Suzanne Farrell in George Balanchine's choreography, showing both her versatility and her unpredictability. He will be joined by Robert Greskovic, dance critic of The Wall Street Journal.
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Screenings, November 14, 2025, 11/14/2025, Dance Critics Present Ballerina Suzanne Farrell's Filmed Performances

Film | The Holdovers (2023): Holiday Film with Paul Giamatti


A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them--a damaged, brainy troublemaker--and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam. Director: Alexander Payne Cast: Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa Paul Giamatti is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globes, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award.
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Sat, Nov 15
2:00 pm

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Films, November 15, 2025, 11/15/2025, The Holdovers (2023): Holiday Film with Paul Giamatti

Film | The Social Network (2010): Biographical Drama Film about Facebook Directed by David Fincher


Nerdy, awkward Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg becomes a billionaire by creating the website Facebook, but he ends up embroiled in legal disputes as the friends who helped him during his rise to the top are now eager to see him fall. Director: David Fincher Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella David Fincher is a film director often described as one of the preeminent directors of his generation, with his films having collectively grossed over $2.1 billion worldwide. He's received numerous accolades, including three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director. He has also received four Primetime Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe.
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Films, November 15, 2025, 11/15/2025, The Social Network (2010): Biographical Drama Film about Facebook Directed by David Fincher

Film | Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs (2018): Stop-Motion Sci-Fi Comedy-Drama


In a dystopian future, an outbreak of canine flu in Japan leads all dogs to be quarantined on an island. A boy named Atari journeys there to rescue his dog Spots, and gets help from a pack of misfit canines who have also been exiled. Atari's quest inspires a group of dog lovers back on the mainland to expose the governments conspiracy. Director: Wes Anderson Cast: Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Bill Murray American filmmaker Wes Anderson is notable as an auteur, employing a distinctive visual and narrative style. His movies have won several Academy Awards, BAFTAs, and Golden Globes.
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2:00 pm

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Films, November 15, 2025, 11/15/2025, Wes Anderson's&nbsp;Isle of Dogs (2018): Stop-Motion Sci-Fi Comedy-Drama

Film | The Out-of-Towners (1970): Dark Urban Comedy


Ohio sales executive George Kellerman accepts a higher position within the company and travels to New York City with his wife Gwen for his job interview. But things start badly and only grow worse. Director: Arthur Hiller Cast: Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis
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Mon, Nov 17
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Films, November 17, 2025, 11/17/2025, The Out-of-Towners (1970): Dark Urban Comedy

Film | Agnieszka Holland's The Secret Garden (1993): Fantasy Drama Film with Maggie Smith


A young, recently-orphaned girl is sent to England after living in India all of her life. Once there, she begins to explore her new, seemingly-isolated surroundings, and its secrets. Director: Agnieszka Holland Cast: Kate Maberly, Heydon Prowse, Andrew Knott, Maggie Smith. Holland is best known for her films Europa Europa (1990), for which she received a Golden Globe Award as well as an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination,[3] The Secret Garden (1993), Angry Harvest and the Holocaust drama In Darkness, the last two of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[4][5] In 2017, she received the Alfred Bauer Prize (Silver Bear) for her film Spoor at the Berlin International Film Festival. She is also a four-time winner of the Grand Prix at the Gdynia Film Festival. In 2020, she was elected President of the European Film Academy.[6][7] In 2023, her film Green Border won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Nov 17
6:00 pm

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Films, November 17, 2025, 11/17/2025, Agnieszka Holland's The Secret Garden (1993): Fantasy Drama Film with Maggie Smith

Film | Addams Family Values (1993): Supernatural Black Comedy


The Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his murderous new love while the children escape summer camp in this superior sequel. Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Cast: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack, Christina Ricci, Carol Kane
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Tue, Nov 18
1:00 pm

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Films, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Addams Family Values (1993): Supernatural Black Comedy

Film | Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme (2025): Espionage Black Comedy with Notable Ensemble Cast


Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins. Director: Wes Anderson Cast: Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson American filmmaker Wes Anderson is notable as an auteur, employing a distinctive visual and narrative style. His movies have won several Academy Awards, BAFTAs, and Golden Globes.
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Tue, Nov 18
3:00 pm

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Films, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme (2025): Espionage Black Comedy with Notable Ensemble Cast

Film | Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959): Spy Thriller Starring Cary Grant


North by Northwest is a tale of mistaken identity: an innocent man is pursued across the United States by agents of a mysterious organization that aims to prevent him from blocking their plan to smuggle microfilm containing government secrets out of the country. Director: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis Alfred Hitchcock was an English filmmaker who is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today. Known as the "Master of Suspense," he became as famous as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo roles in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-65). His films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins, although he never won the award for Best Director despite five nominations. A well-known figure of Classic Hollywood, Cary Grant was nominated twice for the Academy Award, received an Academy Honorary Award, and received the Kennedy Center Honor. In 1999, Grant was named the second greatest male star of the Golden Age of Hollywood by the American Film Institute.
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Tue, Nov 18
4:30 pm

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Films, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Alfred Hitchcock's&nbsp;North by Northwest (1959): Spy Thriller Starring Cary Grant

Screening | Movement Leaders and Everyday People: Freedom Movements Documentaries


This program is called Movement Leaders and Everyday People, a record of freedom movements and daily life, carried on the shoulders of everyday people as much as singular leaders. Selbé et tant d’autres (Selbè: One Among Many) (1982) Across her cinema, Safi Faye nurtured an observational ethics to chronicle the mundane tempos of agricultural communities in Senegal, negotiating and adapting cinematic form and ethnological training to her own cultural roots. Faye’s Selbé et tant d'autres exemplifies the way she not only exposed the damages of colonization but honored the central role of women’s labor in continual social and economic renewal, transmitted through the cyclical movement of song.   Director: Safi Faye Lumumba: La Mort du Prophète (1991) Raoul Peck’s Lumumba: La Mort du Prophète is a historical retelling of the extraordinary Pan-Africanist and anti-imperialist leader and first Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo, Patrice Lumumba, combining documentary investigation with personal childhood recollections. Surveying the Cold War political landscape surrounding Lumumba’s assassination, the Haitian director offers an elegiac meditation on power and remembrance.  Director:  Raoul Peck The screenings will be followed by a Q&A with Price and Maliyamungu Muhande is a Congolese artist and filmmaker.
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Tue, Nov 18
6:30 pm

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Screenings, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Movement Leaders and Everyday People: Freedom Movements Documentaries

Film | Clint Eastwood's Sully (2016): Biographical Drama on the "Miracle on the Hudson" with Tom Hanks


When pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger lands his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew, some consider him a hero while others think he was reckless. Director: Clint Eastwood Cast: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney Clinton Eastwood is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western TV series Rawhide, Eastwood rose to international fame with his role as the "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the mid-1960s and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five Dirty Harry films. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring cultural icon of masculinity. Eastwood's accolades include four Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, three César Awards, and an AFI Life Achievement Award. In 2000, he received the Italian Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion award, honoring his lifetime achievements. Bestowed two of France's highest civilian honors, he received the Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1994, and the Legion of Honour in 2007. Tom Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Hanks' films have grossed more than $4.9 billion in North America and more than $9.96 billion worldwide, making him the fourth-highest-grossing actor in North America. Hanks has received six Academy Award nominations, including two consecutive wins for Best Actor for Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994).
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Wed, Nov 19
2:00 pm

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Films, November 19, 2025, 11/19/2025, Clint Eastwood's Sully (2016): Biographical Drama on the "Miracle on the Hudson" with Tom Hanks

Film | Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015): Drama Film


Johnny and his sister Jashuan live with their single mother on a reservation. When their absentee father dies, Johnny feels compelled to strike out for a new life in LA, but fears leaving his sister behind. Director: Chloé Zhao Cast: John Reddy. Jashaun St. John
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Thu, Nov 20
11:00 am

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Films, November 20, 2025, 11/20/2025, Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015): Drama Film

Film | Ironweed (1987): Drama Film with Jack Nicholson & Meryl Streep


A man, whose infant son died when he dropped him, becomes a drunk drifting from job to job to get money for booze and a place to stay. Director: Hector Babenco Cast: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe, Fred Gwynne, Diane Venora, Tom Waits Jack Nicholson is an American retired actor and filmmaker. Nicholson is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century. Throughout his five-decade career he received numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Film Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award. He also received the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award in 1994 and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. Meryl Streep is an American actress. Often described as "the best actress of her generation," Streep is known for her versatility and accent adaptability. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over four decades, including a record 21 Academy Award nominations, winning three, and a record 33 Golden Globe Award nominations, winning eight.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Nov 20
1:00 pm

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Films, November 20, 2025, 11/20/2025, Ironweed (1987): Drama Film with Jack Nicholson & Meryl Streep

Film | A Complete Unknown (2024): Bob Dylan Biopic Starring Timothee Chalamet


In 1961, an unknown 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York City with his guitar and forges relationships with musical icons on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking performance that reverberates around the world. Director: James Mangold Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Edward Norton, and Elle Fanning American and French actor Timothee Chalamet has received a Screen Actors Guild Award, and been nominated for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globes. He's the third-youngest nominee for Best Actor in Oscar history and the youngest winner of the SAG Award for Best Actor.
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Thu, Nov 20
2:00 pm

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Films, November 20, 2025, 11/20/2025, A Complete Unknown (2024): Bob Dylan Biopic Starring Timothee Chalamet

Film | Day of Wrath (1943): Classic Danish Drama Film from Carl Theodor Dreyer


The young wife of an aging priest falls in love with his son amidst the horror of a merciless witch hunt in 17th-century Denmark. Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer Cast: Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Albert Hoeberg Carl Theodor Dreyer was a Danish film director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers in history, his movies are noted for emotional austerity and slow, stately pacing, frequent themes of social intolerance, the inseparability of fate and death, and the power of evil in earthly life. His 1928 movie, The Passion of Joan of Arc, is considered to be one of the greatest of all time, renowned for its cinematography and use of close-ups.
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Thu, Nov 20
6:00 pm

Free
Films, November 20, 2025, 11/20/2025, Day of Wrath (1943): Classic Danish Drama Film from Carl Theodor Dreyer

Film | Day of Wrath (1943): Danish Drama Film


The young wife of an aging priest falls in love with his son amidst the horror of a merciless witch hunt in 17th-century Denmark. Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer Cast: Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam, Preben Lerdorff Rye
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Films, November 20, 2025, 11/20/2025, Day of Wrath (1943): Danish Drama Film

Screening | Conversation on Storytelling, Memory, and Migration


Spend an evening exploring a series that reimagines storytelling around the domino table. The program highlights migration, cultural memory, and the power of collective storytelling through oral history, play, and community engagement. Includes an open Q&A and a possible live domino activation.
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Thu, Nov 20
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Screenings, November 20, 2025, 11/20/2025, Conversation on Storytelling, Memory, and Migration

Screening | Epic Sci-Fi Film On the Silver Globe (1988): A Lost Masterpiece of Polish Cinema


Experience Andrzej Zulawski's visionary science fiction epic On the Silver Globe (1988) in a special screening followed by a Q&A with the film's cinematographer. This event revisits one of Polish cinema's most ambitious and visually stunning works, an unfinished masterpiece nearly lost to censorship. Adapted from Jerzy Zulawski's Lunar Trilogy, the film follows astronauts who attempt to build a new civilization on the moon, only to confront the collapse of their utopian dream. The film remains a haunting meditation on myth, power, and human survival, equal parts cosmic and chaotic.
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Thu, Nov 20
6:00 pm

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Screenings, November 20, 2025, 11/20/2025, Epic Sci-Fi Film On the Silver Globe (1988): A Lost Masterpiece of Polish Cinema

Screening | Souleymane’s Story (L’Histoire de Souleymane) (2024): French Drama about Immigration Story


In this film, the streets of Paris become the backdrop for a gripping portrait of survival and resilience. Souleymane’s Story follows a young Guinean immigrant as he frantically bicycles from one food delivery to another, all while preparing for a pivotal asylum interview. Filmed with concealed cameras and inspired by stylistic realism, the film offers a visceral, street-level view of a city too often indifferent to the lives of its most vulnerable workers. What unfolds is a powerful, pulse-pounding, and deeply human account of determination in the face of an unforgiving system. Director: Boris Lojkine Cast: Abou Sangaré In French with English subtitles.
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Thu, Nov 20
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Screenings, November 20, 2025, 11/20/2025, Souleymane&rsquo;s Story (L&rsquo;Histoire de Souleymane) (2024): French Drama about Immigration Story

Screening | Experimental Cuban Film Crónicas del Absurdo and Discussion on Art and Politics


Experience Crónicas del Absurdo, an experimental film by Cuban director Miguel Coyula that reveals the hidden contradictions of contemporary Cuba through a narrative built from clandestine audio recordings. After the screening, associate producer David Leitner and artist Coco Fusco will discuss the film’s exploration of art, censorship, and political reality, in dialogue with Fusco’s exhibition Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island.
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Thu, Nov 20
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Screenings, November 20, 2025, 11/20/2025, Experimental Cuban Film Cr&oacute;nicas del Absurdo and Discussion on Art and Politics

Screening | Short Films on Quilombola Life and Culture in Brazil


This program presents two short films exploring intergenerational relationships and cultural preservation in Brazil’s Quilombola communities. Mansos (Juliana Segóvia, 2024, 20 min) follows Benedita, who navigates leadership in her community while seeking justice for her mother’s murder. A Sússia (Lucrécia Dias, 2018, 17 min) documents traditional dance practices in Lagoa da Pedra, showing how music, movement, and storytelling preserve Quilombola culture across generations. 
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Thu, Nov 20
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Screenings, November 20, 2025, 11/20/2025, Short Films on Quilombola Life and Culture in Brazil

Screening | Watch a New Animated Korean TV Show: Dr. B-Pang


This special program highlights the creativity and storytelling of Korean content. It features the new animated series: Dr. B-Pang. Synopsis: A heartwarming, music-filled CGI animation set in Seoul’s food alleys—where a struggling k-pop trainee and a talking bungeo-ppang (carp-shaped pastry) embark on a journey of friendship, healing, and taste. Director: Yoon A Ko
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Thu, Nov 20
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Film | Brewster's Millions (1985): Comedy Starring Richard Pryor


A minor-league baseball player must spend $30 million in 30 days in order to inherit $300 million. However, he's not allowed to own any assets, destroy the money, gift it, give it to charity, or tell anyone about the deal. Director: Walter Hill Cast: Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins, Hume Cronyn Richard Pryor was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential comedians of all time. Pryor won a Primetime Emmy Award and five Grammy Awards. He received the first Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 1998 and the Writers Guild of America Award in 1974. He was listed at number one on Comedy Central's list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians. In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked him first on its list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time. Short film discussion to follow.
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Fri, Nov 21
1:00 pm

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Films, November 21, 2025, 11/21/2025, Brewster's Millions (1985): Comedy&nbsp;Starring Richard Pryor

Film | Carol (2015): Historical Romantic Drama with Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara


A female department-store employee in 1950s New York falls for a woman stuck in a loveless marriage. Unfortunately, the latter's husband threatens to take their child if the relationship between the two women continues. Director: Todd Haynes Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, Kyle Chandler Australian actor and producer Cate Blanchett has received much recogniton, including two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, four Golden Globes, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. She's also been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. Among her honors are the 2001 Australian Centenary Medal, and an appointment to the Companion of the Order of Australia. Both a film and stage actor, Blanchett has been in 20 theater productions. Rooney Mara is an actress whose accolades include nominations for two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards ,and a British Academy Film Award. Mara is known for her charity work and oversees the Uweza Foundation, which supports empowerment programs for children and families in the Kibera slum of Nairobi. She is also the founder of the vegan clothing line Hiraeth Collective.
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Fri, Nov 21
1:00 pm

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Films, November 21, 2025, 11/21/2025, Carol (2015): Historical Romantic Drama with Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara

Film | Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon (2023): Epic Anti-Western Crime Drama with All-Star Cast


When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one - until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name. Director: Martin Scorsese Cast: Lily Gladstone, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro Martin Scorsese is an American film director who's considered one of the major figures of New Hollywood. He is the recipient of many major accolades, including an Academy Award, three Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and three Golden Globes. Five of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."
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Fri, Nov 21
2:00 pm

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Films, November 21, 2025, 11/21/2025, Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon (2023): Epic Anti-Western Crime Drama with All-Star Cast

Screening | Duse, the Greatest (2024): Italian Documentary on Legendary Actress Eleonora Duse (+ Q&A)


On the 100th anniversary of the death of Eleonora Duse, Sonia Bergamasco takes us on an investigation into the actress who forever changed her profession, inspiring Lee Strasberg, the founder of the Actors Studio, and subsequent generations of actors. How can a woman of whom only one silent film and a few photos and portraits remain still be so influential? La Divina beyond the myth. Director: Sonia Bergamasco In Italian with English subtitles. Followed by a Q&A with the film's editor Federico Palmerini and a video message by director Sonia Bergamasco
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Fri, Nov 21
6:30 pm

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Screenings, November 21, 2025, 11/21/2025, Duse, the Greatest (2024): Italian Documentary on Legendary Actress Eleonora Duse (+ Q&A)

Film | High Art (1998): Indie Romantic Drama


Twenty-four year old Syd is working her way up the editorial ladder at a New York art magazine. When she befriends her neighbor, the famous photographer Lucy Berliner, Syd is drawn into the risky professional and romantic world of high art. Director: Lisa Cholodenko Cast: Ally Sheedy, Radha Mitchell, Gabriel Mann, Patricia Clarkson
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Fri, Nov 21
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Films, November 21, 2025, 11/21/2025, High Art (1998): Indie Romantic Drama

Film | Housekeeping (1987): Comedy-Drama


Lucille and Ruth come to live with their off-the-wall Aunt Sylvie after their mother's suicide. While Ruth eventually grows fond of the woman's irresponsible spirit, Lucille starts to resent her aunt's behavior. Director: Bill Forsyth Cast: Christine Lahti
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Sat, Nov 22
2:00 pm

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Films, November 22, 2025, 11/22/2025, Housekeeping (1987): Comedy-Drama

Film | Clint Eastwood's Sully (2016): Biographical Drama on the "Miracle on the Hudson" with Tom Hanks


When pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger lands his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew, some consider him a hero while others think he was reckless. Director: Clint Eastwood Cast: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney Clinton Eastwood is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western TV series Rawhide, Eastwood rose to international fame with his role as the "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the mid-1960s and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five Dirty Harry films. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring cultural icon of masculinity. Eastwood's accolades include four Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, three César Awards, and an AFI Life Achievement Award. In 2000, he received the Italian Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion award, honoring his lifetime achievements. Bestowed two of France's highest civilian honors, he received the Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1994, and the Legion of Honour in 2007. Tom Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Hanks' films have grossed more than $4.9 billion in North America and more than $9.96 billion worldwide, making him the fourth-highest-grossing actor in North America. Hanks has received six Academy Award nominations, including two consecutive wins for Best Actor for Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994).
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Sat, Nov 22
2:00 pm

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Films, November 22, 2025, 11/22/2025, Clint Eastwood's Sully (2016): Biographical Drama on the "Miracle on the Hudson" with Tom Hanks

Film | Materialists (2025): Romantic Comedy-Drama with Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, & Pedro Pascal


A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex. Director: Celine Song Cast: Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, Pedro Pascal Dakota Johnson is an American actress and model who's been acting in film since she was 10 years old. Her breakout role was as Anastasia "Ana" Steele in the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, for which she got a People's Choice Award for Favorite Drama Movie Actress. She was also nominated for a BAFTA Rising Star Award. Chris Evans is an American actor who gained worldwide recognition for portraying Captain America in various Marvel Cinematic Universe films. His work in the franchise established him as one of the world's highest-paid actors. Evans's films as a leading actor have grossed $11.4 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing film stars of all time. Evans made his directorial debut in 2014 with the romantic drama Before We Go, which he also produced and starred in. Evans made his Broadway debut in the 2018 revival of Lobby Hero, which earned him a Drama League Award nomination. Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal is best known for portraying the roles of Oberyn Martell in the fourth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), Javier Peña in the Netflix series Narcos (2015), the titular character in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian (2019) and Joel Miller in the HBO series The Last of Us (2023).
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Film | I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955): Biographical Drama Starring Susan Hayward


The story of Lillian Roth, a Broadway star who rebels against the pressure of her domineering mother and struggles with alcoholism after the death of her fiancé. Director: Daniel Mann Cast: Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert, Jo Van Fleet Susan Hayward was a film actress who became a popular star during the 1940s and '50s known for playing courageous women fighting to overcome adversity. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress five times, winning it once. 
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Films, November 24, 2025, 11/24/2025, I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955): Biographical Drama Starring Susan Hayward

Screening | Jazz Legends in Cinema: Short Films Featuring Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, & Elvin Jones


Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and Elvin Jones are well known figures in the jazz world, but they also graced cinema history in rarely screened short films, screened at this event. Each film captures a unique moment in the stylistic development of jazz and cinema throughout the 20th century. Ellington and his orchestra play lightly fictionalized versions of themselves in Black and Tan Fantasy (1929). The film is a dazzling depiction of the jazz club scene during the Harlem Renaissance. Dizzy Gillespie (1964) blends concert footage and direct interviews where the charismatic Gillespie discusses his philosophies on the trumpet and approach to composition in Les Blank's verite-style documentary. Finally, Different Drummer: Elvin Jones (1979), covers everything from Jones' childhood, his beginnings in jazz, his celebrated work with John Coltrane, to a breakdown of his drumming style.
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Screenings, November 24, 2025, 11/24/2025, Jazz Legends in Cinema: Short Films Featuring Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, & Elvin Jones

Screening | Vanishing Point: A Dreamlike Journey Through Time and Space


Belgian multidisciplinary artist Hans Op de Beeck presents Vanishing Point, a mesmerizing black-and-white video that unfolds as a slow, meditative journey through an abstract, ever-shifting landscape. Evoking infinite space, stillness, and the ephemeral nature of existence, the film reflects Op de Beeck’s signature exploration of time, memory, and the human condition. The evening begins with a pre-recorded interview featuring the artist discussing his work and creative process, followed by the film screening. Note: RSVP does not guarantee entry; coat check is limited.
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Film | Alice's Restaurant (1969): Thanksgiving Comedy Film


The classic comedic anti-war Thanksgiving song adapted for the big screen. Director: Arthur Penn Cast: Arlo Guthrie, Pat Quinn, James Broderick, Pete Seeger
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Films, November 25, 2025, 11/25/2025, Alice's Restaurant&nbsp;(1969): Thanksgiving Comedy Film

Film | Smile 2 (2024): Supernatural Psychological Horror Sequel


The sequel to the 2022 horror film of the same name follows global pop star Skye Riley's world tour launch and the horrors that follow. Skye's tour is derailed by terrifying supernatural occurrences that grow more intense with each passing day. As the horrors escalate and stardom's pressure mounts, she must confront the buried demons of her past before they destroy everything she's built and her sanity along with it. Director: Parker Finn Cast: Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Kyle Gallner
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Films, November 25, 2025, 11/25/2025, Smile 2 (2024): Supernatural Psychological Horror Sequel

Film | Materialists (2025): Romantic Comedy-Drama with Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, & Pedro Pascal


A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex. Director: Celine Song Cast: Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, Pedro Pascal Dakota Johnson is an actress and model who's been acting in film since she was 10 years old. Her breakout role was as Anastasia "Ana" Steele in the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, for which she got a People's Choice Award for Favorite Drama Movie Actress. She was also nominated for a BAFTA Rising Star Award. Chris Evans is an actor who gained worldwide recognition for portraying Captain America in various Marvel Cinematic Universe films. His work in the franchise established him as one of the world's highest-paid actors. Evans's films as a leading actor have grossed $11.4 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing film stars of all time. Evans made his directorial debut in 2014 with the romantic drama Before We Go, which he also produced and starred in. Evans made his Broadway debut in the 2018 revival of Lobby Hero, which earned him a Drama League Award nomination. Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal is best known for portraying the roles of Oberyn Martell in the fourth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), Javier Peña in the Netflix series Narcos (2015), the titular character in The Mandalorian (2019) and Joel Miller in The Last of Us (2023).
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Screening | Don’t Blink - Robert Frank (2015): Documentary about Photographer & Filmmaker Robert Frank (+ Filmmaker Discussion)


Explore the importance of filmmaking outside of the Hollywood industrial complex. At this event, watch Don’t Blink - Robert Frank (2015) followed by a discussion with director Laura Israel and independent-film distributor Ryan Krivoshey of Grasshopper Film. A legendary photographer and filmmaker, Robert Frank was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.  Directed by his longtime editor Laura Israel, Don’t Blink - Robert Frank is a fascinating journey into the images and words of an iconoclastic artist, a Swiss-born man who reinvented himself the American way.  The soundtrack features Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, White Stripes, Yo La Tengo, Tom Waits, and more.  Presented by Grasshopper Film, hailed by The New Yorker as “one of the most artistically daring of distributors.”  
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Screenings, November 25, 2025, 11/25/2025, Don&rsquo;t Blink - Robert Frank (2015): Documentary about Photographer & Filmmaker Robert Frank (+ Filmmaker Discussion)

Screening | Debt, Dependency, & City Stories: Films on Postcolonial Economic Issues


This screening features films on the theme Debt, Dependency, and City Stories. Enslavement and colonization established persisting structures of economic dispossession, instituting dependency and debt as both historical and contemporary obstacles to the autonomous flourishing of the African continent and diaspora. Le Franc (1994) Djibril Diop Mambéty unleashed his exuberant and poignant cinema against the craven conditions of neocolonialism and financial deprivation on the African continent. Le Franc (1994) is one part of an unfinished trilogy dedicated to the minoritized experiences he always championed as meaningful and revelatory. The protagonist is a penniless musician, Marigo—played with lanky, languid charm by Dieye Ma Dieye—whose anarchic trek through Dakar with a lottery ticket in hand unfolds as both a deeply moving journey and an indictment of the colonially imposed CFA franc monetary system. Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty De cierta manera (One Way or Another) 1974/1977 Working in revolutionary Cuba, the fearless Sara Gómez upheld but also expanded the state’s vision of liberation to fully address ongoing issues of racialized economic disparity and marginalization in her hybrid documentary De cierta manera (1974/1977). Blending stark documentary footage and a knotted fictional love story, her monumental film is a lucid examination of education, labor, poverty, racism, sexism, and popular religion from the perspective of an Afro-Cubana. Director: Sara Gómez
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Film | El Angel Exterminador (The Exterminating Angel) (1962): Classic Spanish Surrealist Film from Luis Buñuel


After a lavish dinner party in an opulent Mexico City mansion, a group of wealthy guests finds themselves inexplicably unable to leave the room. As hours turn into days, social conventions unravel and civility gives way to paranoia, selfishness, and desperation. In this surreal and darkly satirical allegory, Luis Buñuel dismantles the veneer of the upper class, exposing the fragility of social order and the primal instincts that emerge when people are stripped of their illusions of control. Director: Luis Buñuel Cast: Silvia Pinal, Enrique Rambal, Lucy Gallardo. Claudio Brook Luis Buñuel was a Spanish and Mexican filmmaker who is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. Buñuel's works are known for their avant-garde surrealism, which was also infused with political commentary. Buñuel's career spanned the 1920s through the 1970s. Buñuel earned five Cannes Film Festival prizes, two Berlin International Film Festival prizes, a BAFTA Award, and an Academy Award in 1972. He was nominated twice for the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1968 and then in 1972. 
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Films, November 25, 2025, 11/25/2025, El Angel Exterminador (The Exterminating Angel) (1962): Classic Spanish Surrealist Film from&nbsp;Luis Bu&ntilde;uel

Film | Love Streams (1984): Psychodrama from John Cassavetes


A middle-aged brother and sister find themselves relying on one another after being abandoned by their loved ones. Director: John Cassavetes Cast: Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Diahnne Abbott, Seymour Cassel John Cassavetes was an American filmmaker and actor. He began as an actor in film and television before helping to pioneer modern American independent cinema as a writer and director, often self-financing, producing, and distributing his own films. He received nominations for three Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and an Emmy Award.
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Films, November 29, 2025, 11/29/2025, Love Streams (1984): Psychodrama from John Cassavetes

Film | The Women (1939): Comedy-Drama Starring Joan Crawford


A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays -- with a star-studded, ensemble cast! Director: George Cukor Cast: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell Joan Crawford was an American actress, who, during the 1920s into the 30s, was one of Hollywood's most prominent movie stars and one of the highest paid women in the U.S.
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Films, December 01, 2025, 12/01/2025, The Women (1939): Comedy-Drama Starring Joan Crawford

Screening | Holidays (2022): Russian Documentary on War & Life in Russia (+ Discussion with Experts)


Enjoy a screening of Holidays, directed by Antoine Cattin. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Marijeta Bozovic and Anastasia Kostina. Holidays was shot in St Petersburg over the course of one year. Closely observing several protagonists from different walks of life and punctuating his narrative by seven important national holidays Cattin was able to catch more than just quotidian existence. Out of everyday struggles and collective celebrations emerges a deeply authentic and deeply unsettling portrait of the nation on the brink of the war. Marijeta Bozovic is Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University, with secondary appointments in Film and Media Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She is the author of Nabokov’s Canon: From Onegin to Ada and Avant-Garde Post– : Radical Poetics After the Soviet Union; and co-editor of the volumes Watersheds: Poetics and Politics of the Danube River and Nabokov Upside Down. Anastasia Kostina is a scholar of documentary media, women’s film history, and Soviet and Russian cinema. She holds a PhD in Film & Media Studies and Slavic Languages & Literatures from Yale University. She is currently working on a book project: Engendering Soviet Documentary: Esfir Shub Between Theory and Practice.
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6:15 pm

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Screening | Super Fly (1972): Blaxploitation Crime Drama Film (+ Discussion with Comedian & Music Journalist)


Youngblood Priest is an African American cocaine dealer who is trying to quit the underworld drug business. But hoping to cash in for the last time, Priest embarks on a final scheme before he cleans up his act. What follows is a tornado of hijinks and seduction. Lauded for its politically charged lyrics and funky tenor, Super Fly remains one of the most influential soundtracks of Black power, inspiring future genres of Black music through a blueprint of defiance. Director: Gordon Parks Jr. Cast: Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Julius W. Harris, Sheila Frazier Following the film, stay for a conversation featuring comedian and co-host of Shouting at the Screen, Wyatt Cenac, and music journalist and host of Milestones: Celebrating the Culture on WBGO, Angélika Beener.
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Film | The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966): Comedy Film


Spoof about a Soviet sub that runs aground off the coast of New England, where the locals get up in arms to protect their native soil, while the Russians try to find a way to extricate themselves and get back out to sea. Director: Norman Jewison Cast: Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin, Brian Keith, Jonathan Winters
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Film | Cruising (1980): Crime Thriller Starring Al Pacino


A New York police officer goes undercover on the rough-trade beat to find a serial killer who is targeting homosexual men, and becomes immersed in the subculture. Director: William Friedkin Cast: Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen Al Pacino is considered one of the greatest and most influential actors of the 20th century. Pacino has received numerous accolades: including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making him one of the few performers to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting.
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Films, December 04, 2025, 12/04/2025, Cruising (1980): Crime Thriller Starring Al Pacino

Screening | Holy Cow (Vingt Dieux) (2024): Heartwarming French Comedy


Following the sudden death of his father, a hard-partying dairy farmer, 18-year-old Totone is reluctantly thrust into adulthood in this warm and gently comic debut feature. Director: Louise Courvoisier Cast: Clement Faveau, Maiwenne Barthelemy, Luna Garret, Mathis Bertrand, Dimitry Baudry
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Thu, Dec 4
6:30 pm

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Screening | All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022): Biographical Documentary on Photographer/Artist Nan Goldin


This documentaryan intimate conversation on photography as both a public record of our times and a deeply personal form of testimony and witnessing. How can images and art challenge power, demand accountability, and shape collective memory? Director: Laura Poitras The screening will be followed by a conversation with photographer Mohamed Sadek.
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Screening | Champions of the Golden Valley (2024): Award-Winning Documentary about Ski Culture


The film tells the remarkable true story of Alishah Farhang, a driven Afghan Olympic hopeful whose unfulfilled dream sparks a vibrant homegrown ski culture, bringing joy and hope to a new generation. Bringing together young athletes from villages across Afghanistan and utilizing makeshift wooden skis and secondhand gear, Farhang organizes a ski race like no other. The documentary showcases the power of sport to strengthen communities - and how resilience, community and sheer determination can create extraordinary change. One of the year's most decorated documentaries, the film has garnered 38 Jury Prizes and Audience Awards, including 17 Grand Prizes since its Tribeca premiere. Director: Ben Sturgulewski The event will be hosted by Brian Cox and Nicole Ansari, with a special appearance by Executive Producer and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai. Following the screening, Executive Producer and Tony and Emmy-nominated actor Arian Moayed will facilitate a discussion with Director Ben Sturgulewski and the filmmaking team.
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Fri, Dec 5
7:00 pm

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Screenings, December 05, 2025, 12/05/2025, Champions of the Golden Valley (2024): Award-Winning Documentary about Ski Culture

Film | The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966): Comedy Film


Spoof about a Soviet sub that runs aground off the coast of New England, where the locals get up in arms to protect their native soil, while the Russians try to find a way to extricate themselves and get back out to sea. Director: Norman Jewison Cast: Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin, Brian Keith, Jonathan Winters
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2:30 pm

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Films, December 06, 2025, 12/06/2025, The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966): Comedy Film

Film | Way Down East (1920): Silent Melodrama Directed by D.W. Griffith


A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock. Director: D. W. Griffith Cast: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Lowell Sherman, Burr McIntosh D.W. Griffith was an American film director who is one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture. He pioneered many aspects of film editing and expanded the art of the narrative film. Today, he is primarily remembered for directing the controversial 1915 film Birth of a Nation.
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Film | The Gay Divorcee (1934): Musical Romantic Comedy with Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers


In this fabulously choreographed musical comedy, fed-up woman journeys to England to seek a divorce from her absentee husband, meeting a dashing performer along the way. Director: Mark Sandrich Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton As a dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter for stage, film, and television, entertainer Fred Astaire was known as a "paragon" (New York Times) entertainer. Over the course of his nearly seven-decade spanning career, Astaire received an Honorary Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award. Ginger Rogers was an actress, dancer and singer during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in Kitty Foyle (1940), and performed during the 1930s in RKO's musical films with Fred Astaire. Her career continued on stage, radio and television throughout much of the 20th century. Rogers's nine films with Fred Astaire are credited with revolutionizing the genre. Rogers was recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors and she ranks number 14 on the AFI's "100 Years...100 Stars" list of female stars of classic American cinema. She made 73 films in total.
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Films, December 08, 2025, 12/08/2025, The Gay Divorcee (1934): Musical Romantic Comedy with Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers

Film | Airplane! (1980): Classic Disaster Comedy Film


A traumatized ex-flier boards a plane hoping to win back his flight attendant girlfriend. Meanwhile, after the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers. Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker Cast: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty
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Screening | Taking Root: Beyond 50 Years — Docuseries on War’s Aftermath and Renewal in Southeast Asia (Online!) 


Join a screening of Taking Root: Beyond 50 Years, a moving docuseries by Oanh Nhi Nguyen that examines the aftermath of war and the long-term transformations across Southeast Asia. Through intimate storytelling and powerful imagery, the series reflects on resilience, memory, and the enduring impact of conflict on subsequent generations. This program deepens the conversation on healing, legacy, and cultural renewal in postwar Southeast Asia.
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Film | She (1965): Fantasy Adventure Film


An Edwardian archaeologist and two companions stumble upon a lost city in East Africa, run by a beautiful queen whose love holds the promise of immortality. Director: Robert Day Cast: Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, John Richardson
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Screening | Short Film Showcase (+ Filmmaker Discussion)


Enjoy a program showcasing creative work by filmmakers from the CUNY Graduate Center community. The CUNY Graduate Center is home not just to celebrated film scholars, but to innovative filmmakers whose work explores diverse identities, places, and genres. Experience creative work that reflects groundbreaking research and distinctive viewpoints. The evening features screenings of short films by Wayne Koestenbaum, distinguished professor of English, Comparative Literature, French, and Film and Media Cultures; students Katarina Parks and Yung-Jen Yang; and alumni Eddy Berzak and Fernando Vieira, among others. A discussion with the filmmakers follows.
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7:30 pm

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Film | Airplane! (1980): Classic Disaster Comedy Film


A traumatized ex-flier boards a plane hoping to win back his flight attendant girlfriend. Meanwhile, after the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers. Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker Cast: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty
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2:00 pm

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Films, December 13, 2025, 12/13/2025, Airplane! (1980): Classic Disaster Comedy Film

Film | A Foreign Affair (1948): Romantic Comedy-Drama Directed by Billy Wilder


An idealistic Iowa congresswoman touches down in postwar Berlin to investigate a legendary cabaret singer, long rumored to be the former mistress of one or more high-ranking Nazi leaders and now reportedly involved with an American military officer. She falls for her military escort, unaware that he is the singer's secret paramour. Director: Billy Wilder Cast: Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund, Millard Mitchell Billy Wilder was a filmmaker and screenwriter. His career in Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Classic Hollywood cinema. He received seven Academy Awards (among 21 nominations), a BAFTA Award, the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or, and two Golden Globe Awards. Wilder also received the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Kennedy Center Honors, the National Medal of Arts, and the BAFTA Fellowship Award.
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5:30 pm

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Films, December 15, 2025, 12/15/2025, A Foreign Affair (1948): Romantic Comedy-Drama Directed by Billy Wilder

Film | Canadian Bacon (1995): War Comedy with Alan Alda


The President of the U.S. cooks up a phony cold war against Canada to divert attention from domestic issues, namely his plummeting approval ratings. Director: Michael Moore Cast: Alan Alda, John Candy, Bill Nunn, Kevin J. O'Connor, Rhea Perlman Alan Alda is a six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winning and a three-time Tony Award nominated actor. He's well-known for portraying Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the CBS wartime sitcom M*A*S*H (1972–1983). 
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Wed, Dec 17
2:00 pm

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Films, December 17, 2025, 12/17/2025, Canadian Bacon (1995): War Comedy with Alan Alda

Film | The More the Merrier (1943): Classic Romantic Comedy 


During the World War II housing shortage in Washington, two men and a woman share a single apartment and the older man plays Cupid to the other two. Director: George Stevens Cast: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn
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Thu, Dec 18
6:00 pm

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Films, December 18, 2025, 12/18/2025, The More the Merrier (1943): Classic Romantic Comedy&nbsp;

Film | Canadian Bacon (1995): War Comedy with Alan Alda


The President of the U.S. cooks up a phony cold war against Canada to divert attention from domestic issues, namely his plummeting approval ratings. Director: Michael Moore Cast: Alan Alda, John Candy, Bill Nunn, Kevin J. O'Connor, Rhea Perlman Alan Alda is a six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winning and a three-time Tony Award nominated actor. He's well-known for portraying Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the CBS wartime sitcom M*A*S*H (1972–1983).
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Sat, Dec 20
2:00 pm

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Films, December 20, 2025, 12/20/2025, Canadian Bacon (1995): War Comedy with Alan Alda

Film | Diary of a Lost Girl (1929): German Silent Film


After falling pregnant by a pharmacist and refusing to marry, a young woman is ejected from her home and sent to a strict girls' reform school. Director: G. W. Pabst Cast: Louise Brooks, Fritz Rasp, André Roanne, Josef Rovenský
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2:00 pm

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Films, December 21, 2025, 12/21/2025, Diary of a Lost Girl (1929): German Silent Film

Film | Meet Me in St. Louis (1944): Classic Christmas Musical Film Starring Judy Garland


It's time for our annual holiday showing of what just might be the greatest MGM Technicolor musical of all time! Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family, leading up to the 1904 World's Fair. Director: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Tom Drake, Marjorie Main Judy Garland was an American actress and singer. She attained international stardom and critical acclaim as an actress in both musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on the concert stage. Renowned for her versatility, she received an Academy Juvenile Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Special Tony Award. Garland was the first woman to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, which she won for her 1961 live recording titled Judy at Carnegie Hall.
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Mon, Dec 22
5:30 pm

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Films, December 22, 2025, 12/22/2025, Meet Me in St. Louis (1944): Classic Christmas Musical Film Starring Judy Garland

Film | The Joyless Street (1925): German Silent Film Starring Greta Garbo


In the aftermath of World War I, Vienna is undergoing a drastic deterioration in its social conditions due to an economic crisis, and the residents living in one slum struggle to survive amid greed and exploitation. Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst Cast: Greta Garbo, Asta Nielsen, Werner Krauss, Loni Nest, Jaro Fürth Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
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Sun, Dec 28
2:00 pm

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Films, December 28, 2025, 12/28/2025, The Joyless Street (1925): German Silent Film Starring Greta Garbo
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