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Cabaret
(1972)
Directed by Bob Fosse
Saturday - November 17 - 3:00 p.m.
It is not often that one film features
two career-defining, and Oscar winning,
performances, but Cabaret demonstrates
what happens when the passion of two
talented performers is allowed to shine.
Bob Fosse directs with care as Liza
Minelli and Joel Grey dominate the
musical numbers, all performed at the
Kit Kat Club with a mix of sex, humor,
and outrage. Cabaret is a rare gem
that proves a musical can develop a
critical social commentary alongside
the show-stopping numbers.
(35mm. 124 min. Rated PG.)
Fanny and Alexander
(1982)
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Saturday - December 1 - 3:00 p.m.
Through the eyes of 10-year-old
Alexander, we witness the delights and
conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling
bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-
century Sweden. Ingmar Bergman
intended Fanny and Alexander as his
swan song, and it is the legendary
director's warmest and most
autobiographical film, a four-time Academy
Awardwinning triumph that combines
his trademark melancholy and emotional
intensity with immense joy and sensuality.
Swedish language with English subtitles.
(35mm. 188 min. Rated R.)
The Passion of Joan of Arc
(1928)
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Saturday - December 8 - 3:00 p.m.
Danish auteur Carl Theodor Dreyer's stunning depiction
of Joan of Arc's trial and sentencing was thought to
be lost forever until a complete print was miraculously
found in 1981. Maria Falconetti's performance, framed
almost entirely in close-up, is heartbreaking and
harrowing. Rudolph Maté's cinematography is nothing
short of masterful. Often regarded as the greatest work
of silent cinema, The film still maintains its power to
elicit a complex combination of emotion and artistry that
transcends human language. Archival 35mm print is
being provided courtesy of the Academy Film Archive and
the Danish Film Institute. (35mm. 82 min. Rated NR.)
Live piano accompaniment provided by Philip Carli.
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Tickets: (812) 855-1103