Marvels of Media Films
A selection of short films and excerpts from feature films that won awards at the inaugural Marvels of Media Awards
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Screening
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tim Burton proved he was a fitting choice to finally direct the long-anticipated screen adaptation of Sondheim’s masterpiece, the musical that shocked Broadway audiences in 1977. Screening April 23 & 24.
Democrats
Filmed over three years, Democrats is a steadfast chronicle of the drafting of Zimbabwe’s first democratic constitution.
Into the Woods
Sondheim and writer James Lapine’s brilliant fractured fairy tale is given the grand-scale Disney treatment, yet miraculously without sacrificing its sophistication, cleverness, or melancholy.
President
More than six years after the premiere of her widely acclaimed Democrats, Camilla Nielsson returns to Zimbabwe, which is at the crossroads of a fair election.
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Undoubtedly one of the greatest films ever made, Chantal Akerman’s singular avant-garde epic screens April 29 and May 8.
Stories We Tell
In this genre-bending, deeply personal documentary, Oscar-nominated writer-director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who is telling it, uncovering a web of secrets kept by her family.
Tampopo with Toby Talbot
On April 30, one of the most original and delightful comedies of the eighties, with Toby Talbot in conversation with Michael Barker—plus a book signing!
Les Rendez-vous d’Anna
In one of Akerman’s greatest films, a celebrated Belgian filmmaker tours cities in West Germany, Belgium, and France with her work, and passes through anonymous, depopulated spaces like a ghost.
Dick Tracy
Warren Beatty’s big-budget, color-drenched adaptation of Chester Gould’s classic mid-century comic strip is a visual delight from start to finish, featuring lovingly detailed noir photography by Vittorio Storaro.
Letters Home
Adapting Rose Leiman Goldemberg’s off-Broadway play based on Sylvia Plath’s letters to her mother Aurelia, Akerman delivers a spare reflection on the inextricable ties binding mother and daughter.
The Last of Sheila
Sondheim’s only foray into screenwriting is this delightful, complexly woven comic-tinged mystery, co-written with his friend Anthony Perkins.
The Wrong Man + “Queens on Screens” with Cosmo Bjorkenheim
On April 30, see Alfred Hitchcock's stark 1956 masterpiece starring Henry Fonda and Vera Miles alongside Cosmo Bjorkenheim's cinematic tour of Queens.