Love and Other Catastrophes
Set over 24 hours, this low-budget, independent comedy about love, friendship, share-houses, and university bureaucracy sizzles with sharp dialogue and radiant performances from its young leads.
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A Night of Knowing Nothing
Best Documentary winner at Cannes, this debut film by Payal Kapadia deftly merges reality with fiction, weaving together archival footage and student protest videos to create a vital tapestry of the personal and the political—screens July 29 and 31.
The Big Steal
Featuring a post-screening discussion with director Nadia Tass, co-presented with New York Women in Film & Television Dir. Nadia Tass. 1990, 99 mins. 35mm. With Ben Mendelsohn, Claudia Karvan, Steve Bisley, Damon Herriman. Teenager Danny ...
The Batwoman (La mujer murciélago)
Taking advantage of Batman’s increased popularity, director René Cardona, known later for his luchador adventures, aimed to showcase the talents of actress Maura Monti by splicing elements of “Batmania” with Mexico’s popular lucha libre style. New restoration!
My Survival as an Aboriginal + Witches and Faggots, Dykes and Poofters
July 24: Redstone Theater July 31: Bartos Screening Room Dir. Essie Coffey. 1978, 51 mins. DCP. The first Australian film directed by an Indigenous woman, this documentary depicts the dispossession of the Aboriginal people of ...
Professional Development: Filmmaking Basics—Documentary
Create your own documentary short and bring filmmaking to your class, applicable for any grade, any subject.
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition! The tour costs $5.00 per visitor (on top of admission ticket).
For Love or Money: A History of Women and Work in Australia
This feminist essay classic was five years in the making, with contributions from hundreds of women and over 200 Australian films. It is an investigation and celebration of women's work from colonial settlement to the present, a story told by women: Aboriginals, migrants, convicts, and a variety of others.
Brainstorm
Douglas Trumbull’s science-fiction thriller about a device that can record thoughts and dreams features stunning visual effects to portray telepathic experiences, cutting between widescreen and standard size.
Proof
Hugo Weaving plays Martin, a blind photographer whose distrust of everyone is rooted in a childhood incident. He takes photos as proof that the world he imagines is the same world that sighted people see.
In This Life’s Body
Corinne Cantrill, who works with her husband Arthur Cantrill, is one of Australia’s most committed and prolific experimental filmmakers. This brilliantly constructed and questioning autobiography covers the years 1928–1984, using a tapestry of photographs and a handful of moving image clips, centering the emotions and memories they elicit.
Silent Running
Visual effects wizard Douglas Trumbull showcases his frequently breathtaking model work in this science-fiction cult classic.