Mr. Zhang Believes
Qiu’s brilliant fiction-documentary hybrid is based on the life of Zhang Xianchi, a so-called “rightist” persecuted for his unorthodox beliefs.
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Make Way for Tomorrow
Dir. Leo McCarey. 1937, 92 mins. 35mm. With Beulah Bondi, Victor Moore, Thomas Mitchell, Fay Bainter. When McCarey won the Best Director Oscar in 1937 for his sparkling screwball comedy The Awful Truth, he stood ...
The Night of the Hunter
Acting legend Charles Laughton’s sole screen directorial credit is perhaps cinema’s most remarkable one-off.
Show Boat
Expressively adapted for the screen by James Whale, this Jerome Kern–Oscar Hammerstein musical, featuring Paul Robeson and Irene Dunne, was considered radical at the time for its serious treatment of race.
A New Old Play
On February 4 and 5, see encore screenings of Qiu Jiongjiong's hand-crafted masterwork, an homage to classical Chinese opera.
The Women
There’s not a man to be found in Cukor’s dazzlingly witty, razor-sharp comedy released in 1939 and starring Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Norma Shearer, and more.
The Night of the Hunter
Acting legend Charles Laughton’s sole screen directorial credit is perhaps cinema’s most remarkable one-off.
A New Old Play
On February 4 and 5, see encore screenings of Qiu Jiongjiong's hand-crafted masterwork, an homage to classical Chinese opera.
The Women
There’s not a man to be found in Cukor’s dazzlingly witty, razor-sharp comedy released in 1939 and starring Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Norma Shearer, and more.
All That Heaven Allows
See Douglas Sirk's Technicolor melodrama masterpiece on 1/27 & 2/5.
Play of Glances: Three Works by Maryam Tafakory
This program on 2/5 features two of Iranian artist Maryam Tafakory’s resonant short films, as well as a rarely performed live piece for which there can be no recording or other form of documentation.
Show Boat
Expressively adapted for the screen by James Whale, this Jerome Kern–Oscar Hammerstein musical, featuring Paul Robeson and Irene Dunne, was considered radical at the time for its serious treatment of race.