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The most balletic of all silent comedy stunt performers, Buster Keaton is at his most jaw-dropping in this hilarious tale of a snooty college graduate who returns home to his gruff riverboat captain father, to whom he must prove his bravery.
Tom Gunning and Daniel Morgan will talk about the impact and legacy of Gunning’s work. The program on 4/26 will include screenings of some of the key films written about in Gunning's new book, followed by a book signing in the Museum shop.
Tracking the search for serial killer Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) in a haunted cityscape, Fritz Lang’s 1931 masterpiece is at once a late-Weimar era milestone and a vivid precursor to film noir. Introduced by Tom Gunning on 4/26.
This program aims to showcase the diversity of contemporary Arab cinema and video art through a wide range of cultural references, visual languages, and artistic choices. The first section will feature experimental formats pushing the boundaries of film and video; the second will focus on short-form fiction and docufiction films that explore themes of migration, mobility, and displacement.
The spectacular, throat-gripping suspense of Renny Harlin’s Cliffhanger demands the big screen. A mid-career triumph for Stallone, this action thriller hit from the slam-bang summer of 1993 is a marvel of mountain climbing and aerial stunt coordination. Screening 4/25 and 4/27.
In this erotically charged Greek psychological thriller, a middle-aged cab driver grappling with his thwarted ambitions finds his life suddenly upended when he witnesses the suicide of one of his customers. Screens 4/27 as part of Always on Sunday: Greek Film Series. Followed by a live Q&A with director Stergios Paschos on Zoom.
Hal Hartley’s experimental narrative tells a simple story of love and loss in three cities, repeating the same situations but with subtle shifts. Introduced by Tom Gunning, followed by a live taping of the Film Comment Podcast.
This program of avant-garde film is inspired by three of the essential pieces in Tom Gunning’s new book The Attractions of the Moving Image.
This free panel features four visionary Taiwanese directors who created the VR projects featured within the current exhibition Portals of Solitude: Virtual Realities from Taiwan.
The first in the immensely popular car-racing action franchise stars Vin Diesel as a notorious illegal street racer and Paul Walker as the undercover LAPD officer who infiltrates his crew to track down a gang of thieves and bring them to justice following an elaborate California freeway heist.
The first in the immensely popular car-racing action franchise stars Vin Diesel as a notorious illegal street racer and Paul Walker as the undercover LAPD officer who infiltrates his crew to track down a gang of thieves and bring them to justice following an elaborate California freeway heist.
In his most fabulous—and iconic—display of death-defying derring-do, comedy legend Harold Lloyd is a small-town kid who has just arrived in the big city. Screening as part of See It Big: Stunts! and Silents, Please!