Mamma Roma
Pasolini revived the style of Italian neorealism with his audacious second film, which stars Anna Magnani as a prostitute struggling to escape her past and provide a decent life for her teenage son.
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Godzilla vs. Megalon
Though once denounced among tokusatsu fans who prefer more serious kaiju fare, this fun adventure, in which the King of the Monsters reaches his peak as campy saurian superhero, has gained a strong cult following in recent years.
Je tu il elle
Akerman’s first narrative feature, shot on 16mm on a shoestring budget after her return from New York City, is a triptych loosely based on Akerman’s own experiences hitchhiking across Belgium to visit an ex-girlfriend.
Le bonheur
The bucolic surface of Agnès Varda's film contrasts with the tragic drama of a young wife and mother (Claire Drouot) whose husband (Jean-Claude Drouot) falls in love with another woman.
Tori and Lokita
Tori and Lokita is as urgent and timely a statement as the Dardennes have ever given us. Playing at MoMI 4/7–4/15.
Tokyo Story
Ozu's quiet and haunting masterpiece, following an aging couple on a journey from their rural village to visit their married children in bustling postwar Tokyo, screens 3/24 and 3/26.
Tori and Lokita
Tori and Lokita is as urgent and timely a statement as the Dardennes have ever given us. Playing at MoMI 4/7–4/15.
Marvels of Media Films
On April 8, MoMI presents short films and excerpts of feature films and television series created by talented autistic media-makers who have been honored with Marvels of Media Awards.
Moses and Aaron
Filmed on location in a Roman amphitheater, Straub and Huillet’s Moses and Aaron is a rigorously controlled version of Arnold Schoenberg’s unfinished opera inspired by the book of Exodus.
Gertrud
Set in the early 1900s, Carl Dreyer’s final film is an austere adaptation of a long-forgotten stage play about a woman who has grown discontent with her husband and goes from one unsatisfying affair to another
Le bonheur
The bucolic surface of Agnès Varda's film contrasts with the tragic drama of a young wife and mother (Claire Drouot) whose husband (Jean-Claude Drouot) falls in love with another woman.
Tori and Lokita
Tori and Lokita is as urgent and timely a statement as the Dardennes have ever given us. Playing at MoMI 4/7–4/15.