1985: Film Screening and Conversation
For AIDS Awareness month, MoMI presents Yen Tan’s 1985 on December 10, plus a conversation with star Cory Michael Smith and local advocates Jimmy Van Bramer, Sainabou Njai, and Frank Naso.
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The Shop Around the Corner
On December 22nd through 24th, see Lubitsch’s exquisite, Christmas-set workplace romantic comedy with James Stewart & Margaret Sullavan—a MoMI holiday tradition.
Descendant
Brown’s moving documentary about this country’s legacy of slavery and its lingering traumas excavates a violent past that for a community in Mobile, Alabama, remains a painful reality.
Fanny and Alexander
On 12/26, see Ingmar Bergman’s magnificent family saga, shown in Bergman’s preferred version, which aired as a four-part miniseries on Swedish television.
Riotsville, USA
For her brilliantly executed archival footage documentary, screening 12/11, Sierra Pettengill has uncovered a trove of remarkable and disturbing footage from the late ’60s of a U.S. military experiment.
Free Preview Screening: Living
From a script by Kazuo Ishiguro, Living is a reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 classic Ikiru, starring Bill Nighy. Join us for a free sneak preview screening on December 13!
Adapting Stories for the Screen: Sarah Polley’s Women Talking
The material on view in this new exhibition provides a glimpse into the process of bringing the story of Sarah Polley’s film Women Talking to the screen.
The Shakedown
This Universal boxing picture by William Wyler, based on a story discovered by Wyler’s brother Robert, finds the then-young director honing his considerable skills.
A Short Film About Killing
Polish master Krzysztof Kieslowski chose two scripts from his epic 10-part, 10-hour, 10 Commandments–inspired series Dekalog to expand into features, the first of which was based on episode 6, aka “Though Shall Not Commit Murder.” December 16.
Program One: Future Shock
Total Running Time: 93 mins. Nice Shoes Dir. Jonathan Lawrence, 2019, 4 mins. Catch the ’40s sci-fi classic movie references featured in this epic music video. Megaville After Hours Dir. Tim Cürlis, Christian Skibinski, 2022, ...
A Short Film About Love
Polish master Krzysztof Kieslowski chose two scripts from his epic 10-part, 10-hour, 10 Commandments–inspired series Dekalog to expand into features, the second of which was based on episode 7, aka “Though Shalt Not Commit Adultery.” December 16.
Program Two: A Separate Reality
Total Running Time: 90 mins. Chaska (Trailer) Dir. Liz Guarracino, 2022, 2 mins. How would you feel if you found out the U.S. government created ancestry.com to catch a single being? Last Orders (Trailer) Dir. ...