Caroline Wiess Law Building Films Week of Wednesday, September 18, 2024-Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Picturing Nature: The Stuart Collection of 18th- and 19th-Century British Landscapes and Beyond Through July 6, 2025
Featuring more than 70 works of art in a variety of media, Picturing Nature: The Stuart Collection of 18th- and 19th-Century British Landscapes and Beyondexplores how the genre of landscape evolved …
20 Jun Fri / 2025
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Art Blakey: The Jazz Messenger
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.This documentary portrait of Blakey captures the legendary drummer, bandleader, and teacher in the 1980s as he leads workshops and performances in London and New York City.
21 Jun Sat / 2025
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The Pawnbroker
7 p.m.—9 p.m.Rod Steiger stars as a German-Jewish immigrant who lives a bitter, lonely existence running a pawn shop in Harlem. Quincy Jones’s first Hollywood film score features musicians Dave Grusin, Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones, and Oliver Nelson.
22 Jun Sun / 2025
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Killer of Sheep
5 p.m.—6:30 p.m.Killer of Sheep examines life in Watts, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, in the mid-1970s through the eyes of Stan (Houston native Henry G. Sanders), a sensitive dreamer who is growing detached from the psychic toll of working at a slaughterhouse.
