Films
Now Playing
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The Cool World
Directed by Shirley Clarke
(USA, 1965, 104 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, 35mmThis landmark independent film directed by Shirley Clarke reflects the harsh realities of Harlem street life through the story of 15-year-old Duke and his gang.
- Saturday, June 10, 2023
- 7 p.m.
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Dancing the Twist in Bamako
Directed by Robert Guédiguian
(France/Canada/Senegal/Mali, 2021, 129 minutes, in French with English subtitles)
Lynn Wyatt Theater, DigitalThe youth of Bamako dance the twist to rock ’n’ roll music (newly imported from the West) and dream of political renewal.
- Sunday, June 11, 2023
- 5 p.m.
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A Man Called Adam
Directed by Leo Penn
(USA, 1966, 102 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, 35mmThis sharp-edged allegory stars Sammy Davis Jr. as a mercurial jazz musician who struggles with racial prejudice, a troubling past, and alcoholism.
- Friday, June 16, 2023
- 7 p.m.
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Imagine the Sound
Directed by Ron Mann
(USA, 1981, 90 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, Digital restorationThis unique portrait of some of creative music’s greatest protagonists has been hailed as “the best documentary on free jazz.”
- Saturday, June 17, 2023
- 7 p.m.
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Texas Tenor: The Illinois Jacquet Story
Directed by Arthur Elgort
(USA, 1992, 81 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, DigitalBorn in Louisiana and raised in Houston, saxophonist Illinois Jacquet first came to prominence when his solo on Lionel Hampton’s 1942 recording of “Flying Home” innovated the sound of jazz tenor and ushered in rhythm and blues.
- Friday, June 23, 2023
- 7 p.m.
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Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Directed by Samuel Pollard and Ben Shapiro
(USA, 2023, 82 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, DigitalThis new documentary is a profound and expansive portrait of legendary jazz drummer, composer, bandleader, and activist Max Roach.
- Saturday, June 24, 2023
- 7 p.m.
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RRR
Directed by S. S. Rajamouli
(India, 2022, 181 minutes, in Telugu with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium TheaterRRR is an exhilarating, action-packed spectacular mythologizing two real-life freedom fighters who helped lead India’s fight for independence from the British.
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Directed by Pierre Földes
(France/Luxembourg/Canada/Netherlands, 2022, 110 minutes, in English)
Lynn Wyatt TheaterA giant talking frog and an elusive cat help a listless bank employee, his traumatized wife, and a lonely accountant seek meaning in their lives, and possibly save Tokyo from catastrophe.
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Scarlet (L'Envol)
Directed by Pietro Marcello
(France/Italy/Germany, 2022, 103 minutes, in French with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium TheaterAn enchanting fable follows a soldier returning home to rural France from World War I, to discover that his wife has died, leaving him to raise their infant daughter, Juliette.
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The Nose
Directed by William Kentridge/Directed for live cinema by Gary Halvorson
(USA, 2013, 121 minutes, in Russian with English subtitles © 2013 The Metropolitan Opera)
Brown Auditorium TheaterIn William Kentridge’s collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera, a man wakes to find his nose is missing, and the nose itself becomes a major character.
Coming Soon
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Tori and Lokita (Tori et Lokita)
Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
(France, 2022, 88 minutes, in French with English subtitles)
Lynn Wyatt TheaterA heart-stopping thriller, the story of two young African immigrants struggling for survival on the margins of Belgian society casts an unflinching eye on the trials of the young and dispossessed.
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Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
Directed by Anton Corbijn
(United Kingdom, 2022, 101 minutes, in English)
Lynn Wyatt TheaterThis documentary celebrating analog creativity and artistic risk reveals the influence of creative duo and Aubrey “Po” Powell and Storm Thorgerson on iconic album covers, with commentary from stars such as David Gilmour, Paul McCartney, and Robert Plant.
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Wozzeck
Directed by William Kentridge with Luc de Wit/Directed for live cinema by Gary Halvorson
(USA, 2020, 111 minutes, in German with English subtitles © 2020 The Metropolitan Opera)
Brown Auditorium TheaterThis William Kentridge collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera focuses on a World War I soldier who faces tragedy involving military bureaucracy, madness, and murder.
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Afire (Roter Himmel)
Directed by Christian Petzold
(Germany, 2023, 102 minutes, in German with English subtitles)
Lynn Wyatt TheaterWinner of the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival, German auteur Christian Petzold’s latest drama finds a self-centered author struggling to finish his second novel during a seaside holiday.
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Lulu
Directed by William Kentridge with Luc de Wit/Directed for live cinema by Matthew Diamond
(USA, 2015, 202 minutes, in German with English subtitles © 2015 The Metropolitan Opera)
Brown Auditorium TheaterFor this collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera, William Kentridge created stage designs and projections that capture the Expressionist mood of the opera about a woman’s impossible quandry.
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