Films
Now Playing
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The (Ex)perience of Love (Le syndrome des amours passées)
Directed by Raphaël Balboni and Ann Sirot
(Belgium/France, 2023, 89 minutes, in English and French with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digitalRémy (Lazare Gousseau) and Sandra (Lucie Debay) are unable to conceive a child because they suffer from “Past Love Syndrome,” according to their doctor. In order to be cured, they must sleep once again with each of their former lovers.
- Friday, May 17, 2024
- 7 p.m.
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Our Tiny Little Wedding (Notre tout petit petit mariage)
Directed by Frédéric Quiring
(France, 2023, 83 minutes, in French with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digitalHappy couple Lou and Max badly want to adopt a baby. Family, friends, and even the adoption agent show up to take part in an explosion of utterly incredible zaniness.
- Friday, May 17, 2024
- 9:15 p.m.
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Mr. Putifar’s Wacky Plan (Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard)
Directed by Pierre-François Martin-Laval
(France, 2023, 80 minutes, in French with English subtitles)
Lynn Wyatt Theater, digitalAs a middle-school teacher, Robert Putifar was teased by students during his entire career. After 37 years of torment, a bitter Putifar finally retires in the home he still shares with his mother. Deep in his secret man cave, the former teacher plots revenge on the first kids who made his life miserable 20 years ago.
- Saturday, May 18, 2024
- 7 p.m.
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The Madness Express (Veuillez nous excuser pour la gêne occasionnée)
Directed by Olivier Van Hoofstadt
(France, 2023, 88 minutes, in French with English subtitles)
Lynn Wyatt Theater, digitalRailroad ticket controller Sébastien gets promoted and plans to move with his pregnant fiancée. Sébastien must pass a performance evaluation on his last day on the job, but he learns the inspector is the one known as “crazy.”
- Saturday, May 18, 2024
- 9:15 p.m.
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The Crime Is Mine (Mon crime)
Directed by François Ozon
(France, 2023, 102 minutes, in French and Spanish with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digitalAfter a struggling actress stands trial for the murder of a lascivious producer in 1930s Paris, she ascends to scandalous stardom. A new life of fame, wealth, and tabloid celebrity awaits—until the truth comes out. Isabelle Huppert appears as a fading silent-film star in François Ozon’s frothy story of murder, romance, blackmail, girl power, and a bit of French film history.
- Sunday, May 19, 2024
- 5 p.m.
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A Brighter Summer Day (Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian)
Directed by Edward Yang
(Taiwan, 1991, 237 minutes, in in Mandarin, Min Nan, Shanghainese, and English with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital restorationSet in early 1960s Taiwan, A Brighter Summer Day is based on the true story of a crime that rocked the nation. This singular masterpiece of Taiwanese cinema is among the most praised, sought-after titles in contemporary film.
- Saturday, May 25, 2024
- 2 p.m.
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Taking Venice
Directed by Amei Wallach
(USA/France/Italy, 2023, 98 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium TheaterDuring the Cold War, the U.S. government is determined to fight Communism with culture. In 1964, Alice Denney, Washington insider and friend of the Kennedys, recommends the ambitious curator Alan Solomon to organize the U.S. entry for the Venice Biennale.
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Dial M for Murder
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
(USA, 1954, 105 minutes, in English)
Lynn Wyatt Theater, 35mmAn ex-tennis pro wants to have his wealthy wife murdered so he can get her inheritance. When he learns she is having an affair, he comes up with the perfect plan to kill her.
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Let’s Get Lost
Directed by Bruce Weber
(USA, 1988, 119 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital restorationIn the 1950s, Chet Baker’s jazz trumpeting, intimate crooning, and pretty-boy good looks epitomized West Coast cool. When photographer Bruce Weber caught up with him three decades later, time and drug addiction had ravaged Baker’s life and angelic beauty.
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Elis and Tom (Elis & Tom, só tinha de ser com você)
Directed by Roberto de Oliveira and Jom Tob Azulay
(Brazil, 2023, 100 minutes, in Portuguese and English with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digitalIn 1974, one of the prime architects of bossa nova, Antonio Carlos Jobim (Tom), and popular Brazilian singer Elis Regina came together to record what would become one of the most iconic albums in the history of Brazilian music.
- Saturday, June 8, 2024
- 7 p.m.
Coming Soon
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Space Is the Place
Directed by John Coney
(USA, 1974, 85 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digitalCalling planet Earth! Jazz on Film is pleased to present a special 50th-anniversary screening of the Afrofuturist classic Space Is the Place. This unique iteration of Ra’s musical concepts and social commentary is a blend of science fiction B-movie, blaxploitation flick, and concert documentary.
- Friday, June 14, 2024
- 7 p.m.
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International Sweethearts of Rhythm | Maxine Sullivan: Love to Be in Love
Directed by Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss
(USA, 1986, 80 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, 16mmThis screening presents two short documentaries by filmmakers Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss that spotlight often unsung women of jazz.
- Saturday, June 15, 2024
- 7 p.m.
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Jazz Films by John and Faith Hubley
Directed by John and Faith Hubley
(USA, 1957, 80 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digitalBetween the 1950s and 1970s, animators John and Faith Hubley made their own independent films with intelligence, passion, humor, and great music. Their poetic sensibility and whimsical, impressionistic visual style fit perfectly with jazz music.
- Friday, June 21, 2024
- 7 p.m.
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Disco Boy
Directed by Giacomo Abbruzzese
(France/Italy/Belgium/Poland, 2023, 92 minutes, in Ibo, French, English, and Polish with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digitalIn this stylish feature, a Belarusian immigrant (the charismatic Franz Rogowski) is haunted by his actions as a mercenary in the French Foreign Legion.
- Sunday, June 23, 2024
- 5 p.m.
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Power Alley (Levante)
Directed by Lillah Halla
(Brazil/Uruguay/France, 2023, 92 minutes, in Portuguese and Spanish with English subtitles)
Lynn Wyatt Theater, digitalThis gripping Brazilian drama weaves a tale of personal struggle and societal challenges. Set in São Paulo, it follows Sofia, a spirited teen volleyball player from a modest background, whose life takes a dramatic turn when she faces an unwanted pregnancy.
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