Filtering by: “Frame to Frame”

The Passion of Joan of Arc
Aug
18

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Frame to Frame

Paired with Richard Serra’s Artaud, participate in the dialogue between art and film. Guest curator of film Carlos Valladares will be live and in person for a pre- and post- film commentary.

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc (Renee Falconetti) is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials (Eugene Silvain, Jean d'Yd). Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.

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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Aug
17

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

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Paired with Jack Levine’s WitchesSabbath, participate in the dialogue between art and film. Guest curator of film Carlos Valladares will be live and in person for a pre- and post- film commentary.

Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra), finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and, together with fellow soldier Allen Melvin (James Edwards), races to uncover a terrible plot.

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Yellow Submarine
Aug
17

Yellow Submarine

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Paired with Anna’s Mistake by Nicolas Africano, participate in the dialogue between art and film. Guest curator of film Carlos Valladares will be live and in person for a pre- and post- film commentary.

The music-loving inhabitants of Pepperland are under siege by the Blue Meanies, a nasty group of music-hating creatures. The Lord Mayor of Pepperland (Dick Emery) dispatches sailor Old Fred (Lance Percival) to Liverpool, England, where he is to recruit the help of the Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr). The sympathetic Beatles ride a yellow submarine to the occupied Pepperland, where the Blue Meanies have no chance against the Fab Four's groovy tunes.

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Kevin Jerome Everson Shorts
Aug
16

Kevin Jerome Everson Shorts

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Paired with Rashid Johnson’s Good Love, participate in the dialogue between art and film. Guest Curator of film Carlos Valladares will be live and in person for pre- and post- film commentary.

Everson's films and artwork have been widely shown, at venues including Sundance Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Oberhausen Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, Whitechapel Gallery in London, National Gallery in Washington DC and Centre Pompidou in Paris. The work has also been recognized through awards and fellowships, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Alpert Award, a Creative Capital Fellowship, an NEA Fellowship, NEH Fellowships, Ohio Arts Council Fellowships, and an American Academy in Rome Prize.

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Shock Corridor
Aug
14

Shock Corridor

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Paired with Philip Guston’s Cigar, participate in the dialogue between art and film and investigate topics like shock value and mob mentality.

Bent on winning a Pulitzer Prize, a journalist commits himself to a mental institution to solve a strange and unclear murder.

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The Honeymoon Killers
Jul
31

The Honeymoon Killers

Paired with Diane Arbus’ A Box of 10 Photographs, participate in the dialogue between art and film, and investigate topics like the fringe dwellers of society, portraiture, and capturing a moment in time.

Martha Beck (Shirley Stoler), an obese nurse who is desperately lonely, joins a "correspondence club" and finds a romantic pen pal in Ray Fernandez (Tony Lo Bianco). Martha falls hard for Ray, and is intent on sticking with him even when she discovers he's a con man who seduces lonely single women, kills them and then takes their money.

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Portrait of Jason
Jul
24

Portrait of Jason

Paired with Diane Arbus’ A Box of 10 Photographs, participate in the dialogue between art and film and investigate topics like portraiture, personhood, and individuality.

Portrait of Jason is a 1967 documentary film directed, produced and edited by Shirley Clarke and starring Jason Holliday (né Aaron Payne, 1924–1998).

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Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property + When it Rains
Jul
17

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property + When it Rains

Paired with Rashid Johnson’s Good Love, participate in the dialogue between art and film, and investigate topics like black culture, history, and the American experience.

In Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property, see the story and legacy of the enigmatic leader of the notorious 1831 slave revolt in Virginia. Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property is a feature film. In When it Rains, follow along with a jazz musician, who spends New Year’s Day trying to help his friend pay the rent. When It Rains is a short film.

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Can You Ever Forgive Me
Jul
10

Can You Ever Forgive Me

Paired with Sherrie Levine’s After Russell Lee 1-60, participate in the dialogue between art and film, and investigate topics like ownership, value, and creative license.

Lee Israel is a frustrated, hard-drinking author who can barely afford to pay her rent or bills in 1990s New York. Desperate for money, Israel soon hatches a scheme to forge letters by famous writers and sell them to bookstores and collectors. When the dealers start to catch on, Lee recruits a dubious friend to help her continue her self-destructive cycle of trickery and deceit.

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