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2/12-15: Romantic Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Emmanuele Riva & more!

02/10/15  |  Posted by Cinematheque  |  Posted in Cinematheque

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Emmanuelle Riva stars in Alain Resnais, moving, modernist 1959 love story HIROSHIMA MON AMOURHIROSHIMA MON AMOUR, the first feature by the late Alain Resnais, was written by Marguerite Duras and is one of the key...

2/5-8: Polka! The Movie, Pre-Code Double Feature & more!

02/03/15  |  Posted by Cinematheque  |  Posted in Cinematheque

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In DIPLOMACY Swedish statesman pleads with Nazi general that he not destroy Paris at end of WW2DIPLOMACY, the new film from Volker Schlöndorff, director of The Tin Drum, is a gripping historical drama inspired by...

1/29-2/3: Stanwick, Rohmer, Jaques Tati shorts & more!

01/27/15  |  Posted by Cinematheque  |  Posted in Cinematheque

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1992 French romance A TALE OF WINTER shows Éric Rohmer at his very bestIn A TALE OF WINTER (1992), the second of Éric Rohmer’s “Tales of the Four Seasons” (#3, A Summer’s Tale, showed last...

1/22-25: Frederick Wiseman in person, 3 great new docs, two Pre-Code classics & more!

01/20/15  |  Posted by Cinematheque  |  Posted in Cinematheque

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Legendary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman appears in person Sunday at 1:00 pm!Frederick Wiseman, who has directed over 40 documentary features since the late 1960s, is not only one of America’s greatest nonfiction filmmakers; he is one...

1/15-18: Sundance shorts, Wm. S. Burroughs, Jason Schwartzman, Penn State scandal & more!

01/15/15  |  Posted by Cinematheque  |  Posted in Cinematheque

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College caper THE WILD PARTY proves that even 1929 girls just wanted to have funThe silent era's sensationally popular “It” girl Clara Bow made her talkie debut in THE WILD PARTY, a 1929 Pre-Code movie...