Cinematheque Schedule

France | 1972 | Éric Rohmer

The last of Éric Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales is the only one dealing with a married man—in this case a happily married man whose ordered life is upset by the reappearance of an old friend, Chloé (Zouzou), who becomes his regular afternoon confidante and temptress. Subtitles. DCP. 97 min.

Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Russia, Switzerland | 2019 | various directors

10 new animated short films from seven different countries—including three movies that have qualified for Academy Award consideration—comprise the latest edition of this popular program. For over two decades now, the Animation Show of Shows has been presenting new and innovative short films—a curated selection of “the best of the best”—to appreciative audiences around the world. 40 of the films showcased in the ASOS over their first 20 years went on to receive Academy Award...

Hungary | 1981 | István Szabó

Winner of the 1982 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, István Szabó’s historical epic tells of a left-leaning stage actor in pre-WWII Germany who, in a Faustian bargain for fame and fortune, hitches his wagon to the rising Nazi party. Klaus Maria Brandauer’s monumental performance as the corrupt, compromised thespian made him an international star. Cleveland revival premiere. Subtitles. DCP. 144 min.

United States | 2018 | Mark Levinson

Claude Shannon (1916-2001), “the father of information theory,” is the subject of the new film from the director of Particle Fever. In a single landmark paper published in 1948, Shannon introduced the notion of a “bit” and laid the foundation for the information age. His ideas influence every aspect of modern life: computing, communication, economics, cryptography, genetics, cosmology. The movie employs contemporary interviews, archival footage, animation, and reenactments to tell the story of this overlooked...

Chile, France | 2019 | Patricio Guzmán

Winner of Best Documentary prize at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the new essay film by master filmmaker Patricio (The Battle of Chile) Guzmán concludes a poetic trilogy he began with Nostalgia for the Light (2010) and The Pearl Button (2015). Like those movies, The Cordillera of Dreams explores the relationship between historical memory, political trauma, and geography in Guzmán’s native country of Chile. The imposing Andes Mountains, which run the length of Chile’s eastern...

Brazil, Germany | 2019 | Karim Aïnouz

Brazil’s official entry for the 2020 Oscar for Best International Film is a bold, stylish melodrama that focuses on two close-knit sisters growing up in conservative 1950s Rio de Janeiro. One aspires to be a pianist; the other yearns for true love. But life causes them to separate and take different paths through a world that proves patriarchal and unfair to both of them. Though they yearn to be reunited, their unforgiving father keeps them...