Cinematheque Schedule

United States | 1923 | Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline

To celebrate the 34th anniversary of the first Cinematheque screening at the Cleveland Institute of Art (on 8/8/86), Ben Model, one of the world’s foremost silent film accompanists, will make his belated Cinematheque debut—remotely—by providing live piano accompaniment to Buster Keaton’s first feature. Ben won’t be playing in our Peter B. Lewis Theater, which remains closed; he will be playing live from his own East Coast home, where the movie also will be projected. Those...

Philippines, United States | 2020 | Ramona S. Diaz

Filipino strongman Rodrigo Duterte's shocking disinformation campaign against truth and his country’s press is seen through the eyes of crusading reporter Maria Ressa in this "pacy, engrossing, galvanizing film" (Variety), one of the standout documentaries at this year's Sundance Film Festival. "Feel(ing) more like a political thriller than an off-the-cuff investigation into embattled journalism in the Philippines" (Variety), the movie champions the courage of Ressa, who was ominously convicted in June of "cyber libel." "A...

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United States | 2019 | Marlon Johnson, Anne Flatté

The power of music to change lives is well seen in this new documentary about an African-American drum corps in Louisville, KY. After three decades of connecting inner city young people to the art and cultural traditions of their African ancestors, the co-founder of the River City Drum Corp is stepping down and turning over leadership of the organization to a former student he once mentored. "A hopeful and loving portrait of a community that...

Belgium, Germany | 2019 | Reiner Holzemer

"The best fashion documentary of the decade" (The Hollywood Reporter) is a portrait of the elusive Belgian designer who has shunned interviews and photographs throughout a decades-long career that has taken him from Jean Paul Gaultier to Hermès to his own fashion house. Dubbed the “Banksy of fashion," Margiela reinvented clothing via a radical, influential style that was showcased in 41 provocative collections. He reveals his drawings, notes, and personal items for the first time...

Portugal | 1963 | Paulo Rocha

Championed by both Manoel de Oliveira and Pedro Costa but unknown in America, this newly restored classic was the cornerstone of the "New Portuguese Cinema" movement of the 1960s. A 19-year-old young man from the provinces moves to Lisbon to take a job as shoemaker with his uncle. There he meets and befriends a young housemaid who foments a conflict between his working-class values and the bourgeois trappings of modern life. Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. 91...

United States | 1959 | Bert Stern

Celebrated commercial photographer Bert Stern shot this classic record of Rhode Island’s 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, “a must for jazz aficionados” (Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide). Features thrilling performances by Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong, Sonny Stitt, Anita O'Day, Gerry Mulligan, Chuck Berry, Jack Teagarden, and Mahalia Jackson, among others. “Often hailed as one of the first and most influential of live concert films…A dazzling array of jazz and rock ‘n’ roll giants.” –Time Out Film Guide....

United States | 2020 | Erik Nelson

Celebrate the 75th anniversary of VJ Day on 8/15 with this remarkable new compilation of previously unreleased documentary footage (from the National Archives) of the final days of WWII in the Pacific. Restored in 4K and in color, the film clips include John Ford's shots of the decimated Pacific Fleet after Pearl Harbor. Surviving veterans who actually witnessed the horrors and heroics depicted in the movie provide the commentary. Cleveland premiere. 105 min. Apocalypse...