visiting filmmakers & special guests, early spring 2012

Thur Mar 8 @ 7 and Sun Mar 11 @ 7:15, WSH

My Reincarnation

introductions and post-screening discussions with Mary Gilliland and Peter Fortunato, members of the International Dzogchen Community

Tues Mar 13 @ 7:15, Schwartz Center Film Forum

Alexander Kluge's The Artists in the Ring: Perplexed (free)

introduced by Brían Hanrahan, Faculty Fellow in the Dept. of Theatre, Film & Dance

plus a post-screening discussion

 

seen previously

Tues Feb 7 @ 7:15, Schwartz Center Film Forum

Alexander Kluge's Yesterday Girl (free)

introduced by Brían Hanrahan, Faculty Fellow in the Dept. of Theatre, Film & Dance

plus a post-screening discussion

Wed Feb 8 @ 7:00, WSH

In the Mood For Love

introduced by choreographer Catherine Galasso '06

Catherine Galasso speaks about her late father Michael Galasso's film music (who composed the music for In The Mood for Love) and her use of it in the Feb 10 performance of Bring on the Lumière!, taking place at the Schwartz Center

Thur Feb 16 @ 7:00, WSH

Contempt (free)

featuring a prefilm lecture by A.D. White Professor-at-Large Anne Carson

at 7 pm Prof. Carson will share her lecture “‘Contempts’ a study of profit and non-profit in the works of Homer, (Alberto) Moravia, and Jean Luc Godard” with film to follow at 7:30 pm

Thur Feb 23 @ 7:15, WSH

The Rum Diary

presented by visual effects supervisor Bill Gilman '93

Johnny Depp once again plays a fictitious version of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson (see also Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)

Wed Feb 29 @ 7:15, WSH

It with Clara Bow

introduced by Professor Louis Hyman (ILR)

one of the earliest sex sirens, the perky Clara Bow, in the film that made her the ‘It’ for an entire generation; part of Consuming Cinema series

Sat Mar 3 @ 7:30, WSH

A Trip to the Moon (Cornell Cinema's Elegant Party)

with live performance by The Electric Golem (Trevor Pinch and James Spitznagel)

The Electric Golem accompanies a screening of the black & white version of A Trip to the Moon, the fanciful film by Georges Méliès that is often called the first sci-fi film
tickets for the Elegant Winter Party are $50 general ($90 for a pair) and $30 student ($50 for a pair) and available now at CornellCinemaTickets.com

Mon Mar 5 @ 4:30, WSH (free)

The Anthrax Diaries

with filmmakers Kathleen Vogel and Slava Paperno

Vogel will introduce, and she and Paperno will conduct a brief discussion following this 30 minute screening of part one of their documentary-in-progress, in which they conduct interviews with scientists involved in biochemical warfare