Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, and George C. Scott star in The Hustler, Robert Rossen's "hymn to the last true era when men of substance played pool with a vengeance" (Derek Adams). This classic garnered nine Academy Award nominations with wins for art direction and cinematography, and it was added to the National Film Registry in 1997. 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive.
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2 p.m. Sunday, April 7
Join the Yale Film Study Center and CPTV for a free screening and discussion of Won't You Be My Neighbor?, the latest acclaimed documentary from Oscar-winner Morgan Neville.
Join us for a screening and discussion of The Providers, a new documentary by Laura Green and Anna Moot-Levin.
Set against the backdrop of the physician shortage and opioid epidemic in rural America, The Providers follows three "country doctors" in New Mexico at clinics offering care to all, regardless of ability to pay. Despite personal struggles that at times reflect those of their patients, these providers work to reach rural Americans who would otherwise be left without healthcare.
Learn more about the film: theproviders.com
Jafar Panahi weaves together tales of women's daily struggles in The Circle, described by Desson Thomas as "a memorable and devastating indictment of the oppression facing many women in Iran." In the words of Lisa Schwarzbaum, Panahi "graduates to a new elegance of vocabulary" with the film, which "circles the heart of noisy, modern Tehran with an informal, documentary-like freedom that is thrilling in its naturalism." Banned in Iran, The Circle won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2000. Introduction by Farkhondeh Shayesteh.
Join us for a screening of Gus Van Sant's 2008 biopic Milk, introduced by producer Bruce Cohen '83 and followed by a discussion with Professor Laura Wexler. Sean Penn stars as the barrier-breaking "mayor of Castro Street," with strong supporting work from Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, and Diego Luna. Called by Colin Covert "a passionate history lesson, a broadside in favor of gay rights, and the engaging story of one flawed but corageous man," Milk received eight Academy Award nominations, with wins for acting (Penn) and writing (Dustin Lance Black).
A mad scientist steals the dreams of children in Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's The City of Lost Children. Described as a "macabre fairy tale" (Steven Rea), a "dark phantasmagoria" (Peter Stack), and "a fable of longing and danger" (Kevin Thomas), The City of Lost Children gave Ron Perlman his first leading film role and features music by Angelo Badalamenti and costumes by Jean-Paul Gaultier. 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive.
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Join us for a 20th anniversary screening of Terrence Malick's World War II epic The Thin Red Line. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, the film stars Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, Jim Caviezel, Ben Chaplin, George Clooney, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Nick Nolte, John C. Reilly, and John Travolta.
Join us for six Treasures from the Yale Film Archive screenings this January through April.
The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick, 1999)
7 p.m Saturday, Jan. 12
The City of Lost Children (Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1995)
2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17
Bergman looks back at bygone summers in the final two films in Through Bergman's Lens: Ingmar Bergman Centenary Film Series. Bosley Crowther asked of Smiles of a Summer Night, "Who would have thought that august Sweden would be sending us a film comedy as witty and cheerfully candid about the complexities of love as any recent French essay on l'amour?: Our closing film, Wild Strawberries, was called by Geoff Andrew "one of Bergman's warmest, and therefore finest films" Introduction by Professor John MacKay.
Join us for a 15th anniversary screening of Kim Ki-duk's chamber drama Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring, with an introduction by Young Sun Park. Set entirely at a floating monastery, the film chronicles the life of a Buddhist monk from childhood to old age. Critic Derek Elley called it "a sublime, witty, gritty, and transcendental movie," while Andrew Sarris said it "probably represents the purest and most transcendent distillation of the Buddhist faith ever rendered on the screen." 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive.
