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Indie Lens Pop-Up: CHARM CITY

Join us for a free screening and discussion of Charm City, a new documentary by Marilyn Ness.

Filmed during three years of unparalleled violence in Baltimore, Charm City delivers a powerfully candid portrait of those on the frontlines. With grit, fury, and compassion, a group of citizens, community leaders, government officials, and police grapple with the causes and consequences of violence and the future of their city.

DATE/TIME:
7 p.m. Thursday, April 18

LOCATION:
Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 102
63 High Street

Treasures from the Yale Film Archive: THE HUSTLER

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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Time/Date:
2 p.m. Sunday, April 7

Indie Lens Pop-Up: THE PROVIDERS

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

Treasures from the Yale Film Archive: THE CIRCLE

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.

Treasures from the Yale Film Archive: MILK

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).

Treasures from the Yale Film Archive: THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN

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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Through Bergman's Lens: SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT / WILD STRAWBERRIES

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.

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