Film Notes: SUNSET BLVD.
SUNSET BLVD.
7 p.m. Friday, April 14, 2023
Humanities Quadrangle, Room L02 (320 York)
Introduction by Archer Neilson
Film Notes by Michael Kerbel
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SUNSET BLVD.
7 p.m. Friday, April 14, 2023
Humanities Quadrangle, Room L02 (320 York)
Introduction by Archer Neilson
Film Notes by Michael Kerbel
PDF
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001, 146 mins)
Spanning 2,000 years, this sci-fi fairy tale follows a robot programmed to love (Haley Joel Osment) as he struggles to win his human mother’s acceptance, and seeks the Blue Fairy in hopes of becoming a real boy. Based on a long-simmering project by Stanley Kubrick, A.I. was hailed by Mark Kermode as Spielberg’s “enduring masterpiece”. 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive. Co–presented with Films at the Whitney.
Desert Hearts (Donna Deitch, 1985, 91 mins)
Set in Reno in the ‘50s, Deitch’s “astonishingly polished and nuanced first film” (Paul Attanasio) portrays the romance between a Columbia professor awaiting her divorce and a free-spirited younger woman. Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau star in this “bold, beautifully rendered story about the search for authenticity and love” (C.J. Prince). 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive.
The Yale Film Archive presented several stand-alone series in recent years, including:
CROOKLYN
7 p.m. Thursday, April 6, 2023
Humanities Quadrangle, Room L01 (320 York)
Introduction by Archer Neilson
Film Notes by Michael Kerbel
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PRESERVING THE REVOLUTION: JAMES BALDWIN AND THE BLACK PANTHERS
7 p.m. Thursday, March 30, 2023
Humanities Quadrangle, Room L01 (320 York)
Post-screening discussion with Kathy Pakay, Josh Morton,a nd Kazembe Balagun
Introduction and Film Notes by Brian Meacham
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GODS AND MONSTERS
7 p.m. Friday, March 10, 2023
Humanities Quadrangle, Room L02 (320 York)
Introduction and Film Notes by Archer Neilson
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PALM SPRINGS
7 p.m. Thursday, March 2, 2023
Humanities Quadrangle, Room L02 (320 York)
Introduction by Brian Meacham, post-screening discussion with Max Barbakow, co-presented with the Yale Film Society
Film Notes by Sam Gallen
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PRESERVING THE MUSIC OF THE STREETS: TWO BY NICK DOOB
7 p.m Thursday, March 2, 2023
Humanities Quadrangle, Room L01 (320 York)
Post-screening discussion with Nick Doob and David Sewall
Introduction and Film Notes by Brian Meacham
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