A short program of experimental films that interrogate the gaze and reappropriate it as a site of resistance. Includes work by Basma Alsharif, Laida Lertxundi, Nazli Dincel, Ja'Tovia Gary, Rawane Nassif, and Christopher Harris. _Curated by Felicity Palma + Dani Smith for MFA|EDA Salon

When an aspiring writer (Yoo Ah-in) becomes involved with a woman he knew from childhood (Jun Jong-seo) he agrees to apartment sit for her; but when she returns from Africa with a Gatsby-esque partner (Steven Yeun), his confusion and obsessions begin to mount, culminating in a stunning finale.

The prehistoric and the state-of-the-art meet in Spielberg’s game-changing adaptation of Michael Crichton’s novel. Come for the CGI dino-spectacle but stay for the peerless ensemble cast, including Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Newman from Seinfeld, and the “six-foot turkey” kid whose collective efforts make Jurassic Park truly timeless.

Ben Gazzara portrays a strip club owner desperately committed to saving face despite his seedy environment and unhealthy personal appetites. When his mounting debts come due, he must carry out a terrible crime or lose his way of life. Mesmerizing and idiosyncratic, this rare genre entry from John Cassavetes is a provocative examination of masculine identity. [1978 Director's Cut.]

Alice Rohrwacher’s celebrated new feature is her most ambitious and imaginative project to date, an expansion of the oneiric dimension of her earlier work that gently pulls its story of an otherworldly young tobacco worker into the time-unraveling realm of fantasy.

Surveillance and Poetry: an evening of documentary films.
Where is the line between ethnography and art or surveillance and poetry? We invite you to join us in watching two beautiful films which uniquely bring these paradoxes to the table.

Come see the Simpsons clan struggle for the soul and survival of Springfield in the format the show was always destined to be seen on – 35mm film!

Jeanne Liotta visits with a program of short experimental films that exist in the curious intersection of art, science and natural philosophy; program highlights include Lilly Library’s newest 16mm acquisition, Liotta’s sublimely cosmic work Observando El Cielo (2007). _Jeanne Liotta in attendance

Sadistic detective Robert Ryan is sent upstate and joins a manhunt for a local killer through a desolate snowy landscape. But while searching with the victim’s embittered father Ward Bond, he finds hope in a remote cottage inhabited by blind, selfless Ida Lupino (who co-directed while Ray was ill off set). A poignant study of loneliness and perhaps the greatest snow-bound film noir.

A wildly inventive, episodic work of political satire that views “Chilean reality” as a grand pastiche of soap-opera tropes. Assembled from archival materials stored in Duke’s Rubenstein Library and completed by the late Ruiz’s filmmaker partner, Valeria Sarmiento.

Dennis Hopper’s legendarily career-imperiling production of The Last Movie emerges in theaters at last. Hopper stars as a stuntman working on the set of a western shooting in rural Peru, where the locals begin to absorb the action of the shoot into their ritual and folklore, and cinema melts into life itself. New 4k restoration

In one of Akerman’s most penetrating character studies, Anna, an accomplished filmmaker (played by Aurore Clément), makes her way through a series of European cities to promote her latest movie. Via a succession of eerie, exquisitely shot, brief encounters—with men and women, family and strangers—we come to see her emotional and physical detachment from the world. New 4k restoration

Terminally ill 9-year-old Jo is obsessed with action movies and dreams of being a superhero. In an attempt to make these dreams come true, her entire village bands together to bring comfort to her final days and turn Jo into the courageous hero that they already know her to be.

An intimate, expressive story of two young African-American men living in Hale County, Alabama. Filmmaker RaMell Ross delivers his Oscar nominated debut film with striking lyricism and originality. _Q&A to follow w/ Ramell Ross.
Co-presented by MFA|EDA & AMI. Co-sponsored by the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
All tickets for this free 7:00pm screening with director RaMell Ross have been SOLD OUT.
[There will be a stand-by line for this screening. There will also be a 9:30pm encore screening (without director Q&A).]

After receiving a donation of the 200+ reel archives of filmmaker Jacques Madvo, Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) commissioned eight artists to create new work with the Madvo collection as a starting point. _Introduced by Anna Kipervaser (AMI)

DIFF is Duke’s only annual film festival, entirely organized and populated by Duke students. Come see the best filmmakers and storytellers on Duke’s campus in two separate programs of adventurous and eclectic programming.

Returning to theaters across North America, the Animation Show of Shows will present 16 exceptional and inspiring animated shorts from around the world. At a time of increasing social instability and global anxiety about a range of issues, the works in this year’s show have a special resonance, presenting compelling ideas about our place in society and how we fit into the world.