Film viewing is becoming increasingly popular for the over 50 crowd, or so we’ve heard, both at home parties and in theaters. We present a source for titles, in person and rental, such as those from the Block Cinema in the Midwest which presents three new documentaries about visual art. The much talked-about new release Marwencol explores the fascinating world of outsider artist Mark Hogancamp; Secret Museums uncovers hidden collections of erotic art at major museums around the world, including the Vatican; and the award-winning Waste Land tells the inspirational story of contemporary artist Vik Muniz’s work with an underprivileged community in Brazil.
These films are highlighted and presented by the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, situated at Northwestern University at the Block Cinema. Since Leave Her to Heaven has been already shown, consider a rental or library source. Perhaps your library has the novel by Ben Ames Williams?
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Winter 2011 Film Series
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The Roger Corman Film School
This series celebrates filmmaking impresario Roger Corman’s role as producer and mentor for an incredible roster of young American filmmakers (including Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and Peter Bogdanovich) eager to get a foot in Hollywood’s door while learning their craft from the bottom up.
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Caged Heat, March 3 |
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Twentieth Century Fox Fridays
On six Friday evenings this January and February, Block Cinema presents new 35mm prints of beloved classics and underappreciated gems produced during the heyday of Twentieth Century Fox. Highlights include Nicholas Ray’s Bigger Than Life, Howard Hawks’s Gentleman Prefer Blondes, Ernst Lubitsch’s rarely-seen Cluny Brown, and much more.
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Leave Her to Heaven, January 14 |
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Art on Screen
In this continuing series Block Cinema presents three new documentaries about visual arts, including the new release Marwencol, about outside artist Mark Hogancamp; Secret Museums, which uncovers hidden collections of erotic art; and the award-winning Waste Land, about contemporary artist Vik Muniz’s work with an underprivileged community in Brazil.
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Marwencol, January 21 |
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Revivals and Rediscoveries
To complement the Block Museum’s Thomas Rowlandson exhibit, Block Cinema presents two films set in Georgian England, including Becky Sharp (1935), a stunning early Technicolor film starring Miriam Hopkins, and Kitty (1945), starring Paulette Goddard as a cockney lass catapulted into high society when the artist Thomas Gainsborough paints her portrait.
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Becky Sharp, February 26 |
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Winter 2011 Film Schedule
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