Film
The Big Combo (1955): Introduced by Ann Douglas
Museum of Arts and Design 2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY, United StatesFilm noir was a major influence on the atmospheric landscapes and social dramas of Chicago Imagist painter Roger Brown. In conjunction with the exhibition Roger Brown: Virtual Still Lifes, MAD presents a […]
Moonlight & Movies: On the Waterfront with Jennifer Egan
Museum of the City of New York 1220 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesPulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan introduces this outdoor screening of Elia Kazan's classic 1954 drama On the Waterfront (108 min), which stars Marlon Brando as a boxer-turned-dockworker. Both On the Waterfront and Egan's latest novel, historical […]
Cheese Mites to Planet Earth: A History of Natural History Films
New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, United StatesSince the curtains first went up on early motion picture screens, nature documentaries have enthralled us. The challenges of capturing intimate views of animal life have pushed the boundaries of […]
Science Film Screening
Caveat 21A Clinton St, Manhattan, NY, United StatesIf you love science and films you will not want to miss this event at Caveat. EA Creative will be a screening a series of film shorts, we will have […]
Screening and Discussion: Traces of the Trade
Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesWhen filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history, she and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade and gain powerful new perspectives […]