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Thu 23, 8:15pm: Detective

Thu 23, 8:15pm: Detective

“I’m a renaissance painter looking for commissions,” said Godard of this project, which began as a gleam in producer Alain Sarde’s eye: Paris, pulp fiction, Claude Brasseur, Nathalie Baye, Johnny Halliday, and an aging Jean-Pierre Léaud (in various disguises).
Fri 24, 8:15pm: 8½

Fri 24, 8:15pm: 8½

One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellini’s marks the moment when the director’s always-personal approach to filmmaking fully embraced self-reflexivity, pioneering a stream-of-consciousness style that darts exuberantly among flashbacks, dream sequences, and carnivalesque reality, and turning one man’s artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema.
Sat 25, 6pm: Radio On

Sat 25, 6pm: Radio On

Chris Petit's cult classic is one of the most striking feature debuts in British cinema. Stunningly photographed in monochrome by Wim Wenders' assistant cameraman Martin Schäfer, Radio On offers a unique, compelling and even mythic vision of a late 1970s England, stalled between failed hopes of cultural and social change and the imminent upheavals of Thatcherism.
Sat 25, 8:15pm: Storming Heaven: Character

Sat 25, 8:15pm: Storming Heaven: Character

Close-up and Storming Heaven present a special screening in collaboration with Fluxus and The French Cultural Institute for the UK premiere of Paul Heintz’s Character. The English telephone directory currently lists twenty-five people living in London called Winston Smith, the protagonist of George Orwell’s 1984.
Sun 26, 5pm: Kenneth Anger: Magick Lantern Cycle

Sun 26, 5pm: Kenneth Anger: Magick Lantern Cycle

Kenneth Anger’s work fundamentally shaped the aesthetics of 1960s and 1970s subcultures, the visual lexicon of pop and music videos and queer iconography. These nine films form the basis of Anger’s reputation as one of the most influential pioneers of avant-garde film and video art.
Sun 26, 8:15pm: Native Son

Sun 26, 8:15pm: Native Son

Richard Wright’s 1940 novel Native Son was a sensation, providing African Americans with a startlingly symbolic narrative and powerful new literary voice. Chenal’s version is equal parts noir thriller and social commentary, depicting the existential and societal pressures faced by a black man trying to survive in a culture dominated by whites.

Calendar

Thu 23 Mar 8:15pm
Detective
Fri 24 Mar 8:15pm
Sat 25 Mar 6:15pm
Radio On
Sat 25 Mar 8:15pm
Storming Heaven: Character
Sun 26 Mar 8:15pm
Native Son
Wed 29 Mar 8:30pm
Menelaos Karamaghiolis: ROM