Smyrna, My Beloved
This moving historical saga follows a prominent Greek family forced to endure the burning of the vibrant cosmopolitan city of Smyrna in 1922 by the Turks and the killing of its Greek and Armenian populations.
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This moving historical saga follows a prominent Greek family forced to endure the burning of the vibrant cosmopolitan city of Smyrna in 1922 by the Turks and the killing of its Greek and Armenian populations.
Charlie Shackleton’s provocative found footage film—May 4!
This animated drama from the director of Belle screens May 6 and 8.
This exquisite, deceptively simple film perfectly captures a young artist’s desire for independence from the eternal pull of maternal ties. Screens May 6 and 7.
Craig Shemin of The Jim Henson Legacy introduces this action-packed compilation of great Muppet moments. May 7 and 13!
In one of Akerman’s greatest films, a celebrated Belgian filmmaker tours cities in West Germany, Belgium, and France with her work, and passes through anonymous, depopulated spaces like a ghost.
Adapting Rose Leiman Goldemberg’s off-Broadway play based on Sylvia Plath’s letters to her mother Aurelia, Akerman delivers a spare reflection on the inextricable ties binding mother and daughter.
On May 7, Joshua Glick (co-curator of our Deepfake exhibition) introduces horror sensation The Blair Witch Project, exploring the film’s clever, effective packaging and how the 1999 release anticipated a new millennium of unstable evidence on screen. Followed by reception.
This exquisite, deceptively simple film perfectly captures a young artist’s desire for independence from the eternal pull of maternal ties. Screens May 6 and 7.
Undoubtedly one of the greatest films ever made, Chantal Akerman’s singular avant-garde epic screens April 29 and May 8.
This animated drama from the director of Belle screens May 6 and 8.
This animated drama from the director of Belle screens May 6 and 8.
Built around a series of conversations in person and online between the filmmaker and her mother, a Belgian Holocaust survivor, No Home Movie is both diaristic and avant-garde, a meditation on family relations, memory, and death in the modern world.