ONCE UPON A TIME VERONICA and More Set for MoMA Film Series, Now thru 9/26
By: Movies News Desk Sep. 12, 2014
The Museum of Modern Art has announced its upcoming film programs and screenings. Details below!
Discovering Georgian Cinema, Part I: A Family Affair September 23-October 16 The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive joins forces with The Museum of Modern Art's Department of Film to present the largest-ever retrospective of Georgian cinema in the United States. This passion project, undertaken by successive curatorial staffs at the two organizations over more than 20 years, brings together 45 programs encompassing the history of Georgian film production from 1907 to 2014. Part I of the retrospective focuses on one of the particularities of the Georgian cinema: the remarkable lines of familial relationships that weave through and connect its cinematic production from the 1920s to the present. On September 23, the opening-night presentation of Nikoloz Shengelaia's Caucasian Love features several special guests and the live world premiere of a new score.
MoMA Presents: Marcelo Gomes's Once Upon a Time Veronica Through September 14 A finely tuned, emotionally raw portrait of a woman's conflicted entry into adulthood, Once Upon a Time Veronica is a thoroughly modern anti-fairy tale. Director Marcelo Gomes shows a rare ability to get under the skin-and cut close to the bone-of his emotionally vulnerable but resilient main character. Anchored by a tour de force performance from the fearless Hermila Guedes, this sensual, psychologically complex character study charts the personal and professional growth of one young woman in Recife.
The Great War: A Cinematic Legacy Through September 21 Marking the 100th anniversary of the day World War I began in earnest, this series-which comprises some 50 programs-traces the conflict's cinematic legacy across a range of approaches: prewar activities; espionage; the battlefields in the trenches, in the air, and on and beneath the sea; actualités; and the various homefronts before, during, and after. One hopes that this series will supplement the vast array of literature on the subject, and will perhaps help us to better understand why, as Roger Cohen recently wrote in The New York Times, "The war haunts us still."
Carte Blanche: Christopher Williams Through September 23 In conjunction with MoMA's Christopher Williams: The Production Line of Happiness exhibition, Williams has curated a program of films organized around the themes of Tenderness, Entertainment, Economy, Exchange, Enjoyment, Playfulness, and Choreography. The series features films by Bruce Conner, Tony Conrad, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Harun Farocki, Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet, Joris Ivens, Peter Kubelka, and Andy Warhol, among others.
Film Plus Membership An Exclusive Group for Film Lovers Film Plus members enjoy all the benefits of regular MoMA membership-unlimited free admission, 1,500 free film screenings a year, $5 guest tickets, and more-PLUS:
+Private previews of major films+Conversations with actors and directors
+Special film-related discounts and offers Visit MoMA.org/filmplus to learn more or join today. Name a Theater Seat For a contribution of $5,000, your name, or the name of someone you wish to honor or remember, can be placed on a seat in the Museum's Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1. To name a seat or for more information, please contact Olivia Mitchell, Development Officer, at (212) 708-9681. Contributions to name theater seats are 100% tax deductible.
SEPTEMBER 12-26 Upcoming Screenings:
Once Upon a Time Veronica
Friday, September 12, 7:00 p.m. View Details
Hell's Angels
Friday, September 12, 8:00 p.m. View Details
Dawn Patrol
Saturday, September 13, 2:00 p.m. View Details
Once Upon a Time Veronica
Saturday, September 13, 4:00 p.m. View Details
Pictured: The Machine which Makes Everything Disappear. 2012. Georgia/Germany. Written and directed by Tinatin Gurchiani. Image courtesy of Icarus Films.
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