Sidemen: Long Road to Glory provides an intimate look into the incredible lives of three of the last Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf sidemen: piano player Pinetop Perkins, drummer Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith and guitarist Hubert Sumlin. These legendary bluesmen, who performed and recorded into their 80’s and 90’s, played a significant role in shaping […]

Go behind the scenes of the Paris Opera, where backstage dramas, crises, and triumphs play out each night before the curtain rises. In turns ironic, light-hearted and cruel, encompassing both music and ballet, The Paris Opera shines the spotlight on great artistic passions and tells the story of life backstage at this iconic and indispensable performing arts institution.

Once upon a time, villagers in a tiny hill town of Monticchiello in Tuscany came up with a remarkable way to confront their issues: they turned their lives into a play. Every summer, their piazza became their stage. “All the world’s a stage, but in Monticchiello that truism is movingly real.” -The New York Times

When the women’s balcony in an Orthodox synagogue collapses, the women in the congregation confront patriarchal power in this rousing, culture-clash comedy.

Marjorie Prime stars the great character actress Lois Smith. (You might not recognize her name, but you’ve seen her in dozens of movies going back to East of Eden – how many actors working today can say they appeared opposite James Dean?)

France,1943 during the German occupation. Every night, guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt delights Parisian audiences with his witty, life-affirming ‘gypsy swing’ music. While many other Romany people find themselves the target of racist persecution, Django believes himself to be safe – until agents of the Nazi propaganda machine demand that he go on tour to Germany in order to counteract the influence of ‘negro music’ from the USA.

A small-town Canadian librarian searches for her elderly Aunt Martha in the City of Lights. She is aided by a vaguely disreputable Parisian vagabond. Lost in Paris is the new comic collaboration by the married filmmaking duo, Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon.

Dom works the night shift in a small hotel near the industrial seaport of Le Havre. One night, a woman named Fiona arrives, with no luggage and no shoes. She tells Dom that she is a fairy, and grants him three wishes. Husband and wife filmmakers Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon delighted Ryder audiences in October with their film, Lost in Paris.

Wounded Galaxies is hosting a festival in early February in which scholars, artists and activists will explore and celebrate the cultural and political legacy of 1968 on it’s 50th anniversary. There are also selected events, on and off campus, in January and this is one of them: two films at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater that reflect the the political/cultural climate of 1968.

Christian is the respected curator of a contemporary art museum, a devoted father of two who drives an electric car and supports good causes. His next show is The Square, an installation in the museum’s courtyard: a small square, set amid the cobblestones, and intended as a sanctuary where all rights are to be respected. But sometimes it’s difficult to live up to your own ideals

Five of the bravest international filmmakers working today tell thoughtful, compelling stories in this year’s documentary short film program.

Beginning Feb 9th, for four consecutive weekends, we are screening the 15 Oscar nominees for Best Short Film. This year’s assortment of Animated, Live Action and Documentary short Oscar contenders promises to be a celebration of intimate, personal storytelling. Every filmmaker leaves his or her fingerprints on the material, making it a rich collection of stories, all of which have something profound to say, whether big and bold or small and modest.

One of the most entertaining categories at the Academy Awards — and one of the least heralded — is for the Best Animated Short Subject. We are screening the five nominees in that category along with three films short-listed for a nomination.

Many Hollywood movies are like impersonal multi-national corporations; they have unimaginable budgets and nothing creative at stake. This year’s Live-Action nominees are small in scope, very personal, and meticulously made.

For nearly ten years, filmmaker Jonathan Olshefski befriended and filmed the Rainey family in their North Philadelphia home. Simultaneously sweeping and intimate, Quest uses one family’s experiences to offer trenchant, wide-ranging observations about modern American life. I’ve rarely seen a movie about citizenship as quietly eloquent as Quest. – A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Jane Goodall’s observations of chimpanzees in the wild challenged conventional wisdom about what made humans exceptional. Jane is the story of how Jane Goodall became Jane Goodall.

Sandwiched somewhere between This Is Spinal Tap and Sunset Boulevard, this unique biopic is the story of one of the greatest Hollywood directors that you’ve never heard of — Oskar Knight.

Based on letters Anna Magdalena Bach wrote to her husband, this film “revolutionized the musical biography. ” –
The New York Times

Arab-Israeli filmmaker Maysaloun Hamoud’s debut film is a sparkling story of three young Palestinian women living in Israel. Lalia, Salma and Nur share an apartment in the vibrant heart of Tel Aviv. Lalia, a criminal lawyer with a wicked wit, loves to burn off her workday stress in the underground club scene.

The Great Silence is a revisionist spaghetti western that was filmed in 1968 but never screened in the States. It will get its long-overdue theatrical release on March 30th. Inspired by the recent deaths of Che Guevara and Malcolm X, writer/director Sergio Corbucci’s film is notable for its radical politics, an audacious performance by Kinski, and a haunting score by Ennio Morriconi.

This is the new film by Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro). At the age of 26, Karl Marx embarks with his wife Jenny on the road to exile. In 1844 Paris they meet young Friedrich Engels, a rebellious rich kid writing about the poor conditions of the working class.