It was a time (1965 to 1967) when folk musicians came to LA to emulate The Beatles and Laurel Canyon emerged as a hotbed of creativity and collaboration for a new generation of musicians who would soon put an indelible stamp on the history of American popular music.
The French romantic comedy Get Out Your Handkerchiefs won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1979. It was one of the first contemporary foreign films that we programmed when we began this film series in 1979. (As part of our 40th anniversary, we will be revisiting a few of the films that we screened in our early years.)
In 1973, five men and six women drifted across the Atlantic on a raft as part of a scientific experiment studying the sociology of violence, aggression and sexual attraction in human behavior. Although the project became known in the press as 'The Sex Raft', nobody expected what ultimately took place on that three month journey.
From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, and history.
Werner Herzog and André Singer's riveting documentary, filled with unforgettable archive materials and based on three long interviews, provides incredible access to, arguably, the world's greatest living politician.
A sharp, propulsive portrait of the hostile, dignified newsman who may have transformed television news into a weapon of mass destruction.
Stray dogs abroad, adventure dogs in sidecars, dogs winning prizes, dogs in prison, senior dogs, dogs who make you laugh, and dogs at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The NY Dog Film Festival™ is coming to Bloomington on Sunday, Sept 22nd!
The festival consists of two different 60-75 minute programs of documentary, animated, and narrative films. A portion of every ticket benefits the Monroe County Humane Association.Well-mannered, well-dressed dogs who appreciate good films are invited to attend.
A pampered cocker spaniel named Lady, living in a charming Midwestern town, finds herself on the loose and out on the street where she is befriended and protected by the tough stray mutt Tramp. This is the original 1955 animated Disney film (Disney is working on a live-action remake as we speak.) (Children 10 and under are free.) Lady and
Ever wondered where the minerals in your mobile come from? We love our cell phones and the selection between different models has never been bigger. But the production of phones has a dark, bloody side.
An obnoxious, devious poltergeist named Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton) tries to scare away the new family who have purchased the house he inhabits.
Jimmie Fails has one hope in life: to reclaim the majestic Victorian house his grandfather built. Every week, Jimmie and his only friend, Montgomery, make a pilgrimage across San Francisco to Jimmie’s dream home
The Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra arrives in Israel to play at the opening of an Arab Cultural Center. Dressed in full regalia and observing all military police protocol, the members of the orchestra are at a pivotal time in their careers. It’s not just the political nature of an Arab military police band playing traditional Arab music in Israel that makes this event so important
This new film from France is romantic comic mystery written by the legendary Jean-Claude Carrière, who has penned nearly 150 screenplays including The Tin Drum, The Unbearable Lightness of Being and That Obscure Object of Desire.
Asako and Baku share an all-consuming romance—but one day the moody Baku vanishes. Two years later, having moved from Osaka to Tokyo, Asako meets Baku’s exact double.
Tod Browning crossed with Robert Altman crossed with David Lynch crossed with the Muppets only begins to describe something this startlingly original and deeply felt film.
How far can Right-wing media go to brainwash elderly Americans? Filmmaker Jen Senko looks at the rise of Right-wing media through the lens of her WWII vet father who changed from a life-long, moderate Kennedy Democrat to an angry, right-wing fanatic after his discovery of talk radio.
Take a trip back in time with ‘The Final Inning, The Final Album,’ a baseball themed mockumentary film about a famous blues band called The Easy Outs.
Danish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator Göran Björkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld, who died in a plane crash in 1961. As their investigation closes in, they discover a crime far worse than killing the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
For far too long, felines have been the “invisible” part of the human-animal bond. It’s time to shine the spotlight on these magnificent creatures and the humans devoted to them.
A teenager explores an abandoned house in modern-day Salem and accidentally frees a coven of evil witches played by Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker. Now, with the help of a magical cat, the kids must steal the witches’ book of spells to stop them from becoming immortal.
Kim Novak, Jimmy Stewart and Jack Lemmon star in this delightful romantic comedy about a modern-day bohemian witch living in Greenwich Village
A wonderful collection of short films from around the world for the young and the young-at-heart.
There are two programs, one for children ages 3-7 and another for ages 8-80.
A hapless young Russian American, reluctantly agrees to ferry his grandfather and a dozen elderly Russians to a funeral. Kirill Mikhanovsky’s hilarious, heartbreaking debut feature is "completely, delightfully unpredictable from scene to scene." - The NY Times
In this beautiful film, two canines while away the time as life goes on around them.
Single Tickets $6 Semester Passes $35 Where Are Films Shown? Where Can I Park for free on Campus? Essayist, novelist, critic, cinephile, and all-around intellectual dynamo Susan Sontag was one of the most important writers and thinkers of the 20th century. She made her directorial debut with the dark comedy Duet For Cannibals. An arrogant
