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Sep 17, 2017 — Matteo Garrone’s gritty portrait of the Neapolitan Mafia draws on a lineage of Italian crime films dating back to Francesco Rosi’s trailblazing Salvatore Giuliano.
Sep 11, 2017 — Connor Jessup is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his roles in John Ridley’s ABC series American Crime (2015–2017) and the independent films Blackbird (2012) and Closet Monster (2015). His third short film, Lira’s Forest, is...
In Theaters
Sep 7, 2017 — As part of a six-week retrospective of the work of Chantal Akerman, the Harvard Film Archive screens her most famous film in 35 mm.
Sneak Peeks
Sep 6, 2017 — Oscar-winning visual effects artist and film historian Craig Barron takes a close look at the techniques used to create the gothic atmosphere of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca.
Sep 4, 2017 — Alfred Hitchcock achieved Oscar-winning success with this psychological thriller, a tumultuous collaboration with producer David O. Selznick.
Sep 1, 2017 — Doug Nichol started out his career as a cinematographer on such music documentaries as Truth or Dare (Madonna) and Rattle and Hum (U2) and the director of hundreds of award-winning music videos and commercials. He has been nominated for three...
In Theaters
Aug 31, 2017 — As part of a Marlon Brando series, the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive screens the film that won the actor his first Oscar, Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront.
Aug 25, 2017 — Janicza Bravo is a writer and director based in Los Angeles. She was raised on an army base in Panama City and studied directing and design for theater at NYU before mounting plays in the U.S. and abroad. Her film...
On the Channel
Aug 24, 2017 — Professor Jeff Smith illustrates how, under the constraints of a low budget and compressed shooting schedule, Rainer Werner Fassbinder arrived at a minimalist approach that blended seamlessly with his subject matter.
In Theaters
Aug 24, 2017 — English theater legend Peter Brook’s adaptation of William Golding’s classic tale of youth and violence screens in London tonight in a Criterion copresentation.