| The Contenders 2012
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| October 30–January 31 |
For this recurring series, the Department of Film combs through major
studio releases and the top film festivals in the world, selecting
influential, innovative films made in the past 12 months that we believe
will stand the test of time. Each of these films is a contender for
lasting historical significance, and any true cinephile will want to
catch them on the big screen. Upcoming screenings include Bill Jones,
Jeff Simpson, Ben Timlett's A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of
Monty Python's Graham Chapman and Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master.
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| Mapping Subjectivity: Experimentation in Arab Cinema from the 1960s to Now, Part III
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| November 1–25 |
This third and final installment of Mapping Subjectivity, organized
around the theme "Transgressions," explores how filmmakers and artists
from the Arab world have dealt with shifting attitudes towards sexuality
and gender roles in the Middle East, and presents personal
interpretations of the very real social transformations presently taking
place throughout the region. Works selected hail from Algeria, Egypt,
Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, and Tunisia, and include film and
video, shorts and features, documentary and fiction that reflect a
diversity and richness of voices and visual languages. On opening night,
November 1, Damien Ounouri introduces his Fidaï (2012).
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| 50 Years of James Bond
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| Through October 31 |
In 1987, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the release of Dr.
No (1962), producer Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli donated newly made 35mm
prints of all 14 Broccoli-produced James Bond feature films to The
Museum of Modern Art. With this extraordinary gift came a promise to
provide MoMA with a new 35mm print of each subsequent Bond film. To
date, this collection has grown to 22 films. In celebration of the 50th
anniversary of Dr. No and the extraordinary open-ended donation from
Albert R. Broccoli, Barbara Broccoli, and Michael G. Wilson, MoMA
presents all 22 films in its James Bond collection.
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| To Save and Project: The 10th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation
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| Through November 12 |
On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, To Save and Project, MoMA's
international film preservation festival, welcomes J. Hoberman as
guest curator. To Save and Project is a celebration of preserved masterworks
and rediscoveries of world cinema. Virtually all of the prints in To Save and
Project are having their New York premieres, and some are shown in
versions never before seen in the United States. On October 28, Nixon aide Dwight
Chapin, Brian Frye, Penny Lane, and J. Hoberman discuss a screening
of super-8 films from Nixon's White House; on November 2, Alberto Barbera,
Director of the National Museum of Cinema, Turin, introduces Elio Petri's
I giorni contati (1962); and much more.
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| Lip-Reading
Puppets: The Curators' Prescription for Deciphering the Quay
Brothers
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| Through
January 7 |
Presented in conjunction with
the Museum's Quay Brothers gallery
exhibition, this is a complete retrospective of the film and video
works
of the twin Quay Brothers, the Philadelphia-born, London-based masters
of stop-motion puppet animation and live-action film. This series of
twice-monthly screenings includes shorts, dance films, documentaries,
music videos, commercial spots, and their two feature films. The series
continues in November with two programs featuring the Quay Brothers'
classic animated shorts and their rarely screened ballet films.
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| Modern Mondays
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| Ongoing |
MoMA's ongoing showcase for innovation on screen, Modern Mondays allows
contemporary filmmakers and moving image artists to present their work
directly to audiences. On October 29, in conjunction with To Save and
Project, experimental filmmaker Saul Levine introduces the New York
premiere of his latest film, Light Licks: By the Waters of Babylon:
This May Be the Last Time (2012), along with luminous 8mm, Super-8, and
16mm prints of past works.
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| An Auteurist History of Film
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| Ongoing |
This ongoing screening cycle explores the evolution of film as a medium
by charting the careers of several key directorial figures—not in order
to establish a formal canon, but to develop one picture of cinematic
history. Upcoming screenings include Jean Renoir's French Cancan
(1955) and Ida Lupino's Never Fear (The Young Lovers) (1950).
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| Film Plus
Membership
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| 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!
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| 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.
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