Thu Jan 11 at 7:00pm DCP projection – 75th Anniversary digital restoration! “You know the movie. The history is even more dramatic.” Join us for a special screening of Michael Curtiz’s American wartime classic CASABLANCA, followed by a conversation with Meredith Hindley, author of the new history Destination Casablanca: Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa […]
https://www.ifccenter.com/event/casablanca-screening-book-signing/Guy Maddin and cadre of collaborators Galen and Evan Johnson made this ode to VERTIGO and the city of San Francisco for the closing night world premiere gala of the 2017 San Francisco International Film Festival. The iconoclastic Winnipeg-based filmmakers, working together since 2015’s THE FORBIDDEN ROOM, set themselves the challenge and constraint to remake VERTIGO, creating what they call […]
https://www.ifccenter.com/films/the-green-fog/Made 40 years ago, Dario Argento’s gripping horror remains an impressive classic in which his stylized flourishes of the genre began to develop. When American dancer Suzy (Jessica Harper) enrolls at a prestigious ballet academy in Germany, she and her roommate (Stefania Casini) are caught in sinister web of murderous witchcraft on campus. This shocking […]
https://www.ifccenter.com/films/suspiria/35mm print! “BABEL is a brilliant, profound and devastating film that explores the dangers and consequences of what can happen when words fail, communication ceases and all you’ve got left are feelings. BABEL is a masterpiece. This is the third time that director Alejandro González Iñárritu has entered the rundown fray of contemporary ho-hum filmmaking to bring along […]
https://www.ifccenter.com/films/babel/Mon Jun 19 at 7:30pm: Q&A with director Tom DiCillo, moderated by Steve Buscemi! Longtime collaborator Steve Buscemi (Living in Oblivion, Delirious, Double Whammy) joins director Tom DiCillo to present DiCillo’s latest film, DOWN IN SHADOWLAND, a hauntingly beautiful hybrid of the documentary form made over the course of eight years and motivated by a […]
https://www.ifccenter.com/event/down-in-shadowland/Longtime collaborator Steve Buscemi (Living in Oblivion, Delirious, Double Whammy) joins director Tom DiCillo to present DiCillo’s latest film, DOWN IN SHADOWLAND, a hauntingly beautiful hybrid of the documentary form made over the course of eight years and motivated by a fascination with the secret lives of people on the subway. The roving yet unobtrusive […]
https://www.ifccenter.com/films/down-in-shadowland/Can you rewrite a life? Burnt out on her career, successful LA actress Anna (Maggie Siff of Mad Men and Billions), abruptly walks off her mind-numbing, sexist network show. She runs away to New York, hoping to reconnect with two old friends, former theater collaborators she’d abandoned for Hollywood who now find themselves struggling to survive in […]
https://www.ifccenter.com/films/a-woman-a-part/From executive producer Ben Wheatley (Kill List, High-Rise) comes a mind-bending plunge into hallucinatory terror. Under siege by a mysterious enemy in an apocalyptic, war-torn landscape, a band of mercenary soldiers, hooded hostages in tow, seek refuge inside an abandoned military tank. But their sanctuary soon reveals itself to be a steel-walled prison. As the […]
https://www.ifccenter.com/films/tank-432/Painting a rich, loving portrait of an artist cut down in his prime, director Aaron Brookner explores the legacy of his eponymous filmmaking uncle. Researching Howard’s landmark 1983 documentary Burroughs: The Movie, Aaron discovered his lost archive–writing, photos and unseen footage featuring Jim Jarmusch, Robert Wilson, Allen Ginsberg and others. Interviewing Howard’s friends, lovers and collaborators, […]
https://www.ifccenter.com/films/uncle-howard/One of the foremost American filmmakers of our time, Richard Linklater achieved cult immortality with the ‘90s classic Dazed and Confused, won critical respect for the sublime Before trilogy, and redefined cinematic storytelling with the groundbreaking Boyhood. But along the way, the director’s unconventional working methods and fierce independence have frequently put him at odds […]
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