Two legendary films maudits (literally, “accursed films”): one concerning the official Soviet youth organization, and one extravagant cinematic portrait of Mexico.
Eisenstein’s first completed sound film is one of the cinema’s great epics, an operatic historical pageant of astonishing visual grandeur, set to a stirring original score by Prokofiev.
Tarkovsky's penultimate work was shot in Tuscany, and co-written with prolific Italian screenwriter Tonino Guerra (frequent collaborator with Antonioni and Fellini).
Two women, separated by centuries, feel an irresistible urge to sing the blues — with the voice of 1920s jazz torch singer Annette Hanshaw. Also screens in Cinema Sunday, Feb. 19.
New 35mm Print! Master of suspense Henri-Georges Clouzot had his greatest success with this legendary 1953 thriller, which won best film honours at both Berlin and Cannes.
New 35mm Restoration! Complete 1925 version with orchestral score! Available for the first time! Chaplin called The Gold Rush “the picture I want to be remembered by.”