Events
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2012 Academy Award-Nominated Short Films
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Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) |
02/20/12 -
03/11/12 |
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA), Boston |
A Look Inside SB 1070
Presented by Northeastern University School of Law February 15, 2012 The Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA) will sponsor a viewing of the documentary "A Look Inside SB 1070" and host speakers from the Center for New Community, the film's producer. The film follows a national student delegation as it toured Arizona in August of 2010 amidst the passage of the controversial state immigration law known as SB 1070. Nine students from Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago, and Colorado comprised the delegation which set out to gain a...
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Northeastern University School of Law |
02/15/12 |
240 Dockser Hall, Northeastern University, Boston |
A Man Escaped
Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive February 12, 2012 A Man Escaped tells the true story of a Frenchman’s escape from a German prison camp during World War II. Although the title reveals the film’s denouement, the taut filmmaking keeps viewers on the edge of their seats throughout, suspense deriving from process and ritual rather than narrative surprise. Bresson restricts himself to the point of view of the imprisoned Fontaine whose limited visual environment and precise focus on minute details introduces the subtractive practice...
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Harvard Film Archive |
02/12/12 |
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge |
A Man Escaped
Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive February 12, 2012 A Man Escaped tells the true story of a Frenchman’s escape from a German prison camp during World War II. Although the title reveals the film’s denouement, the taut filmmaking keeps viewers on the edge of their seats throughout, suspense deriving from process and ritual rather than narrative surprise. Bresson restricts himself to the point of view of the imprisoned Fontaine whose limited visual environment and precise focus on minute details introduces the subtractive practice...
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Harvard Film Archive |
02/12/12 |
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge |
A Single Spark - FILMMAKER IN PERSON
Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive February 17, 2012 A Single Spark tells the story behind a crucial event in modern South Korean history: the self-immolation of factory worker Jeon Tae-il in 1971 to draw attention to the appalling workplace conditions faced by many Koreans. Jeon’s suicide is widely credited as key to the unionization of South Korean workers. Rather than a straightforward biopic, the film elaborates on Jeon’s life by supplying a parallel story: a young activist five years later is researching a biography of Jeon...
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Harvard Film Archive |
02/17/12 |
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge |
Academy Awards Party
Presented by The Boston Jewish Film Festival February 26, 2012 Who will win Best Picture? Actor? Actress? Foreign film? Have a night of fun and see who will take home the Oscars at our first Academy Awards party
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The Boston Jewish Film Festival |
02/26/12 |
The Living Room, Boston |
AHA! Night (art, history and architecture)
Presented by AHA! (art. history and architecture) May 14, 2009 - Ongoing AHA! takes place every 2nd Thursday and is a FREE art and culture event that features exhibits, performances, live music, talks and tours in downtown New Bedford.
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AHA! (art. history and architecture) |
05/14/09 -
Ongoing |
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An Evening with Michael Almereyda
Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive February 13, 2012 Michael Almereyda first emerged as a prominent name with his very contemporary vampire film Nadja (1994), which found a counterpart with his updating of Hamlet (2000). After that, Almereyda spent several years making non-fiction films – though his most recent work marks a return to fictional narrative – on a fascinating array of topics: Sam Shepherd, New Orleans, William Eggleston. The culmination of this spate of documentaries is the celebrated Paradise (2009), his most recent...
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Harvard Film Archive |
02/13/12 |
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge |
Art Flicks at Concord Art
Presented by Concord Art Association at Concord Art Association January 18-May 16, 2012 THE ART OF THE STEAL
This gripping documentary chronicles the long and dramatic struggle for control of the Barnes Foundation, a private collection of art valued at more than $25 billion.
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 18, 7:00pm, free and open to the public.
Upcoming films:
WHAT REMAINS: THE LIFE AND WORK OF SALLY MANN
Spanning five years, What Remains contains unbridled access to the many stages of Mann's photogrpahy, and is a rare glimpse of an eloquent...
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Concord Art Association |
01/18/12 -
05/16/12 |
Concord Art Association, Concord |
Barcelona
Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive February 26, 2012 Two actors from Metropolitan reprise similar roles as Americans abroad fumbling through the languages of love and politics during the “last decade of the Cold War.” Running his company’s foreign sales office, Ted agrees to host his cousin Fred, a young officer in the Navy who quickly confronts Leftist Spain with an ardent, ostentatious patriotism. Between Ted’s pragmatic intellectualism and Fred’s lies and obfuscation, they both appear anxious and insecure...
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Harvard Film Archive |
02/26/12 |
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge |
Billy Kelly & the Blah Blah Blahs: Kids' Shows
Presented by Coolidge Corner Theatre at Coolidge Corner Theatre February 26, 2012 A fun, clever and silly morning of music not to be missed.
Songs about milk, pine cones, springtime, 18-wheelers, the moon, and just about anything else you can think of, in a style described as "Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld (writing) lyrics for all-ages music played by an acoustic Weezer."
Recommended for ages 3+.
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Coolidge Corner Theatre |
02/26/12 |
Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline |
Black Republic
Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive February 20, 2012 Park followed up Chilsu and Mansu with a sweeping drama about a student protester whose life takes a dramatic turn when he hides out in a remote mining town in order to hide from the police. An intensification of Chilsu and Mansu‘s working-class theme, Black Republic boldly pushed the censorship limits with its depiction of exploited labor, mine strikes and police brutality. Co-written by Park, the film subtly uses melodrama to give human dimensions to its vision of a South Korea torn...
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Harvard Film Archive |
02/20/12 |
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge |
Celluloid Cities: A Long Journey
Presented by The Arts at Wellesley at Collins Cinema, Wellesley College February 23, 2012 Celluloid Cities: Symphonies and Solos - A CAMS film series. The Cinema and Media Studies wishes to contribute to the campus wide interest in the theme of the city by showing five films. Ranging from ultra-famous films (Chunking Express, exceptionally shown in its 35 mm. splendor) to rare and hard-to-find little gems (Largo Viaje and Singapore Gaga); from Ruttmann's mythical city symphony that initiated a whole genre to Linklater's just as mythical tribute to Austin (and generation X), this...
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The Arts at Wellesley |
02/23/12 |
Collins Cinema, Wellesley College, Wellesley |
Chilsu and Mansu - FILMMAKER IN PERSON
Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive February 18, 2012 Park’s debut film offered a startling realist intervention by focusing its story on the difficult lives of two struggling artists – billboard sign painters whose dangerous occupation clearly emblematizes the struggles of the working class in post-boom Korea. Made during a time of still heavily imposed censorship and adapted (uncredited) from a story by Taiwanese writer Huang Chunming, whose work was banned at the time in Korea, Chilsu and Mansu is an underappreciated example of...
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Harvard Film Archive |
02/18/12 |
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge |
Damsels in Distress - FILMMAKER IN PERSON
Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive February 25, 2012 A sneak preview pre-theatrical release screening of Whit Stillman's long-awaited new feature!
An off-beat, giddy and Laura Ashley colored send-up of smug liberal college Americana, Stillman’s latest filmworks within a bolder mode of satiric caricature than his earlier trilogy. Starring mumblecore icon Greta Gerwig as the overzealous leader of an all-girl suicide prevention club, Damsels in Distress gleefully skewers dominant college stereotypes, from jock machismo and...
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Harvard Film Archive |
02/25/12 |
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge |
Emerson Presents - Filmmaker Rob Todd in Person
Presented by ArtsEmerson February 17, 2012 An evening with Robert Todd, whose films beautifully “draw together documentary and experimental elements … [to] explore the difficult-to-define emotions engendered by the stresses of civilization” (Cinémathèque Ontario). FILMMAKER IN PERSON!
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ArtsEmerson |
02/17/12 |
Bright Family Screening Room at the Paramount Center, Boston |
First Annual Boston Student Film Fest Submissions!
Presented by Boston Student Arts Network January 31-February 24, 2012 The Boston Student Arts Network (BSAN) is excited to announce the launch of their First Annual Boston Student Film Fest. The month long online film festival will feature works of all genres and subjects completed within the past year by undergraduate and graduate students attending schools all over New England. The new venture fills a void in the local film industry, recognizing film students in a public space in front of people all over the country. Films will be chosen by the Directors of...
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Boston Student Arts Network |
01/31/12 -
02/24/12 |
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Free WGBH Studio Tours
Presented by WGBH at WGBH February 9, 2010 - Ongoing Go behind the scenes for a free 45-minute tour of WGBH's all-digital studios at One Guest Street in Boston's Brighton neighborhood.
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WGBH |
02/09/10 -
Ongoing |
WGBH, Boston |
Freewill Week at Hibernian Hall
Presented by Kelley Chunn & Associates at Hibernian Hall September 25, 2011-October 2, 2013 Freewill Week at Hibernian Hall
September 25-October 2, 2011
Join us for an especially busy week of music, film and video, history, education and visual art in the ballroom! These cultural offerings are supported entirely by your freewill donations and our 45th Anniversary sponsors.
Sunday, Sept. 25: Dudley Rising Gospel Feast
Sunday dinner prepared by Ethnica Gourmet with performance by Bullock Brothers and Sons; meal served continuously...
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Kelley Chunn & Associates |
09/25/11 -
10/02/13 |
Hibernian Hall, Boston |
Gustafer Yellowgold
Presented by MASS MoCA at MASS MoCA February 25, 2012 The New York Times described this extraordinary combination of music and animation as "A cross between ‘Yellow Submarine’ and Dr. Seuss." New York Magazine named Gustafer’s creator Morgan Taylor Best Kids’ Performer, and his song "Mint Green Bee" was a Grand Prize Winner in the Children’s Category of the John Lennon Songwriting contest. This might be the best kids' show you ever see.
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MASS MoCA |
02/25/12 |
MASS MoCA, North Adams |
Histories of Now: Six Artists from Cairo
Presented by School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston January 18-March 17, 2012 “Histories of Now: Six Artists from Cairo,” on view at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, January 18–March 17, brings together work by some of the most inspiring and influential video/new media artists working in Egypt today: Mohamed Abla, Ahmed Basiony, Hala Elkoussy, Shady El Noshokaty, Sabah Naim and Moataz Nasr. Together, they offer visitors diverse and insightful views of their evolving nation at a critical juncture in its history.
Admission to...
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School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
01/18/12 -
03/17/12 |
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston |
If Not Us, Who
Presented by Goethe-Institut Boston at Coolidge Corner Theatre February 19, 2012 Germany in the early 60s: a time of departure. Bernward Vesper, son of the Nazi-writer Will Vesper, is rebellious. During the night, he slams angry words into his typewriter, throwing them in the face of the establishment. When he meets Gudrun Ensslin, it’s the beginning of an extreme affair: unconditional, excessive, beyond all thresholds of pain. Together they set off to conquer the world. But less than 10 years later, Bernward is caught up in the madness of drugs and Gudrun throws...
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Goethe-Institut Boston |
02/19/12 |
Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline |
IMAX Theatre
Presented by New England Aquarium at New England Aquarium January 1, 2012 - Ongoing The giant screen – 65’ high by 85’ wide – is taller than a six story building! The slight curvature of the screen extends to the edge of your peripheral vision. The lamps that project the crystal clear images onto the gigantic screen get as bright and as hot as the surface of the sun! So hot, in fact, that cold water must be pumped into the lamp connectors to keep the machine from melting.
Amazing IMAX films will take you where you've only dreamed of going!...
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New England Aquarium |
01/01/12 -
Ongoing |
New England Aquarium, Boston |
Introduction to Photoshop workshop
Presented by Hunakai Studio of Fine Arts February 4-February 18, 2012 This class will be like a buffet; we will touch on many things to give you a taste of what the program can do. Class will begin with an introduction to the tools pallet and drop down menus. We will explore through various exercises, techniques such as layers, retouching, photo montage, and special effects. Class is for teens and adults.
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Hunakai Studio of Fine Arts |
02/04/12 -
02/18/12 |
Hunakai Studio of Fine Arts, Foxboro |
Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves
Presented by Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) at Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) November 30, 2011-March 4, 2012 Ten thousand waves takes us to the shore
Home will arrive under our feet
—Wang Ping, The Great Summons
Isaac Julien’s Ten Thousand Waves is an immersive, nine-screen video installation that interweaves three stories linking China’s ancient past and the present. The first story is inspired by the Morecambe Bay tragedy of 2004, in which 23 Chinese immigrant workers were drowned while gathering cockles at the seashore in...
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Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) |
11/30/11 -
03/04/12 |
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA), Boston |
Love Me Tonight
Presented by ArtsEmerson February 10-February 12, 2012 Gotta Dance: The American Movie Musical 1929-1953
1932, U.S. In Mamoulian’s magical masterpiece, amorous tailor Chevalier harnesses all of his ingenious pluck to woo lovelorn princess MacDonald in an enchanted Paris, a city where music literally radiates from every stoop, sidewalk, and boudoir. Building on Rodgers and Hart’s witty, spirited lyrics, Mamoulian concocts a stylish tour de force of infectious melody, cheeky pre-Code double entendres, and ceaselessly exuberant...
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ArtsEmerson |
02/10/12 -
02/12/12 |
Bright Family Screening Room, Boston |
Metropolitan - FILMMAKER IN PERSON
Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive February 24, 2012 In a time “not so long ago,” the discreet charms of the self-described “Urban Haute Bourgeoisie” imbue the debutante after-party scene of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Beguiled by the clique of collegiate preppies known as the Sally Fowler Rat Pack, Socialist-turned-socialite Tom Townsend finds their unpredictable banter and adherence to an old-fashioned sense of civility curiously admirable. With adult role models ineffectual or absent, this “doomed”...
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Harvard Film Archive |
02/24/12 |
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge |
Monday Night Film Series: Black and Beautiful: Celebrating African American Actresses
Presented by Boston Public Library at Boston Public Library February 6-February 27, 2012 Monday, February 13, 2012, 6pm
What’s Love Got To Do With It (1993, 118 minutes) Please note room change to Boston Room for this date only.
Directed by Brian Gibson.
A film about the singer Tina Turner, how she rose to stardom and broke free from her abusive husband. Starring Angela Bassett. This film series is part of the Boston Public Library celebration of Black History Month.
Monday, February 27, 2012, 6pm
Lackawanna Blues (2005, 95...
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Boston Public Library |
02/06/12 -
02/27/12 |
Boston Public Library, Boston |
Moonlight and Pretzels
Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre February 24-February 26, 2012 Universal’s charming 42ND STREET-inspired musical, in which a washed-up singer-songwriter and a small-town girl create a Broadway sensation. Shot on a shoestring in Astoria, Queens and helmed by canonical cinematographer Karl Freund. NOT ON DVD!
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ArtsEmerson |
02/24/12 -
02/26/12 |
Paramount Theatre, Boston |
Paradise - DIRECTOR IN PERSON
Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive February 13, 2012 Paradise has been compared to a notebook, a diary and a sketchbook. It is a collection of discrete moments, unscripted and unstaged, shot digitally over several years, none lasting longer than four minutes. There is no voiceover or onscreen text to link or explain the fragments. These moments have little in common other than that they are all instants of beauty or happiness. While there is footage from nine different countries, the final section is centered on the US. There is little direct...
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Harvard Film Archive |
02/13/12 |
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge |