The Cinema will screen The Danish Girl (Tom Hooper, U.K. / U.S. / Belgium / Denmark / Germany 2015, 119 min.) "A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and … Continue reading
He was one of the great twentieth century American playwrights, and Tennessee Williams' private persona is shown to have been just as fascinating as his plays in this delightful, moving, and incisive ninety minute drama. The play is structured as … Continue reading
The MuCCC will host a performance of Augusta by Richard Dresser. Augusta is a comedy with a dark edge to it. Two women clean houses for wealthy summer people on the coast of Maine. When the national cleaning company (Golden … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof (George Kuchar, U.S. 1961, 4 min., 16mm)—"a film 'glowing with embers of desire and smoking with the revelation of men and women longing for … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Carol (Todd Haynes, U.K. / U.S. 2015, 118 min.) "In an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's seminal novel The Price of Salt, Carol follows two women from very different backgrounds who find themselves in an unexpected love … Continue reading
Abilene is hosting "grunge-soaked power pop" from The Sun Parade, and St. Phillips Escalator.
DJ Alykhan will provide the music for MOVE ON UP, "a dance party to benefit the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence" at Richmond's Tavern.
Canary in a Coal Mine, Rochester's dark and irreverent sketch comedy troupe, is back for another installment of their hilarity. And for this show only, Angela Prodrick, a shitty original member, is back! That's right, we thought she died, but … Continue reading
Americans are faced with a daunting array of choices at the end of their lives, from aggressive disease-directed therapies to hospice care to last resort options that may hasten death. Timothy Quill MD, Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry and Medical Humanities, … Continue reading
The UofR Film and Media Studies group will screen Driving With Selvi (Elisa Paloschi, Canada 2015, 74 min.) in Dewey 1-101 on the UofR Campus. Selvi, like so many girls living within India's patriarchal culture, is forced to marry at … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Cléo de 5 à 7 (Cléo from 5 to 7, Agnès Varda, France 1962, 90 min., 35mm, French w/subtitles). The film depicts two crucial hours in the life of Cléo (Corinne Marchand), a pop star waiting … Continue reading