The Dryden will screen Hua li shang ban zu (Office, Johnnie To, Hong Kong/China 2015, 117 min., DCP, Cantonese w/subtitles). Billion-dollar company Jones and Sunn is going public. Chairman Ho Chung-ping has promised CEO Chang, who has been his mistress … Continue reading
The Little will screen Shaft (Gordon Parks, U.S. 1971, 100 min.) as part of the Mondo Movie Series. John Shaft is the ultimate in suave black detectives. He first finds himself up against Bumpy, the leader of the Black crime … 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
At Blackfriars Theatre is a reading of Living Out by Lisa Loomer. The play looks at the complicated relationship between a Salvadoran nanny and the Anglo lawyer she works for. The story explores their shared humanity and the differences wrought … Continue reading
The Little will screen Chi-Raq (Spike Lee, U.S. 2015, 127 min.) as part of the Black History Month Film Series followed by a discussion with WDKX morning host Tariq Spence and Rochester program coordinator Shanterra Randle-Brown. Beautiful Lysistrata (Teyonah Parris) … Continue reading
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
In Hoyt Auditorium on the UofR Campus is a screening of the very good Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg, U.S. / Germany / India 2015, 142 min.) During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen The Hateful Eight (Quentin Tarantino, U.S. 2015, 187 min.) "In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters."
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 is hosting a performance of The Shadow Box by Michael Cristofer. In this compelling dramatic triptych, three terminal cancer patients dwell in separate cottages on a hospital's grounds. The three are attended and visited by family and close … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Power of the Press (George Kuchar, U.S. 1977, 28 min., 16mm), then Born Yesterday (George Cukor, U.S. 1950, 94 min., 35mm). The first is "Kuchar's unique take on the media: a radio workshop play meant to … Continue reading
In Hoyt Auditorium on the UofR Campus is a screening of the very good Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg, U.S. / Germany / India 2015, 142 min.) During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested … Continue reading