 Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress, and the Tangerine
Sunday, July 3 at 2:00 p.m., 4:30 p.m.
Introduced by Amei Wallach
(Marion Cajori and Amei Wallach, 2008, 99 minutes)
Passages from James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake"
preceded by The Boy Who Saw Through
Saturday, July 16 at 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 30 at 12:30 p.m.
Introduced by Ann Horton-Line and Michael Kerbel, Film Study Center, Yale
(Mary Ellen Bute, 1965, 90 minutes; George C. Stoney, 1958, 25 minutes)
How to Make a Book with Steidl (pictured)
Saturday, July 23 at 1:00 p.m.
Washington premiere
(Gereon Wetzel and Joerg Adolph, 2010, 88 minutes)
www.nga.gov/programs/film/index.htm#art-films |
| | |  |  From Vault to Screen: New Preservation from France
The National Gallery's summer preservation festival this year salutes the Archives Francaises du Film/Centre national du cinema et de l'image animee (CNC), the national film archive of France that since 1969 has been conserving the country's incomparable cinematic heritage.
Cine-Concert: Poetry in Motion—The Scientific Short
Saturday, July 9 at 2:30 p.m.
Andrew Simpson, piano
Conservator Caroline Patte in person
Titles include L'Ecrevisse (Crawfish, 1912), Le Scorpion Languedocien (1912), and Les Orchidees (The Orchids, 1913) among others.
(Silent with live piano, total running time approximately 70 minutes)
Cine-Concert: Son Premier Film
Sunday, July 10 at 4:30 p.m.
Stephen Horne, piano
Conservator Caroline Patte in person
(Jean Kemm, 1926, silent with live piano, 99 minutes)
Cine-Concert: Mots Croises (pictured)
followed by Bonheur Conjugal!
Sunday, July 17 at 4:30 p.m.
Phil Carli, piano
(Michel Linsky and Pierre Colombier, 1926, silent with live piano, 61 minutes;
Robert Saidreau, 1922, silent with live piano, 64 minutes)
www.nga.gov/programs/film/vaultfrance.htm |
| | | |  Film-makers' Co-op at Fifty
This series of five programs celebrates the Film-Makers' Cooperative, now in its very active 50th year of financing, producing, distributing, screening, and supporting avant-garde cinema.
Sleepless Nights Stories
Saturday, July 16 at 4:30 p.m.
(Jonas Mekas, 2011, 112 minutes)
Jonas Mekas: Personal Record
Saturday, July 23 at 4:30 p.m.
Filmmakers Jonas Mekas, Ken and Flo Jacobs, and M. M. Serra in person
A mix of recent and historic short works, personally selected for this program by Jonas Mekas. (total running time approximately 75 minutes)
Ken Jacobs: Recent Works
Sunday, July 24 at 5:00 p.m.
Filmmakers Ken and Flo Jacobs in person
Program includes recent work such as Hot Dogs at the Met (2009), Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days (2009), and A Loft (2010), among others. (total running time approximately 70 minutes)
A Co-op Omnibus
Saturday, July 30 at 4:00 p.m.
Filmmaker and Co-op director M. M. Serra in person
Program features work by Peggy Ahwesh, Jack Waters, and Babette Mangolte among others. (total running time approximately 75 minutes)
Flaming Creatures
preceded by Lupe
Sunday, July 31 at 5:00 p.m.
(Jack Smith, 1963, 45 minutes; Jose Rodriguez-Soltero, 1966, 50 minutes)
www.nga.gov/programs/film/filmmakerscoop.htm |
| | | Films are shown in the East Building Auditorium, 4th Street at Constitution Avenue NW. There is no charge for admission but seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Doors open approximately 30 minutes before each show time. Programs are subject to change.
For more information call (202) 842-6799, e-mail film-department@nga.gov or visit www.nga.gov/programs/film/
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