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Wednesday, November 10

I AM LOVE

2009. Italy. Dir: Luca Guadagnino. With Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti. 120 min.

When a prominent Italian family gathers for its patriarch’s birthday, tensions build and their old world lifestyle begins to unravel. Stunning sets, rich food, and an enchantingly restless camera ignite this gorgeous modernization of the upstairs/downstairs romance. Warning: do not come hungry – this “feast for the eyes” will leave your tummy growling.

Thursday, November 11

A Conversation on Screenwriting, Featuring RED, with Screenwriter, Jon Hoeber

2010. USA. Dir: Robert Schwentke. With Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman. 111 min.
Wesleyan is proud to count among its alumni a great many successful Hollywood screenwriters. Jon Hoeber will join us to discuss the films his new film, RED, and speak of the pleasures and challenges of writing for the film medium.
Friday, November 12

Black Dynamite

2009. USA. Dir: Scott Sanders. With Michael Jai White, Tommy Davidson. 84 min.
A smart, pitch-perfect send-up of the blaxploitation film presents the eponymous antidote to Austin Powers – the baddest gat-toting, bitty-bangin, fro-coiffin’, jive-talkin’ action hero since the seventies. When a conspiracy is hatched involving malt liquor, a heroin ring, and Richard Nixon himself, nobody can straighten it out (read: kick serious ass) quite like Black Dynamite. Shazam!
Saturday, November 13

Silent Shorts with Live Accompaniment

Varied. Varied. Dir: Varied. With . Approx. 80 min.
Oil tycoons seek a wacky inventor and his new form of energy …  a clan of stop-motion frogs complain to God about their political system … a cartoon clown and his dog destroy the world … and much much more. Accompanist Ben Model (MoMA) returns to lead you on a journey through the rare, the bizarre, and the hilarious in silent cinema.