Archived Festival Film

Becket

Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole dominate the screen in this exquisitely restored version of the film its producer Hal Wallis (Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon) called "the best picture I ever made." Becket recounts the battle of wills between King ... read more

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Volcano

Producer Prince Francesco Alliata (who also produced Renoir's The Golden Coach) journeys from Palermo to present the Cineteca di Bologna's masterful restoration of Dieterle's 1949 classic. Shown here in the U.S. for the first time in its original ... read more

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Cry, the Beloved Country

In this powerful adaptation of Alan Paton's classic novel, a black South African pastor (James Earl Jones) and a white landowner (Richard Harris) become tragically linked by a senseless murder in Johannesburg. Strong, dignified turns by the two le... read more

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A Tribute to Stan Brakhage

Stan Brakhage (1933-2003) was one of the most significant avant-garde artists of his generation. This program features three portraits of Stan, by fellow filmmakers Benjamin Meade and Bill Pryor, Pip Chodorov, and Ken and Nisi Jacobs, as well as f... read more

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The Boat Is Full

A dramatization of Swiss complicity in Nazi atrocities, The Boat Is Full boldly broached a then-taboo subject upon its initial release in 1980. Seven labs took three years to create this digitally restored version of this long-lost classic, for wh... read more

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Thriller Night

Join filmmaker and “Thriller” video director John Landis for a special 25th anniversary screening of Michael Jackson's epic 1984 music video, plus the classic Making of Thriller. Learn the Thriller dance and take part in the world's largest zombie... read more

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Nostradamus and Me

Dublin 1986. Nora has never kissed a boy, but who has time for that when the arms race is out of control and the world is falling apart? Now two Frenchmen are about to change her life: Antoine, the French exchange student, and Nostradamus, the see... read more

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Detour De Seta

Vittorio de Seta (b. 1923) is credited with having made both features and documentaries that depicted the brutal industrial development, which transformed Italy in the second half of the 20th Century. This documentary will be accompanied by Martin... read more

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Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer

Billy learns how “wonderful” the world would be if everyone were the same in this satirical re-creation of a 1950’s educational film. Though set in a time of conservative viewpoints and narrow-minded beliefs, the film raises a timely question: Whe... read more

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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

Based on the Caldecott Medal book, this is the true story of Philippe Petit, a young French aerialist, and his daring 1974 high wire walk between the two towers of the World Trade Center. Narrated by Jake Gyllenhaal. read more