Cabaret Cinema
These screenings of classic films from around the world explore themes featured in the museum's galleries. Each film is introduced by a notable guest to provide context. Past presenters have included Liv Ullmann, Brian Cox, Vito Acconci, and Alan Cumming.
Fridays at 9:30 p.m.(unless otherwise noted)
Free with a $7 bar minimum
Upcoming Series: Icons Film Series
This film series is inspired by the comparative exhibition Embodying the Holy: Icons in Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Tibetan Buddhism.
Begins September 10 at 7PM with Andrei Rublev
Series curated by Francisco Gomez
Current Series: Memento Mori Series
Feature films reflecting themes from the exhibition Remember That You Will Die.
Series curated by Schulyer Weiss
Members may reserve Cabaret Cinema tickets in advance by calling 212.620.5000 x344. Tickets will be held no later than 9:30 p.m.
Members at the Sustaining level and above may reserve cabaret tables in advance.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Friday September 3, 2010 @ 8:00 PM
1978, Philip Kaufman, USA, 115 min
There's a little something extra in virtually every frame of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Philip Kaufman's dazzling remake of one of the cleverest of horror classics (and has there ever been a better title for a movie of this sort?).
Introduced by Georgia Clark
Free with a $7 bar minimum
Note 8pm Start Time!
Andrei Rublev
Friday September 10, 2010 @ 7:00 PM
1966, Andrei Tarkovsky, Russia, 205 minutes
"Solemn, magnificent, astounding: it's difficult to talk about Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev without resorting to adjectives. It's even more difficult to get those adjectives to encompass the sheer majesty of this tremendous film.
Introduced by Dmitri Andreyev
Free with a $7 bar minimum
Please Note 7PM Start Time
Battleship Potemkin
Friday September 17, 2010 @ 9:30 PM
1925, Russia, Sergei M. Eisenstein, 75 min.
"Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 Battleship Potemkin is one of the world's most celebrated and influential films....Eisenstein's film is a work of unabashed propaganda, intended to work directly on the nerve endings of viewers and whip them into an emotional frenzy." –Dave Kehr, The New York Times
Introduced by Alex Galper
Free with a $7 bar minimum
Kundun
Friday September 24, 2010 @ 9:30 PM
1997, USA, Martin Scorsese, 134 min.
"Stunning, odd, glorious, calm and sensationally absorbing, director Martin Scorsese's Kundun is a remarkable piece of work with vital colors and a wrenching message." –Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle.
Introduced by Darya Zhuk
Free with a $7 bar minimum
Journal d'un Cure de Campagne (Diary of a Country Priest)
Friday October 1, 2010 @ 9:30 PM
1954, France, Robert Bresson, 95 min.
"Alone and dying of cancer, a young curate faces the mortal torment of failure in his task of saving souls. What he finds in the ultimate victory over self is that mysterious touch of grace which remains one of the immutable signs of a Bresson film." –TM, Time Out Film Guide.
Introduced by Alexandra Lerman
Free with a $7 bar minimum
Alexis Zorbas (Zorba the Greek)
Friday October 8, 2010 @ 9:30 PM
1964, USA/UK/Greece, Mihalis Kakogiannis, 142 min.
"Zorba the Greek is a motion picture that is right in every way—inspired acting, perfect direction, artful photography.... Anthony Quinn does more than portray a character named Zorba. He is Zorba..." –Toni Mastroianni, Cleveland Press.
Introduced by Mihalis Gripiotis
Free with a $7 bar minimum
Simon del Desierto (Simon of the Desert)
Friday October 15, 2010 @ 9:30 PM
1965, Mexico, Luis Buñuel, 45 min.
"Forty-three minutes of perfect filmmaking (1965). Luis Buñuel tells the story of San Simeon Stylites, the desert martyr who stood for 25 years atop a pillar, and the efforts of the devil to coax him down." –Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Introduced by Carlos A. Gutiérrez
Free with a $7 bar minimum
The Last Temptation of Christ
Friday October 22, 2010 @ 9:30 PM
1988, USA, Martin Scorsese, 163 min.
"A film of challenging ideas, and not salacious provocations, The Last Temptation of Christ is a powerful and very modern reinterpretation of Jesus as a man wracked with anguish and doubt concerning his appointed role in life." –Variety
Free with a $7 bar minimum
The Holy Mountain
Friday October 29, 2010 @ 9:30 PM
1973, Mexico/USA, Alexandro Jodorowsky, 114 min.
"The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky's flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism is a spiritual quest for enlightenment pitting illusion against truth." –Alan Jones
Introduced by Igor Satanovsky
Free with a $7 bar minimum
