In an effort to initiate public dialogue in the City of Arts and Innovation, about cinema as art, the greatest of all the arts nonetheless, a/perture cinema introduced a new screening and discussion series in 2015. This series centers on the notion of “looking at art cinema.” Together, the community and selected speakers, will discuss a curated list of films. Some of these films you have seen and some you may have not, but either way we hope the discussions will allow you to see them anew.
The Summer 2018 series for Looking @ Art Cinema will focus on The Actor, hosted by Ben Baker.
Ben Baker is a professional actor and director who has lived and worked in New York, Los Angeles and Winston-Salem. He earned his MFA in Acting at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and was most recently seen in A Christmas Carol at the Hanesbrands Theatre. Other credits include work for Triad Stage, Paper Lantern Theatre, Sir Peter Hall and the locally produced movie Goodbye To All That. He has taught acting at UNCG and Wake Forest, and is on the board of the New Winston Museum.
In this series we will examine the craft of acting on film and the process by which actors approach working on a movie set. Collaboration with the director is key, but what other elements might play a role in an actor’s performance?
PAPER MOON
Saturday, July 28 @ 9:30AM
Real-life father and daughter Ryan and Tatum O’Neal team up as slick con-artists Moses Pray and Addie Loggins in 1930s Kansas. When “Moze” is unexpectedly saddled with getting the 9-year-old Addie to relatives in Missouri after the death of her mother, his attempt to dupe her out of her money backfires, and he’s forced to take her on as a partner. Swindling their way through farm country, the pair is nearly done in by a burlesque dancer (Madeline Kahn) and an angry bootlegger.
ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN
Saturday, August 25 @ 9:30AM
Two green reporters and rivals working for the Washington Post, Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman), research the botched 1972 burglary of the Democratic Party Headquarters at the Watergate apartment complex. With the help of a mysterious source, code-named Deep Throat (Hal Holbrook), the two reporters make a connection between the burglars and a White House staffer. Despite dire warnings about their safety, the duo follows the money all the way to the top.
BIG NIGHT
Saturday, September 8 @ 9:30AM
Chef Primo (Tony Shalhoub) and businessman Secondo (Stanley Tucci) are immigrant brothers from Italy who open their dream restaurant, Paradise, in New Jersey. However, Primo’s authentic food is too unfamiliar for the local tastes, and the restaurant is struggling. When famous Italian-American bandleader Louis Prima is scheduled to appear at Paradise, the two brothers put all of their efforts into the important meal, which will likely decide the fate of their restaurant.
Special event pricing for the series applies- general admission prices will be $14.50 per screening, college students $12.50 and a/v society members will receive a discounted price of $11.50 per screening. Admission includes film, discussion and coffee/pastries from Camino Bakery. Find more information on specific titles and ticketing links below.
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