Past Events in Cultural Films

1999–00
Screening Date Title
Aug. 27–29 The Dreamlife of Angels
Sep. 3–5 Blue Angel
Sep. 10–12 Deep Crimson
Sep. 17–19 Ashes and Diamonds
Sep. 24–26 In the Company of Men
Oct. 1–3 Blood of a Poet
Oct. 8 –10 A Night at the Opera
Oct. 29 –31 Ceddo
Nov. 5–7 Wittgenstein
Nov. 12–14 Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker
Nov. 19 –21 Dakan
Dec. 3–5 Trekkies
Jan. 28–30 Flower of my Secret
Feb. 4–6 Female Perversions
Feb. 11–13 Sankofa
Feb. 18 – 20 Rodrigo D: No Future
Feb. 25–27 Next of Kin
March 3–5 Perfumed Nightmare
March 10–12 The White Balloon
April 7–9 One Way or Another
April 14–16 Locked Up Time
April 21–23 Wednesday
April 28–30 Before the Revolution
May 5–7 St. Clara
May 12–14 Contempt
2000–01
Screening Date Title
Aug. 25–27 City of Lost Children
Sep. 1–3 Say Amen, Somebody
Sep. 8–10 32 Short Films about Glenn Gould
Sep. 15–17 Year of the Horse
Sep. 22–24 The Last Klezmer
Sep. 29–Oct. 1 Two Daughters
Oct. 6–8 The Celluloid Closet
Oct. 27–29 China Yellow, China Blue
Nov. 3–5 Sunrise over Tiananmen Square
Round Eyes in the Middle Kingdom
Nov. 10 –12 Cyclo
Nov. 17–19 Shoot for the Contents
Nov. 29 A Tale of Love
Dec. 1–3 Surname Viet, Given Name Nam
Jan. 26–28 Color of Paradise
Feb. 2–4 King of Masks
Feb. 9–11 Camera Buff
Feb. 16–18 Rosetta
Feb. 23–25 Xala
March 2–4 The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
March 9 –11 Blow-Up
April 6–8 I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
April 13–14 Beautiful Thing
April 20–22 After Life
April 27–29 Bhaji on the Beach
2001–02
Screening Date Title
Aug. 31–Sep. 2 Lolita
Sep. 7 –9 A Time for Drunken Horses
Sep. 15–16 Curfew
Sep. 21–23 Women Next Door
Sep. 28–30 Tilaï
Oct. 5–7 Strawberry and Chocolate
Oct. 12–14 Guantanamera
Nov. 3–4 Welcome to Sarajevo
Nov. 9–11 Stranger than Paradise
Nov. 16–18 Eternity and a Day
Nov. 30–Dec. 2 Shower
Dec. 7–9 Central Station
Jan. 25–27 Brakhage
Feb. 1–3 Lumumba
Feb. 8–10 She's Gotta Have It
Feb. 15–17 Mi Vida Loca
Feb. 22–24 The Works of Sadie Benning
March 1–3 A Boy Named Sue
March 8 –10 Paragraph 175
April 5–7 From the Back Alleys
April 12–14 Jane: An Abortion Service
April 19–21 A Story of Floating Weeds
April 26–28 Western
May 3–5 Luzhin Defence
May 10–12 TBA
2002–03
Screening Date Title
Aug. 31–Sep. 1 Like Water for Chocolate
Sep. 6–8 Soul Food
Sep. 13–15 Tampopo
Sep. 20–22 Eat Drink Man Woman
Sep. 27–29 Chungking Express
Oct. 4–6 Big Night
Oct. 11–13 How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Nov. 1–3 La grande Bouffe
Nov. 8–10 Jamon Jamon
Nov. 15–17 Chef in Love
Nov. 22–24 What's Cooking?
Dec. 6–8 Babette's Feast
Jan. 24–26 Boyott
Jan. 31–Feb. 2 Derrida
Feb. 7–9 Five early experimental films:
  • Bunuel and Dali's Un Chien Andalou
  • Joris Ivens and Mannus Franken's Rain
  • Erno Metzner's Uberfall
  • Orson Welles' 1934 Hearts of Age and
  • Fernand Leger's Ballet Mecanique
Feb. 14–16 Finding Crista
The KKK Boutique Ain't Just Rednecks
Feb. 21–23 Divided We Fall
Feb. 28–March 2 In The Mood For Love
March 7–9 Rashomon
April 4–6 The Best Years of Our Lives
April 11–13 El Amor Brujo
April 18–20 Mostly Martha
April 25–27 Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
May 2–4 Citizen Kane
2003–04
Showing Date Title
Aug. 29–31 My Beautiful Launderette
Sep. 5–7 The Thin Blue Line
Sep. 12–14 Traffic Jam
Sep. 19–21 Before Night Falls
Sep. 26–28 The Wind
Oct. 3–5 Russian Ark
Oct. 10–12 State Fair
Oct. 24–26 Running Out of Time
Oct. 31–Nov. 2 The Blue Kite
Nov. 7–9 Topkapi
Nov. 14–16 Cet Amour-là
Nov. 21–23 Secret Ballot
Jan. 23–25 Movies of Color: Black Southern Cinema (2001)
Jan. 30–Feb. 1 Train of Life
Feb. 6–8 Shall We Dance
Feb. 13–15 The Seven Samurai
Feb. 20–22 No Man's Land
Feb. 27–29 The Wedding Banquet
March 5–7 Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
April 2–4 Our Lady of the Assassins
April 9–11 Duck Soup
April 16–18 Nowhere in Africa
April 23–25 Tilai
April 30–May 2 Salaam Bombay
2004–05
Showing Date Title
Aug. 27–29 Lagaan
Sep. 3–5 The Harmonists
Sep. 10–12 Massoud, The Afghan
Sep. 17–19 The Dancer Upstairs
Sep. 24–26 Mississippi Masala
Oct. 1–3 What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Oct. 8–10 Our House
Oct. 29–31 Children of Paradise
Nov. 5–7 Herod's Law
Nov. 12–14 The Eel
Nov. 18–21 To Be and To Have
Dec. 3–5 Arsenic and Old Lace
Jan. 28–30 Lumumba
Feb. 4–6 Divine Horsemen
Feb. 11–13 Monsieur Ibrahim
Feb. 18–20 Raising Victor Vargas
Feb. 25–27 Sociology is a Martial Art
March 4–6 Moolaadé
March 11–13 Beauty and the Beast
April 8–10 The Story of the Weeping Camel
April 15–17 Nine Queens
April 22–24 Facing Windows
April 29–May 1 Elling
May 6–8 Duck Soup
2005–06
Showing Date Title
Aug. 26–28 Talk to Her
Sep. 2–4 The Battleship Potemkin
Sep. 9–11 The Fog of War
Sep. 16–18 Touching the Void (Documentary)
Sep. 23–25 Silences of the Palace
Sep. 30–Oct. 2 Basquiat
Oct. 7–9 Field of Dreams
Oct. 28–30 Taboo
Nov. 4–6 Godzilla (Science Fiction)
Nov. 11–13 Not One Less
Nov. 18– Bend it Like Beckham
Dec. 2–4 Vodka Lemon
Jan. 27–29 The Rosa Parks Story
Feb. 3–5 My Left Foot
Feb. 10–12 Thirty Years of Sisterhood: Women in the 1970’s Women’s Liberation Movement in Japan
Feb. 17–19 Alexander Nevsky
Feb. 24–26 Real Women Have Curves
March 3–5 Blue
March 10–12 The Magic Flute
April 14–16 Radiation: A Slow Death: A New Generation of Hibakusha
April 21–23 Devils on the Doorstop
April 28–30 The Red Violin
May 5–7 Eyes Without a Face
May 12–14 Paint Your Wagon
2006–07
Showing Date Title
Aug. 25–27 Maria Full of Grace
Sep. 1–3 Before the Rain
Sep. 8–10 The City of God
Sep. 15–17 Little Otik
Sep. 22–24 Rosenstrasse
Sep. 29–Oct. 1 Earth
Oct. 6–8 My Neighbor Totoro
Oct. 27–29 Nosferatu
Nov. 3–5 The Opium War
Nov. 10–12 Wedding in Galilee
Nov. 17–19 Three Crowns of the Sailor
Dec. 1–3 Yidl in the Middle: Growing Up Jewish in Iowa
Jan. 26–28 Intimate Stories
Feb. 2–4 Whale Rider
Feb. 9–11 La Dolce Vita
Feb. 16–18 Touch the Sound
Feb. 23–25 Dirty Filthy Love
March 2–4 Happy Times
March 9–11 Wrestling with Manhood. Boys, Bullying and Battering
April 6–8 My Architect
April 13–15 Yossi and Jagger
April 20–22 The Wicker Man
April 27–29 Charulata
May 4–6 Traces of Stones (Spur der Steine)
2007–08
Showing Date Title
Aug. 31–Sept. 2 Burnt by the Sun
Sep. 7–9 The House of Sand
Sep. 14–16 Divine Intervention
Sep. 21–23 Before Night Falls
Sep. 28–30 Brassed Off
Oct. 5–6 400 Blows
Oct. 12–14 Battle of Algiers
Nov. 2–4 After the Revolution
Nov. 9–11 Tsotsi
Nov. 16–18 Taboo (Gohatto)
Nov. 30–Dec. 2 The Oak
Dec. 7–9 Why We Fight
Jan. 25–27 Paris je t’aime
Feb. 1–3 Touch the Sound
Feb. 8–10 A Talking Picture (Um Filme Falado)
Feb. 15–17 Central Station
Feb. 22–24 Behind the Sun
Feb. 29–March 2 Born into Brothels
March 7–9 Days of Glory
April 4–6 Carmen
April 11–13 West Side Story
April 18–20 The Ice Rink (La patinoire)
April 25–27 Night at the Opera
May 2–4 Children of Men
2008–09
Showing Date Title
Dec. 7–8 Mindf*%k Film Festival (co-sponsored with SGA Films and Center for Humanities)
  • Mulholland Drive
  • Big Bang Love, Juvenile A*
  • Pistol Opera
  • Last Year at Marienbad
  • Stalker
April 6–17 Animation Film Festival
  • April 6: Caravaggio
  • April 8: Aelita: Queen of Mars
  • April 10: A Zed and Two Noughts
  • April 13: Phantom Museums
  • April 17: Paprika
2009–10
Showing Date Title
Sep. 11 The Code
Oct. 3 Cinema Paradisio
Oct. 3 Brazil
Nov. 6 Accomplished Silent Shorts
Dec. 4–6 Cinefest, International Women’s Film Festival – film screenings all weekend
  • Dreaming Rivers
  • Daughters Of The Dust
  • Circles Of Confusion
  • La Mujer Sin Cabeza (The Headless Woman)
  • Thriller
  • Orlando
  • Freak Orlando
  • Khush
  • A Song Of Ceylon
  • The Velvet Tigress
  • Sita Sings The Blues
Feb. 24 Film screenings followed by discussion dinner
  • The Spook Who Sat By The Door
  • A.K.A. Mrs. George Gilbert
March 12 Morphia
Lotman’s World
Rabbit A La Berlin
April 7–9 Suzi Yoonessi visit and screening of her film Dear Lemon Lima on campus and at The Strand
May 7–9 Maggots and Men
2010–11
Showing Date Title
Sep. 17 Films of The Moving Crew – Croatian visiting artists (Tilly Woodward and Lee Running)
Sep. 28 Curtis Chen visit – screening of Victor Who and Q and A session (Nan Ma)
Oct. 2 Parents Weekend – Art House Thriller Double Feature screening of The Third Man and Blow Up at the Harris Center and The Strand
Nov. 5 Screening of Lage Raho Munna Bai as part of the Diwali celebration on campus (Tim Dobe)
Nov. 30 Screening of Strange Culture (shown in conjunction with Steve Kurtz visit to campus as a Convocation speaker Dec. 2)
Dec. 7 Screening of The Wedding Song and panel discussion with 3 faculty members (Katya Gibel-Mevorach)
Feb. 13 Utopia in Four Movements – large campus event being planned in conjunction with Public Performance (Rachel Bly)
March 1 Greek shorts accompanied by live music by student musicians
April 8 Nina Paley visits for the screening of her film Sita Sings the Blues (Tim Dobe)
April 30 TEZA (Haile Gerima, 2008) – Greek shorts accompanied by live music provided by student musicians (Katya Gibel-Mevorach)
2011–12
Showing Date Title
Sep. 9 Bread and Puppet Theatre
Sep. 16 Resist
Sep. 24 Breakfast at Tiffany’s (at The Strand during Family Weekend)
Nov. 28 Occupy This – Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping
Nov. 29 Exit Through the Gift Shop
March 18 Taqwacore (hosted 6 guests involving a reading, director talk, film screening, and concert)
May 8 Chico and Rita
2012–13
Showing Date Title
Nov. 2 CFC Political Weekend (Hosted 3 guests)
Janeane From Des Moines
Medium Cool
Nov. 30 Monty Python Fest
  • Life of Brian
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Dec. 15–16 Pre-Finals Weekend: Fantasies of Bogart
  • Casablanca
  • Maltese Falcon
Feb. 6 Le Chemin noir (Hosted director Abdallah Badis)
March 11 Jai Bhim Comrade (Hosted Anand Patwardhan, director)
2013–14
Showing Date Title
Nov. 20 Hollywood, Billy Wilder, and the Anti-Nazi Film
(Billy Wilder’s 1961 Cold War comedy: One, Two, Three)
March 6 Days of Heaven (with Prof. Richard Leppert)
April 1–2 Taiwanese Film Series (with director Hung Hung):
  • The Human Comedy
  • A Time for Dancing
May 1 Wong Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest with Mike Closson
2014–15
Showing Date Title
Jan. 28 Pulp Fiction
Feb. 11 Ida
March 11 Chunking Express
April 15 Eraserhead
April 29 Shacks and Shanties/Medium Cool
May 4 Unveiled (Fremde Haut) (and talk: Queering the Fortress Europe with guest Katrin Sieg)
2015–16
Showing Date Title
Sep. 26 Do The Right Thing
Nov. 14 Timbuktu (organized by the French and Arabic department)
Nov. 22 Our School with panel discussion
Feb. 6 Bound: Africans vs. African Americans
Feb. 13 Celebrating Anna May Wong: Screenings of Shanghai Express and Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words
March 6 Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years and an Artists’ Coffeehouse
April 6 Exploring Radical Politics in Jerusalem with director Michael Teutsch Screening of Café Ta’amon.
2016–17
Showing Date Title
Sep. 18 VIVA (with panel discussion, Cuban buffet)
Nov. 13 The Jazz Singer (with guest lecturer Daniel Goldmark)
April 12 Fidelity (and discussion with director Ilker Catak)
April 12 Tschick (and discussion with director Ilker Catak)
April 23 Demain/Tomorrow
2017–18
Showing Date Title
Oct. 10 U-Turn (with director Luis Argueta)
Oct. 28 Star Wars (with Prof. James Buhler)
Feb. 23 Moonlight (with panel discussion “Racecraft, Representations, and Afro Latinos”)
April 23 Diversity in Filmmaking: Independent Film from the Fringes (Screening of several shorts by filmmaker April Dobbins ’99)
Alabamaland excerpt
Cutter
Paradise
An Uncredited Choice
Ballet Bus
2018–19
Showing Date Title
Oct. 4 El Limpiador (with director Adrian Saba)
April 8 Beijing Bicycle and workshop with Tom Gold ("An 'Old Youth' looks at Youth in China Today")
May 2 The Moving Tent (in conjunction with a dance workshop by Yeh Su-ling)

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