Paterson FilmScene — Opens Friday, Feb. 10 at 4 p.m. In a recent interview with WHYY’s Terri Gross, director Jim Jarmusch discussed his new film, Paterson, about a poet-cum-bus driver […]
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‘Do Not Resist’ documentary to screen at FilmScene for Vino Vérité series
Vino Vérité series presents Do Not Resist FilmScene — Sunday, Jan. 8 at 6:30 p.m. Social Exchange/Vino Vérité screening of Do Not Resist presented by Bread Garden and Little Village […]
‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ closes out its Picture Show run at FilmScene
It’s a Wonderful Life FilmScene — Thursday, Dec. 22 at 3 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 24 at 10 a.m. I remember being a wary, intransigent teenager the first time I […]
The Center for Afrofuturist Studies closes out a stellar year with Interstellar 3
Interstellar 3 FilmScene — Saturday, Dec. 17 at 10:30 p.m. Pack away your year of cares and get ready to dance — the Center for Afrofuturist Studies is celebrating! With […]
‘Moonlight’ in Miami: The new coming-of-age film is powerfully quiet
Moonlight FilmScene — through Thursday, Dec. 1 Loud American cars can sometimes suggest loud, American problems. The opening scenes of Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight feature Mahershala Ali as Juan, a high-placed […]
‘Torrey Pines,’ a new film, comes live-scored to FilmScene
Torrey Pines, live scored by Your Heart Breaks FilmScene — Monday, Oct. 24 at 9 p.m. Clyde Petersen’s stop motion film Torrey Pines, which was Kickstarted into life in 2013, […]
Film ‘The Way We Talk’ to raise stuttering awareness in Iowa City
The Way We Talk: Screening and Discussion FilmScene — Saturday, Oct. 22 at 2 p.m. A movie event on Saturday will work to raise awareness and address social stigmas surrounding […]
‘Starving the Beast:’ Film, discussion event asks whether public universities should be businesses or a public good
Starving the Beast: The Battle to Disrupt and Reform America’s Public Universities Englert Theatre — Monday, Oct. 17 A free screening and discussion of the film Starving the Beast: The […]
After Birth: With Nate Parker’s ‘The Birth of a Nation,’ a page has decisively turned
The Birth of a Nation FilmScene — opens Friday, Oct. 7 at 1 p.m. A century after D.W. Griffith released The Birth of a Nation (1915), one of the most […]
Alloy Orchestra to score ‘Man with a Movie Camera’ at the Englert Theatre
Alloy Orchestra Presents: Man with a Movie Camera Englert Theatre — Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. The Alloy Orchestra will be performing the live score for the silent classic […]
Director Brendan Toller talks ‘Danny Says’ ahead of its FilmScene screening
Danny Says, Art House Theater Day FilmScene — Saturday, Sept. 24 at 6 p.m. Danny Fields is a countercultural Zelig. The new documentary Danny Says provides a glimpse into an […]
In anticipation of John Waters’ visit, FilmScene dives into ‘Deep Waters’
“Deep Waters” series FilmScene — begins Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 10 p.m. Filmmaker and raconteur John Waters is returning to the Englert Theatre for “Filthier & Dirtier,” a special one-night […]