Film Studies News & Events

FILM IN PERELMAN on “Second Sundays” of every month

Posted January 30, 2009

On each second Sunday of the month, take in unexpected pairings of short films totaling one hour.This new film series explores the intersections between life and art by highlighting films by and about artists, many selected from MOMA’s film archive.
Location: the new Perelman Building, Perelman Media Room
Ticket required, includes admission to the galleries.
Cost: Single Tickets [...]


SECRET CINEMA: EARLY EDUCATIONAL: CLASSROOM FILMS OF THE SILENT ERA (2009 edition) & live music at The Secret Cinema at Moore

Posted January 30, 2009

Friday, January 30
8:00 pm
Admission: $7.00
Moore College of Art & Design
20th & Race Streets, Philadelphia
(215) 965-4099
On Friday, January 30, The Secret Cinema at Moore College of Art and Design will revisit an unusual program concept not tapped since we last used it in 2001: EARLY EDUCATIONAL: CLASSROOM FILMS OF THE SILENT ERA. These ultra-rare reels, most [...]


AN EVENING WITH FILMMAKER KELLY REICHARDT AND WRITER JON RAYMOND

Posted January 30, 2009

Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 at 7:30 pm, Science Center 101,
presented by The Department of English Literature and the Program in Film and Media Studies at Swarthmore College

featuring clips from Reichardt’s films, excerpts from Raymond’s stories and conversation

Reichardt’s Wendy and Lucy (opening in Philadelphia Jan. 23, 2009), co-written with Raymond and based on his short story, [...]


PHILADELPHIA CINEMA AND MEDIA STUDIES SEMINAR

Posted January 23, 2009

Please join us for the next Philadelphia Cinema and Media Seminar talk:
Pretty Things: Cinema’s Geopolitics of the Decorative
Rosalind Galt, University of Sussex
Respondent: Elena Gorfinkel, Bryn Mawr College
Friday, January 23, 5:30PM
Temple Univ. Center City room 420
Part of a book project on the “pretty” in cinema, this paper analyzes the aesthetics and politics of the decorative, focusing [...]