Film Events This Week:
Friday, February 13th, 7pm: Hop Film: “Nightcrawler”
(Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center, $5 for students)
Jake Gyllenhaal gives a career-best performance in Dan Gilroy ‘81’s pulse-pounding thriller about a rising crime-journalist desperate for recognition. Following crashes, fires, and other mayhem, each police siren wail equals a possible windfall—but he soon finds himself edging toward the wrong side of the crime tape. While putting society’s fascination with violence under the microscope is unsettling enough, the film's portrayal of the darker side of human ambition is even more chilling. D: Dan Gilroy, US, 2014, Runtime: 117m
https://hop.dartmouth.edu/Online/hop_film_nightcrawler
Saturday, February 14th, 12:30pm: MET Opera in HD: “Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle” (Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center, $10 for students)
Mariusz Treliński, artistic director of Warsaw’s Polish National Opera, makes his Met debut with a double bill of two rarely performed one-act works: Tchaikovsky’s romantic fairy tale Iolanta, about the psychological awakening of a blind princess, and Bartók’s harrowing Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, in which newlywed Judith must open seven locked doors to discover the full depths of her husband’s dark secrets. Valery Gergiev conducts the double bill, which is a co-production with Teatr Wielki-Polish National Opera. Anna Netrebko stars as the title character in Iolanta, with Piotr Beczala and Alexey Markov as Vaudémont and Robert, two rivals for her love. Nadja Michael sings the central role of Judith in Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, with Mikhail Petrenko as her mysterious and menacing new husband. Runtime: 219m
https://hop.dartmouth.edu/Online/met_opera_iolanta_and_bluebeards_castle
Saturday, February 14th, 2pm: Film Special: “Gone with the Wind”
(Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, $5 for students)
Period romance. War epic. Family saga. Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, stars aglow with charisma and passion. Moviemaking craft at its height. These are sublimely joined in the wordsGone with the Wind. Margaret Mitchell’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the Civil War-era South returns to the silver screen for its 75th Anniversary, digitally restored in 4K resolution with a majestic vibrancy that befits one of Hollywood’s greatest achievements. D: David O. Selznick, US, 1939, Runtime: 238m https://hop.dartmouth.edu/Online/film_special_gone_with_the_wind
Saturday, February 14th, 7pm: Film Special: “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
(Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center, $5 for students)
Wes Anderson’s latest recounts the adventures of Gustave H (Ralph Fiennes), a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the world wars. Gustave and his lobby boy Zero Moustafa are swept up in the theft of a Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune—all against the backdrop of a dramatically changing Continent. Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Jude Law, Harvey Keitel, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton and Owen Wilson join in on all the madcap fun. D: Wes Anderson, US, 2014, Runtime: 99m
https://hop.dartmouth.edu/Online/film_special_the_grand_budapest_hotel
Saturday, February 14th, 7pm: Film Special: “2015 Academy Award-Nominated Shorts: Animated” (Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, $5 for students)
Here's your exclusive chance to see the animated short film nominees before Oscar Night. Traditionally among the year’s most creative and surprising work, these gems are also the most difficult to find. The slate features the five nominees and four additional award winners, including the newest by master animator Bill Plympton. Come and meet a unique cast of characters: a very hungry puppy (Disney’s Feast), a young girl perpetually embarrassed by her parents and a pig who protects his village from a nearby dam (The Dam Keeper). Runtime: 77m Image: 2015 nominee: Me and My Moulton
https://hop.dartmouth.edu/Online/met_opera_iolanta_and_bluebeards_castle
Sunday, February 15th, 12:30pm: MET Opera in HD: “Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle”
(Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, $10 for students)
Mariusz Treliński, artistic director of Warsaw’s Polish National Opera, makes his Met debut with a double bill of two rarely performed one-act works: Tchaikovsky’s romantic fairy tale Iolanta, about the psychological awakening of a blind princess, and Bartók’s harrowing Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, in which newlywed Judith must open seven locked doors to discover the full depths of her husband’s dark secrets. Valery Gergiev conducts the double bill, which is a co-production with Teatr Wielki-Polish National Opera. Anna Netrebko stars as the title character in Iolanta, with Piotr Beczala and Alexey Markov as Vaudémont and Robert, two rivals for her love. Nadja Michael sings the central role of Judith in Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, with Mikhail Petrenko as her mysterious and menacing new husband. Runtime: 219m
https://hop.dartmouth.edu/Online/met_opera_iolanta_and_bluebeards_castle
Sunday, February 15th, 4pm & 7pm: DFS Film: “The Homesman”
(Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center, $5 for students)
When three Nebraska women are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the moral and ever-capable Mary Bee Cuddy (Hilary Swank) agrees to transport them east to safety. A whiskey-soaked drifter (Tommy Lee Jones) is hired as (reluctant) protection but these two archetypes evolve into complex, vulnerable and unpredictable human beings. Both a captivating western and a meticulous, devastating feminist critique of the genre, Homesman marks Swank’s welcome return to the big screen. D: Tommy Lee Jones, US, 2014, Runtime: 120m
https://hop.dartmouth.edu/Online/dfs_film_the_homesman
Now Playing at the Nugget:
A Most Violent Year
The Imitation Game
American Sniper
Black Sea
Titanic (February 13th and 14th only)
The Theory of Everything (Opens February 13th - One week only)
Big Hero 6 (Opens February 14th)
Ongoing Film Opportunities:
1. Interested in TV? Email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> to see how you can get involved in Dartmouth Television![Description: https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/RnNZfQn2o2xpggJQqefCOervMbPIci5mujDPJnvl43kv6Rtxjyh5gHN_JKVzeU-aaGz3pePFgxfoAAtZJZNx8mveVTc-11j98EfuAJVcumUenA=s0-d-e1-ft#https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif]
2. The Digital Lab in the Black Family Visual Arts Center will be hosting open lab hours this term led by Chris Ivanyi. Sun: 6-9pm, Mon: 3-5pm & 6-9pm, Tues: 3-5pm, Wed: 3-5pm & 6-9pm, Thurs: 3-5pm. In the Digital Lab you can learn about working with Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, and other photo/video editing software. Thursdays, please join us 4:00-5:30pm for the following workshops:
Feb 12 Photoshop Basics (David Klinges)
Feb 19 Illustrator Basics (Christopher Ivanyi)
Feb 26 Lightroom Basics (***guest presenter, Eli Burakian, the College Photographer)
Mar 5 After Effects Basics (Christopher Ivanyi)
Also, IIM (Images in Motion) workshop series, all set for Thursdays from 7 – 8:30 pm:
Feb 12: GIFS – create Gifs for the web
Feb 19: The MIX – sound mixing with ProTools
Feb 26: The GRADE – color grading in DaVinci
Mar 5: MoVi – steadi system for handheld camera operation
(please check the website for up to date information : http://sites.dartmouth.edu/digitallab/ , or the big poster at VAC digital lab, room 109).
And please RSVP: [log in to unmask]
3. Looking for an internship in the entertainment industry? Join the DAEMA Internship Google Group for updates on what is available: http://groups.google.com/group/daema_jobsinternships
Feel free to contact me:
- If you have events that you want included on this email next week.
- If you can think of a way for me to improve these emails.
Best,
Mykel Nairne '16
Assistant to the Department of Film and Media Studies
Dartmouth College