Film
Events This Week:
Monday, February 23rd, 6-7pm: Dartmouth Film Society Meeting
(Wilson 205)
The Dartmouth Film Society is a student organization that meets once a week to discuss the films playing at the Hopkins Center, debate important issues (like whether Ghostbusters is the best film
of all time), write program notes, critique new movie trailers and vote on series proposals for future terms. You don’t have to be an expert - you just have to have an opinion!
Monday, February 23rd, 7pm: Sonic Landscapes Film Screening: “Leviathan (2012)”
(VAC 001, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Free and Open to the Public)
Part of the weekly film screening for Sonic Landscapes. Film followed by discussion and Q&A. Leviathan (2012) by Lucien Castaign-Taylor, Verena Paravel.
Runtime: 87 min.
Tuesday, February 24th, 7pm: EYEWASH: Suzan Pitt
(Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Free and Open to the Public)
Screening and Performance series: co-sponsored by the Department of Women and Gender Studies and CineSalon. Suzan Pitt's works have pushed the boundaries of the animated film form, thriving in
both the art world and the television, theatrical, and festival venues. She has had major exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Holly Solomon Gallery in New York, and the Stedlijk Museum in Amsterdam. She has designed two operas in Germany,
which were the first operas to include animated images for the stage (Damnation of Faust, and The Magic Flute). Pitt is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Fulbright Scholar Award, three National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, and a Rockefeller
Fellowship. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Walker Art Center, The Museum of Modern Art, and the Film museum in Amsterdam. Her films have been broadcast on PBS, The Sundance Channel, Showtime, Channel Four in England, and PayTV in Germany.
Friday, February 27th, 7pm: Film Special: “National Gallery”
(Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center, $5 for students)
Introduction by Michael Taylor, Director, Hood Museum
Master documentarian Frederick Wiseman takes us inside the National Gallery for a privileged look that deepens our appreciation for art and its upkeep. Like many of Wiseman’s films
(At Berkeley), it is a portrait of a place—its way of adapting to the digital age; its staff, who radiate knowledge and passion; and the paintings of Da Vinci, Vermeer and Turner (to name a few), which continue to raise fascinating historical questions about
religion, aesthetics and society. D: Frederick Wiseman, US, 2014, Runtime: 181m.
Saturday, February 28th, 5pm & 8pm: Hop Film: “The Imitation Game”
(Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center, $5 for students)
Most don't know the recently revealed and utterly compelling history of Enigma code breaker Alan Turing, a genius who single-handedly saved the Allies by staying ahead of Hitler's every move.
Benedict Cumberbatch is poised to earn his first Oscar nod as the brilliant, off-putting, yet vulnerable mathematician who's always the smartest person in the room—but doesn't play well with others. Keira Knightley co-stars as a gifted puzzle-solver and the
best friend he so desperately needs. D: Morton Tyldum, US/UK, 2014, Runtime: 114m.
Sunday, March 1st, 4pm: DFS Film: “The Lion in Winter”
(Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center, $5 for students)
Katharine Hepburn earned one of her five Oscars for portraying the legendary Eleanor of Aquitaine. Even at Christmas, Eleanor and King Henry II (Peter O’Toole) can’t resist engaging in a battle
of royal wits that pits elder son Richard (Anthony Hopkins) against his brothers, while the cunning King Philip of France (Timothy Dalton) has a few cards to play himself. Fueled by clever dialogue and rich history, this ruthless chess game reveals deep truths
about love, power and the desire for both. D: Anthony Harvey, UK, 1968, Runtime: 134m.
Now Playing at the Nugget:
The Imitation Game
American Sniper
Still Alice
Goodbye to Language 3D (Ends Thursday, February 26th)
Ongoing Film Opportunities:
1. Interested in
TV? Email [log in to unmask] to see how you can get involved in
Dartmouth Television!
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.
Jamie Dickinson, formerly of the BBC, will lead a presentation on the art of Color Grading for Film on Thursday, February 26th at 7PM-830PM in the Visual Arts Center Digital Lab (room 109) as
part of the Images in Motion Series.
Also, Thursday, February 26 at 4PM-530PM (in room 109), Eli Burakian, Dartmouth's own college photographer will lead a workshop on Lightroom Basics.
Upcoming workshops:
Mar 5, After Effects, Basics 4PM-530PM &
MoVi, steady cams systems with guest filmmaker, Ben Silberfarb, 7PM-830PM, Visual Arts Center (room 109).
The 15W workshop schedule, all are set for Thursdays 4 – 5:30 pm:
DWS (Digital Workshop)
Feb 26 Lightroom Basics (Eli Burakian, the College Photographer).
Mar 5 After Effects Basics
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Also, IIM (Images in Motion) workshop series, all set for Thursdays 7 – 8:30 pm:
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).
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