Tonight at 5:00pmSMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES (É proibido fumar, 2009) Anna Muylaert. 86min. Baby is a chain-smoking guitar teacher in her forties who craves a romantic relationship. When musician Max moves into the apartment next door, she sees the possibility of turning her lonely life around. Instead, she unexpectedly finds herself involved in a […]
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TONIGHT!! Baby Boomer Film Festival – Wechsler Theater 7pm
Tonight’s film screening is of Coming Home, which can also be found in the Media Services Home Use Collection. Coming Home is a sad, poignant love story set against the social upheaval of the Vietnam war. Set in 1968, the story concerns a woman who, while her husband is serving in Vietnam, falls in love […]
Continue readingTONIGHT!! Film Screening 7pm in Ward 1 – Born Into Brothels
Tonight, Tuesday, October 19 at 7pm in Ward 1. Born into Brothels, by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski, is the winner of the 77th annual Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, Born into Brothels is a portrait of several unforgettable children who […]
Continue reading11th Annual Human Rights Film Series in Underway!
The School of Communication’s Center for Social Media is co-presenting the 11th Annual Human Rights Film Series along with the AU Washington College of Law Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. Films will be screened on Thursdays between September 23 and October 28 from 5:30pm – 8:00pm at the American University Katzen Arts Center, […]
Continue readingTONIGHT! This Summer’s Final Screen on the Green – Bonnie and Clyde
Tonight, in a few short hours, will be the final Screen on the Green for the summer. Tonight’s film is Bonnie and Clyde. Media Services has this classic on DVD and we also have a Blu-ray version. See Screen on the Green details below: What It’s About:Meet Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. They rob banks. […]
Continue readingFilmfest DC Thurs, April 15 through Sunday, April 25
Filmfest DC, Washington’s longest running and most prestigious film festival, is set to kickoff April 15 with eleven days of the best in new international cinema. This year the festival will feature provocative Italian films and cutting edge work from Romania, the hottest spot on the international cinema scene. Fans can also look forward to […]
Continue readingTONIGHT – Tuesday, March 23 at 7pm – Nick Clooney Presents… Movies that Chnaged Us
Tuesday March 23 at 7pm in Ward 2The Movies that Changed Us Join Nick Clooney for an evening of clips from Birth of a Nation (1915), Love Me Tonight (1932), Triumph of the Will (1935), and the Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Discover how each of these films helped change the country’s political and […]
Continue readingFilm Screening Tonight: Tuesday, March 16 at 7pm – Wechsler Theater
Bottled Water: A Big Business with Big Problems(see AU master calendar entry) By Chris O’Brien, AU’s Director of Sustainability, Paul Wapner, Associate Professor, and Jennifer Jones, President of Eco-SenseView the documentary Tapped and get a behind-the-scenes look at the bottled water industry and its vast array of negative consequences, from production of the plastic bottles […]
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