The Film Series

Faces in the Crowd:  New York on Film
City of extremes, city of dreams: twelve films reflect the transformative nature of New York on and by its people.  Each screening is preceded by an introduction and followed by a discussion. 

The Film Series is organized by Mark Ethan, a member of the Actors Studio who also presents the Daytime Film Series at the 92nd Street Y's Makor.  Films obtained courtesy of Columbia University's Film Division.

Mondays, March 10 through June 9, 2008 (no meeting on April 21 or May 26); QMA Theatre, 2:00 p.m.; free.

I. Connections, Missed or Made

March 10 - THE CLOCK (1945), directed by Vincente Minnelli, 90 minutes, starring Judy Garland and Robert Walker

March 17 - THE CROWD (1928), directed by King Vidor, 104 minutes, starring James Murray

March 24 - MARTY (1955), directed by Delbert Mann, 91 minutes, starring Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair

March 31 - 13 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING (2001), directed by Jill Sprecher, 104 minutes, starring Matthew McConaughey and Alan Arkin

II. Biting the Big Apple
 
April 7 - THE PAWNBROKER (1964), directed by Sidney Lumet, 116 minutes, starring Rod
                        Steiger
April 14 - MARIA FULL OF GRACE (2005), directed by Joshua Marsten, 101 minutes, starring Catalina Sandino Moreno

April 28 - THE WAR WITHIN (2006), directed by Joseph Castelo, 90 minutes, starring Ayad Akhtar

May 5 - HOME (2006), directed by Dawn Scibilia, 70 minutes, documentary with Woody Allen, Gabriel Byrne, Pete Hamill, Liam Neeson (plus an extended clip from BORAT, 2006)

III. The Kaleidoscopic City

May 12 - Short Stories of Manhattan--four film segments taken from:
"Tales of Manhattan" (dir. Julien Duvivier, 1942, with Charles Laughton)
"O'Henry's Full House" (1952, "The Last Leaf," with Jean Peters)
"La Ciudad" (dir. David Riker, 1997)
"Get That Number" (Stephen Leeds, 1997)

May 19 - PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (1953), directed by Sam Fuller, 80 minutes, starring Richard Widmark and Jean Peters

June 2 - DO THE RIGHT THING (1989), directed by Spike Lee, l20 minutes, starring John Turturro, Danny Aiello and Ossie Davis