Jack Benny and Carole Lombard portray Polish actors pitted against wisecracking Nazis in wartime Warsaw in a bold, subversive Ernst Lubitsch satire decades ahead of its time.
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This series looks at a selection of the works that influenced director and guest programmer Aaron Schimberg’s (Chained for Life, Go Down Death) acclaimed forthcoming film, A Different Man. Aspects of the filmmaker’s powerful interrogation of self-image, disfigurement, and madness are foreshadowed in towering masterworks by David Lynch, Nicholas Ray, Tsai Ming-liang, Carl Theodor Dreyer, John Cassavetes, Luis Buñuel, and many more—screening in 35mm exclusively. Along with this slate of surreal and subversive cinematic gems, BAM is thrilled to feature an advance screening of A Different Man.
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Shoot the Piano Player
Sep 13—Sep 15, 2024
Shoot the Piano Player
Sep 13—Sep 15, 2024The iconic French singer and actor Charles Aznavour triumphs as mild-mannered saloon pianist Charlie Koller in François Truffaut’s playful homage to American film noir.
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Bigger Than Life
Sep 13—Sep 17, 2024
Bigger Than Life
Sep 13—Sep 17, 2024In one of his most striking roles, James Mason plays a suburban father and teacher who becomes a psychotic terror after an experimental drug treatment for a life-threatening affliction.
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The Driller Killer
Sep 13—Sep 16, 2024
The Driller Killer
Sep 13—Sep 16, 2024Director Abel Ferrara portrays Reno, a starving artist in sleazy 1970s Manhattan, who snaps when a noisy band moves in next door, and vents his rage with a power drill.
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Opening Night
Sep 14—Sep 19, 2024
Opening Night
Sep 14—Sep 19, 2024After witnessing a fan’s accidental death while rehearsing her latest play, successful actress Myrtle Gordon confronts ghosts, personal demons, and her own mortality as she grapples with her role.
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The Hole
Sep 14—Sep 17, 2024
The Hole
Sep 14—Sep 17, 2024Living in a city beset by endless rain and a mysterious new disease, a lonely single man forms a curious bond with his neighbor through a hole in the floor of his crumbling apartment.
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The Elephant Man
Sep 14—Sep 16, 2024
The Elephant Man
Sep 14—Sep 16, 2024John Hurt earned an Oscar nomination for his extraordinary portrayal of a tortured soul with congenital deformities in David Lynch’s first studio film following Eraserhead.
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That Obscure Object of Desire
Sep 14—Sep 19, 2024
That Obscure Object of Desire
Sep 14—Sep 19, 2024Spanish auteur Luis Buñuel illuminates the essential mysteries of love and desire in the story of Mathieu Faber and his quixotic passion for the fiery young flamenco dancer Conchita.
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The Face Behind the Mask
Sep 15—Sep 16, 2024
The Face Behind the Mask
Sep 15—Sep 16, 2024Versatile screen icon Peter Lorre portrays Janos Szabo, a kindly Hungarian watchmaker who turns to crime after being horribly scarred in a hotel fire on the day of he arrived in America.
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Gertrud
Sep 15—Sep 18, 2024
Gertrud
Sep 15—Sep 18, 2024In the last film made by Danish director and screenwriter Carl Theodor Dreyer, a woman leaves an unfulfilling marriage in search of ideal love, refusing to compromise her ideals.
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Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Sep 15—Sep 18, 2024
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Sep 15—Sep 18, 2024Debonair Hollywood leading man Fredric March won an Academy Award for his portrayal of the title roles in Rouben Mamoulian’s pre-code adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella.