Apr 02 Thursday
Set over the course of a single day, La Cocina explores the inner workings of a Times Square restaurant at the turn of the 21st Century, where a stolen bag of cash complicates the secret romance between a Mexican line worker and an American waitress. This wildly inventive film is also a multilingual exploration of labor, language, and dreams—American or otherwise.
Apr 04 Saturday
Apr 09 Thursday
This Oscar-winning epic traces the arc of the 20th century through the life of an avant-garde Hungarian architect who survives the Holocaust and immigrates to the US. A chance encounter with a wealthy American allows him to begin working as an architect again, but his increasingly complex relationship with his patron threatens to compromise his artistic vision—and takes this maximalist film to surprising and shocking places. Screened with an intermission. With the support of the Department of History.
Apr 11 Saturday
Apr 16 Thursday
This documentary tells the complete story of American environmental activist Rachel Carson. Long before she warned the world about pesticides in Silent Spring, Carson became a trailblazing female science writer who published popular articles and bestselling books about humanity’s relationship with the ocean. With the support of the Watershed Studies Institute.
Apr 18 Saturday