Filmmaker Spotlight Series: Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain at Real Art Ways

Come early to check out 4Ever Vintage’s pop-up shop featuring Western wear inspired by the film! 4Ever will be onsite starting at 4pm on Saturday. There will be a short intro and post-film conversation led by Ian Ally-Seals, film programming coordinator and curator for this series. — “We conclude the Filmmaker Spotlight: Ang Lee series with one of his most influential films to date. Brokeback Mountain‘s compassionate and unblinking look at its same-sex love story cleared a path for queer…

“Feels spiritually nourishing in a way few films can manage.” – The New York Times “You could just listen to it or just watch it, and have a great experience either way. With both, it feels transcendent.” – Nonfics “Reflects the constant presence of the unknown in our lives as a reminder to seize solitude amid the bustle of everyday existence, to be quiet and still, to look up and consider the universe.” – RogerEbert.com Austrian astronomer Karl is at…

As part of the theatrical release, Magnolia Pictures proudly presents 26 minutes of exclusive, remastered footage from a rare solo performance at The Middle East in Cambridge, MA, filmed on February 19, 1994. This previously unreleased set will screen immediately after the film, offering fans and newcomers a rare opportunity to experience Jeff Buckley’s raw, unfiltered brilliance. — “[T]he music is terrific, and the time capsule aspect of his early 1990s life in New York’s East Village will surely delight…

American political economist, professor, author, and social media sensation Robert Reich worked under presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. He served as Secretary of Labor in President Bill Clinton’s cabinet, and as a member of President Barack Obama’s economic transition advisory board. Reich is known for his work on economic inequality and as a champion of public education and American democracy. He is one of America’s most prominent public intellectuals. The Last Class is a nuanced and deeply personal portrait…

“…for superfans, “Kerouac’s Road: The Beat of a Nation” will play like a party, and probably drive the repeat reader right back to the book. What’s true about “On the Road” — like most books with broad appeal to those still in the throes of youthful idealism — is that when you return to the text, you encounter not just the book but also yourself, who you were when you first read it and all the selves you’ve been in…

“When discussing his approach to making Hulk, Ang Lee stated that he was, “attempting to make filet mignon from American hamburger.” You can see this approach in every frame of the film. Ang Lee dives deep into the comic book form, bringing everything from complex panel structure to epic themes onto the big screen. It is a quirky, playful experiment in adaptation. The film also has bombastic and thrilling fight scenes. It is the Hulk, after all.” – Ian Ally-Seals,…

“For all of his genre-bending on display, Kurosawa is interested in something more real and more dark about humanity’s capacity for greed and bitterness, and the quiet ways that the internet can further mutate those diseases in us.” – New York Times “Unfolding at a hauntingly subdued register before unleashing its pent-up tension during its final act, director Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cloud skewers the anonymity that characterizes our presence in online spaces.” – Chicago Reader 92% on Rotten Tomatoes A stylish,…

“Your mileage will vary according to your stomach for this stuff, but I found myself breathless with giggles at times, sometimes the therapeutic laugh of recognition and sometimes because Aster has a keen eye for what’s most absurd about human nature.” – New York Times “Aster’s vision of our simmering tensions and the grifters who profit from them is challenging and imperfect but never less than captivating.” – Detroit News “Aster manages to spike tension without losing the reins over…

“Neither too “oy vey” nor “Weekend at Bernie’s” but steeped in the best aspects of both Jewish and black comedy, “Bad Shabbos” is a treat any night of the week.” – The San Francisco Chronicle 90% on Rotten Tomatoes With an ensemble cast starring Jon Bass, Meghan Leathers, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Ashley Zukerman, Milana Vayntrub, Theo Taplitz, Catherine Curtin, John Bedford Lloyd, David Paymer and Kyra Sedgwick. An engaged interfaith couple is about to have their parents meet for…

“This film is a perfect place to kick off our Filmmaker Spotlight: Ang Lee series because it highlights a central theme in all of Lee’s work: Finding meaning through human relationships. While the framework of Eat, Drink, Man, Woman is art (in this case, cooking) it is the familial relationships that are both fulfilling and confounding.” – Ian Ally-Seals, Film Programming Coordinator & Curator for this series “This is a startlingly superior piece of craftsmanship, with the flavour of life…