FILM SERIES

Every season, the museum presents a series of documentaries and feature films that engage with central themes of the art on display. These films are selected by the curatorial staff, and shed light on the deeper motivations of artists, give insight into the time period, or demonstrate the ongoing influence of turn-of-the-century art and thought on today's culture. Films are presented free of charge on Mondays at 4 p.m. in Café Fledermaus.

Spring 2012

Our spring film series corresponds to the areas focused on in the current exhibition, The Ronald S. Lauder Collection: medieval to modern art, as well as Austrian and German expressionism.

Films are presented to the public free of charge on Mondays at 4 p.m. in Café Fledermaus. Doors open for seating at 3:30 p.m.

The Name of the Rose (1986)
Monday, January 30 and February 6
The Name of the Rose (1986)

Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, 130 min.

Sean Connery stars as a monk who must solve a murder in a medieval abbey. Based on the novel by Umberto Eco.

 

Radetzkymarsch (1995)
Monday, February 13 and 20
Radetzkymarsch (1995)

Directed by Axel Corti, 255 min.

Max von Sydow and Charlotte Rampling lead a superb cast in this epic tale of an aristocratic family on the eve of World War I. Shown in two parts: Febraury 13 (part one) and February 20 (part two).

The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Monday, February 27 and March 5
The Man Who Laughs (1928)

Directed by Paul Leni, 110 min.

This Gothic tale of a man whose face is disfigured into a permanent grin is a masterwork of German expressionist cinema.

Lust for Life (1956)
Monday, March 12 and 19
Lust for Life (1956)

Directed by Vincente Minnelli, 122 min.

Kirk Douglas portrays Vincent van Gogh and Anthony Quinn his friend Paul Gauguin, in an Academy Award-winning performance.

Un Chien Andalou (1929) and L'Age d'Or (1930)
Monday, March 26 and April 2
Un Chien Andalou (1929) and L'Age d'Or (1930)

Directed by Luis Buñuel, 76 min.

Two classics of Surrealist cinema directed by Luis Buñuel, which use bizarre images to mount scathing attacks on bourgeois society.


For further information about any of the museum's programs, please send an e-mail to museum@neuegalerie.org.