ROAD MOVIES, 38-Film Festival of Classics Opens Nov 12 at Film Forum

NOVEMBER 12 – DECEMBER 2

 

Gus Van Sant’s MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO

 

Series includes Terrence Malick’s BADLANDS, Wong Kar-Wai’s HAPPY TOGETHER, Ida Lupino’s THE HITCH-HIKER, 

Spike Lee’s GET ON THE BUS, Nicholas Ray’s THEY LIVE BY NIGHT, Ingmar Bergman’s WILD STRAWBERRIES, Steven Spielberg’s DUEL,

Jean-Luc Godard’s PIERROT LE FOU, Alfonso Cuarón’s Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN, Gus Van Sant’s MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO, and many others

 

Film Forum is pleased to present ROAD MOVIES, a 38-film festival of classics dedicated to the transformative milieu of the open road, running for three weeks from Friday, November 12 to Thursday, December 2 with select 35mm screenings.

 

Author/film critic/historian Leonard Maltin, writer of the new book Starstruck: My Unlikely Road to Hollywood, will introduce the Sunday, November 14 screenings of BEGGARS OF LIFE and SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS (via Zoom). With live piano accompaniment by Steve Sterner at BEGGARS OF LIFE.

 

Selected titles supported by the Robert E. Appel Fund for Spanish and Portuguese Language Films, the George Fasel Memorial Fund for French Classic Cinema, and the Robert Jolin Osborne Endowed Fund for American Classic Cinema

 

PUBLIC SCREENING SCHEDULE:

 

Friday, November 12

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT

(1934, Frank Capra) DCP. 12:30

 

DETOUR

(1945, Edgar G. Ulmer) DCP. 2:45

 

IL SORPASSO

(1962, Dino Risi) DCP. 4:25

 

LA STRADA

(1954, Federico Fellini) DCP. 6:40

 

THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT

(1994, Stephan Elliott) DCP. 9:05

 

Saturday, November 13

GUN CRAZY

(1950, Joseph H. Lewis) 35mm. 12:15

 

THEY LIVE BY NIGHT

(1948, Nicholas Ray) 35mm. 2:15

 

BONNIE AND CLYDE

(1967, Arthur Penn) 35mm. 4:20

 

THE GETAWAY

(1972, Sam Peckinpah) DCP. 6:40

 

BADLANDS

(1973, Terrence Malick) DCP. 9:15

 

Sunday, November 14

BEGGARS OF LIFE

(1928, William A. Wellman) DCP. 12:30

Introduced by film critic/historian Leonard Maltin via Zoom

Live Piano Accompaniment by Steve Sterner

 

SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS

(1941, Preston Sturges) 35mm. 2:40

Introduced by film critic/historian Leonard Maltin via Zoom

 

O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?

(2000, Coen Bros.) DCP. 4:40

 

BADLANDS

(1973, Malick) 35mm. 7:00

 

THELMA & LOUISE

(1991, Ridley Scott) DCP. 9:15

 

Monday, November 15

SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS

(1941, Sturges) 35mm. 12:30

 

O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?

(2000, Coen Bros.) DCP. 2:30

 

BADLANDS

(1973, Malick) DCP. 4:45

 

IL SORPASSO

(1962, Risi) DCP. 6:50

 

EASY RIDER

(1969, Dennis Hopper) DCP. 9:10

 

Tuesday, November 16

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT

(1934, Capra) DCP. 2:30

 

THEY LIVE BY NIGHT

(1948, Ray) 35mm. 4:45

 

MAD MAX

(1979, George Miller) DCP. 9:20

 

Wednesday, November 17

THELMA & LOUISE

(1991, Scott) DCP. 12:30

 

WENDY AND LUCY

(2008, Kelly Reichardt) 35mm. 2:40

 

LOST IN AMERICA

(1985, Albert Brooks) DCP. 4:30 & 9:00

 

TRUE ROMANCE

(1993, Tony Scott) DCP. 6:30

 

Thursday, November 18

PARIS, TEXAS

(1984, Wim Wenders) DCP. 12:30 & 8:15

 

ALICE IN THE CITIES

(1974, Wim Wenders) DCP. 3:30

 

VAGABOND

(1985, Agnès Varda) DCP. 5:50

 

Friday, November 19

WILD AT HEART

(1990, David Lynch) 35mm. 12:30

 

THE STRAIGHT STORY

(1999, David Lynch) 35mm. 3:10

 

DOWN BY LAW

(1986, Jim Jarmusch) DCP. 5:30

 

MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO

(1991, Gus Van Sant) DCP. 7:50

 

DETOUR

(1945, Ulmer) DCP. 10:10

 

Saturday, November 20

THE STRAIGHT STORY

(1999, Lynch) 35mm. 12:30

 

MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO

(1991, Van Sant) DCP. 2:50

 

PIERROT LE FOU

(1965, Jean-Luc Godard) DCP. 5:10

 

WILD AT HEART

(1990, Lynch) 35mm. 7:40

 

Sunday, November 21

LA STRADA

(1954, Fellini) DCP. 12:30

 

WILD STRAWBERRIES

(1957, Ingmar Bergman) DCP. 2:55

 

IL SORPASSO

(1962, Risi) DCP. 4:55

 

DOWN BY LAW

(1986, Jarmusch) DCP. 7:10

 

DUEL

(1971, Steven Spielberg) DCP. 9:25

 

Monday, November 22

THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS

(1974, Steven Spielberg) DCP. 12:30

 

WILD STRAWBERRIES

(1957, Bergman) DCP. 2:50

 

LA STRADA

(1954, Fellini) DCP. 4:50

 

DUEL

(1971, Spielberg) DCP. 7:15

 

DETOUR

(1945, Ulmer) DCP. 9:15

 

Tuesday, November 23

MIDNIGHT RUN

(1988, Martin Brest) DCP. 12:30

 

BADLANDS

(1973, Malick) DCP. 3:10

 

THE HITCH-HIKER

(1953, Ida Lupino) DCP. 5:10

 

THE GETAWAY

(1972, Peckinpah) DCP. 8:55

 

Wednesday, November 24

MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO

(1991, Van Sant) DCP. 12:30

 

TRUE ROMANCE

(1993, Scott) DCP. 3:00

 

THE STRAIGHT STORY

(1999, Lynch) 35mm. 5:45

 

WILD AT HEART

(1990, Lynch) 35mm. 8:10

 

Thursday, November 25

PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE

(1985, Tim Burton) DCP. 12:30

 

LOST IN AMERICA

(1985, Brooks) DCP. 2:30

 

WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD

(1933, William A. Wellman) 35mm. 4:30

 

MIDNIGHT RUN

(1988, Brest) DCP. 6:10

 

THE HITCH-HIKER

(1953, Lupino) DCP. 8:50

 

Friday, November 26

HAPPY TOGETHER

(1997, Wong Kar-wai) DCP. 12:15 & 9:20

 

ALICE IN THE CITIES

(1974, Wenders) DCP. 2:20

 

GET ON THE BUS

(1996, Spike Lee) 35mm. 4:40

 

TWO-LANE BLACKTOP

(1971, Monte Hellman) 35mm. 7:10

 

Saturday, November 27

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT

(1934, Capra) DCP. 12:15

 

ALICE IN THE CITIES

(1974, Wenders) DCP. 2:30

 

MAD MAX

(1979, Miller) DCP. 4:50

 

HAPPY TOGETHER

(1997, Wong) DCP. 7:00

 

TWO-LANE BLACKTOP

(1971, Hellman) 35mm. 9:10

 

Sunday, November 28

THE HITCH-HIKER

(1953, Lupino) DCP. 12:30

 

WILD STRAWBERRIES

(1957, Bergman) DCP. 2:10

 

VAGABOND

(1985, Varda) DCP. 4:10

 

THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT

(1994, Elliott) DCP. 6:35

 

EASY RIDER

(1969, Hopper) DCP. 8:45

 

Monday, November 29

IL SORPASSO

(1962, Risi) DCP. 12:30

 

LA STRADA

(1954, Fellini) DCP. 2:45

 

THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT

(1994, Elliott) DCP. 5:10

 

WENDY AND LUCY

(2008, Reichardt) 35mm. 7:25

 

THEY LIVE BY NIGHT

(1948, Ray) 35mm. 9:15

 

Tuesday, November 30

WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD

(1933, Wellman) 35mm. 2:40

 

THELMA & LOUISE

(1991, Scott) DCP. 4:20

 

PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE

(1985, Burton) DCP. 9:30

 

Wednesday, December 1

THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES

(2004, Walter Salles) DCP. 12:30 & 5:30

 

Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN

(2001, Alfonso Cuarón) DCP. 3:10 & 8:10

 

Thursday, December 2

THEY LIVE BY NIGHT

(1948, Ray) 35mm. 12:30

 

THE GETAWAY

(1972, Peckinpah) DCP. 2:35

 

BONNIE AND CLYDE

(1967, Penn) 35mm. 5:10

 

BADLANDS

(1973, Malick) DCP. 7:30

 

GUN CRAZY

(1950, Lewis) 35mm. 9:30

 

Film Forum’s repertory calendar is programmed by Bruce Goldstein

Associate: Elspeth Carroll

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