Torn Space Theater artistic director Dan Shanahan introduces John Cassavettes’ The Killing of a Chinese Bookie at Hallwalls on February 18th, 2019.
Artist/poet Annette Daniels Taylor introduces Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust—our final of seven Women Direct films—at Hallwalls on November 8th, 2018.
Local film programmer Caitlin Coder introduces Desiree Akhavan’s Appropriate Behavior—our sixth of seven Women Direct films—at Hallwalls on September 19th, 2018.
Nichols High School’s Classic Movie Night curator Andrea Mancuso introduces Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides—our fifth of seven Women Direct films—at Hallwalls on July 19th, 2018.
“The New Cinephilia” author and LOLA Journal co-editor Girish Shambu introduces Olivier Assayas’ Cold Water at Hallwalls on June 7th, 2018.
Riverrun Global Film Series curator Tanya Shilina-Conte introduces Lucrecia Martel’s La Ciénaga—our fourth of seven Women Direct films—at Hallwalls on May 10th, 2018.
Buffalo International Film Festival director Tilke Hill introduces Anna Rose Holmer’s The Fits—our third of seven Women Direct films—at Hallwalls on April 12th, 2018.
Beyond Boundaries Film & Discussion Series curator Ruth Goldman introduces Dee Ress’ Pariah—our second of seven Women Direct films—at Hallwalls on February 8th, 2018.
Beyond Boundaries Film & Discussion Series curator Meg Knowles introduces Kelly Reichardt’s River of Grass—our first of seven Women Direct films—at Hallwalls on January 11th, 2018.
Turner Classic Movies’ Ben Mankiewicz hit up the Buffalo Bills/Tampa Bay Buccaneers game after presenting the TCM Backlot screening of The Natural at North Park Theatre on October 21st, 2017. Image courtesy of his Twitter feed.
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May 16th, 7:00pm
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"Epic yet intimate, A Bread Factory delivers the sprawling storytelling and nourishing drama audiences might expect from its imposing title."
We screen A Bread Factory by Patrick Wang (both pt. 1 &
2 w/ intermission) this Saturday at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center!
A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold (2018)
rottentomatoes.com
Forty years ago, Dorothea (Tyne Daly) and Greta (Elisabeth Henry) moved to the town of Checkford and bought an abandoned bread factory that they transformed into an arts space. Here they host movies, plays, dance, exhibits and artists. It's where civic groups and immigrant communities can meet, wher...Tonight at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center!
"A post-noir masterpiece."
- Jonathan Rosenbaum, The Chicago Reader
"In John Cassavetes’s personal cinema, the director was always trying to break away from the formulas of Hollywood narrative, in order to uncover some fugitive truth about the way people behave. At the same time, he took seriously his responsibilities as a form-giving artist, starting with a careful script (however improvised in appearance). Nowhere was the tension between Cassavetes’s linear and digressive, driven and entropic tendencies more sharply fought out than in THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (1976), one of his most fascinating achievements."
- Phillip Lopate
We screen The Killing of a Chinese Bookie by John Cassavetes tomorrow night at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in conjunction with Torn Space Theater's new stage adaptation!
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie: The Raw and the Cooked
criterion.com
In John Cassavetes’s personal cinema, the director was always trying to break away from the formulas of Hollywood narrative, in order to uncover some fugitive truth about the way people behave. At the same time, he took seriously his responsibilities as a form-giving artist, starting with a carefu...