High & Low - John Galliano

High & Low - John Galliano is the gripping and thought-provoking new documentary from Academy Award® winner Kevin Macdonald, charting the rise-and-fall story of fashion designer John Galliano. Galliano was widely recognized as one of the most successful names in 1990s and 2000s couture, until his career abruptly ended when he was caught on camera in 2011 hurling antisemitic and racist insults at bystanders in Paris. The film features conversations with Naomi Campbell, Edward Enninful, Penelope Cruz, Kate Moss, Charlize Theron, Anna Wintour, and more.

116 minutes

Io Capitano

In this acclaimed film which won top directing and acting prizes at the Venice Film Festival, writer-director Garrone presents a "reverse shot" of the immigration experience while unfurling an epic, cinematographically magnificent odyssey from West Africa to Italy. Two Senegalese teenagers living in yearn for a brighter future in Europe.

Highlights from the Modern's Collection

The Modern is home to one of the leading collections of modern and contemporary international art in the central United States. Throughout the museum, visitors will experience artworks from the 1950s to the present.

As visitors enter the first gallery on the lower floor, they encounter artworks by Clyde Connell, Anselm Kiefer, Shirin Neshat, and Do Ho Suh. In conversation with one another, these works explore how artists from different generations and backgrounds navigate the intersections between their cultures of origin and their personal identities.

Some Like It Hot

Billy Wilder, 1959
121 minutes

After witnessing a Mafia murder, slick saxophone player Joe (Tony Curtis) and his long-suffering buddy, Jerry (Jack Lemmon), improvise a quick plan to escape from Chicago with their lives. Disguising themselves as women, they join an all-female jazz band and hop a train bound for sunny Florida. While Joe pretends to be a millionaire to win over the band's sexy singer, Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), Jerry finds himself pursued by a real millionaire (Joe E. Brown) as things heat up and the mobsters close in.

Buena Vista Social Club

Wim Wenders, 1999
G; 105 minutes

An ensemble of aging musicians whose talents were virtually forgotten following Fidel Castro’s takeover of Cuba are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring them together. This acclaimed documentary features triumphant performances of extraordinary music and resurrected the musicians' careers.

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

Joseph Mankiewicz, 1947
104 minutes

Defying her conventional in-laws, a young widow (Gene Tierney) leaves London with her daughter and moves away for a quieter life in a secluded seaside cottage. She discovers the ghost of the dead former owner, a sea captain (Rex Harrison), is haunting the house, but gathers the courage to stand up to him, and the woman and ghost become friends. Faced with dwindling means of support, Lucy agrees to the captain’s challenge to write his colorful life story.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Richard Brooks, 1958
108 minutes

Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor are at the height of their glamor and acting prowess in this feverish adaptation of Tennessee Williams’s play, with a subtext of sexual repression providing an electric undercurrent.

Wildcat - Special Premiere Event

Film Screening, 1 pm
Q & A with Ethan Hawke, 3 pm
General Admission $15; Members $10
 

SOLD OUT

Directed by Ethan Hawke 
Written by Ethan Hawke and Shelby Gaines 
Produced by Joe Goodman, Ryan Hawke, Karri O'Reilly, and Cory Pyke 
Starring: Maya Hawke, Laura Linney, Philip Ettinger, Rafael Casal, Cooper Hoffman, Steve Zahn, Vincent D’Onofrio, Alessandro Nivola, Christine Dye, Willa Fitzgerald, and Levon Hawke

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