Our Friend

Our Friend tells the inspiring and extraordinary true story of the Teague family—journalist Matt (Casey Affleck), his vibrant wife Nicole (Dakota Johnson), and their two young daughters—and how their lives are upended by Nicole's heartbreaking diagnosis of terminal cancer. As Matt's responsibilities as caretaker and parent become increasingly overwhelming, the couple's best friend Dane Faucheux (Jason Segel) puts his life on hold to stay with his friends, and the impact of this life-altering decision proves greater and more profound than anyone could have imagined.

MLK/FBI

Filmmaker Sam Pollard examines the US government surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., based on recently declassified files.

NR; 102 minutes

The Dissident

Oscar-winning filmmaker Bryan Fogel (Icarus, DOC NYC 2017) investigates the 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.


PG-13;120 minutes; English and Arabic with English subtitles
 

Wangechi Mutu

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has acquired Wangechi Mutu’s The Seated III, 2019, a large sculpture of a seated female figure entwined in bronze coils, on view in the first pavilion gallery.

Marina Adams

I still think about how Cézanne finds an edge, what that is, and how we see. That’s something that enters into my work: how we see, how we experience. Marina Adams, “In Conversation: Marina Adams with Alex Bacon,” Brooklyn Rail, May 2019

Kahlil Robert Irving

The artist Kahlil Robert Irving will present on his images and the function of referring to history and place in reflecting on his life in the post-industrial city of St. Louis. He was invited by this evening's guest curator, Glenn Ligon, who participated in Tuesday Evenings in 2012 in conjunction with his survey exhibition America. Irving will also discuss his work as it relates to Ligon’s.

Wild Mountain Thyme

John Patrick Shanley, who created the classic Moonstruck, brings his sweeping romantic vision to Ireland with Wild Mountain Thyme. The headstrong farmer Rosemary Muldoon (Emily Blunt) has her heart set on winning her neighbor Anthony Reilly's love. The problem is Anthony (Jamie Dornan) seems to have inherited a family curse and remains oblivious to his beautiful admirer.

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