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.

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.

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.

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.

Film Screening, 1 pm
Q & A with Ethan Hawke, 3 pm
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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

Jean Cocteau, 1946
93 minutes; French with English subtitles

With its magical optical effects and enchanting performances by Josette Day and Jean Marais, Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast remains the most surreal—and soulful—of fairy tale film adaptations.

Ritesh Batra, 2013
PG; 104 minutes; Hindi with English subtitles

A lonely housewife (Nimrat Kaur) decides to try adding some spice to her stale marriage by preparing a special lunch for her neglectful husband (Nakul Vaid). Unfortunately, the delivery goes astray and winds up in the hands of an irritable widower (Irrfan Khan). Curious about her husband's lack of response, she adds a note to the next day's lunch box and thus begins an unusual friendship in which two lonely strangers can talk about their joys and sorrows without ever meeting in person.