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.
Listening for a Change: Podcast-Based Discussions with Dev’n Goodman
*This is a virtual event.*
Second Saturday of each month, January–May 2021
10-11 am
Wonderful Wednesdays, Virtual
Modern educators lead a family-oriented project via a short instructional video designed in relation to works in the Modern’s permanent collection. This week's presentation will focus on Mark Bradford's Kingdom Day, 2010.
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
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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.
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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.
Farewell Amor
“A moving exploration of the meaning of home.” Beandrea July, Hollywood Reporter.
An Angolan woman and her daughter reunite with their husband and father after spending 17 years in exile. Now strangers, they find common ground in their shared love of dance.
NR; 101 minutes
Billie
In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biography of Billie Holiday. Over eight years, she tracked down and tape-recorded more than 200 hours of interviews with the extraordinary characters that populated the iconic singer's short, tumultuous life. However, Kuehl’s book was never finished and the tapes never heard—until now.
NR; 96 minutes