“A dog is at the heart of this film, but there’s room for all manner of extraordinary insights about finding love and giving love, being canine and being human.”Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal.
Renowned multidisciplinary artist Laurie Anderson reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveillance, and Buddhist teachings.
75 minutes
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“Wise beyond its years, like the teenage protagonist Gelsomina, Le Meraviglie (The Wonders) is a wistful but no-tears swan song recounting the disappearance of traditional rural lifestyle in Italy.” Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter.
The Wonders offers a charming coming-of-age tale that doubles as a quietly effective tribute to a vanishing way of life.
110 minutes; Italian with English subtitles
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“Hidden necrophilia in Vertigo, glowing milk, an on-set spat with Montgomery Clift…in 1962, Alfred Hitchcock revealed his tricks, and the often shocking meanings behind his films, to fellow director François Truffaut. Now their talks have been turned into the revealing film Hitchcock/Truffaut,” Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian. Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut's 1966 book "Cinema According to Hitchcock" influenced their work.
80 minutes; PG-13
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Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict offers a rare look into Guggenheim’s world: blending the abstract, the colorful, the surreal, and the salacious to portray a life that was as complex and unpredictable as the artwork she revered and the artists she pushed forward.

96 minutes

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Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

Nelson George’s feature documentary about African American ballerina Misty Copeland examines her prodigious rise and her potentially career-ending injury alongside themes of race and body image in the elite ballet world.

85 minutes

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Magnolia at the Modern is an ongoing series featuring critically acclaimed films. Tickets are $9; $7 for Modern members; $6 for Reel People. The Sunday noon show time is half price. Advance sales begin two hours prior to each show.

Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

“A young Bedouin boy uses his nascent survival skills to outwit potential enemies in Theeb, a classic adventure film of the best kind, and one that’s rarely seen these days.” Jay Weissberg, Variety. In the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming of age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination.

100 minutes; Arabic with English subtitles

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