Walker Moving Image continues with Vaya and Suspiria this fall
Vaya
Directed by Akin Omotoso
Friday, October 26, 7pm
Saturday, October 27, 2pm
Walker Cinema, $10 ($8 Walker members, students and seniors)
Translated from South Africa’s mixed spoken language Tsotsitaal as “to go,” Vaya weaves together the stories of three young strangers on a train bound for Johannesburg. Their stirring and suspenseful struggles to survive, based on real accounts, are heightened by stunning aerial shots and fast-paced images of Johannesburg, culminating in an explosive moment. Nigerian actor-turned-director Akin Omotoso’s coming-of-age drama was recently handpicked by Ava DuVernay for her film distribution collective after he won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Director. 2016, DCP, 115 min.
View:
Trailer
Read:
Marie Claire interview
Variety on Vaya
Times Live on Vaya
Suspiria
Directed by Dario Argento
Wednesday, October 31, 7pm
Walker Cinema, $10 ($8 Walker members, students, seniors)
A sinister secret lies behind locked doors as a series of gruesome murders unfold in this classic Italian horror by the celebrated Dario Argento. Listen closely enough and you might hear its ghoulish sighs. Argento interweaves folklore, occultism, and German Expressionist aesthetics to create a richly horrific tale set in the blood red halls of a famous ballet school. As an American newcomer, Suzy begins to succumb to its darkness and must resist the spell of sleep before her time runs out. 1977, DCP, 97 min.
This Halloween night screening of Argento’s Suspiria prepares viewers for Luca Guadagnino’s anticipated remake.
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Trailer
Read:
Hidden Remote review
The Medium on Suspiria
MORE IN FALL MOVING IMAGE
Cinema of Urgency: Capturing the Flag
By Anne de Mare
Thursday, October 18, 7pm
Walker Cinema, Free
Friday, October 19, 7pm
Saturday, October 20, 2pm
Walker Cinema, $10 ($8 Walker members, students, seniors)
“Through their work on this one day, we see just what’s involved in protecting the cornerstone democratic principle of “one person, one vote.” —Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
This is what voter protection looks like. Five days before the 2016 election, a tight-knit volunteer group travels to North Carolina to legally observe and assist voters. Their experiences during that long day at the polls serves as both warning and call to action to protect and participate in the right to vote. Deeply personal, often surprising perspectives prove that the big idea of American democracy can be defended by small acts of individual citizens. 2018, DCP, 76 minutes.
On Thursday, stay for a post-screening discussion with the director Anne de Mare, producer Laverne Berry, one of the film’s voter protection volunteers, and Nasser Mussa, Minnesota’s Director of Voter Outreach.
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Trailer
Read more:
Women and Hollywood interview with Anne de Mare
Monrovia, Indiana
By Frederick Wiseman
Premiere
Friday, November 2, 7pm
Saturday, November 3, 7pm
Walker Cinema, $10 ($8 Walker members, students, seniors)
“Mr. Wiseman is an artist. His shots are carefully composed and painstakingly edited into assemblages that reveal the layers and patterns of experience. His movies are not raw transcripts of reality, but artifacts and representations, at once abstract and laden with content.” —The New York Times
Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman’s ode to small town rural America explores a farming community, Monrovia, IN, illustrating how values like community service, duty, spiritual life, generosity and authenticity are formed, experienced and lived along with conflicting cultural stereotypes. The film is an immersive and nuanced portrait of today’s rural, mid-American way of life featuring Monrovia’s town meetings, schools, churches, barber shops, café counters, and front porches against the constant backdrop of U.S. agricultural production. 2018, DCP, 143 minutes.
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Trailer
Read more:
The Guardian on Frederick Wiseman
Film Comment on Monrovia, Indiana
The Paris Review with Frederick Wiseman
DESIGN + FILM
Rams
By Gary Hustwit
Friday, November 9, 7pm
Saturday, November 10, 2pm
Walker Cinema, $10 ($8 Walker members, AIGA members, students, seniors)
“If I had to do it over again, I would not want to be a designer. There are too many unnecessary products in this world.” – Dieter Rams
For over fifty years, Dieter Rams’ designs have influenced the way most of today’s consumer products look and function. His ‘Ten Principles of Good Design’ champion simplicity, honesty, and restraint. A new documentary portrait by Gary Hustwit (Helvetica, Urbanized, Objectified) features Rams ruminating on his life, work, and visions for the future. His philosophy goes beyond design to address environmental consciousness, decluttering, and living just with what you need. Original music by Brian Eno. 2018, DCP, approximately 80 minutes.
Post-screening discussion with Gary Hustwit and Walker Design Director Emmet Byrne after Friday’s screening.
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Trailer
Artist website
Read more:
Curbed with Gary Hustwit
Dont Look Back
Directed by D. A. Pennebaker
Saturday, November 24, 2pm
Sunday, November 25, 2pm
Walker Cinema, $10 ($8 Walker members, students, seniors)
“But even 48 years after its release, and well into Dylan’s current phase of relative transparency, D.A. Pennebaker’s Dont Look Back retains something of a forbidden quality”—Slant Magazine
Dont Look Back is a candid, cinéma vérité look at Bob Dylan on his 1965 concert tour of England. Pennebaker’s camera captures him in performances, interviews, parties, and arguments. Along for the ride are Joan Baez, Donovan, Alan Price, and Allen Ginsberg, who presents the lyrics of “Subterranean Homesick Blues” flash-card-style at the beginning of the film. 1967, DCP, 95 min.
MOVING IMAGE EXHIBITION
Platforms: Collection and Commissions
Thursday, November 15, 2018–Sunday, August 25, 2019
First rotation:
Exchanging Histories
Bruce Connor, Crossroads (1976)
Leslie Thornton, They Were Just People (2016)
James Richards & Leslie Thornton, Crossing (2016)
Established and emerging, historical and contemporary. Platforms: Collection and Commissions is a different kind of moving image exhibition, displaying work across multiple interfaces—from the palm of your hand to the wall of the gallery. The show highlights key works from the Walker’s collection juxtaposed with new commissions by 12 international contemporary artists. Every seven weeks, a new grouping will be rotated into the space, encouraging viewers to return and experience yet another new perspective. These commissions will also be available online.
Between 2014 and 2018, the Walker commissioned this series to respond to the influence and inquiry of leading artists and filmmakers in the Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection. The new works bridge generations: the contemporary artists create a piece inspired by the work of a specific predecessor. The dynamic initiative weaves together production, scholarship, distribution, and archival research.
The exhibition opens Thursday, November 15 at 5pm and is on view through Sunday, August 25, 2019.
New commissions will be available to view online November 1.
FOR MORE FILMS
For more films, visit the Bentson Mediatheque. The Bentson Mediatheque is a free self-select cinema experience unique to the Walker. Choose from more than 300 titles from the Ruben/ Bentson Moving Image Collection or view one of the featured playlists. Hours are Tuesday – Sunday, noon till museum close. Always free.