Ackland Film Forum
Ackland Film Forum: Ang Lee, “Life of Pi” (2012, US)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for the first film in the Ackland Film Forum's Fall 2022 series "Art and Artifice"! Ang Lee, Life Of Pi (2012, US) With a special introduction by Whitney…
Ackland Film Forum: Andre DeToth, “House of Wax” (1953, US)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAndre DeToth, House Of Wax (1953, US) Although best known as one of the few films that successfully exploited the 3D fad of the 1950s, Andre DeToth’s film House of…
Ackland Film Forum: Blake Edwards, “Victor/Victoria” (1982, US)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesBlake Edwards, Victor/Victoria (1982, US) One of the first mainstream Hollywood films to frankly discuss the complexity of gender and sexuality, Blake Edwards’s Victor/Victoria is a backstage musical that continually…
Ackland Film Forum: Charles Allen, “Sidewalk Stories” (1989, US)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesCharles Lane, Sidewalk Stories (1989, US) In this nearly silent homage to Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid (1921), Charles Lane directs and stars in a film about a street artist who unexpectedly…
Ackland Film Forum: Peter Strickland, “In Fabric” (2018, UK)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesPeter Strickland, In Fabric (2018, UK) An homage to the Italian giallo horror films of the 1970s, In Fabric is the story of a spectacular red dress, and the fate…
Ackland Film Forum: Beasts of the Southern Wild (early screening)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for the first screening in the Ackland Film Forum's Spring 2023 series "Do Something: Responding to Climate Change" presented by UNC Film Studies Program and the Ackland Art…
Ackland Film Forum: Beasts of the Southern Wild (late screening)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for the first screening in the Ackland Film Forum's Spring 2023 series "Do Something: Responding to Climate Change" presented by UNC Film Studies Program and the Ackland Art…
Ackland Film Forum: Short Films by Ghost of a Dream
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for the second screening in the Ackland Film Forum's Spring 2023 series Do Something: Responding to Climate Change presented by UNC Film Studies Program and the Ackland Art…
Ackland Film Forum: “Pushed Up the Mountain” (Julia Haslett, 2020)
Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Ed Center 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin the Carolina Asia Center and the UNC Department of Communication for a screening of the feature-length documentary Pushed Up the Mountain, directed by UNC’s own Prof. Julia Haslett. Pushed…
Ackland Film Forum: “Woman at War/Kona fer í stríð” (Benedikt Erlingsson, 2018)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for the next screening in the Ackland Film Forum's Spring 2023 series Do Something: Responding to Climate Change presented by UNC Film Studies and the Ackland Art Museum.…