Ackland Film Forum
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 calls into question what it means to perform. Set in Paris in the 1930s, Julie Andrews plays the titular role, an actor and singer who…
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 becomes the caregiver of a toddler. Set on the streets of lower Manhattan, where Lane’s character is one of many unsheltered people struggling to get…
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 of those who fall under its spell. Funny, strange, and, at times, genuinely scary, In Fabric is the kind of film that will stick with…
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 Museum. Beasts of the Southern Wild (Behn Zeitlin, 2012) Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street | 7:30 p.m. (early screening) FREE TICKET REQUIRED (below) Introduction…
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 Museum. Beasts of the Southern Wild (Behn Zeitlin, 2012) Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street | 9:15 p.m. (late screening) FREE TICKET REQUIRED (below) Introduction…
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 Museum. Short Films by Ghost of a Dream and More Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street | 7:30 p.m. Free Tickets at the Varsity Theatre…
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 Up the Mountain (Julia Haslett, 2020) FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-Chapel Hill | 5:45 p.m. Free, no tickets required. Doors open at 5:30pm, with the…
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. Woman at War/Kona fer í stríð (Benedikt Erlingsson, 2018) Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street | 7:30 p.m. Free Tickets at the Varsity Theatre Introduction…
Ackland Film Forum: “Old Joy” (Kelly Reichardt, 2006)
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. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt, 2006) Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street | 7:30 p.m. Free Tickets at the Varsity Theatre Introduction by Dr. Rick Warner…
Ackland Film Forum: “The Last Forest” (Luiz Bolognesi, Brazil, 2021)
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. "The Last Forest" (Luiz Bolognesi, Brazil, 2021) Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street | 7:30 p.m. Free Tickets at the Varsity Theatre Introduction by Dr.…