Ackland Film Forum
Ackland Film Forum: “Fantastic Voyage” (1966, USA)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAckland Film Forum | Spring 2019 Fantastic Voyage: Cinematic Journeys into the Brain Tuesday, 19 Feb 2019 | 7 PM Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street Fantastic Voyage (1966, USA), d. Richard Fleischer. 101 m. TICKETS: Free for UNC One Card holders; $7 general public. Tickets available at the Varsity Theatre Box Office. Directed by…
Ackland Film Forum: “Inside Out” (2015, USA)
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAckland Film Forum | Spring 2019 Fantastic Voyage: Cinematic Journeys into the Brain Sunday, 24 Feb 2019 | 2:30 PM Ackland Art Museum Inside Out (2015, USA), dir. Pete Docter, PG, 94 m. Part of the Ackland's Family and Friends Sunday program TICKETS: Free and open to the public! Even by Pixar’s high standards, Inside Out…
Ackland Film Forum: “Brainstorm” (1983, USA)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAckland Film Forum | Spring 2019 Fantastic Voyage: Cinematic Journeys into the Brain Tuesday, 19 March 2019 | 7 PM Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street Brainstorm (1983, USA), d. Douglas Trumbull, 106 m. TICKETS: Free for UNC One Card holders; $7 general public. Tickets available at the Varsity Theatre Box Office. Helmed by the special…
Ackland Film Forum: “After Life” (1998, Japan)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAckland Film Forum | Spring 2019 Fantastic Voyage: Cinematic Journeys into the Brain Tuesday, 26 March 2019 | 7 PM Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street After Life (1998, Japan), D. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 118 m. TICKETS: Free for UNC One Card holders; $7 general public. Tickets available at the Varsity Theatre Box Office. With last year’s…
Ackland Film Forum: “The Headless Woman” (2008, Argentina)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAckland Film Forum | Spring 2019 Fantastic Voyage: Cinematic Journeys into the Brain Tuesday, 2 April 2019 | 7 PM Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street The Headless Woman (2008, Argentina), Lucrecia Martel One of the leading filmmakers of New Argentine Cinema, Lucrecia Martel’s films explore the struggle of the bourgeoisie to keep up appearances even…
Ackland Film Forum: The Blessed
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAckland Film Forum: Recent Films by Arab Women Filmmakers Tuesdays, Oct 29, Nov 5, Nov 12, Nov 19 | 7 PM at the Varsity Theatre October 29, 2019: The Blessed Dir. Sofia Djama, Qatar, 2017 SYNOPSIS Algiers, a few years after the civil war. Amal and Samir have decided to celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary…
Ackland Film Forum: Mussolini’s Sister
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAckland Film Forum: Recent Films by Arab Women Filmmakers Tuesdays, Oct 29, Nov 5, Nov 12, Nov 19 | 7 PM at the Varsity Theatre November 5, 2019: Mussolini's Sister Dir. Juna Suleiman, Palestine, 2018 Introductory Remarks by Yaron Shemer (Asian Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill) SYNOPSIS In a documentary with a dash of fiction, we enter…
Ackland Film Forum: Women Without Men
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAckland Film Forum: Recent Films by Arab Women Filmmakers Tuesdays, Oct 29, Nov 5, Nov 12, Nov 19 | 7 PM at the Varsity Theatre November 12, 2019: Women Without Men Dir. Shirin Neshat, Iran, 2009 Introductory Remarks by Ehsan Sheikholharam (Religious Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill) SYNOPSIS Made in collaboration with her partner, filmmaker Shoja Azari,…
Ackland Film Forum: 3000 Nights
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAckland Film Forum: Recent Films by Arab Women Filmmakers Tuesdays, Oct 29, Nov 5, Nov 12, Nov 19 | 7 PM at the Varsity Theatre November 19, 2019: 3000 Nights Mai Masri, Palestine, 2016 Introductory Remarks by Nadia Yaqub (Asian Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill) SYNOPSIS Inspired by a true story and shot in a real prison,…
Ackland Film Forum: “Paprika” “(Kon Satoshi, 2006, Japan)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesFebruary 3, 2020: Paprika Kon Satoshi, Japan, 2006 Introduced by Rick Warner, UNC Dept. of English & Comparative Literature 1h 30m A psychological thriller from one of Japan's greatest animators, "Paprika" is a tale that blurs the line between reality and nightmare. Dr. Atsuko Chiba works as a scientist by day and, under the code…