Get out your neckties–and I’m talking to you ladies! We conclude our month of love on the big screen with Woody and Diane and Kate and Jim.
THURSDAY, APRIL 25 @ 7:30 p.m.
Annie Hall (MGM, 1977)
Fall in “luff” all over again with iconic couple Alvy Singer and Annie Hall. Diane Keaton is outstanding in the film’s charming title role, which was written especially for her, and Woody Allen is at his neurotic best as he analyzes the absurdity and joy of romantic relationships. Audiences are treated to the masterful cinematography of Gordon Willis, who gave us other 1970s classics like Manhattan, All the President’s Men, and The Godfather. This satirical four-time Oscar-winner was added to the National Film Registry in 1992. Color, 94 minutes.
To learn more about this film, see the following essay.
FRIDAY, APRIL 26 @ 7:30 p.m.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Focus Features, 2004)
Would you erase memories if you could? In this stylized sci-fi romantic drama, that isn’t just a theoretical question. From Michel Gondry (The Science of Sleep, Be Kind Rewind) and Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation) comes a mind-bending reality where a mysterious company can medically erase whatever their clients wish to forget. In the case of mismatched couple Joel and Clementine (Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet), that’s each other. Not your average breakup story, this twisty journey through memory and heartache challenges viewers to examine the stories we tell ourselves that make us who we are. Color, 108 minutes.
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