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SUMMARY:West Newton Cinema presents Gen X series: The Breakfast Club
DESCRIPTION:This Friday\, we invite you to step back\, reconnect\, and share a laugh together at our first Gen X Series film\, THE BREAKFAST CLUB—the iconic story of five teens who\, despite their differences\, learn to find common ground. \nBrad Abraham\, seasoned screenwriter and creator of the comic series Mixtape\, together with Susannah Gora\, pop culture expert and author of “You Couldn’t Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack\, John Hughes\, and Their Impact on a Generation”\, will discuss the Brat Pack’s legacy and how these films shaped the Gen X view of friendship\, romance\, and success. \n** Screening and Post-Film Discussion ** \nTHE BREAKFAST CLUB (1985)\n97 minutes | R | Comedy\nA film by John Hughes\nStarring: Molly Ringwald\, Judd Nelson\, Anthony Michael Hall\, Ally Sheedy\, and Emilio Estevez
URL:https://newtonculture.org/event/west-newton-cinema-presents-gen-x-series-the-breakfast-club/
LOCATION:West Newton Cinema\, 1296 Washington Street\, West Newton\, MA\, 02465\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film and Media
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SUMMARY:West Newton Cinema presents Behind the Screen: ANORA
DESCRIPTION:Join us at West Newton Cinema for a special screening of Sean Baker’s critically acclaimed film “Anora” followed by a panel discussion featuring Lisa Goldblatt Grace\, Malcolm Turvey\, and Ty Burr. \nAnora* is a comedy-drama about a New York exotic dancer (Mikey Madison) whose involvement with the son of a Russian oligarch (Paul Weissman) leads to a farcical odyssey across Brooklyn and a hard reckoning. The film won the top prize at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and is already being hailed as one of the year’s best movies—but is its portrait of sex work empathetic or exploitive\, a clear-eyed acknowledgment of the realities or just another Hollywood fairy tale? \nPanelists will include Lisa Goldblatt Grace\, Co-Executive Director of My Life My Choice\, a national organization fighting the commercial sexual exploitation of women and children\, and Professor Malcolm Turvey\, founding Director of Tufts University’s Film and Media Studies Program and a distinguished scholar of film theory and aesthetics. The event will be moderated by Ty Burr\, the Boston Globe’s film critic from 2002 to 2021 and currently reviewing movies for The Washington Post and in the subscription newsletter Ty Burr’s Watch List. \n*Content Note: Anora is an R-rated film\, with rough language and scenes of nudity and graphic sexuality.
URL:https://newtonculture.org/event/west-newton-cinema-presents-behind-the-screen-anora/
LOCATION:West Newton Cinema\, 1296 Washington Street\, West Newton\, MA\, 02465\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film and Media
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SUMMARY:West Newton Cinema presents Ty Burr's Movie Club: "It's Always Fair Weather"
DESCRIPTION:If “Singin’ in the Rain” is regarded as the high-water mark of the MGM musical\, (and one of the great all-time movies)\, this reunion of star Gene Kelly and director Stanley Donen is the studio’s brilliant best-kept secret. Kelly\, Dan Dailey and Michael Kidd play three ex-GI pals who meet up ten years after WWII and discover they can’t stand each other — until a “This Is Your Life” TV producer (Cyd Charisse) gets them on national television. A delightful discovery with some of the most eye popping song-and-dance number you’ll ever see. (Gene Kelly tap-dancing on roller skates — enough said.) \nTy Burr\, former Boston Globe film critic and Pulitzer Prize finalist\, presents this handpicked film screening at West Newton Cinema followed by an interactive group discussion.
URL:https://newtonculture.org/event/west-newton-cinema-presents-ty-burrs-movie-club-its-always-fair-weather/
LOCATION:West Newton Cinema\, 1296 Washington Street\, West Newton\, MA\, 02465\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film and Media
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SUMMARY:Behind The Screen: A Real Pain (Film & Discussion)
DESCRIPTION:Screening & Post-Film Discussion with Michelle Ephraim\, Jonathan Wilson and Tim Miller! \nJesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain is a sharp\, thoughtful take on family and the weight of inherited history. In it\, cousins David and Benji—played by Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin—travel to Poland to connect with their Jewish roots and honor their late grandmother\, a Holocaust survivor. The two cousins couldn’t be more different: David is responsible and tightly wound\, while Benji is a free spirit\, creating a humorous and heartfelt dynamic between the two as they confront their past and the unresolved tensions in their relationship. \nPanelists:\nMichelle Ephraim\, Professor of English at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and author of the memoir Green World: A Tragicomic Memoir of Love & Shakespeare\, weaves together her life\, the lives of her Holocaust-survivor parents\, and the writings of Shakespeare.\nJonathan Wilson\, Professor of Rhetoric and Debate Emeritus at Tufts\, with interests in creative writing and contemporary Jewish literature\, is the author of nine books including The Red Balcony.\nModerated by Tim Miller\, co-president of the Boston Society of Film Critics.
URL:https://newtonculture.org/event/behind-the-screen-a-real-pain-film-discussion/
LOCATION:West Newton Cinema\, 1296 Washington Street\, West Newton\, MA\, 02465\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film and Media
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SUMMARY:Behind The Screen: WICKED with author Gregory Maguire
DESCRIPTION:Gregory Maguire\, author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West\, joins us for a screening and discussion of the new musical film WICKED (2024)\, the world within his books\, and all things Oz! \nWICKED brings the untold origin story of the witches of Oz to life\, based on Maguire’s bestselling novel and the beloved Broadway musical. Directed by Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians)\, this visually stunning adaptation stars Cynthia Erivo\, Ariana Grande\, Michelle Yeoh\, and Jeff Goldblum. \nGregory Maguire is a New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels for adults and children in addition to Wicked\, including Son of a Witch\, After Alice\, and A Wild Winter Swan. A former professor and co-director at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children’s Literature\, Maguire continues to enchant readers with his inventive storytelling and masterful prose. \nMovie Screening followed by Discussion.\n160 minutes | PG | Musical
URL:https://newtonculture.org/event/behind-the-screen-wicked-with-author-gregory-maguire/
LOCATION:West Newton Cinema\, 1296 Washington Street\, West Newton\, MA\, 02465\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film and Media
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