Aspen Art Museum

Movies at the Museum

• Feb 24, 2017

  • 7 PM Watch

    Movies at the Museum:
    Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

    This winter, explore the artistic process through a first-hand look at the lives and works of leading contemporary artists. These recently released documentaries provide rare, unprecedented access into the creation and display of the art that defines our times.

• Mar 31, 2017

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    Movies at the Museum:
    Badlands

    A young couple goes on a Midwest crime spree in Terrence Malick’s hypnotic debut feature. Rebellious Kit (Martin Sheen) takes off with teen baton-twirler Holly (Sissy Spacek) after shooting her father (Warren Oates) when he tries to split up the pair. The two flee, running from the law and consequences, through the Badlands and beyond.

• Apr 28, 2017

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    Movies at the Museum:
    Grey Gardens

    This unconventional documentary follows the everyday lives of two reclusive, formerly upper-class women: a mother and daughter both named Edith Beale. This aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis live their eccentric lives in a decaying mansion in East Hampton, in a sort of timeless bubble of uncompromised and eccentric character.

• May 26, 2017

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    Movies at the Museum:
    3 Women

    In a dusty, under-populated California resort town, a naïve southern waif, Pinky Rose (Sissy Spacek), idolizes and befriends her fellow nurse, Millie Lammoreaux (Shelley Duvall). When Millie takes Pinky in as her roommate, their relationship grows until the introduction of artist Willie (Janice Rule) to the dynamic. This dreamlike masterpiece careens from the humorous to the chilling to the surreal.

• Jun 16, 2017

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    Wade Guyton Peter Fischli David Weiss Artist Films

    As an introduction to the work of American artist Wade Guyton (b. 1972), and Swiss artists Peter Fischli (b. 1952) and David Weiss (1946–2012), known together as Fischli and Weiss, and the forthcoming building-wide collaboration Wade Guyton Peter Fischli David Weiss, the Aspen Art Museum and Aspen Film copresent an evening of the artists’ films.

• Jun 30, 2017

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    Movies at the Museum:
    The Kid (1921) With Special Live Performance by Marc Ribot

    In this special performance, Marc Ribot presents a live guitar score to the classic silent film, The Kid, contemporizing this classic Chaplin film to a story relevant to the economic and social conditions of today. Ribot, who Rolling Stone describes as “emotive, graceful, but with a glint of mischief in his method,” has released over twenty albums and performed with Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Elvis Costello, and more.

• Jul 12, 2017

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    Movies at the Museum:
    Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

    Novelty salesman Barry Egan finds promise in his dismal life after being introduced to the mysterious Lena, but is threatened when a crooked mattress salesman enters the picture. The film features fantastic abstract visual effects created by artist Jeremy Blake.

• Jul 26, 2017

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    Movies at the Museum:
    Stand by Me (1986)

    After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy. Based on Stephen King’s novella The Body, the film embraces nostalgia, adventure, and intrigue.

• Aug 9, 2017

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    Movies at the Museum:
    Clerks (1994)

    A day in the lives of two convenience-store clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof. This dark comedy is the cult classic, directorial debut of Kevin Smith

• Aug 23, 2017

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    Movies at the Museum:
    Landline (2017)

    In 1995, a teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan discovers that her father is having an affair. A heartwarming comedy centering on a strong family of women.