Aspen Art Museum

Movies at the Museum

• Feb 21, 2018

  • 7 PM Watch

    Movies at the Museum: Tel Aviv

    This winter, the AAM and Aspen Film present the Movies at the Museum program “Two Places,” featuring films that provide diverse perspectives on places that are often defined by stereotypes: Los Angeles and Tel Aviv. Complementing the nuanced looks at these places by AAM exhibiting artists Zoe Crosher and Thomas Struth, the pairing of a short film and feature-length film presents refreshing alternatives to clichéd representations of two global locations.
    
    Short Film: Hounds (2016)
    
    Directed by Omer Tobi
    Not Rated
    30 min
    

    After sixteen years, Iris Kadosh has received a promotion in her post as museum guard in the National Art Museum. Shortly after, an important sculpture is damaged and a comedic drama unfolds. Winner of Best Comedy at Aspen Film’s Shortsfest 2016.
    
    

    Feature Film: Dancing in Jaffa (2013)
    
    Directed by Hilla Medalia
    Not Rated
    90 min
    

    This documentary follows renowned ballroom dancer Pierre Dulaine as he takes his program “Dancing Classrooms” back to his hometown, Jaffa, to teach Jewish and Palestinian Israelis to dance and compete together.

• Mar 21, 2018

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    Movies at the Museum:
    Lost in Translation (2003)

    A lonely, aging movie star and a neglected, newlywed young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo. Strangers in a foreign land, the two find escape, distraction, and understanding amidst the bright city lights.

• Apr 18, 2018

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    Movies at the Museum:
    Tabloid (2010)

    This documentary tells the story of a former Miss Wyoming whose quest for one true love landed her on the pages of tabloid newspapers following charges of abducting a young Mormon Missionary. In director Errol Morris’s words, this movie “is a meditation on how we are shaped by the media and even more powerfully, by ourselves.”

• May 23, 2018

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    Movies at the Museum:
    Ingrid Goes West (2017)

    Following the death of her mother and a series of self-inflicted setbacks, young Ingrid Thorburn moves out West to befriend her Instagram obsession, a Los Angeles socialite named Taylor Sloane. Although a quick bond is forged between the two, the façade begins to crack with comically malicious results.

• Jun 20, 2018

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    Movies at the Museum:
    I’m Not There (2007)

    Six actors embody different aspects of Bob Dylan’s life and work, offering insight into the complex musician. The nontraditional narrative reveals that there is no one single iteration of the artist.

• Jul 11, 2018

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    Movies at the Museum: The End of the Tour (2015)

    Writing about your hero is not always easy. In this poignant, dramatic recounting of a five-day interview of acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace by fan/Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky, the aborted profile becomes an unexpected, highly personal eulogy.

• Jul 25, 2018

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    Movies at the Museum: The NeverEnding Story (1984)

    On his way to school, Bastian ducks into a bookstore to avoid bullies and finds a book called The Neverending Story. As the fantastical story unfolds, Bastian reads a description of himself in the book and realizes he must enter the book in order to save the magic kingdom of Fantasia.

• Aug 9, 2018

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    Movies at the Museum: Faces Places (2017)

    Agnès Varda, a leading figure of French New Wave cinema, and JR, a photographer and muralist, have two things in common: a passion for connecting with people and places. After meeting in 2015, they undertook a journey that began in nostalgia and ended in a new friendship.

• Aug 22, 2018

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    Movies at the Museum: The Departure (2017)

    Ittetsu Nemoto, a former punk-turned-Buddhist priest in Japan, has made a career out of helping suicidal people find reasons to live. This deeply empathetic documentary traces human negotiations of the cycles of life and death.

• Sep 19, 2018

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    Movies at the Museum: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

    The film program begins with the source inspiration for Yto Barrada’s exhibition Klaatu Barrada Nikto. In this sci-fi classic, an alien lands on Earth and tells people that they must live peacefully or they will be destroyed in order to protect other planets.