Aspen Art Museum

Movies at the Museum

• May 23, 2018

  • 7 PM Watch

    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

  • 8 PM Watch

    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

  • 8 PM Watch

    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.

• Oct 17, 2018

  • 5 PM Discuss

    The Great Debate and Screening: Are Facts Fundamental to Truth?

    The Great Debate is a public program inviting elevated, engaged conversations around questions that unpack our opinions around art and beyond. Following the centuries-old format of the Oxford Union, the proposition “Are Facts Fundamental to Truth?” will be debated by four luminaries—two for and two against. Once the speakers have put forth their arguments, the discussion will open up to the audience for deliberation and a final vote. Presented in partnership with Aspen Public Radio and Aspen Film, this event will also include a screening of All the President’s Men (1976).

• Oct 24, 2018

  • 7 PM Watch

    Movies at the Museum: Inception (2010)

    Shot partially in Tangier, Morocco, near the hometown of Yto Barrada, this psychological thriller explores the multiple layers of the subconscious. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a thief skilled at the dangerous practice of extracting information from dreams. His rare ability is a curse from which the only way to escape is a final job in which he must do the opposite: create a crime scene in the mind of an enemy by planting an idea.

• Nov 28, 2018

  • 7 PM Watch

    Movies at the Museum: Arrival (2016)

    Louise Banks (Amy Adams) is a linguist who is brought onto a special military operation to communicate with aliens who have suddenly arrived at various locations on Earth. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and her team race against time to find a way to communicate with the unknown visitors.