Film Screening

Film Screening<br>People on Sunday, 1930
Feb 14, 2019 | 06:30 pm - 08:00 pm

Years before they moved to Hollywood, four young German filmmakers—later noir masters Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer, and future Oscar winners Billy Wilder and Fred Zinneman—collaborated on this effervescent, sunlit silent about city dwellers enjoying a weekend outing in Weimar-era Berlin. Combining documentary footage with dramatic storytelling, this experimental film became a mainstream hit, presaging both Italian neorealism and the French New Wave. 73 min., black-and-white, silent.

Film Screening <br> Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette)
Dec 06, 2018 | 06:30 pm - 08:30 pm

Co-sponsored by NYU’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò; Center for Applied Liberal Arts, School of Professional Studies; and Grey Art Gallery. Co-presented by The Criterion Collection. RSVP to casaitaliananyu.org. (Non-member RSVP does not guarantee a seat.)

Film Screening <br> The Cow (Gav)
Nov 28, 2018 | 06:30 pm - 08:00 pm

Co-sponsored by NYU’s Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies and Grey Art Gallery.

Film Screening <br> Bitter Rice (Riso amaro)
Nov 19, 2018 | 06:30 pm - 08:30 pm

Co-sponsored by NYU’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò; Center for Applied Liberal Arts, School of Professional Studies; and Grey Art Gallery. Co-presented by The Criterion Collection. RSVP to casaitaliananyu.org. (Non-member RSVP does not guarantee a seat.)

Film Screening <br> Mamma Roma
Nov 08, 2018 | 06:30 pm - 08:30 pm

Co-sponsored by NYU’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò; Center for Applied Liberal Arts, School of Professional Studies; and Grey Art Gallery. Co-presented by The Criterion Collection. RSVP to casaitaliananyu.org. (Non-member RSVP does not guarantee a seat.)

Film Screening <br> Rome Open City (Roma città aperta)
Oct 18, 2018 | 06:30 pm - 08:30 pm

Co-sponsored by NYU’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò; Center for Applied Liberal Arts, School of Professional Studies; and Grey Art Gallery. Co-presented by The Criterion Collection. RSVP to casaitaliananyu.org. (Non-member RSVP does not guarantee a seat.)

Film Screening <br> Obsession (Ossessione)
Oct 02, 2018 | 06:30 pm - 09:00 pm

Co-sponsored by NYU’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò; Center for Applied Liberal Arts, School of Professional Studies; and Grey Art Gallery. RSVP to casaitaliananyu.org. (Non-member RSVP does not guarantee a seat.)

Film Screening<br/>Mr. Turner, directed by Mike Leigh (2014; 150 min.)
Apr 30, 2018 | 06:00 pm - 09:00 pm

Mr. Turner explores the last quarter century of the life of J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851), the single-minded landscape painter whom John Ruskin (who is portrayed in the film) described as the “father of modern art.” With Turner’s loose brushwork and vibrant colors, and his depictions of the modern world, he often shocked his contemporaries. […]