Museum Films’ August schedule features an acclaimed dance documentary, a restored anime classic, an epic retelling of an Arthurian legend, and a poetic film festival favorite. Click here to download the printable August schedule.
AILEY | Jamila Wignot | 2021 | 82 minutes | PG-13
Fri., Aug. 6 @ 5:30 & 8 pm | Sat., Aug. 7 @ 2, 5:30 & 8 pm | Sun., Aug. 8 @ 12:30 & 3 pm
Told through Alvin Ailey’s own words and featuring evocative archival footage and interviews with those who knew him, Jamila Wignot’s acclaimed Sundance documentary weaves together a resonant biography of the pioneering dance choreographer.
LUPIN THE 3RD: THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO | Hayao Miyazaki | 1979 | 99 minutes | NR
Subtitled version: Fri., Aug. 13 @ 5:30 & 8 pm | Sat., Aug. 14 @ 5:30 & 8 pm | Sun., Aug. 15 @ 3 pm
English dubbed version: Sat., Aug. 14 @ 2 pm | Sun., Aug. 15 @ 12:30 pm
Making a long-awaited return to theaters, Hayao Miyazaki’s wildly entertaining debut feature follows dashing thief Arsène Lupin III and his gang of desperadoes as they plot to rescue a princess from the sinister Count Cagliostro.
THE GREEN KNIGHT | David Lowery | 2021 | 125 minutes | R
Fri., Aug. 20 @ 5:30 & 8:15 pm | Sat., Aug. 21 @ 2, 5 & 8 pm | Sun., Aug. 22 @ 12:30 & 3:15 pm | Fri., Aug. 27 @ 5:30 & 8:15 pm | Sat., Aug. 28 @ 5 & 8 pm | Sun., Aug. 29 @ 12:30 & 3:15 pm
From A24 and award-winning writer-director David Lowery (Pete’s Dragon, A Ghost Story), The Green Knight is a visionary reimagining of the timeless Arthurian legend starring Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander and Joel Edgerton.
DAYS | Tsai Ming-liang | 2020 | 127 minutes | NR
Sat., Aug. 28 @ 8 pm | Special one-night presentation!
An award-winning highlight of the New York and Berlin Film Festivals, Days is a poetic, richly textured work of slow cinema from one of the masters of the form, Taiwanese writer-director Tsai Ming-liang. Starring Tsai’s longtime collaborator Lee Kang-sheng, the film traces the daily routines of two solitary men who find consolation in a brief encounter.
