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Both a heartbreaking melodrama and a sharp critique of hypocrisy in 1950s America, Douglas Sirk's gorgeously stylized Technicolor romance follows the blossoming love between upper-middle-class suburban widow Cary (Jane Wyman) and her handsome, considerably younger gardener, Ron (Rock Hudson). We are proud to present All That Heaven Allows as part of Museum Films' Saturday Classics series, screening the final Saturday of each month.
The Golden Bear winner at this year's Berlin Film Festival and an early contender for the Best Documentary and International Feature Oscars, French Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop’s artfully crafted second feature traces the historic repatriation of 26 royal treasures from France to Benin, forging a lyrical and thought-provoking reflection on colonialism, cultural heritage and collective memory.
Unfolding between the Boer War and WWII, Powell and Pressburger's sweeping technicolor masterpiece follows career soldier and consummate Englishman Clive Candy (Roger Livesey) as his life is shaped by three different women (all played by Deborah Kerr) and a lasting friendship with a German soldier (Anton Walbrook). The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp screens as part of Museum Films’ Powell & Pressburger Holiday Film Series.
Set against the windswept Scottish Hebrides, Powell and Pressburger’s sublime romance follows a willful young woman (Wendy Hiller) whose plan to marry for money is upended by a chance at true happiness. I Know Where I’m Going! screens in a new 4K restoration as part of Museum Films’ Powell & Pressburger Holiday Film Series.
In this stunning and singular blend of bittersweet romance, medical mystery, and dazzling supernatural fantasy, a British wartime aviator (David Niven) who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American radio operator (Kim Hunter). A Matter of Life and Death screens in a new 4K restoration as part of Museum Films’ Powell & Pressburger Holiday Film Series.
Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Production design, Powell and Pressburger’s ravishing Technicolor adaptation of Rumer Godden’s 1939 novel follows a group of British nuns struggling with isolation and repressed desire as they attempt to establish a convent in the remote Himalayas. Black Narcissus screens as part of Museum Films’ Powell & Pressburger Holiday Film Series and our ongoing Saturday Classics series.
Voted one of the greatest films of all time in the most recent Sight and Sound poll, Powell and Pressburger’s breathtakingly cinematic backstage drama tells the story of a young ballerina torn between artistic passion and romantic love. The Red Shoes screens in a 75th anniversary restoration as part of Museum Films’ Powell & Pressburger Holiday Film Series.
In this captivating documentary, legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese takes us on a personal journey through the films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, the visionary British duo behind classics such as The Red Shoes and Black Narcissus. Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger screens as part of Museum Films’ Powell & Pressburger Holiday Film Series.