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This August, Museum Films is proud to showcase a stunning set of newly restored modern classics from Akira Kurosawa’s epic masterpiece Seven Samurai and Alfred Hitchcock’s electrifying thriller Frenzy to Shinji Sômai’s rarely seen coming-of-age gem Moving and Tom Tykwer’s art-house blockbuster Run Lola Run. Our annual Awards Season Preview begins this month with early Best Documentary Feature frontrunner Sugarcane, and our ongoing Edith Head series celebrates the iconic costume designer’s historic Oscar legacy, from lush period drama The Heiress through rollicking crime caper The Sting. Our August lineup also features Eduardo Williams’ dazzling experimental feature The Human Surge 3, the fascinating art documentary Taking Venice, Agnieszka Holland’s searing Venice Film Festival award winner Green Border, and the return of OKCMOA audience favorite CatVideoFest.
As always, OKCMOA Film Society Members (including Fellow, Friend, and Sustainer members) receive $5 tickets to Museum Films screenings. To learn more about joining the Film Society, visit: https://www.okcmoa.com/filmsociety
Visit the bar inside OKCMOA’s Museum Store x Ganache for a variety of beverages to enjoy during film screenings.
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THE HUMAN SURGE 3 | Eduardo Williams | 2023 | subtitled | 121 minutes | NR
Thurs., Aug. 1 @ 7:30 pm | Art-House Expanded
Filmed with a 360-degree camera, Eduardo Williams’ dazzling experimental feature follows three groups of friends from Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Peru through a shapeshifting global landscape that blurs spatial, linguistic, and conceptual boundaries.
CAT VIDEO FEST 2024 | Will Braden (ed.) | 2024 | In English | 73 minutes | NR
Fri., Aug. 2 @ 5:30 & 7:30 pm | Sat., Aug. 3 @ 5:30 & 7:30 pm | Sun., Aug. 4 @ 12:30 & 3 pm
OKCMOA is proud to be a venue for the world’s #1 cat video festival! Join us in the Noble Theater for a fun, family-friendly movie event that raises money for local cats in need.
THE HEIRESS | William Wyler | 1949 | In English | 115 minutes | NR
Sat., Aug 3 @ 2 pm | Edith Head Film Series
Edith Head earned the first of her eight Academy Awards for William Wyler’s lush period drama starring Best Actress winner Olivia de Havilland as a naïve young woman pursued by a handsome suitor who may be after her fortune.
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TO CATCH A THIEF | Alfred Hitchcock | 1955 | In English | 106 minutes | PG
Thurs., Aug. 8 @ 7:30 pm | Edith Head Film Series; Encore Screening!
Sizzling romance and simmering suspense ignite against the lush backdrop of the French Riviera in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 classic, starring Grace Kelly as a wealthy tourist and Cary Grant as a retired jewel thief who must clear his name after a recent string of robberies set the police on his tail.
SEVEN SAMURAI | Akira Kurosawa | 1954 | subtitled | 207 minutes | NR
Fri., Aug. 9 @ 7 pm | Sat., Aug. 10 @ 7 pm | Sun., Aug. 11 @ 1 pm | New 4K Restoration!
Screening for the first time in stunning 4K, Akira Kurosawa’s epic masterpiece follows a roving band of warriors hired to protect the inhabitants of a small 16th-century Japanese village from invading bandits.
SAMSON AND DELILAH | Cecil B. DeMille | 1949 | In English | 134 minutes | NR
Sat., Aug. 10 @ 2 pm | Edith Head Film Series
Edith Head won a pair of 1951 Costume Design Oscars, one for the black-and-white drama All About Eve, and another for Cecil B. DeMille’s lavish, technicolor biblical extravaganza, which stars Victor Mature as Old Testament strongman Samson, and Hedy Lamarr as the fiery seductress Delilah.
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MOVING | Shinji Sômai | 1993 | subtitled | 125 minutes | NR
Thurs., Aug. 15 @ 7:30 pm | Fri., Aug. 16 @ 8 pm | New 4K Restoration!
Making its long-awaited US debut in a luminous 4K restoration, this poignant, funny and profoundly influential modern masterwork from beloved Japanese filmmaker Shinji Sômai (P.P. Rider, Typhoon Club) follows watchful 11-year-old Renko as she navigates life with her newly divorced parents.
SUGARCANE | Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie | 2024 | In English and subtitled | 107 minutes | R
Fri., Aug. 16 @ 5:30 pm | Sat., Aug. 17 @ 8 pm | Sun., Aug. 18 @ 12:30 & 3 pm | Awards Season Preview
A highlight of deadCenter 2024 and an early frontrunner for the 2025 Best Documentary Feature Oscar, this powerful new film from Sundance Best Director winners Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie chronicles an investigation into abuse at an Indian residential school in Canada.
ALL ABOUT EVE | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 1950 | In English | 138 minutes | NR
Sat., Aug. 17 @ 2 & 5 pm
Nominated for a record-setting 14 Oscars, Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s iconic showbiz drama stars Anne Baxter as Eve Harrington, an up-and-coming ingénue who infiltrates the professional and romantic inner circle of aging Broadway star Margo Channing (Bette Davis).
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RUN LOLA RUN | Tom Tykwer | 1998 | subtitled | 80 minutes | R
Thurs. Aug. 22 @ 7:30 pm | Fri., Aug. 23 @ 5:30 pm | Sat., Aug. 24 @ 8 pm | New 4K Restoration!
Returning to theaters in a 25th-anniversary 4K restoration, Tom Tykwer’s uber-stylish, hyper-kinetic meditation on fate and destiny follows flame-haired heroine Lola (Franka Potente) on a breathless odyssey across Berlin to find 100,000 Deutschmarks and save her boyfriend’s life.
GREEN BORDER | Agnieszka Holland | 2023 | subtitled | 152 minutes | NR
Fri., Aug. 23 @ 7:30 pm | Sat., Aug. 24 @ 5 pm | Sun., Aug. 25 @ 3:15 pm
Winner of the Venice Film Festival’s Special Jury Prize, this urgent and harrowing drama from veteran Polish director Agnieszka Holland examines the humanitarian crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border through the eyes of a Syrian refugee family, a border guard, and a group of Polish activists.
THE STING | George Roy Hill | 1973 | In English | 129 minutes | PG
Sat., Aug. 24 @ 2 pm | Sun., Aug. 25 @ 12:30 pm | New 4K Restoration!
Edith Head won her eighth and final Academy Award for this intricate and enthralling comedy caper about a small-time crook (Robert Redford) and a veteran con man (Paul Newman) who seek revenge on a crime boss.
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CAT VIDEO FEST 2024 | Will Braden (ed.) | 2024 | In English | 73 minutes | NR
Thurs., Aug. 29 @ 7:30 pm | Encore Screening!
OKCMOA is proud to be a venue for the world’s #1 cat video festival! Join us in the Noble Theater for a fun, family-friendly movie event that raises money for local cats in need.
TAKING VENICE | Amei Wallach | 2023 | In English | 98 minutes | NR
Fri., Aug. 30 @ 5:30 pm | Sat., Aug. 31 @ 8 pm | Sun., Sept. 1 @ 12:30 pm
A fascinating true tale of Cold War intrigue and art-world showmanship, this engaging documentary explores a U.S. government-backed plot to win the 1964 Venice Biennale’s Grand Prize for American artist Robert Rauschenberg.
FRENZY | Alfred Hitchcock | 1972 | In English | 116 minutes | R
Fri., Aug. 30 @ 8 pm | Sat., Aug. 31 @ 5:30 pm | Sun., Sept. 1 @ 3 pm | New 4K Restoration!
An electrifying blend of heart-pounding suspense and pitch-black humor, Alfred Hitchcock’s only R-rated feature sees the master return to his native England for the macabre tale of the serial Necktie Murderer and a suspect desperate to clear his name.
THIS GUN FOR HIRE | Frank Tuttle | 1942 | In English | 82 minutes | NR
Sat., Aug. 31 @ 2 pm
Loosely adapted from Graham Greene’s novel A Gun for Sale, this influential and richly atmospheric noir thriller stars Alan Ladd as a contract killer who teams up with a beautiful undercover investigator (Veronica Lake) to seek revenge on his double-crossing employer.
