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This month, we wrap up our Edith Head Film Series with a focus on film noir classics by Billy Wilder and enchanting romantic comedies starring Audrey Hepburn. Film Society members will also be treated to a rare screening of Mitchell Leisen’s sweeping 1946 drama To Each His Own featuring costumes by Edith Head, and an Oscar-winning lead performance from Olivia de Havilland. Museum Films September lineup also features a pair of luminous dramas from legendary Spanish director Víctor Erice; awards season frontrunner Sing Sing; indie horror blockbuster Longlegs; charming Canadian comedy Matt and Mara; a 40th-anniversary 4K restoration of Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas; and the return of the Manhattan Short Film Festival.
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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EL SUR | Víctor Erice | 1983 | subtitled | 94 minutes | NR
Thurs., Sept. 5 @ 7:30 pm | The Cinema of Víctor Erice
In anticipation of Close Your Eyes – legendary Spanish filmmaker Víctor Erice’s (The Spirit of the Beehive) first new feature in more than three decades – Museum Films is proud to highlight the director’s rarely seen second film, a luminous drama about the persistence of childhood memory, the delicate bonds between a father and daughter, and the lingering trauma of the Spanish Civil War.
SING SING | Greg Kwedar | 2023 | In English | 107 minutes | R
Fri., Sept. 6 @ 5:30 & 8 pm | Sat., Sept. 7 @ 5:30 & 8 pm | Sun., Sept. 8 @ 12:30 & 3 pm | Thurs., Sept. 12 @ 7:30 pm | Awards Season Preview
Featuring an Oscar-worthy lead performance from Colman Domingo (Rustin), this stirring true story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art follows a troupe of incarcerated actors who work on a play as part of a theatre workshop at Sing Sing Correctional Facility.
DOUBLE INDEMNITY | Billy Wilder | 1944 | In English | 107 minutes | NR
Sat., Sept. 7 @ 2 pm | Edith Head Film Series
Adapted by Raymond Chandler and director Billy Wilder from a novel by James M. Cain, this iconic film noir landmark stars Barbara Stanwyck as a scheming femme fatale who lures an insurance salesman (Fred MacMurray) into a web of fraud and murder.
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CLOSE YOUR EYES | Víctor Erice | 2023 | subtitled | 169 minutes | NR
Fri., Sept. 13 @ 5 pm | Sat., Sept. 14 @ 5 pm | Sun., Sept. 15 @ 12:30 pm | The Cinema of Víctor Erice
Over three decades after the release of his previous feature, revered Spanish director Víctor Erice (The Spirit of the Beehive, El Sur) returns with a haunting and profoundly personal meditation on memory, absence, and the enduring resonance of the moving image.
LONGLEGS | Osgood Perkins | 2024 | In English | 101 minutes | R
Fri., Sept. 13 @ 8:30 pm | Sat., Sept. 14 @ 8:30 pm | Sun., Sept. 15 @ 4 pm
Opening at OKCMOA on Friday the 13th, Osgood Perkins’ mesmerizing horror blockbuster stars Maika Monroe (It Follows) as an FBI agent who uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to end a serial murderer’s terrifying killing spree.
SUNSET BOULEVARD | Billy Wilder | 1950 | In English | 110 minutes | NR
Sat., Sept. 14 @ 2 pm | Edith Head Film Series
Regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made about Hollywood, Billy Wilder’s Oscar-winning fusion of noir, dark comedy, and tragic character study stars William Holden as a washed-up screenwriter who enters into a deadly relationship with an aging silent film actress (Gloria Swanson) desperate for a comeback.
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FILM SOCIETY: EDITH HEAD EDITION (TO EACH HIS OWN)
Wed., Sept. 18 @ 6 pm | Free and exclusive to Film Society members
Join the OKCMOA Film Society for a screening and discussion of Mitchell Leisen’s rarely seen 1946 drama To Each His Own, featuring an Oscar-winning performance from Olivia de Havilland and thematically resonant costumes by Edith Head.
PARIS, TEXAS | Wim Wenders | 1984 | In English | 147 minutes | R
Thurs., Sept. 19 @ 7:30 pm | Fri., Sept. 20 @ 7:30 pm | Sun., Sept. 22 @ 3 pm | New 4K Restoration!
Restored in 4K for its 40th anniversary, Wim Wenders’ poetic, Palme d’Or-winning neo-Western road movie follows an aimless drifter (Harry Dean Stanton) as he attempts to reunite with his estranged wife (Nastassja Kinski) and young son.
MATT AND MARA | Kazik Radwanski | 2024 | In English | 80 minutes | NR
Fri., Sept. 20 @ 5:30 pm | Sat., Sept. 21 @ 8 pm | Sun., Sept. 22 @ 12:30 pm
Fresh from its North American premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, this elegant and brilliantly acted indie comedy follows Mara, a shy creative writing professor, who reconnects with her gregarious college friend Matt, now a successful author.
FUNNY FACE | Stanley Donen | 1957 | In English | 103 minutes | NR
Sat., Sept. 21 @ 2 & 5:30 pm | Edith Head Film Series
Featuring songs by George and Ira Gershwin, this enchanting musical Cinderella story stars Audrey Hepburn as a bohemian bookstore clerk who is whisked off to Paris after being discovered by a fashion photographer (Fred Astaire).
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Thurs., Sept. 26 @ 7 pm | Fri., Sept. 27 @ 5 & 8 pm | Sat., Sept. 28 @ 5 & 8 pm | Sun., Sept. 22 @ 12:30 pm | Thurs., Oct. 3 @ 7 pm
One of our favorite annual traditions, the Manhattan Short Film Festival returns to OKCMOA on September 26! Join more than 100,000 film lovers across the country and around the world as they unite to view, judge, and celebrate a new crop of extraordinary short films.
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S | Blake Edwards | 1961 | In English | 115 minutes | NR
Sat., Sept. 28 @ 11 am & 2 pm | Edith Head Film Series
Based on Truman Capote’s best-selling novella, Blake Edwards’ iconic rom-com follows incandescent New York party girl Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) as she develops a relationship with the handsome writer in the apartment next door.