Cinema

Dean Otto currently serves as the Curator of Film. To learn more about Dean and the Speed Cinema, read the full press release here. Photo by Rafael Gamo.

Speed Cinema entrance update: Our South Cinema entrance has reopened for all Cinema guests! Follow the Speed Cinema signs while exiting the Museum garage to the entrance while enjoying a small part of the Art Park that is now open.

Pandora’s Box (Die Büchse der Pandora)

March 29 & 30

Sensationally modern, the film follows the downward spiral of the fiery, brash, yet innocent showgirl Lulu, whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect on everyone she encounters.

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A Woman of Paris

March 30 & 31

A Woman of Paris centers around the title character (actor Edna Purviance), who is betrayed by her lover and then cast aside by her would-be fiancé (Adolphe Menjou).
Having built his career as both an actor and director of silent cinema with comedic short films starring his wildly popular “Little Tramp” character, Charles Chaplin confounded audiences when he followed up his first feature, The Kid, with a serious melodrama—without the Tramp!

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Fairness—Doing Cities Good Since 1999, A Living Slideshow

April 4

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Louisville’s Fairness Ordinance with a living slideshow of Fairness Campaign leaders’ favorite memories leading up to passage of the historic First Fairness Ordinance in Kentucky in 1999!

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Origin

April 5, 6, 11, & 28

While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable loss and uncovers the beauty of love and human resilience. In her research, she strives to understand the divisive history of the United States.  She feels that one must look beyond race and instead focus on caste systems around the world.
CINEMA+ Presentations on April 5, 6, 11, & 28

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Tótem

April 12, 13, & 14

In a bustling Mexican household, seven-year-old Sol is swept up in a whirlwind of preparations for the birthday party for her father, Tona, led by her mother, aunts, and other relatives. As the day goes on, building to an event both anticipated and dreaded, Sol begins to understand the gravity of the celebration this year and watches as her family does the same.

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La Chimera

April 12, 13, 14, & 17

Everyone has their own Chimera, something they try to achieve but never manage to find. For the band of tombaroli, thieves of ancient grave goods and archaeological wonders, the Chimera means redemption from work and the dream of easy wealth.

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Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (Nu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii)

April 19, 20 & 21

From Golden Bear winner Radu Jude, Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World takes a fierce and darkly comic swipe at modern day life. Jude’s scathing, side-splitting take-down of gig culture, capitalism, and international exploitation is ambitious in scope and even includes a couple surprising swipes at Kentucky.

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John Singer Sargent: Fashion & Swagger

April 19, 20, 21 & 28

John Singer Sargent is known as the greatest portrait artist of his era. What made his ‘swagger’ portraits remarkable was his power over his sitters, what they wore and how they were presented to the audience. Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, Exhibition on Screen’s film will examine how Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture, and fashion.

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Trouble Every Day

April 26

Scientist Shane Brown (Vincent Gallo) neglects his new bride (Tricia Vessey), instead spending their honeymoon searching for an old colleague, Dr. Léo Semeneau, who disappeared after a research paper he had written was discredited by the medical community.
CINEMA+ With a reading and post-screening discussion by poet Iva Moore, author of Women Collapse Into / Better, Brighter Artists (Oversound, 2023).

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The Beast

May 10, 11, & 12

In 2044 artificial intelligence controls all facets of a stoic society as humans routinely “erase” their feelings. Hoping to eliminate pain caused by their past-life romances, Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) continually falls in love with different incarnations of Louis (George MacKay).

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Wildcat

May 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, & 26

Directed and co-written by four-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke and filmed in and around Louisville, Wildcat invites the audience to weave in and out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor’s mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing: Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing?

May 15, CINEMA+ with a post-screening discussion with Ethan Hawke in person.

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2024 Louisville Film Society Short Film Slam

May 23

Co-presented by the Louisville Film Society, local filmmakers will present short works of fifteen minutes or less followed by questions and comments from the audience. This edition features a special jury prize of $500 for the best film of the slam.

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The Plot Against Harry

June 1 & 2

Dour Jewish mobster Harry Plotnick is finally released from prison after two decades. Returning to a very different world, Harry tries to ease back into his criminal ways on his old turf, but it soon becomes clear that he’s thoroughly outdated. When he encounters his ex-wife and his now-adult daughters, whom he doesn’t even know, he decides to clean up his act.

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My National Gallery

June 7, 8, & 9

The National Gallery of London is one of the world’s greatest art galleries. It is full of masterpieces, an endless resource of history, an endless source of stories. But whose stories are told? Which art has the most impact and on whom? The power of great art lies in its ability to communicate with anyone, no matter their art historical knowledge, their background, their beliefs.

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