On September 12, we screen the visually stunning film In the Mood for Love, by director Kar-Wai Wong. It came in as number 5 on the BFI list. The film tells the story of a blossoming love affair between two married residents of an apartment building in 1960s Hong Kong. One participating critic remarked that “the film looks both forward and back, wallowing in nostalgia for a purer, lusher form of cinematic romanticism while carving out more modern, even avant-garde forms of sensual and ... view more »
On September 12, we screen the visually stunning film In the Mood for Love, by director Kar-Wai Wong. It came in as number 5 on the BFI list. The film tells the story of a blossoming love affair between two married residents of an apartment building in 1960s Hong Kong. One participating critic remarked that “the film looks both forward and back, wallowing in nostalgia for a purer, lusher form of cinematic romanticism while carving out more modern, even avant-garde forms of sensual and psychological expression from its saturated style.”
Watch the theatrical trailer.
NAU and the Flagstaff community are invited to come together in front of the big screen in Cline Library’s newly refurbished Assembly Hall for the College of Arts and Letters Film Series.
Discussions and screenings take place every other Tuesday at 7 p.m.
All screenings are free and open to the public. Each classic movie will be preceded by a short introduction from NAU faculty and followed by a community discussion.
The film series promotes understanding and appreciation of cinema through Northern Arizona University and the greater Flagstaff community. The CAL Film Series blends well-known audience favorites along with lesser-known films, as well as a mix of genres, directors, and actors. This season, the focus is on the British Film Institute’s decennial list of the Greatest Films of All Time. In 1952, Sight and Sound, the BFI’s monthly film magazine, asked critics to rank the greatest films of all time. It was the first such ranking in the world and has been published every decade since. The Institute’s 2022 list was created with the input of over 1,600 critics, programmers, archivists, and academics, with each submitting a top-ten ballot.
The film series is made possible with the support of the College of Arts and Letters, the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies, the School of Communication’s Journalism Program, NAU’s Cline Library, and under the direction of Dr. Paul Helford and Dr. Paul Donnelly.
Free weeknight parking is available for community members behind Cline Library and requires a
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