VCUarts Cinematheque Series Releases Spring Schedule
Tom Gresham
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VCU Communications and Public Relations
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1/24/2012
Ten art films from around the world are the featured presentations on the spring schedule of VCUarts Cinematheque, an ongoing film series developed by the Cinema Program in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts.
The films will be projected at the Grace Street Theater in 35mm with VCUarts’ state-of-the-art projecting system. The Grace Street Theater, which is located at 934 W. Grace St., seats 250 people in a stadium-seating layout.
The season will hold Tuesday screenings that start promptly at 7 p.m. The screenings will be free and open to the public on a first-come basis.
The feature films for the spring are:
“Police, Adjective” by Corneliu Porumboiu – Jan. 31
Romania, 2009
“The Princess of Montpensier” by Bertrand Tavernier – Feb. 21
France, 2010
“Still Walking” by Kore-eda Hirokazu – Feb. 28
Japan, 2008
“Alamar” by Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio – March 6
Mexico, 2010
“M. Hulot’s Holiday” by Jacques Tati – March 20
France, 1953
“Around a Small Mountain” by Jacques Rivette – March 27
France, 2011
“Ne Change Rien” by Pedro Costa – April 3
Portugal, 2010
“You Are All Captains” by Oliver Laxe – April 17
Morocco, 2011
“Helas Pour Moi” by Jean-Luc Godard – May 8
Switzerland, 1994
“The Mill and the Cross” by Lech Majewski – May 15
Poland and Sweden, 2011
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