As part of our ongoing commitment to bring all 100 of the Greatest Films of All Time (as determined by Sight and Sound magazine’s poll published in 2022) to the screen at the Dryden, we are tackling this year’s crop with one film from each decade, from the 1930s to the 2000s. From around the world and across cinematic history, these films represent the highest in cinematic artistic achievement. Also keep an eye out for the three Stanley Kubrick films that made the list as well, since they will be screening on Saturdays.
Dates and Titles:
May 9: Touki Bouki (Djibril Diop Mambéty, 1973, 85 min., 35mm)
May 15: M (M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder, Fritz Lang, Germany 1931, 99 min., 35mm, German with English subtitles)
May 16: A Brighter Summer Day (Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian, Taiwan 1991, Edward Yang, 237 min., DCP, Mandarin, Min Nan, and Shangaiese with English subtitles)
May 22: Sans Soleil (Chris Marker, France 1983, 100 min., DCP, French with English subtitles)
May 23: Yi Yi (Edward Yang, Taiwan/Japan 2000, 173 min., 35mm, Mandarin, Min Nan, Hokkien, Japanese, and French with English subtitles)
May 24 (2 p.m.): M (M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder, Fritz Lang, Germany 1931, 99 min., 35mm, German with English subtitles)
June 5: The Red Shoes (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, UK 1948, 135 min., 35mm)
June 7 (2 p.m.): The Red Shoes (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, UK 1948, 135 min., 35mm)
June 24: The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups, France, 1959, 99 min., 35mm, French with English subtitles)
Events in this Series
The Shining (35mm)
The Complete Kubrick | The Sight and Sound Club Seeking inspiration and relaxation, troubled writer Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) accepts a job as wintertime caretaker for a hotel in Colorado. Soon, a case of cabin fever spells trouble for Jack’s wife (Shelley Duvall) and psychic young son (Danny Lloyd).
The 400 Blows (35mm)
Sight & Sound by Decade | The Sight & Sound Club | The Complete Antoine Doinel The film that heralded in the ground-breaking French New Wave movement, The 400 Blows is a deeply personal and poetic depiction of childhood.
The Red Shoes (35mm)
Sight & Sound by Decade | The Sight & Sound Club | Saturday Matinees! Hans Christian Andersen’s tale is just the starting point for this imaginative and moving classic— a landmark in the histories of both dance and cinema. An ambitious and obsessive dancer (the luminous Moira Shearer) falls under the spell of a tyrannical impresario (Anton Walbrook) and soon must choose between ballet and her love for a burgeoning composer (Marius Goring).
The Red Shoes (35mm)
Sight & Sound by Decade | The Sight & Sound Club Hans Christian Andersen’s tale is just the starting point for this imaginative and moving classic— a landmark in the histories of both dance and cinema.
Yi Yi (35mm)
Sight and Sound by Decade | Sight and Sound Club | AAPI Heritage Month Winner of the Best Director prize at Cannes, this intimate epic of family life is an exhilarating cornucopia of memorable characters.