MAA Film Series

The Museum of Art and Archaeology is pleased to announce its the second season of its Film Series. The Museum will show films each month inspired by one of the special exhibitions on view in the Museum or about artists and art. Prior to the showing, there will be a brief review by the Museum Educator of the film's significance and its application to a specific exhibition.

All films shown at 7:00 pm, 106 Pickard Hall. Free and open to the public.
Call 573-882–5076 for more information.

August 1, 2008 - Friday
How To Draw A Bunny (2002)
Directed by John W.Walter
Starring Ray Johnson, Roy Lichtenstein and Chuck Close
A contemporary of Lichtenstein and Warhol, artist Roy Johnson, whose collages “bridged dada and pop art,” committed suicide in 1995. This documentary examines his personality and art through interviews and Johnson’s own work.

August 21, 2008 - Thursday
The Agony and The Ecstasy (1965)
Directed by Carol Reed
Starring Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison
Reed (The Third Man) directed this examination of the relationship between Michelangelo (Heston) and Pope Julius II (Harrison). Portrayed are battle of wills and the suffering of the great artist who was commissioned to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling in the early 16th century.

Let us know about your reactions to any of the films. See the Film Series section
of the Museum's blog Musings.

September 5, 2008 - Friday
Roman Holiday (1953)
Directed by William Wyler
Starring Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck

September 18, 2008 -Thursday
Network (1976)
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Starring Faye Dunaway and Peter Finch

October 3, 2008 - Friday
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Directed by Stanley Kubric
Starring Ryan O’Neal and Marisa Berenson

October 16, 2008 - Thursday
His Girl Friday (1940)
Directed by Howard Hawks
Starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell

November 7, 2008 - Friday
The Stunt Man (1980)
Directed by Richard Rush
Starring Barbara Hershey and Peter O’Toole

November 20, 2008 - Thursday
Missing (1982)
Directed by Costa-Gavras
Starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek

December 5, 2008 - Friday
All the President’s Men (1975)
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford

December 18, 2008 - Thursday
Age of Innocence (1993)
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer

(January 2, 2009 - Friday - no film)

January 15, 2009 - Thursday
The Lion in Winter (1968)
Directed by Anthony Harvey II
Starring Katherine Hepburn and Peter O’Toole

All films shown at 7:00 pm, 106 Pickard Hall. Free and open to the public