Pop Smart - Tonight: Come to Cinemama!
There’s a new film series in town, and it’s decidedly artsy and intriguing. Cinemama begins its series tonight at New Street Gallery (2800 Washington St., Avondale Estates, GA 30002) with a screening of John Cassavetes’ 1968 stunner Faces. Starring some of Cassavetes’ regulars (wife Gena Rowlands, John Marley, Seymour Cassel), the film examines the life of a married couple and how our sexual mores dig into our frustrations.
In his review, film critic Roger Ebert hailed the three-time Oscar nominee for its unrelentingly honest take on the American middle class:
John Cassevetes’ Faces is the sort of film that makes you want to grab people by the neck and drag them into the theater and shout: “Here!” It would be a triumphant shout. Year after year, we get a tide of bilge that passes for “the American way of life” in the movies.
We know it isn’t like that. We don’t live that way and neither does anyone we know. What Cassavetes has done is astonishing. He has made a film that tenderly, honestly and uncompromisingly examines the way we really live.
The screening, which is free, starts at 8 p.m. According to a release, three popcorn, drinks and “soft fluffy pillows.” Donations will be accepted.
Here’s the rest of the schedule:
April 3, 8 p.m.: 3 Women (directed by Robert Altman, 1977)
April 10, 8 p.m.: Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)
April 17, 8 p.m.: Celine & Julie Go Boating (Jacques Rivette, 1974)
April 24, 8 p.m.: The Double Life of Veronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski,
1991).
Here’s a clip from the movie, one of the key scenes, featuring newcomer Lynn Carlin. Impressive stuff.