December 8, 2023–January 3, 2024

Essential Big Screen 2023

During The Cinematheque’s open-house festivities in July, we encouraged patrons to make a modest donation and, in turn, suggest a film they believe has been egregiously overlooked in our programming. Little surprise, your recommendations were top-shelf! In fact, in more than one instance, requests were serendipitously in sync with plans already afoot for 2024 (Jean-Luc Godard, Edward Yang, Tsai Ming-liang, we’re looking at you).

For this year’s Essential Big Screen” lineup, we’ve decided to sprinkle in three patrons’ picks too good to delay any longer. Thanks to John S. (Hana-bi), Kenny B. (Diary of a Country Priest), and Johanna H. (Glenda Jackson) for your selections and generous support. A medley of must-see classics—featuring works by Terrence Malick, Ozu Yasujiro, King Hu, and Douglas Sirk—round out the remaining program.

To anyone who enjoyed a movie at The Cinematheque in 2023, thank you for supporting us and the work we do. Happy holidays and even happier film viewing.

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List of Programmed Films

Date Film Title Director(s) Year Country
2023-Dec Days of Heaven Terrence Malick 1978 USA
2023-Dec Hana-bi Kitano Takeshi 1997 Japan
2023-Dec Raining in the Mountain King Hu 1979 Taiwan . . .
2023-Dec Sunday Bloody Sunday John Schlesinger 1971 United Kingdom
2023-Dec Diary of a Country Priest Robert Bresson 1950 France
2023-Dec All That Heaven Allows Douglas Sirk 1955 USA
2023-Dec An Autumn Afternoon Ozu Yasujiro 1962 Japan