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November 2018
Sound of Music
The Carsey-Wolf Center is proud to present beloved musical The Sound of Music (1965) in stunning digital projection. The film was adapted from a 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical, and based on a memoir by Maria von Trapp. The story of aspiring nun Maria (Julie Andrews) and her appointment as governess to the seven von Trapp children, her romance with the widowed Captain von Trapp (Christopher Plummer), and their flight from Austria in the wake of the rise of…
Find out more »RBG
At the age of 85, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a lengthy legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But the unique personal journey of her rise to the nation’s highest court has been largely unknown, even to some of her biggest fans – until now. RBG (2018) explores Ginsburg’s life and career through interviews, public appearances and archival material. Betsy West and Julie Cohen (co-directors) will join moderator Jeannine DeLombard (English, UCSB) for…
Find out more »Frankenstein Afterlives: Spirit of the Beehive
A masterpiece of Spanish cinema, Víctor Erice’s 1973 directorial debut The Spirit of the Beehive (El espíritu de la colmena) offers an allegory of life after General Franco’s victory in the Spanish Civil War. The film tells the story of Ana, a young girl in a remote village whose experience at a traveling film presentation of Frankenstein sends her into the Castilian countryside in search of her own monster. Released near the end of the Franco era, the film offers…
Find out more »January 2019
Beyond the Spill: The History and Politics of Oil in California (Day 1/2)
The Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Energy Justice in Global Perspective presents a two-day symposium to commemorate the 1969 Santa Barbara oil disaster and its aftermaths: BEYOND THE SPILL: THE HISTORY AND POLITICS OF OIL IN CALIFORNIA Thursday and Friday, January 24-25, 2019 THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 5:00pm - 8:00pm Digital Arts and Humanities Commons + Wireframe Studio (Music 1410) Opening Reception and Exhibition Featured speakers: Brenda Longfellow (Filmmaker, Cinema and Media Studies, York University) Mellon Sawyer Seminar Artist in Residence Emily Roehl (Mellon…
Find out more »Beatles Revolutions: Let It Be
Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s documentary Let It Be (1970) was originally intended to showcase the band’s creative process and to represent a return to form during a time when creative and interpersonal disagreement weighed heavily on the group. Instead, the film stands as an elegy for the Beatles, immortalizing the tensions between them, as well as the virtuosity of their iconic final rooftop performance. Musician and producer Alan Parsons will join moderator David Novak (Music, UCSB) for a post-screening discussion.
Find out more »Point of No Return
Soaring at 28,000 feet without a drop of fuel, nothing is predictable: not the weather, not the technology, and certainly not the fate of a man, alone for five days in a fragile, first-of-its-kind aircraft with nothing but ocean below. Point of No Return takes you behind the headlines of the first solar-powered flight around the world, where two courageous pilots take turns battling nature, their own crew, and sometimes logic itself, to achieve the impossible. Their aim is not…
Find out more »February 2019
Script to Screen: The Favourite
Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite (2018) is set in the early eighteenth century. England is at war with France, but duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving nevertheless. A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne. Her close friend Lady Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz) governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne’s ill health and mercurial temper. When Abigail Masham (Emma Stone) is hired as a new servant, her charm endears her to Sarah. Sarah takes Abigail under…
Find out more »Script to Screen: A Quiet Place
The year is 2020 and most of Earth’s human and animal population has been wiped out by sightless creatures of unknown origin. Directed by John Krasinski, A Quiet Place (2018) explores one family’s struggle to survive in a desolate New York City in an era of complete and utter silence. As Earth’s newest invader is attracted to noise, even the slightest of sounds can be deadly. We are delighted to welcome Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (screenwriters/ executive producers) for the 50th installment of Script to Screen,…
Find out more »Beatles Revolutions: I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Set against the backdrop of Beatlemania, I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) centers on the comical quest of six New Jersey teens to see the Beatles at their 1964 performance on the set of the The Ed Sullivan Show. Robert Zemeckis’ directorial debut imagines the power of a musical phenomenon to shape a cultural moment. One of the first collaborations between writers Zemeckis and Bob Gale and producer Steven Spielberg, I Wanna Hold Your Hand is the story of fans whose…
Find out more »The Lady Eve
Preston Sturges’ daring and sexy romantic comedy The Lady Eve (1941) opens as a naturalist (Henry Fonda) emerges from the jungle after a year up the Amazon studying snakes. On board a ship, he is targeted by a female cardsharp (Barbara Stanwyck). When the two begin to fall in love, complications arise for both the con woman and the mark. Widely lauded as one of the best screwball films of all time, this film was a favorite of both Stanwyck…
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