Film
FILM
The Apostle
Tuesday, January 7, 1:30 p.m.
This drama, written and directed by Robert Duvall, captures the struggles of a once-successful Texas-based Pentecostal preacher (Duvall), whose life takes an unexpected turn after his wife (Farrah Fawcett) leaves him and his congregants turn against him.
Admission:
FREE; no reservations
FILM
Moshe Safdie: The Power of Architecture
Thursday, January 9, 8:00 p.m.
In conjunction with the exhibition Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safdie, watch this fascinating film portrait of renowned Canadian-Israeli architect Moshe Safdie.
Admission:
$8 General; $6 Members; $5 Full-Time Students
FILM
The Chosen
Tuesday, January 14, 1:30 p.m.
Set in Brooklyn during World War II, two young Jewish men from different worlds—one comes from a modern Orthodox family, the other is the son of a Hasidic rabbi—meet while playing baseball. Their unexpected friendship is strained by political disagreements as well as by personal drama.
Admission:
FREE; no reservations
FILM
My German Friend
Tuesday, January 14, 8:00 p.m.
Catch the L.A. premiere of this story of young love that takes place in the darkest days of Argentina’s dirty war.
Admission:
$8 General; $6 Members; $5 Full-Time Students
FILM
The Crucible
Tuesday, February 4, 1:30 p.m.
Based on Arthur Miller’s acclaimed play, The Crucible centers around the Salem, Massachusetts, witch trials in the seventeenth century.
Admission:
FREE; no reservations
FILM
The German Doctor
Tuesday, February 4, 8:00 p.m.
Set in Patagonia in 1960, a German physician stays with an Argentinean family and becomes fascinated with their sickly twelve-year-old daughter, Lilith.
Admission:
FREE
FILM
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
Tuesday, February 11, 1:30 p.m.
Maximilian Glick is an average young Jewish boy from Manitoba, Canada, managing a fine line between pleasing his demanding parents and finding his own identity. When he develops a crush on a young Christian girl, help comes from an unlikely ally: the town’s new rabbi.
Admission:
FREE; no reservations
FILM
Raquel: A Marked Woman
Featuring a talk and Q&A with Director Gabriela Bohm
Thursday, February 20, 8:00 p.m.
An extraordinary story of a woman who fought back against the criminal rings that ensnared her and the society that shunned her.
Admission:
$8 General; FREE to Skirball and JGSLA Members; $5 Full-Time Students
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