A Foreign Affair

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Thursday, Feb 20
1:30

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A Foreign Affair

Screening & Lecture with NYU Tisch Cinema Studies Graduate Student Jeff Hughes

1948. 116 m. Billy Wilder. Universal Pictures. US. English/German. Rated NR.

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In occupied Berlin, a US Army Captain (John Lund) is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer (Marlene Dietrich) and the US Congresswoman (Jean Arthur) investigating her.

After the screening, stay for a lecture and discussion featuring writer and NYU Graduate student Jeff Hughes.

Catch more screenings and lectures as part of the Cinema Studies: Billy Wilder series in February, featuring Ace in the Hole, Love in the Afternoon, and A Foreign Affair. Members save $10 per session when buying all 3 Billy Wilder Cinema Studies Events!

Tickets: $35 (members), $40 (nonmembers)

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"That great ex-Berliner Wilder's cynical, darkly funny look at postwar Berlin—a hive of bombed-out buildings, desperate citizens and black-market morality, run by the U.S. military with a slightly blind eye."
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

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Screening and Lecture with Jeff Hughes, NYU Tisch Cinema Studies Graduate Student

Thursday, Feb. 20 2025, 1:30

Jeff Hughes is a graduate student in the Martin Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies at New York University, returning to academia after a twenty-year absence. In that time, he authored four plays and two musicals, and founded Boardwalk Theatre Company, an organization dedicated to after-school education in underserved communities such as Asbury Park, NJ. He was the recipient of the 2009 Richard Rodgers Awards, administered by the American Academy of Arts & Letters. For 18 years, he has served as the editor-in-chief of DaBearsBlog.com, the nation's leading Chicago Bears website.

Tickets: $35 (members), $40 (nonmembers)

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This film is part of the Cinema Studies: Billy Wilder series.