Cinema Studies: Movie Musicals Since 1955

This six-week series will explore the movie musical in the seven decades since the genre’s most iconic period, MGM’s “Golden Age,” which featured such titles as The Wizard of Oz (1939), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), An American in Paris (1951) and Singin’ in the Rain (1952). Each of the screenings in the series will be accompanied by a short lecture from Jeff Hughes, graduate of the Martin Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies at NYU, contextualizing that week’s film historically and offering a wide variety of complementary clips. We will look at where the musical has been, surveying the whole of world cinema, and speak to where the musical is going, always keeping an eye on the movie musical’s most important influence: the stage. The series will also feature expansive Q&A sessions.