Wim Wenders: Portraits Along the Road
Mar. 4–16, 2016
Wim Wenders is cinema’s preeminent poet of the open road, soulfully following the journeys of people searching for themselves. Over more than four decades, Wenders has directed films in his native Germany and around the globe, making dramas both intense and whimsical, as well as mysteries, fantasies, and documentaries. With this retrospective—featuring early works of the New German Cinema (Alice in the Cities, Kings of the Road), art-house hits (Paris, Texas; Wings of Desire), and inquisitive nonfiction looks at world culture (Tokyo-Ga, Buena Vista Social Club)—we discover Wenders’ vast cinematic world.
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Pina 3D
Mar. 4, 2016
“Dance, dance, or we are lost.” Pina Bausch’s final words summarize her life and provide the inspiration for Wenders’ breathtaking…
Alice in the Cities
Mar. 5–8, 2016
Often compared with Charles Chaplin’s The Kid, Wenders’ fourth film (although he technically considers it his first fully realized feature…
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Mar. 5–8, 2016
In Wenders’ first widely released feature—after 1970’s rarely shown Summer in the City—a soccer goalie, Josef Bloch (Arthur Brauss), is…
Kings of the Road
Mar. 6–10, 2016
The third entry in Wenders’ road movie trilogy, Kings of the Road follows a friendship between Bruno, a.k.a. King of…
Wrong Move
Mar. 6–9, 2016
In the second entry of Wenders’ road movie trilogy, we visit the cities of Glückstadt and Bonn, a palace along…
The American Friend
Mar. 7–10, 2016
With Wenders adapting Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley’s Game, The American Friend follows Jonathan Zimmermann (Bruno Ganz, Downfall, Wings of Desire) who…
Tokyo-Ga
Mar. 11–15, 2016
Tokyo-Ga is Wim Wenders’ love letter to the great Japanese master, Yasujiro Ozu. The best way to describe the film…
Paris, Texas
Mar. 11–14, 2016
By far Wenders’ best-known and internationally most successful film, Paris, Texas is based on a script by Pulitzer Prize winner…
Wim Wenders Shorts Program
Mar. 12–16, 2016
An actor runs through the same shot five times holding a gun, each time set to a different color treatment.…
Wings of Desire
Mar. 12–15, 2016
Wings of Desire marked a homecoming of sorts for Wenders as it was his first film made in Germany after…
Until the End of the World: Director's Cut
Mar. 13, 2016
Until the End of the World is “the ultimate road movie,” a journey around the globe, a modern-day odyssey—and it…
