Hitchcock/Truffaut
Hitchcock/Truffaut
July 14–August 28, 2016
Films by two iconic directors who changed the way we look at cinema. Inspired by the recent doc Hitchcock/Truffaut, which screens twice in this series.
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Hitchcock/Truffaut
Kent Jones
United States, 2015Thursday, July 14 7 PMView DetailsWith commentary from Martin Scorsese, Olivier Assayas, David Fincher, Wes Anderson, and others, Hitchcock/Truffaut provides an engaging look at one of the most beloved film books—and two of the most beloved directors—of all time.
Day for Night
François Truffaut
France, 1973Imported Print
Saturday, July 16 6 PMView DetailsIntroduced by Laura Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jacqueline Bisset, and François Truffaut himself join an ensemble cast for a behind-the-scenes romantic comedy in which the love interest is cinema itself. “Truffaut’s droll and generous celebration of filmmaking remains an enchanting experience” (NY Times).The Lady Vanishes
Alfred Hitchcock
United Kingdom, 1938Saturday, July 16 8:45 PMView DetailsAn elderly lady mysteriously vanishes on a transcontinental train, to the concern of one young woman—and hardly anyone else. “Directed with such skill and velocity that it has come to represent the quintessence of screen suspense” (Pauline Kael).
Jules and Jim
François Truffaut
France, 1962Imported Print
Friday, July 22 8:15 PMView DetailsTruffaut's portrayal of an early twentieth-century love triangle with Jeanne Moreau at its apex is "full of wit and radiance" (Pauline Kael).
Notorious
Alfred Hitchcock
United States, 1946Saturday, July 23 8:15 PMView DetailsIntroduced by Marilyn Fabe.
Trying to infiltrate a group of Nazis in Latin America, Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman find themselves entangled in a cruel love affair in Hitchcock's polished, perverse thriller.Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock
United States, 1958Sunday, July 24 7:15 PMView DetailsDetective Jimmy Stewart combs the Bay Area looking for the secret behind Kim Novak’s beauty in Hitchcock’s sinister ode to voyeurism, death, and amorous fixation. Voted best film of all time in a 2012 Sight and Sound poll.
Shoot the Piano Player
François Truffaut
France, 1960Friday, July 29 8:30 PMView DetailsTruffaut’s homage to the American gangster film stars Charles Aznavour as a dejected barroom tinkler with a tragic past.
The Bride Wore Black
François Truffaut
France, 1968Sunday, July 31 7:30 PMView DetailsIn Truffaut’s Hitchockian thriller, Jeanne Moreau is a bride widowed on her wedding day who takes vengeance on those responsible for her groom’s death.
Rear Window
Alfred Hitchcock
United States, 1954Thursday, August 4 7 PMView DetailsIntroduced by Marilyn Fabe (August 4 screening only)
Dour photojournalist Jimmy Stewart sits with a broken leg by his window observing his neighbors' lives, in Hitchcock’s brilliant meditation on cinema and voyeurism.Hitchcock/Truffaut
Kent Jones
United States, 2015Saturday, August 6 6 PMView DetailsWith commentary from Martin Scorsese, Olivier Assayas, David Fincher, Wes Anderson, and others, Hitchcock/Truffaut provides an engaging look at one of the most beloved film books—and two of the most beloved directors—of all time.
Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock
United States, 1960Saturday, August 6 8 PMView DetailsJanet Leigh and Anthony Perkins star in Hitchcock’s legendary, groundbreaking thriller. One of the most influential horror films ever made.
The Wrong Man
Alfred Hitchcock
United States, 1957Friday, August 12 6:30 PMView DetailsHitchcock combines film noir and documentary to spin off the frightening possibilities when an innocent man, New York jazz player Manny (Henry Fonda), is named as the guilty party in a holdup.
The 400 Blows
François Truffaut
France, 1959Imported Print
Friday, August 12 8:40 PMView DetailsA fifteen-year-old Jean-Pierre Léaud makes his debut as François Truffaut’s alter ego Antoine Doinel in this quintessential coming-of-age film, a lyrical but unsentimental portrait of adolescence and of Paris.
North by Northwest
Alfred Hitchcock
United States, 1959Recommended for ages 10 & up
Saturday, August 13 8 PMView DetailsHitchcock dubbed this exhilarating thriller “my final word on the chase film.” Cary Grant plays the fast talking adman who is mistaken for an assassin by the police and for a double agent by an international spy ring.
North by Northwest
Alfred Hitchcock
United States, 1959Recommended for ages 10 & up
Saturday, August 20 3 PMView DetailsHitchcock dubbed this exhilarating thriller “my final word on the chase film.” Cary Grant plays the fast talking adman who is mistaken for an assassin by the police and for a double agent by an international spy ring.
Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock
United States, 1958Thursday, August 25 7 PMView DetailsDetective Jimmy Stewart combs the Bay Area looking for the secret behind Kim Novak’s beauty in Hitchcock’s sinister ode to voyeurism, death, and amorous fixation. Voted best film of all time in a 2012 Sight and Sound poll.
The Lodger
Alfred Hitchcock
United Kingdom, 1927Digital Restoration
Saturday, August 27 4 PMView DetailsLive Music / Judith Rosenberg on piano
Hitchcock’s first foray into the thriller genre, starring Ivor Novello as the eponymous lodger who just may be a serial killer. The director himself called it “the first true Hitchcock movie.”Rear Window
Alfred Hitchcock
United States, 1954Sunday, August 28 7:30 PMView DetailsIntroduced by Marilyn Fabe (August 4 screening only)
Dour photojournalist Jimmy Stewart sits with a broken leg by his window observing his neighbors' lives, in Hitchcock’s brilliant meditation on cinema and voyeurism.












