Kent MOMI is pleased to announce a new eight-week programme of screenings at the museum.
Entitled 'CINEMA OF DESIRE', the screenings will run every Friday evening from 16 August to 4 October.
Friday 16 August
Flesh and the Devil (USA, Clarence Brown, 1926), with Greta Garbo and John Gilbert.
The friendship of Ulrich and Leo is destroyed by a beautiful woman, devoid of moral principles, who ultimately prefers wealth over passion.
(Running time: 112 minutes).
Friday 23 August
The Son of the Sheik (USA, George Fitzmaurice, 1926), with Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Banky.
An outrageous and highly enjoyable romp, introduced with a short original presentation (with clips and images) of Valentino’s career, image and meanings for the century after his death.
(Running time: 68 minutes film + 20 minutes introduction).
Friday 30 August
Lola Montès (France/Germany, Max Ophuls, 1955), with Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov and Anton Walbrook. French version.
The film is loosely based on the life of the famed 19th-century courtesan Lola Montes, who excited and shocked her contemporaries in equal measure, as mistress of - amongst a multitude of others - Franz List and King Ludwig 1 of Bavaria, who lost his throne as a result of their relationship.
(Running time: 116 minutes).
Friday 6 September
Matrimonio all’Italiana [Marriage Italian Style] (Italy, Vittorio de Sica, 1964) with Sofia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni.
She is Filumena, a resilient and somewhat naive Neapolitan prostitute in war-torn Italy; he is Domenico, a bourgeois business owner who does not take love affairs too seriously … Kent MOMI welcomes you to a night of Neapolitan heat, desire, laughter, and tears with Marriage Italian Style (1964), by Vittorio De Sica.
(Running time: 102 minutes)
Friday 13 September
Far from the Madding Crowd (UK, John Schlesinger, 1967), with Julie Christie, Terrance Stamp, Alan Bates & Peter Finch.
Bathsheba has three suitors – a good man, as the name implies, solid Gabriel Oak, who loves her with open eyes; an older man who desires her to the point of obsession, farmer Boldwood; and red-coated Sergeant Troy, who dazzles and excites her while himself desiring another woman. Their intertwined and conflicting desires and fates play out in the lush and timeless landscape of rural Dorset.
(Running time: 169 minutes)
Friday 20 September
La Piscine (France, Jacques Deray, 1969), with Alain Delon, Romy Schneider and Jane Birkin.
Picture, for a second, Romy Schneider, Alain Delon, Jane Birkin, and Maurice Ronet in revealing swimwear, bronzed bodies basking in the lazy St. Tropez sun and reflected in the shimmering waters of a villa’s swimming pool … No, this isn't a daydream – it's La Piscine, by Jacques Deray, a story which revolves around a former ménage à trois that becomes a ménage à quatre, with deadly consequences.
(Running time: 122 minutes).
Friday 27 September
Angst essen Seele auf [Ali: Fear Eats the Soul] (Germany, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1973), with Brigitte Mira.
Probably Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s most influential work, an unconventional love story that combines sharp social analysis with emotional intensity.
One evening in Munich, an elderly cleaning lady named Emmi seeks shelter from a rainstorm in a bar frequented by immigrants. To her surprise, the jukebox plays a 1920s Schlager, and Ali, a handsome Moroccan migrant worker, asks her to dance ...
(Running time: 93 minutes)
Friday 4 October
Mystery film TBA - please see our Facebook or Instagram for reveal!
Need to know:
Doors open for drinks and themed cocktails by Dr. Natasha at 5.30pm with screenings commencing at 6.30pm sharp with a brief introduction.
Screenings are FREE to Kent MOMI yearly ticket holders, but a £5 donation is suggested, to help us keep the lights on!
Museum tickets can be bought at the door and are valid for a year.