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Reading Room

Reel Talks

Talks on movies, the culture of cinema, and filmmaking.

June 9
J. Hoberman, Duck Soup

June 16
Philip Gefter, Cocktails with George and Martha:
Movies, Marriage, and the Making of  Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

June 23
Carrie Courogen, Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood's Hidden Genius

June 30
Samm Deighan, Revolution in 35mm: Political Violence and Resistance in Cinema from the Arthouse to the Grindhouse, 1960-1990

July 7
Shawn Levy, CLINT: The Man and the Movies

July 14
Chris Alexander, Art! Trash! Terror!: Adventures in Strange Cinema

July 21
Odie Henderson, Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema

July 28
Alissa Wilkinson, We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine

August 4
David M. Stewart, There's No Going Back: The Life and Work of Jonathan Demme (Screen Classics)

August 11
Dave Karger, 50 Oscar Nights: Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins