Forbidden Rooms: The Films of Guy Maddin

Friday, October 11 - Thursday, October 17, 2024

Guy Maddin in person at screenings of BRAND UPON THE BRAIN on Oct 15, MY WINNIPEG and short film program Oct 16, and RUMOURS and THE GREEN FOG on Oct 17!

In advance of the opening of his latest, RUMOURS (co-directed with his collaborators on 2017’s THE GREEN FOG and 2015’s THE FORBIDDEN ROOM, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson), IFC Center presents a weeklong retrospective of the films of the inimitable Guy Maddin.

From his first feature, the gorgeously neo-expressionist TALES FROM THE GIMLI HOSPITAL (1988), Maddin has carved out a singular place in contemporary cinema. Fascinated by the look and feel of silent films, his early work explores stories of obsession, malady, revenge and passion in a style that manages to be both baroque and restrained. His aesthetic has only grown more beautiful and more unpredictable—and his films more hilarious—with time. Steeped in a deep knowledge and deeper love of film history, Maddin’s movie-mad movies are at once fascinating homages and unmistakably unique.

The retrospective includes ten of Maddin’s features, among them his first color film, CAREFUL (1992); THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD (2003), his first “big-budget” film and first collaboration with Isabella Rossellini; MY WINNIPEG (2007), a fantasia about Maddin’s hometown, screening on a 35mm print; and a sneak preview of RUMOURS, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. The series also includes a program of short films, with Maddin in person.

See more and save! Get a Forbidden Rooms Pack (3-ticket pack: $30 for IFC Center members and $45 for non-members). Ticket packs are good for any three shows in the series lasting from October 11-17, 2024.

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