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Cornell Cinema Fosters Space for Film Appreciation Among Campus, Ithaca Community
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In its more than 50 years of operations, Cornell Cinema has been screening a variety of films for the Cornell and greater Ithaca community.
Arts & Culture
The Un-Understandability of ‘Last Year at Marienbad’
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Cornell Cinema recently showed the 1961 film Last Year at Marienbad, a French film about an old hotel populated by wealthy guests. It focuses on an unnamed man, the narrator, who aggressively insists that he had met the female protagonist, an unnamed woman, one year ago and she promised to give him an answer as to whether or not they could be in a relationship. She, however, has no memory of ever meeting him. Most of the movie consists of the man trying to convince her that his memory is accurate and hers is inaccurate. He wants her to leave the second unnamed male character who may or may not be her husband, which, at the end of the movie, she does.
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Curtains are Set to Close on the Ithaca Mall Regal Cinema
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The Ithaca Mall Regal Cinema is closing its doors, prompting sadness from many Cornell students who consider the theater a landmark of Ithaca.
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Haunted Happenings at Cornell this Halloween
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As the end of October creeps around, Cornellians showcased their creative Halloween costumes to participate in spooky festivities both on and off campus.
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Cornell Cinema Casts Molly Ryan as New Director
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Following the departure of longtime Director Mary Fessenden in July, Molly Ryan, an experienced film curator, has taken over the role of Cornell Cinema director.
Arts & Culture
Lynch: An Ode to the Weirdo’s Weirdo
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As someone who is all three of those, the announcement of a David Lynch series at the Cornell Cinema was enough to make me giddy. But who is David Lynch, why is he so beloved and where can the less weird among us get started with his work?
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Behind the Scenes at Cornell Cinema
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After several semesters of scaled back operations, Cornell Cinema has returned to its pre-COVID capacity, with successful screenings occurring through Labor Day weekend.
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MEIDENBAUER | The Magic of the Cornell Cinema
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In the basement of Willard Straight there’s a little movie theater. It’s clearly old, the seats are well worn and squeaky. The fading paint on the walls has several famous quotes, most of which I can’t quite recognize, except for Shakespeare and one in Latin. The lights are a fading yellow dim, in a way that would be creepy if it didn’t match the rest of the place so well. There’s something compelling about the quaint little theater; it’s one of those hidden gems of Cornell.
As a senior only a month and a half from graduating, I knew we had a cinema, but I had never actually been before this semester. I just never had a reason to go, and so I never actually took advantage of the opportunity.
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Cornell Cinema Diversity and Inclusion: CODA Film Review and Deeper Analysis by Cornell CODA Panelists
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Following the conclusion of the film, Cornell’s Children of Deaf Adults members held a panel where they discussed their views on the film and answered questions; below is a snippet of some of the topics that were explored.
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Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide to Host Documentary Screening at Cornell Cinema
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Cornell Cinema will be screening The State of Texas vs. Melissa, a film about a woman on death row who is facing execution.