Film & Media Culture

NPR’s Robert Siegel reflects on his thirty years as co-host of the daily news program All Things Considered and reflects on the journalistic changes he has seen along the way. Sponsored by The Film and Media Culture Department, The Vermont Humanities Council, Meet the Press, Ilsley Library and the Creative Writing program.

Young workaholic Inès confronts a work-family conflict as her jokester father, Winfried, poses as her CEO’s life coach. “It’s blessed with two excellent lead performances from the actors playing father and daughter…Just brilliant.” –– Dave Calhoun, TimeOut. (162 minutes) Admission: Free

Philosophy professor Nathalie Chazeaux (Isabelle Huppert) faces a midlife crisis after learning that her husband wants a divorce and that her mother’s health is declining. “Huppert delivers a performance for the ages in this profoundly insightful story about a woman coming of age in her 60s.” –– David Ehrlich, Indiewire. (102 minutes) Free Admission: Free

Christian (Bang) is a divorced but devoted father of two, and the respected curator of a contemporary art museum in Stockholm. He’s gearing up to launch their next show, ‘The Square’, a daring installation examining altruism and our duty to help others. However, Christian’s own views on social responsibility are put to the test when he becomes the victim of a scam, forcing him to question the world around him and his place in it.

In medieval Japan, two Catholic priests (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver), journey to find their mentor, who is rumored to have renounced his religion. Silence is “a sophisticated film that dares to expose the breadth of cultural division.” –– Joshua Rothkopf, TimeOut. (161 minutes) Admission: Free

An intimate look at a week in the life of a bus driver and aspiring poet in urban New Jersey. “Adam Driver’s Paterson will be treasured for years.” –– Tim Robey, The Telegraph. (118 minutes) Admission: Free

Olga, a Russian emigrant and member of the French Resistance, Jules, a French collaborator, and Helmut, a German SS officer, cross paths in the 1940s wartime. “Konchalovsky’s robust, absorbing Holocaust drama is built on unlikely junctures of grace and despair.” –– Guy Lodge, Variety. Sponsored by the Holocaust Film Fund. (130 minutes) Admission: Free

Gael Garcia Bernal plays an inspector on the hunt for Pablo Neruda, who has recently become a fugitive for being a leftist poet-politician in Chile in the 1940s. “All the performances are outstanding” –– Jay Weissberg, Variety. (107 minutes) Free Admission: Free

After his mother dies, Zucchini is taken to a foster home. At first, he has trouble adjusting to his new life, but with the help of other orphans, he learns how to love and trust. This animated film “is never afraid to be cute, but more importantly, it’s committed to being real.” –– Peter Debruge, Variety. Sponsored by the Department of French. (70 minutes) Free Admission: Free

Moonlight chronicles the life of a gay African American man from his troubled childhood to adulthood in a rough area of Miami. This Best Picture winner “glows like its title.” –– David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter. (111 minutes) Admission Free