Exhibitions and Events
The Beat Generation on Screen
The Beat Generation on Screen
Two recent motion picture versions of Jack Kerouac novels point to a renewed interest in the Beat Generation in popular culture. This film retrospective matches documentaries with fictional features to try to get a fix on one of America’s last great literary movements and how its legacy is now seen in both memory and imagination.
SCREENINGS WEDNESDAYS AT 8 PM. FREE ADMISSION
24 September - On the Road
Atlantic Film Festival: The Coen Brothers
Whether you consider them cult favourites or mass-audience avatars, the Coen Brothers (Joel and Ethan) have produced a unique body of cinema that continues to astound and entertain.
SCREENINGS DAILY AT 5 PM. FREE ADMISSION. SEATING IS LIMITED
Saturday 13 September - Blood Simple
USA, 1984, 99 minutes. A private detective, a couple under some strain and a boyfriend who just won’t die. These are the ingredients for the Coen Brothers’ terse debut, an American Indie neo-noir landmark.
Atlantic Film Festival: Celebrating the National Film Board of Canada
FREE ADMISSION
This year marks the 75th Anniversary of Canada’s National Film Board. Gaspereau Press author Binnie Brennan will read from her new book Like Any Other Monday which tells the story of a Buster Keaton-like character. A screening of the 1964 NFB film The Railrodder and its accompanying ‘making of’ documentary, Buster Keaton Rides Again, will follow the reading after a short question and answer session.
Tracing Tracks Online Launch
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Project site: http://tracingtracks.com Artists: Edith Flückiger and Germaine Koh Curators: Mireille Bourgeois and Chantal Molleur Website by Lukas Steinman A component of the exhibition |
Artifact Institute: Closing reception and round table discussion
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION on residual media and CLOSING RECEPTION for
