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The Caan Film Festival
May 19June 4, 2017 For two glittering weekends at the end of May, the world turns its attention to the movie event of the year: The Caan Film Festival at Museum of the Moving Image. In celebration of the Bronx-born, Sunnyside-raised, and Meisner-instructed actor, the survey revisits twelve of James Caan’s greatest performances. For over half a century, Caan has lent his incomparable magnetism to a wide spectrum of films, playing both tough guys and punching bags, talkers and mumblers, charmers and monsters. With his broad-shouldered athleticism and a granite-cut jaw, Caan brings a frank physicality to the screen, making even mild-mannered performances seem subtly threatening. Yet he also freights a deep reserve of emotion, exemplifying a post-war American masculinity that is reinventing itself one mission, one conflict, one heartbreak at a time.


Thief
Friday, May 19, 7:00 p.m. Redstone Theater

El Dorado
Saturday, May 20, 1:30 p.m. Redstone Theater

The Rain People
Saturday, May 20, 4:30 p.m. Redstone Theater

Cinderella Liberty
Saturday, May 20, 7:00 p.m. Redstone Theater

Brian's Song
Sunday, May 21, 2:00 p.m. Redstone Theater

The Killer Elite
Sunday, May 21, 7:00 p.m. Bartos Screening Room

Rollerball
Friday, May 26, 7:00 p.m. Redstone Theater

Thief
Saturday, May 27, 2:00 p.m. Redstone Theater

Misery
Saturday, May 27, 4:30 p.m. Redstone Theater

The Yards
Saturday, May 27, 7:00 p.m. Redstone Theater

Slither
Sunday, May 28, 2:00 p.m. Bartos Screening Room

Honeymoon in Vegas
Sunday, May 28, 4:00 p.m. Redstone Theater

Bottle Rocket
Sunday, May 28, 6:30 p.m. Redstone Theater

The Gambler
Sunday, June 4, 7:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image – Redstone Theater