Emory Cinematheque: Sense and Sensibility
Emory Cinematheque: Sense and Sensibility
Directed by Ang Lee, 1995 | 136 min.
Emma Thompson’s perceptive and witty Oscar-winning screenplay provided the foundation for this outstanding adaptation of Jane Austen’s first novel. We remain always at the side of the dispossessed Dashwood sisters, especially the practical Elinor (Thompson) and the passionate Marianne (Kate Winslet), as they debate how best to approach matters of the heart, over which they, like all of Austen’s heroines, have so little control. Boasting a fine cast of British actors--including the three romcom heartthrobs Hugh Grant, Greg Wise and Alan Rickman--the film perfectly marries Ang Lee’s penchant for long takes and stories of repressed emotion to late 18th century British society.
Free event and open to public.
University Event Topic: Arts. Department / Organization: Arts at Emory. Film & Media. Event Open To: All (Public).
Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 7:30 PM.
White Hall 208 | 301 Dowman Dr.
Ethics at the Movies: NATCHEZ
FREE Screening at Emory University — NATCHEZ
Thursday, April 9, 2026 7:00 PM EDT
Rita Anne Rollins Building, Room 102
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In partnership with the Center for Ethics in the Arts at Emory University, the Atlanta Film Society presents a free screening of NATCHEZ and a Q&A with Suzannah Herbert, Producer / Director.
NATCHEZ Short Synopsis:
After generations of showcasing its pre-Civil War mansions and hoop-skirted guides, Natchez, Mississippi, is now reckoning with a romanticized past, an uncertain future, and the debt it owes to the descendants of slavery. A cinematic portrait of a tourist town at a crossroads, NATCHEZ follows an array of historic homeowners, activists, and tour guides as they tell their versions of the past, and clash over who gets to tell America’s story.
Ethics at the Movies is a documentary screening series presented by the Center for Ethics at Emory University, featuring in-person post-film conversations with members of creative teams. Ethics at the Movies has screened over 40 films…
University Event Topic: Arts. School: All Emory University. Department / Organization: Arts at Emory. Center for Ethics. Film & Media. Event Open To: All (Public). Cost: Free. Registration / R.S.V.P. link: https://atlfsyr.eventive.org/schedule/696545abbbbf5671f58d5cb7.
Thursday, April 9, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Rita Anne Rollins Building Room 102 | 1531 Dickey Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322.
Screening Solidarity: Film Screening + Filmmaker Panel
Screening Solidarity: Film Screening + Filmmaker Panel, Tuesday April 14 6-9pm in White Hall 112
Join us for a screening and conversation with PINKS, a Korean queer feminist filmmaker collective with over two decades of experience in activist filmmaking. Five members of the collective will visit Emory to reflect on the intersections of human rights, activism, and filmmaking, sharing insights from more than 20 years of collaborative work.
The event will feature a screening of their latest documentary, Edhi Alice, which explores trans experiences and allyship in South Korea. Conceived under the proposition “Transgender is Cinematic,” the film offers a distinctive cinematic experience while opening space for dialogue across communities.
Sponsored by:
The Hightower Fund
The Department of Film and Media
The Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry
The Center for Ethics
The Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures
The Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
University Event Topic: Arts. School: All Emory University. Department / Organization: Arts at Emory. Film & Media. Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry. Center for Ethics. Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures. Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies (Department of).
Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
White Hall Room 112 | 301 Dowman Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322.
Emory Cinematheque: The Lady Eve
Emory Cinematheque: The Lady Eve
Directed by Preston Sturges, 1941 | 94 min.
With The Lady Eve, the brilliant writer-director Preston Sturges created the Hollywood screwball comedy to top them all. It’s full of impossible situations, clever, double-entendre dialogue (necessary in the era of the Production Code) and plentiful pratfalls. When con artist Jean Harrington (Barbara Stanwyck) seduces and then falls for an out-of-his-depth snake-studying heir Charles Pike (Henry Fonda) on an ocean liner, she gets more than she bargained for and resolves to set things right. Boasting a cast of Sturges comic regulars, as well as the always delightful Charles Coburn as Jean’s deceitful father “Colonel” Harrington, The Lady Eve was written expressly for Stanwyck and she goes to town in this “woman on top” romp. Meanwhile Fonda demonstrates his comic chops to the fullest. Who knew?
Free event and open to public.
University Event Topic: Arts. Department / Organization: Arts at Emory. Film & Media. Event Open To: All (Public).
Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 7:30 PM.
White Hall 208 | 301 Dowman Dr.
Emory Cinematheque: The Rules of the Game
Emory Cinematheque: The Rules of the Game
Directed by Jean Renoir, 1939 | 110 min.
Jean Renoir’s satire of the French bourgeoisie “dancing on the edge of a volcano” (e.g. the Fascist threats at its borders) is the crowning achievement of his golden decade of filmmaking in France (though a case can be made for his magnificent anti-war Grand Illusion). Classically structured, Rules transforms from an urbane comedy of manners among an amoral, adulterous group of mostly wealthy Parisians into a fast-paced, upstairs/downstairs slapstick farce when all hell breaks loose at a costume ball at a Loire chateau. Renoir here achieves the height of naturalism through his signature style--complex staging captured by his frequent use of a mobile camera and long takes. The film is imbued with Renoir’s generous affection for all his characters, no matter how badly they behave.
Free event and open to public.
University Event Topic: Arts. Department / Organization: Arts at Emory. Film & Media. Event Open To: All (Public).
Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 7:30 PM.
White Hall 208 | 301 Dowman Dr.
Last Exit: A Screening of Films and Film Sounds by Tom Dixon
Last Exit: A Screening of Films and Film Sounds by Tom Dixon
Friday 4/24 1-2:30pm White Hall 208
Last Exit is a screening of films and film sounds by Tom Dixon, Emory Arts Fellow in Film and Media. The works included in the program circle around such figures as the road, the mystical, and the spectacle, drawing out sounds from beneath the surface of the image and beckoning to the beyond.
On display will be Tom's dual artistic practice as a filmmaker and sound designer/mixer; the program oscillates accordingly between films he's authored and films he's mixed and contributed sounds to this academic year.
Featuring shorts by Eislow Johnson, Masha Vlasova, Alan Medina, and Gillian Waldo & Sam Taffel, plus works in progress by Tom Dixon & Matt Feldman. Followed by a Q&A and conversation with Professor Gregory Zinman.
University Event Topic: Arts. School: All Emory University. Department / Organization: Film & Media. Arts at Emory.
Friday, April 24, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
White Hall Room 208 | 301 Dowman Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322.