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Three Classic Films Screening at The Tivoli March 7th – 9th – We Are Movie Geeks

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Three Classic Films Screening at The Tivoli March 7th – 9th

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MY LITTLE CHICKADEE, WHITE HEAT, and RAGING BULL constitute the three-film series sponsored by The Mildred Kemper Art Museum next week at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar in the University City Loop). This ties into the museum’s current exhibit “Rosalyn Drexler: Who Does She Think She Is?” These are FREE screenings!

A kiss. A punch. A body braced for impact. The paintings of Rosalyn Drexler exude uncanny stillness, anticipation and, frequently, the dread of imminent violence. Moments of intimacy and conflict are frozen, sliced and readied for examination — excerpts from narratives whose conclusions can only be guessed. From Feb. 10 to April 17, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will present “Rosalyn Drexler: Who Does She Think She Is?”, the first full-career retrospective for the multi-talented artist. Surveying six decades of work, the exhibition features major paintings and collages alongside rarely seen early sculptures. Also included are books, photographs and other materials documenting Drexler’s wide-ranging and colorful career as a novelist, playwright and — briefly — professional wrestler.

Kemper Art Museum presents three films illustrating various aspects of Rosalyn Drexler’s groundbreaking work as an artist and writer. Drexler has often adapted subjects drawn from both classic films and B-movies in her paintings, asking viewers to consider not only the glamorous myths of popular culture’s stereotypes and tropes but also their disturbing underside.
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My Little Chickadee, directed by Edward F. Cline
Tuesday, March 7, 7p
The 1940 comedy-Western My Little Chickadee brings together two golden age screen icons who have directly impacted Drexler’s works: Mae West, celebrated and censored for her groundbreaking mix of humor and overt sexuality, and W.C. Fields, famed for playing a sardonic misanthrope.
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White Heat, directed by Raoul Walsh
Wednesday, March 8, 7p
Starring James Cagney as a ruthless gangster who has a special dedication to his mother, celebrated film noir White Heat (1949) blends masculine violence and vulnerability, a recurring motif of Drexler’s work.
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Raging Bull, directed by Martin Scorsese
Thursday, March 9, 7p
Starring Robert De Niro in an Oscar-winning performance, Cathy Moriarty, and Joe Pesci, Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull (1980) tells the story of Jake LaMotta, a figure who is featured in Drexler’s boxing scenes that, like the film, lay bare the brutal yet intimate violence of the sport.
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Rosalyn Drexler (American, b. 1926), “Night Visitors,” 1988. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 1/8″. Private collection, Westport, Conn. © 2017 Rosalyn Drexler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
The Kemper museum is located on Washington University’s Danforth Campus, near the intersection of Skinker and Forsyth boulevards. Regular hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily except Tuesdays and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. the first Friday of the month. The museum is closed Tuesdays.
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