In his Cinesthesia program notes, Jason Fuhrman explains how If….,Lindsay Anderson’s controversial and surreal portrait of boarding school life, overcame many obstacles to reach British screens and became an essential film of the 1960s.
Category Archives: Cinesthesia Program Notes
Attend: McCABE AND MRS MILLER at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu Feb 1, 6:30pm
In his Cinesthesia program notes, Jason Fuhrman explains how Robert Altman took the tragic tale of a stubborn gambler and a feisty madam and reinvented the modern western with his 1971 classic, McCabe and Mrs. Miller.
Attend: MAGNOLIA at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu Jan 4, 5:30pm
Attend: Program Notes Magnolia | Paul Thomas Anderson | US | 1999 | 188 minutes Cinesthesia, Madison Public Library Central Branch, Thursday, January 4, 5:30pm» In his Cinesthesia program notes, Jason Fuhrman suggests that the bold stylistic flourishes on display in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia reflect a filmmaker at a turning point in his artistic development. […]
Attend: CHILDREN OF MEN at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu Nov 7, 6:30pm
In his Cinesthesia program notes, Jason Fuhrman suggests that Alfonso Cuarón’s dystopian thriller Children of Men has become even more relevant ten years after its release.
Attend: DAYS OF HEAVEN at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu Sep 7, 6:30pm
In his Cinesthesia program notes, Jason Fuhrman celebrates the near-perfect achievement of Terrence Malick’s second feature, Days of Heaven.
Attend: ROBOCOP at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu Jun 6, 6:30pm
In his Cinesthesia program notes, Jason Fuhrman argues that the bleak future envisioned thirty years ago in Paul Verhoven’s RoboCop seems curiously familiar.
Attend: BEING JOHN MALKOVICH at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu Jun 1, 6:30pm
In his Cinesthesia program notes, Jason Fuhrman argues that Being John Malkovich seduces us into an alternative reality while retaining its own singular logic.
Attend: THE PLAYER at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu May 4, 6:30pm
Jason Fuhrman’s program notes for the Cinesthesia screening of The Player on Thursday night remind us that Robert Altman’s attitude about Hollywood was always complex and ambivalent.
Attend: BEFORE THE RAIN at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu Mar 2, 6:30pm
Jason Fuhrman’s program notes for the next Cinesthesia screening on Thursday night provides context for Milcho Manchevski’s impressive but often overlooked feature debut, Before the Rain.
Attend: TRAFFIC at Central Library Cinesthesia, Thu Feb 2, 6:00pm
Jason Furhman’s program notes for tonight’s screening of Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic traces its journey from a British television mini-series to Academy Award winning feature film.