Madfilm Meetup: Movie Tuesday
Seymour: An Introduction | Ethan Hawke | USA | 2015 | 84 min
Sundance Cinemas, Tuesday, April 7, 7:35pm»
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Join us Tuesday, April 7 at 7:35pm at Sundance Cinemas for the documentary by Ethan Hawke, Seymour: An Introduction. Seymour Bernstein started playing the piano as a little boy, and by the time he turned 15 he was teaching it to others. He enjoyed a long and illustrious career as a performer before he gave it up to devote himself to helping others develop their own gifts. (Rotten Tomatoes)
Sundance and The Capital Times are sponsoring a post-screening discussion with critic Rob Thomas.
Join Madison Film Forum contributors James Kreul and Jake Smith at the screening. We will meet at the lobby tables near the theater hallway by 7:00pm. Look for our fancy new table sign to find us. After Rob’s chat, we will wander over to the back room of the Great Dane for a beverage.
With the Madfilm Meetups, the Madison Film Forum provides opportunities to attend great films and meet people doing the same. We don’t sponsor these screenings, we just support them by showing up.
SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION has had a positive response from film critics, earning a 100% Tomatometer Rating at Rotten Tomatoes. You can find a collection of reviews at our Flipboard Magazine:
Review highlights include:
“Seymour: An Introduction gives viewers a soaring, sublime and enduringly meaningful glimpse of a man who is undoubtedly the real thing.” Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
“The movie’s real subject is the difficulty — and the critical importance — of bringing into harmony one’s personal and artistic lives, of being not only a good artist but a joyful one.” J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader
“More than a musical offering, it’s a study in boundless passion, plus a wellspring of wisdom about art and life from a man who sees no dividing line between the one and the other.” Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
“So effective does it close the distance between you and Mr. Bernstein that afterward you may find yourself scanning the streets, hoping to catch sight of him, as if for an old friend.” Manohla Dargis, New York Times