Event

CFS presents: In the Cut

Monday, March 14 @ 7 PM / Music Box Theatre

ONLINE TICKET SALES END 2 HRS BEFORE SCREENING START. TICKETS WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR!

In the Cut
Directed by Jane Campion 2003
When respected art house heavyweight Jane Campion made a foray into genre filmmaking with an erotic thriller starring none other than rom-com queen Meg Ryan, it was met mostly with confusion, albeit not by everyone Manohla Dargis cannily raved, Jane Campions astonishingly beautiful new film may be the most maddening and imperfect great movie of the year. Though it was based on Susanna Moores 1995 novel and pitched to investors as serial killer romp à la David Finchers Se7en, youd be hard-pressed to find anything the two films have in common except a predilection for severed body parts in surprise locations. Ryan may be at her finest as a dour English teacher pulling a rolling suitcase behind her as she stalks the streets of the Lower East Side looking for thrills. After one of her afternoon dive bar visits plunges her into a brutal murder case, she becomes sexually involved with the brooding homicide detective (Mark Ruffalo at peak steaminess), who may not be who he claims. Dion Beebes gauzy and often garish cinematography (he would later work on Michael Manns Collateral and Miami Vice) helps transform New York into a sleazy dreamscape, and scene stealer Jennifer Jason Leigh co-stars as Ryans vulnerable half-sister. Campion imbues what might have just been another voyeuristic erotic thriller in other hands with startling intimacy, resulting in a film both brutal and delicate, and ready for rediscovery.

119 min Screen Gems 35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory

Preceded by: Meg Ryan Trailer Reel 35mm

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