Forgotten Gems with Joshua Cohen

This event is part of Le Conversazioni

Forgotten Gems
with Joshua Cohen

Joshua Cohen
Author

in conversation with
Antonio Monda, NYU

In ENGLISH

Forgotten Gems is a series that takes place at Casa Italiana as part of the literary festival Le Conversazioni that focuses on films that the speakers believe worthy of being [re]discovered. Antonio Monda and his guest each choose three films to present and discuss (accompanied by clips). This season’s third guest is author Joshua Cohen.

The selected films are:

[Bonus] Blue Velvet (1986) by David Lynch
The Dybbuk (1937) by Michal Waszynski
The Boys in the Band (1970) by William Friedkin
Der Rebell (1969) by Volker Schlöndorff
E venne un uomo (1965) by Ermanno Olmi
La Folie Almayer (2011) by Chantal Akerman
Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976) by Paul Mazursky

Bonus film:
History of the World: Part I (1981) by Mel Brooks