Max Alvarez
Author Film History Lecturer

FOR UPCOMING EVENTS, VISIT
Photo BRYAN GOLDBERG
POPULAR CULTURE
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The Reel Fosse/Verdon … and All That Jazz
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The History of the Hollywood Musical
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Night & the Cities: The Suspense-driven World of Film Noir
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The Magic of Moviemaking: The Art of the Cinematic Trade (series or single presentations)
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Mae West: Ahead of Her Time
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It Was a Very Good Year: Banner Years for the Movies (series and individual programs)
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Cinema in the Cities: New York, Paris, London, Rome, Los Angeles, Las Vegas
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Art vs. Commerce: When Smart Films Fail and Succeed
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Hollywood Battles Television: Wide Screens & Adult Themes in 1950s Movies
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Early Hollywood Censorship: The Production Code
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Hollywood on Hollywood: Movies About Moviemaking
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A History of Film Stunts
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Casablanca: a history of the film
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Cabaret: a history of the film and its origins
DIRECTORS / ACTORS / WRITERS
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Alfred Hitchcock: Behind the Curtain of Suspense
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Orson Welles: Genius of Stage & Screen
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Akira Kurosawa: Samurai of the Cinema
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Scorsese & DeNiro: An Electrifying Collaboration
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The Cinematic Art of Bernardo Bertolucci
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Louis Malle: Director/Provocateur
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The Films of Peter Bogdanovich
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Zhang Yimou & Gong Li: The Director and His Muse
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Makers of The Red Shoes: The Films of Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
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TheSublimely Subversive Cinema of Billy Wilder
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Ida Lupino: Fearless and Hard-boiled
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Philip Roth on Film
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Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward: First Couple of the Screen
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Possessed & Obsessed: The Films of Joan Crawford
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Dangerous Deception: The Films of Bette Davis
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The Mesmerizing Films of Josef von Sternberg & Marlene Dietrich
POLITICS
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Hollywood on the Campaign Trail
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Hollywood in The White House
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Cold War Hollywood: The Blacklist Years
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Hollywood Investigates Television News
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Immigration on Film
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The Cinema Seeks Justice