Forgotten Gems with Richard Peña

This event is part of Le Conversazioni

Forgotten Gems
with Richard Peña

Richard Peña
Fmr Prof. of Cinema Studies, Columbia University
Fmr Program Director, Film at Lincoln Center

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 second guest is film expert Richard Peña.

The selected films are:

Payaasa (Thirsty, 1957) by Guru Dutt
No Home Movie (2015) by Chantal Akerman
O Som ao Redor (Neighboring Sounds, 2012) by Kleber Mendonça Filho
L’uomo in più (One Man Up, 2001) by Paolo Sorrentino
Residue (2020) by Merawi Gerima
The Life of Oharu (1952) by Kenji Mizoguchi

Bonus film:
Uccellacci e uccellini (The Hawks and the Sparrows, 1966) by Pier Paolo Pasolini