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"Possible Landscapes" (2024, dir. Kannan Arunasalam), Produced and conceptualized by Tao DuFour and Natalie Melas

Cornell Cinema

Image: The world premiere of Possible Landscapes (2024), directed by Kannan Arunasalam, and produced and conceptualized by Tao DuFour and Natalie Melas, at Cornell Cinema in September 2024.

Cornell Cinema is one of the leading campus film exhibition programs in the country and an integral part of the fabric of campus life at Cornell. The cinema presents more than 75 films each semester and features an eclectic mix of contemporary and classic titles from around the globe. Working in collaboration with partners across campus and beyond, Cornell Cinema seeks to spark conversation, inspire innovative thinking, and advance interdisciplinary teaching through collective encounters with the art of film.

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Upcoming Films

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Sugarcane with Ghosts

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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The Matrix

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12 Angry Men

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"Contact" (1997, dir. Robert Zemeckis)
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E.T. The Extraterrestrial

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Cornell Cinema News

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"Nostalghia" (1983) Courtesy of Kino Lorber.

Now Showing: Fall 2024 at Cornell Cinema

The Cornell Cinema team is delighted to welcome you back to the historic Willard Straight Theatre for another exciting semester of cinema experiences.

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Peter Loewen named dean of Arts and Sciences

Coming from the University of Toronto, where he is the director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Loewen begins his five-year appointment as the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Aug. 1.

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Cornell Cinema has been in existence since 1970 and for five decades has broadened the horizons of tens of thousands of students and community members. We rely on annual assistance from individual donors to present a high-caliber program year after year, and to remain nimble and responsive to rapidly evolving technologies & circumstances that change the ways films are released and experienced.

A donation from you, large or small, will help us continue to offer the wide variety and quality of films patrons have come to expect from Cornell Cinema, as well as present the increasingly important live events (visiting filmmakers, live music/film performances) that bring people into the theatre at a time when there are so many alternative ways to view a film on its own.

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Land Acknowledgement

Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ (the Cayuga Nation). The Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ are members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign Nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. The Confederacy precedes the establishment of Cornell University, New York state, and the United States of America. We acknowledge the painful history of Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ dispossession, and honor the ongoing connection of Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ people, past and present, to these lands and waters.

This land acknowledgment has been reviewed and approved by the traditional Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ leadership. You can learn more about Cornell University's Land Acknowledgment through the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program website.

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