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FILM CLUB

Bored of your book club but still want to get together with your friends for a lively evening on storytelling? Pick a movie for each session and filmmaker Viviane Silvera will be your moderator, bringing her over 20 years of teaching experience and in depth knowledge of filmmaking to guide and inform a scintillating conversation.

WEBINARS

An in-depth entertaining and fascinating presentation including video clips, painting slides and film stills to explore any of the below titles

Contact me to access webinar recordings (listed below)

ON CINEMATOGRAPHY & STORYTELLING

  • Oppenheimer Part One

  • Oppenheimer Part Two

  • Barbie

  • Maestro

  • Fantastic Fungi

  • Stories We Tell

  • The Bureau

  • The Power of the Dog

  • La La Land

  • Searching for Sugarman

  • Monsoon Wedding

  • Tar

  • Free Solo

  • My Octopus Teacher (and the world of underwater cinematography)

  • In Treatment

  • Coppola: Inside the Creative Process (Apocalypse Now Part 1)

  • Darkness & Light: The Making of Apocalypse Now (Part 2) & the Vision of Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro

  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Parts One + Two: World Building

  • Normal People: Cinematography inspired by the work of Nan Goldin

  • Nora Ephron Part One: When Harry Met Sally

  • Nora Ephron Part Two: Silkwood, Heartburn and Sleepless in Seattle

  • Scorsese: Raging Bull

  • Scorsese: “The Age of Innocence”, Scorsese’s Most Brutal Film

  • Ordinary People

  • Swept Up In Story: “Tootsie”

  • The Artistry Behind E.T

  • My Brilliant Friend: World Building + Cinematography

  • White Tiger

  • Mozart in the Jungle

  • King Richard

  • CODA

  • Boyhood

  • Temple Grandin

    MEMORY FILMS + SERIES

Films that explore human memory.

  • Ordinary People

  • The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

  • Never Look Away

  • In Treatment

  • The English Patient

  • Life of Pi

  • Schindler’s List

  • Finding Dory (upcoming)

  • Coco (upcoming)

  • Inside Out

  • The Making of See Memory

  • The Making of Feel Memory

WHERE FILM AND PAINTING MEET

Film directors often reference paintings when planning the mood and visual style of their film. “Light it like Rembrandt” is a commonly used term between director and cinematographer. This series examines the painters who renowned filmmakers have referenced in their films. Film images move quickly, at 24 frames per second, and even the experienced art connoisseur can miss most of these references. From Steven Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List”, to Christopher Nolan’s “Batman: The Dark Night”, each lecture covers different filmmakers and the painters they reference.

  • Light It Like Rembrandt: Today's Filmmakers Steal from the Masters. This class gives an overview of dozens of painters including Goya, Bacon, Botticelli and Rembrandt referenced in contemporary films.

  • Bridgerton: The Netflix series that Reimagines a Velasquez, features a Room of genuine van Dykes + much more

  • Caravaggio’s “The Calling of Saint Matthew” & Rousseau’s “Snake Charmer” in Apocalypse Now

  • Scorsese & Caravaggio: Locating Caravaggio’s light and compositions in film

  • Steven Spielberg and Norman Rockwell

  • Frida Kahlo’s Paintings Reconstructed In Julie Taymor’s “Frida”

  • Gerhard Richter in “Never Look Away”

  • Hidden In Plain Sight: Paintings by Francis Bacon, Goya, Turner and More in movies we all know and love.

THE ARTISTRY BEHIND LIMITED SERIES

  • The Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Netflix)

  • The Bureau (Sundance)

  • The Last Movie Stars (HBO)

  • Bridgerton (Netflix)

  • Succession (HBOMAX)

  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)

  • The Gilded Age (HBOMAX)

  • The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix)

  • Unorthodox (Netflix)

  • The Crown (Netflix)

  • My Brilliant Friend (HBOMAX)

  • Normal People (Hulu)

  • The Bear (FX, Hulu, Disney +)

  • Dickinson (AppleTV+)

  • Call My Agent (Netflix)

  • The Spy (Netflix)

  • The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem (Netflix)

  • Queen Charlotte (Netflix)

  • Fleishman Is In Trouble (Max)

  • The Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Netflix)

  • Schitt’s Creek

  • The Spy

    MAGICAL REALIISM

  • Blending the Real and the Magical in Film

  • Forrest Gump

  • Amelie

  • Life of Pi

    ON SCULPTURE

  • Rodin: Father of Modern Sculpture: Explore the innovations, legacy and personal twists and turns in Rodin’s life and art.

  • Camille Claudel: “Please Tell Them What Happened to Me”: What did it mean to be an artistic prodigy when women were not considered capable of forging a path without a man, What would Camille Claudel be known for today if she had not come up and eventually wilted in the shadow of her mentor and lover, Rodin?

    ON PHOTOGRAPHY

  • Annie Leibovitz

  • Richard Avedon

  • Robert Farber

    ON JEWISH THEMES IN FILM + TV

  • The Making of Schindler’s List

  • The Ripple Effects of Schindler’s List

  • Golda

  • The Spy

  • “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”: A Jewish Family is at the heart of the humor and raucously entertaining blockbuster show.

  • The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem (Netflix)

ON WOMENS’ STORIES AND WOMEN STORYTELLERS

  • The Queen’s Gambit

  • The Power of Jane Campion: The Piano and The Power of the Dog

  • The Lost Daughter, based on the book by Elena Ferrante, directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal

  • My Brilliant Friend, based on the books of Elena Ferrante

  • “Frida” on artist Frida Kahlo, directed by Julie Taymor

  • Camille Claudel

  • Annie Leibovitz

  • Nora Ephron

  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: The invention of this luminous and inspiring show is the brain child of a women, starring a woman., and joined by a brilliant supporting cast of women.

  • CODA

  • Temple Grandin

  • Queen Charlotte

NON FICTION

  • The Last Movie Stars (MAX)

  • The Rescue (National Geographic)

  • The Painter and the Thief (Hulu)

  • Searching for Sugarman

  • Three Identical Strangers

  • My Octopus Teacher

  • Navalny (MAX)

  • Annie Leibowitz

  • Free Solo (National Geographic)

  • All That Breathes (MAX)

  • The Making of “See Memory”, Director’s Talk

  • The Making of “Feel Memory”, Director’s Talk