Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Two-time Oscar-winner Lewis Milestone (All Quiet on the Western Front) directed this lavish remake of the Nordhoff-Hall classic about the 18th century Royal Navy crew who rebelled against their tyrannical commander. Trevor Howard made a restrained, chilling Captain Bligh, while Marlon Brando’s droll performance as Fletcher Christian took a very different approach from the classic […]

For centuries, Istanbul has been home to thousands of stray cats who roam freely and live in peace with the locals who see the animals as fellow citizens rather than as pets or nuisances. Director Ceyda Torun spent her childhood in Istanbul and follows seven particular cats over the course of her film; she avoids […]

In person: filmmaker Richard Kelly Richard Kelly’s feature debut as a writer-director, blending teen angst with elements of sci-fi and horror, did not have a successful run during its initial release, but strong word of mouth kept adventurous filmgoers buying tickets as the number of screens showing the film dwindled. After its home video release […]

From an early stint on The Richard Pryor Show to one-woman stage acts and standup routines to recurring roles on Roseanne, Pose, and American Horror Story, actress Sandra Bernhard has booked just a handful of film roles that truly allow her talents to shine. Bernhard is dangerously electric in her breakout big-screen role as Masha, […]

Selected by the Visual Effects Branch. Special guest: Introduction by visual effects supervisor Harrison Ellenshaw. Warren Beatty directed and stars in this comic strip adventure about the straight-arrow policeman and his run-ins with a variety of colorful hoodlums—played by a rogues’ gallery of actors in elaborate Academy Award–winning makeup including Supporting Actor nominee Al Pacino […]

What’s Up, Doc? Modeled after Hawksian farces and classic Looney Tunes and updated for the Me Generation, Peter Bogdanovich’s pitch-perfect screwball comedy finds a fast-talking Judy Maxwell (an effervescent Barbra Streisand) careening into the life of bumbling musicologist Howard Bannister (prime Ryan O’Neal) and his domineering fiancée (Madeline Kahn in her screen debut) as a […]

Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee’s wuxia (“martial heroes”) film became an international success and garnered 10 Academy Award nominations, the most for a non-English language film (now tied with Roma) and won four, including Foreign Language Film (now International Feature Film) and Cinematography for Hong Kong–based director of photography Peter Pau. Set in 19th century China, […]

Based on the life of Florenz “Flo” Ziegfeld Jr., the legendary impresario behind the Ziegfeld Follies, this spectacular MGM production is chockablock with stars and extras, with certain musical numbers choreographed for over 150 performers. Nominated in seven categories, the film won for Best Picture, Best Actress (Luise Rainer as actor Anna Held), and Dance […]