Forgotten Gems with Kent Jones

This event is part of Le Conversazioni

Forgotten Gems
with Kent Jones

Kent Jones, director and film critic

in conversation with
Antonio Monda, NYU

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 first guest is filmmaker and critic Kent Jones.

The selected films are:

Numero Zero (1971, Jean Eustache)
Il mondo nuovo (1982, Ettore Scola)
Love Streams (1984, John Cassavetes)
Scarecrow (1973, Jerry Schatzberg)
Hangmen Also Die (1943, Fritz Lang)
Le tentazioni del Dottor Antonio (1962, Federico Fellini)

Bonus:
High Anxiety (1977, Mel Brooks)

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò
New York University
September 16, 2024