March Screening Series: David Lynch

The Sidney Poitier New American Film School celebrates the career and singular artistry of the late, great David Lynch with a pair of screenings highlighting two of his most important films. First up is Lynch’s debut, 1977’s surreally unsettling “Eraserhead.” Produced while Lynch as a student at the American Film Institute on a shoestring budget and released to little fanfare, its reputation grew over years of midnight screenings to cult-classic status. Next up is arguably the most critically acclaimed film of Lynch’s career, “Mulholland Drive.” The 2001 surrealist neo-noir finds an aspiring actress (Naomi Watts) arriving in Los Angeles and finding herself embroiled in a mystery upon meeting a woman (Laura Harring) suffering from amnesia. “Mulholland Drive” earned Lynch the Cannes FIlm Festival Award for best director and an Oscar nomination. 

March 5: "Eraserhead." RSVP here.

March 19: "Mulholland Drive." RSVP here.

All screenings begin at 6 p.m. and are free and open to the public.