To mark the upcoming release of “Disclosure Day,” the Jacob Burns Film Center is unveiling the Steven Spielberg Sci-Fi series.
The event will kick off on May 9 with a screening of “A.I. Artificial Intelligence,” a dark futuristic story that Spielberg took over following the death of Stanley Kubrick, who had intended to direct it. It will be presented in 35mm.
The Jacob Burns Film Center will offer screenings of a Spielberg-directed sci-fi film every weekend from May 9 through June 21. The series will conclude with his 1977 classic, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” Other films include “War of the Worlds” (on 35mm), “Minority Report” (on 35mm), “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” and “Ready Player One.”
In a release touting the series, the Jacob Burns Film Center hails Spielberg as “a true artist whose mastery of spectacle is equaled by an aptitude for mining the rich, often thorny emotional depths of the stories he tells.” It adds that “science fiction provides a vast, malleable canvas upon which he can couple his fundamental strengths as a filmmaker with the peerless sense of imagination that makes him such a truly singular storyteller.” The Jacob Burns Film Center is a nonprofit cultural institution in the New York metro area, operating across a three-building campus in Pleasantville, N.Y.
The center will also offer a series of post-screening discussions led by leading film scholars, to give audiences deeper insight into Spielberg’s films, exploring their themes, context and cultural impact. NYU Faculty members Dana Polan (May 31), Kenneth Bowser (June 7), and Gail Segal (June 14) will each lead discussions following select screenings.
“Disclosure Day,” Spielberg’s latest film, has been shrouded in secrecy, but reportedly is about aliens. Emily Blunt, Colman Domingo, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth and Eve Hewson star in the film, which opens on June 12.
Here’s the official poster:
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