Nicolas Cage returns to his independent film roots. Joe is based on Larry Brown’s novel. A Q/A with actor Ronnie Gene Blevins happens May 1, 7 p.m. Tickets on sale.

“There’s no better teacher than to do it,” says Film 4 Change Executive Director Rich Henrich, creator of the first CineVision Festival at The Screen, May 1-4. Henrich says the idea for CineVision sprang from the constant curiosity of students regarding how to create and run a film festival.

This week at The Screen, be sure to catch the SFUAD student-created Three Poems, Three Films, and so much more.

On May 2, native Santa Fean and Studio Arts Senior Shelbie Loomis will salute the Christian Brotherhood’s legacy with an interactive installation called Cohesion, showcasing in the Southwest Annex Gallery.

This weekend, check out Le-Weekend, winner of Best Film in the 2013 British Film Awards, as well as other offerings April 11-17 at The Screen.

Films at The Screen April 4-11 range from Arctic Cowboys to Strangers by Lake

Award-nominees and winners abound at this week’s films showing at The Screen.

“Longmire” transformed Benildus Hall into a hospital wing for a day—look for it in episode one of the show’s third season.

From an eight-year-in-the-making epic masterpiece, to Romania’s Oscar nominations, to the behind-the-scenes making of a ballet star—check out this week’s offerings at The Screen.

Attention dancers: Don’t miss Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil le Clercq. Attention everyone else: Don’t miss the great films showing at The Screen March 7-13.

The Screen will host a program of Oscar-nominated Shorts. Check out the showtimes!

The Rocket, Oscar Shorts and more show this week at The Screen.

Spirit of Uganda Artistic Director Peter Kasule welcomed the audience to Uganda during the Feb. 15 at Greer Garson Theater. Indeed, the performance transfixed the audience.

On Feb. 12, Lannan Foundation hosted a reading at The Lensic Performing Arts Center with short story author and “genius grant” winner George Saunders (Tenth of December, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline and Pastoralia) followed by a Q&A, conducted New York Times Deputy Editor Joel Lovell. With animated voice and comedic timing, Saunders’ reading of “Victory Lap” demonstrated his quirky yet humanizing styles, while the conversation that followed brought out the perks and surprises of the author’s past. “I think is was one of the best Lannan evenings that I’ve seen,” says Creative Writing Department Co-Chair Matt Donovan. “The conversations in those types of events aren’t always focused on elements of craft and I really appreciated the ways in which they made it accessible.” Rather than didactic responses, for example, Saunders provided Lovell, who is a previous acquaintance, with entertaining and lax conversation. Donovan describes also an appreciation of the writer’s reading performance. A talented use of vocals, especially when changing from the POV of a little girl practicing ballet to a middle aged raper, kept the audience members on the edge of their seats, while Saunders’ witty pacing took the edge off of an otherwise dark story. Laugh. Gape. Laugh more. Stare in utter shock. Laugh. “He was entertaining, he was funny, he was poignant and he called me a badass,” says R.A. Ademulegun, Creative Writing student, who waited for Saunders’ autograph after the reading. “He gave me great pointers. You know, ‘a table is a table,’” Ademulegun says, quoting Saunders from his Q&A when he expressed an impatience for flowery language. “We’re always trying to impress people with our work,” Ademulegun concludes. “Our readers are just ordinary people.” Following the reading, Lovell, who wrote a cover story on Tenth of December for The New York Times,...

This week’s attractions at The Screen include the much-anticipated 2014 Oscar-nominated short films.