1. Unforgettable: 2015

    Frank Beaver focuses on some favorite cinematic fragments that flickered across our screens last year.

  2. Greater than its parts

    Frank Beaver screens “Spotlight” and “The Big Short” to celebrate the craft behind a well-made ensemble film.

  3. Time to get serious

    ’Tis the season for “elevated film fare” as Hollywood amps up the awards buzz. But what to watch?

  4. Summer jazz fest

    Celebrate the remastered classic “Syncopation,” featuring Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, and more.

  5. Five came back

    Frank Beaver looks at five war-time directors who used film to influence public opinion.

  6. Mr. Barilla goes to Hollywood

    Forget the spaghetti western. Film historian Frank Beaver reveals how pasta magnate Pietro Barilla added flavor to Italian cinema.

  7. This kid is all right

    Award-winning filmmaker Gary Gilbert, ’86, is a dreamer. But he’s also a hard-working realist. “Growing up, people would tell me a career in Hollywood was a pipe dream,” says the former mortgage broker. “But I can tell you it’s not.” Gilbert produced The Kids Are All Right, starring Annette Bening.

  8. Shaping beauty from the desert

    The inspiring story of an unlikely friendship between an American anthropologist and a Mexican artist who rediscovered an ancient way to make pottery. University of Michigan graduate Scott Petersen’s remarkable documentary describes how the men and the art saved a whole town from extinction.

  9. Artist of the Chill and Canyon

    Lawrence Kasdan, director of ‘The Big Chill,’ ‘Grand Canyon’ and other classics, recalls his U-M days.