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Hot Movie Takes: Feature VII – Julianne Moore in conversation with Alexander Payne
Both a celebration of Film Streams’ mission and a vital source of support, our Feature fundraiser galas bring together the Omaha community and some of the greatest living artists in film.
Monday, April 24, 7pm
Holland Performing Arts Center
Academy-Award winning actress
Julianne Moore
in conversation with fellow Oscar-winner and Film Streams Board Member
Alexander Payne
Honorary Chairs:
Dana & Dani Bradford
Steve & Sue Seline
On Monday, April24, 2017, Academy Award-winning actress Julianne Moore will join fellow Oscar winner Alexander Payne at Film Streams’Feature VII for an on-stage conversation about her acclaimed career and perspective on the medium. Proceeds from the event, held at the Holland Performing Arts Center, support Film Streams’ day-to-day operations.
Single tickets for the event will start at $35, with additional gift levels featuring pre- and-post-party options.
In celebration of this wonderful event, the work of Julianne Moore will be the focus of a Spring repertory series.
Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore is a New York Times Bestselling author, an Academy Award- and Emmy-winning actress, and the ninth person in Academy history to receive two Oscar nominations in the same year. She also became the only American actress to be awarded the top acting prizes at all three major European film festivals: Berlin, Venice, and Cannes. Having appeared in more than 60 feature films, 2015 saw her win both the Oscar and BAFTA for Best Actress for her stunning turn in STILL ALICE. Julianne is an Artist Ambassador for Save The Children US Programs, is on the Advisory Council of The Children’s Health Fund, and is a supporter of Planned Parenthood and the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance. She is married to writer-director Bart Freundlich (THE REBOUND, TRUST THE MAN, THE MYTH OF FINGERPRINTS). She lives with her family in New York City.
Fellow Oscar-winners Julianne Moore and Alexander Payne will get intimate about cinema tonight at Feature VII, the main fundraising event for Film Streams. Payne’s celebrated name and work means he can reach out to A-list peer film artists and get them to come to Omaha for these one-on-one movie chats. He’s previously brought Laura Dern, Debra Winger, Steven Soderbergh, Jane Fonda, David O. Russell and the principal players from his “Nebraska” – Bruce Dern, Will Forte and June Squibb. I will be there with notepad and pen in hand jotting down golden nuggets from the evening to share with you online later this week.
A repertory series of Julianne Moore’s films is showing at Film Streams through most of May. Meanwhile, Payne’s new film “Downsizing” is drawing ever nearer to its release in December. Read my latest exclusive feature about the film at–
https://leoadambiga.com/2017/04/19/hot-movie-takes-…cinema-landscape/
My book “Alexander Payne: His Journey in Film” is available on Amazon and at fine bookstores everywhere. Contact me for a signed copy.
More about the book at–
https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderPayneExpert/?fref=ts
Order the book at–
From Film Streams website–
Past Feature Events
Monday, Nov. 10, 2014
It is fitting that a celebration in support of Film Streams’ mission should bring together two of the greatest contemporary directors. Russell and Payne’s films have amassed dozens of Academy Award Nominations. Russell was nominated for Academy Awards for two screenplays, Payne for three (with two wins). Both have three best-director nominations. And, both have made three best-picture nominees. More than 1,300 guests attended, raising more than $330,000.
Sunday, November 24, 2013
For Feature V, the work of Alexander Payne took center stage when he and the stars of his wonderful film NEBRASKA – Bruce Dern, Will Forte, and June Squibb – joined Kurt Andersen for a lively conversation in which Mr. Dern (who has worked with Alfred Hitchcock, Hal Ashby, and Quentin Tarantino, among others) called Alexander “probably the greatest director I’ve ever worked with.” More than 1,600 attendees helped raise over $300,000 for Film Streams.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
For Feature IV, on Sunday, July 22, 2012, lauded actress Jane Fonda returned to Omaha, her legendary father’s hometown and the place where she spent summers acting on the Omaha Community Playhouse stage. Alexander Payne interviewed her at the Holland Performing Arts Center before an audience of 1,300, and surprise guest Laura Dern – our first-ever Feature guest back in 2008 – helped introduce the conversation. The event raised nearly $228,000 and welcomed an audience of 1,300.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
On Sunday, February 20, 2011, Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh was interviewed onstage at the Holland Performing Arts Center by Film Streams Advisory Board Member Kurt Andersen, following an introduction by Alexander Payne. With more than 1,600 attendees, we raised over $217,000.
September 13, 2009
On September 13, 2009, Alexander Payne invited three-time Oscar-nominee Debra Winger to return to Nebraska, where the 1983 landmark TERMS OF ENDEARMENT was filmed. A crowd of 750 joined event chairs Annette and Paul Smith in support of Film Streams’ Ruth Sokolof Theater on Sunday, September 13, 2009, for a lively program at the Holland Performing Arts Center, raising $150,000 for Omaha’s nonprofit cinema. A crowd of 750 raised $150,000 for Omaha’s nonprofit cinema.
Feature 2008: Laura Dern in conversation with Alexander Payne
July 13, 2008
Feature, a gala fundraising event centered on conversation about film, was conceived in 2008, when Board Member Alexander Payne invited actress Laura Dern (WILD AT HEART, JURASSIC PARK) to Omaha. On July 13, 2008, event chairs Betiana and Todd Simon welcomed nearly 1,000 attendees at the Holland Performing Arts Center for a dinner followed by an onstage conversation between Dern and Payne. Payne directed the Academy Award-nominated actress in his breakthrough effort CITIZEN RUTH, which was filmed in Omaha. Nearly 1,000 attended.
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