Film
An Evening with Bruce Dern
- 7PM
“One of American cinema’s finest character actors” (Film Comment) joins audiences for an in-depth discussion of his career from the 1960s to the present. A brilliant and versatile performer who cemented his reputation as an icon of the American New Wave in films co-starring Jack Nicholson, Jane Fonda, Karen Black, and other luminaries of the era, Dern has emerged as one of this year’s top Academy Award contenders for his performance in Alexander Payne’s Nebraska, which has already won him the Best Actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
The Q&A will be moderated by Time Out New York's Josh Rothkopf following a screening of Nebraska.
In Alexander Payne’s latest film, Bruce Dern “lets his wonderfully weathered face course with subtle shades of sorrow” (Variety), playing a cantankerous man in the heartland of America.
During the filmmaking revolution of the 1960s and 70s, Bruce Dern emerged as the epitome of a new breed of American movie star: a virtuoso actor who specialized in messy, messed-up men.