Moscow Film Society: Paper Moon

Sunday, February 23 at 8 PM

“Part of an incredible 1970s career run for the director Peter Bogdanovich, Paper Moon remains a high point, not just for the talent involved behind the scenes and in front of the camera, but also for Hollywood.”
— Wendy Ide, Times (UK)

Moscow Film Society presents PAPER MOON as part of their Modern Monochrome series featuring black and white movies released in the age of color film. Maverick director Peter Bogdanovich affectionately recreates the world of the 1930s Dust Bowl in this beloved, briskly entertaining chronicle of one of cinema’s unlikeliest crime sprees. Real-life father and daughter Ryan and Tatum O’Neal play off each other with almost musical agility as a Bible-hawking con man and the precocious, recently orphaned tomboy who falls into his care. With period-perfect detail, glowing monochrome imagery by cinematographer László Kovács, and a memorable supporting cast (including Madeline Kahn), Paper Moon is a witty, loving portrait of two natural-born hustlers on a road trip through Depression-era America.

Rated: PG | 1 hr 42 min | Tickets: $8 Adult / $5 Child / Film Pass