The Palm Springs Art Museum frequently presents free films as a part of its community programming. These film screenings are very popular and attendees are advised to arrive early to ensure admission.
February 2
The Swimmer, 6:00 p.m., Annenberg Theater
Director: Frank Perry (1968)
Burt Lancaster stars as a deeply alienated man whose dreams have been rent asunder in this surreal allegorical tale based on the John Cheever short story.
February 12
Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire and Shadows, 11 a.m., Lecture Hall
Director: Museum of Glass (2009)
For nearly two decades, Preston Singletary has straddled two cultures–melding his Tlingit ancestry with the dynamism of the Studio Glass movement–and in the process created an extraordinarily distinctive and powerful body of work.
March 8
Swimming Pool, 6:00 p.m., Annenberg Theater
Director: François Ozon (2003)
Charlotte Rampling stars in this twisted psychological thriller about a British mystery writer who jumps at her publisher's offer to provide her with his vacation home in the French countryside for the summer. Once there, she discovers that the house comes replete with its own pool and an unwanted guest…
March 11: Esther Williams Double Feature!
Bathing Beauty, 11 a.m., Lecture Hall
Director: George Sydney (1944)
A contrived misunderstanding leads to the breakup of a songwriter and his fiancée. She returns to work as a gym teacher at an all-girls school, but a legal loophole allows the man to enroll as one of her students.
Million Dollar Mermaid, 2 p.m., Lecture Hall
Director: Mervyn Leroy (1952)
Biopic of Australian swimming champ and entertainer Annette Kellerman. After overcoming polio, Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent.
April 12
A Bigger Splash, 6 p.m., Annenberg Theater
Director: Jack Hazan (1973)
A striking documentary about the artist David Hockney, with an emphasis on his swimming pool paintings created in Southern California. This film won the Silver Leopard award at the Locarno Film Festival.
May 3
Men Who Swim, 6 p.m., Annenberg Theater
Director: Dylan Williams (2010)
When a British man living in Sweden finds himself on the brink of turning 40, he decides to combat his mid-life crisis in a wholly unexpected way: he joins a men's synchronized swimming team. The plot thickens when the men decide to compete at the first-ever All Male World Championship.
