Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful: An After Hours Film Society Virtual Experience

While the Tivoli Theatre remains closed, we are working behind the scenes to create a safe alternative for our patrons. Our solution? Virtual Cinema! After Hours Film Society announces its partnership with Kino Marquee to present programs you can view from the comfort of your home!

Watch A Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful Now!

One of the great masters of photography, Helmut Newton made a name for himself exploring the female form, and his cult status continues long after his tragic death in a Los Angeles car crash in 2004. Newton worked around the globe, from Singapore to Australia to Paris to Los Angeles, but Weimar Germany was the visual hallmark of his work. Newton’s unique and striking way of depicting women has always posed the question: did he empower his subjects or treat them as sexual objects? Through candid interviews with Grace Jones, Charlotte Rampling, Isabella Rossellini, Anna Wintour, Claudia Schiffer, Marianne Faithfull, Hanna Schygulla, Nadja Auermann, and Newton’s wife June (a.k.a. photographer Alice Springs), this documentary captures his legacy and seeks to answer questions about the themes at the core of his life’s work – creating provocative and subversive images of women. The film also features Newton’s own home movies, archival footage (including a pointed exchange with Susan Sontag) and, of course, scores of iconic Newton photographs. The result: a wildly entertaining portrait of a controversial genius.

Five-Day Access to Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful:  $12. All sales will help support the After Hours Film Society as we navigate the challenges of COVID-19.

Click Here to watch Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

We thank Kino Marquee for making this screening possible:

Kino Marquee is a new initiative that creates “virtual cinemas” for temporarily closed independent theaters. It lets audiences see at home newly released films that these theaters would otherwise be playing on the big screen, and which are not yet available on other digital platforms.

Join us in supporting your community’s theater in these uncertain times by buying a virtual “ticket” to watch award-winning international films, acclaimed documentaries, and restored classics on Kino Marquee. You’ll be directly supporting your local art house as all revenue is being shared between distributor and exhibitor just as if you bought your ticket at the theater’s box office.