Peter Nick’s documentary “The Waiting Room” opens Dec. 14 at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. The film is showing as part of a national theatrical release by International Film Circuit. “The Waiting Room” showcases one 24-hour span at Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif. The hospital has one of the busiest emergency rooms in […]
“Watch the skies, everywhere! Keep looking. Keep watching the skies!” That final line from the science-fiction classic “The Thing from Another World” is the theme for the new movie poster exhibition open in the lobby of the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Featuring selected posters from the Ross’ Jerry Jensen Cinema 16 Collection, the […]
A movie talk on the Academy Award-nominated film “A Separation” is 2:40 p.m., March 4 at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will be led by Kim Jarvis, associate professor of history at Doane College. The movie talk follows the 12:30 p.m. screening of […]
The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center will host a panel discussion and free screening of Susan Saladoff’s film “Hot Coffee,” at 1 p.m., Dec. 18. The discussion will include Saladoff via Skype. “Hot Coffee” reveals what really happened to Stella Liebeck, the Albuquerque, N.M., woman who spilled coffee on herself and sued McDonalds. The […]
Roxana Saberi, an Iranian-American journalist who attracted international attention in 2009 when she was imprisoned in Tehran after being falsely accused of spying for the United States, will share her experience during a free, public lecture April 14 at UNL. Saberi’s presentation, “Courage Under Fire,” will recount the 100 days she spent in Tehran’s Evin […]
The 2011 Oscar short film selections will show at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center from March 4 to 10. The films include five animated shorts and five action short films. For more information, go to www.theross.org or call (402) 472-5353.
Norman Geske, the artistic force behind the Sheldon Museum of Art for three decades will be honored with a 95th birthday fund-raising event, Oct. 23 at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Geske was creator of the Sheldon Film Theater, now the Ross. He is also an acclaimed art curator and collector. The “Norman […]
“The Last Station,” a complex and emotional tale of two romances, opens March 12 at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Nominated for two Academy Awards, “The Last Station” features Christopher Plummer as Leo Tolstoy and Helen Mirren as Tolstoy’s wife Sofya. After almost 50 years of marriage, the Countess Sofya suddenly finds her […]
The film “Crazy Heart” will continue to show through March 11 at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. “Crazy Heart” stars Jeff Bridges as Bad Blake, a broken-down, hard-living country music singer. Blake reaches for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. “Crazy […]
The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center is gearing up for a celebration of women in film. From Feb. 26 to March 11, the Ross is hosting “Women Make Movies: Women Changing the World,” a showcase of 12 new movies in the Women Make Movies collection. Women Make Movies is the world’s leading distributor of […]
