Seminar: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Before the film, join us for a seminar taught by Boston Globe film critic and author of Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema Odie Henderson!
A year before the infamous NY Daily News headline Ford to City: Drop Dead, Walter Matthau starred in the greatest New York City movie ever made. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is a gritty tour of a city descending into bankruptcy--and not just because Robert Shaw and his cronies are holding an MTA subway train for $1 million ransom. Odie Henderson brings his firsthand experiences of 1970s NYC to the Coolidge to discuss a classic crime film with one hell of an ending. Gesundheit.
As seminars are live and brief, there will be *no admission permitted 10 minutes after seminars have begun.* Please make every effort to be on time so as not to disrupt the speaker and your fellow audience members.
About Odie Henderson
Odie Henderson is The Boston Globe's film critic and the author of Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema. A member of the National Society of Film Critics, he loves film noir, musicals, Blaxploitation, bad art, and good trash.