Sinai Cinema – Mel Brooks: The Man and his Movies

IN-PERSON

Sinai Cinema – Mel Brooks: The Man and his Movies

Saturday, November 21, at 7:30pm
Doors open at 7:00pm

Please join filmmaker and lecturer Joe Frankel for an evening to celebrate and discuss the films of Mel Brooks. The iconic comedian revolutionized the art of movie comedy with his maverick and uniquely Jewish sensibility that took aim at anyone and everyone, and made absurdity chic and cathartic. His work lives on and so does he but, in our current climate of wokeness and cancel culture, what does the younger generation make of a figure like Mel Brooks?

Wine, cheese, desserts and laughter will be served as together we revisit highlights from his greatest films (Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs) and contemplate whether comedy can ever reach the same dizzying heights of unbridled energy that Brooks brought to cinema.

Members: $20Non-Members: $30