Works by a New Generation of Cinema Mavericks to be Screened this Fall and Winter for 'The New Rebels'

Just as in the postwar period when cinema introduced us to startlingly new onscreen rebels like James Dean and Jean-Paul Belmondo and revolutionary auteurs like Roberto Rossellini and François Truffaut, the turn of the 21st century is ushering in a new generation of mavericks who are reshaping cinema. To celebrate these Young Turks, the Museum of Arts and Design, in conjunction with its exhibition Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design, presents The New Rebels, a four-part cinema series running from October 6, 2011 through February 10, 2012, which fêtes the innovations of an unconventional poet, a fresh breed of screen star, a different genre of auteur, and an unlikely pack of elder "statesmen."

The four parts of The New Rebels consist of:

Sion Sono: The New Poet surveys the films by this Japanese poet and filmmaker who weaves stories of horror and violence with themes like the desire for love, individual alienation, and contemporary society's brutality. Filled with extreme images of blood, sex, and gore, Sono's movies are surreal, nightmarish visions that belie heart-wrenching stories of love, coming of age, and family dynamics. From October 6 to November 4, 2011.

François Sagat: The New Leading Man heralds the arrival of a fresh breed of screen star: the queer crossover actor François Sagat who, according to the director Christophe Honoré, "redefines the notion of masculinity." Personifying post-sexual liberation attitudes, Sagat challenges the traditional role of the leading man onscreen. François Sagat will be on hand on November 19 for "Another Man: A Master Class," during which he will discuss his acting process and career experiences. From November 18 to November 20, 2011.

No Wave Cinema: The New Elder Statesmen revisits the influential works made by a loose collective of artists who lived and worked in New York City's Lower East Side in the 1980s. It was these experimental moviemakers who prefaced the rise of a new generation of contemporary American indie filmmakers in the 1990s such as Quentin Tarantino, Todd Haynes, Steven Soderbergh and Todd Solondz. From the in-your-face punk spirit of Amos Poe's "Blank Generation" and Nick Zedd's "They Eat Scum" to the genre-defining debut of Jim Jarmusch's "Stranger than Paradise," MAD will screen key selections from the output of this brilliant band of outsiders. From January 19 to February 10, 2012.

The User: The New Auteur will run concurrent with the film screenings on an interactive station in MAD's Seth Glickenhaus Education Center. The New Auteur explores how the emergence of online viewing has altered the distribution and creation of cinema. Visitors can watch online videos, manipulate video playlists, and track their own video choices-authoring their own methods of storytelling and effecting which cinema content will be made available online. From November 2011 to February 2012.