Willy Vanderperre's Favourite Films
In addition to photographs and music, films are not to be missed in Willy Vanderperre’s world. During four weekends at De Cinema in De Studio in Antwerp, Vanderperre invites you to discover some of his favourite sources of inspiration. And he is happy to tell you why you simply have to have seen these films.
Heartlands (2021, Willy Vanderperre)
Heartlands (2021, Willy Vanderperre) 1/3
Heartlands (2021, Willy Vanderperre) 2/3
Heartlands (2021, Willy Vanderperre) 3/3
A labour of love. An experimental coming of age story. A radical ode to youth, from the naturalistic to the grotesque. A visual poem in three acts.
Saturday, 18 May at 7:00 PM & Saturday, 3 August from 8:00 PM on loop during Museum Night
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989, Peter Greenaway)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989, Peter Greenaway) 1/4
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989, Peter Greenaway) 2/4
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989, Peter Greenaway) 3/4
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989, Peter Greenaway) 4/4
This is the film that announces and defines the end of the 1980s, complete with outfits designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier. A horror story sublimated by the minimalist soundtrack by Michael Nyman, its scenography is unbelievable.
Saturday, 18 May at 9:00 PM
My Own Private Idaho (1991, Gus Van Sant)
My Own Private Idaho (1991, Gus Van Sant) 1/4
My Own Private Idaho (1991, Gus Van Sant) 2/4
My Own Private Idaho (1991, Gus Van Sant) 3/4
My Own Private Idaho (1991, Gus Van Sant) 4/4
An iconic Gen X road movie. A loose interpretation of several Shakespeare plays. An assembly of separate scenes, snapshots and postcards. The scene around the campfire, rewritten by River Phoenix, is magnificent.
Sunday, 19 May at 5:00 PM
The Lost Boys (1987, Joel Schumacher)
The Lost Boys (1987, Joel Schumacher) 1/4
The Lost Boys (1987, Joel Schumacher) 2/4
The Lost Boys (1987, Joel Schumacher) 3/4
The Lost Boys (1987, Joel Schumacher) 4/4
An epic film with a sublime soundtrack. A hilarious horror story about a youth gang of vampires. The film is just bursting with young talent. Every one of the actors is an icon of the 1980s, including Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Kiefer Sutherland and Jami Gertz.
Sunday, 19 May at 8:00 PM
L’Homme blessé (1983, Patrice Chéreau)
L’Homme blessé (1983, Patrice Chéreau) 1/4
L’Homme blessé (1983, Patrice Chéreau) 2/4
L’Homme blessé (1983, Patrice Chéreau) 3/4
L’Homme blessé (1983, Patrice Chéreau) 4/4
This iconic film about destructive and unrequited love and obsession exudes a 1970s atmosphere. Like My Own Private Idaho, it is about street hustlers, a theme that will always fascinate me.
Saturday, 15 June at 5:00 PM
The Night of the Hunter (1955, Charles Laughton)
The Night of the Hunter (1955, Charles Laughton) 1/3
The Night of the Hunter (1955, Charles Laughton) 2/3
The Night of the Hunter (1955, Charles Laughton) 3/3
I can only use superlatives to talk about this one. The framing and the use of light lean towards expressionism and the experimental. I get endless inspiration from it and refer to it often. And for me, Robert Mitchum as the preacher man is still one of the most terrifying characters in the history of film.
Saturday, 15 June at 8:00 PM
Beats (2019, Brian Welsh)
Beats (2019, Brian Welsh) 1/4
Beats (2019, Brian Welsh) 2/4
Beats (2019, Brian Welsh) 3/4
Beats (2019, Brian Welsh) 4/4
A film about rave culture in the north of the UK. Perhaps a tad stereotyped in the way it depicts the culture, but no less majestic for that. The unbreakable friendship between two guys, a rave and an impending goodbye.
Saturday, 20 July at 5:00 PM
Weekend (2011, Andrew Haigh)
1/3
Weekend (2011, Andrew Haigh) 2/3
Weekend (2011, Andrew Haigh) 3/3
By Andrew Haigh, a master at relating emotions. This is a gem about the connection between two young men. They meet in a nightclub and go home together, where, besides sex, they speak about their desires and expectations. Then Monday arrives.
Saturday, 3 August from 8:00 PM on loop during Museum Night
Un chant d’amour (1975, Jean Genet)
Un chant d'amour (1975, Jean Genet) 1/3
Un chant d'amour (1975, Jean Genet) 2/3
Un chant d'amour (1975, Jean Genet) 3/3
This is a film that I can only wax lyrical about. It is an erotic and mesmerizing dance, sublimely filmed in black and white.
Saturday, 3 August from 8:00 PM on loop during Museum Night
Querelle (1982, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
Querelle (1982, Rainer Werner Fassbinder) 1/3
Querelle (1982, Rainer Werner Fassbinder) 2/3
Querelle (1982, Rainer Werner Fassbinder) 3/3
One cannot help but be a fan of Brad Davis, who plays the lead as a Belgian marine. A visually powerful film, charged with homoeroticism.
Saturday, 3 August from 8:00 PM on loop during Museum Night
De Cinema x MoMu: Willy Vanderperre Curates
Tickets €8, at decinema.be. Discover the full programme
Promotional offer De Cinema x MoMu
Anyone with a ticket for the film screenings curated by Willy Vanderperre at De Cinema is entitled to a discounted rate of €8 (instead of €12) for WILLY VANDERPERRE prints, films, a rave and more… and all other current exhibitions at MoMu. Anyone with a museum ticket to MoMu (from 27 April to 4 August 2024) is entitled to a discounted rate of €6 (instead of €8) or €10 (instead of €12) for the film screenings curated by Willy Vanderperre (May-August 2024) at De Cinema.
Promotion valid from 18 May to 4 August 2024 on presentation of a valid MoMu ticket at the welcome desk of De Cinema OR a valid De Cinema ticket at the welcome desk of MoMu.