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Cinematique of Wilmington Film Series

Cinematique of Wilmington is a series of classic, foreign and notable films sponsored by WHQR and Historic Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets to all screenings are available at the Thalian Hall Website or at the Thalian Hall Box office (Monday-Friday from 12-5pm and one hour before showtime). Admission is $9.63 ($7+ tax and $2.14 ticketing fee)Showtime for Cinematique Films is 7:00pm, plus 4pm matinees on Wednesdays (unless otherwise noted) at Historic Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut Street. For more details about the series or individual features, call the Thalian Box Office at 910.632.2285 or click here.

Cinematique Presents: “The White Crow”

WHQR | By Mary Bradley

Published May 22, 2019 at 10:11 AM EDT

The White Crowruns from Monday, June 24 thru Wednesday, June 26. It screens Monday to Wednesday at 7pm with an additional screening on Wednesday at 4pm in Thalian Hall’s Main Theatre.

Written by legendary Academy Award winning playwright David Hare and directed by Ralph Fiennes, this is the captivating story of a young Rudolf Nureyev, iconic Russian ballet dancer, and his defection from the Soviet Union despite KGB efforts to stop him. From Nureyev’s poverty-stricken childhood in the Soviet city of Ufa, to his blossoming as a student dancer in Leningrad, to his arrival in Paris in the early 1960s and a nail-biting stand-off at the Le Bourget airport, The White Crow is the true story of an incredible journey by a unique artist who transformed the world of ballet forever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BklqjGWxNMs

The hero of “The White Crow” is the legendary Soviet dancer Rudolf Nureyev (Oleg Ivenko), so classical ballet figures significantly in this imperfect but engrossing biopic. Joe Morgenstern Wall Street Journal

For ticket information, call the Thalian Box Office, Monday - Saturday, 2PM-6PM, 910-632-2285 or visit at 310 Chestnut Street. Advance ticket purchase available – no extra charge to purchase in advance by phone or in person at the Thalian Box Office. Tickets are also available at the Thalian Hall Website. Admission is $7 (+ tax and $1 ticketing fee).