Modern Cinema 2009: Red Riding: 1974

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, in partnership with DFW.com and the Star-Telegram, is pleased to present Modern Cinema 2009: Great Movies You Haven’t Heard of...Yet.

Celebrating its fifth year, this special weekend festival highlights some of the finest in world cinema. Christopher Kelly, film critic for DFW.com and the Star-Telegram, travels the festival circuit and selects films scoring rave reviews.

Tickets are $8.50; $6.50 for Modern members. Full festival passes are available now for $60; $50 for Modern members; $45 for Reel People at the Modern. Individual ticket sales begin two hours prior to each show. Members of Reel People may purchase individual tickets in advance by calling the Modern at 817-738-9215.

Red Riding: 1974: In Yorkshire, England, circa 1974, a newspaper reporter (Andrew Garfield) begins investigating the disappearance of a young girl only to stumble upon a vast network of corruption, deceit, and murder. Inspired by the real-life Yorkshire Ripper, who terrorized England in the 1970s and ‘80s, and based on David Peace’s series of novels, Red Riding: 1974 is the first in a mesmerizing trilogy of films, each made by a different filmmaker, that premiered earlier this year on British television. This screening marks one of its very first appearances on this side of the pond. Directed by Julian Jarrold (Brideshead Revisited, 2008). 102 minutes