Critical Distance PROGRAMMING FILM NOTES

FILM NOTES is a scent-infused screening series in Toronto presented by writer + curator Dhvani Ramanujam. Each program pairs a scent or a perfume with a different film, its specific notes psychically responding to, and embodying fragments of the selected film’s narrative, tone, landscape, mise-en-scène, or a relationship between characters.

On June 23rd, the program returns for its second screening. Lina Wertmüller’s 1986 sensuous comedy, Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil. A later Wertmüller entry, the film features a familiar star (Mariangela Melato as a bronzed blond tycoon) and a familiar theme in Wertmüller’s work: the crises of class warfare and gender politics distilled into horny sex games.

The scent pairing will be revealed to those who attend the screening in person.

This screening is at 7pm on Tuesday June 23rd, at Critical Distance, located at 401 Richmond St W, Suite 122. All ticket proceeds go towards supporting arts-based programming at Critical Distance.