In celebration of the cinematography of Haskell Wexler, the Brattle is showing this emotionally explosive classic, based on the play of the same name. Set on the campus of a small New England college, George and Martha (Liz Taylor and Richard Burton in performances too impressive for words) host an intimate dinner party with a younger couple, which turns into an alcohol-fueled emotional battle. As the party simultaneously escalates and deteriorates, old wounds reopen and new truths come forward for both couples.

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
dir. Mike Nichols
132 min.
35mm

Double Feature w/ The Rose
In Tribute to Vilmos Zsigmond and Haskell Wexler!