Movies at the Museum: Terrence Malick's 'A Hidden Life' (2019)

Name: Movies at the Museum: Terrence Malick's 'A Hidden Life' (2019)
Start: 2026-05-21T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-21T22:00:00-04:00
Location: 101 Monroe Center St NW, Grand Rapids, MI, United States, Michigan 49503

Schedule

Thu May 21 2026 at 06:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

101 Monroe Center St NW, Grand Rapids, MI, United States, Michigan 49503 | Grand Rapids, MI

Join the Grand Rapids Art Museum and the Grand Rapids Film Society for a screening of Terrence Malick's 'A Hidden Life' (2019).
Inspired by GRAM's exhibition The Matter of Awe: Landscapes in Art (on view Nov 22, 2025 - Aug 16, 2026), this collaboration celebrates the work of filmmaker Terrence Malick, with a film retrospective honoring his lifelong devotion and attention toward nature and the landscape.
6pm Social hour
7pm Movie start time
This is a free event. Registration is required.
Location: Grand Rapids Art Museum
“Cinema at its mightiest and holiest,” says critic Owen Gleiberman of this film. “A cathedral of the senses.” A criminally under-seen (and recent) masterpiece, Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life (2019) is a culmination of a lifetime dedicated to a singular cinematic vision devoted to grace, life, spirit, morality, celestialitiy, and love. The film tells the true story of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian farmer who refused to swear allegiance to Hitler during World War II — an act of defiance, seemingly inconsequential against the magnitude of the régime of the Nazis, whose moral stance and dedication to the goodness of the world ripples through his small community, becoming a colossal inquiry into the cost of righteousness and decency in a corrupted world. A Hidden Life is Malick’s most direct and devotional work, and is a testament to the sanctity of integrity, love, and nature in the face of seemingly immovable evil.
Before the film, the Grand Rapids Film Society will offer a brief introduction to help set the scene and provide context for the films production, and GRAM staff will share insights on how each film connects to the history of landscape painting.
Contact: For more information, contact Associate Curator, Terra Warren at [email protected]
Cost: Free