The Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse will partner with the Humanities Institute to host a screening of Ivans Xtc with actor and director Peter Weller hosting a Q+A. Dr. Peter Weller is best known for his role in the original RoboCop. Don't miss your chance to meet this iconic Hollywood star!
Ivans Xtc is a modern retelling of Lev Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich. Set in Hollywood, the film follows a high-powered agent whose life spirals after the overdose death of his colleague and friend Ivan Beckman. As Ivan’s world of ambition, addiction and moral compromise is revealed through flashbacks, the film critiques the excess and emptiness of the entertainment industry. Ultimately, it paints a stark portrait of Hollywood’s destructive pressures and the human cost behind its glamour.
Tickets
There are a limited amount of free tickets available to OSU students: reserve your ticket here.
General admission tickets are $15. To pre-purchase your ticket for this event, go to Studio 35's event page.
Peter Weller Lecture on Renaissance Art
Join us the day before on April 23 at the Columbus Museum of Art for a talk by Peter Weller on "Why the Renaissance Matters - Giotto, Caravaggio and Storaro: Renaissance Narrative Art to Modern Film."
Dr. Peter Weller is an Italian Renaissance art historian, actor and director. He received his PhD in Art History with a specialization in Italian Renaissance Art from UCLA. He is the author of Leon Battista Alberti in Exile: Tracing the Path to the First Modern Book on Painting. He is also known as the star of the films RoboCop (1987) and RoboCop 2 (1990), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (1984), and Naked Lunch (1991). His more recent appearances (roles and guest roles) include Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), the TV series Dexter (2010), and 24 (2006). Dr. Weller is also a director, having directed numerous episodes of Sons of Anarchy (2011-2014), Longmire (2012-2017), and Hawaii Five-O (2013-2019).
Parking and Directions
Studio 35 is located at 3055 Indianola Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, 43202. There is limited parking on Indianola (check the street signs) and on side streets nearby.
For public transportation from OSU, take the #4 bus from campus to the Indianola Ave / Milford Ave stop. Studio 35 is a one-minute walk from the bus stop. Otherwise, route your trip via COTA's Trip Planner tool.
The Humanities Institute and its related centers host a wide range of events, from intense discussions of works in progress to cutting-edge presentations from world-renowned scholars, artists, activists and everything in between.
We value in-person engagement at our events as we strive to amplify the energy in the room. To submit an accommodation request, please send your request to Nick Spitulski, spitulski.1@osu.edu.