Blanchett's complexity lends her acting a very special depth and is also the basis of her incredible versatility: regardless of whether her roles demand weakness or authoritarian grandeur, whether she plays sympathetic or evil characters or crosses gender boundaries, for example to embody Bob Dylan - her characters are always truthful. Her repertoire ranges from the homeless man in the art film MANIFESTO, in which she slips into a dozen other roles in addition to this one, to the supernatural queen of the elves in THE LORD OF THE RINGS.

This spring season, FilmGalerie pays tribute to Cate Blanchett and traces her artistry, which has made her one of the greatest actresses of our time. In ELIZABETH she proves just how regal she can be in her feminine self-assertion, while in the Oscar-winning melodrama BLUE JASMINE she plays the fallen diva. In BERNADETTE she succeeds in a touching embodiment of inner isolation, as star conductor Lydia TÁR she is a goddess in free fall and as CAROL she is a risky and unconditional lover on the social abyss.

Since 2005, the FilmGalerie has been pursuing the goal of creating a reliable venue for film as an independent art genre in the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur. The aim is to bring the diversity and quality of filmic imagery closer to a wide audience.

In addition to the aesthetic diversity, it will also focus on the sociological context of film, its relationship to culture, society and politics, its localisation in history and the social relevance of this medium. In close cooperation with the University Münster and the LWL-Medienzentrum, the museum presents film series twice a year, in spring and autumn, which thematically take up the museum's collection and exhibition policy or set independent thematic focuses.

All films are introduced by speakers and there is an opportunity for discussion after the film.