At the Chazen: Cinema in the Shadow of the JFK AssassinationIn the Line of Fire | USA | 1993 | 35mm | 128 min. Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Cast: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo
Eastwood is a veteran secret service agent, haunted by his inability to protect JFK in 1963 and now on the hunt for Malkovich, a chameleonic would-be presidential assassin. Both are in top form in Petersen’s sharply scripted thriller. A sterling supporting cast, several shocking twists, and a bevy of supremely suspenseful set-pieces all conspire to make this sleek cinematic rollercoaster one of the best of the 90s.