Top of page

Archive: July 2017 (7 Posts)

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (August 3-5, 2017)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, August 3 (7:30 p.m.) Pat and Mike (MGM, 1952) College phys-ed instructor Pat Pemberton (Katharine Hepburn) enters into professional competition as a golf and tennis player but loses her confidence whenever her undermining fiancé is around. Mike Conovan (Spencer Tracy), a likeable …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (July 27-29, 2017)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is  a post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, July 27 (7:30 p.m.) Rio Bravo (Warner Bros., 1959) As legend goes, this Western, directed by Howard Hawks, was produced in part as a riposte to Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon. The film trades in the wide-open spaces of High Noon for the confines …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (July 20-22, 2017)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus Thursday, July 20 (7:30 p.m.) The Graduate (Embassy Pictures, 1967) Director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Buck Henry concocted a funny and satirical look at a certain slice of Americana and the generation gap that pervaded the era of the 1960s. This coming-of-age …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Photo Blog #18: Oddities and Ends

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

It is #18 in “Now See Hear’s” mystery photo blog.  This week we look at a few very unusual shots that have come our way with no information attached to them.  As always, we are open to your suggestions as to who is in the photo–or, in some of these cases, what.  As always, as these …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (July 13-15, 2017)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, July 13 (7:30 p.m.) The Lady from Shanghai (Columbia, 1947) Orson Welles wrote, directed and produced this film noir thriller based on a novel by Sherwood King. Welles also stars as Irish seaman Michael O’Hara, who joins a bizarre yachting cruise and …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (July 6-8, 2017)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, July 6 (7:30 p.m.) Bonnie and Clyde (Warner Bros., 1967 – R rated*) Setting filmmaking and style trends that linger today, Bonnie and Clyde veered from comedy to social commentary to melodrama and caught audiences unaware, especially with its graphic and violent ending. Arthur …