The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, February 7 (7:30 p.m.) Bright Road (MGM, 1953) A year before Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte made the Cinemascope color musical Carmen Jones, they starred together in this low-budget but sincere drama about a rural teacher in a southern school trying …
Here are some of the titles preserved by our film laboratory that we’re loaning for exhibition this month. As always, we can’t guarantee that schedules won’t change or links get broken, but this is our best information at the time of publication. February 1 -11 , 2019 “Night Nurse” (1931) “Baby Face” (1931) “Strange Loves …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, January 31 (7:30 p.m.) Wanda (Janus, 1970) The only feature film written and directed by Barbara Loden, Wanda is a stark road movie shot on 16mm film on a miniscule budget. The title character, as portrayed by Loden, is a drifter, …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, January 24 (7:30 p.m.) The X-Files: I Want to Believe (20th Century-Fox, 2008) When a disgraced priest claims to have visions of the disappearance of a current FBI agent, the agency calls on Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian …
The Packard Campus Theater celebrates Black History Month with a number of films featuring an all or nearly all black cast, including the best foreign language film Oscar winner for 1959, Black Orpheus, and the critically acclaimed and inspirational family film from 2006, Akeelah and the Bee. Romantic movies for Valentine’s Day and beyond include …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, January 17 (7:30 p.m.) Selma (Paramount, 2014) David Oyelowo stars as Martin Luther King, Jr. in this award-winning drama based on the Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches in 1965 led by King, James Bevel, Hosea Williams and John Lewis. Directed …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, January 10 (7:30 p.m.) Ed Sullivan’s Toast of the Town (CBS, 1948-1954) The American institution known as The Ed Sullivan Show was first titled Toast of the Town when it began broadcasting live from New York on June 20, 1948 – …
Here are some of the titles preserved by our film laboratory that we’re loaning for exhibition this month. As always, we can’t guarantee that schedules won’t change or links get broken, but this is our best information at the time of publication. January 2, 5, 13, 2019 “Bringing Up Baby” (1938) Cinematheque Seoul Art …
