The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, July 18 (7:30 p.m.) Force of Evil (MGM, 1948) Abraham Polonsky came to prominence with his screenplay for the box-office success of the John Garfield boxing drama “Body and Soul” in 1947, and made his directorial debut a year later with …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, July 11 (7:30 p.m.) River’s Edge (Island Pictures, 1986 – rated R*) Inspired by a true event, River’s Edge follows how a group of apathetic high school students in a dismal, dead-end California town deal with their friend’s murder of his …
Here are some of the titles from the Library’s motion picture collections–many preserved by the NAVCC 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. Art Gallery of New South Wales: Sidney, Australia https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/ …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Friday, July 5 (7:30 p.m.) Footloose (Paramount, 1984) Kevin Bacon, in the role that made him a star, plays Chicago teenager Ren McCormack who is transplanted to an ultra-conservative small town in Utah where dancing is outlawed. Recruiting his best pal, the …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, June 27 (7:30 p.m.) The Billy Taylor Show (WNJU, 1965) Well-known jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator Dr. Billy Taylor hosted two long-running programs on NPR: the pioneering Jazz Alive!, (1977- 1983) and Jazz at the Kennedy Center (1995-2001), and served …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, June 20 (7:30 p.m.) The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features, 2010 – rated R*) Annette Bening and Julianne Moore star as Nic and Jules, an upper middle class, same-sex couple raising two teenaged children, Joni (Mia Wasikowska) and Laser (Josh …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, June 6 (7:30 p.m.) The Big Red One (United Artists, 1980) Sam Fuller wrote and directed this epic war film, based on his own World War II experiences as a member of 1st Infantry Division, whose nickname was The Big Red …
Here are some of the titles from the Library’s motion picture collections–many preserved by the NAVCC 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. Stanford Theater: Palo Alto, California YOU CAN’T TAKE IT …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, May 30 (7:30 p.m.) Vibrations, 1972 (WNET, 1972) Produced for PBS by WNET, Vibrations was a music magazine program that ran for only one season, (1972-73) and covered a wide assortment of musical genres. The selected segments for this program include …
