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Archive for the National Film Registry Category (213 posts)

This Weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (September 30 – October 1, 2022)

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This coming weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (19053 Mt. Pony Road / Culpeper, VA)

As September fades into the October, the Packard Campus Theater finishes with the “future,” and looks at various “Monsters Among Us.”  But, first, we embrace the “silents.”

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 @ 7:30 p.m.

“The Song of Life” (Associated First National, 1922)

John Stahl directed this tale of a woman who finds life unbearable so abandons her husband and child.  Years later the woman and her son cross paths.

B&W, 84 minutes. Live musical accompaniment by Jon Mirsalis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PLEASE NOTE:  In case of a government shutdown, the screenings of October 1st will be cancelled.]

 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 @ 2:00 p.m.

Gaslight (MGM, 1944)

Not all monsters are ugly, and not do just physical harm.  Charles Boyer plays with Ingrid Bergman’s sanity in this George Cukor directed classic.  “Gaslight” was added to the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry in 2019.

B&W, 114 minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 @ 7:30 p.m.

Psycho (Universal, 1960)

It would be giving away too much to tell you who the monster is in this Alfred Hitchcock film.  But best to stay out of the shower.  “Psycho” was added to the Library’s National Film Registry in 1992.  For more about this film, see this essay by film scholar Charles Taylor.

B&W, 109 minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

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This Weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (September 23 – 24, 2022)

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This coming weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (19053 Mt. Pony Road / Culpeper, VA) The Packard Campus Theater’s look at the “future” continues this weekend with the following films. “Akira” (Friday, September 23, 2022; 7:30 pm) Tokyo is all but destroyed in a third World War. What does it look like thirty years later? […]

This Weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (September 2 – 3, 2022)

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This coming weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (19053 Mt. Pony Road / Culpeper, VA) Everything new is old again at the Packard Campus this month as we showcase this coming weekend three more “film from future past,” films once made and set in the far-off future which, now, are just our yesterdays. “Metropolis” (1927):  […]

Asking Your Opinion: National Film Registry

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I am happy to say that I work with some of the most fascinating, brilliant and passionate people that I’ve ever known. The halls here at the Library of Congress National Audio-Video Conservation Center are abuzz every day with discussions about movies, directors, cinematography, casting decisions, and opinions about what is the greatest film of […]

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS’S PACKARD CAMPUS RESUMES THEATER SCREENINGS!

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The Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater will reopen its doors to patrons with a new season of film screenings on Fridays and Saturdays, beginning July 15. The relaunch of the film screenings at the art deco theater has several new offerings focused on a different theme every month. In July, “Packard Campus Potpourri” will […]

National Film Registry: Following Your Dreams with “Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman” (1974)

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One of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves is to follow our dreams. It’s not always easy and many will want you to fail, but with the friends you make and a strong conviction, the mark you leave can make an impact even when you don’t realize it. Such is the life of Antonia […]

From the National Film Registry: “Nanook of the North” Released 100 Years Ago

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  One hundred years ago this month, the film “Nanook of the North” premiered at New York City’s Capitol Theatre.  It has been watched and discussed ever since, as a complicated combination of art and ethnography, docudrama and reenactment, exploitation and cooperation. Today, we look back on the film with an essay from Patricia Zimmermann […]

Celebrating Graduation with “The Graduate” and “Pomp and Circumstance”

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With graduation season in full swing, there is no better time to share the Library’s collection and the song, “Pomp and Circumstance.” And if you’re thinking about films, “The Graduate” is just one related to graduation and coming of age that has been added to the National Film Registry. If you don’t know “Pomp and […]

Remembering My Dad: Don Rickles and “Toy Story”

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It’s hard to believe that it’s been five years since the passing of comedic legend Don Rickles. While his iconic career in stand-up, television and film spanned almost six decades, it may be his role in “Toy Story” that is his most beloved. “Toy Story” (1995) was inducted into the Library of Congress National Film […]