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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! At least as far as this weekend’s movies are concerned. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2022 @ 7:30pm Christmas in Connecticut (Warner Bros., 1945) Barbara Stanwyck stars in the lovely Christmas confection as an unmarried, big city magazine writer who, to sell her homey stories, poses as a farm …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Cold, foreign and frightening that’s what we have in store for you this weekend at the Packard Campus Theater. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2022 @ 7:30pm The Ascent (International Film Circuit, 1977) Soviet partisans try to survive a cold Russian winter and do so contending with their German Nazi occupiers. (B&W, 117 minutes; Russian and German …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
It’s time to get frozen! Or, at least, ready for winter. There’s a chill in the air, why not come and see some cool movies? FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2022 @ 7:30pm Sky Pilot (First National, 1921) King Vidor directed this snowbound film about a preacher (a “sky pilot”) who helps Colleen Moore walk again after …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
This coming weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (19053 Mt. Pony Road / Culpeper, VA) Our trip through the seedier side of Los Angeles ends this weekend with a more recent classic of the L.A. noir sub-genre and an all-star animated cast who find themselves embroiled in some shady and shadowing dealings. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Friday, December 2, 2022 @ 7:30pm Sky Pilot (First National, 1921) King Vidor directed this snowbound film about a preacher (a “sky pilot”) who helps Colleen Moore walk again after a tragic accident. Shot, with an abundance of white stuff, in Truckee, California. The film is silent and will be presented with live musical accompaniment …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
This coming weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (19053 Mt. Pony Road / Culpeper, VA) The streets are still mean this month at the Packard Campus as we celebrate film noir, specifically L.A. noir. You’ll never look at California the same way again. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2022 @ 7:30pm L.A. Confidential (Warner Bros., 1997) Based …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
This coming weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (19053 Mt. Pony Road / Culpeper, VA) Strap on your fedora and brace yourself for a smoky room. This month the Library of Congress Packard Campus looks a noir films, specifically those set in that notorious city of angels, Los Angeles. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2022 @ 7:30pm …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
This coming weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (19053 Mt. Pony Road / Culpeper, VA) Be afraid, be VERY AFRAID! There are “Monsters Among Us” (our theme for this month) and some are man and some are man-made! FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28 @ 7:30 p.m. Suspiria (20th Century-Fox, 1977) Dancing monsters? No, but dancers subjected to …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
This coming weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (19053 Mt. Pony Road / Culpeper, VA) Our trip through the seedier side of Los Angeles ends this weekend with a more recent classic of the L.A. noir sub-genre and an all-star animated cast who find themselves embroiled in some shady and shadowing dealings. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, …
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