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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (October 27-29, 2016)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

 The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, October 27 (7:30 p.m.) The Bad Seed (Warner Bros., 1956) Young Patty McCormack was Oscar nominated for her portrayal of Rhoda, a seemingly perfect grade schooler until she turns vicious when things don’t go her way. Mervyn LeRoy directed this adaptation …

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (October 21-22, 2016)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Friday, October 21 (7:30 p.m.) Pioneers of African American Cinema To commemorate the recent release of Pioneers of African-American Cinema, a 5-Disc Blu-ray and DVD set by KinoLorber and the Library of Congress, the newly-restored digital restoration of Oscar Micheaux’s Within Our …

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (October 14-15, 2016)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Friday, October 14 (7:30 p.m.) The Mad Miss Manton (RKO, 1938) Three years before Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda starred together in Preston Sturges’ screwball masterpiece The Lady Eve, they made this delightful and underappreciated entry in the comedy-mystery subgenre, called by …

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (September 22-24, 2016)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus Theater. Thursday, September 22 (7:30 p.m.) “Rafter Romance” (RKO, 1933) William Seiter directed this romantic comedy that stars Ginger Rogers as Mary, an underpaid New York working girl who is having trouble paying the rent on her Greenwich Village apartment. Her landlord …

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (Sept. 16-18, 2016)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Friday, September 16 (7:30 p.m.) Videodrome (Universal, 1983 – R-rated *) David Cronenberg wrote and directed this science fiction horror thriller starring James Woods as Max Renn, the president of a Toronto UHF television station that specializes in sensationalistic …

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (August 26-27, 2016)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Friday, August 26 (7:30 p.m.) The Royal Tenenbaums (Buena Vista, 2001 – R-rated *) Wes Anderson followed his great success of “Rushmore” (1998) with this serio-comic tale about the dysfunctional Tenebaum family. Down on his luck, the scoundrel patriarch, Royal Tenenbaum (Gene …

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (August 18-20, 2016)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Thursday, August 18 (7:30 p.m.) Gosford Park (USA Films, 2001 – R-rated *) A weekend hunting party at the home of Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon) turns into a murder mystery when the host is found dead. This witty …