The Packard Campus Theater will be closed May 26 – 27 for Memorial Day Weekend
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
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RIP Harry Belafonte
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
An interview with the late Harry Belafonte.
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound, Uncategorized
The Packard Campus Theater will be closed the weekend of April 7 – 8, 2023
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The Packard Campus Theater is closed for the Easter weekend.
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Film Night at the Pickford Theater: “The Maltese Falcon” (1941)
Posted by: Matthew Barton
On the eve of "The Maltese Falcon" being screened at the LC's Mary Pickford Theater, Matt Barton looks back at the making of and great legacy of the film classic.
Posted in: Mary Pickford Theater, Motion Pictures, National Film Registry, Uncategorized
This Weekend at the Packard Campus (Feb. 10 -11, 2023)
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Did someone say “love”? We got it for you on the big screen. Bring your sweetheart to the movies. Friday, February 10, 2023 @ 7:30pm Love & Basketball (New Line, 2000) Quincy and Monica love each other but they also love basketball. Which is the greater love? We shall see. Written and directed by Gina …
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Before the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Part 1
Posted by: Laura Jenemann
One of the many cultural institutions in Washington, D.C. is the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The mission of the Kennedy Center is: “As the nation’s cultural center, and a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy, we are a leader for the arts across America and around the world, reaching and …
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Announcing the 2022 National Film Registry
Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
Today, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced the annual selection of 25 films into the Library of Congress National Film Registry. Films are selected based on their cultural, historic and/or aesthetic importance, and must be at least 10 years old. This year’s selections bring the number of films in the registry to 850, …
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Film Loans from the Library of Congress — December 2022
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
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. Filmoteca Española Madrid, Spain THE FOUNTAINHEAD (1949) …
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This Saturday at the Packard Campus Theater (November 26, 2022)
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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