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Nineteen-year-old Loretta Young turns in a terrific and unheralded performance as Midnight Mary in the 1933 crime drama from MGM that possesses all of that studio’s gloss with Warner Brothers’ grit. Beginning in the courtroom where Mary is awaiting the verdict…
One of the greatest American movies ever made, “Gold Diggers of 1933” is the rare 1930’s musical that wasn’t made as escapist entertainment from the doldrums of the Great Depression; rather, the Depression is integral to the plot of the…
"Radiates cold, anti-humanly indifferent terror." -Slant Magazine Ring in the new year with Stanley Kubrick's snowbound masterpiece of modern horror, THE SHINING. Kubrick’s visionary take on Stephen King’s wildly popular novel has deservedly become one of the most iconic and…
THE BAT is one of the best and most enjoyable examples of the popular old dark house genre. A stylish combination of laughs and thrills, Mary Roberts Rinehart’s classic had thrilled audiences on stage before it came to the screen…
"What our nightmares have accustomed us to see in dreams, Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange shows us in broad daylight. It is one of the most unsettling films in the whole of cinema." -London Evening Standard Being the adventures of…
This screening is presented by the Washington University Libraries in celebration of Public Domain Day! The film will be projected from a 16mm print. On January 1, 2025, the Marx Brothers enter the public domain with their first feature, THE…
THIS SCREENING IS SOLD OUT. A WAITLIST WILL OPEN 1 HOUR BEFORE THE SCREENING. "One of the 1980s greatest sci-fi films—or greatest films, period." -Dennis Harvey Visually spectacular, intensely action-packed and powerfully prophetic since its debut, BLADE RUNNER is a…
“This influential vision of an overpopulated future has a horrific plausibility that's hard to shake off.” -Urban Cinefile SOYLENT GREEN is landmark screen science-fiction, a riveting entertainment and a cautionary tale that holds a mirror to a tomorrow rife with…
“I’m just trying to hang on to the marvelous latitude of a man’s point of view.” That statement uttered by Norma Shearer’s Jerry sums up the thesis of The Divorcee, a 1930 MGM drama based on a controversial novel about…
“Nobody’s perfect, as the film’s immortal closing line has it, but some comedies are.” -Times (UK) On February 8, 2025, Jack Lemmon would have turned 100 years old. Help us celebrate this beloved leading man, whose iconic work in both…
“A kids film everyone can enjoy... a film of substance, character, depth, and humor that doesn’t talk down to them.” -Cinema Crazed Academy Award winner for Best Animated Feature, WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT is a hair-raising…
You've likely seen SAFETY LAST! -- maybe even THE FRESHMAN or SPEEDY, but have you seen GIRL SHY? Often overlooked in favor of the aforementioned Harold Lloyd gems, GIRL SHY is a fun and quirky romance, complete with awkward glances,…
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. "Few thrillers create as much sheer joy and happiness as Charade, in which Cary Grant spoofs his Alfred Hitchcock persona, Audrey Hepburn exudes her usual magnetic charm, and Paris is as scenic as ever." -San…
“A unique and provocative film, ironic, funny, crazy and moving” -Newsweek In this captivating and philosophical film directed by Louis Malle, actor and playwright Wallace Shawn sits down with his friend the theater director André Gregory at a restaurant on…
“Single lives, twin beds, and triple bromides in the morning,” is the holy state of matrimony, modern style, according to Sylvia Sidney’s Joan Prentice in 1932’s “Merrily We Go to Hell.” The drama opens with heiress Joan’s meet-cute with alcoholic…
At this family-friendly sing-along screening, the audience is encouraged to belt out all the wonderfully catchy tunes from this beloved Walt Disney classic. Lyrics will appear at the bottom of the screen during musical numbers to help you along. An…
“Haunting, beauteous... meditates on mankind's place in the cosmos, the wonders of God, and the timeless immanence of evil.” -The New York Times This mesmeric parable of societal collapse is an enigma of transcendent visual, philosophical, and mystical resonance. Adapted…
"Hitch’s much misappreciated follow-up to Psycho is arguably the greatest of all disaster films — a triumph of special effects, as well as the fountainhead of what has become known as gross-out horror." - The Village Voice The master of suspense Alfred…
With its witty, risqué dialogue, elegant tone, and winking sense of humor, “Jewel Robbery” might easily be mistaken for one of the sparkling comedies of director Ernst Lubitsch. Rather, this 1932 Vienna-set romantic heist movie is Warner Brothers director William…
“A truly enchanting, engaging and uplifting romance. There's a poetic beauty to this film.” -Dan L. Miller Richard Barthelmess plays Oliver Bashforth, a veteran of the First World War whose body was mangled beyond repair in the conflict. Trying to…
