Classic Films
Our Classics on Sundays Series runs year-round at 2pm on Sunday afternoons; however you’ll sometimes see films from our Young Audiences or First Friday Fright Night series show up here too, because, well, they’re classics! Each month is programmed around a theme. Our upcoming themes are:
January: The Man with No Name
February: Namely, Best Actresses
March: Micheal Caine
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Camille
Directed by George Cukor. US. 1936. NR. 108 min. Warner Bros. DVD.
- Sun, Feb 5, 2:00 pm
Though nominated for this, one of the most seminal roles in her career, Greta Garbo did not receive an Oscar for this stunning exercise in romantic melodrama. (Hard to believe that this uber-star never received any Academy Awards for her acting, though she did get a “career award,” many years after she retired.) More»
Mrs. Miniver
Directed by William Wyler. US. 1942. NR. 134 min. Warner Bros. DVD.
- Sun, Feb 12, 2:00 pm
This winner of six Academy Awards (including Best Film, Best Director and – of course – Best Actress) played a major role in rousing the American public to an awareness of what “our British cousins” had been enduring, prior to our entry into World War II. It beautifully and powerfully conveys the British people’s will and dignity, as they tried to maintain an air of normalcy on the home front while facing daily bombing raids and other threats. More»
Auntie Mame
Directed by Morton DaCosta. US. 1958. NR. 143 min. Warner Bros. 35mm.
- Sun, Feb 19, 2:00 pm
Oscar-nominated Rosalind Russell turns in a rollicking performance as the title character, whose philosophy is simply summed up as “life is a banquet, and most suckers are starving to death,” in this award-winning adaptation of the novel and stage play by Patrick Dennis. Her role as young Dennis’ eccentric and free-wheeling aunt, who takes the boy under her wing and helps him to fly, is one of the best of her long career. More»
Annie Hall
Directed by Woody Allen. US. 1977. PG. 93 min. MGM. 35mm.
- Sun, Feb 26, 2:00 pm
This is considered by many to be Woody Allen’s “breakthrough film,” in that it took him beyond the mere comedy tropes and funny one-liners of his earlier films into the domain of true romantic comedy and social insight. More»
The Ipcress File
Directed by Sidney Furie. UK. 1965. NR. 109 min. Universal. 35mm.
- Sun, Mar 4, 2:00 pm
Early in his screen career (even before he hit it really big with his breakout role as Alfie in 1966), Michael Caine was becoming quite a well-known actor in his native Britain. One of his most highly-regarded performances from that period was as star of this tense and complex spy thriller. At a time when “spy thriller” generally referred to the wild, over-the- top shenanigans of the James Bond films, this was an exciting, often droll exercise in intelligent intelligence work, based upon the best-seller by Len Deighton. More»
Looney Tunes
6+. Approx. 75 min. 35mm.
- Sat, Mar 10, 2:00 pm
Selected cartoons from the Warner Brothers catalog featuring Bugs Bunny.
Get Carter
Directed by Mike Hodges. UK. 1970. R. 112 min. Warner Bros. DVD.
- Sun, Mar 11, 2:00 pm
One would generally never think of calm, impassive Michael Caine as being the hero (antihero?) of a brutal thriller – a grim, amoral killer, bent on revenge. But, then again, one could be wrong. In this exciting, sometimes stunning movie, Caine plays Jack Carter (no relation – whatsoever – to the American funny-man of the 1950s and 60s), a small-time hood from London who goes home to the north of England to attend his brother’s funeral. More»
The Man Who Would Be King
Directed by John Huston. UK. 1975. PG. 129 min. Warner Bros. 35mm.
- Sun, Mar 18, 2:00 pm
Famed director and writer John Huston dreamed of bringing Rudyard Kipling’s thrilling adventure story about India in the 1880s to the screen for many years, but he was never quite able to find the right cast or the right amount of funding for the project. Then, in 1975, he was able to secure the services of Michael Caine and Sean Connery, both at the height of their popularity and charisma and, as the saying goes, the rest is cinematic history. More»