The Little will screen On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, U.S. 1954, 108 min.) as part of the Classical 915 Presents series. Jack Garner will introduce and discuss the film. On the Waterfront is a showcase of talent, from the ingenious … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Bridget Jones's Baby (Sharon Maguire, Ireland / U.K. / France / U.S. 2016, 123 min.) "Bridget's focus on single life and her career is interrupted when she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch ... she … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker, U.S. 2016, 120 min.) "Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising."
The Little will screen Syberiada polska (Siberian Exile) (Janusz Zaorski, Poland / Russia 2013, 125 min.) as part of the 2016 Polish Film Festival. An epic tale of countless deportations of Poles, Ukrainians and Jews to Siberia during WWII. The … Continue reading
Courtney Yasmineh isn't necessarily a rulebreaker, she just plays by her own rules. From skipping town out of Chicago as a teenager and holing up in a cabin in northern Minnesota, where she focused an obsession with Bob Dylan into … Continue reading
In the Center Stage Theatre of the JCC is a performance of Church and State. " by Jason Odell Williams about guns, God, and social media in our political system."
The Dryden will screen the solidly good (if unbelievable) film The Manchurian Candidate (John Frankenheimer, U.S. 1962, 126 min., 35mm) as part of the Election Countdown series. Laurence Harvey stars alongside Frank Sinatra and Janet Leigh in this classic political … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Queen of Katwe (Mira Nair, U.S. 2016, 124 min.) "A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess."
The Cinema will screen The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, U.K. / U.S. 1975, 100 min.) "A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter."
In Helen Wood Hall Room 1-W304 on the UofR Campus is a screening of Embrace (Taryn Brumfitt, U.S. / U.K. / Canada / Germany / Australia / Dominican Republic 2016, 90 min.) "Embrace" follows body image activist Taryn Brumfitt as … Continue reading