Silent Tuesdays Stan and Ollie are back in this program of late silent shorts before they moved to sound films in 1929.

Distaff Noir Joan Fontaine’s early roles as a quiet observer in Hitchcock’s Rebecca and Suspicion belied a cool strength below and yet she used this presumptive attitude to play against as double-dealing schemers and murderers in her films just a decade later.

The Art of Music in the Movies Mitch (Billy Crystal), Ed (Bruno Kirby), and Phil (Daniel Stern) are lifelong friends lost in early middle-age.

Two by McElwee Winner of the 1987 Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize (Documentary), Sherman’s March is a cinéma vérité documentary epic that follows filmmaker Ross McElwee on a quest to explore the devastating effects of General William Tecumseh Sherman’s military campaign across Georgia during the American Civil War.

Adventures of Lassie Recalling similar nostalgic films such as How Green Was My Valley, the title refers to the Scottish Highlands where Dr. William MacLure (Edmund Gwenn, in his second Lassie film) adopts Lassie in return for services rendered before he learns that she has an unnatural aversion to water.

Two by McElwee Ross McElwee’s films have often been autobiographical and his last film, Photographic Memories, shows the director trying to understand his teenage son, Adrian, by digging into his own past and maturation.

Silent Tuesdays Duke the Dog takes on the title role in this Tom Mix western adventure. When malicious baggage handler Dan Angus (George Bancroft) throws two dogs off a train, Dave Deering (Mix) finds the larger one, takes him in, and re-names him Teeth.

Distaff Noir Ida Lupino’s run of performances in noir films, both big budget and independent, is impressive, including High Sierra, Road House, On Dangerous Ground, and Private Hell 36. Yet this little-seen backstage drama may typify Grossman’s assessment of her performances.

The Art of Music in the Movies In the wilds of Brazil in the 18th century, Jesuit missionary Father Gabriel (Jeremy Irons) fights to protect native Indians from being exterminated or sold into slavery by the colonizing Portuguese.

Labor Film Series On the streets of Glasgow one early May morning in 2021, a Home Office van quietly pulls up to a residential building, with officials sent to arrest two individuals for alleged immigration violations. Word of the raid goes out almost immediately, and students, neighbors, members of the local mosque and others rush to the area in response.

Schweigen! | The Sight and Sound Club Director Fritz Lang’s prescient vision of an urban world in disarray has been digitally restored to its original premiere length. With this science fiction epic, Lang brought to the screen one of the most ambitious and iconic movies ever made.

Silent Tuesdays | James Card's First Programs Films depicting robbery, murder, and kidnapping were wildly popular in early cinema, to the point where social reformers decried the cinema as a breeding ground for moral depravity. At the same time, the urgency of crime stories and their often semi-documentary quality pushed cinema towards greater rhythmic pacing, scenic realism, and dramatic flair.

Latin Film Series Capitalizing on the immense popularity of I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz teamed up for this very funny big screen color feature about a honeymoon vacation from hell.

The Art of Music in the Movies This deliciously nasty neo-noir from a book by Jim Thompson (with beginning narration from producer Martin Scorsese) is counterpointed by Elmer Bernstein’s bright score.

Labor Film Series Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Mark Mori (for his 1989 documentary Building Bombs), turns his lens to the challenges facing labor organizers in an increasingly corporatized world.

Adventures of Lassie In her final film, Jeanette MacDonald plays Helen Lorfield Winter, a widowed concert singer who loses her son in an accident, but who escapes embitterment when she encounters a charming orphan boy and his trusty canine companion, Lassie.

Michael Douglas’s Bad Day The psychological thriller that made Glenn Close a household name centers on marital infidelity with dangerous consequences. Michael Douglas plays Dan Gallagher, a successful lawyer who has a weekend affair with an intriguing woman named Alex (Glenn Close) while his family is out of town.

Silent Tuesdays | Latin Cinematic Heritage The most expensive spectacle of its time, this film tells the familiar story of Judah Ben-Hur (matinee idol Ramon Novarro) in the early days of Christianity. His wealthy family is persecuted for their faith by the Romans, including Judah’s childhood friend Messala.

Labor Film Series On the fifteenth anniversary of the premiere of the Newsies stage show, this is the film musical that started it all. Detailing the historic newsboys’ strike of 1899, newsies are required to buy the papers from the publisher before flooding the streets to sell them to the public.