All Theater, Film & Media Classes
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Legendary Movie Stars Part II
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When the great Hollywood film studios were in power, they sought to outdo each other by developing a roster of screen stars that the public came to love and emulate.
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Class Package: Legendary Movie Stars Part II
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When the great Hollywood film studios were in power, they sought to outdo each other by developing a roster of screen stars that the public came to love and emulate.
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How to Watch a Movie: What is Film? or It’s Just a Fad, It Will Never Last
Wed, May 8, 2013, 7 pm
D. W. Griffith’s The Lonely Villa (1909) and True Heart Susie (1919). As an introduction to the most basic building block of the grammar of film, the individual shot, we examine two pioneering works, one of which includes Lillian Gish’s greatest performance.
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Class Package: How to Watch a Movie
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Go beyond the basics and get more out of the films you already like, and start appreciating a wider range of films.
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Intrepid Laughter: The Lady Eve (1941)
Thu, May 9, 2013, 7 pm
Sturges turns the tables on those who love and those who are loved to show us “the magnificent dope,” herpetologist Fonda, who falls for a cardsharp posing as an aristocrat.
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Class Package: Intrepid Laughter: Preston Sturges and the Movies
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Preston Sturges—director, screenwriter, playwright, raconteur and inventor—is one of the most acclaimed comedy directors of Hollywood’s sound era.
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How to Watch a Movie: Two Kinds of Screen Space, or Pay No Attention to the Man Who Just Walked Off-Camera
Wed, May 15, 2013, 7 pm
Jean Renoir’s The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936). On- and off-screen space are crucial to how a filmmaker creates meaning.
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Intrepid Laughter: Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
Thu, May 16, 2013, 7 pm
Sturges’s reflective comedy-drama about a film director who takes to the road in search of meaning is one of the great movies about Hollywood.
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How to Watch a Movie: Camera Movement, or You Can’t Get From There to Here (Without a Dolly or a Crane)
Wed, May 22, 2013, 7 pm
Max Ophüls’ The Earrings of Madame de ... (1953). Nobody weilds a camera like Ophüls, and his gliding, floating camera movements are an integral part of this classic tragedy of infidelity and sacrifice.
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Intrepid Laughter: The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Thu, May 23, 2013, 7 pm
Joel McCrea, Claudette Colbert, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee and William Demarest star in Sturges’s classic farce of romantic complications that run into trouble and are then made right.
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How to Watch a Movie: Editing, or What Happens If I Glue These Two Pieces Together?
Wed, May 29, 2013, 7 pm
Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960). A great filmmaker can edit film to use time like an elastic band.
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Intrepid Laughter: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
Thu, May 30, 2013, 7 pm
Sturges pulls out all the stops as he pokes fun at every hallowed American institution with perceptive, biting wit.
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Lost Westerns of the ’40s and ’50s
Tue, Jun 4, 2013, 7 pm
Universal and Paramount studios made lean, enjoyable westerns with well-remembered casts, all in gorgeous Technicolor.
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How to Watch a Movie: The Long Take, or What’s Ten Minutes Between Friends?
Wed, Jun 5, 2013, 7 pm
Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil (1958). Nothing builds an emotion like a long, uninterrupted stretch on camera.
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Intrepid Laughter: Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
Thu, Jun 6, 2013, 7 pm
Sturges’s wartime comedy about small-town hero worship was daring for its time and still resonates as a satire exposing our blind loyalty to cultural institutions and values.
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How to Watch a Movie: Color, or Do I Look Blue in This Dress?
Wed, Jun 12, 2013, 7 pm
Douglas Sirk’s Written on the Wind (1956). The ‘50s melodrama is a repository for some of the most spectacular uses of color in film history.
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Intrepid Laughter: Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Thu, Jun 13, 2013, 7 pm
Harrison’s orchestra maestro (modeled after Sir Thomas Beecham) suspects his wife (Darnell) of infidelity to the tunes of several musical pieces he conducts.
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How to Watch a Movie: Sound, or You Ain’t Heard Nothing Yet
Wed, Jun 19, 2013, 7 pm
Robert Bresson’s Lancelot du Lac (1974). When it comes to the expressive use of sound, this film is truly one of a kind.
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Intrepid Laughter: The Great McGinty (1940) / Christmas in July (1940)
Thu, Jun 20, 2013, 7 pm
Revel in the scathing political satire of The Great McGinty, starring Brian Donlevy, Akim Tamiroff and William Demarest, then explore the social comedy of Christmas in July, with Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn and William Demarest.
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Jewish Themes and Imagery In American Films VI
Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 7 pm
Our exploration of the rich cultural heritage of Jewish American movies concludes with six strikingly different and well-remembered films.
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