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Saturday Feature Films
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Feature Film for Adults |
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Young
at Heart
Saturday, September 13
2:00 & 7:30 p.m.
A story of the Young at Heart Chorus, a group
of senior citizens who perform contemporary and classic rock
and pop songs.
107 minutes
Rated PG for some mild language
and thematic elements.
A discussion led by Reid Schultz follows both
showings.
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Feature Film for Kids |
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Speed
Racer
Saturday, August 30,
2:00 & 7:30 p.m.
A young man with natural racing instincts wants
to win The Crucible, a cross-country car race that took the
life of his older brother.
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Christina
Ricci, John Goodman
Rated PG for sequences of action,
some violence and language.
135 minutes
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Special Series - Israeli Cinema Today
Israeli film historian Dr. Yael Munk, Jewish Community Center of
Chicago Artist in Residence, looks at the main themes in Israeli
filmmaking today, presenting clips from feature and documentary
films.
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Tuesday,
September 23, 7:00 p.m.
Soldiers Speak: The army portrayed on screen
today reflects a changing political landscape that includes
an anti-war perspective. Films include Kippur,
Beaufort,
and Waltz
with Bashir.
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Thursday,
October 23, 7:00 p.m.
Share and Share Alike? A look at how Israelis
have become disillusioned by radical economic changes that
have influenced their reliance on their government. Films
include Year
Zero and Broken
Wings.
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Tuesday,
November 18, 7:00 p.m.
Women - Not So Equal? In contrast to the
established image of equality, these films offer a woman's
perspective of the struggle to be accepted. Films include
Crazy
Mud, Three
Mothers, and Close
to Home.
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Tuesday,
December 16, 7:00 p.m.
Finding the Faith: Ushpizin
and My
Father, My Lord represent a new trend that has
begun to appear in Israeli cinema - Judaism.
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Wednesday Classic Film Series
Wednesdays at 1:00 and 7:30 pm in the Auditorium
Our Movie Club
meets the first Wednesday of the month at 12:30 for refreshments,
premiums, trivia, and more. Refreshments are provided by Starbucks
on Cherry Lane, an Sunset Foods of Northbrook. All are welcome.
Please join us!
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August:
Roger Corman |
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Reid Schultz will discuss the entire Roger Corman series after
both screenings of Bloody Mama on August 27.
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August
6 - X: The
Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Dr. Xavier's experiments with X-Ray vision start to go wrong.
Starring: Ray Milland, John Hoyt, Don Rickles
80 minutes. |
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August
13 - House
of Usher
When a beautiful young girl's suitor arrives, the Usher
familiy patriarch is less than receptive. A Poe classic!
Starring: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna
Fahey
85 minutes.
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August
20 - The Raven
Funny horror/satire finds two magicians challenging a power-hungry
colleague.
Starring: Boris Karloff, Vincent Price,
Peter Lorre
86 minutes.
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August
27 - Bloody
Mama
Ma Barker and her band of thieves are excellently portrayed
in this psychological action film.
Starring: Shelley Winters, Robert De Niro,
Bruce Dern
90 minutes. Rated R. |
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September:
Silent Screen |
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Silent films with piano accompaniment by Dave Drazin. Reid Schultz
will discuss the entire Silent Film series after both screenings
of The Golem on September 24.
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September
3 - Irene
Sweet comedy about a poor Irish girl who is kicked into the
workforce of New York high fashion and meets a wealthy man.
Starring: Coleen Moore, Lloyd Hughes, George
K. Arthur
90 minutes
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September
10 - Flesh
and Blood
A lawyer who was wrongly imprisoned escapes and seeks revenge
on the man who framed him.
Starring: Lon Chaney, Noah Beery
74 minutes.
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September
17 - Safety
Last
Crackerjack comedy of go-getter determined to make it in
the big city. Justly famous for its hair-raising building
climbing sequence.
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Sam Taylor, Mildred
Davis
78 minutes. |
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September
24 - The Golem
Chilling, visually dazzling tale based on a famous Jewish
folktale of the 16th century.
Starring: Carl Boese, Paul Wegener, Ernst
Deutsch
75 minutes |
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October:
Clark Gable |
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Reid Schultz will discuss the entire Clark Gable series after both
screenings of Mogambo on October 29.
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October
1 - Susan Lennox:
Her Fall and Rise
Mesmerizing melodrama of a young girl who resists being married
off by her father.
Starring: Great Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean
Hersholt
76 minutes
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October
8 - Mutiny
on the Bounty
Oscar winning film about mutiny against a tyrannical captain
on the South Seas.
Starring: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable,
Franchot Tone
132 minutes
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October
15 - Idiot's
Delight
Robert E. Sherwood's comic Pulitzer Prize winning story
of a band of disparate characters holed up together on the
Italian border during WWII.
Starring: Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Edward
Arnold
105 minutes
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October
22 - The Hucksters
Glossy dig at radio advertising and one man's goal for integrity
among yes-men.
Starring: Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, Sydney
Greenstreet
115 minutes
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October
29 - Mogambo
Romantic triangle on an African rubber plantation, great
combination of action and romance.
Starring: Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace
Kelly
115 minutes
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