Winter and Spring Film Series for NCMA Announced

January, 08, 2009 , by Vince

NCMA Film Curator Laura Boyes is back with another set of fine films for this year’s installment of the Spring and Winter Film Series for 2009. It kicks off this Friday with Charlie Chaplin’s classic, City Lights. For more details, please check NCMA’s website for more information. Happy movie-going!

Winter Film Series 2009

All films are screened in the Museum Auditorium on Fridays at 8 p.m.
Tickets are available through the Museum Box Office @ (919) 715-5923 or on-line.
Winter Film Series Pass: 10 screenings for $35 general public; $25 students, Museum members, Cinema Inc., and Galaxy Cinema members
Admission: $5 general public; $3.50 students, Museum members, Cinema Inc., and Galaxy Cinema members

City Lights
Friday, January 9
(1931) Written by, directed by, and starring Charles Chaplin, with Virginia Cherrill. 87 min.

The Mark of Zorro
Friday, January 16
(1940) Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone. 94 min.

Fanfan la tulipe
Friday, January 23
(1952) Directed by Christian-Jaque. Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida. In French with English subtitles. 95 min.

Dog Day Afternoon
Friday, January 30
(1975) Directed by Sidney Lumet. Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning. 124 min.

Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Friday, February 6
(1974) Directed by Joseph Sargent. Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam. 104 min.

The Awful Truth
Friday, February 13
(1937) Directed by Leo McCarey. Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy. 91 min.

The Exiles
Friday, February 20
(1961) Directed by Kent Mackenzie. 72 min.

The Band’s Visit
Friday, February 27
(2007) Written and directed by Eran Kolirin. Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz. In Hebrew, Arabic and English with subtitles. 87 min.

The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Friday, March 6
(2002) Written by, directed by, and starring Larry Blamire. Fay Masterson, Jennifer Blaire. 90 min. Rated PG

The Man Who Laughs
Friday, March 13
(1928) Directed by Paul Leni. Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Olga Baclanova. 125 min.

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Friday, March 20
(1931) Directed by Mervyn Le Roy. Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell. 93 min.

Their First Mistake, Them Thar Hills, Towed in a Hole, Twice Two
Friday, March 27
(1932-1934) Various Directors. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy. 80 min., total

Spring Film Series 2009

All films are screened in the Museum Auditorium on Fridays at 8 p.m.
Tickets are available through the Museum Box Office at (919) 715-5923 or on-line.
Admission: $5 general public; $3.50 students, Museum members, Cinema Inc., and Galaxy Cinema members
Spring Film Series Pass: 5 screenings for $17.50 general public; $12.50 students, Museum members, Cinema Inc., and Galaxy Cinema members

On the Town
Friday, April 3
(1949) Directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller, Vera Ellen, Betty Garrett, Jules Munshin. 98 min.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Friday, April 10
(1945) Directed by Elia Kazan. Dorothy McGuire, Peggy Ann Garner, Joan Blondell, James Dunn. 128 min.

The Heiress
Friday, April 17
(1949) Directed by William Wyler. Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson. 115 min.

And Then There Were None
Friday, April 24
(1945) Directed by René Clair. Walter Houston, Barry Fitzgerald, Louis Hayward. 97 min.

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Friday, May 1
(1968) Directed by Robert Ellis Miller. Alan Arkin, Sondra Locke, Stacy Keach. 123 min.

Jane Eyre
Friday, May 8
(1944) Directed by Robert Stevenson. Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O’Brien, Peggy Ann Garner, Elizabeth Taylor. 97 min.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Friday, May 15
(1935) Directed by Max Reinhardt. Olivia de Havilland, Dick Powell, James Cagney, Mickey Rooney. 133 min.