SHOWTIMES  (unless otherwise noted)
Saturdays at 7pm
Sundays at 3:30pm & 7pm
Mondays at 7pm

Our fall series pays homage to luminaries in the film world who have died in the recent past.  They include auteurs Robert Altman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Ingmar Bergman, Ousmane Sembene, Anthony Minghella, cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs, actor Heath Ledger, and Adrienne Shelly, who wrote, directed and co-stars in Waitress.  

SEPT 6, 7, 8

AFTER THE REHEARSAL

Directed by Ingmar Bergman, 1984, Sweden, 79 m.
On the surface, this film takes a reflective look at life in the theatre.  But as in many Bergman works, it also shows "unadorned surfaces concealing fathomless depths."  It was shot by acclaimed cinematographer Sven Nykvist (1922-2006), who worked on several Bergman films.  
Monday Speaker: Joan D. Lynch
 

SEPT 13, 14, 15  

RIFIFI

Directed by Jules Dassin, 1955, France, 122 m.
Dassin, an American who created several film noir classics, also co-wrote and appears in this seminal caper, in which thieves carry out a high-stakes jewel heist.  
Monday Speaker: Arlene Sciole
 

SEPT 20, 21, 22 

THE LONG GOODBYE

Directed by Robert Altman, 1973, USA, 112 m.
Altman updates and sends up classic film noir in this adaptation of a Raymond Chandler detective novel.  
Monday Speaker: John O'Leary
 

SEPT 27, 28, 29 

BLOWUP

Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966, UK/Italy/USA,  111 m.
This movie milestone, the first English-language film from leading Italian director Antonioni, takes place in swinging '60s London.  Ostensibly about a photographer who thinks he's found something ominous in one of his pictures, it's really a stylish existential puzzle.  
Monday Speaker: John Carvalho
 

OCT 4, 5, 6 

EASY RIDER

Directed by Dennis Hopper, cinematography by Laszlo Kovacs, 1969, USA, 109 m.
The granddaddy of modern road movies, Easy Rider perfectly captures the era and the angst of the counterculture.  It portrays the reality of the open road, especially in Kovacs' depiction of the American landscape, yet still has a philosophical edge.
Monday Speaker: Rick Worland
 

FALL BREAK

OCT 25, 26, 27 

BREAKING AND ENTERING

Directed by Anthony Mingella, 2006, UK/USA, 120 m. 
As in most of Minghella's films, this work boasts a diverse group of characters whose lives happen to intersect.  Here a landscape architect's dealings with a young thief, an emigre from Bosnia, leads him to re-evaluate his life.  
Monday Speaker: Desmond Ryan
 

NOV 1, 2, 3  

THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR

Directed by Sydney Pollack, USA, 1975, 113 m.
With its focus on murderous operatives stalking a low-level CIA employee (Robert Redford), this thriller mirrors the cynical post-Watergate distrust towards political institutions.  
Monday Speaker: Seth Mulliken
 

NOV 8, 9, 10

TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU

Directed by Gil Junger, USA, 1999, 97 m.
This inventive remake of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, set in a modern-day high school, features Heath Ledger in his breakout role as a student who woos an acerbic-tongued classmate named Kate (Julia Stiles).   
Monday Speaker: Ruth Anolik 

NOV 15, 16, 17   

MOOLAADE  

Directed by Ousmane Sembene, 2004, Senegal/France, Burkina Fasso, 124 m.
In this present-day story, written and directed by the father of African cinema, a group of women stands up for their rights against the traditions of their male-dominated village.  
Monday Speaker: Maghan Keita  

THANKSGIVING BREAK

DEC 6, 7, 8   

WAITRESS

Directed by Adrienne Shelly, 2007, USA,  108 m.
Shelly was an indie actress who began directing in the late 1990s.  Waitress, her final film, blends all the right ingredients -- including romance, comedy, and tough decision-making -- in its depiction of a waitress working in a homey, small-town diner.  
Monday Speaker: Heidi Rose

Each film will be screened four times in the Connelly Center Cinema:
   • Saturdays at 7 pm
   • Sundays at 3:30 & 7 pm
   • Mondays at 7 pm
Speakers appear only at the Monday evening screenings.
Admission is FREE for students with ID and $5.00 for all others.
Tickets are available at the Connelly Center Cinema box office, approximately 20 minutes prior to any showing.
For more information call: 610.519.4750 on weekdays between 9 am and 5 pm,
or consult www.villanova.edu/events/culturalfilms