NEWS FLASH - EXTRA SCREENING!

Due to building maintenance, the May 2010 program will now be screened on

AUGUST 8: from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

BORDER INCIDENT (1949 - Anthony Mann)
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NO WAY OUT (1950 - Richard Widmark)

Racism - or the wrong side of the law?

JANUARY

January 31: Moonlight Matinee: Outdoor screening

FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933 - Busby Berkeley, James Cagney)
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classic comedy short

Busby Berkeley outdoes even himself in Hollywood's ultimate backstage extravaganza!

FEBRUARY

February 28: MYSTERY STREET (1950 - noir cinematography by John Alton)
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CRISS CROSS (1949 - Burt Lancaster, Yvonne de Carlo)

More sucker punches from noir's alluring femmes fatales!

MARCH

March 28: THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE (1945 - Robert Siodmak)
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HOUSE BY THE RIVER (1950 - Fritz Lang)

Gothic suspense thrillers, laced with black humour.

APRIL

May 2: FIVE STAR FINAL (1931 - Edward G.Robinson, Boris Karloff)
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DEADLINE USA (1952 - Bogart)

Tough guy journos in tabloid crime-busting scoop!

MAY

May 30: BORDER INCIDENT (1949 - Anthony Mann)
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NO WAY OUT (1950 - Richard Widmark)

Racism - or the wrong side of the law?

JUNE

June 27: GODFATHER III (1990)

Underrated reprise closes out Coppola's classic trilogy

JULY

July 25: THE TRIALS OF ALGER HISS (1980 documentary of 1950s Red Scare)
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Aussie cold war propaganda short

The fog of Cold War

AUGUST

August 29: WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1947 - Otto Preminger)
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TRIPE (1985 Australian black comedy short starring John Meillon)

Sins of the father

SEPTEMBER

September 19: HOUSE OF BAMBOO (1955 - Sam Fuller)
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HOGS AND WARSHIPS (1961 - Japanese with English subtitles)

America versus Yakuza

OCTOBER

October 31: I MARRIED A COMMUNIST (1949 - Robert Ryan)
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SILVER LODE (1954 - Allan Dwan)

McCarthyist witch hunts revisited

NOVEMBER

November 28: THE YOUNG ONE (1960 - Bunuel's English language drama)
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WISE BLOOD (1979 - John Huston)

We don't take to strangers round here …

DECEMBER

December 12: T-MEN (1948 - Anthony Mann)
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TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN (1969 - Woody Allen)

Just the facts, ma'am