Directed by Orson Welles, it is a thinly disguised film à clef about newspaper titan William Randolph Hearst. It stars Welles, Dorothy Comingore, Everett Sloane, George Coulouris, Agnes Moorehead, and Joseph Cotten. FREE.
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid and featuring what is quite possibly the greatest supporting cast ever assembled—Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Peter Lorre, S. Z. Sakall, Dooley Wilson, among many others—Casablanca remains one of the greatest films. FREE.
Screened in conjunction with the 24th Annual Evelyn G. Etheridge Conference on the Harlem Renaissance at Paine College, The Cotton Club stars Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, and Lonette McKee. The film was inspired by the pictorial history of the same name by James Haskins, who produced more than one hundred books, many of which highlight the achievements of…
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by Coppola and Mario Puzo, the author of the novel on which it’s based, The Godfather was blessed with a perfect cast—Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton, and many others. It is not to be missed. FREE.
Out of an abundance of caution, all public programs will be suspended from Thursday, January 6 through Sunday, January 9, 2022 due to the rise in COVID infections in the area. This affects Films on Friday: Wise Blood. Thank you for understanding. Stay safe & well. Adapted from Flannery O’Connor’s 1952 novel, this film is a very dark comedy that succeeds in capturing the novel’s eccentric,…