FREE Screenings Continuous From 8 PM
on the Second THURSDAY of Every Month!
This program is made possible through the generous support of the Cinema Studies Program and The Rotunda at the University of Pennsylvania.
****VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.****
OCTOBER 9
The Goose Woman (1925 / 80 minutes) Ripped from the headlines of the “Hall-Miller” case—a disgraced opera singer with an illegitimate child sees a chance to reclaim the spotlight by insinuating herself as a material witness in a high profile trial.
Penn and Teller Get Killed (1989 / 89 minutes) Gleefully morbid comedy from Penn and Teller where, on live TV, Penn Jillette publically asks someone to threaten his life, and the candidates pour in. Co-starring Caitlin Clarke and the great David Patrick Kelly.
NOVEMBER 13
Arsenal (1929 / 70 minutes) In Aleksandr Dovzhenko’s drama, a Ukrainian solider returns home after the trauma of The Great War and seeks political reform in his village.
The Virgin Soldiers (1969 / 95 minutes) Legendary stage impresario John Dexter’s first film features a bunch of randy soldiers in 1950s south-east Asia as a commentary on then current Vietnam anxieties.
DECEMBER 11
Traffic in Souls (1913 / 88 minutes) The dark side of the American experience is illuminated in this examination of two immigrants seduced into prostitution by nefarious pimps and flesh traffickers.
Wild Oranges (1924 / 88 minutes) An escaped prisoner terrorizes a political exile and his granddaughter in director King Vidor’s Florida-shot thriller.
FREE Screenings Continuous From 8 PM
on the Second THURSDAY of Every Month!
This program is made possible through the generous support of the Cinema Studies Program and The Rotunda at the University of Pennsylvania.
****VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.****