It’s Christmas at Saturday Night at the Movies and we’re going to enjoy two of the best in Hollywood’s Christmas movie history: A Christmas Story (1983) and Miracle on the 34th Street (1947). Just what we need to escape the pre-Christmas shopping frenzy.
See you at the movies!
Please note the Wednesday Seniors Classic Matinees have been canceled until further notice.
The next Seniors’ Classic Matinee features Bette Davis and Errol Flynn in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex. Join us on November 24th at 12:30 p.m.
Our next “Comedy Night” on Saturday, November 20th, honours the talents of the great director and screenwriter, Billy Wilder, as well as the comedic talents of Jack Lemmon, who made seven memorable films together.
See you at the movies!
This month we’ll be featuring two SNMs with the first coming up on November 6th. We’ll be featuring the dancing talents of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (Shall We Dance), and Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Jean Hagen (Singin’ In The Rain). The fun starts at 7 p.m.
Our second Saturday Night at the Movies is an evening of great comedy with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot, and Jack Lemmon again, with Shirley MacLaine in Irma La Douce.
See you at the movies!
Wednesdays are now movie days at the Myriad Centre for the Arts with morning screenings for families and matinees for seniors.
Family movie mornings are geared towards both pre-schoolers and their caregivers (Me’nMoM) and caregivers with babes-in-arms (MoM’nToT). The first and third Wednesdays are for Me’nMoM, and the second and fourth for MoM’nToT. For more detail and a list of upcoming films, see the “Family Mornings” page. All films start at 9:30.
Seniors can enjoy seeing their favourite classic films on the big screen every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. A film schedule can be found on the “Seniors’ Matinees” page.
Film scheduling can also be found in the new monthly Myriad Centre for the Arts “Events Schedule” available at the Myriad Centre, Barnabe’s Your Independent Grocer, and other locations.
Better late than never … October film schedule is finally here with two film nights planned. The first is on October 16th, and features two Humphrey Bogart must-sees: The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Key Largo (1948).
Then, for Hallowe’en … a “triple threat.” On October 30th, starting at 7 p.m. you’ll be able to take in some of the greatest classic horror films of all time: Cat People (1942), Dracula (1931), and Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman (1943). These are not the modern “shock and awe” style of horror, but the creepy, atmospheric style that black and white filming captures so well.
See you at the movies!
Well, summer’s over, always a busy season it seems. Time to slow down, sit back, and take in a good long epic movie.
We’ve got perhaps the epic of all epics lined up for September – Lawrence of Arabia – a magnificent film that never gets old.
There are films that define a time. There are films that define a genre. There are films that define cinema. ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ defines all of the above. Within its frames the film captures the essence of a man, a time and place with unparalleled cinematic magic and it is one of the few films that legitimately deserves to be called great. Though a winner of 7 Oscars and one of the Top 100 ticket sellers of all time, most people were not able to see ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ the way it was intended until the original film was brought back to life with the magnificent 1989 restoration and director’s cut watched over by Sir David Lean and Anne V. Coates, the film’s original editor, so that we can now experience its 2.20:1 widescreen, 220 minute glory.
If you’ve never seen it, or have only seen the unrestored version on television, you’re in for the treat of your movie-watching life. The rest of you already know this – I’ll see you there.
Join us on Saturday, September 18th, at 7 p.m.
This Classic Sunday presentation is a tribute to two things: the director, William Wyler, and perhaps the greatest “anti-western” epic ever made – “The Big Country.”
The Big Country is a masterpiece, pure and simple. Every now and then a western comes along that adds layers to the basic concept of the genre and becomes something more. This is the story of a man who steps into what is for him a totally alien world and refuses …to accept the clichéed role being forced upon him. Gregory Peck is joined by Charlton Heston, Jean Simmons, Burl Ives, Carroll Baker, Chuck Connors, a visually stunning and beautifully filmed landscape, and one of the best film scores ever.
Showtime is Sunday, August 8th, at 7 p.m.
On Sunday, July 11th, PFS hosts two classic Westerns that diverge significantly from the stereotypical films the genre was famous for. The Ox-Bow Incident with Henry Fonda and Harry Morgan is first out of the gate with a story of vigilantism and injustice that has been compared thematically with 12 Angry Men. In High Noon the legendary Gary Cooper gives an Oscar-winning performance as the lawman trying to give up his badge for his new Quaker wife, Grace Kelly, who must struggle with both his conscience and the cowardice of the townspeople in once last showdown. Two powerful films that changed the genre forever. Showtime is 7:00 p.m.
