When hard-charging New York newspaper editor Walter Burns discovers that his ex-wife, investigative reporter Hildy Johnson, has gotten engaged to milquetoast insurance agent Bruce Baldwin, he unsuccessfully tries to lure her away from tame domestic life with a story about the impending execution of convicted murderer Earl Williams. But when Hildy discovers Williams may be innocent, her reporter instincts take over.

This screening is part of the musuem’s Art of Film series, featuring classic Screwball Comedies curated by author and film historian JB Kaufman. Each film includes a special video introduction from Kaufman, providing insight and context before the show.

Runtime: 92 minutes

When hard-charging New York newspaper editor Walter Burns discovers that his ex-wife, investigative reporter Hildy Johnson, has gotten engaged to milquetoast insurance agent Bruce Baldwin, he unsuccessfully tries to lure her away from tame domestic life with a story about the impending execution of convicted murderer Earl Williams. But when Hildy discovers Williams may be innocent, her reporter instincts take over.

This screening is part of the musuem’s Art of Film series, featuring classic Screwball Comedies curated by author and film historian JB Kaufman. Each film includes a special video introduction from Kaufman, providing insight and context before the show.

Runtime: 92 minutes

Harried paleontologist David Huxley (Cary Grant) has to make a good impression on society matron Mrs. Random (May Robson), who is considering donating one million dollars to his museum. On the day before his wedding, Huxley meets Mrs. Random's high-spirited young niece, Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn), a madcap adventuress who immediately falls for the straitlaced scientist. The ever-growing chaos -- including a missing dinosaur bone and a pet leopard -- threatens to swallow him whole.

This screening is part of the musuem’s Art of Film series, featuring classic Screwball Comedies curated by author and film historian JB Kaufman. Each film includes a special video introduction from Kaufman, providing insight and context before the show.

Runtime: 102 minutes

Harried paleontologist David Huxley (Cary Grant) has to make a good impression on society matron Mrs. Random (May Robson), who is considering donating one million dollars to his museum. On the day before his wedding, Huxley meets Mrs. Random's high-spirited young niece, Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn), a madcap adventuress who immediately falls for the straitlaced scientist. The ever-growing chaos -- including a missing dinosaur bone and a pet leopard -- threatens to swallow him whole.

This screening is part of the musuem’s Art of Film series, featuring classic Screwball Comedies curated by author and film historian JB Kaufman. Each film includes a special video introduction from Kaufman, providing insight and context before the show.

Runtime: 102 minutes

Certain she was dying from radium poisoning, Hazel Flagg (Carole Lombard) is delighted to learn from her doctor that it was a false alarm. But when dapper and desperate New York City reporter Wally Cook (Fredric March) shows up looking for a story about a young girl braving terminal illness, Hazel decides that she's sick again. Wally whisks her off to Manhattan, where her supposed courage wins her many admirers. The toast of the town, she falls in love with Wally and dreads being discovered.

This screening is part of the musuem’s Art of Film series, featuring classic Screwball Comedies curated by author and film historian JB Kaufman. Each film includes a special video introduction from Kaufman, providing insight and context before the show.

Runtime: 77 minutes

Certain she was dying from radium poisoning, Hazel Flagg (Carole Lombard) is delighted to learn from her doctor that it was a false alarm. But when dapper and desperate New York City reporter Wally Cook (Fredric March) shows up looking for a story about a young girl braving terminal illness, Hazel decides that she's sick again. Wally whisks her off to Manhattan, where her supposed courage wins her many admirers. The toast of the town, she falls in love with Wally and dreads being discovered.

This screening is part of the musuem’s Art of Film series, featuring classic Screwball Comedies curated by author and film historian JB Kaufman. Each film includes a special video introduction from Kaufman, providing insight and context before the show.

Runtime: 77 minutes

Jerry (Cary Grant) and Lucy (Irene Dunne) are a married couple who doubt each other's fidelity: Jerry suspects Lucy and her music teacher (Alexander D'Arcy) of spending an evening together, and Lucy is convinced Jerry lied about a business trip. When the jealous pair file for divorce, both rush into new relationships, but quickly realize their love never died. The soon-to-be-divorced husband and wife then both scramble to spoil each other's chances for newfound romance.

This screening is part of the musuem’s Art of Film series, featuring classic Screwball Comedies curated by author and film historian JB Kaufman. Each film includes a special video introduction from Kaufman, providing insight and context before the show.

Runtime: 91 minutes

Jerry (Cary Grant) and Lucy (Irene Dunne) are a married couple who doubt each other's fidelity: Jerry suspects Lucy and her music teacher (Alexander D'Arcy) of spending an evening together, and Lucy is convinced Jerry lied about a business trip. When the jealous pair file for divorce, both rush into new relationships, but quickly realize their love never died. The soon-to-be-divorced husband and wife then both scramble to spoil each other's chances for newfound romance.

This screening is part of the musuem’s Art of Film series, featuring classic Screwball Comedies curated by author and film historian JB Kaufman. Each film includes a special video introduction from Kaufman, providing insight and context before the show.

Runtime: 91 minutes

When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury (Myrna Loy) of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty (Spencer Tracy), must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton (Jean Harlow), and his dashing friend Bill Chandler (William Powell) are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.

This screening is part of the musuem’s Art of Film series, featuring classic Screwball Comedies curated by author and film historian JB Kaufman. Each film includes a special video introduction from Kaufman, providing insight and context before the show.

Runtime: 98 minutes

When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury (Myrna Loy) of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty (Spencer Tracy), must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton (Jean Harlow), and his dashing friend Bill Chandler (William Powell) are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.

This screening is part of the musuem’s Art of Film series, featuring classic Screwball Comedies curated by author and film historian JB Kaufman. Each film includes a special video introduction from Kaufman, providing insight and context before the show.

Runtime: 98 minutes

In Frank Capra's acclaimed romantic comedy, spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert) impetuously marries the scheming King Westley, leading her tycoon father (Walter Connolly) to spirit her away on his yacht. After jumping ship, Ellie falls in with cynical newspaper reporter Peter Warne (Clark Gable), who offers to help her reunite with her new husband in exchange for an exclusive story. But during their travels, the reporter finds himself falling for the feisty young heiress.

Runtime: 105 minutes

In Frank Capra's acclaimed romantic comedy, spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert) impetuously marries the scheming King Westley, leading her tycoon father (Walter Connolly) to spirit her away on his yacht. After jumping ship, Ellie falls in with cynical newspaper reporter Peter Warne (Clark Gable), who offers to help her reunite with her new husband in exchange for an exclusive story. But during their travels, the reporter finds himself falling for the feisty young heiress.

Runtime: 105 minutes

It's New Year's Eve in Tehran, Iran, where it's a tradition to buy or catch a fish. Seven-year-old Razieh (Aida Mohammadkhani) yearns for a new goldfish for her family's pond, but in 90 minutes all the shops will close for a week-long holiday. After she and her brother, Ali (Mohsen Kafili), convince their mother (Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy) to give them the family's last 500 tomans, they must make it to the market in time, ward off shady characters looking to prey on them and hang on to the money.

Runtime: 85 minutes
Rating: R

A tiny nymph found inside a bamboo stalk grows into a beautiful and desirable young woman. She orders her suitors to prove their love by completing a series of near-impossible tasks.

Japanese w/ English subtitles.

Runtime: 137 minutes
Rating: PG

Dr. Frederic Treves (Anthony Hopkins) discovers Joseph (John) Merrick (John Hurt) in a sideshow. Born with a congenital disorder, Merrick uses his disfigurement to earn a living as the "Elephant Man." Treves brings Merrick into his home, discovering that his rough exterior hides a refined soul, and that Merrick can teach the stodgy British upper class of the time a lesson about dignity. Merrick becomes the toast of London and charms a caring actress (Anne Bancroft) before his death at 27.

Runtime: 124 minutes
Rating: PG​

Join us for the Art of Film with guest curator of film Carlos Valladares and director Jerry Schatzberg to discuss Scarecrow.

The 1973 film, starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino is one of the best-reviewed of Schatzberg’s career. Now, hear a special introduction to the film from Schatzberg himself, giving a firsthand account of the film’s creation, it’s execution, and it’s public reception.

After the screening, guest curator of film Carlos Valladares will further discuss the film.

Sponsored by Drs. Jane and Darrell Gumm, Kathy and Harry Puterbaugh, Nancy Snowden, Film Society

Marc Eliot’s Art of Film

Special Introduction by Marc Eliot, in person

“Miss Varda’s cameraman, Jean Rabier, gets around everywhere — by taxi, car, bus, and on foot — and we are with him every inch of the way.

- Philip K. Scheuer, Los Angeles Times

(French language, English Subtitles)

Sponsored by Kathy and Harry Puterbaugh, Drs. Darrel and Jane Gumm, Nancy Snowden, Film Society

Marc Eliot’s Art of Film

Special Introduction by Marc Eliot, in person

“Hitchcock condemned the invasive immorality of voyeurism without for a second denying its allure.”

- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Sponsored by Kathy and Harry Puterbaugh, Drs. Darrel and Jane Gumm, Nancy Snowden, Film Society

Marc Eliot’s Art of Film

Special Introduction by Marc Eliot, in person

“All of Who by Fire exists in this in-between space, which is what makes it so thrilling, so unpredictable.”

- New York Magazine, Bilge Ebiri

Sponsored by Kathy and Harry Puterbaugh, Drs. Darrel and Jane Gumm, Nancy Snowden, Film Society

Marc Eliot’s Art of Film

Special Introduction by Marc Eliot, in person

“At once a frenzied fairy tale and a tender-hearted character study.”

- Beth Webb, Empire Magazine

Sponsored by Kathy and Harry Puterbaugh, Drs. Darrel and Jane Gumm, Nancy Snowden, Film Society

Marc Eliot’s Art of Film

Special Introduction by Marc Eliot, in person

“The movie’s a paean to hard work and hedonism, and if its pleasures are mostly surface — grass, clay, emotional — it’s still been too long since we’ve had an intelligent frolic like this.”

- Ty Burr, Washington Post

Sponsored by Kathy and Harry Puterbaugh, Drs. Darrel and Jane Gumm, Nancy Snowden, Film Society

Marc Eliot’s Art of Film

“A uniquely hypnotic and haunting love story sparked by Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue at their career best.”

-Rolling Stone

Sponsored by Kathy and Harry Puterbaugh, Drs. Darrel and Jane Gumm, Nancy Snowden, Film Society

Marc Eliot’s Art of Film

“A uniquely hypnotic and haunting love story sparked by Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue at their career best.”

-Rolling Stone

Sponsored by Kathy and Harry Puterbaugh, Drs. Darrel and Jane Gumm, Nancy Snowden, Film Society

Marc Eliot’s Art of Film

“It’s a fantasy, a comedy, a musical, and a tragedy all at once.”

-New York Magazine

(In French with English Subtitles)

Sponsored by Kathy and Harry Puterbaugh, Drs. Darrel and Jane Gumm, Nancy Snowden, Film Society

Marc Eliot’s Art of Film

“It’s a fantasy, a comedy, a musical, and a tragedy all at once.”

-New York Magazine

(In French with English Subtitles)

Sponsored by Kathy and Harry Puterbaugh, Drs. Darrel and Jane Gumm, Nancy Snowden, Film Society

Marc Eliot’s Art of Film

“A spectacle of sweeping grandeur with a first-rate script; John Wayne has his best assignment to date.”

-Variety

Sponsored by Kathy and Harry Puterbaugh, Drs. Darrel and Jane Gumm, Nancy Snowden, Film Society

Marc Eliot’s Art of Film

“A spectacle of sweeping grandeur with a first-rate script; John Wayne has his best assignment to date.”

-Variety

Sponsored by Kathy and Harry Puterbaugh, Drs. Darrel and Jane Gumm, Nancy Snowden, Film Society

Marc Eliot’s Art of Film

“Good performances from a strong cast and paranoid plotting enough to keep even the staunchest of remake nay-sayers quiet. Hitchockian production with a modern twist.”
-Empire Magazine

Sponsored by Kathy and Harry Puterbaugh, Drs. Darrel and Jane Gumm, Nancy Snowden, Film Society

Marc Eliot’s Art of Film

“Good performances from a strong cast and paranoid plotting enough to keep even the staunchest of remake nay-sayers quiet. Hitchockian production with a modern twist.”
-Empire Magazine

Sponsored by Kathy and Harry Puterbaugh, Drs. Darrel and Jane Gumm, Nancy Snowden, Film Society

Marc Eliot’s Art of Film

“This is one of the great ‘50s film paranoid allegories about the fear of Communism taking over the American Way of Life.  Less obvious is that it is also one of the best love stories of its time.  Totally unique, scary, prescient, and visually beautiful; a terrific early masterpiece by Don Siegel.”

-Marc Eliot

Sponsored by Kathy and Harry Puterbaugh, Drs. Darrel and Jane Gumm, Nancy Snowden, Film Society