Bryn Mawr Classic Film Lovers Meetup Group

Join us for dinner before the film at 5 pm at Don Mezcal Mexican Grill in Bryn Mawr! As always, if you’re joining us for dinner please RSVP in the comment section of the event by Friday at 6 PM. Thank you! In this witty, moving dramedy, straitlaced David (writer/director Jesse Eisenberg) and rambunctious Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour of Poland, hoping to explore their family history. As they visit the places where their recently deceased grandmother grew up and survived the Holocaust, the cousins must confront the tensions in their own relationship.

To make a better life for her family, Mildred (Joan Crawford) bootstraps herself from waitress to wealthy restaurateur, but that’s not enough for her venomous firstborn (Ann Blyth). Mildred says she’ll do anything for her daughter’s love. How far will that take her? Noir meets melodrama in this tale of murder and motherhood from Michael Curtiz (Casablanca).

This screening will be presented in conjunction with the film course Women in Noir, taught by Jennifer Fleeger, Ph.D. Seating for screening-only attendees will begin at 7:00 pm.

As jungle combat quickly dispels rookie soldier Taylor’s (Charlie Sheen) idealism, his unit is caught up in a battle of wills between the principled Elias (Willem Dafoe) and the hard-edged Barnes (Tom Berenger). This searing Vietnam War saga won four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.

This screening will be presented in conjunction with a Cinema Classics Seminar, taught by Andrew Owen, Ph.D. Seating for screening-only attendees will begin at 7:00 pm.

IT IS SUGGESTED THAT YOU BUY YOUR TICKETS WELL IN ADVANCE FOR THIS FILM! Let’s meet before the film for dinner at Jin Ding Restaurant at 1051 Conestoga Road in Bryn Mawr at 4:30 PM Saturday! If you are joining us for dinner, please please RSVP in the comment section of this event by Thursday 11/21 at 6 PM – thank you! Featuring beloved songs like “Defying Gravity” and “For Good,” this spectacular adaptation of the Tony-winning musical relates the untold origin story of Oz’s Wicked Witch of the West (Cynthia Erivo) and her relationship to the glamorous Glinda (Ariana Grande).

Undeterred by a classical music establishment that told her, “Girls can’t do that,” Marin Alsop became one of the world’s foremost conductors and the first woman to direct a major American symphony orchestra. This doc tells her story—her mentorship under Leonard Bernstein, her rise to renown, and her work empowering the next generation of conductors.

Stick around for a remote Q&A with Marin Alsop and director Bernadette Wegenstein.

P.I. John Klute suspects glamorous sex worker Bree Daniels may be tied to his missing-persons case. But Bree may be in terrible danger herself. This paranoid thriller is elevated by its psychological depth and outstanding performances from Donald Sutherland and the Oscar-winning Jane Fonda, whose portrayal of a complicated, self-aware woman upends common noir tropes.

This screening will be presented in conjunction with the film course Women in Noir, taught by Jennifer Fleeger, Ph.D. Seating for screening-only attendees will begin at 7:00 pm.

Ex-con Corky (Gina Gershon) falls for the seductive Violet (Jennifer Tilly) and is soon drawn into a plan to help her escape from her gangster boyfriend—along with a heap of mob dough. Before blowing the world’s mind with The Matrix, the Wachowskis announced themselves with this stylish potboiler—at once a loving tribute to and smart subversion of classic film noir.

This screening will be presented in conjunction with the film course Women in Noir, taught by Jennifer Fleeger, Ph.D. Seating for screening-only attendees will begin at 7:00 pm.

Archivist/curator Jay Schwartz returns with a program of vintage live-action Yuletide shorts unearthed from the Secret Cinema vaults, featuring bizarre puppets, demonic animals, maudlin sentiments, and glimpses of strangers’ Christmas home movies. This show will be presented entirely on 16mm film.

Shooting on location at the actual crime scene, In Cold Blood tells the story of two small-time crooks (Robert Blake, Scott Wilson) and a robbery gone terribly wrong. This adaptation of Truman Capote’s landmark “non-fiction novel” is one of the foundational works of the true crime genre.

This screening will be presented in conjunction with a Cinema Classics Seminar, taught by Rachel McCabe, Ph.D. Seating for screening-only attendees will begin at 7:00 pm.

To rescue her father, bookish Belle agrees to become a captive in the castle of the monstrous Beast. As she explores the magical manor, she discovers the secret of the Beast’s curse—and the key to breaking the spell. Be our guest at this big-screen presentation of Disney’s timeless musical fairy tale.