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From Mira Nair, director of “Monsoon Wedding,” comes this compelling romantic drama centered on two families of immigrants, one from India, the other from Uganda, both now living in Mississippi. Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhoury star. 1991.

In which we survey the most and least memorable POTUS’s, real and fictional, in movie and TV history, from 1 through 46 and beyond. Just in case you needed more politics in your life! Hosted by Irv Slifkin. Registration required.

It’s easy to understand why this is considered the best of the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers efforts: There’s dazzling dance sequences, romantic comedy, and first-rate songs.

Join us as we discuss the best film series in movie history. Which have stayed consistently solid? Which have flopped, after the first entry? What has been the secret behind keeping a film franchise going?

Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, and Michael Kidd are disillusioned ex-GIs who become the focus of a TV story, thanks to the efforts of enterprising ad exec Cyd Charisse. Music by Andre Previn, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. 101 min.

Celebrate Halloween and Christmas with this diabolical fantasy about a boy in a village near the Arctic circle, who discovers an excavation nearby.

This fictional film is based on the last days of the real-life film director James Whale, who scored big hits with FRANKENSTEIN and THE INVISIBLE MAN and retired early.

Lets’ take a look at monster movies where science runs amok, creating humongous critters that threaten everything in their path.

The Broadway smash from Rodgers and Hammerstein becomes a monumental musical showcasing Gordon MacRae as a ranch hand trying to win the hand of lovely Shirley Jones over rival Rod Steiger. With Gloria Graham and Gene Nelson.

Join us for a matinée screening of The Boys in the Boat, (2023), directed by George Clooney.

Discuss the classic screwball comedy, about a hapless paleontology professor (bespectacled Cary Grant) who helps a ditzy heiress (Katherine Hepburn) track a missing leopard. Directed by the versatile Howard Hawks. Hosted by Paul Howe.

Dick Van Dyke repeats the acclaimed role of the Tony-winning stage production, playing a struggling song writer whose girlfriend, Janet Leigh, plots to have musical sensation Conrad Birdie sing his song before he heads overseas for the Army.

John Travolta received an Oscar nomination for playing Tony Manero, a Brooklyn teen who escapes from his hardscrabble life by shining on the dance floor at local discos.

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, Federico Fellini’s colorful cinematic remembrance of his younger years centers on the residents of a small village in Italy during the early 1940s. 1974.

You’ll get a feeling you are not in Kansas anymore when you go over the rainbow to  the magical land of Oz with Scarecrow, Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and Dorothy—and her little dog Toto, too !

A charmer from Scottish director Bill Forsyth (Local Hero) about Gregory, a soccer-playing teen obsessed with the new girl on the squad. When things don’t work out as planned, Gregory’s sister has an idea to help him get over his disappointment.

A seasonal favorite and America’s answer to Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. We’ll examine how writer/director Frank Capra shaped the project and how star Jimmy Stewart gave his iconic performance. Hosted by Paul Howe. Registration required.