The College of Arts and Letters Film Series, Spring
2012
Tuesdays, Cline Library Assembly Hall, 7 p.m. FREE
Presented by College of Arts and Letters, Cline Library and the School of Communication
The College of Arts and Letters Film Series is in its 9th year of providing quality films to Flagstaff. Local film experts contribute thoughtful introductions, while co-hosts Paul Helford and Paul Donnelly lead the post-screening conversation, adding to the viewer’s understanding of the experience. Free parking is available behind Cline Library in parking lot P13 and by the Rec Center in parking lot P7A
Warner Brothers Franchises from Bogey to Batman
Looney Tunes cartoons will be screened with selected features.
Jan. 17
“The Outlaw Josey Wales,”
Directed by Clint Eastwood, Starring Clint Eastwood, Sandra Locke,
Chief Dan George, 1976, 135 min, PG
WB franchise filmmaker Clint Eastwood’s third Warner Brothers film was his first directorial effort for the studio, a revisionist western about a farmer avenging his family’s murder.
Jan. 24
“The Roaring Twenties,”
Directed by Raoul Walsh, Starring James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Pricilla
Lane, 1939 106 min. NR with Looney Tunes cartoon
The gangster film was Warner Brothers’ franchise genre in the thirties, and here studio director Walsh and stars Cagney and Bogart made a classic about Prohibitionist America.
Jan. 31
“Jezebel,”
Directed by William Wyler, Starring Better Davis, Henry Fonda, 1938,
103 min. NR with Looney Tunes cartoon
Under contract to Warner Brothers, star Davis lost the role of Scarlett O’Hara but won the Oscar for this portrayal of a vain Southern Belle in Antebellum Louisiana.
Feb. 7
“High Sierra,”
Directed by Raoul Walsh, Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, 1941,
100 min., NR with Looney Tunes cartoon
Franchise director Raoul Walsh, writer John Huston, and star Ida Lupino supported Humphrey Bogart in his first starring role as Mad Dog Earle in another WB gangster classic.
Feb. 14
“Splendor in the Grass,”
Directed by Elia Kazan, Starring Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, 1961,
124 min. NR
Our Valentine’s Day gift is franchise director Elia Kazan and star Natalie Wood in a moving and daring love story featuring the big screen debut of Warren Beatty.
Feb. 21
“The Searchers,”
Directed by John Ford, Starring John Wayne, Natalie Wood, Jeffrey Hunter,
1956, 119 with Looney Tunes cartoon
John Wayne contracted with WB in the fifties and worked with his long time collaborator, the great John Ford, in what many consider the best western of all time.
Feb. 28
“The Wrong Man,”
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Starring Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, 1956,
105 min. NR with Looney Tunes cartoon
From 1948 to 1956 Alfred Hitchcock made six films for Warner Brothers the last of which was this true story about one of the director’s favorite themes, the innocent man falsely accused.
March 6
“Auntie Mame,”
Directed by Morton DaCosta, Starring Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker,
Peggy Cass, 1958, 143 min. NR
Warner Brothers long tradition of adapting stage hits for the screen reached a zenith with a bravura performance by Rosalind Russell as the eccentric Mame in one of AFI’s 100 top comedies.
March 20
“Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?”
Directed by Robert Aldrich, Starring Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, 1962,
134 min., NR
The long anticipated pairing of Warner Brothers divas, Davis and Crawford - who disliked each other as much in real life as they do as warring siblings in this memorable horror flick - lived up to its expectations.
March 27
“Barry Lyndon,”
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Starring Ryan O’Neal, Marisa Berenson,
1975, 184 min., PG
Stanley Kubrick’s long association with Warner Brothers included this rarely shown, beautifully shot adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel about the rise and fall of an 18th century rogue.
April 3
“Goodfellas,”
Directed by Martin Scorsese, Starring Robert DeNiro, Ray Liotta, Joe
Pesci, 1990, 146 min. R
Martin Scorsese has worked with many studios but arguably his best work has been with Warner Brothers, including this dark, stylish entertainment that harkens back to the studio’s franchise gangster flicks.
April 10
“The Matrix,”
Directed by the Wachowski Brothers, Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence
Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, 1999, 136 min., R
The first in the trilogy, the Wachowski’s imaginative take on
virtual reality and Hong Kong action flicks with awe-inspiring special
effects.
April 17
“Batman Begins,”
Directed by Christopher Nolan, Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine,
Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, 2005,140 min, PG-13
Christopher Nolan’s began his Warner Brothers career writing and directing the studio’s Batman franchise reboot, a dark origin-of-the legend tale.
April 24
“Good Night and Good Luck,”
Directed by George Clooney, Starring David Straithairn, George Clooney,
Patricia Clarkson, Robert Downey Jr., 2005, 93 min PG with Looney Tunes
cartoon
As producer, director, star George Clooney has made over a dozen films
for Warner Brothers including this Oscar nominated film about Broadcast
journalist Edward R. Murrow’s battle to bring down Senator Joseph
McCarthy.
May 1
“Gran Torino,”
Directed by Clint Eastwood, Starring Clint Eastwood, 2008, 116 min.,
R
Clint produced, directed, and starred in his 32nd WB film, the biggest box office hit of his career as a racist Korean War vet who confronts his prejudice and take justice in hand.