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2018 Festival Dates April 6 - 9

Special Fall Screenings in Partnership with the Fox Cinema

Vampyr 1932

Directed by Carl T Dreyer

73min

Live accompaniment by Laura Sgroi

“One of Cinema’s greatest nightmares”

"I wanted to create a waking dream on screen and show that horror is not to be found in the things around us but in our own subconscious,” said Danish film-maker Carl Theodor Dreyer, who loosely adapted Sheridan Le Fanu's two stories, Carmilla and The Room in the Dragon Volant, for the film. His use of shadows, light and atmosphere create a disturbing film, one that seems to constantly be in a state between dream and reality. Vampyr was made early in the development of sound technology and the aesthetics of the film are dedicated to the silent epoch. We return it to its natural silent film state with live music. The dialogue was minimal at best, and with English subtitling, nothing is lost.

Plus: The Fall of the House of Usher 1928

Directed by James S Watson & Melville Weber

13min

With nods to Caligari, Der Golem and Faust, this avant-garde ode to German Expressionism is a fantastical montage of imagery designed to encapsulate the claustrophobia and instability in Poe’s classic morbid tale.

Buster Keaton: 100 Years in Film Celebration

The General 1926

78min

Live Piano Accompaniment

“There were two loves in his life. His engine and his sweetheart Annabelle.”

So when the American Civil War starts and his train gets stolen with Annabelle aboard, there’s only one thing for engineer Johnny Gray to do.

Give chase.

Considered by most critics and fans to be Buster Keaton’s greatest achievement, The General’s array of sight gags, twists and turns have been blowing audiences away for nearly a century.

Plus: An assortment of other Keaton shorts that will surprise and delight

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