The Hillsborough Classic Film Society is a group that is showing classic, foreign and independent films once a month at the Passmore Center, 103 Meadowlands Drive, Hillsborough, NC.
At each event, there will be an expert speaker who sets the background for the film. There will also be free popcorn!
The events are free to attend, but advance registration is required, and space is limited. Register at hillsboroughclassicfilms.com or by calling the Passmore Center at 919-245-2015.
Upcoming Screening With Hillsborough Classic Film Society
High Noon
Sunday, March 27th, 2022
2 p.m.
High Noon is, for many, the classic western. A U.S. marshal (Gary Cooper) must face four men determined to kill him, and he must face them alone. But this was among the first of the “adult” westerns and so the marshal is not a model of nonchalant bravery; we see his resolve wavering in the face of danger. (John Wayne hated the film for that reason; even so, Wayne stood in for Cooper to receive Cooper’s Oscar when Cooper won the Academy Award for his role.) An exciting film, and a wonderful way to spend an hour and a half. Gustavo Furtado of Duke Film Studies and the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute will lead the discussion.
Pather Panchali
Sunday, April 24th, 2022
2 p.m.
Pather Panchali is an Indian/Benghali film that marks a turning point in Indian film making. The director, Satyajit Ray, was influenced by Italian neorealism, especially De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves, and by the work of the French director Renoir, director of Grand Illusion, a movie the film society screened in 2020. This film is the first of Ray’s trilogy about the life of Apu, a boy from a poor Benghali village. Travis Merchant-Knudsen, of North Carolina State film studies, will lead the discussion.
Umberto D.
Sunday, May 22nd, 2022
2 p.m.
De Sica was one of the great Italian neorealists, and Umberto D. was one of his great films. It was in fact De Sica’s own favorite among his films. As was often the case with the films of De Sica and other neorealists, the actors, including the lead actor, were not professionals. The film is the story of a poor elderly man who is trying to avoid eviction by his landlady. It has been included in the “top 100 films of all times” lists. Martin Louis Johnson, who teaches comparative literature and film at UNC, will lead the discussion.
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Jerry M. Passmore Senior Center, Hillsborough
103 Meadowland Drive
Hillsborough, NC
