Saturday, March 14th, 12:00 noon Boston Athenæum, 10½ Beacon Street This six-time Oscar-nominated 2005 docudrama chronicles how, in the mid-1950s, Edward R. Murrow and his “See It Now” producer, Fred Friendly, helped to bring an end to the tyranny of the blacklist and the House Un-American Activities Committee’s anti-Communist hearings.  The film will be introduced… Continue reading Good Night & Good Luck (2005) Film Screening, March 14th

Saturday, February 28th, 12:00 noon Boston Athenæum, 10½ Beacon Street Director Michael Ritchie and executive producer/star Robert Redford explore the machinations and manipulations of media-age political campaigns in this cynical political drama. With an Oscar-winning screenplay and appearances by real-life reporters and politicians, The Candidate takes a biting look at the nature of politics. The… Continue reading The Candidate (1972) Film Screening, Feb 28th

Wednesday, February 18, 6:00 p.m. Suffolk University, Donahue 311 at 41 Temple Street, Third Floor Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers is based on the Algerian struggle for independence from French colonial rule. In particular it follows one fighter, Ali La Pointe, of the National Liberation Front (FLN) who turns from being a criminal to… Continue reading The Battle of Algiers (1966) Film Screening, Feb 18th

Saturday, February 14th, 12:00 noon Boston Athenæum, 10½ Beacon Street Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane is an Oscar-winning biography of newspaper baron Charles Foster Kane (in essence, a thinly veiled portrait of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst), who becomes one of America’s most influential men. The film will be introduced by DAVID REEDER, visiting assistant professor… Continue reading Citizen Kane (1941) Film Screening, Feb 14th