“In 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo.” That’s how IMDb summarizes the movie The Train, but that’s not it at all. The Resistance doesn’t give a damn about the art; the leader of the Resistance only cares … Continued
Hillsborough Classic Film Society Screenings | Main Library | Adults | The Hillsborough Classic Film Society hosts a series of classic, foreign, and independent film screenings one Sunday a month. Each screening is accompanied by short discussions of pertinent themes with local scholars and artists. This series is FREE and open to the public; light … Continued
On February 9 the Hillsborough Classic Film Society will present Grand Illusion (1937). Synopsis: A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu (Pierre Fresnay) and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal (Jean Gabin), grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the … Continued
On Sunday, March 8, the Hillsborough Classic Film Society will present High Noon (1952), one of the greatest and most elegant of the mythic westerns. It stars Gary Cooper as Marshal Will Kane and Grace Kelly as his new bride. The plot is simple. Marshal Kane has made the town safe, and is now about … Continued
THE HILLSBOROUGH CLASSIC FILM SOCIETY is happy to be starting up again in conjunction with the Passmore Center, and happy to be showing films now in the large Passmore Center theater. On Sunday, March 27, the Film Society will present High Noon (1952), one of the greatest and most elegant of the mythic westerns. It … Continued
The Hillsborough Classic Film Society and the Passmore Center will present Vittorio DeSica's Umberto D. at the Passmore Center in Hillsborough on Sunday, May 22, at 2pm. There will be free popcorn, as usual. Umberto D. is one of the greatest of the Italian neorealist films. DeSica himself considered it his best film; Ingmar Berman … Continued
HILLSBOROUGH CLASSIC FILM SOCIETY. The Film Society will present the 1957 Fellini classic Nights of Cabiria at 2pm on Sunday, January 22, at the Passmore Center in Hillsborough. The film is free to the public (and the popcorn is free, too). Our speaker will be Gary Hawkins. Gary is a screenwriter and director, and also … Continued
THE HILLSBOROUGH CLASSIC FILM SOCIETY will present Top Hat, starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, with music by Irving Berlin, at 2pm on Sunday, February 26. As usual, our host will be the Passmore Center, 103 Meadowland Drive in Hillsborough, next to the Sportsplex. Top Hat is one of the best, perhaps the very best, of the many dance … Continued
The Hillsborough Classic Film Society, in conjunction with the Passmore Center, will present the 1985 "ramen-western" Tampopo at 2 o'clock in the afternoon on Sunday, January 28th. As always, the showing will be at the Passmore Center, 103 Meadowland Drive, in Hillsborough, and as always both the movie and the popcorn are free. Duke Professor … Continued