The Garneau Theatre

Mexico1951, 84 min, Dir: Emilio Fernández Spanish with subtitles New Restoration Rarely screened in the United States and long due for rediscovery, Victims of Sin is famed Mexican director Emilio Fernández’s unique blend of film noir, melodrama, and musical. Acting-dancing sensation Ninón Sevilla plays Violeta, a cabaret performer who adopts the abandoned child of Rita…

USA 1933, 100 min, Dir: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack 90th Anniversary A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal giant gorilla who takes a shine to their female blonde star. He is then captured and brought back to New York City for public exhibition.

USA 1948, 80 min, Dir: Alfred Hitchcock 75th Anniversary, Alfred Hitchcock’s Birthday Just before hosting a dinner party, Philip Morgan (Farley Granger) and Brandon Shaw (John Dall) strangle a mutual friend to death with a piece of rope, purely as a Nietzsche-inspired philosophical exercise. Hiding the body in a chest upon which they then arrange…

USA 1955, 106 min, Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock’s Birthday American expatriate John Robie, living in high style on the Riviera, is a retired cat burglar. He must find out who a copycat is to keep a new wave of jewel thefts from being pinned on him. High on the list of prime victims is…

France 1963, 101, Dir: Jean-Luc Godard French with subtitles New Restoration A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch (Jack Palance) is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang (as himself) to direct an adaptation of “The Odyssey,” but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is…

In this classic drama, Vicky Page (Moira Shearer) is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook), urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster (Marius Goring). Eventually Vicky, under…

USA 1959, 95 min, Dir: Robert Wise Harry Belafonte Tribute PG Disgraced former police officer David Burke (Ed Begley) is looking for a way to make some quick money. When he decides to rob a bank, he calls on mean ex-con Earl Slater (Robert Ryan) and black entertainer Johnny Ingram (Harry Belafonte) to help him…

USA 1960, 146 min, Dir: Richard Brooks Presented by Sunday Classics and Snake Oil Cinema. "Richard Brooks directs Burt Lancaster for what may be the star's career-best performance as a charismatic salesman who sees the light (and/or dollar signs) as he enters the sphere of evangelist Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons). The superb supporting cast…