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Hitchcock on a Train Series: 1935   The 39 Steps is a 1935 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. Loosely based on the 1915 adventure novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan, the film is about a man in London who tries to help a counter-espionage agent prevent an organisation of spies called The 39 Steps from stealing top secret information. When the agent is killed and he stands accused of the…

Hitchcock on a Train Series: 1959Photo courtesy IMDB.com   North by Northwest is a 1959 American spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. The screenplay was written by Ernest Lehman, who wanted to write "the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures". North by Northwest is a tale of mistaken identity, with an innocent man pursued across the United States by agents of a mysterious organization who want to stop…

Hitchcock on a Train Series: 1943Photo from Amazon.com Considered by some to be Hitchcock’s best, this indisputable masterpiece from 1943 is a psychological thriller set in Santa Rosa, CA, an idyllic pre-War American town.  With an original script written by Thornton Wilder, the story follows Charlotte Newton, a bored teenager who’s thrilled when her favorite uncle shows for an unexpected visit.  But the visit soon goes sour, even dangerous, when Charlotte discovers secrets that show her the true nature of…

Astro Boy Our first selection in our Contemporary Animation Series is Astro Boy, a film based on the Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka, known the world over as the "father" of anime. The story follows the adventures of a robot named Astro Boy and a selection of other characters along the way. The manga was adapted into the first popular animated Japanese television series that embodied the aesthetic that later became familiar worldwide as anime. After…

"9" is the vision of student filmmaker, Shane Acker, a reverent Tim Burton devotee, who first developed a 10 minute short of the same name that was nominated for the Academy Award in 2004. Coupled with the screenwriting skills of Pamela Pettler and the production expertise of the mentor himself, Tim Burton, "9" is a unique, action packed, steampunk-influenced, post-apocalyptic visual dynamo.

The Incredibles is a contemporary animation film about a family of superheroes, named Incredible, who are forced to hide their powers and live a quiet suburban life until Father Incredible's yearning to help people drags the entire family into a battle with an evil villain.

All Quiet on the Western Front - a young German schoolboy, along with his friends, is inspired by his schoolmaster to "save the Fatherland" and joins the Kaiser's forces. Their illusions are soon dispelled, however, by the cruel realities of battle.

Stanley Kubrick's 1957 Paths of Glory, based on the 1935 novel by Humphrey Cobb, is a retelling of an event experienced by 4 French soldiers court-martialed and executed for mutiny as an example to the rest of the French troops during World War I.  The movie stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, commanding officer, who was a criminal defense lawyer in civilian life and who volunteers to defend the soldiers and Ralph Meeker as Corporal Paris, one of the executed soldiers.…

The dancing of Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, a classic score by George Gershwin, and the romantic settings of the City of Lights make for a timeless musical delight that garnered six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Songs include "Embraceable You," "Nice Work If You Can Get It," and "Our Love Is Here to Stay."

TAKE THE LEAD Pierre Dulain, former professional dancer, witnesses a high school student in the act of vandalism.  The next day he decides to volunteer to teach inner city kids discipline by teaching them dance.  He meets with resistance from many areas including the students themselves who prefer hip hop and rap and parent who feel academics are more important.  But eventually the students warm up to this new style of education and develop a style of their own.  Based…

Steve Martin makes his film-starring debut in the wacky 1979 comedy hit, The Jerk.

Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!

Jack Sommersby returns home from fighting in the Civil War but something's not right. Jack's wife and neighbors knew him to be an unpleasant man but he returns a kinder, gentler man. Is this Jack an imposter? Even his wife is unsure...

  Romance Between the States Series Gone With the Wind This tale of the Old South from the start of the Civil War through to the period of reconstruction focuses on the beautiful Scarlett O'Hara. Before the start of the war life at the O'Hara plantation, Tara, could only be described as genteel. As for the young Scarlett, she is without doubt the most beautiful girl in the area and is always the belle of the ball. She is very…