Films

Summer Opera on Film Series

Date: 

Sunday, July 21, 2013 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm

Age Group: 

Tosca
Christopher Purdy from WOSU presents Tosca, the last opera in the Summer Opera on Film Series. Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini. It was first performed in Rome in 1900. The work is a melodramatic piece set in Rome in June 1800 and is based on Victorien Sardou’s 1887 play, La Tosca.

Summer Opera on Film Series

Date: 

Sunday, July 14, 2013 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm

Age Group: 

Manon is an “opéra comique” in five acts by the famous French composer Jules Massenet. The French libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille; and it based on the 1731 novel L’histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the Abbé Prévost. It was first performed in Paris on January 19, 1884.

Summer Opera on Film Series

Date: 

Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm

Age Group: 

Magic Flute
The Magic Flute is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the German libretto was written by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue. It was first performed in 1791 in Vienna, Austria, with Mozart conducting the orchestra.
The Magic Flute has delighted audiences of all ages for centuries.

Summer Opera on Film Series

Date: 

Sunday, June 23, 2013 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm

Age Group: 

Christopher Purdy, from classical WOSU returns to once again host our Summer Opera on Film series. We start with Rigoletto, an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s’amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed in Venice in 1851.

Movie: Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D

Date: 

Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Age Group: 

Movie: Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D
A scientist whose radical theories have completely tarnished his reputation goes backpacking across Iceland and finds a cave that leads him to a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the Earth. We’ll supply the 3D glasses for those that want to experience the full special effects. (2008, Rated PG; 92 minutes)
Related Reading: Journey to the Center of the Earth (Graphic Novel Classics) by Jules Verne

Sunday Film Club-Book to Screen

Date: 

Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm

Age Group: 

The Book to Screen series concludes with “The Dead,” the final work by the legendary director John Huston. It tells the story of a husband and wife who have just enjoyed a Christmas dinner at the house of the husband’s aunt. Soon after dinner the couple starts tackling some prickly marital issues which result in an epiphany for both of them. Huston had a passion for classic literature, and this is a wonderful adaptation of the classic short story by James Joyce. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, and is placed on Roger Ebert’s Great Movies list. Steve Hunt will present.

Sunday Film Club - From Book to Screen

Date: 

Sunday, May 5, 2013 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm

Age Group: 

The second part of the Book to Screen series starts with “Anna Karenina” based on Leon Tolstoy’s powerful novel of moral and social examination of the 19th century Russian high-society. It follows the aristocrat Anna Karenina as she enters into a life-changing love affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. The 2012 adaptation by Tom Stoppard is set in a fantasy theatre world, starring Keira Knightley and Jude Law – and is a refreshing representation of this classic novel about forbidden love and hypocrisy of the high society at the time. Steven Hunt will lead a discussion after the screening.

Sunday Film Club - Book to Screen

Date: 

Sunday, March 17, 2013 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm

Age Group: 

Our book to screen series continue with Atonement, based on Ian McEwan’s best seller novel by the same name. Atonement is a beautiful and sensitive adaptation of the novel and achieved critical and commercial success at its release in 2007. The story is narrated by Briony Tallis, an author in search of atonement for an act she committed as a young girl. In the summer of 1935, significant events unfold in the mansion of a wealthy British family.

Sunday Film Club - From Book to Screen

Date: 

Sunday, March 3, 2013 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm

Age Group: 

We start the Spring film series with one of the most influential movies about World War I. All Quiet on the Western Front is the story of a group of friends who join the Army during World War I and are assigned to the Western Front, where their fiery patriotism is quickly turned to horror and misery by the harsh realities of combat. The movie is based on a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, German author and a veteran of World War I. The film is directed by Lewis Milestone and won Oscars for Best Picture and for Milestone’s direction. Steve Hunt will present and lead a discussion after the movie.

Sunday Film Club: Movies by Women

Date: 

Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm

Age Group: 

“A Dry White Season” tells the story of Ben du Toit, a Caucasian South African and a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice. During the turmoil of 1980s the Government arrests tens of thousands of black residents.. One of them, Jonathan, the son of Ben’s Gardener, is arrested and is subsequently killed. This sudden death arouses his suspicions, he decides to probe into this matter to ensure that justice is done. What happens next tests Ben’s beliefs and faith. 1989 107 R

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Films