 Tuesday Nights at the Movies September – October Lineup Join the Chestnut Hill Film Group and Woodmere this month for Chaplin’s comic genius, French New Wave cool, Halloween chills, and more. Modern TimesTuesday, September 29, 7PM193687 minutes Tuesday Nights at the Movies’ Fall 2026 season opens with Charlie Chaplin’s final outing as the Little Tramp. Modern Times is a thoughtful and delightful critique of life in an increasingly mechanized world. From factory assembly lines to prison and unemployment, Chaplin blends physical comedy, romance, and social satire in a film that is perhaps more meaningful today than ever. Paulette Goddard co-stars as a spirited street urchin. “Modern Times” was one of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. Read more in this week’s Chestnut Hill Local review by Heather Gray. Breathless Tuesday, October 6, 7PM196090 minutes Jean-Luc Godard’s groundbreaking French New Wave classic stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as a small-time criminal on the run and Jean Seberg as the young American woman he loves. Shot on the streets of Paris with jump cuts, handheld cameras, and an irreverent disregard for cinematic convention, “Breathless” helped change the language of movies. Presented in French with English subtitles. Eight Men Out Tuesday, October 13, 7PM1988119 minutes John Sayles dramatizes the infamous 1919 “Black Sox” scandal, in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of conspiring to throw the World Series. With a cast that includes John Cusack, David Strathairn, D.B. Sweeney, and Charlie Sheen, the film explores the pressures and divided loyalties behind one of baseball’s greatest scandals. The Night of the HunterTuesday, October 20, 7PM195592 minutes Robert Mitchum gives one of his most chilling performances as a murderous preacher pursuing two children who know the location of their late father’s hidden money. Charles Laughton’s only film as a director combines Southern Gothic menace, fairy-tale imagery, and striking German Expressionist-inspired black-and-white cinematography to create this thriller. Lillian Gish and Shelley Winters co-star. * This film has been selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” ¿Quién Puede Matar a un niño? Tuesday, October 27, 7PM1976112 minutes Halloween Film Frights – “Who Can Kill A Child,” a celebrated Spanish horror film, rated R. An English couple on holiday arrives on a remote Spanish island and finds the streets strangely deserted, except for children whose behavior grows increasingly sinister. Director Narciso Ibáñez Serrador turns an idyllic Mediterranean setting into the backdrop for a disturbing and suspenseful horror film. Presented in Spanish and English with English subtitles. Tuesday Nights at the Movies Full Schedule “Modern Times” and “Eight Men Out” both explore themes that are also addressed in Woodmere’s Arc of Promise exhibition (on view through January 10, 2027). |
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