Events at the Library of Congress

Friday September 29, 2023

  • Event | film and video screenings

    'The Lady' (1925) - Silent Film Screening with Andrew Simpson

    Friday
    September 29, 2023
    7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
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    Packard Campus Theater
    Director Frank Borzage tells the story of a young woman (Norma Talmadge) who finds love and happiness with a husband and son. But then loses both. The film was written by Frances Marion, one of the highest regarded film writers of the Silent Era (or any era). Plus selected short subject.

Thursday October 5, 2023

  • Event | film and video screenings

    'Vertigo' (1958)

    Thursday
    October 5, 2023
    7:30 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
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    Packard Campus Theater
    James Stewart and Kim Novak star in this Alfred Hitchcock suspense film about a retired detective who suffers from acrophobia. It was added to the National Film Registry in 1989.

Friday October 6, 2023

  • Event | film and video screenings

    'Black Swan' (2010)

    Friday
    October 6, 2023
    7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
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    Packard Campus Theater
    Natalie Portman stars in an Academy-Award winning performance as a ballerina losing touch with reality.

Saturday October 7, 2023

  • Event | film and video screenings

    'King Kong' (1933)

    Saturday
    October 7, 2023
    7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
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    Packard Campus Theater
    The greatest tale of Beauty and the Beast ever told. Fay Wray stars as the beauty, and ground-breaking special effects make up King Kong, the greatest of beasts.

Thursday October 12, 2023

  • Event | film and video screenings

    'Cat People' (1942)

    Thursday
    October 12, 2023
    7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
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    Packard Campus Theater
    In one of the low-budget horror films from producer-director team of Val Lewton and Jacques Tourner, Simone Simon stars as both beauty and beast. PLUS: a special mystery second feature.

Friday October 13, 2023

  • Event | film and video screenings

    'Carrie' (1976)

    Friday
    October 13, 2023
    7:30 pm - 9:45 pm EDT
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    Packard Campus Theater
    Sissy Spacek stars as an innocent high schooler tormented by the cool students, who finally get their comeuppance. “Carrie” was placed on the National Film Registry in 2022.

Thursday October 19, 2023

  • Event | film and video screenings

    'Diabolique' ['Les Diaboliques'] (1955)

    Thursday
    October 19, 2023
    7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
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    Packard Campus Theater
    Part horror, part thriller this is the story of a woman and her husband’s mistress who plot to kill the man they have in common. This film was an inspiration for Hitchcock's "Psycho."

Friday October 20, 2023

  • Event | film and video screenings

    'Vampire Lovers' (1970)

    Friday
    October 20, 2023
    7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
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    Packard Campus Theater
    Hammer horror films, low on budget but high on gore, are favorites of scary movie lovers. This one starring Peter Cushing has become a cult classic.

Thursday October 26, 2023

  • Event | film and video screenings

    'Candyman' (1992)

    Thursday
    October 26, 2023
    7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
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    Packard Campus Theater
    In this film, Virginia Madsen plays a graduate student researching urban myths, only to learn that sometimes the myths are all too true.

Friday October 27, 2023

  • Event | film and video screenings

    'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (1992)

    Friday
    October 27, 2023
    7:30 pm - 9:45 pm EDT
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    Packard Campus Theater
    Francis Ford Coppola directed an all-star cast, including Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves, in this retelling of the life and exploits of Vlad the Impaler (or Dracula as his friends would call him).