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Mystery and Thriller Film Festival

Thursday, February 16, 2023, 8:00 pm - Sunday, February 19, 2023, 10:00 pm

$15
Mystery and Thriller Film Festival at the MAC

Join MAC Staff, MAC Silent Movie Night, State Street Movie Night, and the Media Film Festival as we kick off a winter weekend of high crimes and misdemeanors.

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Thursday, February 16, 8 PM:

State Street Movie Night presents a 1965 British-American psychological drama film, directed and produced by Otto Preminger. Moderator: Jenn Walsh (Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965))

Friday, February 17, 8 PM:

State Street Movie Night presents a 1945 American film noir directed by John M. Stahl and starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, and Vincent Price. Moderator: Prof. Mary McDermott. (8PM Leave Her to Heaven (1945))

Saturday, February 18, Starting At 10 AM

10AM: Classic Cartoon Mysteries (Scooby Doo Mysteries)

12PM Mysterious TV Triple Feature: 70’s and 00’s (Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Nero Wolf)

3PM Hilarious and thrilling 1988 cartoon crossed with live action mystery (Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988))

5PM Alec Guinness classic crime comedy (Ladykillers (1955))

7PM Triple Feature: Basil Rathbone’s first Sherlock Holmes film (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)) Media Film Festival presents L‘Assurance from the 2018 MFF Agatha Christie’s most famous detective in a 1974 all star vehicle

Sunday, February 19, Starting At 2 PM

2PM Silent Movie Matinee: The Phantom of the Opera (1927) w/ live piano Accompaniment

4pm State Street Movie Night presents a 1959 film noir produced and directed by Robert Wise and starring Harry Belafonte. In need of quick money, a fallen former cop recruits a hard-bitten ex-con and a debt-ridden nightclub singer to pull off a bank job. But as the animosity between them boils over, the entire plan threatens to implode. Moderator: TBA (Odds Against Tomorrow (1959))

8PM State Street Movie Night presents a 1955 American film noir produced and directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Ralph MeekerAlbert DekkerPaul StewartJuano Hernandez, and Wesley Addy. A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious “great whatsit”. Moderator: Dan Santelli (Kiss Me Deadly (1955))

Details

Start:
Thursday, February 16, 2023, 8:00 pm
End:
Sunday, February 19, 2023, 10:00 pm
Cost:
$15
Event Category:

Venue

MAC Arts Center
11 East State Street
Media, PA 19063 United States
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Phone:
484-445-4161
Website:
https://www.mediaartscouncil.org