7:00PM Thursday, June 16th; 8:30PM Friday, June 17th

White Heat (1949)

Raoul Walsh · 114m · 16mm

James Cagney plays Cody Jarrett, a crime boss with an Oedipus complex, imprisoned after a train job but determined to escape and wrest control of his old gang. This marked a return to gangster roles for Cagney and is arguably his most iconic - especially for the final scene. To distinguish Jarrett from his 1930s characters, Cagney fashioned him into an unhinged, migraine-plagued psychopath and channeled his own father’s alcoholic rages into the part.

7:00PM Thursday, June 23rd; 8:30PM Friday, June 24th

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Alfred Hitchcock · 108m · 35mm

In the words of Hitchcock’s daughter Pat, from the documentary Beyond Doubt: “This was my father’s favorite movie because he loved the thought of bringing menace into a small town.” Shot and set in Santa Rosa, California, Shadow of a Doubt centers Charlotte "Charlie" Newton and her uncle Charlie, who is visiting town. Portrayed as the paragon of a peaceful, pre-war American city, the town is soon disturbed by Hitchcock’s psychological thrills.

Preserved by the Library of Congress. Funding provided by The Film Foundation and The Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

7:00PM Thursday, June 30th; 7:30PM Friday, July 1st

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Sidney Lumet · 185m · 35mm

Created using only original primary source material such as unretouched newsreels, King: A Filmed Record... is a powerful video documentary of Martin Luther King Jr. and his nonviolent campaign from the events of the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott until his assassination in 1968. Originally shown in theaters in a "one night only" event, King was turned into a DVD using stored master elements in 2010 and publicly released after being "lost" for 40 years.

7:00PM Thursday, July 7th; 8:30PM Friday, July 8th

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

Leo McCarey · 92m · 16mm

Released in the same year as Leo McCarey’s screwball classic The Awful Truth, this unforgettable Hollywood gem tells the story of an elderly couple who are forced to separate due to financial reasons. Over the course of ninety-two minutes, the small tragedy of Barkley (Victor Moore) and Lucy (Beulah Bondi) unfolds without a single false note. In the words of critic Dave Kehr, “There are few American films as subtle, moving and bursting with human truth.”

7:00PM Thursday, July 14th; 8:30PM Friday, July 15th

The Last Command (1928)

Josef von Sternberg · 88m · 16mm

One of von Sternberg's four silent films, The Last Command is a sophisticated melodrama following Emil Jannings' impassioned performance as a once-great Russian duke who is hired as an extra in a Hollywood film. With its sweeping cinematography and grandiose sets depicting the Russian Revolution, this film is an emotional and satirically bleak outlook on Hollywood and life after Imperial Russia for those who experienced the war at its height.

7:00PM Thursday, July 21st; 8:30PM Friday, July 22nd

The Naked City (1948)

Jules Dassin · 96m · 35mm

Shot almost entirely on location in New York City, The Naked City depicts a police investigation following the murder of a former model. Jules Dassin’s 1948 noir draws visual influence from the black and white street photography of Ascher Fellig (also known as Weegee), as well as Italian Neorealist aesthetics and production methods. A vivid, double Academy Award winning police procedural that stands alongside the great New York stories.

Preserved by the Library of Congress.

7:00PM Thursday, July 28th; 8:30PM Friday, July 29th

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

Busby Berkeley and Mervyn LeRoy · 97m · 35mm

Starting with the knockout performance of “We’re in the Money” that features Ginger Rogers singing in pig latin with a chorus full of dancing coins, Gold Diggers of 1933 evokes outrageous Hollywood glamor in its purest form. This second entry in the beloved trio of Busby Berkeley choreographed musicals released by Warner Brothers in 1933 also offers equally brilliant comedic moments from Depression-era stars like Dick Powell and Aline MacMahon.

Preserved by the Library of Congress.

7:00PM Thursday, August 4th; 8:30PM Friday, August 5th

The Big Parade (1925)

King Vidor and George Hill · 141m · 35mm

Jim (John Gilbert), a lazy rich boy, is persuaded to enlist in the U.S. Army in 1917 to the approval of his businessman father. In France, he befriends two working class soliders and falls in love with a farmer's daughter, Melisande. However, the brutal reality of trench warfare makes its mark on Jim as the Americans march to the front. The Big Parade was written by WWI veteran Laurence Stallings, and was King Vidor's most successful silent film.

Preserved by the Library of Congress.

7:00PM Thursday, August 11th; 8:30PM Friday, August 12th

Within Our Gates (1919)

Oscar Micheaux · 89m · 35mm

The oldest known surviving film by an African-American director, Oscar Micheaux's Within Our Gates was produced following D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation and the Chicago Race Riot of 1919. The film centers on Sylvia Landry (Evelyn Preer), a Black woman from the South that goes north in search of funding for an overcrowded school. While there, she begins a romance that is shaped by contemporary and past experiences with violent racism.

Preserved by the Library of Congress.