
The Phantom of the Opera
We continue our Cinema Centennial: 1925’s Pioneering Visions series with the movie with possibly the most confusing history of releases, Rupert Julian’s adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s classic novel “The Phantom of the Opera.”
With over 25 years of experience in film, television, and commercial production, Andy has cultivated an enduring passion for storytelling in all its forms. His enthusiasm for the craft began in his youth when he and his friends started making their own movies in grade school. After studying film at the University of Colorado Boulder, Andy wrote, directed, and produced several short films while also producing indie features like Netherbeast Incorporated and Ambush at Dark Canyon.
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We continue our Cinema Centennial: 1925’s Pioneering Visions series with the movie with possibly the most confusing history of releases, Rupert Julian’s adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s classic novel “The Phantom of the Opera.”

The members voted and decided that for this month, we should discuss Fred Niblo’s silent classic, the 1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, which holds its ground against Heston’s version for sure—particularly in the chariot race.

We continue our Cinema Centennial: 1925’s Pioneering Visions series with King Vidor’s The Big Parade, a groundbreaking WWI epic that shocked 1925 audiences with its intimate portrait of soldiers’ lives before confronting the brutal realities of modern warfare.

We kick off our Cinema Centennial: 1925’s Pioneering Visions series, looking at amazing films that are having their 100th birthday this year, and we’re starting it off with a big one: Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin!

Cinematographer Marcus Patterson, who recently shot Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake), joins us to discuss Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven, a movie he likes!

We wrap up our Platinum Performances: The 1950 Best Actress Oscar Race series with another big one, Billy Wilder’s Sunset Blvd., with a meta and timeless performance from Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond.

We continue our Platinum Performances: The 1950 Best Actress Oscar Race series, celebrating the five great actresses nominated this year. We’re digging into John Cromwell’s Caged, starring Eleanor Parker.

Film scholars Luka Arsenjuk and Tim Palmer join Andy to explore heist films, from noir-influenced classics of the 1950s to modern masterpieces of meticulous criminal planning.

Our members voted and this month, we’re heading to the Old West with the first western for grownups. Gregory Peck stars in Henry King’s brilliant film The Gunfighter.

We kick off our Platinum Performances: The 1950 Best Actress Oscar Race series with the film that took home the Oscar, George Cukor’s Born Yesterday with the hilarious and perfect Judy Holliday.