The Magic Lantern Film Society of Cameron University presents the 41st Annual Classic Film Series 2024-2025

All films are DVD presentations, screened at 7:30 p.m. in Comm 114, EXCEPT FOR THE 6 SEPTEMBER and 28 MARCH SCREENINGS, WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 6:30 P.M. and presented free though donations are gratefully accepted. For more information about the society and the films, see our website: www.cameron.edu/magiclantern. In addition, please like us on Facebook. Made possible by the Lectures and Concerts Committee.

Upcoming Events

6 September

Boyhood (U.S. 2014, 155 mins.)

Dir. Richard Linklater
Stars: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke
Mason grows from a boy into early adulthood. A landmark movie filmed over twelve years with the same cast.
NOTE EARLY 6:30 P.M. START TIME

27 September

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (U.S. 1948, 128 mins.)

Dir.: John Huston
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt
Two down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920's Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.

25 October

Clue (U.S. 1985, 94 mins.)

Dir.: Jonathan Lynn
Stars: Eillen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn
Anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, six guests must cooperate with the staff after their host is killed to identify the murderer. Bodies start to pile up. Our Halloween feature based upon the popular board game.

15 November

Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams (U.S. 1990, 119 mins.)

Dir.: Akira Kurosawa and Ishiro Honda
Stars: Akira Terao, Matsuko Baisho, Toshie Negishi
An anthology of eight tales based upon the famous Japanese director's recurrent dreams.

17 January

The Truman Show (U.S., 1998 ,103 mins.)

Dir.: Peter Weir
Stars: Jim Carey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney
An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.

7 February

Four Weddings and a Funeral (U.S. 1994, 117 mins.)

Dir.: Mike Newell
Stars Hugh Grant, Andie Mcdowell, James Fleet
During five social occasions, a bachelor considers whether he has discovered true love. Our valentine’s offering.

21 February

Raisin in the Sun (U.S. 1961, 128 mins.)

Dir.: Daniel Petrie
Stars: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee
A young family man has to decide between his dreams of owning a business and his family’s need for a new home when the family receives a substantial insurance payment. Based upon Lorraine Hansberry’s Pulitzer Prize winning play.

28 March

Interstellar (U.S. 2014, 159 mins.)

Dir: Christopher Nolan
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain
The future Earth having become uninhabitable, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot pilots a spacecraft with researchers to find a new planet for humans.
NOTE EARLY 6:30 P.M. START TIME