Lakewood Public Library
Lakewood, Ohio
Join cinephiles around the world for a unique event. 100,000 film lovers in over 500 cities across six continents will gather for one reason… to view and vote on the Finalist Films eligible for the 2026 Oscars. Free and open to the public. Watch the trailer and learn more at manhattanshort.com Saturday, September 27, 2025 […]
A socialite from Boston (Gene Tierney) meets a prominent novelist (Cornel Wilde) on a train heading for New Mexico. They get married and spend lots of time in the sunny outdoors. The film was shot in rich technicolor and earned cinematographer Leon Shamroy an Academy Award. A film noir in color? Ironically, the bright technicolor […]
We're kicking off this season of From Page to Screen with Inherit the Wind—a powerful courtroom drama that felt especially timely to include, as 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the real-life Scopes "Monkey" Trial on which it’s based. Released in 1960 and directed by Stanley Kramer, the film dramatizes the clash between science and […]
Both Edward G. Robinson and Dame Judith Anderson are on the list of The American Film Institute’s all-time best villains. They play a brother and sister who live on a farm and have an adopted teenage daughter. They also have a secret: a haunted house in their nearby woods. Other characters become involved in what […]
Based on Joseph Heller’s landmark novel, Catch-22 is a darkly absurd take on the madness of war and military bureaucracy. Alan Arkin stars as Yossarian, a World War II bombardier caught in an impossible logic loop: to be declared insane and avoid combat, he must ask for relief—but asking proves his sanity. Director Mike Nichols […]
In one of his most beloved feature films, Buster Keaton plays a young collegian reuniting with his father, a rough-and-tumble steamboat captain, who is mortified by his son's dandified ways. Pianist David Blazer performs his own colorful, improvised score on our Steinway grand piano to accompany the film. Founded in 2022, The Cleveland Silent Film […]
Winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1985, The Times of Harvey Milk tells the moving story of California’s first openly gay elected official through original interviews, archival footage and news reports. Join host Tom Stebel from the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland to learn more about the life of activist Harvey Milk […]
Charles Dickens’ holiday classic receives one of its most beloved adaptations, with George C. Scott delivering a memorable performance as Ebenezer Scrooge. This faithful retelling brings Victorian London to life as the miserly Scrooge is visited by three spirits who guide him through his past, present, and future. Originally produced for television, this version stands […]
An ex-gangster (Robert Mitchum) has finally found happiness in rural California, running a service station and going on blissful picnics with his small-town sweetheart (Virginia Huston). But it’s not long before the movie’s plot catches up with its title and shadowy characters from his past begin to appear, including mob boss Kirk Douglas and femme […]
Widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, The Godfather is an epic tale of family, power, and loyalty adapted from Mario Puzo’s best-selling novel. Marlon Brando stars as Don Vito Corleone, the aging head of a New York crime family, while Al Pacino gives a breakout performance as Michael, the reluctant heir […]
Hidden Figures tells the incredible true story of Katherine Jonson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African American women working at NASA who served as the brains behind the launch into orbit of astronaut John Glenn, a stunning achievement that turned around the space race. The visionary trio crossed all gender and racial lines, […]
John Huston, who practically invented film noir with The Maltese Falcon, returns to the shadowy streets and shady characters that launched his directing career. A criminal mastermind named Doc (Sam Jaffe) is putting together a team to commit a huge jewel heist. He needs a safecracker, a driver, a hooligan and a fixer. The fixer’s […]